G minor BWV 1058-In early 1729 Bach became director of the so-called »Scottish Collegium Musician« a music organization of students and local citizens. The remarkable results of this undertaking are the concertos for harpsichord. Today it is almost certain that practically all of these concertos were transcribed from concertos for melody instruments (mostly violin or oboe).The Concerto for Harpsic…

String Quintets op. 18 and 87-The genesis of Mendelssohn?s String quintets is closely connected to his friend Eduard Rietz and the latter?s brother Julius. Deeply affected by Eduard?s death in 1832 Mendelssohn exchanged the ?Minuetto?movement in his A major Quintet Op. 18 written six years previously for a newly composed adagio. It was in this form that the work was finally sent to the publishe…

Transcriptions · Lessons · Bios · Photos-From James Jamerson and Bootsy Collins to John Entwistle and Flea this book examines the genesis of bass guitar. It includes bass line transcriptions in notes and tab lessons on how to play them bios equipment listings photos historical facts and more! The accompanying CD contains full-band demos of every bass line in the book and is enhanced so M…

Johannes Brahms' Violin Concerto written for his friend Joseph Joachim has remained a standard in the concert literature since its first performance. No scholarly critical edition of this work has ever been published and therefore the many sometimes conflicting sources have never been evaluated for a critical performing edition. Not only Brahms' autograph score solo part and autograph Piano r…

Sonáta - Krajina. Par KLEIN GIDEON. The extraordinarily gifted composer and pianist Gideon Klein (1919'1945) was murdered in the Fürstengrube concentration camp at the age of 25. One of the undeniable highlights of his small compositional legacy is his Sonata for Piano. Its three movements were written in reverse order in the Terezín concentration camp in 1943; only a three-measure draft of the in…

For SATB chorus and Organ.Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen.First performed in June 2011 by The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers.'This is a very classy score indeed whose music provides a convincing and idiosyncratic response to an ardently spiritual text by St John of the Cross.' - Jeremy Summerly Choir & Organ

The cantata for SATB Choir and Piano In The Beginning was originally written while Gregson was studying at the Royal Academy of Music and scored for women’s Voices and Piano. In 1981 the composer revised and enlarged it extensively. The revised (and published) version is for mixed Choir and Piano. Words are taken from the first four verses of Genesis Chapter 1 the jubilant Latin exhortation Gl…

Uses: General Communion Scripture: Hebrews 10:21-22 Genesis 28:10-17 Romans 6:22 Titus 2:37 A paragon text in the American hymnal is Blessed Assurance. This sensitive resetting is a blanket of beauty for the soul. Filled with hopeful words of promise the new music moves slowly with great expression allowing the calming lyrics to penetrate the heart. Time spent on phrase shaping and vowel beau…

Uses: Christ the Good Shepherd Concert General Scripture: Genesis 22:7 Exodus 12:5 John 1:36 A celebrated poem is given an exquisite treatment in this artful choral offering. The memorable melody holds this poetic masterpiece like a graceful frame allowing the words to rise and fall with precious elegance. The difficulty level is moderate but the emotional impact is significant making this …

In C minor F major D major-Edited by Jonathan Del MarWith an Introduction by Misha Donat and notes on performance practice by Jonathan Del Mar and Misha DonatThe three popular sonatas Op.10 were written between the end of 1795 and the beginning of 1798 only shortly after Beethoven had completed his first fully-fledged sonatas Op.2. In the press they were announced as '3 very nice piano sonatas'…

Ed. critica di Martin Deasy - Riduzione per canto e pianoforte. Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. What is being presented here is the piano vocal score of Le Villi, Giacomo Puccini’s first stage work, the full score of which was published by Casa Ricordi (NR 141755) in 2020.The premiere of Le Villi took place at the Teatro Regio in Turin on 27 December 1884, and was followed by a Milanese performance at Teatro…

Mittlere Stimme / Medium Voice-Walther Dürr presents Volume 8 of the new Urtext edition of Schubert’s lieder in separate editions for high medium and low voice. This volume contains lieder originating during the latter half of 1815 between August and November. Three series of lieder each based on a particular poet immediately catch the eye: a number of Ossian settings a group of Klopsto…

Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. Brahms’s Clarinet Trio, composed in 1891, was inspired by the exceptional musicality of clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. As he did for his horn trio, Brahms prepared a viola part as a possible alternative to the clarinet. Both scorings were rehearsed (the viola part being played by Joseph Joachim) prior to the premiere and publication of the work. Bärenreiter’s scholarly-critica…

Facsimile Of The Draft Score and Paul Sacher'S Annotated Full Score Copy-Béla Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion composed in summer 1937 on a commission from Paul Sacher and premièred in Basel in January 1938 is incontestably one of the supreme creations of modern music. This publication with introductory essays by Felix Meyer Robert W. Wason Lászlo Vikárius and Wolfgang Rathert …

Aztec Dances was commissioned by Christopher Orton with the assistance of the BBC Performing Arts Fund. The first performance was given by Christopher Orton (recorder) and Magdalena Nasidlak (piano) at a concert in the Manchester Midday Concerts series at the Bridgewater Hall Manchester in March 2010.The version for flute and piano was premiered by Wissam Boustany (Flute) and Aleksander Szram (…