Orchestra soloists, chorus, orchestra SKU: PE.EP67890 An Opera in Two ...(+)
Orchestra soloists,
chorus, orchestra
SKU:
PE.EP67890
An
Opera in Two Acts Based
on the Novel by Salman
Rushdie. Composed by
Charles Wuorinen. Full
Orchestra; Single Titles.
Edition Peters. 20th
Century. Full score. 782
pages. Duration 02:00:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP67890. Published by
Edition Peters
(PE.EP67890).
ISBN
9790300747613. 297 x
420mm inches.
English.
Librett
o by James Fenton
In a
make-believe world, based
loosely on Bombay and
Kashmir, the story of
Haroun is a tale of a
fight between the free
imagination and the
powers that oppose it.
Haroun's father, Rashid,
the Shah of Blah, is a
professional and gifted
story-teller, a popular
figure much in demand at
public events. Feeling
neglected, his wife is
persuaded to leave him
and run away with a
neighbor. After this,
Rashid loses confidence
in his powers of
story-tellling, haunted
by his son's question:
'What's the use of
stories that aren't even
there?' Rashid is due to
speak at a political
rally to be held by the
sinister politician,
Snooty Buttoo. He is told
that if he does not come
up with his usual fund of
tales, his tongue will be
cut out. As Rashid
despairs, Haroun
determines to rescue his
father's talent - a
project in which he
learns that the Ocean of
the Sea of Stories, the
source of all stories, is
being polluted by the
enemy of all stories, the
evil Khattam Shud. In a
series of brilliant
imagined adventures,
Haroun succeeds in
defeating the powers of
darkness, and restoring
happiness to his family,
and to the city where he
lives.
Salman
Ruishdie's children's
book, written in the
aftermath of the fatwa,
has an effervescent style
which is full of rhymes
and wordplay. The
libretto stays very close
to the spirit of the
original, conjuring up a
fantasy world in which,
nonetheless, one never
loses sight of harsh
political reality and the
great issues of freedom
of speech and
imagination. -- James
Fenton, 1998
(Death
& Transfiguration)
Clothbound Score,
Complete Edition in
G. Edition Schott.
Classical. Hardcover.
Duration 1440 seconds.
Schott Music #RSW306.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49047172).
UPC:
196288143406.
When
the 24-year-old Richard
Strauss, assistant
conductor in Munich,
began the composition of
his third tone poem in
the summer of 1888, he
saw himself close to the
aspiration prescribed by
his mentor Alexander
Ritter: to become the
successor of Richard
Wagner as a musical
dramatist. Strauss had
already been working on
the text of his first
opera Guntram for a year
and additionally devoted
himself to programmatic
orchestral works oriented
to the musical language
of Liszt and Wagner in
order to prepare himself
compositionally for his
new task. With the aid of
Strauss and other
musicians including
Ludwig Thuille and
Friedrich Rösch who
had been gathering for
“Ritter's round
table†in Munich
between 1886 and 1889,
RitterÂ’s intention
was to achieve success on
a broad front with the
New German School
following the death of
its two protagonists
Wagner and Liszt. We do
not know whether Ritter
and his supporters
jointly planned Strauss's
compositional path
towards opera, determined
the subjectsof his
prospective tone poems
and considered various
strategies of their
musical realization, but
the influence of this
group shouldnot be
underestimated. It cannot
be ruled out that the
number of three tone
poems was fixed, as was
their sequence of
composition, which would
progressively achieve its
zenith in an increasing
orientation to Liszt and
Wagner. The circle could
possibly have also
discussed initial links
to literary subjects
(Macbeth and Don Juan)
and ultimately the
abstention from this
practice in the third and
final tone poem. The
subject of the work, or
rather in StraussÂ’s
formulation its
“poetic
modelâ€, has
occasionally been
interpreted from an
autobiographical aspect.
Strauss however did not
experience serious
illness until May 1891
and once more in June
1892, long after Tod und
Verklärung had been
composed. Even without an
external reason, the
material would have been
only too attractive for
an admirer of Wagner and
Liszt like Strauss, not
to mention for his mentor
Alexander Ritter. The
concept of 'death and
transfiguration' had
already played a central
role in LisztÂ’s
symphonic poems Tasso and
Prometheus.
With an
Authentic Concert Ending
based on the
Harmoniemusik from
Donaueschingen.
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Edited by
Bastiaan Blomhert.
Arranged by H. C. Robbins
Landon. Orchestra;
Softcover.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Overture; Classical. Full
score. 40 pages. Duration
5'. Breitkopf and Haertel
#PB 5266. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5266).
ISBN
9790004210345. 9 x 12
inches.
There are
many clues hinting that
Mozart himself wrote the
wind-band version of his
"Entführung&rdq
uo; located in
Donaueschingen. Our
arrangement features a
concert close to the
Overture which is
unquestionably superior
to the posthumous endings
added by other musicians.
Bastiaan Blomhert
transposed this coherent
close to the orchestral
version. After "Don
Giovanni” there ist
now a second authentic
concert close for a
Mozart overture.
Rhenish Symphony - Urtext. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Joachim...(+)
Rhenish Symphony -
Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Joachim Draheim.
Symphony.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). The
5 study scores of the
symphonies (incl. early
version of the 4th
symphony) in slipcase are
temporarily out of print.
The single editions are,
however, still available.
Romantic. Violoncello
part. Breitkopf and
Haertel #OB 5263-23.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5263-23).
0.48
Rhenish Symphony - Urtext. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Joachim...(+)
Rhenish Symphony -
Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Joachim Draheim.
Symphony.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). The
5 study scores of the
symphonies (incl. early
version of the 4th
symphony) in slipcase are
temporarily out of print.
The single editions are,
however, still available.
Romantic. Violin 2 part.
Breitkopf and Haertel #OB
5263-16. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.OB-5263-16).
0.48
Orchestra (solo: T - choir: SATB - picc.2.2.2.2 - 6(davon 2 hinter der Buhne ad ...(+)
Orchestra (solo: T -
choir: SATB -
picc.2.2.2.2 - 6(davon 2
hinter der Buhne ad
lib).2.3.0 - timp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-5092-07
Fragment of an
Opera. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Joachim Draheim.
Softcover.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Opera;
Music theatre; Romantic.
Study Score. 40 pages.
Duration 7'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5092-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5092-07).
ISBN
9790004208434. 5.5 x 7.5
inches.
Die
Aufzahlung von Schumanns
Opernplanen gleicht einem
abenteuerlichen Streifzug
quer durch die
Literaturgeschichte.
Seinem ,,Haushaltbuch II,
einer Art Tagebuch,
konnen wir entnehmen,
dass er sich am 28.Juni
1844 plotzlichmit dem
,,Corsar von Byron
befasste. Schumann war
zunachst von dem Stoff so
begeistert, dass er
sofort mit der
Komposition begann, noch
ehe der Plan wirklich
ausgereift war, aber
schon einen Monat spater
wandte er sich einer
anderen Arbeit zu,
namlich den Faust-Szenen,
die ihn bis 1853
beschaftigen sollten.Von
einer Ouverture ist
nichts bekannt, ein
einleitender ,,Chor der
Corsaren, in dem diese -
mit ihren Frauen, denn es
ist ein gemischter Chor!
- in enger textlicher
Anlehnung an den Anfang
des Byronschen Versepos
ihr wildes, ungebundenes
Leben auf dem Meer
besingen, wurde in
vollstandiger Partitur
niedergeschrieben. Ihm
schliesst sich, ebenfalls
vollstandig
instrumentiert, ein
Nachspiel an, das durch
seine zauberhafte
romantische Stimmung
gefangennimmt. Ein
c-uroll Akkord schlagt
die harmonische Brucke
zur Nr. 2 (Arie des
Conrad), die in B-dur
steht und mit den fur
Schumann so typischen
punktierten Figuren den
Titelhelden als
Kampfernatur zu
charakterisieren sucht.
Doch schon nach 5 Takten
bricht die Partitur ab,
von der Singstimme sind
noch weitere 6 Takte, am
Schluss ohne Text,
niedergeschrieben.Die
Urauffuhrung fand am 25.
April 1981 im Rahmen
eines konzertanten
Opernabends mit dem Titel
,,Opernfragmente der
Romantik im Badischen
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
statt.