Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. These three pieces for Clarinet and Piano are already well known under the title Phantasiestucke Op.73 . What is not generally known is that numerous important differences exist between the original manuscript and the first published version (the further model for all later editions). For the first time ever, the pieces are being published exactly as they appear in Schumann's …

Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten was composed by Georg Neumark in about 1641 and was subtitled ‘Trostlied’ literally meaning consolation song. Songbooks at the time showed the popularity of this song and it is still well-known today partly due to Johann Sebastian Bach’s use of the melody for one of his own chorals. In Jan de Haan’s arrangement the choral i…

Par WEISS SILVIUS LEOPOLD. Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 1750) is known to guitarists as the greatest baroque composer for the lute, yet most are only familiar with the earlier portion of Weiss?s prolific output found in the British Library in London. Inspired by a forty-year friendship with the late Douglas Alton Smith - a major figure in the scholarly study of the history of the lute - guitarist, …

The long awaited Sassmannshaus method ?Early Start on the Double Bass? is now here. At last students of the largest instrument in the string family can make use of this tried and tested method for beginners, developed by Egon Sassmannshaus for the other string instruments and applied here to the double bass by Holger Sassmannshaus and J. Peter Close. This method will meet the needs of the growing …

(Homage to Haydn). Par GOEHR ALEXANDER. My piece is subtitled ‘Homage to Haydn’. Why? Because it is modelled on Haydn’s Variations in F minor/major. But modelled does not imply pastiche or imitation. From Brahms onwards (if not before) there are countless examples of pieces modelled on others in a variety of ways. To do this does not imply a closeness to the original, rather inevitably a distance …

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. 'New' Chamber Music for Guitar There has recently been an unprecedented demand for difficult works for guitar with various accompanying instruments. To make up for the unfortunately very limited repertoire, this arrangement of Mozart's ‚'duo for violin and viola' has been launched which replaces the viola by the guitar. It is striking that the guitar character of the v…

Les Impromptus de Franz Schubert op. 90 (D 899) font partie des oeuvres les plus jouées de Franz Schubert et ont leur place de droit dans les programmes du cours et du concert. L'Édition Wiener Urtext (texte original) présente maintenant une nouvelle version revue sous les aspects les plus actuels de la recherche et de l'interprétation pratique. L'édition précise le texte par de nombreux détails, …

Cantata for the Feast of Reformation. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80 (A Mighty Fortress is our God) Cantata for the Feast of Reformation There are practically no surviving original sources for Bach's great Reformation Cantata 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'. It is possible that the original form of the Cantata was written in Weimar in 1715 to which Bach later made …

Par ARCH GWYN / PARRY BEN. The Faber Carol Book is an exciting volume of Christmas carols and songs with an original, contemporary twist, designed to breathe fresh air into Christmas concerts. It contains forty pieces, expertly edited and arranged by Gwyn Arch and Ben Parry, capturing a variety of moods and styles through time - from contemporary arrangements of medieval and traditional carols, to…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. En guise de véritable cadeau de bibliophilie, les éditions G. Henle présentent pour la première fois une édition fac-similé du manuscrit autographe du célèbre 'Trio à l'Archiduc' ('Erzherzog-Trio') op. 97. L'original est une partie de l'impressionante collection de manuscrits de musique classique de la Biblioteka Jagiello ska de Cracovie. C'est la star de piano Mitsuko Uc…