Schott Musik

Der Text zu Harry Partchs Komposition The Letter stammt aus einem Brief, den der Komponist von Pablo, einem Landstreicher-Gefährten, erhalten hatte. Pablos Zeilen werden über ein sanftes Ostinato gele...

And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma ist Harry Partchs Hommage an seine kalifornische Heimat. Vier Jahrzehnte verbrachte der Komponist - mit zwei jeweils sechsjährigen Unterbrechungen - in d...

Partch composed and produced the music for the film Windsong by Madeline Tourtelot in 1958. In this film, the ancient legend of Daphne and Apollo was transferred to the dunes of Lake Michigan - as a r...

Schon 1933 zeigte Partch Interesse, eine dramatische Vertonung des Oedipus zu komponieren. Eine erste Fassung beendete er am 31. Juli 1951 und das Werk wurde im März des folgenden Jahres uraufgeführt....

Summer 1955 is a curious collection of unrelated compositions that Partch composed or revised around the same time; he likely did not intend it to be performed as a set. The five short pieces are impo...

Dirigierauszug

Dirigierauszug

The European Hymn is the hymn not only of the European Union but of Europe in a broader sense. The melody has been taken from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1823.In the last movement...

These four entertaining movements originated in the Thirties. They are an example of popular original compositions of high quality. The work was originally written for small orchestra. Norbert Studnit...

Ernst Toch was one of the most important contemporary composers of the late Twenties and Thirties. He was active in Berlin and after 1933, in Los Angeles. As well as being a composer he was mainly a t...

Ernst Toch was one of the most important contemporary composers of the late Twenties and Thirties. He was active in Berlin and after 1933, in Los Angeles. As well as being a composer he was mainly a t...

Paul Hindemith's well-known second substantial original composition for wind band. It is in every way a supreme professional musical achievement and can perhaps be described as one of the best works i...

Paul Hindemith's well-known second substantial original composition for wind band. It is in every way a supreme professional musical achievement and can perhaps be described as one of the best works i...

Paul Hindemith's well-known second substantial original composition for wind band. It is in every way a supreme professional musical achievement and can perhaps be described as one of the best works i...

Keith Wilson, who was from time to time a pupil of Hindemith's at Yale University, arranged the richly colou-red original score of Symphonic Metamorphosis for large wind band using the American combin...

The 'Carmina Burana' constitute the most famous and most popular choral work of the 20th century. Johan Krance has chosen 12 particularly suitable pieces from the 25 in the original score and arranged...

The 'Carmina Burana' constitute the most famous and most popular choral work of the 20th century. Johan Krance has chosen 12 particularly suitable pieces from the 25 in the original score and arranged...

Using thematic-motif material and Baroque concerto structures, Stephan Adam has created a contemporary work with new sounds without being avant-garde. The work is demanding, particularly as regards te...

Best playability and musical spirit - this is what characterizes the music of Bertold Hummel who died in 2002, and why his music must be part of the repertoire of any amateur and semi-professional orc...

At funeral or memorial services and ceremonies, the traditional, slowly marching funeral music, the Tombeau, still plays an important musical role today. In most cases, such musics were created for a...