Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Although the ?fantasia? was already considered as old-fashioned around 1700, this genre exerted a particular fascination on the very young Bach ? he had since relocated to Köthen ? and theexperienced composer as well.Volume 3, the latest installment in the Complete Organ Works, gathers together all transmitted organ fantasias by Bach, the fragments of the fugues belongin…

Band 3: Spain, France, Italy, Portugal-Directory of Music Research. Répertoire International Des Sources Musicales (Rism). Internationales Quellenlexikon Der Musik, Serie C: Directory Of Music Research Libraries. Hrsg Rita Benton (Engl.)/ Recueil / Livre

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. The second half of the 19th century represented something of a ?Golden Age? of the violin sonata in France: Influential violin sonatas such as those by Franck, Fauré and Saint-Saëns were among the successful works of this genre, inspiring many further compositions. Saint-Saëns? Violin Sonata No.1 was incorporated into the repertoire of numerous late 19th-century violinists…

Par MASSENET JULES. Parmi les poètes contemporains mis en musique par Massenet, Paul Mariéton (1862-1911), poète provençal et fondateur de la Revue félibréenne (1895), occupe une place singulière. Les deux hommes se connaissent depuis 1884 alors qu’ils envisagent la composition d’un opéra d’après la nouvelle Nerto ??de Mistral, projet abandonné en 1890. Néanmoins, Massenet et Mariéton continuent d…

Par BROWN ALAN. Edited by Alan Brown In conjunction with MB66, this volume draws on manuscript sources of Tudor keyboard music to create a comprehensive edition of all the material which has not yet found a place in the series, or in comparable library editions. First published in 1989./ Recueil / Piano

Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Richer than ever – Rameau’s “Zoroastre” in the version of 1756. Opera in five acts. Rameau’s revised version of his opera “Zoroastre”, which could be heard and seen between 20 January 1756 and 26 March 1757 at the Académie royale de musique, was favourably received. Also from today’s point of view the work profits dramaturgically from many of the changes and seems altoget…

Par CHOPIN FREDERIC. Of all the composers of piano music, it is Chopin whose works are most frequently performed. This collection contains 46 of Chopin's most important and best-loved pieces, edited by Carl Mikuli. Reprinted from authoritative sources. Suitable for advanced pianists./ Répertoire / Piano

for Piano and Orchestra. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 17 G major K. 453. Piano Solo, Flute, Oboe (2), Bassoon (2), Horn (2), Strings. The New Mozart Edition offers researchers a musicologically unimpeachable text based on all the available sources (first and foremost Mozart 's autograph manuscripts). At the same time, it also serves as an aid to authentic perfo…

Par LESURE FRANCOIS / THIBAULT GNEVIEVE. Cette bibliographie constitue la seconde étape du « Vogel français » qui a été entrepris par Nicolas Du Chemin. Elle couvre la plus grande partie de la production française pendant un demi-siècle et son travail de rassemblement a été très complexe, notamment par la dispersion des sources, inaccessibles au lendemain de la guerre. Ce livre fait apparaître à q…

Par ROMITI ATTILO. There isn?t any systematic biography about Attilio Romiti (Urbino, 29th April 1818 ?1899); by means of various sources we can outline a first profile that will have to be accompanied by further details: Romiti was a highly esteemed musician, composer, teacher and trombone player? is articulated in several movements among which stands out a Theme with variations and a dance movem…

As a continuation of the new Urtext edition of the Schubert lieder, Walther Dürr has now edited volume five for high, medium and low voices. Volumes 1 to 4 of this edition contain mainly lieder which Schubert himself saw into print (in his own choice and order) and in the fourth volume works from the last two years of his life are included. The lieder in volume 5 onwards are strictly presented in …

Composées entre 1915 et 1917, juste avant la révolution russe qui contraignit Prokofiev à quitter son pays en 1918, les 20 pièces des Visions fugitives virent le jour non pas d’une seule traite, mais par salves. Le journal intime du compositeur nous apprend qu’au moins une partie d’entre elles est inspirée par des sujets extra-musicaux. Ainsi, certains morceaux évoquent-ils des personnes de son en…

Par SCHAUERTE-MAUBOUET HELGA. Jehan ALAIN, Mourir à trente ans présente le compositeur à partir des sources originales et fait découvrir sa biographie d’après une correspondance et des témoignages restés à ce jour inédits. Au travers d’analyses variées, ce livre propose une réflexion approfondie sur la personnalité, l’œuvre et la postérité de Jehan Alain (1911-1940). Enrichi de nombreuses illustra…

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn's contemporaries frequently mentioned his 'Hymn of Praise” in the same breath as Beethoven's Ninth - and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper, in his extensive Introduction to this new Urtext edition, shows that the comparison is completely unfounded: with this work Mendelssohn created a new genre to which he…