A cuckoo, a march, a batalha, a jazzed-up church hymn: surely this can't be organ music! And yet it is. Organ music can be different. It can do much more than adorn church worship or breathe life into a classical organ recital for an appreciative
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Czech Music
The publishing firm of Bärenreiter Praha, a member of the Bärenreiter Group, was founded in December 1991 with the aim of issuing the works of Czech composers in their native country. By the time of its 25th anniversary in 2016 its catalogue has grown to include more than 3,000 titles.
Mårten Jansson (*1965), elected member of the Föreningen svenska tonsättare (the Society of Swedish Composers), graduated from the Kungliga MusikHögskolan (Royal College of Music), Stockholm with a MFA degree in Music Education, Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Voice.
'Urtext'. The very word smacks of dusty libraries and crumbling manuscripts that have to be handled with kid gloves. But behind the idea of 'Bärenreiter Urtext' are people passionately devoted, then and now, to living music. People who consider music a...
