Boy
Soprano, Soprano, Tenor,
Flugelhorn, Mixed Chorus,
and Chamber Orchestra
Study Score. Composed
by Harald Weiss. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Classical.
Softcover. Composed
2008/2009. 188 pages.
Duration 100'. Schott
Music #ED20619. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49018099).
ISBN
9790001158428. UPC:
884088567347.
8.25x11.75x0.457 inches.
Latin - German.
On
letting go(Concerning the
selection of the texts)
In the selection of the
texts, I have allowed
myself to be motivated
and inspired by the
concept of 'letting go'.
This appears to me to be
one of the essential
aspects of dying, but
also of life itself. We
humans cling far too
strongly to successful
achievements, whether
they have to do with
material or ideal values,
or relationships of all
kinds. We cannot and do
not want to let go,
almost as if our life
depended on it. As we
will have to practise the
art of letting go at the
latest during our hour of
death, perhaps we could
already make a start on
this while we are still
alive. Tagore describes
this farewell with very
simple but strikingly
vivid imagery: 'I will
return the key of my
door'. I have set this
text for tenor solo. Here
I imagine, and have
correspondingly noted in
a certain passage of the
score, that the
protagonist finds himself
as though 'in an ocean'
of voices in which he is
however not drowning, but
immersing himself in
complete relaxation. The
phenomenon of letting go
is described even more
simply and tersely in
Psalm 90, verse 12: 'So
teach us to number our
days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom'.
This cannot be expressed
more plainly.I have begun
the requiem with a solo
boy's voice singing the
beginning of this psalm
on a single note, the
note A. This in effect
says it all. The work
comes full circle at the
culmination with a repeat
of the psalm which
subsequently leads into a
resplendent 'lux
aeterna'. The
intermediate texts of the
Requiem which highlight
the phenomenon of letting
go in the widest spectrum
of colours originate on
the one hand from the
Latin liturgy of the
Messa da Requiem (In
Paradisum, Libera me,
Requiem aeternam, Mors
stupebit) and on the
other hand from poems by
Joseph von Eichendorff,
Hermann Hesse,
Rabindranath Tagore and
Rainer Maria Rilke.All
texts have a distinctive
positive element in
common and view death as
being an organic process
within the great system
of the universe, for
example when Hermann
Hesse writes: 'Entreiss
dich, Seele, nun der
Zeit, entreiss dich
deinen Sorgen und mache
dich zum Flug bereit in
den ersehnten Morgen'
['Tear yourself way , o
soul, from time, tear
yourself away from your
sorrows and prepare
yourself to fly away into
the long-awaited
morning'] and later: 'Und
die Seele unbewacht will
in freien Flugen
schweben, um im
Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu
leben' ['And the
unfettered soul strives
to soar in free flight to
live in the magic sphere
of the night, deep and
thousandfold']. Or Joseph
von Eichendorff whose
text evokes a distant
song in his lines: 'Und
meine Seele spannte weit
ihre Flugel aus. Flog
durch die stillen Lande,
als floge sie nach Haus'
['And my soul spread its
wings wide. Flew through
the still country as if
homeward bound.']Here a
strong romantically
tinged occidental
resonance can be detected
which is however also
accompanied by a
universal spirit going
far beyond all cultures
and religions. In the
beginning was the sound
Long before any sort of
word or meaningful phrase
was uttered by vocal
chords, sounds,
vibrations and tones
already existed. This
brings us back to the
music. Both during my
years of study and at
subsequent periods, I had
been an active
participant in the world
of contemporary music,
both as percussionist and
also as conductor and
composer. My early scores
had a somewhat
adventurous appearance,
filled with an abundance
of small black dots: no
rhythm could be too
complicated, no register
too extreme and no
harmony too dissonant. I
devoted myself intensely
to the handling of
different parameters
which in serial music
coexist in total
equality: I also studied
aleatory principles and
so-called minimal music.I
subsequently emigrated
and took up residence in
Spain from where I
embarked on numerous
travels over the years to
India, Africa and South
America. I spent repeated
periods during this time
as a resident in
non-European countries.
This meant that the
currents of contemporary
music swept past me
vaguely and at a great
distance. What I instead
absorbed during this
period were other
completely new cultures
in which I attempted to
immerse myself as
intensively as possible.I
learned foreign languages
and came into contact
with musicians of all
classes and styles who
had a different cultural
heritage than my own: I
was intoxicated with the
diversity of artistic
potential.Nevertheless,
the further I distanced
myself from my own
Western musical heritage,
the more this returned
insistently in my
consciousness.The scene
can be imagined of
sitting somewhere in the
middle of the Brazilian
jungle surrounded by the
wailing of Indians and
out of the blue being
provided with the
opportunity to hear
Beethoven's late string
quartets: this can be a
heart-wrenching
experience, akin to an
identity crisis. This
type of experience can
also be described as
cathartic. Whatever the
circumstances, my
'renewed' occupation with
the 'old' country would
not permit me to return
to the point at which I
as an audacious young
student had maltreated
the musical parameters of
so-called contemporary
music. A completely
different approach would
be necessary: an
extremely careful
approach, inching my way
gradually back into the
Western world: an
approach which would
welcome tradition back
into the fold, attempt to
unfurl the petals and
gently infuse this
tradition with a breath
of contemporary
life.Although I am aware
that I will not unleash a
revolution or scandal
with this approach, I am
nevertheless confident
as, with the musical
vocabulary of this
Requiem, I am travelling
in an orbit in which no
ballast or complex
structures will be
transported or intimated:
on the contrary, I have
attempted to form the
message of the texts in
music with the naivety of
a 'homecomer'. Harald
WeissColonia de San
PedroMarch 2009.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49044525 Opera in One Act - Study Scor...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49044525
Opera in One Act -
Study Score. Composed
by Huw Watkins. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Wenn wir den
Ausgangspunkt von Thomas
Hardy Geschichte
betrachten, fuhlen wir
uns in die Gegenwart, zu
einem heutigen Blick auf
die Novelle
transportiert. Diese
Sicht verdeutlicht,
welche Macht der
menschliche Geist uber
die Handlungen einer
Person hat. E. Classical,
Contemporary, Opera.
Softcover. Composed
2011-2012. 156 pages.
Duration 45'. Schott
Music #ED13780. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49044525).
ISBN
9790220135569. UPC:
888680080495.
8.25x11.75x0.388 inches.
English.
Taking
Thomas Hardy's short
story as its starting
point, we are transported
to the present for a
contemporary take on the
novella which explores
the power the mind can
have over that person's
actions. A closed door
sparks an obsession so
strong that the
boundaries between
reality and fantasy begin
to blur.Ella and her
high-finance husband
Stephen rent a room in a
holiday home on the
coast, owned by Susan.
Ella discovers that a
locked room in the house
is rented by a poet - Ben
Pascoe - whose work holds
a deep fascination for
her. The room is held for
Pascoe, though he visits
rarely.Ella's obsession
with Pascoe grows in
parallel with the
progress of Stephen's
biggest City deal. She
begins by imagining the
poet's voice as she reads
his work, but this
quickly grows to
fantasised encounters
with Pascoe in his locked
room. Stephen returns
from the City and makes
love to Ella, but it is
not him she wishes for.
We see the real Pascoe
only once, with Susan.As
Stephen's financial
dreams are realised and
Ella's fantasy consumes
her, she learns of
Pascoe's death. Despite
her changed
circumstances, Ella
chooses to stay in her
new world.
Orchestra SKU: BA.BA06861 Sinfonie (1923-1928). Composed by Leos J...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA06861
Sinfonie
(1923-1928). Composed
by Leos Janacek. Arranged
by Leoš Faltus and
Miloš Štedron. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete Critical
Edition of the Works of
Leos Janacek H/3.
Complete edition, Score,
Set of parts. Duration 40
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA06861_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA06861).
ISBN 9790260104211.
34.3 x 27 cm
inches.
Leoš
Janácek’s
symphonic fragment Dunaj
(The Danube) dates from
the period of the
composition of
“Katya
Kabanovaâ€. The
composer was not
concerned with a
musical-picturesque
description of a river
landscape, but with the
mythical link between
women’s destinies
and
water.
“Pale
green waves of the
Danube! There are so many
of you, and one followed
by another. You remain
interlocked in a
continuous flow. You
surprise yourselves where
you ended up – on
the Czech shores! Look
back downstream and you
will have an impression
of what you have left
behind in your haste. It
pleases you here. Here I
will rest with my
symphony.†Thus
Leoš Janácek
described the idea behind
the composition project
which occupied him in
1923/24. However, after
further work, it remained
incomplete in 1926. His
“symphonyâ€
entitled Dunaj has
survived as a
continuously-notated,
four-movement bundle of
sketches in score form.
It is one of the works
which occupied him until
his death. The scholarly
reconstruction by the two
Brno composers Miloš
Štedron and Leoš
Faltus closely follows
the original
manuscript.
A
whole conglomeration of
motifs stands behind the
incomplete work. What at
first seems like a
counterpart to
Smetana’s Vltava,
in fact doesn’t
turn out to be a musical
depiction of the Danube.
On the contrary, the
fateful link between the
destiny of women, water
and death permeates the
range of motifs found in
the work. It seems to be
no coincidence that
Janácek, whilst
working on the opera
Katya Kabanova, in which
the Volga, as the river
bringing death plays an
almost mythical role,
planned a Danube
symphony, and that its
content was linked with
the destiny of women: in
the sketches, two poems
were found which may have
provided the stimulus for
several movements of the
symphony. He copied a
poem by Pavla
Kriciková into the
second movement, in which
a girl remarks that
whilst bathing in a pond,
she was observed by a
man. Filled with shame,
the young naked woman
jumps into the water and
drowns. The outer
movements likewise draw
on the poem
“Lola†by the
Czech writer Sonja
Špálová,
published under the
pseudonym Alexander
Insarov. This is about a
prostitute who asks for
her heart’s
desire: she is given a
palace, but then goes on
a long search for it and
is finally no longer
wanted by anyone. She
suffers, feels cold and
just wants a warm fire.
Janácek adds his
remark “she jumps
into the Danube†to
the inconclusive
ending.
To these
tangible literary models
is added Adolf
Veselý’s verbal
account which reports
that the composer wanted
to portray “in the
Danube, the female sex
with all its passions and
driving forcesâ€.
The third movement is
said to characterise the
city of Vienna in the
form of a
woman.
It is
evident that in his
composition, Janácek
was not striving for a
simple, natural lyricism.
The River Danube is
masculine in the Slavic
language –
“ten Dunajâ€
– and assumes an
almost mythical
significance in the
national character,
indeed often also a role
bringing death. The four
movements are motivically
conceived. Elements of
sound painting, small
wave-like figures in the
first movement, motoric,
driving movements in the
third are obvious
evocations of water. And
the content and the
literary level are easy
to discover. The
“tremolo of the
four timpaniâ€,
which was amongst
Janácek’s first
inspirations, appears in
the second movement. It
is not difficult to
retrace in it the fate of
the drowning bather. The
oboe enters lamentoso
towards the end of the
movement over timpani
playing tremolo, its
descending figure is
taken over by the flute,
then upper strings and
intensified considerably.
The motif of drowning
– Lola’s
despair – returns
again in the fourth
movement in the clarinet,
before the work ends
abruptly and
dramatically.
One
special effect is the use
of a soprano voice in the
motor-driven third
movement. The singer
vocalises mainly in
parallel with the solo
oboe, but also in
dialogue with other parts
such as the viola
d’amore, which
Janácek used in
several late works as a
sort of “voice of
loveâ€.
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Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-508 Filmmusik zu The Grapes of Wrath/Hangmen Als...(+)
Orchestra
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Filmmusik zu The
Grapes of Wrath/Hangmen
Also Die. Composed by
Hanns Eisler. Edited by
Johannes C. Gall.
Hardback. Complete Works.
Early modern; Music
post-1945. Complete
Works. 156 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 508. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
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ISBN
9790004803301. 10 x 12.5
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Editorial
BoardThomas Phleps
(Music), Georg Witte
(Writings)Editorial
MembersMusic: Oliver
Dahin / Johannes C. Gall,
Writings: Maren
KosterEditorial
CommitteeMusic: Hartmut
Fladt, Werner Grunzweig,
Elmar Juchem, Roland
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SchubertWritings:
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Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
WissmannThe editorial
works are supported by
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Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
foundations:Klockner-Stif
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Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
V: Incidental MusicSeries
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FragmentsSeries VIII:
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other composersSeries IX:
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2007.
The major
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transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
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Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-511 Orchestermusik. Composed by Hanns Eisler...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BR.SON-511
Orchestermusik.
Composed by Hanns Eisler.
Edited by Knud Breyer.
Hardback. Complete Works.
Early modern; Music
post-1945. Complete
Works. 248 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 511. Published by
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(BR.SON-511).
ISBN
9790004803448. 10 x 12.5
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Editorial
BoardThomas Phleps
(Music), Georg Witte
(Writings)Editorial
MembersMusic: Oliver
Dahin / Johannes C. Gall,
Writings: Maren
KosterEditorial
CommitteeMusic: Hartmut
Fladt, Werner Grunzweig,
Elmar Juchem, Roland
Kluttig, Giselher
SchubertWritings:
Albrecht Betz, Albrecht
Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
WissmannThe editorial
works are supported by
the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
foundations:Klockner-Stif
tung, Lotto-Stiftung,
Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
V: Incidental MusicSeries
VI: Film MusicSeries VII:
Sketches and
FragmentsSeries VIII:
Arrangements of works by
other composersSeries IX:
Writings, Letters and
InterviewsSON 501 has
been awarded the German
Music Edition Prize
2003.SON 502 has been
awarded the German Music
Edition Prize
2007.
The major
upheavals that
transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
fashion. Price reduction
for a subscription.
Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-506 Kammersymphonie op.69. Composed by Hanns...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BR.SON-506
Kammersymphonie
op.69. Composed by
Hanns Eisler. Edited by
Tobias Fasshauer.
Hardback. Complete Works.
Early modern; Music
post-1945. Complete
Works. 148 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 506. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.SON-506).
ISBN
9790004802779. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Editorial
BoardThomas Phleps
(Music), Georg Witte
(Writings)Editorial
MembersMusic: Oliver
Dahin / Johannes C. Gall,
Writings: Maren
KosterEditorial
CommitteeMusic: Hartmut
Fladt, Werner Grunzweig,
Elmar Juchem, Roland
Kluttig, Giselher
SchubertWritings:
Albrecht Betz, Albrecht
Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
WissmannThe editorial
works are supported by
the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft.Sp
ecial volumes are made
possible with the support
of the following
foundations:Klockner-Stif
tung, Lotto-Stiftung,
Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
MusicSeries II: Music for
Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
Music for Voice and
PianoSeries IV:
Instrumental MusicSeries
V: Incidental MusicSeries
VI: Film MusicSeries VII:
Sketches and
FragmentsSeries VIII:
Arrangements of works by
other composersSeries IX:
Writings, Letters and
InterviewsSON 501 has
been awarded the German
Music Edition Prize
2003.SON 502 has been
awarded the German Music
Edition Prize
2007.
The major
upheavals that
transformed society and
musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
fashion. Price reduction
for a subscription.
Orchestra SKU: BR.SON-509 Filmmusik zu Nuit et brouillard. Compose...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BR.SON-509
Filmmusik zu Nuit et
brouillard. Composed
by Hanns Eisler. Edited
by Knud Breyer and Oliver
Dahin. Hardback. Complete
Works. Early modern;
Music post-1945. Complete
Works. 156 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 509. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.SON-509).
ISBN
9790004803318. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Editorial
BoardThomas Phleps
(Music), Georg Witte
(Writings)Editorial
MembersMusic: Oliver
Dahin / Johannes C. Gall,
Writings: Maren
KosterEditorial
CommitteeMusic: Hartmut
Fladt, Werner Grunzweig,
Elmar Juchem, Roland
Kluttig, Giselher
SchubertWritings:
Albrecht Betz, Albrecht
Riethmuller, Jurgen
Schebera, Friederike
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Hanns und Steffy Eisler
StiftungThe goal of the
Hanns Eisler Complete
Edition (HEGA) is to
present to the public all
available compositions,
writings and letters in
an appropriately
scholarly form. It takes
a historico-critical
approach and seeks to
document the history of
the works and writings by
shedding light on their
transformations, thus
identifying the various
versions as witnesses of
evolving aesthetic and
historical positions.
Eislers complete oeuvre
(only a limited number of
his works had penetrated
the publics awareness up
until the 1990s) first
became the object of an
editorial undertaking
when the Eisler -
Gesammelte Werke (EGW)
was founded by Nathan
Notowicz. It was later
placed under the
direction of Manfred
Grabs and Eberhardt
Klemm, and began issuing
its publications in 1968
through the intermediary
of the Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik in Leipzig.
However, only four
volumes of music and five
volumes of writings were
published. The Hanns
Eisler Complete Edition
pursues the work begun at
that time, although it
has had to fundamentally
revise its editorial
principles. In this
respect, the Hanns Eisler
Complete Edition can be
considered as a
completely new editorial
undertaking. It became
necessary to reconceive
the organization of the
volumes and series as
well as the editorial
guidelines in order to
adapt the standards of
historico-critical
editing generally
applicable today to the
specific and sometimes
singular circumstances of
Eislers works.The
Critical Commentaries
pertaining to the main
volumes follow the music
section or, whenever they
are too extensive, appear
in a special
volume.Series I: Choral
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Voice and Instrumental
Ensemble or
OrchestraSeries III:
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V: Incidental MusicSeries
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2003.SON 502 has been
awarded the German Music
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2007.
The major
upheavals that
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musical aesthetics during
the first half of the
20th century also
profoundly affected the
life of Hanns Eisler, as
well as his compositions
and writings. The
importance and scope of
Eislers oeuvre are reason
enough to make his works
accessible to musical
scholarship and practice
in a comprehensive
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Orchestra SKU: SU.94010400 For Orchestra. Composed by James Lee II...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.94010400
For
Orchestra. Composed
by James Lee III.
Orchestra. Study Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#94010400. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.94010400).
2,1 2,1 2,1
2,1; 4331; timp, perc(3),
cel, hp; stgs Duration:
11' Composed: 2013
Published by: Subito
Music Publishing
Performance materials
available on rental:
Alas! Babylon’s
Final Sunset is
another installment in my
series of works that
musically comment on the
biblical books of Daniel
and Revelation. The
principal source of
inspiration for this
works comes from the 18th
chapter of the book of
Revelation. This chapter
states that the career of
Babylon the Great is
finally coming to an end.
The music begins with a
mysterious pianissimo
tremolo accompanied by
tam-tam and bass drum.
The initial flourishes in
the oboes and English
horn serve as the
principal motive of
warning. As the music
continues, there are
varying degrees of
agitation among the
strings and woodwinds.
Throughout the work there
are rhythmic motives in
the brass, percussion,
and various woodwind
instruments that sing and
speak Babylon is Fallen
in triple meter. As the
tutti ensemble arrives at
a climax, the orchestral
texture becomes thinner
and slightly transparent.
As the music continues,
the opening motive
returns in the oboes,
however the counterpoint
produces a series of solo
laments. These passages
are intended to provide
picturesque images of
these words: And the
voice of harpers, and
musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, shall be
heard no more at all in
thee; and no craftsman,
of whatsoever craft he
be, shall be found any
more in thee; and the
sound of a millstone
shall be heard no more at
all in thee; And the
light of a candle shall
shine no more at all in
thee. and the voice of
the bridegroom and of the
bride shall be heard no
more at all in thee: for
thy merchants were the
great men of the earth;
for by thy sorceries were
all nations deceived. And
in her was found the
blood of prophets, and of
saints, and of all that
were slain upon the
earth. Rev. 18:22-24 The
following passages
musically comment on the
historical career of
Babylon with a sense of
her impending
destruction. The series
of laments transforms
into the more emphatic
rhythmic motive Babylon
is Fallen. The orchestral
texture begins to become
more condense, once
again, with the initial
flourishes of, but with
notable variations.
Finally, the celesta,
harp, oboes, English
horn, and strings sing
profundities that are
finally transformed into
a minor mode tonality
that fades away with the
ringing of the tam-tam.
Babylon has finally seen
her last sunset.
Full
Score. Composed by
Per Norgard. Music Sales
America. 20Th Century,
Classical. Softcover. 188
pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #KP00865.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14032192).
ISBN
9788759858394.
12.0x16.5x0.78 inches.
International (more than
one
language).
Symphony
No. 6 for orchestra,
1997-99. Preface /
Program Note:... with the
Lord a day is like a
thousand years, and a
thousand years is like a
day(New Testament, 2
Peter 3:8)My SYMPHONY NO.
6 was commissioned by the
Danish National Radio
Symphony Orchestra, the
Gteborg Symphony
Orchestra and the Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra,
to be premiered at the
millenium 2000.The
subtitle AT THE END OF
THE DAY can be understood
literally or it can mean
when all is added up.
However, in my opinion,
nothing ever quite adds
up, there is always
something missing, any
ending will be
provisional ...This
symphony appears to end
only a few minutes into
the first movement, the
first passage, as the
music fades away to
almost-silence, after a
start of flying colours.
But then there is still
something, a small motive
(first heard in the
initial sound-waves)
which reappears,
hesitant, but persistent,
and this embryo is what
leads on the musical
progression. An agitated
section of many
instrumental voices comes
next, until all the
voices become obsessed
with the same phrase, a
see-saw motive based on
thirds. This section
evolves into almost
martial ferocity, when
broken off by a tutti
descent into an extreme
bass-world (a bass-world
which actually permeates
the whole symphony,
emplyoing instruments
that I have never used
before: double-bass tuba,
double-bass trombone,
double-bass clarinet, and
bass flute).The second
movement, the second
passage, apparently takes
off where the first
passage ended, but now
the events are more
ambiguous, and the same
music may be perceived as
fast-moving one moment
and slow-moving the next.
This section is a kind of
passacaglia, the
characteristic baroque
bass-variation.Without a
break follows the third
and last passage, in a
contrasting high
register. The music is
rhythmically knotty as
well as freely flowing.
As in the beginning of
the symphony, a
never-ending descent or
fall breaks off the
events, and at the very
end a delta of new
beginnings, of other
worlds, is revealed
....The symphony is
dedicated to Helle, my
wife. - Per Norgard.
Composed by Gustav
Mahler. Edited by
Christian Rudolf Riedel.
Voice; stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Symphony; Late-romantic.
Set of parts. 1116 pages.
Duration 65'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5641-60.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5641-60).
ISBN
9790004348833. 10.5 x 14
inches.
The Song of
the Earth, composed in
the summer of 1908, is
Mahler's best-known and
most personal work.
Reflecting drastic
changes in his life, its
immense emotional density
is very moving. Until the
very end, Mahler
continued to refine the
extremely differentiated
instrumentation, as is
evident in numerous
retouchings in the
autograph score and
engraver's model. It is
therefore all the more
regrettable that he was
neither able to perform
his Symphony in Songs
himself nor that he was
involved in its printing.
Unfortunately, in the
posthumously published
first edition of 1912 and
the subsequent editions
edited by Erwin Ratz and
Karl Heinz Fussl, many
questions remained
unanswered, while other
were answered in a
dubious way.The edition
is the first
text-critical one of the
work on a scientifically
sound basis. It offers
not only a more reliable
musical text, but also
systematically and
lucidly prepared
information on the
sources, their
transmission and
evaluation. All editorial
decisions have been
documented in a
transparently
comprehensible manner -
in particular those
leading to new audible
results. Work-related
notes on performance
practice, which for the
first time include
Mahler's conducting
indications, offer
valuable, indispensable
interpretive aids. In
addition to the regular
five clarinet parts, the
set of parts includes two
additional parts (3rd
clarinet/Eb clarinet,
bass clarinet/3rd
clarinet in places where
the latter plays Eb
clarinet) to allow
performances with only
four clarinets.The
completely revised piano
reduction reproduces the
orchestral texture true
to the score without
losing sight of
playability. Both
Mahler's piano autograph
and the piano reduction
by Woss, which was
commissioned by the
composer himself, served
as an inspiration for
this.
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3653L Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged by M...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3653L
Composed
by Pepper Choplin.
Arranged by Michael
Lawrence. Choral,
cantatas. Eastertide,
Holy Week. Score and
parts, plus CD with
printable parts. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#30/3653L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-3653L).
UPC:
000308152227.
Score
and parts plus CD with
printable parts for The
Body of Christ (55/1197L)
Pepper Choplin
beautifully and
creatively crafted this
telling of the final days
of Jesus’ life,
focusing on the meaning
of His words and actions
leading to the cross.
With stunning melodies
and a powerful
orchestration by Michael
Lawrence, we reflect on
the feet that walked the
earth, the hands that
touched and healed, the
voice that spoke the Word
of God, and the head that
bore a crown of thorns as
Jesus was sacrificed.
From the worshipful
opener, We Behold His
Glory, to the meditative
and stunningly powerful
path to the cross, O
Sacred Journey, the
importance of
Christ’s body
remains the center point
of this work. The final
number, We Are the Body
of Christ, is a
benediction that can be
presented immediately
following the preceding
number or after closing
remarks from a speaker.
For Christ is our head
and though we are many,
His Spirit will make us
one…Go now as the
body of Christ..
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3650L Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged by M...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3650L
Composed
by Pepper Choplin.
Arranged by Michael
Lawrence. Choral,
cantatas. Eastertide,
Holy Week. Full score.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#30/3650L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-3650L).
UPC:
000308152197.
Full
score for The Body of
Christ (55/1197L) Pepper
Choplin beautifully and
creatively crafted this
telling of the final days
of Jesus’ life,
focusing on the meaning
of His words and actions
leading to the cross.
With stunning melodies
and a powerful
orchestration by Michael
Lawrence, we reflect on
the feet that walked the
earth, the hands that
touched and healed, the
voice that spoke the Word
of God, and the head that
bore a crown of thorns as
Jesus was sacrificed.
From the worshipful
opener, We Behold His
Glory, to the meditative
and stunningly powerful
path to the cross, O
Sacred Journey, the
importance of
Christ’s body
remains the center point
of this work. The final
number, We Are the Body
of Christ, is a
benediction that can be
presented immediately
following the preceding
number or after closing
remarks from a speaker.
For Christ is our head
and though we are many,
His Spirit will make us
one…Go now as the
body of Christ..
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3651L Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged by M...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3651L
Composed
by Pepper Choplin.
Arranged by Michael
Lawrence. Choral,
cantatas. Eastertide,
Holy Week. Instrumental
parts. Lorenz Publishing
Company #30/3651L.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
(LO.30-3651L).
UPC:
000308152203.
Set
of parts for The Body of
Christ (55/1197L) Pepper
Choplin beautifully and
creatively crafted this
telling of the final days
of Jesus’ life,
focusing on the meaning
of His words and actions
leading to the cross.
With stunning melodies
and a powerful
orchestration by Michael
Lawrence, we reflect on
the feet that walked the
earth, the hands that
touched and healed, the
voice that spoke the Word
of God, and the head that
bore a crown of thorns as
Jesus was sacrificed.
From the worshipful
opener, We Behold His
Glory, to the meditative
and stunningly powerful
path to the cross, O
Sacred Journey, the
importance of
Christ’s body
remains the center point
of this work. The final
number, We Are the Body
of Christ, is a
benediction that can be
presented immediately
following the preceding
number or after closing
remarks from a speaker.
For Christ is our head
and though we are many,
His Spirit will make us
one…Go now as the
body of Christ..
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3652L Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged by M...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3652L
Composed
by Pepper Choplin.
Arranged by Michael
Lawrence. Choral,
cantatas. Eastertide,
Holy Week. CD with
printable parts. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#30/3652L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-3652L).
UPC:
000308152210.
CD
with printable parts for
The Body of Christ
(55/1197L) Pepper Choplin
beautifully and
creatively crafted this
telling of the final days
of Jesus’ life,
focusing on the meaning
of His words and actions
leading to the cross.
With stunning melodies
and a powerful
orchestration by Michael
Lawrence, we reflect on
the feet that walked the
earth, the hands that
touched and healed, the
voice that spoke the Word
of God, and the head that
bore a crown of thorns as
Jesus was sacrificed.
From the worshipful
opener, We Behold His
Glory, to the meditative
and stunningly powerful
path to the cross, O
Sacred Journey, the
importance of
Christ’s body
remains the center point
of this work. The final
number, We Are the Body
of Christ, is a
benediction that can be
presented immediately
following the preceding
number or after closing
remarks from a speaker.
For Christ is our head
and though we are many,
His Spirit will make us
one…Go now as the
body of Christ..
4 voices (ATTB) and string orchestra SKU: HL.49019906 For four voices ...(+)
4 voices (ATTB) and
string orchestra
SKU:
HL.49019906
For
four voices (ATTB) and
string orchestra.
Composed by Gavin Bryars.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Study Score. Softcover.
Composed 2012. 36 pages.
Duration 15'. Schott
Music #ED13579. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49019906).
ISBN
9790220134180. UPC:
888680623623.
8.25x11.75x0.16 inches.
English.
Written
for the Hilliard Ensemble
and the strings of the
Norwegian Chamber
Orchestra, the composer
sets two texts from St.
Columba about the power
of the human voice. The
work is divided into two
parts in line with the
texts, with string
orchestral episodes
preceding each. Despite
some divisi in the string
writing, The Voice of St.
Columba promotes the
clarity and directness of
the texts through its
simplicity. Part one,
'Colum's Voice', is a
description of the
extraordinary physical
and magical power of St.
Columba's voice, and its
revelatory qualities are
observed in part two, 'On
Hinba'.
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.44827S Often Referred to as the African-...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.44827S
Often Referred to as
the African-American
National Anthem.
Composed by J. Rosamond
Johnson. Arranged by Bob
Phillips. This edition:
with Chorus. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Sound Innovations for
String Orchestra. Folk;
Multicultural. Score. 8
pages. Duration 2:40.
Alfred Music #00-44827S.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.44827S).
UPC:
038081518176. English.
James Weldon
Johnson.
The poem
and original hymn-like
music of Lift Every Voice
and Sing, by James and J.
Rosamond Johnson,
reverberate through the
decades of the civil
rights movement.
Originally performed for
Booker T. Washington in
1900, it is sometimes
called the
African-American National
Anthem. This setting, by
Bob Phillips, teaches 6/8
and uses chromatic
alterations in first
position. A vocal lead
sheet is included in the
reproducible educational
packets. The
cross-curricular
programming possibilities
are vast. (2:40).
Often Referred to as the African-American National Anthem . Composed by ...(+)
Often Referred to as
the African-American
National Anthem .
Composed by J. Rosamond
Johnson, words by James
Weldon Johnson. Arranged
by Bob Phillips. This
edition: with Chorus.
Part(s); Score; String
Orchestra. Sound
Innovations for String
Orchestra. Folk;
Multicultural. 80 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.44827).
(Full Score Critical Edition). Composed by Cole Porter. Orchestra. For Voice. Th...(+)
(Full Score Critical
Edition). Composed by
Cole Porter. Orchestra.
For Voice. This edition:
Full Orchestral Score
(Case Bound). Full
Orchestra (Full Score);
Score. Broadway. 754
pages. Published by
Alfred Music
Orchestra SKU: HL.14014802 Composed by Hans Werner Henze. Music Sales Ame...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14014802
Composed
by Hans Werner Henze.
Music Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2002. 80 pages. Chester
Music #CH63228. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14014802).
ISBN
9780711992764.
9.75x13.75x0.285
inches.
Composer's
Notes: This piece,
written during the winter
months of 2000-2001,
consists of one movement,
Allegro con fuoco, in
which an old score is
revisited, raided and
ravished by its composer.
The earlier music had
been written in the
mid-fifties for a stage
work Maratona di Danza
and for its maker, the
director Luchino
Visconti. Elements from
the older piece reappear
on and off like shadows
under the surface of new
ones, like more or less
vague memories, images of
young people suffering
pain and despair in their
struggle for survival in
a barbaric, pitiless
modern world. My new
composition is a kind of
concerto for very large
symphony orchestra, an
etude on constant and
often rapid musical
changes of mood and
colours, built on a
variety of rhythmic
figures, incessantly and
brutally pushing the
music ahead. Sometimes,
it is as though voices
are weeping, sometimes
crying out loud with
pain, with anxiety, under
the cold hearted pressure
of an overwhelming
violence. Hans Werner
Henze Commissioned on the
occasion of the 50th
anniversary of das neue
werk, Hamburg. Premiered
on 29th June 2001.
Duration 15 minutes.
A Cantata for
Christmas. Composed
by Heather Sorenson.
Daybreak Christmas
Choral. Advent, Cantata,
Carol, Christmas,
Christmas/Advent Sacred,
General Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. Duration 3000
seconds. Published by
Daybreak Music
(HL.226377).
ISBN
9781495091506. UPC:
888680674618.
8.5x11.0x2.3
inches.
Composed in
both traditional and
blended choral stylings,
this cantata weaves the
historic symbolism of
both the Lion of Judah
and the Lamb of God into
the Christmas story.
Through original songs
and traditional carols,
singers and listeners are
reminded that this story
is not just an event in
history, but a living
story that still impacts
the world today.
Narration, solos,
congregational
participation and
optional children's
voices, along with
gorgeous orchestrations
by Keith Christopher, all
work together to make
this service a time of
both celebration and
worship. Songs include:
Overture/Sing Christmas!;
And So We Wait; It Came
upon a Midnight Clear;
Who's the Little Baby?;
Sleep Little Lion, Sleep
Little Lamb; Where Is
Peace Tonight?; In This
Moment; Angels from the
Realms of Glory; Carol of
the King. Score and Parts
(fl 1-2/pic, ob, cl 1-2,
bn, tpt 1-3, hn 1-2, tbn
1-2, tbn 3/tba, perc 1-2,
timp, hp, pno, rhy, vn
1-2, va, vc, db)
available as a Printed
Edition and as a digital
download.
Composed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Edited by Ulrich Mahlert. This edition: u...(+)
Composed by Jean Sibelius
(1865-1957). Edited by
Ulrich Mahlert. This
edition: urtext.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Study
score. 116 pages.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5564-07).
(Dui Hua).
Composed by Traditional.
Arranged by Albert Wang.
Voyager String Orchestra.
Score and set of parts.
Duration 3 minutes, 10
seconds. Kendor Music Inc
#9104. Published by
Kendor Music Inc
(KN.9104).
UPC:
822795091045.
This
popular folk song from
the Hebei Province, a
unique geographical area
surrounding the capital
city of Beijing, is a
great favorite there
because of its memorable
melody. In his score
notes Mr. Wang explains
that Chinese duets
resemble a
question-and-answer
conversation between
voices, which aptly
describes the form and
character of this setting
for student strings.
Duration 3:10.
Orchestra (Study Score) Waltz for Orchestra. Composed by Johann Strauss. Edited ...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
Waltz for Orchestra.
Composed by Johann
Strauss. Edited by Viktor
Keldorfer. Arranged by
Viktor Keldorfer. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Eulenburg
Taschenpartituren (Pocket
Scores). Classical,
Romantic. Study Score.
Composed 1885. Op. 410.
48 pages. Duration 7'.
Eulenburg Edition
#ETP869. Published by
Eulenburg Edition
Cantata for the 1st
day of Christmas.
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Edited by
Pieter Dirksen. Vocal
score. Composed
1728/1729. BWV 197a /
197.1. Duration 25
minutes. Carus Verlag
#3140203. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3140203).
ISBN
9790007295080.
German/English. Text:
Henrici (Picander),
Christian
Friedrich.
Only the
text and the last page of
the autograph score of
the Christmas Cantata
“Ehre sei Gott in
der Höhe†BWV
197.1 (197a) have
survived, beginning with
the end of the 2nd aria.
This, along with the
complete surviving 3rd
aria are found in parody
versions in the Wedding
Cantata BWV 197 / BWV3
197.2, from which this
cantata takes its BWV
number. For a long time
there has been a
fascinating theory about
the missing opening
chorus: could this have
been the parody source
for the Gloria in the
Mass in B minor?
The musicologist
and organist Pieter
Dirksen has pursued this,
creating a four-part
choral version largely
derived from corrections
made in the autograph of
the Mass in B minor. He
has underlaid this with
the text of the opening
chorus (the German
translation of the
Gloria). What results is
a convincing version of
the Christmas Cantata
– with one of
Bach’s best-known
choruses as the prominent
opening chorus and
plausible solutions for
the other sections
missing in the
autograph.
Cantata for the 1st
day of Christmas.
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Edited by
Pieter Dirksen. Composed
1728/1729. BWV 197a /
197.1. Duration 25
minutes. Carus Verlag
#3140212. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3140212).
ISBN
9790007301590.
German/English. Text:
Henrici (Picander),
Christian
Friedrich.
Only the
text and the last page of
the autograph score of
the Christmas Cantata
“Ehre sei Gott in
der Höhe†BWV
197.1 (197a) have
survived, beginning with
the end of the 2nd aria.
This, along with the
complete surviving 3rd
aria are found in parody
versions in the Wedding
Cantata BWV 197 / BWV3
197.2, from which this
cantata takes its BWV
number. For a long time
there has been a
fascinating theory about
the missing opening
chorus: could this have
been the parody source
for the Gloria in the
Mass in B minor?
The musicologist
and organist Pieter
Dirksen has pursued this,
creating a four-part
choral version largely
derived from corrections
made in the autograph of
the Mass in B minor. He
has underlaid this with
the text of the opening
chorus (the German
translation of the
Gloria). What results is
a convincing version of
the Christmas Cantata
– with one of
Bach’s best-known
choruses as the prominent
opening chorus and
plausible solutions for
the other sections
missing in the
autograph.