Violin, piano (solo: vl -
2.2.cor
ang.2.B-clar.A-sax.2.dbl
bsn - 4.2.2.1 -
timp.perc(2) - hp - str)
SKU: BR.EB-10821
In Memory of an Angel
- Urtext. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Michael Kube. Arranged by
Jan Philip Schulze. Solo
instruments; Softbound.
Edition Breitkopf.
In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag
Solo concerto;
Early modern. Piano
reduction. 120 pages.
Duration 25'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 10821.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.EB-10821).
ISBN
9790201808215. 9.5 x 12
inches.
The tragic
circumstances surrounding
the origin of the
concerto are well known:
Manon Gropius, the
daughter of Berg's friend
Alma Mahler, died of
polio after the composer
had written the first
sketches to his violin
concerto. In remembrance
of her, he dedicated the
work to the memory of an
angel. Later, Berg
decided to incorporate
into the score the Bach
chorale Es ist genug as a
quote. He also worked on
the solo part directly
and intensely with the
American violinist Louis
Krasner, who had
commissioned the work.
Berg was no longer able
to witness the first
performance and the first
edition of the concerto
since he passed away in
late 1935. This new
edition is the first
Urtext version of Berg's
work, which was created
in the midst of a spate
of epoch-making violin
concertos by Stravinsky
(1931), Schoenberg
(1936), Prokofiev (1937),
Bartok (1938), Hindemith
(1939) a. o. Errors from
the first edition were
corrected after an
in-depth comparison with
the autograph score, the
short score and, in some
cases, with the
twelve-tone row
structure.The entire
performance material can
be purchased; however,
due to copyright reasons,
the score and orchestral
parts are not available
the United States.Werden
die Urtextausgaben von
Breitkopf & Hartel
aufgrund ihres hellblauen
Umschlags augenzwinkernd
die Himmlischen genannt,
so ist dies in Bezug auf
die neu vorgelegte
Partitur Programm.
(Florian Henri Besthorn,
neue musikzeitung).
alban-berg
