for flute and clarinet. Par CHOSTAKOVITCH DIMITRI. Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975) fut un compositeur et pianiste russe. Sa personnalité novatrice s’affirma très tôt avec ses deux premières symphonies et son opéra Le Nez (1928). En 1936, il achève la composition de son second opéra, Lady Macbeth qui fut violemment critiqué dans la Pravda. Chostakovitch devint ainsi officiellement un 'ennemi du p…

Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. “Wonderful! But, aren’t there too many notes?” asked the emperor Joseph II. “No, all notes are necessary. This is new music, ” replied Mozart. This is a famous anecdote about the premiere of the opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), which took place on July 16, 1782 at the Burgtheater Wien (Vienna). It ill…

St. Michael. Par BOURGEOIS LOUIS. The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c. 1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and, commissioned by John Calvin, he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. After completing about a hundred one-part psalms, he made some four-part arrangements, which were denounced and even resulted in his imprisonment for a day. Later, Bourg…

Tonalité : C-Dur - Mh 182. Par HAYDN JOHANN MICHAEL. Haydn’s Missa Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni, dated 21 May 1772, is dedicated to the Bohemian martyr and patron “Saint of bridges, ” Johannes Nepomuk [ca. 1340–1393, canonized in 1729]. Despite the addition of woodwinds and brass to the three-part string section, the Mass is in a comparatively simple, compact form as was expressly required by Count H…

Arrangement for Violoncello and Piano by Carl HüllweckThe gourmet's delightIn 1876, ten years before César Franck's violin sonata in the same key, Gabriel Fauré made a major contribution to the first flowering of French chamber music with his A-major Sonata op. 13. He even found a publisher for it right away, namely Breitkopf and Härtel in Leipzig. Both the work and the composer were warmly acclai…

Concerto for piano and orchestra. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K. 503. Piano Solo, Flute, Oboe (2), Bassoon (2), Horn (2), Trumpet (2), Kettledrum, Strings. The New Mozart Edition offers researchers a musicologically unimpeachable text based on all the available sources (first and foremost Mozart 's autograph manuscripts). At the same time, it also serves as an aid…

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Authoritative Urtext edition of Johann Sebastien Bach 's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F BWV1047. The six Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051, prized jewels of the world's musical heritage, were written in 1721 during Bach ’s appointment in Cöthen. Of the six works, Bach originally wrote earlier versions of numbers 1 and 5 which differ not only with regard to articulatio…

Tonalité : C-Dur - Mh 182. Par HAYDN JOHANN MICHAEL. Haydn’s Missa Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni, dated 21 May 1772, is dedicated to the Bohemian martyr and patron “Saint of bridges, ” Johannes Nepomuk [ca. 1340–1393, canonized in 1729]. Despite the addition of woodwinds and brass to the three-part string section, the Mass is in a comparatively simple, compact form as was expressly required by Count H…

St. Michael. Par BOURGEOIS LOUIS. The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c. 1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and, commissioned by John Calvin, he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. After completing about a hundred one-part psalms, he made some four-part arrangements, which were denounced and even resulted in his imprisonment for a day. Later, Bourg…

Hip, swinging solos in the swing/bop style as performed by the great Lennie Niehaus while performing with the volume 42 Aebersold Play-A-Long recording. One complete solo for each of the 12 keys and 12 tracks. A great study in jazz sight reading, as well as a fun way to practice. Perfect for Learning your way around The Blues even in the tough keys! Students and teachers alike will enjoy playing t…