Keyboard fireworksAs early as 1743, while Handel was still alive, Francesco Geminiani produced an arrangement of the 'Water Music? for keyboard instruments, thereby making it possible to perform this popular work in domestic surroundings. Then, presumably in 1749, an unknown musician arranged the 'Music for the Royal Fireworks? for transverse flute or violin and harpsichord.In addition to these tw…

Mass in Time of War. Par HAYDN JOSEPH. The “Missa in Tempore Belli”, also known as the “Mass in Time of War”, composed in 1796, makes prominent use of timpani as well as a wind fanfare at the beginning of the “Dona nobis pacem” – both clear and unusual references to a warlike context. One year after the first documented performance which took place in the year of its composition as part of the Fi…

Arrangeur: James Galway. Par LETHIERE CHARLES. Charles Le ThiÚre's Maritana Fantasy is a lyrical and dramatic work along the lines of the famous Fantaisies of Paul Taffanel and Francois Borne. It is based on themes from the three act opera Maritana, the first of six operas composed by William Vincent Wallace. The plot, which is often cited as the inspiration for Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera,…

Description Margaret Hamilton. This unique collection of songs from South Africa contains 35 songs of the people, performed in churches, workplaces and at gatherings. This book provides the first opportunity for churches, schools and colleges to perform these wonderful songs of liberation and Christian praise. Transcribed and introduced, including performance notes, by Maggie Hamilton and writt…

Par KINROSS JOHN. John Kinross (b. Edinburgh 1848, d. London 1890) John Kinross’ music has become not merely neglected – it has become virtually invisible. Contemporary reports tell that he was, firstly, an extremely talented and successful piano teacher in Dundee, then a freelance composer and pianist in London. He wrote a substantial number of compositions for the young pianist; these works d…

Le guitariste sérieux: Book Essential de Gear est une source inestimable pour tout ce que vous devez savoir sur l'équipement de la guitare. Avec des tonnes de photos et illustrations, les explications du monde réel sur la façon d'atteindre les tons de signature dans une variété de genres, des conseils utiles sur l'entretien des engins de pêche, et un aperçu en profondeur des innovations marquantes…

Original Version. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Schumann’s Cello Concerto Rediscovered In her first Urtext edition for Edition Peters, internationally renowned cellist Josephine Knight reveals Robert Schumann’s original version of his Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 – a piece he actually called a ‘Concertstück’ – removing generations of inauthentic editorial interventions. This is the only available mode…

Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. The first classical Organ method for children, the Suzuki Organ School is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's Mother Tongue Method. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can kno…

Par BRUCH MAX. Thanks to the premiere performance by Joseph Joachim and to the release of the printed edition in 1868, Max Bruch's Violin Concerto #1 zipped onto the road to success and has never left it since. Yet from the preface of the 'BreitkopfUrtext' edition,one can infer how things looked like behind the dazzling facade. After the world premiere, the composer struggled for the definitive fo…

Par SZYMANOWSKI KAROL. (VII) The Polish idiom appeared in Szymanowskis music in 1920, foreshadowing the beginning of a new period of creativity, later called nationalistic. Before this idiom was realised and such compositions typical of the Polish style as the ballet Harnasie, the Mazurkas, Stabat Mater, Fourth Symphony and Second Violin Concerto had been written, the change in musical thinking an…

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…

Dramma per musica in tre atti. By Georg Friedrich Handel. Edited by Jones, Andrew V. Arranged by Rot Michael. For Recorder 1, Recorder 2, Flute, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Horn 1, Horn 2, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass, Bassoon, Lute, Harpsichord. Piano Reducti…

(Vocal Score). Composed by Karl Jenkins. For Mixed Choir (SATB). BH Secular Choral. Softcover. 56 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M060124990. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

Arranged by Larry Clark, Rae Moses. For full score, violin I, violin II, violin III (viola T.C.), cello, bass, piano. Score and parts. 78 pages. Published by Carl Fischer

(Divertimento teatrale in one act). Composed by Antonio Salieri (1750-1825). Edited by Thomas Betzwieser. For 2 soprano voice solos/2 bass voice solos/2 oboes/2 clarinets/2 bassoons/2 horns/2 trumpets/2 violins/viola/double bass/basso continuo. This edition: Urtext edition. Paper…

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). Edited by Michael Stegemann. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Score. Opus 78, No. 3. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA07896. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA07896).

(Oratorio in Three Parts). By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Edited by Colin Timms. Arranged by Martin Focke. For Soprano Solo, 2 Mezzo-Soprano Solo, Alto Solo, Tenor Solo, Bass Solo, 2 Mixed Choir, Orchestra. Hallische Handel-Ausgabe. Serie I, Band 29. Piano Reduction/Vocal…

G minor, G major; Op. 49. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Edited by Jonathan Del Mar. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Performance score, anthology. Opus 49. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10858. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10858…

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Edited by Jonathan Del Mar. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Performance score, anthology. Opus 14. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10855).

By Josef Holbrooke. For 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, soprano voice/tenor voice. Facsimile Editions - Strings and Piano. Sextets. 20th Century. Published by Rosewood Publications