Urtext. Composed
by George Gershwin.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Edition Breitkopf. Solo
concerto; Early modern;
Music post-1945. Piano
reduction. 88 pages.
Duration 36'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 10859.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.EB-10859).
ISBN
9790201808598. 9.5 x 12
inches.
After
achieving sensational
success with the musical
Lady, be good! , with
evergreens such as
Fascinating Rhythm and
The Man I love, as well
as with his Rhapsody in
Blue , Gershwin premiered
his Concerto in F for
piano and orchestra as a
soloist at Carnegie Hall
in 1925. Now, the new
superstar of Broadway had
also arrived at the
center of New York's
classical music scene. In
its eventful history, the
work went through
numerous changes,
cuttings, arrangements,
many of which doubtful
and unauthorized. Even
the first and so far only
printed orchestral score,
edited by Frank
Campbell-Watson,
published in 1942 five
years after Gershwin's
death, contains many
unauthorized
interventions. Through
years of research, editor
Norbert Gertsch has
succeeded in ridding the
work of all unauthorized
additions and alterations
and thus reconstructing
an Urtext in its original
literal sense from the
complex source material -
from autograph sketches
to early recordings. The
first text-critical
edition of the work is a
joint production of
Breitkopf
(score/orchestral parts)
and G. Henle Verlag
(piano reduction).
Urtext. Composed
by George Gershwin.
Edited by Norbert
Gertsch. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Solo
concerto; Early modern;
Music post-1945. Full
score. 136 pages.
Duration 36'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 15140.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-15140).
ISBN
9790004214763. 10 x 12.5
inches.
After
achieving sensational
success with the musical
Lady, be good!, with
evergreens such as
Fascinating Rhythm and
The Man I love, as well
as with his Rhapsody in
Blue, Gershwin premiered
his Concerto in F for
piano and orchestra as a
soloist at Carnegie Hall
in 1925. Now, the new
superstar of Broadway had
also arrived at the
center of New York's
classical music scene. In
its eventful history, the
work went through
numerous changes,
cuttings, arrangements,
many of which doubtful
and unauthorized. Even
the first and so far only
printed orchestral score,
edited by Frank
Campbell-Watson,
published in 1942 five
years after Gershwin's
death, contains many
unauthorized
interventions. Through
years of research, editor
Norbert Gertsch has
succeeded in ridding the
work of all unauthorized
additions and alterations
and thus reconstructing
an Urtext in its original
literal sense from the
complex source material -
from autograph sketches
to early recordings. The
first text-critical
edition of the work is a
joint production of
Breitkopf
(score/orchestral parts)
and G. Henle Verlag
(piano reduction).
