Piano

SKU: BR.EB-8942

Urtext. Composed by Friedrich Schneider. Edited by Ulrich Urban. Solo instruments; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf. Sonata; Romantic. Score. 264 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8942. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8942).

ISBN 9790004187036. 9 x 12 inches.

Friedrich Schneider's extensive work for piano has not to date attracted any research attention, although he enjoyed an excellent reputation as composer and conductor and was one of the most highly regarded piano virtuosos of his time. Extant of his are no less than 42 piano sonatas composed in the surprisingly brief period from 1802 to 1814, hence still before Beethoven had written any of his late sonatas. 24 piano sonatas appeared in print, many others remain simply in manuscript. In the coming years we are presenting all of Friedrich Schneider's piano sonatas for the first time in modern editions. The sonatas are ordered within 4 volumes chronologically by year of composition, starting now with volume II, which gives an overview of Schneider's more mature sonatas. The edition is being edited by Prof. Ulrich Urban, who has for years dealt intensively with this composer's piano work.

Schneider's piano sonatas complement the view of this genre between Haydn and Beethoven and are an important expansion to the repertoire for both specialists and students, with technical demands representing the whole range from moderate to very difficult.

Chorus a cappella

SKU: BR.CHB-32104-02

Urtext. Composed by Friedrich Schneider. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Mass; Romantic; Classical. Choral score. 80 pages. Duration 30'. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 32104-02. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-32104-02).

ISBN 9790004413517. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

Friedrich Schneider's dedication to sacred vocal music dates back into his early years as a schoolboy in Zittau. As of today Schneider is - if at all - only known as the composer of the ground-breaking oratorio The Last Judgement, but his extensive compositional output, which serves nearly all musical genres, is unknown to a great extent. Breitkopf & Hartel will fill this gap in the coming years.The mass in A minor presented here (No. 8) is his second completed a-cappella mass. It was composed during September 9 to 28, 1815 and thus still falls into the almost overproductive Leipzig years of the composer. It would be no exaggeration to say, that Schneider gained his overwhelming treatment and the finishing touches of the choruses in his oratorios by his year long preoccupation with the genre of the mass. Although the majority of his masses remained unpublished, they enjoyed great popularity, which is evidently by the numerous copies that are preserved in several libraries.

Orchestra

SKU: BR.PB-32030

Urtext. Composed by Friedrich Schneider. Orchestra. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Symphony; Romantic. Full score. 80 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 32030. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-32030).

ISBN 9790004215159. 0 x 0 inches.

Promising Discovery When a recording of this Symphony No. 17 by Friedrich Schneider appeared in 2002, it attracted some attention. Now, Breitkopf & Hartel presents the work that, like all Schneider's symphonies, had remained unpublished, for the first time in a modern edition. The composer does not use a pathetic-heroic tone as suggested by the key, but follows the urgent, roving, and cantabile character that the key has possessed, especially in early Romanticism since the Sturm und Drang. It is reminiscent of Franz Schubert who ventured a very similar reinterpretation of the classical symphony. With this work Schneider succeeds in designing a remarkably coherent and carefully developed composition. A gain for the repertoire, since the symphony, composed in 1822 and premiered that year in the Leipzig Gewandhaus, shows so much merit.

Chorus (with soloists) and orchestra (solos: SATBB - choir: SATB - 2.2.2.2. - 2.2.4.1. - timp - str)

SKU: BR.PB-32025

Oratorio - Urtext. Composed by Friedrich Schneider. Edited by Nick Pfefferkorn. Choir; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Oratorio/passion; Romantic. Full score. 504 pages. Duration 130'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 32025. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-32025).

ISBN 9790004215135. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Successful from the outsetFriedrich Schneider's second oratorio Das Weltgericht was an immediate success at its 1820 premiere in Leipzig. The initial triumph of the work, which the appearance of Mendelssohn's oratorio Paulus only gradually diminished, helped the new type of choral oratorio to its breakthrough. To this day the work has been considered the high point of the German oratorio genre between Haydn and Mendelssohn as where the storyline is essentially borne by the choir. With the appearance of this Urtext edition taken over from the catalogue of the Pfefferkorn music publishers, the Last Judgment is once again fully available. Also for sale in addition to the score is the very playable piano reduction prepared by the composer himself.

Chorus (with soloists) and orchestra (solos: SABar - choir: SATB - 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.3.0 - Pk - Str - Org)

SKU: BR.PB-32004

Passion Oratorio (Oratorio for Good Friday]) - Urtext. Composed by Friedrich Schneider. Edited by Nick Pfefferkorn. Choir; Softcover. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).

Passion Music After Bach

Oratorio/passion; Romantic. Full score. 184 pages. Duration 60'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 32004. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-32004).

ISBN 9790004215838. 10 x 12.5 inches.

This Passion oratorio Gethsemane und Golgatha was composed in the astonishingly short period from 22 to 28 July 1838 on a text by the evangelist Wilhelm Schuber, a close friend of Friedrich Schneider's. The premiere took place on Good Friday, 29 March 1839, in the Dessau Castle and City Church under the composer's direction. Contemporary reviews rank the curious work ... with respect to the form, in line with the Passions of the great J. S. Bach, constructed with such pious meaning and high art [...] and then get rather similarly carried away in effusive statements. The composer himself took utmost control of how his work was to be used and also most effectively involved the listening congregation in the performances by using for the chorales melodies that were sufficiently familiar from the worship service. At the same time, Schneider points out that the work was to be performed only in an ecclesiastical context. Purely as a Passion oratorio, Gethsemane und Golgatha fits in between the Johann Sebastian Bach Passions and Carl Loewe's Das Suhnopfer des neuen Bundes.

Passion Music After Bach.

Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: SABar - choir: SATB - 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.3.0 - Pk - Str - Org)

SKU: BR.EB-32004

Passion Oratorio (Oratorio for Good Friday]) - Urtext. Composed by Friedrich Schneider. Edited by Nick Pfefferkorn. Choir; Softcover. Edition Breitkopf.

Passion Music After Bach

Oratorio/passion; Romantic. Piano/Vocal Score. 96 pages. Duration 60'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 32004. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-32004).

ISBN 9790004186305. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

This Passion oratorio Gethsemane und Golgatha was composed in the astonishingly short period from 22 to 28 July 1838 on a text by the evangelist Wilhelm Schuber, a close friend of Friedrich Schneider's. The premiere took place on Good Friday, 29 March 1839, in the Dessau Castle and City Church under the composer's direction. Contemporary reviews rank the curious work ... with respect to the form, in line with the Passions of the great J. S. Bach, constructed with such pious meaning and high art [...] and then get rather similarly carried away in effusive statements. The composer himself took utmost control of how his work was to be used and also most effectively involved the listening congregation in the performances by using for the chorales melodies that were sufficiently familiar from the worship service. At the same time, Schneider points out that the work was to be performed only in an ecclesiastical context. Purely as a Passion oratorio, Gethsemane und Golgatha fits in between the Johann Sebastian Bach Passions and Carl Loewe's Das Suhnopfer des neuen Bundes.

Passion Music After Bach.

Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: SATBB - choir: SATB - 2.2.2.2. - 2.2.4.1. - timp - str)

SKU: BR.EB-32025

Oratorio - Urtext. Composed by Friedrich Schneider. Edited by Nick Pfefferkorn. Choir; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf. Oratorio/passion; Romantic. Piano/Vocal Score. 304 pages. Duration 130'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 32025. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-32025).

ISBN 9790004186251. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

Successful from the outset Friedrich Schneider's second oratorio Das Weltgericht was an immediate success at its 1820 premiere in Leipzig. The initial triumph of the work, which the appearance of Mendelssohn's oratorio Paulus only gradually diminished, helped the new type of choral oratorio to its breakthrough. To this day the work has been considered the high point of the German oratorio genre between Haydn and Mendelssohn as where the storyline is essentially borne by the choir. With the appearance of this Urtext edition taken over from the catalogue of the Pfefferkorn music publishers, the Last Judgment is once again fully available. Also for sale in addition to the score is the very playable piano reduction prepared by the composer himself.