Par GYORFFY ISTVAN. Hungarian-style dance music which flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries - generally referred to as ungaresca - represents a valuable part of European musical tradition. István Gyorffy's work (2007-2010) is a late successor of this tradition. It was written with the intention of embodying the eastern-central European tradition in order to present an alternative to the curren…

These six lyrical waltzes are part of a whole series of dances for piano from the quill of the young Offenbach. It is quite likely that their creation was occasioned by various events before they were joined together into a collection for publication. Each piece is dedicated to a particular individual (or 'rose') from amongst the Parisian nobility: A pretty bouquet to which the only twenty-year-ol…

Par HAHN. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his day, Hahn 's compositions are possibly not as well-known as they ought to be. Sonata In C Major for Violin and Piano, however, shatter these prejudices held, representing the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He receiv…

Par HUTCHINSON PAUL. Sixty Country Dance Tunes 1786-1800 is a collection of rediscovered folk tunes, made available for the first time since the end of the eighteenth century. Consultant editor and renowned folk musician Paul Hutchinson has curated this edition, bringing together the following original publications: - Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1786 - Cahusac's Annual Collection of Tw…

Par HOGESTEIN HENK. The march High Society was written by the Dutch composer, Henk Hogestein. In this composition he wished to portray the life of the jet set or the ‘high society’ who often attend particularly expensive and fashionable parties. In High Society the composer has tried to create a picture of this fascinating scene. This composition is the follow-up to Saint Louis Connection. / Nivea…

Par DAVIS CARL. The Country fox stalks his prey by night. Not so the fox about town - he saunters down the fashionable thoroughfares in broad daylight.Carl Davis's slow-swing miniature for the intermediate clarinet or saxophone player is a winner for players and audience alike!/ Recueil / Clarinette et Piano

Franz Schubert wrote his Arpeggione Sonata for piano and arpeggione, a hybrid instrument that was part guitar, part violoncello and fashionable at that time. The version for violin and piano has survived in a manuscript of parts from the days of Schubert which has become accessible only recently and is quite a sensation in the early 19th-century violin repertoire. The edition follows, for the most…

Par MACPHERSON STEWART. The revised edition of Stewart Macpherson's exhaustive guide to Form in Music. With special reference to the designs of classical music and using a vast array of musical examples to illustrate his ideas, he analyses the varied forms that have been fashionable, bound to society and culture through history. From Concertos and Symphonies, to simple binary, sonata-forms and bri…

Franz Schubert wrote his Arpeggione Sonata for piano and arpeggione, a hybrid instrument that was part guitar, part violoncello and fashionable at that time. Today, the piece has become a standard work for violoncello and piano, an instrumentation chosen for the present edition as well. For the few players of an arpeggione, a solo part is available at www.wiener-urtext.com [1]. The edition follows…