Vltava' de Smetana est un exemple de programme musique. La composition est une ode à la Bohême, pays natal de Smetana, décrivant le cours du fleuve depuis sa source jusqu'à la confluence avec l'Elbe. Arrangements pour piano faciles par Hans-Günter Heum / Piano

Par SMETANA BEDRICH. Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) only began to devote himself intensively to the project of an original opera in Czech at the age of 38. The libretto of 'The Bartered Bride”, the second of Smetana's nine operas, was written for Smetana by the poet and journalist Karel Sabina. The subject chosen for the comic opera was the story of a pair of lovers in the countryside whose relationship is disapproved of by their parents. It is set during the festival at a village church anniversary. The final form of the work, which soon came to be regarded as a national opera, was preceded by a relatively difficult genesis. The opera was written between 1863 and 1865 and was premiered on 30 May 1866 at the Provisional Theatre in Prague, where the composer's last version of the work was also performed in 1870. This vocal score contains the musical text of the critical edition of Smetana's own vocal score. The newly-set edition contains both Czech and German vocal texts - the German singing translation is by Kurt Honolka. The newly-set and revised performance material for the entire opera, based on the critical edition by Frantisek Bartos, is available on hire. The vocal score replaces the old edition AE 112. - Urtext based on the critical edition of Smetana's own vocal score - A key work of modern Czech opera - New foreword by Marta Ottlová (Cz/Eng/Ger) - Includes singing translation by Kurt Honolka (Ger)/ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Für Klavier. Par SMETANA BEDRICH. Smetana's piano sketch Macbeth, also known as Macbeth and the Witches, after William Shakespeare's tragedy, originated in 1859 while the composer was living in Sweden. Some scholars believe that it was meant to be scored for full orchestra. The work's dark and gloomy mood is connected with the death of Smetana's wife Katharina on 19 April 1859. Macbeth only appeared in print posthumously in 1912. It soon entered the piano repertoire, and in the course of the 20th century it was scored for orchestra by Otakar Jeremiáš and for piano and orchestra by Jarmil Burghauser. Our Urtext edition proceeds from the only surviving source, Smetana's pencil sketch. The editor has added as little as possible to the musical text in order to faithfully recreate the challenge of performing a sketch. Missing rests and rhythmic 'anomalies' have been left as in the autograph./ Répertoire / Piano

For Violin and Piano Two Works by Dvorák & Smetana. Par SMETANA BEDRICH / DVORAK ANTONIN. This edition contains brilliant examples of blending elements of folklore with classical composition technique by two Czech masters. The volume includes Bedrich Smetana's From My Homeland and Mazurek by Antonin Dvorak. Interestingly, both of these works were composed in the same year (1879). This publication for violin and piano has been meticulously edited by celebrated violinist, Endre Granat, one of Jascha Heifetz' star pupils./ Recueil / Violon et Piano

Composed in January-February 1875, ?árka is the third symphonic poem in Smetana's six-part cycle Má vlast (My Fatherland). He first published it in a version for piano-duet issued by publisher Urbánek in 1880. The score of the first edition did not appear in print until 1888, four years after Smetana's death.Owing to the many errors in the first edition, Hugh Macdonald has based this new edition on the autograph score with annotations by Adolf Cech, who conducted the premiere on 17 March 1877. The autograph and print of the piano-duet version served as additional sources. - Classical masterpiece of Czech music in a new scholarly-critical edition - Follows on from Hugh Macdonald's Urtext edition of Vltava (The Moldau) - Detailed Foreword by Smetana expert Olga Moj?í?ová (Eng/Cz/Ger) and Critical Commentary by the editor (Eng) / Orchestre

'Vltava? (The Moldau) is Smetana's most famous and frequently performed tone poem. It was written between 20 November and 8 December 1874, but only in 1879-1880, with the completion of the entire cycle 'Má vlast? did it appear in print, when Urbánek issued it in full score and a version for piano duet.Owing to the large number of misprints in the Urbánek first edition, Hugh Macdonald has based his new edition on the autograph score, with cross-references to the first edition and the composer's own version for piano duet. Conflicting readings in the sources are listed in the Critical Commentary along with a discussion of all editorial decisions.- New Urtext edition with clear and uncluttered engraving- Informative foreword (Eng/Cz/Ger) including a contribution by Smetana scholar Olga Moj?í?ová - Includes a detailed Critical Commentary (Eng) / Orchestre

Par SMETANA BEDRICH. The second string quartet from Smetana in 1883 is his last piece of chamber-music. Different to the first piece there are no commentaries of the composer. However this quartet can be/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

In A Simple Arrangement. Par SMETANA BEDRICH. Un exemple d'un poème de ton programme musique Smetana ' La Moldau ' est un hommage à son Bohême native et une description du cours du fleuve depuis sa source jusqu'à son confluent avec l'Elbe./ Répertoire / Piano

La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d'oeuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l'époque moderne.Proposer tout à la fois des 'incontournables' du répertoire classique et des pièces de compositeurs parfois oubliés, toutes d'une valeur pédagogique indéniable, tels sont les objectifs que nous nous sommes fixés. Chaque pièce, vendue à l'unité, a fait l'objet d'un travail éditorial attentif, tant sur le plan de l'établissement du texte musical que de sa gravure, afin de garantir aux musiciens les conditions indispensables aux plaisirs tirés du commerce fréquent de ces oeuvres.Les partitions sont proposées sous la forme d'ouvrages traditionnels (feuillets papier), et disponibles également par téléchargement.Ecrite en trois semaines durant l'automne 1874, l'oeuvre fut créée à Zofin le 4 avril de l'année suivante. Peu de rivières sont entourées d'autant de mythes et légendes que la Vltava (la Moldau, en allemand) qui traverse Prague. Dès lors, il était normal que Smetana, compositeur et porte-flambeau de la musique tchèque moderne, lui dédie tout un poème symphonique. Seconde pièce du cycle symphonique ' Ma Patrie ', cette remarquable composition est constituée de plusieurs tableaux qui suivent le cours du célèbre fleuve. Ce fantastique voyage nous mène ainsi de la source même de La Moldau jusqu'aux impressionnantes cascades des gorges Saint-Jean. / Piano 4 Mains