Barbara Heller

The piano cycle 'The Year” - quite an obvious subject but still without example in the history of music when it was composed in 1841 - was published for the first time in 1989 and is probably Fanny He...

In this collection, Elisabeth Weinzierl-Wächter and Barbara Heller present 13 women composers with works for flute and piano. Beginning with the 18th century, represented by sonatas by Anna Amalia of...

Composer Barbara Heller has been challenging the artistic imagination for many years by using a limited amount of musical material in her works. An example of this approach can be seen in her work as...

This collection tells little stories on the piano, written for some very young pianists. Each title sets a musical and technical challenge. Individual pieces may be put together to tell a longer story...

Barbara Heller composed Inner Dialogue with a sound material made up of several interval series, which are put together in a dialogue-like manner. The composer focuses on upward and downward movements...

Female composers such as Germaine Tailleferre, Johanna Senfter or Grazyna Bacewicz are currently enjoying growing popularity again. This volume aims to encourage this and brings together pieces for A...

Patchwork, das 3. Streichquartett von Barbara Heller (Schott ED 20775), gibt es jetzt auch in der Version für Streichorchester. 'Patchwork' macht Freude mit seinem heiteren, luftigen und leichten Char...

In this composition Barbara Heller uses the song Lalai created in Tehran in 1973. It is a song of resistance against the Shah regime and is about a mother who sings a lullaby to her child and tells th...

Nach einigen Experimenten mit Trompete und Klavier hatte Heller die Vision von fast solistisch schwebenden Linien der Trompete, die von sparsamen Klavierklängen getragen werden. Begeistert vom langen...

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8)

The clarinettist Irith Gabriely was inspired by her love of Barbara Heller's Dialogues (for violin and viola) to arrange these duets for two Bb clarinets. The result is a set of varied concertante dia...

Das Spielen im Duo macht sowohl professionellen Musikern als auch Laien viel Freude und gibt kreative Impulse für das Musizieren. Die Stücke sind Begegnungen zwischen zwei Menschen nachempfunden. Jede...

Das Spielen im Duo macht sowohl professionellen Musikern als auch Laien viel Freude und gibt kreative Impulse für das Musizieren. Die Klangverbindung unterschiedlicher Streichinstrumente übt durch die...

An exciting communicative musical journey: These Dialogues have the violin and cello adopting different personalities, temperaments and moods to 'speak' to one another. The titles of the pieces and de...

'A coming and going...' - this is how Barbara Heller describes the essence of her second string quartet La Caleta ('small bay'). Barbara Heller got the inspiration to write this work from the calm, ge...

Patchwork, the third string quartet by Barbara Heller, with its cheerful and light character, is an enjoyable piece. Playfully flowing figures, often in pizzicato, alternate with 'still soundscapes'....

The pieces were written in the manner of diary entries, some can be played either on treble or descant recorder.'The recorder was my first instrument as a child and I learnt to play all manner of song...

Autumn Music for viola and piano is dedicated to the pianist Maria Grazyna Kulka. The string part of the original version for cello and piano (Schott CB 265) has been reworked for the Kulka Duo. Autum...

In this composition Barbara Heller uses the song Lalai created in Tehran in 1973. It is a song of resistance against the Shah regime and is about a mother who sings a lullaby to her child and tells th...

To write new music for music lessons is the special concern of the composer Barbara Heller. This cycle was created in collaboration with two cello teachers. It consists of 7 pieces in common notation...

Barbara Heller's duet 'Herbstmusik' [Autumnal Music] for cello and piano is a short piece of 5-6 minutes' duration which is as vibrant and colourful as the season itself and a welcome addition to the...

The fourth volume in this series of female composers is dedicated to works of the 19th and 20th century. The pieces by Violetta Dinescu, Caroline Ansink, Myriam Marbe and Lucie Robert-Diessel have bee...

The edition 'Klangblumen' by Barbara Heller (originally for piano, ED 20374) is now available for flute too.Each of the 14 pieces has a particular focus, such as a certain interval, a special playing...

Barbara Hellers Klangblumen gibt es neben der Ausgabe für Klavier (Schott ED 20374) und Violine und Harfe (Schott VLB 136) nun auch für Harfe solo. Jedes der 17 Stücke weist einen besonderen Schwerpun...