Urtext. Composed by Eduard Franck. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB-32071. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel

SKU: BR.BV-32003

Life and Work - Documents - Sources. Composed by Andreas Feuchte and Paul Feuchte. Hardback. Buchverlag Breitkopf & Hartel (Music Books). Book. 432 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #BV 32003. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.BV-32003).

ISBN 9783765105531. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. German.

Der Weg vom Erbe eines Grossen wie Beethoven hin zu den nachsten Heroen kann nicht ohne Leben sein, kein Vakuum ohne eigenes schopferisches Weiterwirken, auf dem Spatere aufbauen. Suchen die fruhen Werke von Eduard Franck (1817-1893) noch Anlehnung an seinen Lehrer Mendelssohn, dessen Gefuhlswelt etwa im Violinkonzert op. 30 einzieht, tritt er doch bald aus dem Schatten des Meisters heraus und offenbart in seinen Kompositionen eine mitunter frappierend moderne Physiognomie. Dass er Neuem gegenuber aufgeschlossen war, ja zu einem Mittler zwischen den Generationen werden konnte, hat die Forschung deutlich gemacht. Fast noch starker sah sein Sohn Richard Franck (1858-1938) sich vor neue Herausforderungen gestellt. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Tradition und Moderne zeigt er sich am konservativen Ideal orientiert, jedoch mit Facetten, die auf den epochalen Umbruch hindeuten. In seinen Kompositionen erkennt man einen an klassischen Mustern gebildeten, damals als 'gemassigt modern' empfundenen Stil, in dem Anmut und vornehme Melodik verbunden sind. Die Lust zum Experiment, chromatische Kuhnheit und kontrapunktische Effekte gehoren dazu ebenso wie eine feine Sensibilitat.

Piano

SKU: BR.EB-8935

Urtext. Composed by Eduard Franck. Edited by Alexandra Oehler. Solo instruments; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf.

These Six Piano Sonatas op. 40 comprise the first great sonata cycle by Eduard Franck. Composed in a longer period before 1882, the sonatas immediately found a great, in part brilliant reception after publication.

Sonata; Romantic. Score. 148 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8935. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8935).

ISBN 9790004186022. 9 x 12 inches.

These Six Piano Sonatas op. 40 comprise the first great sonata cycle by Eduard Franck. Composed in a longer period before 1882, the sonatas immediately found a great, in part brilliant reception after publication.So, for instance, the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik opined on 11 May 1883: Since Beethoven probably few top-ranking composers have brought into being such creations as Eduard Franck. [...] Several of them deserved to be performed symphonically, because prevalent in them are dramatic elements [...]. Eduard Franck's piano sonatas are perceived in our time as a modest continuation of the classical and romantic piano sonata in line with a recognized and proven model. With op. 40 now appearing, Breitkopf & Hartel begins its edition of Eduard Franck's piano works, thus completing the picture of the romantic piano sonata in the second half of the 19th century.

Sextet

SKU: BR.PB-33002-07

Urtext. Composed by Eduard Franck. Edited by Nick Pfefferkorn. Chamber music; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Romantic period. Study Score. Composed 1882/1884. 136 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 33002-07. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-33002-07).

ISBN 9790004216927. 6.5 x 9 inches.

Eduard Franck's two string sextets, op. 41 in E-flat major, published in 1882/84, and op. 50, in D major, completed in December 1884 but published posthumously in 1894, fall mysteriously outside of their era. They are a significant addition to the rather concise repertoire for string sextet, joining the two works in this genre by Johannes Brahms. Eduard Franck was one of the very few private students of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who was himself a close friend of the Franck family, so that Eduard was firmly rooted in the Mendelssohn tradition. But what is particularly exciting in the sextets, is how he consistently further developed Mendelssohn's immanent genre-defining tendencies, thus founding a conservative alternative to the Schumann-Brahms course.

Cello and piano

SKU: BR.EB-32072

Urtext. Composed by Eduard Franck. Solo instruments; stapled. Edition Breitkopf.

For Sonata No. 1 in D major Op. 6 please click he re.

Sonata; Romantic. Score. 60 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 32072. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-32072).

ISBN 9790004186619. 9 x 12 inches.

Eduard Franck's two Violoncello Sonatas opp. 6 and 42 were published in 1843 and 1882, respectively, thus, almost 40 years apart. Although no authentic manuscripts sources are extant, the sonatas were likely composed fairly close to the years of their publication. That for decades Eduard Franck was reluctant to publish some of his works is well known; this then led him, only a few years before his death, to pour out a cornucopia of new compositions, some of them composed decades earlier. With this new edition of the two sonatas we are offering an important addition to the field of romantic cello sonatas.

Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno- 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp - str)

SKU: BR.PB-32026

Urtext. Composed by Eduard Franck. Edited by James Tocco. Orchestra; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).

Have a look into PB 32026.

Solo concerto; Romantic. Full score. 120 pages. Duration 30'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 32026. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-32026).

ISBN 9790004215142. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Finally performable again Eduard Franck's Piano Concerto in D minor Op. 13 is the first major orchestral work by this Mendelssohn pupil. The pianist, already celebrated at a young age, had early plans for the piano concerto that he completed at the latest in 1846. Contemporary critics emphasized the catchy motives and the balanced relationship of solo instrument to the orchestra. Ignaz Moscheles was impressed by the noble manner, the poetic ideas, and the orchestration. Thanks to the kind support of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, in whose library the orchestral parts, once thought to be lost, are preserved, the work can be introduced for the first time in the present edition.

Sextet

SKU: BR.EB-32049

Urtext. Composed by Eduard Franck. Edited by Nick Pfefferkorn. Chamber music; Folder. Edition Breitkopf. Romantic period. Set of parts. Composed 1882/1884. 76 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 32049. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-32049).

ISBN 9790004186473. 9 x 12 inches.

Eduard Franck finished the fair copy of his second string sextet score in December 1884. The piece can thus be described as a typical late work, also evident from its wistful retrospective mood. The sextet's D-major first movement has a concise main theme moving to an expressive secondary theme whereas its final movement is a polyphonic masterpiece: This full, yet transparent movement integrates all the characteristics of the preceding movements in a rhythmically elastic, richly melodic broader context that in the end attains serenity and reconciliation.