Voice, piano SKU: BR.SON-606
Lieder mit Klavierbegleitung ohne Opuszahl. Composed by Jean Sibelius. Edited by Jukka Tilikainen. Linen. Complete Works. Late-romantic; Early modern. Complete Works. 256 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #SON 606. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.SON-606). ISBN 9790004802564. 9 x 12 inches.
Jean Sibelius overall composed more than 100 solo songs for voice and piano. Volume 4 mostly contains first editions. These songs were generally unknown. Only a few of them have been available for performers in manuscript copies and have also appeared on concert programs. The volume contains also the first printed Sibelius' work Serenad and in contrast to the other two volumes with solo-songs it contains arrangements for voice and piano for the first time. Sibelius arranged three types of works for voice and piano: songs from incidental music, works for voice and piano, and one choral work. The arrangements were not made for the purpose of producing rehearsal scores, but rather as genuine concert pieces to be used in recitals. Rarely are such arrangements simply reductions of the orchestral score, as rehearsal scores tend to be. Instead, Sibelius gave the piano parts of his arrangements the same dedication and seriousness as he gave his solo songs. The independance of his arrangements is especially pointed to the very virtuoso piano part of the ballad Koskenlaskijan morsiamet Op. 33.
