Flute, piano

SKU: BR.EB-4757

Composed by Julius Rietz. Solo instruments; Softcover. Edition Breitkopf. Sonata; Romantic. Score. 48 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 4757. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-4757).

ISBN 9790004163146. 9 x 12 inches.

Julius Rietz succeeded Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy as conductor in Dusseldorf in 1835, and was also stylistically indebted to Mendelssohn as a composer as well. Rietz began working in Leipzig in 1847, heading not only the Singakademie there, but also the Gewandhaus concerts beginning in 1848. He also taught composition at the Leipzig Conservatory. In 1860 Rietz moved to Dresden, where he was active as court Kapellmeister and later also assumed the directorship of the Conservatory. One finds works of all genres in his oeuvre. The Sonata in G minor op. 42 for flute and piano was originally published by Breitkopf & Hartel in 1876.

(Set of Parts). By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Edited by Ernst Herttrich. For String Quintet (Parts). Henle Music Folios. Softcover. G. Henle #HN908. Published by G. Henle

Orchestra (2.2.2.2.dble bsn.serp - 2.2.3.0 - timp - str)

SKU: BR.PB-5581

Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Thomas Schmidt. Orchestra; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Symphony; Romantic. Full score. 140 pages. Duration 30'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5581. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5581).

ISBN 9790004213919. 10 x 12.5 inches.

A Programmatic Declaration of BeliefFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed his Reformation Symphony for the celebrations marking the 300th anniversary of the Confessio Augustana, the Protestant declaration of faith. Owing to various and only partially explained reasons, there was no performance in 1830, the year in question; it was only two years later that the composer conducted the premiere of his work, now heavily revised, in Berlin. There was only one more performance in Mendelssohn's lifetime, this one conducted by Julius Rietz in Dusseldorf; the composer had since distanced himself from his opus.Conceived for the concert hall, the symphony formulates its theological references through the integration of various motives. This occurs in the finale, for example, in which Mendelssohn quotes the Luther chorale Ein feste Burg in the flute, from where it builds up to a triumphant principal theme. The strong extra-musical aspect must have been one of the reasons for the composer's later avoidance of this score, especially since Mendelssohn was becoming increasingly skeptical about explicitly programmatic music in the instrumental domain. Next to the Dusseldorf performance material of 1837, two scribal copies have been examined for the first time; they transmit the main stages of the version of 1830.

Piano

SKU: BR.EB-8319

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Julius Rietz. Solo instruments; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf. Romantic period. Score. 112 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8319. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8319).

ISBN 9790004176306. 9 x 12 inches.

Clarinet and Piano

SKU: BT.SCHEE5334

Composed by Julius Rietz. Arranged by David Scharb. Book Only. Simrock #SCHEE5334. Published by Simrock (BT.SCHEE5334).

Violoncello (2.2.2.2.dble bsn.serp - 2.2.3.0 - timp - str)

SKU: BR.OB-5581-23

Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Thomas Schmidt. Orchestra; stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). Symphony; Romantic. Part. 16 pages. Duration 30'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5581-23. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5581-23).

ISBN 9790004343234. 10 x 12.5 inches.

A Programmatic Declaration of BeliefFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed his Reformation Symphony for the celebrations marking the 300th anniversary of the Confessio Augustana, the Protestant declaration of faith. Owing to various and only partially explained reasons, there was no performance in 1830, the year in question; it was only two years later that the composer conducted the premiere of his work, now heavily revised, in Berlin. There was only one more performance in Mendelssohn's lifetime, this one conducted by Julius Rietz in Dusseldorf; the composer had since distanced himself from his opus.Conceived for the concert hall, the symphony formulates its theological references through the integration of various motives. This occurs in the finale, for example, in which Mendelssohn quotes the Luther chorale Ein feste Burg in the flute, from where it builds up to a triumphant principal theme. The strong extra-musical aspect must have been one of the reasons for the composer's later avoidance of this score, especially since Mendelssohn was becoming increasingly skeptical about explicitly programmatic music in the instrumental domain. Next to the Dusseldorf performance material of 1837, two scribal copies have been examined for the first time; they transmit the main stages of the version of 1830.