Par CURNOW JAMES. An important addition to the ground-breaking Essentials of Musicianship Series from Curnow Music Press! You have probably found that if you rely entirely on your method book and performance pieces for teaching and reinforcement, many aspects of musicianship do not receive the focus that they should have. Method books have notoriously little reinforcement material because they try…

Well known for its grand opening movement and glorious choral finale, Mahler's Second Symphony is scored for solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra. This inexpensive high-quality volume features the full score in a conveniently sized edition for study at home, in the classroom or concert hall.

This anonymous sextet arrangement of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto was highly popular in Vienna during the composer's lifetime.We know this from at least two sets of handwritten parts which were then in circulation.No piano part has been handed down- indeed, the original sets of parts probably omitted the piano.The soloist presumably studied his part from the first edition of the solo part, pu…

Par PART ARVO. Arvo Pärt wrote the prayer of peace 'Da pacem Domine' to fulfil a commission from Jordi Savall. He began to set this ninth-century Gregorian antiphon two days after the Madrid bombings on 11 March 2004 as his personal tribute to the victims. Since then 'Da pacem Domine' has been performed every year in Spain to commemorate the victims of this terrorist attack. Even while originally …

edizione critica a cura di Anders Wiklund. Par DONIZETTI GAETANO. The Critical Edition – Study Score series offers a selection of scores from the Ricordi critical edition catalogue in a practical study format. Each paperback volume faithfully reproduces the complete musical text of the corresponding hardcover edition, while the historical introduction and critical commentary are available as a dow…

for Solo Eb Tenor Horn and Brass Band. Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Saltimbanque has several meanings: artist, magician, acrobat, artisan and even buffoon. Indeed, both corner movements require a lot from the soloist, who will need to perform acrobatic feats here and there. The slow middle section exudes tranquillity, and is dedicated to the memory of Steven Schuurmans, a flugel horn player who passed a…

op. 147 - C minor. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. jeu de parties séparées, matériel d'orchestre complet . A mass setting by Robert Schumann? This is still likely to cause surprise among audiences – after all, Schumann is not generally viewed as a sacred composer. Indeed, his little-known late work, the Missa sacra, Op. 147, is a discovery not just for listeners but often for the performers themselves. The m…

Pastorale Héroïque In One Act. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. The heroic pastoral Daphnis et Eglé was performed only once, on 29 October 1753, for the entertainment of King Louis XV at Fontainebleau and remained unpublished until today. This edition is based on Rameau's autograph manuscript, a copy of the separate parts, and the libretto published by Ballard in 1753. A comparison of the sources reveals…

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. First of the series of ; Quatre Visages by Darius Milhaud, I - La Californienne is a short piece for Viola and Piano. With some difficulties, it requires some intermediate technique of the instrument and some theory knowledge to read in different keys. The book includes the score for Viola and Piano and the part for Viola only. The music has moderate tempo and is quite expressi…

First scholarly-critical editionThe single-movement String Quartet #2 by Josef Suk (1874-1935) was written at the height of his compositional powers. Completed in Krecovice in May 1911, this demanding work, with its complex harmonies and motivic structure, seemed avant-garde for its day: the Berlin premiere of November 1912 was accompanied by protests from the audience.Now Zdenek Nouza has edited …