SKU: BR.EB-9074

ISBN 9790004179499. 9 x 12 inches.

World premieres:I version for flute: Wiesbaden, 1972II version for piano: Nyon, 1972III version for var. insts.: Cologne, May 29, 1976VI version for accordeon: Fribourg, June 25, 1987VIII version for violoncello Tokyo: October 14, 1989X version for organ: Stuttgart, March 28, 2018This work (A Breath of the Untimely) was first written for solo Flute and dedicated to Aurele Nicolet. Its bears the subtitle Lament on the Loss of Musical Thought - some Madrigals for Solo Flute or Flute with any other Instruments. This serves as a playing instruction but doubles at the same time as an outmoded programme: it refers back to the musical origin of the opening lamenting motif, a tradition which was once of its time but is not of our time - namely the Lamento genre which gave the title to the Chaconne in Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas. Almost simultaneously I wrote a second version for Piano (for Piano one-and-a-half hands), which already formulates possible approaches for the performer, in some detail, to the indicated, quasi-canonic version of the piece in the programme. The multiple version Ein Hauch von Unzeit III realizes a concrete version of a formal state which floats between strict canon and aleatoric principles: each of the musicians who are spread throughout the hall introduces their own idiomatic translation of the flute part. And so the music exists, omnipresent, not only spatially throughout the hall, but also formally in a sort of fluctuating simultaneity. For that reason, it was my express wish to any potential interpreter that they should construct entirely their own version of the piece. A healthy number of musicians have responded to my suggestion - versions of the piece have now been made for guitar (Cornelius Schwehr, Gunther Schneider), accordion (Hugo Noth), double bass (Fernando Grillo), violin (Hansheinz Schneeberger), viola, violoncello, and double bass (trio basso, Koln), violoncello (Michael Bach), trombone (Andrew Digby) and, created by myself, a sung version for voice (to words by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel und Max Bense), and for viola.The most important requirement for the whole piece is absolute stillness, which should as far as possible emanate from the performer. The pauses are occasionally in this respect the most important element. These may, if one can find the necessary stillness, become very long.Ein Hauch von Unzeit (A Breath of the Untimely) - time almost dissolves!(Klaus Huber, 1989/2014 - translation: David Alberman)CD:Jean-Luc Menet (Bass flute)CD Traversieres 120.270Jean-Luc Menet (fl)CD STR 37039Bibliography:Zimmerm ann, Heidy: Zeitgestaltung im Kompositionsprozess bei Klaus Huber - dargestellt anhand von Skizzen, in: Mnemosyne. Zeit und Gedachtnis in der europaischen Musik des ausgehenden 20. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Dorothea Redepenning und Joachim Steinheuer, Saarbrucken: Pfau 2006, S. 90-109

World premiere: VIII version for violoncello Tokyo: October 14, 1989.

SKU: BA.BA11043

ISBN 9790006543229. 33.5 x 25.5 cm inches.

Manfred Trojahn on the origin and title of his impressive virtuoso solo work:
Admittedly I do not know if he had seagulls, but since Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg, he will not have gone through life without at least the impression of the cry of seagulls. Nor do I know if seagulls played any part in his life in Rome. I myself was astonished when, one or two years ago in the Villa Massimo, I was, not exactly annoyed but disturbed by the strong rhythmical cry of seagulls. I was just about to write a bassoon solo when the seagulls started.
Then the idea came to me that precisely this sequence of notes could serve as the basis of the work. And the sequence for the bassoon solo is, in turn, the basis of the piece for violoncello - this is how titles are born... Of course the violoncello meanders with virtuosic ease from the seagull motif to the 'elf-like' skittering brought to music by Mendelssohn and used time and again in his compositions, finally becoming a cabaletta. Now, cabalettas are not very representative of Mendelssohn, but as I was composing I definitely wanted to put a cabaletta in this passage.
I am sure Mendelssohn and I will easily agree on this, especially since later justice is done to him in the rapid passages and, of course in the tonal cadenza at the very end, which is more indicative of his time than of mine ... isn't it?

SKU: FH.VCE1

ISBN 978-1-55440-548-0.

This inaugural edition of the Cello Series offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring cellist. With an expansive representation of musical styles from all eras, this series addresses the need for a single collection of quality educational materials to foster musical development and instill appreciation of the richness and diversity of music written for cello. Reaching beyond the realm of examination preparation, this series offers one comprehensive volume of Orchestral Excerpts to prepare developing cellists for standard orchestral literature and audition requirements. Bowing and fingering suggestions follow established principles of orchestral playing and are provided to assist students in making stylistically informed performance decisions.
Level 5:
Prelude - Cohen, Mary
Etude in D Minor - Noelck, August arr. Francis Grant
Etude in E Minor - Kummer, Friedrich August
Spanish Pizzicato - Legg, Pat
Etude in C Major, op. 76a, no. 5 - Popper, David
Busy Bees - Mooney, Rick
Etude in D Minor - Feuillard, Louis R.
Etude in A flat Major - Matz, Rudolf
Polly Wolly Doodle - American minstrel song arr. Rick Mooney
Etude in A Major - Schroeder, Carl
Level 6:
Etude in D Major, op. 76a, no. 7 - Popper, David
Looping the Loop - Cohen, Mary
Metal Cellos - Mooney, Rick
Scherzo, op. 31, no. 4 - Lee, Sebastian
Etude in D Minor - Matz, Rudolf
Etude in E Minor - Dotzauer, Friedrich
March, op. 68, no. 2 - Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Vocalise in G Minor - Bordogni, Marco
Etude in F Minor - Kummer, Friedrich August
Level 7:
Gigue Positions - Legg, Pat
Ride Like the Wind! - Cohen, Mary
Russian Song - Mooney, Rick
Dance, op. 68, no. 3 - Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Etude in G Major - Feuillard, Louis R.
Light Bowing, op. 31, no. 15 - Lee, Sebastian
Etude in F Minor - Matz, Rudolf
Etude in G Major - Dotzauer, Friedrich
Etude in B flat Major, op. 75a, no. 10 - Popper, David
Vocalise in G Major - Bordogni, Marco
Etude in G Minor, op. 57, no. 6 - Kummer, Friedrich August
Level 8:
Etude in D Major - Matz, Rudolf
Exercise on the Trill, op. 31, no. 20 - Lee, Sebastian
The Coyote's Bark - Mooney, Rick
Etude in D Minor - Dotzauer, Friedrich
Vocalise in C Major, op. 8, no. 6 - Bordogni, Marco
Etude in D Major, op. 35, no. 2 - Franchomme, Auguste-Joseph
Etude in D Minor - Grant, Francis
Etude in A flat Major, op. 21, no. 12 - Buechler, Ferdinand
Scherzo, op. 68, no. 5 - Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Chromatic Etude - Schroeder, Carl.

SKU: HL.50575216