Dessau's String Quartet movement was written while he was also working on Brecht's opera Puntila. After Brecht's death in 1956 Dessau found himself looking for a new direction. On the one hand he was still working on music begun in collaboration with the poet, while on the other hand Dessau was trying to work towards a socially oriented musical aesthetic, which led him to compose songs for politic…

Fassung Ii. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The St. John Passion ranks alongside the St. Matthew Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, the Magnificat and the B minor Mass as one of the great vocal works from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Leipzig years. In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he substantially revis…

Par RENTZSCH FRIEDHELM. The Organ Concerto was premiered in the Kartäuserkirche, Köln in 1985. It received repeat performances in the Dresdner Diakonissenhauskirche and also with the Dresdner Philharmonie unter the direction of Jörg-Peter Weigle with Friedrich Kircheis as soloist. The three-movement concerto is designed so that the seven parts of the string section can also be played solistically …

The four parts of the piece originate from the piano cycles of Johannes Brahms. The identical nature of the themes is implied in their descending direction, while their differences lie in their distinct meters, key signatures and tempo. I further developed the differences through the use of different musical alterations (of melody, rhythm and timbre) while the melodic contours are always constant.…

Fassung Ii. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The St. John Passion ranks alongside the St. Matthew Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, the Magnificat and the B minor Mass as one of the great vocal works from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Leipzig years. In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he substantially revis…

Fassung Ii. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The St. John Passion ranks alongside the St. Matthew Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, the Magnificat and the B minor Mass as one of the great vocal works from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Leipzig years. In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he substantially revis…

Fassung Ii. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The St. John Passion ranks alongside the St. Matthew Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, the Magnificat and the B minor Mass as one of the great vocal works from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Leipzig years. In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he substantially revis…

Par FAGERLUND SEBASTIAN. Based on the film by Ingmar Bergman, Sebastian Fagerlund’s Autumn Sonata follows Charlotte Andergast, a celebrated concert pianist, as she visits the country home of her adult daughter, Eva. Charlotte has not seen Eva for seven years, during which time Eva and her husband Viktor have lost their three-year-old son Erik. Eva’s sister, Helena (Charlotte’s daughter), had been …

Scored for large orchestra The Keening was only the second of MacMillan's orchestral works, written between 1985-87 when he was a student of John Casken at the University of Durham. The composer explains that 'keening' is a form of vocal lament associated with mourning, found in folk traditions of Ireland, northern Scotland and other cultures. Much of this work is based on the Gaelic lament tune '…

Piano. Composed by Bela Bartok (1881-1945). Edited by Laszlo Somfai. Sheet music. Henle Music Folios. Christmas, Classical. Softcover. G. Henle #HN1406. Published by G. Henle

Tragedie Opera (Drama heroique) in 3 Akten. Pariser Fassung 1774 (franzosisch/deutsch). Klavierauszug nach dem Urtext der Gluck-Gesamtausgabe. By Christoph Willibald von Gluck. Edited by Finscher, Ludwig;Sommer, Jurgen. For 2 Soprano solo, Tenor solo, Mixed Choir-Ball, 2 Flute, 2…

Composed by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987). Instrumental solo book for cello and piano accompaniment. With introductory text. G Minor. Composed 1948. 39 pages. Published by International Music Co.

(from 'Nocturnes'). By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Peermusic #62128-122. Published by Peermusic

(A Comprehensive Curriculum for Use During Fundamentals Time). Composed by Scott Rush. For cello. Habits of a Successful Musician. Music Education - Method. Method book. 72 pages. Published by GIA Publications

Composed by Pepper Choplin. For SATB choir, piano. Sacred Anthem. Octavo. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

By Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Edited by Peter Jost. For Flute, Harp, Viola (Score and Parts). Henle Music Folios. 76 pages. G. Henle #HN1026. Published by G. Henle

Vocal Score. By Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, W.S. Gilbert. (score). Vocal Score. Size 7.5x10.7 inches. 200 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Alto Saxophone (Alto Sax) - Difficulty: easy-medium to medium

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Play-Along Solos for Alto Saxophone. Composed by Various Artists. Instrumental Play-Along. Play Along. Softcover book and accompaniment CD. With standard notation. 23 pages. Hal Leonard #HL…

(A Comprehensive Curriculum for Use During Fundamentals Time). Composed by Scott Rush. For viola. Habits of a Successful Musician. Music Education - Method. Method book. 72 pages. Published by GIA Publications

By Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Edited by Jonathan Del Mar. Arranged by Martin Schelhaas. For Piano/Violin/Violoncello (Solo Piano/Solo Violin/Solo Violoncello/Flute/2 Oboes/2 Clarinets/2 Bassoons/2 Horns/2 Clarions/Timpani/2 Violins/Viola/Violoncello/Contrabass). This editi…