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Miaskovskii. Orchestra
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Composed by George
Frideric Handel. Edited
by Frederik Hudson. This
edition: urtext edition.
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HWV 315. 12 pages.
Duration 13 minutes.
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Composed 2012. 100 pages.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
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ISBN
9788759879016.
Hund
rad HardingtonarSuite 2,
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301958Edited by Per
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based on the Leipzig
Mendelssohn Complete
Edition. Composed by
Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn. Edited by
Thomas Schmidt.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Symphony; Romantic. Full
score. 140 pages.
Duration 30'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5581.
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ISBN 9790004213919. 10
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A
Programmatic Declaration
of BeliefFelix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy
composed his Reformation
Symphony for the
celebrations marking the
300th anniversary of the
Confessio Augustana, the
Protestant declaration of
faith. Owing to various
and only partially
explained reasons, there
was no performance in
1830, the year in
question; it was only two
years later that the
composer conducted the
premiere of his work, now
heavily revised, in
Berlin. There was only
one more performance in
Mendelssohn's lifetime,
this one conducted by
Julius Rietz in
Dusseldorf; the composer
had since distanced
himself from his
opus.Conceived for the
concert hall, the
symphony formulates its
theological references
through the integration
of various motives. This
occurs in the finale, for
example, in which
Mendelssohn quotes the
Luther chorale Ein feste
Burg in the flute, from
where it builds up to a
triumphant principal
theme. The strong
extra-musical aspect must
have been one of the
reasons for the
composer's later
avoidance of this score,
especially since
Mendelssohn was becoming
increasingly skeptical
about explicitly
programmatic music in the
instrumental domain. Next
to the Dusseldorf
performance material of
1837, two scribal copies
have been examined for
the first time; they
transmit the main stages
of the version of
1830.
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Urtext based on the
Leipzig Mendelssohn
Complete Edition.
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Symphony; Romantic. Study
Score. 132 pages.
Duration 30'. Breitkopf
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Published by Breitkopf
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ISBN
9790004214954. 6.5 x 9
inches.
A
Programmatic Declaration
of BeliefFelix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy
composed his Reformation
Symphony for the
celebrations marking the
300th anniversary of the
Confessio Augustana, the
Protestant declaration of
faith. Owing to various
and only partially
explained reasons, there
was no performance in
1830, the year in
question; it was only two
years later that the
composer conducted the
premiere of his work, now
heavily revised, in
Berlin. There was only
one more performance in
Mendelssohn's lifetime,
this one conducted by
Julius Rietz in
Dusseldorf; the composer
had since distanced
himself from his
opus.Conceived for the
concert hall, the
symphony formulates its
theological references
through the integration
of various motives. This
occurs in the finale, for
example, in which
Mendelssohn quotes the
Luther chorale Ein feste
Burg in the flute, from
where it builds up to a
triumphant principal
theme. The strong
extra-musical aspect must
have been one of the
reasons for the
composer's later
avoidance of this score,
especially since
Mendelssohn was becoming
increasingly skeptical
about explicitly
programmatic music in the
instrumental domain. Next
to the Dusseldorf
performance material of
1837, two scribal copies
have been examined for
the first time; they
transmit the main stages
of the version of
1830.
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Composed by Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). Edited by Michael Stegemann. This e...(+)
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music have been
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Arranged by Douglas E.
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The
calming strains of this
incredibly beautiful
music have been
thoughtfully and
carefully scored in this
string arrangement. The
composer's full
orchestration has been
pared down to its basic
elements, leaving a work
that will captivate and
entrance your audiences.
Not only for concert
programming, this work
also makes a superb
choice in your contest
program. (6:15).
Orchestra (2.2.2.2. -
4.3.3.0. - timp.perc - hp
-str)
SKU:
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Study score.
Composed by Jurg Baur.
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
World
premiere: Hannover, March
13, 1972
Music
post-1945. Study Score.
Composed 1972. 82 pages.
Duration 15'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 4862-07.
Published by Breitkopf
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ISBN
9790004206591. 7 x 9.5
inches.
Variationen
(Ouverture / Thema /
Variation / Coda),
Lyrisches Intermezzo
(Sostenuto), Symphonische
Nachklange (Allegro con
moto).Immer wieder lassen
sich Komponisten von
Themen alterer oder auch
zeitgenossischer Meister
zu Variations-Zyklen
anregen (Brahms: Handel-
und Haydn-Variationen,
Reger:
Mozart-Variationen,
Holler:
Sweelinck-Variationen).
Themen von Robert
Schumann fanden bisher
relativ selten Beachtung
- (Regers
Schumann-Variationen fur
zwei Klaviere sind eine
Ausnahme) - vielleicht,
weil sie zu sehr in sich
vollendet und
abgeschlossen sind und
deshalb kaum
Moglichkeiten zur
Veranderung enthalten.
Dennoch beschaftigte mich
schon langer die Idee,
eine ,,Musik mit
Schumann, Nachklange oder
Erinnerungen an Schumann
zu gestalten, mit der
Absicht, ein heiteres,
liebenswurdiges (und
nachdenkliches) Werk zu
schreiben, einmal ohne
Experimente-, als
,,Divertimento fur den
Normalhorer, gelegentlich
behutsam verbunden mit
modernen Techniken -
nicht ohne
hintergrundigen Humor.
Der 1. Satz wurde
inspiriert von den
,,Papillons (opus 2 fur
Klavier); er gliedert
sich in vier
variationsahnliche
Abschnitte. Die
,,Ouverture exponiert
drei kurze Themen, die
sich trotz ihres
gegensatzlichen
Charakters wie
selbstverstandlich
erganzen
(Einleitungsgirlande und
Schlussfanfare der
Papillons und das
bekannte Anfangsmotiv aus
,,Vogel als Prophet). Die
Abschnitte ,,Thema,
,,Variationen und ,,Coda
entwickeln und verandern
das Hauptthema der
,,Papillons; dieses
dominiert uber weite
Strecken des Satzes und
wird mit den Motiven der
Ouverture kombiniert.
Vielfaltig gegliedert ist
das ,,Lyrische
Intermezzo. Zu Beginn
gewinnt ein Motiv aus den
,,Nachtstucken (fur
Klavier) Bedeutung,
taucht mehrere Male auf,
von mehrtonigen b-a-c-h
Clustern ,,gestort. Im
Mittelpunkt stehen das
Thema des 2. Satzes der
g-moll Klavier-Sonate op.
22 (ein Mondnachtlied
ohne Worte; Holzblaser)
und ein Adagio-Gedanke
aus dem Klavier-Zyklus
,,Kreisleriana (tiefe
Streicher); beide Themen
werden kontrapunktiert
von zwolftonigen
Strukturen und
Klangbandern
(Holzblaser). Die
,,Fruhlings-Symphonie-Fan
fare eroffnet das Finale.
Danach bilden sich uber
rotierenden Klangflachen
(Streicher) einzelne Tone
und Intervalle,
aleatorisch frei,
verdichten sich, wie aus
der Erinnerung
auftauchend, zu Motiven
aus Schumanns
bekanntester Symphonie.
Nach diesem zogernden
Beginn entwickelt sich
ein fast klassisch
anmutender
Sonaten-Durchfuhrungsteil
mit mehreren melodischen
Gedanken (Kopfmotiv der
g-moll Klaviersonate,
tanzerische und ostinate
Themen aus der
Fruhlings-Symphonie), die
zum Teil in- und
ubereinander geschichtet
werden, bis auf dem
Hohepunkt des Satzes das
Schlussthema der
Klavierfantasie op. 17,
pathetisch-ironisch in
den Blechblasern
erklingt. Eine kurze
Reprise mit dem
Hauptgedanken fuhrt zur
Anfangsfanfare zuruck;
der Satz verklingt im
pianissimo. Wollte man
dem ganzen opus ein Motto
voranstellen, dann die
Schumann-Uberschrift (aus
den Kinderszenen) :
,,Fast zu ernst - aber
eben nur ,,fast. (Jurg
Baur)CD:Sinfonieorchester
des Bayerischen
Rundfunks, cond.
Hanns-Martin SchneidtCD
Thorofon CTH 2270
Bibliography:Wallerang,
Lars: Die Orchesterwerke
Jurg Baurs als Dialog
zwischen Tradition und
Moderne, Koln: Dohr
2003.Nonnenmann, Rainer:
Vergegenwartigungen.
Umgang mit historischem
Material bei Zimmermann,
Baur, Killmayer, Schnebel
und Zender, in: Jurg
Baur, hrsg. von Ulrich
Tadday (= Musik-Konzepte.
Neue Folge, Heft
184/185), Munchen:
Edition Text+Kritik 2019,
S. 26-46.
Full orchestra SKU: BA.BVK01601 Facsimile of the autograph score held ...(+)
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Facsimile of the
autograph score held in
the Bibliotheque
nationale de France.
Composed by Hector
Berlioz. Edited by Hugh
MacDonald. This edition:
facsimile. Half-leather
binding. Documenta
musicologica II/53 /
Barenreiter Facsimile.
Facsimile of the
autograph score held in
the Bibliothèque
nationale de France.
Facsimile. Opus 14.
292/12 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BVK01601_00. Published
by Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BVK01601).
ISBN
9783761816011. 48.8 x 32
cm inches. Text Language:
English, German,
French.
The two
string quartets by
Camille Saint-Saens
appear here in one volume
for the first time. The
String Quartet No. 1 in E
Minor op. 112 (1899)
numbers among the
composer's most
successful pieces and is
emblematic of the genre
in the French repertoire.
Here Saint-Saens displays
his fully developed
mastery and presents the
wealth of his inspiration
and musical prowess. Only
three years before his
death, he surprisingly
composed the String
Quartet No. 2 in G major
op. 153 (1918) which,
with its classicistic
stance, represents a
homage to the masters of
the late eighteenth
century Viennese
School.
In
addition to the first
critical edition of the
two string quartets, this
second volume of
theOeuvres instrumentales
completesde Camille
Saint-Saens includes the
first version of the
final movementInterlude
et Finalfrom the second
string quartet, the
fragmentary beginning of
an early work for string
quartet as well as the
previously unknown and
unpublished Adagio from
Symphony No. 2 in A Minor
op. 55 for string
quintet. An extensive
Introduction (Fr/Eng/Ger)
illuminates the genesis,
historical performance
and reception histories
of all these pieces; the
Critical Report (Fr)
provides information
about all the sources and
their variants.
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Composed by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Edited by Klaus Doge. This edition: urte...(+)
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Edited by Klaus Doge.
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Partitur-Bibliothek
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Romantic. Score. Opus 88.
152 pages. Published by
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For
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Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
Schickele. Study Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
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The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
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Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Peter
Schickele. Large Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641576L).
UPC:
680160636549. 11 x 17
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
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Composed
by Antonin Dvorak. Edited
by Jonathan Del Mar. This
edition: urtext edition.
Paperback. Study score.
Opus 95. Baerenreiter
Verlag #TP00619_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.TP00619).
ISBN 9790006203154.
22.5 x 16.5 cm inches.
Key: E minor. Text
Language: English, Czech,
German. Preface: Smaczny,
Jan.
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