These studies have been written to provide the ambitious student with material with which to carry on beyond the point where most methods and study books leave off, after which point the player is either compelled to continue on his own or is left with the idea that, having conquered all of the material at hand, he is well equipped to enter the ranks of professional players. However, these days th…

WAB 29. Par BRUCKNER ANTON. Anyone who is familiar with Bruckner?s symphonies and great masses will probably be astonished upon hearing his Missa solemnis of 1854: can the tradition of the Viennese classics still be so clearly evident in a work by Bruckner' And yet, isn?t it also possible to hear much of Bruckner?s later style'With this edition, the earliest of Bruckner?s orchestral masses is now …

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Temporal Variations for Oboe And Piano was first performed on 15th December 1936 at the Wigmore hall in London, under the different name of Temporal Suite . Although Britten was pleased with the work, no further performance took place in his lifetime. The piece now though has earned it's place among Britten's most favoured pieces for Oboe and continues to delight audiences to…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Utopia is the name of a book written by the English author Thomas More and was published in 1516. The title is a word thought up by More himself, after the Greek language, meaning 'Nowhereland' and leading to the invention of the words utopian scheme and utopian. Utopia pictured an ideal state on an island far from the inhabited world. This idea was the basis of the composition.…

Kantate Zum Sonntag Jubilate. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. On the 2nd March 1714 Bach, who until then had been employed as a chamber musician and organist at he Court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, was promoted to the position of concert master, and was instructed to relieve the ailing Kapellmeister Johann Samuel Drese by composing and performing 'new pieces monthly' for the church. Following the …

Arr. Sijtze van der Hoek. Par REDHEAD ROBERT. / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Fanfare

César Franck's Sonata for Piano and Violin is one of the most treasured works in the violin repertoire, a masterpiece of cyclic form with a gracefulness and expressive force almost paradigmatic for the age of musical Romanticism. This work was composed in 1886 and was dedicated to the Belgian violinist and composer Eugene Ysaye.After Franck's death in 1890 the original publisher of the Sonata, the…

Description Ravel brought to the art of the song that distinctive fusion of classicism and the modern spirit that characterized all his musical works. This superb collection includes many of his most admired and performed songs and song cycles. Reprinted from authoritative French editions and with new English translations of the original French texts. Edited by Arbie Orenstein. Songlist Cha…

Beethoven, Ludwig van Concerto for Pianoforte and Orchestra no. 5 E-flat major op. 73 Beethoven's fifth and final piano concerto is at the same time the culmination of his efforts in this genre and a reflection of all his artistic skill and expertise. The surviving manuscripts provide a clear insight into his working methods and his intentions regarding the work's performance. The editor, Jonath…

Piano Reduction Of The Early 1844 Version. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn' s Violin Concerto op. 64, is a key work of the 19th century, adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David, who worked closely with the composer d…