Opera in One Act

SKU: SU.50028730

Opera in One Act. Composed by Faye-Ellen Silverman. Vocal/Choral, Opera. Score. Seesaw Music Corp #50028730. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SU.50028730).

9 voices, 1111, 3000, perc, string quintet, digital sounds Duration: c. 30' Libretto by the composer, based on a short story by I. L. Peretz Composed: 1974 Published by: Seesaw Music.

Chorus & Orchestra 9 Voices; 1111; 3000; Percussion; String Quintet; Digital Sounds

SKU: SS.50028730

One-act Opera. Composed by Faye-Ellen Silverman. Score. Composed 1974. Duration c 30'. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SS.50028730).

Libretto by the composer; based on a short story by I. L. Peretz.

Piano Solo - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764). Arranged by Transcribed by Flavio Regis Cunha. Baroque Period, Early Music, Funeral, Graduation, Recital. Score. 9 pages. Published by Flavio Regis Cunha

SKU: BA.BA08362-01

Edited by Bernhard Hangartner, Cristina Hospenthal, Laurenz Lütteken, Max Schiendorfer, and Mechthild Sobiela-Caanitz. This edition: Complete edition. Linen. Das Deutsche Kirchenlied. Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Melodien II/7. Complete edition, Critical commentary, anthology. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08362_01. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08362-01).

ISBN 9790006496471. 27.5 x 20 cm inches.

Georg Anton Benda's melodrama ,,Medea(1775) was one of the most successful German musical theatre works of the late 18th century. With a libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter, the work soon became a great influence within the melodrama genre. For several decades, it was performed all over central Europe, developing an impressive reception history. Between 1775 and about 1790, the melodrama was considered an extremely popular (albeit controversial) part of musical theatre, in particular in German-speaking regions. Consequently, Benda's ,,Medeawas at the center of many heated debates.

Unlike opera, the melodrama does not present the libretto in sung form, but rather, the text is spoken and combined with orchestral music and scenes. The traditional opera forms (aria, recitative, ensemble, chorus) are dissolved and replaced by a new interplay of music, speech, and scenes. A focus on a single protagonist and the quick, delicate alternation between spoken text and music allows for the development of conflicting and contradictory psychological profiles with a heightened intensity within the melodrama.

Near the end of his life, Benda revised the work significantly, drawing from his experience of real performances and their effectiveness. The changes leading to the new version of his ,,Medeamusic were quite extensive, affecting almost every single measure: numerous details of the part writing (tempi, voice leading, rhythms, accompanying figures etc.) were revised, the instrumentation was changed, middle voices were led in a more lively manner, and the music as a whole was shortened and effectively compressed. The composer regarded the latter, modified ,,Medeaas the authorized version of the work. The premiere took place in 1784 in Mannheim, however, the altered work received little attention since then and has become tangible again for the first time with the OPERA Edition. All previous editions of the work - and along with them, all previous recordings - are based on the earlier version of 1775.

The third volume of the OPERA seriesMedeacontains a linen-bound book and the edirom on a USB stick in credit card format. The number of users permitted to simultaneously use the digital content of the edition is not limited.

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Soprano voice solo, SATB choir and orchestra

SKU: ST.D108

Composed by James McCarthy. For soprano solo, SATB chorus and orchestra. Libretto by the composer, with words selected and adapted from various writers. James McCarthy's acclaimed cantata dramatically recounts key episodes in the story of Alan Turing, the Second World War codebreake. Vocal Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #D108. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.D108).

ISBN 9790220225628.

Jame s McCarthy's Codebreaker dramatically recounts key episodes in the story of Alan Turing, whose work at Bletchley Park decrypting the naval Enigma codes helped save countless lives during the Second World War, and whose legacy endures in our contemporary digital culture transformed by computer science. Turing is recalled as a brilliant mathematician, pioneer and prophet. Above all, in a score conceived in bold contrasts of pathos and dynamic energy, he is remembered as a suffering individual, an outsider destroyed by the unforgiving public prejudice of his time, yet whose complex and sensitive inner being was inseparable from his genius. On the cusp of a twenty-first century revolution in artificial intelligence, the passionate, accessible and visionary music of Codebreaker urges us all to regret past misunderstandings, be vigilant against lingering bigotries, and simply to hold in reverence Turing's inspiring achievement, while wondering at the cruel betrayal of an ordinary-extraordinary man who was also a profound benefactor to humankind.