Konzertarie mit Orchester. Par BERG ALBAN. Universal Edition continues its new study score standard. These completely redesigned scores offer an unparalleled insight into the music of the last hundred years. Great care has been taken to select the best available content for this journey through music history, and every score has been edited according to the latest quality standards./ Répertoire / …

The 2nd Edition Primer Lesson Book introduces the keyboard, note values, and the grand staff. Students play in C 5-finger scale patterns, develop recognition of steps and skips, and learn letter names independent of finger number. Musicianship is built through the use of dynamics and coloristic experimentation with the pedal. The book is organized into units which represent the major concepts and …

The latest volume in the New Karl Scheit Guitar Edition presents another very attractive duo composition by Fernando Sor who was once referred to as the 'Schubert of the guitar'. The suggested fingerings are based on those of the composer and arranger and have been complemented using historical sources. / 2 Guitares

Par BARTOK BELA. Bartok's 'String Quartet No. 5' was commissioned by the formidable Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, leading patron of chamber music in the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century. Bartok is alleged to have composed the work in a one-month span of isolation in 1934, and it received its premiere in Washington, D.C. by the Kolisch Quartet in 1935. The String Quartet No. 5 was published…

Das Lied von der Nacht. Par SZYMANOWSKI KAROL. Universal Edition issues a handsome new study score of one of Szymanowski's finest works. The Symphony's foundation is a captivating Persian poem, and text is included in Polish, German, and English./ Répertoire / Ténor, Chœur Mixte SATB ad lib et Orchestre

Revised Edition 2006This book should be seen as a method to help the artist to develop his or her own way when trying to improvise chromatically. Through the concepts and examples offered, the improvisor should be able to use this material alongside already familiar tonal ideas. Specifically, the book serves as a guide for organizing chromaticism into a coherent musical statement meant to satisfy …

Par BERIO LUCIANO. Berio's major work for four clarinets, four saxophones, and eight voices (1989-1991) is built upon the 'anti-poetry' of Edoardo Sanguinetti, 'Novissimum Testamentum,' and is now published in the new handsome edition. 142pp. Dur.: 24'/ Répertoire / 8 Voix SSAATTBB, 4 Clarinettes et Quatuor de Saxop

Par PART ARVO. ‘I went to nursery school every day until the end of secondary school!’ Arvo Pärt says and pauses, staring slyly at his listener. ‘My mother worked at a nursery school in Rakvere, and I always went to visit her after my lessons.’ There, the future composer often sat at the piano and played or improvised for his little friends. Arvo Pärt is a composer best known for his 'tintinnabuli…