Piano

SKU: BR.BG-962

Easy Compositions for Piano. Composed by Bohuslav Martinu. Solo instruments; stapled. Edition Gerig. Romantic; Early modern. Score. 20 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #BG 962. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.BG-962).

ISBN 9790004131916. 9 x 12 inches.

The present collection consists of a number of petty compositions most of which are within easy reach by young pianists of an intermediate technical level. In a lot of compositions for pianoforte, Mr Martinu has had himself inspired by children's world; he has been very close to children's imagination in a few cycles of miniatures for piano, especially in his three books of Puppets, as well as in Fables, Compositions for Children etc. Even his compositions of simple instrumental stylization possess a musical invention and an interesting musical description, such as the merry onomatopoeic trifle A Procession of Cats at Solstice Night. Little Eve's Composition and Contemplation, both of which were published in 1935 and 1936 in the music supplement to the magazine Eva, are educationally and musically priceless for young pianists with whom they arouse a sense for a modern expression. A touching meditation for piano are the Recollections, a small recital composition of 1957, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the death of the Brno composer Vaclav Kapral. lt is dedicated both to his and his gifted daughter Vitezslava Kapralova's memory. Prelude and another composition without name are two remarkable achievements of young Mr Martinu. Even without looking at the date of origin, 1924, it may be easily recognized from the character of music that they are congenial to the recent stimulations of the Paris avantgarde of the twenties-both rhythmically and harmonically.

Organ

SKU: HL.14035363

Composed by Sir William Henry Harris. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 16 pages. Music Sales #NOV570009. Published by Music Sales (HL.14035363).

8.25x11.75x0.087 inches.

String Quartet (ob,bsn,vc,pno)

SKU: BR.EB-9430

Composed by Rainer Sievers. Chamber music; Folder. Edition Breitkopf. Music post-1945; New music (post-2000). Performance score. Composed 2021. 30 pages. Duration 4'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9430. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-9430).

ISBN 9790004189078. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Miniatur: Ein komplettes Ganzes in kleiner Dimension (Zwerg, Bonsai). Oder ein reprasentativer Teil vom Ganzen ( pars pro toto ). Oder das Wesen des Ganzen (Essenz). Oder die Idee von etwas Grosserem, ein Plan oder eine Intuition - etwas, das entfaltet beziehungsweise ausgelegt werden will (Samen, Aphorismus)?... Miniatur ist kurzer als die Worte uber sie. Rainer Sievers

World premiere: Freiburg, September 17, 2021 (Ensemble Aventure).

Piano

SKU: BT.EMBZ14655

Composed by Miklos Kocsar. Book Only. Composed 2009. 32 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ14655. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ14655).

Hungarian-English-Germ an-French.

This volume contains the first experimental flights of Miklós Kocsár (*1933). It may seem surprising that the pieces do not reveal the stylistic features that typified Hungarian composition in the mid-nineteen-fifties. These finely-proportioned miniatures reflect the composer s diverse, many-faceted interests: definite tonal relations and free use of the twelve-tone scale, or even dodecaphony are all equally characteristic of them, yet their musical language is fundamentally Hungarian. The character pieces of varying length offer material for piano students to play from the upper music school level to intermediate level.

Der Band beinhaltet die ersten Gehversuche von Miklós Kocsár (*1933). Es mag uns überraschend vorkommen, dass die Stücke überhaupt nicht die Stilmerkmale aufweisen, von denen die Tonkunst in Ungarn Mitte der 1950er Jahre geprägt war. Diese proportional geformten Miniaturen spiegeln die vielfältigen Interessen des Komponisten wider: Die schlüssigen tonalen Verhältnisse, die freie Zwölftönigkeit oder sogar die Anwendung der Dodekaphonie ist ebenso charakteristisch für sie, dennoch ist ihre musikalische Sprache grundsätzlich ungarisch. Die mehr oder weniger kurzen Charakterstücke bieten den Klavierschüler von der höheren Klassen der Musikschulen bis zur Mittelstufe hingeeignetes Spielmaterial.