“Idomeneo” K. 366 was first performed on 29 January 1781 at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich. It was Mozart’s second opera for the Munich court, which was preceded by the opera buffa “La finta giardiniera”, composed in 1775.
“Idomeneo” ...

Beethoven’s “Diabelli Variations”, written between 1819 and 1823, mark the pinnacle of his oeuvre for variations and next to Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” form one of the most important contributions to this genre. In addition to Beethoven, ...

The composition “Silberklänge” was commissioned for the 2020 International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig.

The composer noted: “During my first visit to the Georgenkirche in Rötha, I was impressed by the ...

Manfred Trojahn is known for his compositional treatment of texts that reflect “the failure of the artist from various perspectives”. Above all, “Le Ceneri di Gramsci“ by Pier Paolo Pasolini and “Ein Brief“ by Hugo von Hofmannsthal comprise ...

Pavel Haas was one of Leoš Janácek’s most gifted students. His String Quartet No. 2 “From the Monkey Mountains” is considered to be one of the first high points of his oeuvre.

In this work, Haas combined elements of Janácek’s ...

Leopold Koželuch (also Koželuh) was among the leading musical figures of 18th-century Vienna, well-known in his day as an excellent pianist and piano teacher.

Six delightful sonatas have been selected from the complete edition ...

Pavel Haas was one of Leoš Janácek’s most gifted students. His String Quartet No. 2 “From the Monkey Mountains” is considered to be one of the first high points of his oeuvre.

In this work, Haas combined elements of Janácek’s ...

“My angel, my all, my self”. With these words Beethoven, in July 1812, began his passionate love letter to a woman whose identity has eluded discovery to the present day. Was he perhaps addressing the same woman four years later when he composed ...

Beethoven wrote his Horn Sonata op. 17 for Johann Wenzel, one of the most famous horn players of his day. According to an anecdote from Beethoven's pupil Ferdinand Ries, he only completed it on the day before the première. Nevertheless, ...

Mendelssohn’s contemporaries frequently mentioned his “Hymn of Praise” in the same breath as Beethoven’s Ninth – and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper, in his extensive Introduction to this new ...

Mendelssohn’s contemporaries frequently mentioned his “Hymn of Praise” in the same breath as Beethoven’s Ninth – and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper, in his extensive Introduction to this new ...

Mendelssohn’s contemporaries frequently mentioned his “Hymn of Praise” in the same breath as Beethoven’s Ninth – and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper, in his extensive Introduction to this new ...

The cheerful and often melancholic melodies of Ireland lend themselves well for easy string quartet or ensemble repertoire. Wonderful tunes such as “A Lovely Lass” and “The Foggy Dew” have been arranged by Speckert for two violins, viola and ...

This choral score completes the performance material for this now well-established Urtext edition of Verdi's monumental funeral mass.

When Beethoven wrote these three quartets he was 15 years old and a composition student of Christian Gottlob Neefe in Bonn. They reveal a strong Mozartian influence while the brilliant piano writing already gives a sense of the mature Beethoven. ...

This choral score completes the performance material for this now well-established Urtext edition of Beethoven's mass in C major op. 86.

Haydn composed his Symphony No. 77 along with his Symphonies Nos. 76 and 78 for a planned journey to England that never took place. Nonetheless, H.C. Robbins Landon calls these works the “English symphonies” as they are stylistically closely ...

Composer Daniel Schlee wrote about his piano piece “Sursum chordis corda”:
“The third movement of my Second Symphony is titled “Sursum corda” – a liturgical call to lift up our hearts. This call is answered by joyfully flowing music. ...

For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the “intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential “to formulate an, albeit ‘only’ individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are ...

“Hey brother! There's an endless road to rediscover
Hey sister! Know the water's sweet but blood is thicker …”

“If the sky comes falling down, for you / There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do”. The subject of this energetic, ...

“Hey brother! There's an endless road to rediscover
Hey sister! Know the water's sweet but blood is thicker …”

“If the sky comes falling down, for you / There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do”. The subject of this energetic, ...

“Oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah
Get a feeling that I never, never, never, never had before …”

In its original form, “Levels” is more of an instrumental number featuring a short passage from a song by soul-singer ...

“Oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah
Get a feeling that I never, never, never, never had before …”

In its original form, “Levels” is more of an instrumental number featuring a short passage from a song by soul-singer ...

“You said you'd follow me anywhere
But your eyes tell me you won't be there …”

“Without you” is a song about the pain of love, of abandonment, of the strength it takes to relearn how to continue ones way alone.

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“You said you'd follow me anywhere
But your eyes tell me you won't be there …”

“Without you” is a song about the pain of love, of abandonment, of the strength it takes to relearn how to continue ones way alone.

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The four small-scale preludes of Miloslav Kabelác’s op. 48 were commissioned in 1966 by the second “Prague Spring International Music Competition” in the category organ.

They are written in proportional notation, which the ...

Alles, was man braucht und wissen muss, um einen Chor mit älteren Sängerinnen und Sängern zu gründen und erfolgreich zu leiten, ist in diesem Handbuch nachzulesen. Der Hauptautor und Herausgeber Kai Koch erläutert alle ...

This hard-cover edition includes an appendix with the duet between Tamino and Papageno “Pamina, wo bist du?” It has been handed down in a copy of the score from the early 19th century and is thought, at least in parts, to stem from Mozart. ...

Composed for the Academie Royale de Musique, “Pigmalion” is the first one-act ballet to be introduced by an overture. Here Rameau turned to the form of the “petit opera”. From the moment of its initial revival “Pigmalion”was extremely successful, ...

Mozart’s magnificent unfinished “Great Mass in C minor K. 427” is impressive not only for its monumentality and musical beauty but for its fragmentary state which has fascinated scholars and performers for decades.

Working together ...

Mozart’s magnificent unfinished “Great Mass in C minor K. 427” is impressive not only for its monumentality and musical beauty but for its fragmentary state which has fascinated scholars and performers for decades.

Working together ...

Mozart’s magnificent unfinished “Great Mass in C minor K. 427” is impressive not only for its monumentality and musical beauty but for its fragmentary state which has fascinated scholars and performers for decades.

Working together ...

In December 1818, the Viennese music publisher Pietro Cappi announced the establishment of a new firm with his business partner Anton Diabelli named Cappi & Diabelli. The company developed a good nose for the taste of the day and quickly ...

Robert Lindley (1776–1855) was the premier cellist in England for more than 50 years. In 1822 he became the first professor of cello at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he remained until his retirement in 1851. Lindley, an esteemed ...

This album includes over sixty compositions, taking players on a musical journey through the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque period right up until our time. The pieces include works by old masters such as Vivaldi, Bach, Hotteterre, Dowland ...

Mozart’s magnificent unfinished “Great Mass in C minor K. 427” is impressive not only for its monumentality and musical beauty but for its fragmentary state which has fascinated scholars and performers for decades.

Working together ...

Antonín Dvorák composed his Fanfares for four trumpets and timpani for the festive opening of the 1891 Prague Regional Jubilee Exhibition, which was held for the centennial of the 1791 industrial exhibition.

Haydn composed his Missa in B-flat major, also known as the “Harmony Mass” in 1802. It is the last of the six great mass settings, which forms the crowning glory of Haydn’s vocal music alongside “The Creation” and “The Seasons”.

Continuing ...

Saint-Saëns was a great admirer of the symphonic poems by Franz Liszt. His own symphonic poem “Danse macabre” reflects not only his affinity to medieval superstitions but also constitutes a tribute to Liszt’s “Totentanz”.

“Danse ...

Although Beethoven did not live to see the publication of his String Quartets op. 130 and op. 133, he oversaw the production process, making corrections and putting the works into their final form. The String Quartet op. 130 is the longest ...

Even by today’s standards, the Große Fuge is a complicated work and poses a challenge to performers. However it was the first work in music history to include a helpful addition: rehearsal numbers. These were included in the first edition ...

Although Beethoven did not live to see the publication of his String Quartets op. 130 and op. 133, he oversaw the production process, making corrections and putting the works into their final form. The String Quartet op. 130 is the longest ...

Even by today’s standards, the Große Fuge is a complicated work and poses a challenge to performers. However it was the first work in music history to include a helpful addition: rehearsal numbers. These were included in the first edition ...

– BA 5037-90 replaces the previous vocal score. The article number remains unchanged

– The text appears in slightly larger type size and a clearly legible font

– The pagination has been adopted from the previous edition. ...

How practical: This choral masterpiece is now appearing in a handy and affordable soft-cover score to complement the substantial linen-bound complete edition volume.

The tried-and-tested musical text remains unchanged, whilst ...

With the premiere of Gluck’s “Alceste”, the “Burgtheater” Vienna reopened its doors, concluding a period of mourning that had been decreed following the death of Archduchess Maria Josepha.

Calzabigi’s inspiration for the libretto, ...

In late September 1874, shortly after losing his hearing, Smetana started work on “Vyšehrad”, the first symphonic poem in what would become a six-part cycle with the title “Má vlast” (My Country). It tells the eventful history of this ...

Nicklausse’s famous violin aria from the third act of “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” (“The Tales of Hoffmann”) by Jacques Offenbach is now available in a separate edition. It includes a vocal score as well as a chamber music arrangement with solo ...

This album for children (and teenagers) is intended for beginners on the snare drum. The short compositions with piano accompaniment have descriptive titles such as “The Caterpillar” or “The Grasshopper” in order to motivate the young musicians. ...

This album for children (and teenagers) is intended for beginners on the timpani. The short compositions with piano accompaniment have descriptive titles such as “Swings” or “The Climbing Frame” in order to motivate the young musicians. The ...

– BA 5037-90 replaces the previous vocal score. The article number remains unchanged

– The text appears in slightly larger type size and a clearly legible font

– The pagination has been adopted from the previous edition. ...

“Stillae” was composed for the “Jugendkonzertchor der Chorakademie Dortmund” who won first prize in the “Mårten Jansson Choral Competition” in 2018. The American poet Charles Anthony Silvestri wrote the lyrics.

The poem is ...

Alongside the Urtext edition of Beethoven’s 35 piano sonatas which sets new standards for the 21st century, world-renowned Beethoven expert Jonathan Del Mar presents a Critical Commentary to this body of works.

With diligence and ...

Der von Aretha Franklin zusammen mit Ted White geschriebene Song erschien schon 1968, wurde aber erst richtig bekannt durch den Film Blues Brothers, in dem eine ganze Reihe von Rock-, Blues- und Soul-Legenden gefeiert wurden.

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„Männer sind untreu, Frauen falsche Schlangen,
Autos sind immer schon kaputt gegangen,
Kinder sind undankbar, Hunde korrupt,
Oft haben sich Freunde als Feinde entpuppt,
Aktien gehen oft in die Knie,
Nur Schuhe ...

Das italienische Lied „Bella Ciao” ist äußert populär und hat eine hundert Jahre alte Tradition. Leider sind die Urheber unbekannt. Der Text über Reispflückerinnen, zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts entstanden, erhielt ...

Vor nun schon über 50 Jahren erzählte David Bowie diese kleine Kuriosität im Weltraum: Ein Astronaut schwebt im All – er hat die Verbindung zur Erde verloren.

Als der Song 1969 kurz nach der ersten Mondladung veröffentlicht ...

Following the critically acclaimed publication of the 35 Piano Sonatas in separate editions, Bärenreiter now presents Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas in three volumes. This edition, which is unparalleled in terms of its philological ...

Following the critically acclaimed publication of the 35 Piano Sonatas in separate editions, Bärenreiter now presents Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas in three volumes. This edition, which is unparalleled in terms of its philological ...

Following the critically acclaimed publication of the 35 Piano Sonatas in separate editions, Bärenreiter now presents Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas in three volumes. This edition, which is unparalleled in terms of its philological ...

Following the critically acclaimed publication of the 35 Piano Sonatas in separate editions, Bärenreiter now presents Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas in three volumes. This edition, which is unparalleled in terms of its philological ...

The edition contains French arias for soprano or mezzo-soprano from operas composed by opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck for the Paris Opera.

Each edition includes an informative text section containing a Foreword (Fr/Eng), ...

Along with Symphonies Nos. 76 and 77 Haydn composed Symphony No. 78 for a journey to England that never took place. Nonetheless, H. C. Robbins Landon referred to these works as the “English Symphonies” as they are stylistically closely linked ...

It was unmistakably Liszt’s piano piece “Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este” that inspired Ravel to compose one of his most famous works in 1901: “Jeux d’eau”. Laid out in sonata form, its sound is governed by myriad motions of water and ...

„What's my name? Tell me, baby, what's my name…?“

„Sympathy for the Devil“ gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Stücke der Rolling Stones. Zuerst 1968 auf der LP „Beggars Banquet“ und dann 1974 als Single erschienen, schrieb es ...

„Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony…“

Ebony and Ivory – Ebenholz und Elfenbein – sind Synonyme für Schwarz und Weiß. Als Klaviatur harmonieren sie perfekt miteinander, warum gelingt dies den Menschen nicht? ...

„Kleiner grauer Falter, du meidest den Tag, scheinbar magst du das Sonnenlicht nicht, kleiner grauer Falter, und trotzdem fliegst du, wenn es dunkel wird immer zum Licht…“

Komponiert hat das Stück Oliver Gies, den Text hat ...

„Das große Ziel war viel zu weit, für uns're Träume zu wenig Zeit, versuchen wir es wieder, solang' man Träume noch leben kann“

Die Band „Münchner Freiheit“ gilt als Wegbereiter der deutschsprachigen Popmusik. ...

Die Chorsängerinnen und -sänger werden das Stück lieben, gleichgültig ob sie selbst vor den großen Ferien stehen oder sich erinnern, wie es war, als 1972 der Song von Alice Cooper ein Hit war. „School’s out“ weckt ...

„I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like“

Die Gruppe Queen mit ihrem charismatischen Frontmann Freddie Mercury und ihre Songs sind aktueller denn je. Nach wie vor werden die Stücke oft und gerne gespielt ...

In the space of a few months, in the autumn and winter of 1789, Mozart filled more than 650 pages of a score that shows practically no signs of mental or physical exertion. The result was one of his most profound operas, Così fan tutte ...

Mårten Jansson is internationally known, particularly for his masses; the Missa brevis in E-flat minor and the Missa Popularis are regularly performed in concert programmes.

The new Missa Brevis Arosiensis is stylistically ...

This Pronunciation Guide helps Japanese singers with the pronunciation of the German text in the “Finale” of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. It includes the singing text in German, the international phonetic transcription, Japanese Katakana as ...

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