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.51489051 (La Poule) Orchestra Study Sc...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.51489051
(La Poule) Orchestra
Study Score. Composed
by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Edited by Hiroshi Nakano.
Study Score. Paperbound.
Henle Study Scores.
Classical. Softcover. 50
pages. G. Henle #HN9051.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51489051).
ISBN
9790201890517. UPC:
888680950583.
6.5x9.5x0.202 inches.
Preface: Ullrich
Schneidler.
Orchestra (Picc.2.2.2.2 -
4.2.3.0 - timp.trg.side
dr - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5698
Lenore
- Urtext. Composed by
Joachim Raff. Edited by
Iris Eggenschwiler.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Romantic
period. Full score. 232
pages. Duration 40'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5698. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5698).
ISBN
9790004216354. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Joachim
Raff's Fifth Symphony
Lenore op. 177, composed
in 1872, reveals the
composer as a
representative of the
middle ground between
Neo-German aesthetics and
the symphonic tradition.
It owes its name to G. A.
Burger's ballade, which
is the programmatic basis
of the final movement.
Using this literary
model, Raff oriented
himself to the Berlioz
program symphonies and
the Liszt symphonic-poem
concept, on the one hand,
but on the other, he let
the three preceding
movements follow
traditional symphonic
form. Raff conducted the
Lenore symphony's
premiere in December 1872
in a concert by the
Furstliche Hofkapelle in
Sondershausen. The
concert went to his
satisfaction, although
the audience evidently
did not know what to make
of the work: [...] and
the symphony [...] was
played before this
faintly musical party.
Essentially for the
greater glory of God and
my edification, less for
that of the said public,
which seems to have been
rather horrified by it.
His friend Hans von Bulow
had, however, a great
pleasure in hearing the
symphony the following
year in Berlin. In her
preface, the editor Iris
Eggenschwiler provides
detailed information
about the work's genesis,
documents Raff's ideas
and intentions, and
facilitates a
comprehensive orientation
within the historical
context. Breitkopf &
Hartel is now presenting
for the first time with
this symphony an
orchestral work by Raff
in a modern Urtext
edition, thus also
continuing its
collaboration with the
Joachim-Raff-Gesellschaft
.In collaboration with
the Joachim-Raff-Archiv
Lachen (CH).
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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reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
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Orchestra (solo: pno - 3(picc).3(cor ang).2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp.perc - hp - cel -...(+)
Orchestra (solo: pno -
3(picc).3(cor ang).2.2 -
4.2.3.1 - timp.perc - hp
- cel - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-15154-07
Impresiones sinfonicas
- Urtext. Composed by
Manuel de Falla. Edited
by Ullrich Scheideler.
Orchestra; Softcover.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Solo
concerto; Symphonic poem;
Late-romantic; Early
modern. Study Score.
Duration 23'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 15154-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-15154-07).
ISBN
9790004215593. 6.5 x 9
inches.
Composed by
Manuel de Falla during
his lengthy residence in
Paris, these three
symphonic impressions for
piano and orchestra are
an expressive work
bringing the southern
Spanish gardens, which
are laid out in the
European and
Arabic-Moorish tradition,
to life. The influence of
contemporary French music
is noticeable in this
composition. Despite many
modifications, involving
among other things, the
scoring, number of
movements, as well as
layout and content, the
basic idea of a nocturnal
impression is retained
from the outset. The work
was finished - and
likewise the orchestral
material - only shortly
before its premiere on 9
April 1916, which was a
great success. World War
I prevented its
publication, though
further performances
followed, played then
from manuscript material.
The Urtext edition
presented by Ullrich
Scheideler takes as the
main source the first
edition of the score. The
Critical Report gives
detailed information
about the source
situation.
Urtext based on the
new Complete Edition (G.
Henle Verlag).
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Edited by
Armin Raab. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
The
study score
(,,Studien-Edition) is
available at G.
Henle Verlag.
Symphony; Classical. Full
score. 96 pages. Duration
35'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #PB 14610.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-14610).
ISBN
9790004211144. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Beethoven
did not work continuously
on this symphony and
interrupted his work a
couple of times. As the
sketches show, he
presumably wrote down
first ideas in the autumn
of 1800.No other
autograph material has
survived. As Ferdinand
Ries, a pupil of
Beethoven, bitterly
reports, Beethoven gave
him the autograph, but it
was unfortunately stolen
by a friend, out of pure
friendship. In April
1803, the composition was
premiered publicly,
together with the first
symphony and the third
piano concerto with
Beethoven himself as
soloist. Although
Beethoven's first two
symphonies are still
influenced by Haydn and
Mozart, novelties can
already be discovered.
The second symphony
starts breaking away from
traditional forms and
lets us surmise the
monumentality of
Beethoven's innovation.
The editor, Armin Raab,
critically illuminates
the transmission of the
work and its sources. He
also clears up a wide
spread belief in older
literature, that this
cheerful work might have
been composed parallel to
the Heiligenstadter
Testament. The practical
performance material by
Breitkopf & Hartel is
based on the music text
of the New Beethoven
Complete Edition and
constitutes the
authoritative reading of
Beethoven research.
Orchestra (Orchestra) SKU: HL.48187751 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozar...(+)
Orchestra (Orchestra)
SKU: HL.48187751
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Leduc.
Classical. Softcover. 38
pages. Heugel & Cie
#HE31552. Published by
Heugel & Cie
(HL.48187751).
UPC:
888680868031.
5.5x7.5x0.208
inches.
Mozart
composed two new
symphonies in the Autumn
of 1773, after having
returned to Salzburg from
Vienna. The first of the
two was the
<I>Symphony No.24
In B Flat K.182, and the
second was the Symphony
No.25 in G Minor
K.183<BR><BR>
This symphony was one of
two which Mozart composed
in a minor key ? the
other being the Symphony
No.40 in G Minor
K.550</I>. The
latter can be identified
with some of Mozart?s
most troubled and
agitated music,
reflecting those
difficult moments in his
life. However, the
twenty-fifth symphony is
thought to have been
composed as part of a
sudden wave of minor-key
symphonies which appeared
in the later 1760s and
early 1770s ? among
others were composed by
Vanhal, Ordonez, and
Joseph Haydn.Available
here is the study score
for one of Mozart?s two
symphonies composed in a
minor key, the Symphony
No.25 in G Minor
K.183</I>. This
score is ideal for study
and perusal usage..
Orchestra SKU: HL.48187646 Composed by Robert Schumann. Heugel. Romantic....(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.48187646
Composed
by Robert Schumann.
Heugel. Romantic.
Softcover. Heugel & Cie
#HE31440. Published by
Heugel & Cie
(HL.48187646).
UPC:
888680845186.
5.5x7.5x0.568
inches.
Interesting
ly, Schumann?s Third
Symphony was in fact his
last symphony, as the
fourth symphony was
actually composed after
the first. The Symphony
No.3 in E flat Op.97 was
written 1850 during the
composer?s tenure as
conductor at Dusseldorf
on the famous river
Rhine. Schumann claimed
that the history and
spirit surrounding the
noble river inspired him
when writing the
symphony, hence it being
called the ?Rhenish?
symphony. The symphony
was less successful at
its premiere in February
1851 (conducted by
Schumann himself) than
his previous two
symphonic premiers had
been.This symphony is in
five movements, with the
?extra? fourth movement,
originally subtitled ?In
the style of an
accompaniment to a solemn
ceremony?, was inspired
by a visit to Cologne
Cathedral.Available here
is a study score of
Schumann?s Symphony No.3
in E flat ?Rhenish? Op.97
, which is ideal for
study and perusal
usage..
Romantic opera in
three acts. Composed
by Franz Schubert. Edited
by Walther Durr. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. New Schubert
Edition (Neue Ausgabe
samtlicher Werke) Series
II, Volume 6. 3 part
volumes. Opern, dt.
(German Opera). Complete
edition, Score. D 732.
Duration 2 hours, 30
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA05540_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA05540).
ISBN 9790006497126. 33
x 26 cm inches. Text:
Franz von
Schober.
In late
September or early
October 1821 Schubert and
his close friend, Franz
von Schober, vacationed
in the countryside of
Lower Austria. Their
first stopover was at
Ochsenburg Castle, which
belonged to the Bishop of
St. Pölten (a close
relative of
Schober’s), after
which they moved on to
St. Pölten itself.
Roughly a year earlier,
two stage works by
Schubert had been
performed in Vienna: the
one-act singspiel Die
Zwillingsbrüder and
the melodrama Die
Zauberharfe. The
librettos were both
written by the seasoned
Viennese playwright Georg
von Hofmann, who blamed
the press for the
indifferent reception the
two works were given by
the audience. Schubert
and Schober now decided,
it would seem, to write a
grand romantic opera
uninfluenced by the
workaday world of the
theatre and beholden
solely to their own ideas
of what an opera should
be.
Not until 24
June 1854 was the opera
finally performed in
Weimar, under the baton
of Franz Liszt. It only
achieved success,
however, in an
arrangement by Johann
Nepomuk Fuchs that was
staged on many German and
Austrian stages in
1881–2, allegedly
with brilliant
acclaim.
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LLY SOUND - A
reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them - A
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Superior paper and
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Overture to the Opera
- Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Christian Rudolf
Riedel. Orchestra;
stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). The
Urtext debut of
Schumann's beloved
overture. Overture;
Romantic. Study Score. 40
pages. Duration 10'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5549-07. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5549-07).
ISBN
9790004213599. 6.5 x 9
inches.
Robert
Schumann placed great
importance on the genre
of the overture, as can
be seen in the chronology
of the genesis of his
sole opera Genoveva. In
his Haushaltbuch the
composer entered as his
first idea thoughts of an
overture, then produced
the score even before
having begun working on
the actual opera.
Schumann was right on the
mark when he suspected
that the overture alone
should enjoy a favorable
reception. The Overture
appeared in print at
about the same time that
the opera was premiered.
It established itself in
the concert hall as an
autonomous work and ranks
today - along with the
Manfred Overture - among
Schumann's most beloved
concert overtures. The
Genoveva Overture is
being released in a
text-critical Breitkopf
Urtext edition for the
first time. The main
source is the first
printing revised by
Schumann.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.51489063 Orchestra Study Score. Co...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.51489063
Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Franz Joseph Haydn.
Edited by Robert v. Zahn.
Henle Study Scores.
Classical. Softcover. 55
pages. G. Henle #HN906.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51489063).
UPC:
840126932867.
6.75x9.5x0.204
inches.
The twelve
“London
Symphoniesâ€
comprise the sublime
final statement of
Haydn's symphonic ouvre.
They were written for the
London impresario Johann
Peter Salomon, and Haydn
himself conducted their
premieres during his
lengthy stays in the
English metropolis in
1791/92 and 1794/95.
Probably composed in the
winter of 1791/92, the
Symphony in D major no.
93 was, with its easily
accessible (butby no
means simple!) musical
structure, perfectly
tailored to London
tastes, which demanded
melodic clarity and
expressive pathos. The
Baroque echoes of Handel
in the slow introduction
to the first movement and
in the festive mood of
the finale with its
timpani and trumpets
would have been well
received - no wonder the
symphony had to be
repeated multiple times
in the same season after
its performance in 1792!
This study edition adopts
the musical text of the
Haydn Complete Edition,
thereby guaranteeing the
highest scholarly
quality. An informative
preface and a brief
Critical Report make the
handy score an ideal
companion for all current
and soon-to-be Haydn
fans.
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New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2016/17/20. 48
pages. Duration 8'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5432. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5432).
ISBN
9790004212790. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Marche
fatale is an incautiously
daring escapade that may
annoy the fans of my
compositions more than my
earlier works, many of
which have prevailed only
after scandals at their
world premieres. My
Marche fatale has,
though, little
stylistically to do with
my previous compositional
path; it presents itself
without restraint, if not
as a regression, then
still as a recourse to
those empty phrases to
which modern civilization
still clings in its daily
utility music, whereas
music in the 20th and
21st centuries has long
since advanced to new,
unfamiliar soundscapes
and expressive
possibilities. The key
term is banality. As
creators we despise it,
we try to avoid it -
though we are not safe
from the cheap banal even
within new aesthetic
achievements.Many
composers have
incidentally accepted the
banal. Mozart wrote Ein
musikalischer Spass [A
Musical Jape], a
deliberately amateurishly
miscarried sextet.
Beethoven's Bagatellen
op. 119 were rejected by
the publisher on the
grounds that few will
believe that this minor
work is by the famous
Beethoven. Mauricio Kagel
wrote, tongue in cheek,
so to speak, Marsche, um
den Sieg zu verfehlen
[Marches for being
Unvictorious], Ligeti
wrote Hungarian Rock; in
his Circus Polka
Stravinsky quoted and
distorted the famous, all
too popular Schubert
military march, composed
at the time for piano
duet. I myself do not
know, though, whether I
ought to rank my Marche
fatale alongside these
examples: I accept the
humor in daily life, the
more so as this daily
life for some of us is
not otherwise to be
borne. In music, I
mistrust it, considering
myself all the closer to
the profounder idea of
cheerfulness having
little to do with humor.
However: Isn't a march
with its compelling claim
to a collectively martial
or festive mood absurd, a
priori? Is it even music
at all? Can one march and
at the same time listen?
Eventually, I resolved to
take the absurd seriously
- perhaps bitterly
seriously - as a
debunking emblem of our
civilization that is
standing on the brink.
The way - seemingly
unstoppable - into the
black hole of all
debilitating demons: that
can become serene. My old
request of myself and my
music-creating
surroundings is to write
a non-music, whence the
familiar concept of music
is repeatedly re-defined
anew and differently, so
that derailed here -
perhaps? - in a
treacherous way, the
concert hall becomes the
place of mind-opening
adventures instead of a
refuge in illusory
security. How could that
happen? The rest is -
thinking.(Helmut
Lachenmann, 2017)CD
(Version for
Piano):Nicolas Hodges CD
Wergo WER 7393 2
Bibliography:Ich bin
nicht ,,pietistisch
verformt. Ein Gesprach
[von Jan Brachmann] mit
dem Komponisten Helmut
Lachenmann, in: FAZ vom
7. Juni 2018, p.
15.
World premiere
of the piano version:
Mito/Japan, June 17,
2017, World premiere of
the orchestral version:
Stuttgart, January 1,
2018, World premiere of
the ensemble version:
Frankfurt, December 9,
2020.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49018854 For orchestra. Composed b...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49018854
For orchestra.
Composed by Richard
Ayres. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Study Score. Study
score. Composed 2006. 90
pages. Duration 25'.
Schott Music #ED13362.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49018854).
ISBN
9790220132384. UPC:
884088675011.
8.25x11.75x0.304
inches.
No. 37b is
a suite of four short
pieces for orchestra.
Like many of the
composer's works the
subject matter revolves
around death and after
life. Featuring some of
the composer's most
chaotic and frenzied
mixes of musical ideas
this new score is
essential study material
for aspiring conductors
and composers.
Orchestra SKU: HL.48187753 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Leduc. Cl...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.48187753
Composed
by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Leduc. Classical.
Study Score. Heugel & Cie
#HE31554. Published by
Heugel & Cie
(HL.48187753).
UPC:
888680868024.
5.5x7.5x0.173
inches.
Following
nearly 4 years without
having composed a new
symphony, although still
writing opera overtures
and works from orchestral
serenades, Mozart
composed the ?Paris?
Symphony. Mozart received
the commission from
Joseph Legros, when him
and his mother were in
Paris in 1778.Mozart
composed the work for the
largest orchestra he?d
written for until then in
a symphony, marking the
first time which he had
used Clarinets in one of
his symphonies. Mozart
had taken pains to write
the work in a style that
would appeal to the
French and, despite a
dismal rehearsal, the
first performance was
well received.Available
here is a study score of
Mozart?s Symphony No.31
in D ?Paris? K.297, which
is ideal for study and
perusal usage..
Orchestra SKU: BT.ALHE31554 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Classica...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BT.ALHE31554
Composed
by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Classical. Study
Score. 42 pages. Heugel &
Cie #ALHE31554. Published
by Heugel & Cie
(BT.ALHE31554).
French.
Followin
g nearly 4 years without
having composed a new
symphony, although still
writing opera overtures
and works from orchestral
serenades, Mozart
composed the
_x001A_Paris_x001A_
Symphony. Mozart received
the commission from
Joseph Legros,when him
and his mother were in
Paris in 1778.Mozart
composed the work for the
largest orchestra
he_x001A_d written for
until then in a symphony,
marking the first time
which he had used
Clarinets in one of his
symphonies. Mozart
hadtaken pains to write
the work in a style that
would appeal to the
French and, despite a
dismal rehearsal, the
first performance was
well received.Available
here is a study score of
Mozart_x001A_s Symphony
No.31 in D
_x001A_Paris_x001A_
K.297, whichis ideal for
study and perusal
usage.
Orchestra - Grade 4 SKU: AP.41225S Movement 1. Composed by Felix B...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 4
SKU: AP.41225S
Movement 1.
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Arranged by Kirk Moss.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Masterworks; Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Belwin Concert String
Orchestra. Masterwork
Arrangement; Romantic.
Score. 48 pages. Belwin
Music #00-41225S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.41225S).
UPC:
038081478876.
English.
A slow and
somber Grave introduction
leads to a light-hearted
Allegro, presenting an
ideal piece to teach
sonata form to your
students. The clearly
marked bowings and
artist-level fingerings
will save precious
rehearsal minutes and
contribute to a
professional sound. This
arrangement re-scores the
first movement of
Sinfonia No. 9 from six
voices, requiring two
separate viola parts, to
the traditional
five-voice string
orchestra. Consistent
with selected
professional performances
of the work, the first of
two recapitulations has
been seamlessly omitted
to create a more balanced
form, eliminate
redundancies akin to
counterpoint exercises,
and showcase the young
composer's emerging
creativity by emphasizing
his striking use of the
key of A-major before
reaffirming the home key.
The elimination of a
repeat reduces the
duration to 8:30. (11:30)
This title is available
in MakeMusic Cloud.
String orchestra (Score) - easy SKU: HL.49027525 Composed by Bela Bartok....(+)
String orchestra (Score)
- easy
SKU:
HL.49027525
Composed
by Bela Bartok. Arranged
by Rudolf Maros. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Concertino (Chamber
Orchestra). Score. 16
pages. Duration 8'.
Schott Music #CON 18.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49027525).
ISBN
9790001116909.
9.0x12.0x0.072
inches.
The 10 easy
pieces adapted from piano
pieces from the famous
collection For Children
offer an ideal approach
to modern music. Numerous
school orchestras have
played this music with
fun and success. Because
the individual parts are
technically easy, one may
concentrate at once on
interpretational
subtleties (rubato,
articulation, tonal
nuances etc.).
Eulenburg Audio Score Series, Vol. 62. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edite...(+)
Eulenburg Audio Score
Series, Vol. 62.
Composed by Robert
Schumann. Edited by Linda
Correll Roesner. Study
Score. Softcover with CD.
226 pages. Eulenburg
Edition #EAS162.
Published by Eulenburg
Edition (HL.49018161).
Orchestra SKU: HL.14028038 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14028038
Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. 95 pages. Music
Sales #KP00294. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14028038).
ISBN
9788759854730.
12.0x16.5x0.3 inches.
English.
The word
GONG is saturated with
associations: the
splendour of the Orient,
mysticism, drama, loud
metallic clangour,
violent impact, etc. The
present piece draws upon
all those connotations,
but it is primarily a
symphonic drama about the
life and behaviour of the
sun, our closest star and
prime source of life on
Earth. Describing the sun
in music is not a new
idea, of course; during a
visit to Greece, Carl
Nielsen was inspired by
the orbit of the sun and
its very un-Danish
ferocity and thus wrote
the Helios Overture. GONG
is a Helios Overture too,
of sorts, albeit more
abstract. Recent
astronomical research
shows, that the surface
of the sun reverberates
like a gong, in four
different, simultaneous
tempi (not directly
depicted in the score,
though); the sun looks
like a GONG, - the O in
the written work looks
like the sun; there is
even a solar research
group called GONG (Global
Oscillation Network
Group). Formally the
composition follows the
life and fate of the sun,
from the initial
explotional birth through
the hyper-activity as
energy source as we know
it today to the final,
predicted flaring up and
collapse into a so-called
white dwarf. But - being
a musical composition,
not an astrophysical
thesis - GONG is brought
to its compositional
conclusion by a real
concert-ending, a chord
taken from the middle of
the piece and sustained
over several bars, from
virtual nothingness to
full force.
(Eulenburg Audio Score Series, Vol. 64). By Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Study S...(+)
(Eulenburg Audio Score
Series, Vol. 64). By
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897). Study Score.
Study Score. Softcover
with CD. 80 pages. Hal
Leonard #EAS164.
Published by Hal Leonard
Composed by Loreta Fin. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String ...(+)
Composed by Loreta Fin.
Performance Music
Ensemble;
Single Titles; String
Orchestra. Wilfin String
Orchestra: Young String
Ensemble Series. Score
and
Part(s). Duration 2:15.
Alfred
Music #76-49875.
Published by
Alfred Music
For
orchestra. Composed
by Ryan Wigglesworth.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Softcover. Composed 2010.
60 pages. Duration 9'.
Schott Music #ED13471.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49019158).
ISBN
9790220133206.
8.25x11.75x0.222
inches.
Written in
2010 for the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic,
Wigglesworth's
nine-minute work explores
the idea of perpetuum
mobile (continuous
movement) in seven
connected, miniature
inventions. A regular
pulse forms the work's
core, with elaborations
of the central musical
idea shifting constantly
around it in jagged
rhythms and sumptuous
orchestration. The
composer writes, The
seven sections can very
briefly be described
thus: 1) an active,
miniature 'theme and
variations'; 2) the
juxtaposition of various
fragmentary two-part
inventions; 3) a tremolo
string ostinato with
woodwind interjections,
building towards the
first climax; 4) an
ostinato passing between
horns and muted trumpets
together with a dialogue
for high woodwind and low
strings; 5) a very slow
canon for string
harmonics and pizzicato
double basses; 6) a fast,
one-part invention
beginning with solo
piccolo, and gradually
leading to the second
climax; 7) chorale.This
is a lively orchestral
miniature which gives the
impression of a
kaleidoscope, with short
musical ideas cutting
across each other in
quick succession.
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).
Orchestra SKU: AP.1-ADV40010 For Soprano or Tenor Saxophone, String Or...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
AP.1-ADV40010
For
Soprano or Tenor
Saxophone, String
Orchestra, Harp, and
Percussion. Composed
by Bill Dobbins.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Advance
Music. Jazz. Score and
Part(s). Advance Music
#01-ADV40010. Published
by Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV40010).
UPC:
805095400106.
English.
The
Stranger is titled after
the novel of the same
name by the French
existentialist
philosopher and writer
Albert Camus. The piece
seems to capture some of
the general mood of the
story, with its
underlying feeling of
melancholy and sense of
inevitability. Since the
music is written in an
even eighth-note style,
with either a
contemporary classical or
a Latin rhythmic feeling,
the string section is not
required to phrase in a
jazz or swing style. The
use of light percussion
rather than a drumset
makes the arrangement
ideal for acoustic
performance without
amplification.
Orchestra SKU: AP.1-ADV40011 For Soprano or Tenor Saxophone, String Or...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
AP.1-ADV40011
For
Soprano or Tenor
Saxophone, String
Orchestra, Harp, and
Percussion. Composed
by Bill Dobbins.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Advance
Music. Jazz. Score.
Advance Music
#01-ADV40011. Published
by Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV40011).
UPC:
805095400113.
English.
The
Stranger is titled after
the novel of the same
name by the French
existentialist
philosopher and writer
Albert Camus. The piece
seems to capture some of
the general mood of the
story, with its
underlying feeling of
melancholy and sense of
inevitability. Since the
music is written in an
even eighth-note style,
with either a
contemporary classical or
a Latin rhythmic feeling,
the string section is not
required to phrase in a
jazz or swing style. The
use of light percussion
rather than a drumset
makes the arrangement
ideal for acoustic
performance without
amplification.
Orchestra SKU: PR.416416140 For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B-flat, Basso...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.416416140
For
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in
B-flat, Bassoon, and
Orchestra. Composed
by Narong Prangcharoen.
Full score. 53 pages.
Duration 17 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41614. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416416140).
UPC:
680160642441.
Time
is one of the main
factors impacting the
world and our lives.
Einstein saw time as the
relationship of the
motion of one object
relative to the position
of another object, as
measured through
observation. But can we
really measure time
objectively? Music, the
art which moves through
time, can affect our
perception of time, and
can affect each person's
perception of time
differently. Depending on
the emotion it
stimulates, music can
make time seem to pass
quickly or slowly. A
composer can use music to
convey time to an
audience and different
musical ideas can create
different sensations of
time. Absence of Time is
a concerto for woodwind
quartet and orchestra. It
has three main sections
(fast, slow, fast),
recalling traditional
concerto form, but it
does not use the solo
instruments in the
traditional way, i.e., as
soloists in contest with
the orchestra. Inspired
by the idea of
juxtaposing different
experiences of time, I
divided the instruments
into two groups: the four
soloists and the
orchestra. The orchestra
functions mostly as the
keeper of time (real
time) while the quartet
of soloists fluctuates
(in imaginary time or in
the absence of time)
around the orchestra's
time. While the quartet's
instruments do play
solos, they also play in
ensemble with the
orchestra. You could say
that they play in both
imaginary time (as
soloists) and in real
time (with the
orchestra). In addition
to this, the woodwind
section of the orchestra
plays in conversation
with the solo quartet,
calling it back to real
time. Fusion is achieved
at the end of the piece
through the use of
strong, driving rhythm.
Absence of Time was
commissioned by the
Pacific Symphony and was
first performed by the
Pacific Symphony and the
Pacific Symphony Woodwind
Quartet with Carl St.
Clair as conductor on
October 20, 2016.
Wind Band Score Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.49006362 Music from the Last...(+)
Wind Band Score Orchestra
(Score)
SKU:
HL.49006362
Music
from the Last Movement of
the Ninth Symphony Wind
Band Score. Composed
by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Arranged by Herbert von
Karajan. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Classical. Score. 12
pages. Duration 2' 15''.
Schott Music #ED6489.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49006362).
ISBN
9790001068932. UPC:
073999352177.
10.5x13.25x0.099
inches.
The
European Hymn is the hymn
not only of the European
Union but of Europe in a
broader sense. The melody
has been taken from the
Ninth Symphony by Ludwig
van Beethoven from
1823.In the last movement
of this symphony
Beethoven set music to
the 'Ode to Joy' by
Friedrich von Schiller
from 1785. This poem
sprang from Schiller's
idealistic vision of men
who become brothers - a
vision Beethoven shared
with him.In 1972 the
Council of Europe adopted
Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy'
as its anthem. The
well-known conductor
Herbert von Karajan was
commissioned to arrange
three instrumental
versions - for solo
piano, wind orchestra and
symphony orchestra.
Without words, in the
universal language of
music, the anthem is an
expression of the
idealistic values of
freedom, peace and
solidarity which Europe
stands for.In 1985 the
heads of state and
government adopted the
hymn as the EU's official
anthem. It does not
replace the national
anthems of the member
states, but rather
celebrates common values
as well as unity in
diversity.The score of
this offical anthem is
exclusively available
from the Schott
publishing
house.
(1
Piccolo-Flote, 2 Floten,
2 Oboen, 2 Fagotte, 1
Kontrafagott, 1
Klarinette in Es, 3
Klarinetten in B, 1
Bass-Klarinette in B, 2
Alt-Saxophone in Es, 1
Tenor-Saxophon in B, 1
Bariton-Saxophon in Es, 3
Trompeten in B, 2
Kornette in B, 2 Horner
in F, 3 Posaunen, 2
Flugelhorner in B, 3
Tenorhorner in B, 1
Bariton, 2 Tuben, Pauken,
Kontrabass).