*NOT FOR SALE OUTSIDE THE UK AND COMMONWEALTH* Urtext edition study score for Ludwig Van Beethoven s Coriolan Overture Op.62 . Beethoven s Coriolan Overture Op.62 was inspired by the tragic legend of the Ancient Roman hero Coriolanus. This story en...Lasīt vairāk
As the new house composer at the Theater an der Wien, Beethoven had an opportunity to perform an oratorio during Passiontide in 1803. In a very short space of time he drew up his one and only work for this genre. It deals with Christs suffering and...Lasīt vairāk
In 1803 Beethoven wrote his Third Symphony and, as is widely known, it was originally in honour of Napoleon Bonaparte. Yet it was published three years later with a dedication to Beethoven s patron Prince Lobkowitz as well as with the addition Sin...Lasīt vairāk
Beethoven s Symphony No. 4 In B Flat Op. 60 was composed in 1806, a very productive year for the composer during which he wrote numerous other great works such as the 4th Piano Concerto and the Violin Concerto. Today, this work is unjustly oversh...Lasīt vairāk
Beethoven is presumed to have completed his 5th Symphony in early 1808; today, it is one of the most famous works of classical music of all. Its nickname Fate Symphony was given to it posthumously by Beethoven s biographer Anton Schindler; a title...Lasīt vairāk
Beethoven most likely completed his 6th Symphony in early summer 1808. The work, called Pastoral Symphony by the composer himself, was given its first performance along with the 5th Symphony in Vienna in 1808. Both are frequently referred to as sib...Lasīt vairāk
Written 25 years prior to Haydns late great oratorios, his first oratorio, telling the Biblical story of young Tobias who is able to cure his blind father with heavenly help, is in the tradition of the Neapolitan oratorio and already displays signs...Lasīt vairāk
When Haydn stopped in Passau on his second journey to England, he heard a vocal version of his own orchestral work The Seven Last Words . It had been made by the Kapellmeister at Passau cathedral Joseph Friebert and Haydn was quite impressed except...Lasīt vairāk
This high quality hardback study edition, which follows the scholarly musical text in the Henle Haydn Complete Edition (published in 2007), also contains the most important early versions and sketches in an appendix....Lasīt vairāk
Hardback Urtext study editions of all Haydns oratorios, following the musical text in the Haydn Complete Edition, collected together in a slipcase. Aside from the musical text, each volume contains a preface in three languages reflecting the latest...Lasīt vairāk
The genesis of the Fourth Symphony possibly goes back to the 1870s when Brahms was studying the Bach Cantata Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, whose chaconne theme forms the nucleus of the finale. Around 29 August 1885 Brahms wrote to Hans von Bülow...Lasīt vairāk
Johannes Brahms only approached the symphony genre slowly and with a great many qualms. After he had revised and rejected numerous earlier attempts, he did not introduce himself to the public as a symphonic composer until November 1876 with his Opus...Lasīt vairāk
Debussys Rhapsody was commissioned by the wealthy amateur Elise Hall, who paid the composer a considerable sum in advance. Yet work on it was not easy; following his death all that existed was a finished orchestral sketch, a short score. Debussys f...Lasīt vairāk