Adolf Busch PIANO, VIOLON, VIOLONCELLE

Trio (clar[A],vl,va)

SKU: BR.EB-8908

First Edition. Composed by Adolf Busch. Edited by Bettina Beigelbeck. Chamber music; stapled. Edition Breitkopf. Serenade/divertimento; Late-romantic; Early modern. Score. 62 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8908. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8908).

ISBN 9790004185742. 9 x 12 inches.

Nocturno Virtuoso Adolf Busch was not only a phenomenal violinist from the first half of the 20th century, but he also wrote musical pieces in a tremendous variety of genres for concert performances as well as home use. Busch's brother Hermann was a cellist and member of the acclaimed Busch Quartet; his first wife Frieda played the clarinet. It was to her that Busch dedicated the larger part of the four pieces gathered here under opus 53 and composed between 1927-1943 for clarinet and various string scorings. One exception is the profusely rich and charming Serenade op. 53b, which Busch dedicated to his friend Hans Ritz in Basel. The scoring and compositional techniques of the work hint at Reger, Mozart and even beyond, whereby it is undeniable that Busch is firmly rooted in the musical tradition. Moreover, virtuosity and melodic lines in the Nocturno are influenced by Busch's prolific experience as an instrumental soloist. Adolf Busch wrote 70 works with opus numbers and about as many without, which were intended for home use. Rediscovered and increasingly performed, Busch's music is now conquering the place it deserves in concert programs. The present edition is part of Breitkopf's series of chamber music by Adolf Busch.

Quintet (fl,vl,2va,vc)

SKU: BR.PB-5590-07

Urtext - First Edition. Composed by Adolf Busch. Chamber music; stapled. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Late-romantic; Early modern. Study Score. Duration 30'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5590-07. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5590-07).

ISBN 9790004214008. 0 x 0 inches.

The Flute Quintet op. 68 is one of the last works of Adolf Busch The final version was written in March 1952, just a few months before the composer's death; however, Busch evidently had been working on it for the previous two years. During this time, Busch founded the Marlboro Music Festival together with his son-in-law, the pianist Rudolf Serkin, his brother Hermann and other partners. The summer festival has long since established itself and can look back on a more than fifty-year-long performance tradition of the quintet, since it has been - and still is - regularly played by the members of the family (brother, daughter and granddaughter). Highly esteemed by many a Busch aficionado as a late work in a positive and placid tone, it is now printed for the first time by Breitkopf & Hartel.Adolf Busch wrote 70 works with opus numbers and about as many without, which were intended for home use. Rediscovered and increasingly performed, Busch's music is now conquering the place it deserves in concert programs. The present edition is part of Breitkopf's series of chamber music by Adolf Busch.

First printing - Urtext - Autograph as main source.

Piano

SKU: BR.EB-8996

Urtext. Composed by Adolf Busch. Solo instruments; stapled. Edition Breitkopf.

Adolf Busch is primarily considered one of the most important German violinists of the 20th century. Equally successful as a soloist and chamber musician, he founded the world famous Busch Quartet. The fact, that he was also an extremely prolific a. Sonata; Late-romantic; Early modern. Score. 56 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8996. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8996).

ISBN 9790004187333. 9 x 12 inches.

Up to today Adolf Busch's compositions have had only a marginal place in the world literature canon, though they have recently been rediscovered, newly published and recorded. His chief works consist of chamber music, lieder, and orchestral pieces, but he also wrote a quantity of interesting piano music (about enough to fill a CD) showing various stylistic characteristics. His sonata Op. 25, the most extensive masterpiece in this genre, has now been made available in the present edition, suitable for both professional performers and advanced amateur pianists. Breitkopf are to be congratulated for mining the vaults to bring us such lesser-known gems from the archives of the German romantic tradition. Busch's 'Sonata' reveals itself to be as enjoyable as it is formidable. (www.pianodao.com)

Adolf Busch is primarily considered one of the most important German violinists of the 20th century. Equally successful as a soloist and chamber musician, he founded the world famous Busch Quartet. The fact, that he was also an extremely prolific and accomplished composer besides being a virtuoso is relatively little known.

Clarinet, oboe, english horn

SKU: BR.KM-2309

Composed by Adolf Busch. Edited by Bettina Beigelbeck. Stapled. Kammermusik-Bibliothek (Chamber Music Library). A rip-roaring wind trio. Early modern. Score. 36 pages. Duration 9'. Breitkopf and Haertel #KM 2309. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.KM-2309).

ISBN 9790004503454. 9 x 12 inches.

Adolf Busch performed around the world both as a solo violinist and with his Busch Quartet, founded in 1912. In 1944 Busch emigrated to the U.S. where he met, at the occasion of a performance of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, the Russian-born musician Simeon Bellison. Stimulated by his playing, Busch wrote the rousing Divertimento Op. 62b shortly thereafter. The humorous, entertaining character of the work in six movements relies on historical genre models. The fusing of the three distinctive sound colors is achieved in a special manner by Busch.

3 melody instruments

SKU: BR.KM-2310

Composed by Adolf Busch. Edited by Bettina Beigelbeck. Stapled. Kammermusik-Bibliothek (Chamber Music Library).

World premiere: Leipzig, March 19, 2016

Early modern. Score. 48 pages. Duration 3'20. Breitkopf and Haertel #KM 2310. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.KM-2310).

ISBN 9790004503461. 9 x 12 inches.

Home music-making in polyphonic harmonyAdolf Busch did not write his Five Canons in Harmony for concert use, but for home music-making in the true meaning of the word, since he dedicated them to his dear Hedwig at Christmas 1949. Busch's second wife played the flute, and it was thus perfectly plausible that she gave the world premiere of the canon in a family circle. The instrumental scoring is rich in variants and is thus kept open; just as our scoring can be shaped with great flexibility and a profusion of variants, so does ours allow a random combination of C and B-flat instruments..

Clarinet and piano

SKU: BR.EB-8899

Composed by Adolf Busch. Edited by Bettina Beigelbeck. Solo instruments; stapled. Edition Breitkopf. Sonata; Early modern. Score. 64 pages. Duration 28'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8899. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8899).

ISBN 9790004185261. 9 x 12 inches.

Brahms, Reger and the consequences Adolph Busch had already emigrated to the United States when he wrote the A-Major Clarinet Sonata . Shortly thereafter he revised the work once again until it was completed in its final form in spring 1941. Busch, a brilliant and sought-after solo violinist of the 1920s and 30s, concertized regularly in England and had become friends there with the clarinetist Reginald Kells, to whom he also dedicated the piece in three movements. Demanding in its musical idiom and no doubt inspired by the expressive playing of his friend, the sonata evidences a strong proximity to the works of Brahms and Reger. A long and demanding piece, edited with great care - a valuable addition to the repertoire for A clarinet. (Luigi Magistrelli, The Clarinet).

By Adolf Busch. For bass clarinet or clarinet. Various Agencies. Composed 1926. Published by Amadeus Verlag