The new scholarly-critical edition of the score of Rameau’s “ballet héroïque” Les Indes galantes finally clears up its convoluted source history. At the first performance,on 23 August 1735, it consisted of a prologue and three acts: Le Turc généreux, Les Incas du Pérou and Les Fleurs. But Les Fleurs already proved controversial in the early performances, and from 11 Septemberof that same year it w…

Légende dramatique en quatre parties. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. In 1828 Berlioz wrote the 'Huit scènes de Faust'. The work was soon withdrawn but almost twenty years later each of the eight scenes found a place in the Légende dramatique 'La damnation de Faust' dedicated to Franz Liszt. The first part of the 'Damnation' exposes the figure of Faust and has an introductory nature. From the second part onwa…

Par BUNK GERARD. As a 20th century composer, Gerard Bunk developed a distinctive musical style comparable perhaps to that of Max Reger or Sigfrid Karg-Elert. In addition to Bunk?s large-scale organ work ?Legende? Op.29 and its symphonic version Op.29II, there is a further well-known ?Legende? Op.55b written for organ and string orchestra (or string quartet) which was composed in 1945. This edition…

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Whether in the church or in the concert hall, the motets in Heinrich Schütz's 'Geistliche Chor-Music? have long maintained a firm place in the choral repertoire.Now, following upon the two-volume new edition (BA 5901 and 5902), Bärenreiter are publishing selected motets in revised separate editions. Based on BA 5901, these editions will present the motets in their original key with an integrated c…

The three popular sonatas op. 10 were written between the end of 1795 and the beginning of 1798, only shortly after Beethoven had completed his first fully-fledged sonatas op. 2. In the press they were announced as ?3 very nice piano sonatas' of a composer whose name would sufficiently guarantee ?for the quality of his work to the audience.' The three technically and musically demanding works, whi…

'La Mer?, which is an impressionistic work through and through, was composed between 1903-1905. Debussy however refined this work up until at least 1913. These corrections are found in a score which Debussy gave to his wife as a present for her private library in 1913.The new scholarly-critical edition draws on several important sources previously unavailable to musicologists, resulting in an arra…

Bewährtes System in neuem Gewand: Die Neuauflage der Klarinettenschule erscheint mit moderner Typographie, revidierten Texten, zusätzlichen beliebten Stücken und neuem ansprechendem Layout. Die Schule für Deutsches- und Böhm-System richtet sich an die Anfänger heutiger Generationen und ist für den Einzel- und Gruppenunterricht geeignet. Sie erscheint in drei Bänden, zu denen jeweils auch ein Spiel…

Par MC NEIL MADELINE. Livre du grand débutant un autre de Madeline MacNeil, expliquant chaque aspect du jeu le dulcimer martelé. Des discussions détaillées sur dulcimer layout, marteaux, tuning, et les peuplements aux notes de vastes performances sur chaque tune, ce livre fournit une mine de renseignements pour tous les élèves du dulcimer martelé. Oh Suzanna à Jesu, Joy of Man désirant, Madeline m…

Par NILLES ANIKA. If you don’t have access to your drums regularly, travel a lot, or have neighbors with sensitive ears, you will already have a PRACTICE PAD. But practicing without a drum kit is special! To keep your hands agile and dive deeper into EFFECTIVE METHODS that really improve your pad technique, ANIKA NILLES‘ PAD BOOK is JUST THE THING!  Anika gives plenty of options WHAT AND HOW to pr…