Clinton F. Nieweg

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in 1858 and performed the work’s debut in Hanover, Germany, in 1859, to mixed reviews. The work initially began as a sonata for two pianos...

A five-movement suite originally written by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) for solo piano, MIROIRS ("Mirrors") was written between 1904 and 1905, with each movement dedicated to a fellow member of the Fren...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) composed Nocturnes, L. 91 (also Trois Nocturnes) between 1897 and 1899, although some have speculated that work began as early as 1892 under the title Trois Scènes au Crépus...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) composed Nocturnes, L. 91 (also Trois Nocturnes) between 1897 and 1899, although some have speculated that work began as early as 1892 under the title Trois Scènes au Crépus...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) composed NOCTURNES, L. 91 (also TROIS NOCTURNES) between 1897 and 1899, although some have speculated that work began as early as 1892 under the title Trois Scènes au Crépus...

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) had originally intended for Images pour orchestre to be a sequel to the first set if Images for solo piano. However, around 1905, he had decided to orchestrate the compositi...

Debussy, Claude. Ed. Nieweg. Published by Edwin F. Kalmus, Boca Raton, FL. Copyright 1989. Parts are also available for sale.

Debussy, Claude. Ed. Nieweg. Published by Edwin F. Kalmus, Boca Raton, FL. Copyright 1989. Parts are also available for sale.

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) constructed the first piece in his Roman trilogy, FONTANE DI ROMA (THE FOUNTAINS OF ROME), in four movements without break, each depicting a different fountain in Rome at...

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) constructed the first piece in his Roman trilogy, FONTANE DI ROMA (THE FOUNTAINS OF ROME), in four movements without break, each depicting a different fountain in Rome at...

Written between 1914 and 1917, Gustav Holst was initially inspired to compose THE PLANETS based on a conversation he had about astrology while on holiday in Spain with some friends in 1913. Intrigued...

Notre Dame by Franz Schmidt (1874-1939) is a romantic opera, with libretto written by both the composer himself and Leopold Wilk, a professional chemist and amateur poet. Based loosely on the 1831 Vic...

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) originally wrote Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) in 1910 as a piano duet for the Godebski children, Mimi (6) and Jean (7). In 1911, Ravel orchestrated the work into a five-piece...

Maurice Ravel's (1875-1937) longest work at almost an hour, the complete one-act ballet Daphnis et Chloé was described by the composer as a "symphonie choregraphique" (choreographic symphony). Ravel b...

French Spanish Tone Poems, Nieweg Performance Editions Study Scores

French Spanish Tone Poems, Nieweg Performance Editions Study Scores

This symphonic poem by French composer Paul Dukas was completed in 1897.  Subtitled "Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe," the piece was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem of...

This symphonic poem by French composer Paul Dukas was completed in 1897.  Subtitled "Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe," the piece was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem of...

The Sultan Schariar, convinced of the falseness and faithlessness of women, vowed to kill each of his wives after their bridal night. The Sultana Scheherazade, however, saved her life by interested th...

Written in only 17 days at the request of famed Russian pianist Anton Rubinstein so that Rubinstein could enjoy his Parisian conducting debut while Saint-Saëns, this PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 in G minor is...

Written in 1874, the orchestral tone poem Danse Macabre Op. 40 by Camille Saint -Saëns (1835-1921) premiered in January of 1875 and was not well received by the audience. 21st century scholar Roger Ni...

Written in 1874, the orchestral tone poem Danse Macabre Op. 40 by Camille Saint -Saëns (1835-1921) premiered in January of 1875 and was not well received by the audience. 21st century scholar Roger Ni...

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's best-known work, "Also sprach Zarathustra!" ("Thus Spoke Zarathustra!") has been an inspiration for many composers' works, but the best known is this 1896 symp...

Written in a Bavarian mountain resort in 1898, Richard Strauss' (1864-1949) eighth tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) was a response to Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ('Eroica'). Although he played...

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) originally wrote Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) in 1910 as a piano duet for the Godebski children, Mimi (6) and Jean (7). In 1911, Ravel orchestrated the work into a five-piece...