Ulrich Krämer

Like the 'Gymnopédies', the 'Gnossiennes' also allude to ancient Greek traditions. Perhaps inspired by the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889, Satie made use of oriental ornamentation. With his subtle...

Inspired by Béla Bartók's violin sonatas, Ravel planned his own sonata for violin and piano in 1922, but initially did not get beyond sketches. After several interruptions, the work was not completed...

Wertvolle historisch-kritische NeueditionBasierend auf dem gleichnamigen Gedichtzyklus des dänischen Dichters Jens Peter Jacobsen begann Arnold Schönberg 1900 mit der Komposition der Gurre-Lieder, der...

Arnold Schönberg is the central figure in the musical world of this century. His musical significance was already apparent during his life-time, but his posthumous influence has increased immensely. H...

The Five Piano Pieces op. 23 are a transitional work in which Schönberg made the decisive step from free atonal music to composition based on tone rows, which however did not yet necessarily have to c...

Arnold Schönberg is the central figure in the musical world of this century. His musical significance was already apparent during his life-time, but his posthumous influence has increased immensely. H...

Composed at the end of a longer series of works between summer and autumn 1887, the violin sonata numbers among Strauss' most popular chamber music compositions to this day. In the outer movements, it...

Wertvolle historisch-kritische Neuedition Basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Gedichtzyklus des dänischen Dichters Jens Peter Jacobsen begann Arnold Schönberg 1900 mit der Komposition der Gurre-Lieder, de...

Quellenstudien und Analysen zum Frühwerk Band 4 der Alban Berg Studien

Arnold Schönberg is the central figure in the musical world of this century. His musical significance was already apparent during his life-time, but his posthumous influence has increased immensely. H...

Arnold Schönberg is the central figure in the musical world of this century. His musical significance was already apparent during his life-time, but his posthumous influence has increased immensely. H...

Headstrong and eccentric, Satie consciously distanced himself from the Romantic traditions of the nineteenth century. His three miniatures for piano 'Gymnopédies' are the first testimony to his idea o...

Although Satie took the classical form as a model for his 'Sonatine', it is quintessentially an ironic work. The composer, who later in life liked to be seen walking through the streets wearing a stif...

In a typically humorous manner Satie countered the myth of the great master's 'last thought' with his 'Next-to-last thoughts' (Avant-dernières Pensées). As was usual with his piano works from 1912 onw...

With the five Nocturnes, composed in 1919, Satie concluded the series of cyclically conceived piano works that form the backbone of his oeuvre, so to speak. The pieces of the same name by John Field a...

Arnold Schönberg is the central figure in the musical world of this century. His musical significance was already apparent during his life-time, but his posthumous influence has increased immensely. H...

At the first performances of this sonata, composed between 1920 and 1922, even close friends of the composer were perturbed: Following the intoxicating sounds of La Valse, the smaller scoring and mode...

Debussy's new string quartet received a very cool reception at its première in Paris in December 1893, performed by the famous Quatuor Ysaye. The critics were upset by its unusual harmonies and orches...

Debussy's new string quartet received a very cool reception at its première in Paris in December 1893, performed by the famous Quatuor Ysaye. The critics were upset by its unusual harmonies and orches...

Schoenberg was still working entirely within the traditions of late Romanticism with his 'Gurre-Lieder'. The orchestral forces required are correspondingly vast, making it necessary to introduce a lar...

Schoenberg was still working entirely within the traditions of late Romanticism with his 'Gurre-Lieder'. The orchestral forces required are correspondingly vast, making it necessary to introduce a lar...

Arnold Schönberg is the central figure in the musical world of this century. His musical significance was already apparent during his life-time, but his posthumous influence has increased immensely. H...

Arnold Schönberg is the central figure in the musical world of this century. His musical significance was already apparent during his life-time, but his posthumous influence has increased immensely. H...

This volume contains the editorial notes on the 'Gurre-Lieder' score published in series A, volume 16, 1. Apart from a detailed description of the sources and critical notes, it provides a tabular lis...

Arnold Schönberg ist die zentrale Erscheinung der Musik dieses Jahrhunderts. Seine Bedeutung ist noch zu seinen Lebzeiten offenbar geworden, sein Einfluss über seinen Tod hinaus mächtig. Seine Werke h...