The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces. Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You won't even notice the difference, other than all the notorious errors being fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical, and the price for our edition is even cheaper than the original! Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time! Includes 400 songs: All Blues · Au Privave · Autumn Leaves · Black Orpheus · Bluesette · Body and Soul · Bright Size Life · Con Alma · Dolphin Dance · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Easy Living · Epistrophy · Falling in Love with Love · Footprints · Four on Six · Giant Steps · Have You Met Miss Jones? · How High the Moon · I'll Remember April · Impressions · Lullaby of Birdland · Misty · My Funny Valentine · Oleo · Red Clay · Satin Doll · Sidewinder · Stella by Starlight · Take Five · There Is No Greater Love · Wave · and hundreds more! Editions also available in C, B-flat, and E-flat. Looking for a particular song? Check out the Real Book Songfinder here. / Instruments En Clé de Fa

Make the silence talk'La Muette knew how to make the silence talk like no one', writes Djavann in his book (La Muette, © Flammarion 2008). Those words deeply touched me for they express one of the most beautiful metaphors in music. Through the lines of discourse, beyond words, I was listening to the silence of 'La Muette'. A rare and intense listening which joins the same internal listening I use when I'm writing my score. I was listening to La Muette, I decided to write a new piece to make the silent voice of La Muette told by Chahdortt Djavann sound through music. Choosing the extracts The text put in music is composed of short extracts from Djavann's story. I focused on this woman's portrait, who conquers her freedom through silence in which she forms a strong love relationship with her niece Fatemeh on the one hand, and the Uncle on the other hand. 'She had made her silence become her art of living, her freedom' writes Djavann. The extremely dramatic tension, the flow of the singing in Persian language, and the oppression in relation to the Iranian context are trying to underline the independent beauty of that woman who resists and exists without a voice. Story A young 15 years old Iranian girl named Fatemeh is in jail. Waiting for her death sentence, she writes the story of her aunt on a small notebook, 'so that someone remembers La Muette and myself'. The young teenager was raised by her aunt who becomes mute because she decided to stop talking on a dark day of her own childhood when she was interrogated, never to tell THE truth. An aunt whose silence makes even more fascinating, haughty, with an insolent look, cigarette at her lips, bare-footed and without any scarf on her head. 'La Muette' had made her silence become her art of living, her freedom. Around her, women start to talk, even considering her mad, for only a mad person could act this way. Fatemeh loves her mute aunt unconditionally, that is how she wants to become a woman, by being like her, fascinated by her silence and her excesses. La Muette embodies a figure of Freedom and makes us remember that in some countries, the woman who won't be submissive risks capital punishment. She will be hung. Following this beautiful text by Chahdortt Djavann, 'La Muette', a powerful text, stiff, tensed, without any lyricism nor compromises, which takes place in Iran under the Mollahs' regime. Persian: Phonological material / Compositional material Djavann's story is written in French. I asked Baharé Khadjé-Nouri to translate the text into Persian, and worked with her on pronunciation, accentuation, metric and the structure of the language, and I thank her again for that. I spent a long time having some people reading me the text in Persian and through listening I immersed myself in that sound universe. From this linguistic material, the beginning of the piece starts with the constitution of a tank of sound objects which will constitute parts of the compositional material. To compose the phonological tank, I worked on writing the pronunciation that lies at the origin of every possible vocal composition, writing the tone as well as the 'percussive - resounding' aspects of phonemes, multiple uses of fricative consonants or sibilants. Finally I used the vocal treatment of the phoneme through modes of play in relation to sprechsang: sing -inspire, or -expire, -blow, -chanting, -whispering, -spitting, -speaking. But a purely phonetic analysis of the vocal structures composing the sung part would reduce the word to its mere phonetic entity. The phonological material then constituted a compositional material by giving to the sung word its semantic entity. Form of the piece To strip the drama off every narrative element, at least of the discursive and linear character of the story, I first re-organized parts of the text extracted from the whole book in an order fitting the form I wanted to give to the piece (except for the beginning and ending which are kept in their linear forms). I imagined Fatemeh in jail, whose memories bounced between the four walls of her cell: recurring musical material, re-injected in an obsessive way, disjointed and contrasted, continuously modified each time, bouncing from one sequence to the next in another state. The piece is divided into 5 sequences, between each of them is an instrumental interlude with a voice-off, the voice of the present in the cell that contrasts with the singing voice of the sequence, evocation of memories of La Muette (sequence 1: preamble, sequence 2: portrait of La Muette, sequence 3: La Muette and Fatemeh, sequence 4: La Muette and the Uncle, sequence 5: epilogue). Electroacoustic setupFor this piece, I wrote the electroacoustic parts myself at the same time I was writing the instrumental parts. The electroacoustic setup is here considered as a whole instrument, an instrument added to the 12 others electroacoustic instruments and to Donatienne's voice. The electroacoustic sounds are divided into three types: - Samples from the singer's voice and instruments of the TM+ ensemble transformed - The narrator's voice Baharé Khadjé-Nouri in Persian, original version or transformed - Extra-musical sounds As for the synchronization between the acoustic and the electroacoustic scores, we will use for the first time an innovative application developed by Frédéric Bevilacqua and Bruno Zamborlin, not to follow the moves as we did it in StreicherKreis (my string quartet created in November 2008), but to follow the voice and orchestra. Thus, we will be using an 'audio-following', which constituted a first. This setup of recognition and following will allow the synchronization between instrumental and electroacoustic scores in a musical and precise way. Concerning the interactivity between performers and device, it will all be in real-time. Characteristics of the musicians' sound will 'interpret' what comes out of the speakers. The musicians will define the settings of the sound transformations, in terms of space, transposition, tone or length. This new piece expresses a message through the choice of subject that goes beyond strictly music. For me, it is important that both the composer and writer can invest their work into problematics which they're confronted to because they are immediate witnesses. / Soprano Et Percussions

10 Shakespeare settings for mixed voices. Par CHILCOTT BOB. Variety of composers, including Bob Chilcott, Alan Bullard, Howard Skempton, Cecilia McDowall, and Will Todd Accompanied and unaccompanied settings Well-known Shakespeare texts, including 'It was a lover and his lass', 'If music be the food of love', and 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' Beautiful arrangement of Walton's 'Touch her soft lips and part' Moderate difficulty - ideal for adult and youth choirs Shall I compare thee? is a collection of ten exquisite settings for mixed voices, specially commissioned to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. The volume pays tribute to Britain's greatest writer, presenting a selection of his finest texts set to music by some of today's most accomplished choral composers./ Recueil / Voix

The Nine Glens Of Antrim - Nine Easy Pieces For Piano is a songbook featuring nine distinctly Irish-themed original compositions by renowned composer and teacher June Armstrong for grades two to four standard, designed to teach and reinforce technique and stylistic interpretation.Composer June Armstrong has taken the glens of County Antrim in Ireland as the inspiration for nine new Piano pieces that attempt to capture the atmosphere of the varied landscape. From the astonishing monuments of caves and valleys to calmer, more tranquil waterfalls and rivers, Armstrong has successfully composed pieces to help a student imagine and evoke the natural beauty of a landscape through the musical medium. The concept that Armstrong has tried to incorporate is that the expressiveness of the Piano as an instrument is something that students should be familiar with, and so this book will teach you how to create atmosphere while using the musical theory you are familiar with.One of the most impressive things about The Nine Glens Of Antrim is the hard work that the composer has put into creating these pieces as well as incorporating Irish music and the Irish landscape. At the beginning of the songbook Armstrong goes into great detail about what each piece symbolises, as well as a small amount of Irish history and legend. She intertwines this with detailed playing instructions, making learning entertaining and informative as well as inspiring. In the notes for the piece titled ?Layd Church?, the student is told that?A small stream runs along the side of the church, the sound of which, together with birdsong, is the only music you will hear there now. If you wish to play this successfully, you will need to listen to birds singing!?It is this personality and friendly tone that makes learning from The Nine Glens Of Antrim a joy.The songs themselves are subtle, pretty and precisely composed, perfect for a student who already has a good grasp of playing in a variety of keys, at different tempos and in alternative time signatures. Armstrong also leaves certain expressive elements up to the performer, so the flexibility would suit a student who is keen to bring some character and feeling to the piece. Each song represents a different challenge, and attempts to introduce a novel style and technique, so the use of the natural beauty of a landscape provides an anchor for students to connect the theory with the practice. To hear a recording of each track free of charge, just head to the composer's own website, where you can also view photographs symbolising each song to inspire you to begin your learning of The Nine Glens of Antrim today. / Piano

A New Edition Revised and Edited by the Composer. Par VILLA-LOBOS HEITOR. An exciting assortment of Piano works that are musically and technically rewarding as study pieces, and appealing in recital. The music is on a level with that of the 18th and 19th century masters. This edition has been edited by the composer. Contents: ALMA BRASILEIRA - CHOROS NO.5 BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS NO.4 - Suite 1. Preludio - Introdução - (Prelude) 2. Coral - Canto Do Sertão (Song of the Jungle) 3. Aria - Cantiga (Song) 4. Dansa - Miudinho (Dance) CAIXINHA DE MUSICA QUEBRADA (The Broken Little Music Box) CARNAVAL DAS CRIANCAS BRASILEIRAS - Suite 1. A Manhã Da Pierrete (Pierrette's Hands) 2. O Chicote Do Diabinho (The Devil's Whip) CICLO BRASILEIRO - Suite 1. Plantio Do Caboclo (Native Planting Songs) 2. Impressões Seresteiras (Mistrel Impressions) 3. Festa No Sertão (Jungle Festival) 4. Dansa Do Indio Branco (Dance of the White Indian) GUIA PRATICO - Album 1 - Five Pieces 1. Acordei De Madrugada (Dawn) 2. A Maré Encheu (Full Tide) 3. A Roseira (The Rose-Bush) 4. Manquinha (Little Lame Girl) 5. Na Corda Da Vióla (On the Strings of a Viola) GUIA PRATICO - Album 8 - Seven Pieces 1. O Limão (Oh, Lemon) 2. Carambola (Goodness!) 3. Pobre Céga (Poor Blind Woman) 4. Pai Francisco (Father Francisco) 5. Xô Passarinho! (Fly! Little Bird) 6. Sinh' Aninha (Farmers' Daughters) 7. Vestidinho Branco (Little White Dress) GUIA PRATICO - Album 9 - Six Pieces 1. Laranjeira Pequenina (The Little Orange Tree) 2. Pombinha, Rolinha (Little Dove, Tiny Dove) 3. O Ciranda, O Cirandinha (Circle Dance) 4. A Velha Que Tinha Nove Filhas (The Old Woman That Had Nine Daughters) 5. Constante (Constant) 6. O Castelo (The Castle) POEMA SINGELO (Simple Song) PROLE DO BEBE - #1 - Suite 1. Moreninha (The Little Paper Doll) 2. Mulatinha (The Little Rubber Doll) 3. O Polichinelo (Clown) SIMPLES COLETANEA - Three Pieces 1. Valsa Mistica (Valse Mystique) 2. Em Um Berço Encantado (Dans Un Berçeau Féerique) 3. Rhodante (Circle Dance) SUITE FLORAL - Op.97 - Three Pieces 1. Idilio Na Rede (Summer Idyll) 2. Uma Camponeza Cantadeira (A Singing Country Girl) 3. Alegria Na Horta (Joy In The Garden) / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Piano

PIANO SONATA NO. 3 was written in 1960 during the composer?s studies at HAMU (Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) under Emil Hlobil. The first half of the 1960s was the period during which Fiser?s musical language underwent fundamental change as he rapidly cultivated his own, distinctive style, established in Fifteen Prints after Dürer?s Apocalypse. This sonata thus also includes several essential traits which shift his compositional development further. The work has two movements, however, its internal structure abandons traditional form. The piece is divided into several short, mutually contrasting sections, whereby the distinctions between the adjacent parts are emphasised by the thematic and chordal treatment. These contrasts are also supported by the chosen dynamics, tempo and other expressional means. The harmony is largely based on traditional chords or their condensed form while, in certain passages, we will nevertheless come across semitone clusters or fourth chords. The melody is still chiefly diatonic at times Fiser uses chromatic sequences. These new elements in Sonata No. 3 indicate an attempt to simplify his writing and ensure greatest transparency and impact. This endeavour became a basic characteristic of Fiser?s compositions from the mid-1960s onwards. The sonata originally bore the postscript Fantasia, which was subsequently taken out by the composer. It was first performed by Ales Bílek in 1961. The new setting for this piece is based on the single edition to date (Panton, 1967) only with regard to a few inconsistencies in the score was it necessary to consult the composer?s manuscript (kept at the National Museum ? Czech Museum of Music, acquisition number 297/2006). H 7957, ISMN 979-2601-0446-4

8 Intermediate-Level Tango Classics. Par DIVERS AUTEURS (ARR.COLLATTI DIEGO). Authentic tango classics arranged as duets of medium difficulty for 2 cellos - this edition includes the famous tunes of some of the greatest tango compositions the world has ever heard. Tango is full of life and passion - the fact that this love affair of music and rhythm has not lost any of its fascination is demonstrated these classic tango pieces that have been selected for this collection and arranged for two cellos. When Astor Piazolla, Vicente Greco, and Angel Villoldo meet in an edition of tango classics, entertainment and expertise of the highest level are sure to ensue. In addition to one of his own compositions, arranger Diego Collatti has selected some of the most popular tango tunes to be arranged for two cellos, among them 'Libertango', 'El Choclo' and 'A media Luz'. Collatti, who is considered an expert in Argentine tango, has brilliantly and expressively highlighted the two violin parts, which have been essential elements of the tango tradition since its beginning. The duets' characteristic phrasing opportunities combined with their dynamic shading and diverse articulation enhance their value as entertaining concert pieces and deeply authentic ensemble repertory additions. Melancholic tunes, rhythmic precision, and untamed passion can be found in this stylistically diverse collection, the compositional art of which showcases the full emotional range of the tango tradition. - Engaging tango classics by Astor Piazzolla, Vicente Greco, Agostín Bardi, and many other tango composers, selected and arranged by Argentine tango expert Diego Collatti - The clearly structured instrumental parts communicate with each other and remain true to the originals in their range of articulation and dynamics - The stylistic variety, expressiveness, imagination and multicultural influences of the genre are wonderfully combined in this collection / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Recueil / 2 Violoncelles

The best in contemporary jazz from Europe. 430 pages of new, intriguing sounds from virtually every country in Europe. Available in C, Bb and Eb versions. Accurate, composer-approved charts plus sample bass lines, sample chord voicings, horn harmony lines, drum appendix, lyrics, and more! Over 100 of Europe's best jazz writers, including Claus Ogerman, Enrico Pieranunzi, Didier Lockwood, Amina Figarova, Victor Feldman, Nguyen Le, George Robert, Rene Thomas, Michel Petrucciani, Tim Garland, John Taylor, Philip Catherine, Richard Galliano, David Linx, Jesse van Ruller, Lars Jansson, Kenny Wheeler, Hendrik Meurkens, Enrico Rava, NHOP, Rosario Giuliani, Florian Ross, Antonio Farao, Ulf Wakenius, Joe Zawinul, Django Reinhardt, Barbara Dennerlein, Allan Holdsworth, Christian Jacob, Valery Ponomarev, Stefan Karlsson, Jacob Karlzon, Toots Thielmans, Bill Bruford, Niels Lan Doky, George Shearing, Bobo Stenson, Michiel Borstlap, Larry Vuckovich. / Ensemble Music, Instrumental Music / Recueil / Instruments en Sib

Instrumentation: piano Edition: score Publisher: Eberhard Mayer OEuvres pour piano/Klaviermusik/Piano Music Edition en 10 recueils/Edition in 10 Bänden/Edition in 10 volumes Volume 1: Femmes de Légende Editor: Eberhard Mayer Item no.: fue 4180 Difficulty: medium ISMN: 979-0-50012-918-9 Contents: Mélisande, Desdémona, Ophelie, Viviane, Ph?bé, Omphale und Salomé The pieces for piano represent a great stylistic variety. One gets the impression that Mel Bonis may have intended to give a summary of musical development, not quoting historic styles but adapting the past through her personal tone and to translate it into contemporary musical language. The first volume includes an original series of musical portraits dedicated to legendary women, where Mel Bonis explores the enigmatic feminine universe. ?Femmes de légende? A collection we have called ?Femmes de légende? contains seven piano pieces by Mel Bonis named after women whose fates have become legendary. They have not always been arranged in this way. The first piece, ?Mélisande?, was published separately by Alphonse Leduc in 1898. In 1909, a collection called ?Trois pièces pour piano? (Three pieces for the piano), dedicated to the composer Paul Locard and which included ?Ph?bé?, ?Viviane? and ?Salomé?, was published by Leduc. In 1913, ?Mélisande? was added to the four last pieces for a final collection called ?Cinq pièces?. ?Omphale? appeared in a Berlin edition ?Signale für die musikalische Welt? in 1910. As to ?Ophélie?, it was never published in Mel Bonis? lifetime and we discovered a manu-script in 1997 without any indication at all of when it was writ-ten. ?Ophélie? was first published by the publishing house Ar-miane in Versailles in 1998. Mélisande (1898) Written before Debussy?s famous opera, Mel Bonis? piano piece ?Mélisande? was also inspired by the poet Maeterlinck (Mélisande, 1893). These short pages of magical harmonies, of radi-ant impressionist colours use music to describe Mélisande?s hair as described by Pelleas: ?your hair and its beautiful light... It escapes everywhere, it shivers, it shakes, it trembles in my hand like a golden bird.? This piece enjoyed quite a success in Mel Bonis? lifetime. She noted of it ?my favourite? in the margin of her hand-written catalogue. Desdémona (1913) The female heroine in Shakespeare?s ?Othello? inspired Mel Bonis to write a nostalgic piece with a fairly easy, rather classical beginning, a kind of romance without words, of great elegance and of a deep and melancholic beauty. Ophélie Ophelia, the lover of Shakespeare?s Hamlet, is a deeply melan-cholic character who goes mad and drowns in mysterious cir-cumstances. Ophelia inspired the poet Rimbaud and the painter Millais ? each of them created a masterpiece. Mel Bonis too evokes images of water, sadness and death in music for a third work of art. With its delicate and chilling beauty and also with its moments of passion, this impressionist piece - the work which owes most to Debussy - calls for great intelligence when performed. Viviane (1909) The figure of the fairy of the lake is musically described here in a well-structured, many-facetted piece; first of all, the initial dancing theme has an air of the ?salon? about it, typical of its time, evoking the fairy?s charm, her smile. Then follow succes-sions of majestic chords and fluent harmonies which represent the underwater castle and the fairy?s power. This piece is easily approachable. Ph?bé (1909) The sister of Phoebus, the sun, symbolises the moon, the night, chastity. The piece creates an impression of night. Steeped in twilight, languor and a sense of immense space, the atmosphere is one of unreality. This feeling of alienation is reinforced by the incoherence of rhythm between the two hands. Salomé (1909) Inspired by the Orient, Mel Bonis creates a very original musical illustration of the biblical character of Salome. She is characterised by shifting moods in which slow syncopes follow light glissandos, and urgent, mysterious psalmodies accompany sensual melopeias, where surprising tempo varia-tions lead to outbreaks of violence. With its relatively difficult beginning, this piece is especially interesting from the viewpoint of research into interpretation. Omphale (1910) The queen of Lydia is a female character from the violent depths of Greek mythology. This powerful female is described here with glittering sensuality and Oriental subtlety. The impressive work shows a complex structure both in harmony and rhythm, it is a lively and rich work which calls for much thought and great virtuosity on the performer?s part. ?Omphale? was awarded a prize for composition by the Berlin magazine ?Signale für die musikalische Welt? in 1910.

This piece uses word painting to re-tell Thomas Hardy's classic poem about an old tenor and the death of his choirmaster. The men and women are divided into two choirs - the men represent the old tenor telling the story and the women represent an angelic chorus singing the antiphon 'In Paradisium? from the Requiem Mass.'My music is my own and I have never tried to be original. That has always been my motto and I have only tried to use music to express all the feelings which life has to offer. This has led people to describe my music as 'so sad that it sounds like birds who have lost their wings' but also as 'the happiest classical music that we have ever heard'.My compositions are almost all sacred. They express not only my own faith but also my appreciation and respect for the timeless texts that have been used for centuries and centuries.?Mårten Jansson (b. 1965), elected member of the Föreningen svenska tonsättare (the Society of Swedish Composers), graduated from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm (KHM) with an MFA degree in Music Education, Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Voice. For more than ten years he was the music director and conductor of 'Carmen?, one of the most prominent womens' vocal ensembles in Sweden. He currently teaches choral conducting and music theory as well as giving vocal tuition at the Bolandgymnasiet and Musikskolan in his home town of Uppsala. / Choeur Mixte (SSATBB)

Campbell David (Editor). Par CAMPBELL DAVID. Expand your musical scope and your performance repertoire in new worlds of expression with a special selection of 14 contemporary works, all written by some of today's celebrated composers. Here's your chance to learn some music by real, living composers - not just those only known by their surnames who dies long ago! The musical styles are diverse and exciting, from elements of ragtime and dance to a sombre and gently sad melody, and each piece features a full Piano accompaniment. ...Perhaps you might even be inspired to start composing some new music of your own! / Niveau : Facile / Recueil / Clarinette et Piano

Edition de Frank Dobbins352 pages 220x142mmThe 84 chansons in this collection are mainly for SATB, and were selected first and foremost for their musical value. Care has been taken to represent the great masters as well as lesser-known composers who made significant contributions to the genre.SATB unaccompaniedArcadelt: D'un Extreme RegretArcadelt: Je Ne Suis Pas Si TotBeaulaigue: Comme Serait a MoiBenedictus/Appenzeller: Je Ne Me Puis Tenir D'AimerBertrand: Hola, CaronBertrand: Je Suis un Demi'DieuBoni: Ha, Bel AccueilBoni: J'espere et CrainsBonnet: Francion Vint L'Autre JourBuus: Douce MemoireCaietain: Une PuceCanis: Mariez Moi Mon PereCastro: Ah! Je MeursCastro: Je Suis QuasiCerton: J'espere et CrainsCerton: Je Suis DesheriteeCerton: La, La, La, Je Ne L'ose DireCerton: Que N'est Elle Aupres de MoiClemens: Jaquin JaquetClereau: Comme Un Qui PrendCornet: Avecque VousCoste: Celle FilletteCosteley: Arrete Un Peu Mon CoeurCosteley: Mignonne, Allons Voir si la RoseCrecquillon/Manchicourt: Un Gai BergerCrecquillon/Manchicourt: Un Doux RegardDe Bussy: Qu'heureuse est ma FortuneDu Caurroy: Las! AmourEntraigues: Complainte de la TourterelleFevin: petite CamusetteGardane: Douce MemoireGervaise: Si L'on Doit PrendreGombert: Changeons ProposVous Etes Trop JeuneGoudimel: Qui Renforcera Ma VoixJacotin: A Paris a Trois FillettesJanequin: Au Joli Jeu du Pousse AvantJanequin: La Plus Belle de la VilleJanequin: Le Chant de OiseauxJanequin: Or Vien Ca, Vien M'amieJanequin: Pourquoi Tournez Vous Vos YeuxJosquin: En L'ombre d'un BuissonetJosquin: Faute d'ArgentJosquin: Mille RegretsJosquin: Petite CamusetteJosquin: La MoeulleJosquin: Si Je Maintiens Ma VieLassus: Bonjour Mon CoeurLassus: La Nuit Froide et SombreLassus: Quand Mon MariLassus: Une PuceLe Blanc: Dames en qui Reluit Toute BeauteLe Jeune: Ce n'est que FielLe Jeune: J'aime la Pierre PrecieuseLe Jeune: Revoici Venir du PrintempsLe Jeune: Susanne un JourLupi Second: Une Dame Pour Mieux VenirLupus/Cadeac: Je Suis DesheriteeMaille: A Qui Me Dois Je Retirer'Mauduit: Voice le Vert et Beau MaiMeigret: Un doux RegardMillot: O Ma Belle MaitresseMittantier: Moins je la veuxMonte: Bonjour mon coeurMornable: Je Ne Me Confesserai PointMouton: En Venant de LyonNinot le Petit: Et la la laPassereau: Il est bel et bonPevernage: D'Etre AmoureuxPhinot: Pleurez Mes YeuxPlanson: Puis Que Le Ciel Veut AinsiRegnard: Las, Je Me PlainsRichafort: Trut Avant Il Faut BoireRoussel: Mon Coeur a Vous, Belle, se RecommandeSandrin: Douce MemoireSandrin: Puisque Vivre en ServitudeSermisy: Jouissance Vous DonneraiSermisy: Martin Menait Son PourceauSermisy: Tant Que VivraiSusato: Douce MemoireTessier: Non, Vous N'etes pas YeuxVilliers: Si Vous VoulezWaelrant: D'Amourss Me VaWillaert: Qui la DiraWillaert: Sur le Joli Jonc

Versuch eines Requiems. Par HARTMANN KARL AMADEUS. Karl Amadeus Hartmann wrote his first symphony in 1935/36. At that time he was still an unknown musician whose works stood no chance of being performed and who could not hope to find encouragement in his native Germany. He had to wait more than ten years for its first performance, which finally took place in Frankfurt in the spring of 1948 under the direction of Winfried Zillig. I was 21 at the time, and the work left an extraordinarily deep impression on me, an impression that marked the beginning of my admiration for Hartmann's music and its very special kind of intellectuality, which struck me as both important and significant: by this I mean its spontaneous and unrefracted immediacy, its honesty and straightforwardness – qualities that extend beyond this composer's works and affect his whole surroundings, including his fellow human beings. All Hartmann's works, moreover, contain an essential element of the art of compostion, namely, an exact correspondence between the artist's insistent need to express himself and the instrumental resources that he chooses. A superficial listener might perhaps fail to notice at first that the huge orchestral apparatus that Hartmann conjures up exactly matches his powerful expressivity and the colourful nature of his rhetoric. There is also the expansiveness and physically charged vitality of the native of southern Germany, a man capable of combining his own sense of inwardness with the beauty of the moment and a feeling of hymnic grandeur. It is a combination that reflects his own south German countryside and that answers a need to communicate sustained by his own unwavering faith in humanity. / Date parution : 1965-11-20/ Répertoire / Voix d'Alto et Orchestre