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Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 28
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
Piano Trio Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1488223 Composed…
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Piano Trio Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1488223 Composed by Ferdinand Ries. Arranged by Dianne James. Classical. 64 pages. Artaria Editions #1065109. Published by Artaria Editions (A0.1488223). Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) was one of the greatest pianists of his time and a composer of exceptional abilities. Ries studied pianoforte (but not composition) with Beethoven in Vienna and the two men remained on cordial terms for the rest of their lives. In the last year of his life Ries co-wrote a book of Beethoven reminiscences that remain one of the most valuable sources of information about his life and character. The place and date of composition of the Sonate Sentimentale is uncertain in spite of the apparently conclusive evidence to the contrary: Ries's autograph score is dated 'Godesberg 1814' but by this time Ries was living in London. The discrepancy is probably due to the fact that Ries added the date to this manuscript, as he did to many others, in the 1820s. One of the most intriguing aspects of this work is the difference between Ries's original conception and the work as it appeared in its first published edition in 1834. The extent of the changes points to a substantial authorial revision of the work made prior to publication rather than a garbled transmission of the original text. Among the most striking of these changes is the inclusion of a brief introduction to the first movement; but other passages are extensively rewritten and in some instances lengthened by the inclusion of additional material. As with all Ries's works for flute, the Sonate Sentimentale is exceptionally well written for the instrument and yet perhaps even more impressive is the way in which Ries balances the musical texture and exploits the full potential of both the flute and piano. The beautiful work is arguably the most impressive flute sonata of the early 19th century. Allan Badley.
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Pianoforte Sonatas, Op.1
Piano solo
Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1487250 Composed by Ferdinand Ries.…
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Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1487250 Composed by Ferdinand Ries. Arranged by Allan Badley. Classical. Score. 68 pages. Artaria Editions #1064224. Published by Artaria Editions (A0.1487250). Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) was one of the greatest pianists of his time and a composer of exceptional abilities. Ries studied pianoforte (but not composition) with Beethoven in Vienna and the two men remained on cordial terms for the rest of their lives.In the last year of his life Ries co-wrote a book of Beethoven reminiscences that remain one of the most valuable sources of information about his life and character. The Pianoforte Sonatas, Op.1 were composed during the period 1804-1806 and published with a dedication to Beethoven. They are very impressive works, bold, powerful and imaginative, and worthy in every sense to be associated with the name of his illustrious teacher.
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Pianoforte Sonatas, Op.1
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Three Russian Airs With Variations, Op. 72
Cello, Piano
Cello,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1281610 By Ferdinand Ries. By Ferd…
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Cello,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1281610 By Ferdinand Ries. By Ferdinand Ries. 19th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. Score and part. 40 pages. Paladino Editions #872952. Published by Paladino Editions (A0.1281610). Trois Airs Russes Variés pour le Piano-forte et Violoncelle ou Violon Concertans, Op. 72, was written in 1812, while Ries was on tour in Russia with virtuoso cellist Bernhard Romberg. A virtuoso display piece for both instruments, it is a potpourri of three Russian tunes. Two cello parts are included in this edition by Cole Tutino and Martin Rummel: one as printed in the first edition, and one with fingerings and bowings by Martin Rummel.
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Three Russian Airs With Variations, Op. 72
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Sonata ("Grande Sonate") No. 2 in A Major for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 21
Cello, Piano
Cello,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1287344 Composed by Ferdinand Ries…
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Cello,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1287344 Composed by Ferdinand Ries. 19th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. Score and part. 68 pages. Paladino Editions #878361. Published by Paladino Editions (A0.1287344). Ferdinand Ries’ second cello sonata was written for Bernhard Romberg in 1808, who performed frequently with Beethoven at that time. The title Grande Sonate clearly refers to the aim to excel music written for amateurs at home.This first modern edition of the piece contains two cello parts: One without any markings, reflecting the first edition, and one with suggestions for bowings and fingerings from the editor, renowned cellist Martin Rummel.
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Sonata ("Grande Sonate") No. 1 in C Major for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 20
Cello, Piano
Cello,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1287339 Composed by Ferdinand Ries…
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Cello,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1287339 Composed by Ferdinand Ries. 19th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. Score and part. 46 pages. Paladino Editions #878356. Published by Paladino Editions (A0.1287339). Ferdinand Ries’ first cello sonata was written for Bernhard Romberg in 1808, who performed frequently with Beethoven at that time. The title “Grande Sonate†clearly refers to the aim to excel music written for amateurs to play at home.This is the first modern edition of the work. It has two cello parts: one with the original phrasings only, and one with Martin Rummel's suggestions for fingerings and bowings.
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Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 143
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
Piano Trio Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1487814 Composed…
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Piano Trio Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1487814 Composed by Ferdinand Ries. Arranged by Dianne James. Classical. 62 pages. Artaria Editions #1064752. Published by Artaria Editions (A0.1487814). The Piano Trio in C minor Op.143 was published by Schott in 1826, but could have been composed much earlier for Ries's personal use in the London concert halls. It is an imposing work, whose gruff tone and serious purpose recall Beethoven's use of this key. The first movement is an impressive sonata-form movement extending to a length of almost 250 bars. It contains two strikingly contrasted themes, one aggressively assertive, the other of a more lyrical, tender character (parallels to Beethoven's thematic tendencies in sonata-form movements are once again clearly apparent). The Adagio movement, cast in the rich colours of A flat major (the tonic minor - flat submediant major key relationship recalls Beethoven once again) contains some moments of real beauty and musical insight. The piano is often centrestage, its florid lines and ornamental flourishes reminiscent of another of Ries's contemporaries, Hummel. The technique of connected second and third movements seen in this work is not new but was a trend established in the piano trio genre by Joseph Haydn in the 1780s and 90s. The oasis of calm and tranquillity created in the Adagio is shattered dramatically by the jagged arpeggio figure which launches the finale. This extremely fast movement - the metronome marking indicates that the music should be felt in two, not in four - is characterised by the tarantella topos. It is a tremendously exciting movement, whose swirling energy and frantic pace is only reined in at the final cadence. The present edition reproduces as faithfully as possible the text of the trio as transmitted in Schott's 1826 edition of the work, a copy of which is preserved in the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. The metronome markings at the head of each movement derive from this source. The piano compass extends from E flat 1 to a flat 4, a range of just over six octaves. Pedal markings indicated in the source have not been included in the current edition since these are generally very instrument-dependent. Minor rhythmic inconsistences between different statements of the same theme have been retained (e.g. first movement, second subject, bb.51-52, cello and 188-89, violin), as have some differences in phrasing between successive thematic statements (cf. finale, piano bb.3-6 and violin bb.18-21). The style and notation of articulation and dynamic markings have been standardised throughout, and, where missing from the print, markings have been reconstructed from parallel passages. These are indicated by the use of dotted slurs or brackets where appropriate. Obvious wrong notes have been corrected without comment, and editorial emendations with no authority from the print are placed within brackets. Dianne James.
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Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 143
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Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 2
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
Piano Trio Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1488222 Composed…
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Piano Trio Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1488222 Composed by Ferdinand Ries. Arranged by Dianne James. Classical. 77 pages. Artaria Editions #1065108. Published by Artaria Editions (A0.1488222). The Piano Trio in E flat, Op.2 was published by Simrock in 1807 with a dedication to Monsieur le Comte de Browne, Brigadeur au Service de S.M.J. de toutes les Russies. It is a generously proportioned work in the usual three movements. The lengthy sonata-from first movement is prefaced by a slow introduction which begins on dominant seventh harmony (a nod perhaps to Beethoven's first symphony), slowly finding its way to the tonic by the start of the Allegro section. The brief development section modulates widely, including references to keys as distant as E minor and C major, while the substantially rewritten and varied recapitulation touches on both B and G majors. The slow movement, Andante un poco Allegretto , is cast in the key of C minor and features many solos and duets for the string instruments as well as further harmonic interest, especially in the central modulating episode from bar 46. The finale is a sonata-rondo design complete with all the usual tricks, including even a remote transposition of the refrain late in the movement to B major, a technique surely learned from Beethoven. The present edition reproduces as faithfully as possible the text of the trio as transmitted in Simrock's edition of the work, a copy of which is preserved in the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. The piano part is most successfully realised on an instrument extending as far as c4, although since such instruments were by no means standard in the first decade of the 19th century, Ries has notated the part carefully to cater for instruments without an extended treble compass. Any alternative readings have been incorporated into the current edition exactly as they appear in the Simrock print. In an instance such as bars 298-309 of the finale for example, instruments with the extended compass should follow the small print in bars 298 and 309, and in between read the notes an octave higher according to the composer's 8ve marking. Instruments with a limited compass should play the notes as written, without the octave transposition of bars 299-309. The cello part contains several passages written in the treble clef. Evidence that these should sound an octave lower than written is provided by bars 74-80 of the first movement and 85-89 of the finale. In the first instance, awkward octave displacements would result if this passage were played literally; in the second instance, some unacceptable part crossing between violin and cello would result from a literal rendition of these two bars. Accordingly then, all passages written in the treble clef should be transposed down an octave. The style and notation of articulation and dynamic markings have been standardised throughout, and, where missing from the print, markings have been reconstructed from parallel passages. These are indicated by the use of dotted slurs or brackets where appropriate. Obvious wrong notes have been corrected without comment, and editorial emendations with no authority from the print are placed within brackets. Dianne James.
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Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 2
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Sonata for Pianoforte with Flauto Obbligato, Op.87 (for flute and piano)
Flute and Piano
Flute,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1488844 Composed by Ferdinand Ries…
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Flute,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1488844 Composed by Ferdinand Ries. Arranged by Uwe Grodd. Classical. Score and part. 29 pages. Artaria Editions #1065698. Published by Artaria Editions (A0.1488844). Artaria Editions AE438This edition is based on Ries' autograph score. It is, for the most part, carefully written and presents few difficulties to the editor. Nonetheless, there are instances where dynamic markings and articulations are ambiguous and, in some places, where the pitches are unclear. In order to facilitate performance, the style and notation of articulation and dynamic markings have been standardized throughout, and, where missing from the autograph, markings have been reconstructed from parallel passages. These are indicated by the use of dotted slurs or brackets. Obvious wrong notes have been corrected without comment; editorial emendations with no authority from the source are places within brackets. Uwe Grodd's research for this edition was made possible with the support of a grant from the University of Auckland Research Committee UARC. Allan Badley, Uwe Grodd.
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Sonata for Pianoforte with Flauto Obbligato, Op.87
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Beethoven/St. Clair: Easy Sonata in C Major for Solo Piano (1798/1990): A Completion
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Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939845 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven / Richard St. Clair. Classical,Concert. Score. 17 pages. Richard St. Clair #5868681. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939845). This solo piano sonata, of moderate technical difficulty, is a completion of a fragment left unfinished by Beethoven sometime around 1798 and has the without opus catalog number WoO 51. The first movement is entirely by Beethoven and is scored with minor edits. The second movement was abandoned by Beethoven at m. 121, and the movement is completed here by St. Clair. The third movement, a rondo in the style of Beethoven, is completely by Richard St. Clair. (A very poor completion of the second movement was made by Ferdinand Ries, a pupil of Beethoven.)
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Sonata in F major
French Horn and Piano
Horn and piano - advanced - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q1167 Composed by Ferdinand Ri…
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Horn and piano - advanced - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q1167 Composed by Ferdinand Ries. This edition: Sheet music. Il Corno. Downloadable. Op. 34. Schott Music - Digital #Q1167. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q1167). Key: F major.The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8).
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Sonata in F major
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Sonata G minor
Clarinet and Piano
Composed by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838). This edition: Sheet music. Clarinet Library. …
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Composed by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838). This edition: Sheet music. Clarinet Library. Downloadable. Op. 29. Schott Music - Digital #Q5023. Published by Schott Music - Digital
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Sonata G minor
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Concertino G major
Violin and Piano
Violin and piano - very easy - Digital Download Composed by Ferdinand Kuechler. This …
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Violin and piano - very easy - Digital Download Composed by Ferdinand Kuechler. This edition: Sheet music. Schott Student Edition - Repertoire. Downloadable. Op. 11. Schott Music - Digital #Q45265. Published by Schott Music - Digital
German - English - French.<br> <br> Ferdinand Kuchler is regarded as one of the great violin teachers of the 20th century, due, in large part, to his popular violin method. His Concertino remains a popular entry-level piece for students to this day.<br> <br> The piece is characterized by simplicity, clarity and beauty. The themes and melodies are easily identifiable by children, yet never trite and plain. They are catchy and perfectly reflect Kuchler's educational ideology - "to always separate the difficulties and never demand that the pupil overcome two difficulties at once".<br> <br> The work is also available in an arrangement for solo violin with string quartet accompaniment (with double-bass ad lib.)(Schott, SE 1002). The viola part can be replaced by a third violin if necessary. By using the parts for multiple players, this can also be performed by a beginner string orchestra.<br> <br> This edition is part of the new Schott Student Edition series which offers varied literature at five different levels of difficulty, from 1 (easy) to 5 (difficult), for instrumental lessons:<br> <br> In print or electronic format<br> Available as printed editions or PDF download<br> <br> Practising - efficiently and with pleasure:<br> Accompanying tracks of the pieces available as downloads.
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Concertino G major
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Andante
Flute and Piano
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Flute and orchestra - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q49450 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Wolfgang Birtel. This edition: piano reduction with solo part. Flute - Orchestra - teaching repertoire - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Schott Student Edition - Repertoire. Dieser hübsche Einzelsatz wird hier in einer sorgfältig edierten Neuausgabe, mit einer Kadenz des Herausgebers, vorgelegt – ein serenadenhafter Satz, der dem Solisten alle Möglichkeiten für kantables Spiel bietet. Downloadable, Piano reduction with solo part. Duration 5 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q49450. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q49450). Key: C major. German • English • French.Even though Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), admittedly, was no fan of the flute, he wrote unforgettable music for this instrument 'that I can't stand': two concertos, a double concerto with harp, the original version of the Wind Concertante and the four flute quartets. Commissioned by the Dutch physician and amateur musician Ferdinand Dejean, Mozart wrote his two solo concertos in 1777/78 during a stay in Mannheim. As the middle movement of the Concerto in G major KV 313 supposedly was too difficult for the client – with regard to the playing technique and/or music – the composer wrote an alternative version, 'Andante' KV 315 (285e). This nice individual movement is now presented in a carefully edited new edition, with a cadenza of the editor – a serenade-like setting that offers the soloist many possibilities for cantabile playing. About Schott Student EditionThe Schott Student Edition gathers instrumental works for music lessons providing a unique and varied repertoire resource including standard teaching works, lesser known pieces which are perfectly suited to lessons as well as to student concerts and competitions.The repertoire is divided into levels 1-5, from very easy to difficult, and includes works from the Renaissance up to modern performance pieces. Each title is graded, from very easy works for beginners up to demanding pieces for more advanced students who are preparing for further study or examinations.Every work in the series has been carefully selected and edited by experienced music teachers. The editions also contain a wealth of information on the pieces as well as useful advice on studying, rehearsing and interpreting the works. The first titles to be published in the Schott Student Edition series contain works for violin, violoncello, flute, clarinet and recorder. Further editions are in preparation.
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Haydn: Concerto No. 2 in G major (Classical Wind Ensemble)
Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.768500 Composed by Franz Jos…
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.768500 Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Arranged by Roar Kvam. Classical,Concert. 114 pages. KVAMusic Edition #3454071. Published by KVAMusic Edition (A0.768500). About 1785, Haydn received a commission to write a series of concertos for Ferdinand IV, King of Naples and the Twin Sicilies. It was a very curious commission; for these concertos were to be written for a pair of strange instruments, the so-called Lira organizzata. The lira was a favourite instrument of the lazzaroni, the common people of Neaples: the Bourbon King, though often a rough and uncouth monarch, had a deep affection for his people. and for all their peculiar customs, and it is characteristic that his favourite musical instrument should have been that so beloved by his people. In a letter from the King of Neaples there are two points which explain much of the peculiar character of Haydn’s concertos for the King: the first is the restricted tonal range of all the works, C, F and G major are the only principal keys allowed. The second is the range of the lira itself which is about that of an oboe. Bearing these limitations in mind, Haydn did not attempt to write complicated double concertos, but rather ensemble music for two lire, two violins, two violas, cello and two horns, in other words, 9 solo instruments. (This edition: Flute, oboe, two clarinets, two basset horns, bassoon, contrabass and two horns). Moreover, he neatly combined the concerto form with that of the divertimento: there is often no strict division into solo and tutti, but constant intermingling of both. Wonderful music by Haydn, originally written for a mixed ensemble of 2 liras, 2 Horns and strings, but this is a transcription for a classical wind ensemble, a great companion for a concert together with i.e. Mozart’s Gran Partita, since it has almost the same instrumentation.
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Haydn: Concerto No. 2 in G major
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