Couverture Rigide. Par GLUCK CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD. For his Paris 'Cythère assiégée?, Gluck drew on his eponymous opéra comique from 1759, transforming it into an opéra-ballet. The libretto which was expanded by Charles Simon Favart was adapted: Gluck added recitative passages, reworked individual sections and also added his own compositions, modifying them in parts. By March 1775, the compositional…

Par HAWES PATRICK. This is the fourth version - scored for solo soprano, SSA choir, string quintet and harp - of Hawes' setting of texts from The Songs of Solomon as adapted by the composer's brother Canon Andrew Hawes. / Musique contemporaine / Répertoire / Soprano, SSA, Quintette à Cordes et Harpe

Par STRAVINSKY IGOR. This transcription of Suite italienne is the first full-scale composition by Igor Stravinsky to enter the double bass solo repertoire. Brian Powell, Associate Professor of Double Bass at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, has adapted the versions of Suite italienne for violin and for cello as best suits the double bass. Moreover, he has widened the selection of mo…

Par WILLIAMS JOHN. From the motion picture 1941, this is John Williams' tongue-in-cheek tribute to the big band era. Jay has adapted his arrangement for the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps into a stunning production for marching band that will leave the crowd breathless! Featuring the sax section, a trumpet solo, and hot ensemble punches, it's just like having a mega jazz band on the field! / Date par…

Arrangeur: Andreas Köln. Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Franz Schubert's 'Stabat Mater” D 175 is one of a number of church works that he wrote for his local congregation in Lichtental. This edition is based on the sole surviving source, the composer's autograph full score. Unlike its like-named companion piece D 383, Schubert uses the original Latin poem here. In his setting of April 1815 he focuses on the …

Par BLANKEN JOHN. John Blanken has created a swinging arrangement of the famous Scottish traditional tune Scotland the Brave. The usual version with bagpipes is the best known and there is a similarity in Swingin’ Kilts owing to its long, drone-like tones in the accompaniment. The theme has been rhythmically adapted but it is still easily recognisable. Swingin’ Kilts holds a challenge for every br…

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Des Knaben Wunderhorn was an assemblage of folksongs and folksong-style poems collected and adapted in 1805 and 1808 by poets to reflect their concept of German folk poetry. In 1887, Mahler discovered the musical potential of this collection and over the next 14 years it provided him with most of his song texts. In addition to Mahler's 23 songs on Wunderhorn texts this compilati…

Summer Nights. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. Mezzo-soprano or Tenor and Piano. A completely revised edition of the original Augener publication based on the 1841 Paris version of the renowned song cycle, later adapted by the composer to be sung with Orchestra. The introduction and variants in this piano score enable the singer to rehearse and perform the songs in any other published version. Robin Bowman, w…

Symphonies. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. This edition unites all the purely instrumental and dance numbers from one of Rameau?s most popular operas, along with those from his last one-act opéra-ballet ?Io?, which was left unfinished at the time of his death. ?Platée? is the setting of a libretto by Jacques Autreau that Rameau arranged to be adapted for his own purposes, especially with regard to com…

Pentatónico. Par ORFF CARL / KEETMAN GUNILD. Orff-Schulwerk has been translated and adapted for use in many countries and there are editions in numerous languages, with a comprehensive range of supplementary material. Those teachers using the various English editions will find here a rich and exciting source of traditional folk songs, dance melodies and original material from other countries, whic…