Schott Musik

The compositions by the greatest Brazilian tango composer and pianist Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth (1863 -1934) are strongly influenced by Brazilian folk music. He preferred light entertainment, and his...

...ni una sombra is scored for soprano, clarinet and piano, the same trio instrumentation that has become famous by Franz Schubert's Hirt auf dem Felsen. The piece contrasts a poem by Friedrich Rücker...

Even in the days of Mozart, musicians liked to experiment with instrumental orchestration. Siegfried Schwab used this approach to arrange the popular Mozart trio, consisting of the movements Allegro -...

Jost's piano quartet is an homage to the outstanding Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa and his adaptations of three Shakespeare tragedies ('Hamlet', 'King Lear', 'Macbeth'). Although 'Spinnwebwald...

We owe it to Paul Hindemith's interest in education, which, in turn, was owed not only to the professional musicians and composers, that he composed for children and amateur musicians as well. Dame Mu...

One of the most bodacious episodes in the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic tells how Joukahainen challenges the old, wise singer Vainamoinen to a competition, during which Vainamoinen sings him up...

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur. Leben und Leiden der Bojarin Morosowa und ihrer Schwester Fürstin Urussowa.

Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous...

Hindemith's 'Very easy pieces for bassoon and violoncello' were created in New Haven, probably between 1941 and 1944. It was particularly in his years of exile that he liked to make music at home with...

Das 2008 uraufgeführte Werk für Klarinette und Violoncello beschreibt die Wanderung entlang eines Gebirgsbachs - Themen wie Rast, Aufbruch und Reflektion werden untermalt von den wiederkehrenden, flie...

The reason for the composition of this work is well-known: Bach's encounter with Frederick the Great and the story of the 'royal theme' which the King of Prussia 'deigned to play' on a pianoforte and...

The reason for the composition of this work is well-known: Bach's encounter with Frederick the Great and the story of the 'royal theme' which the King of Prussia 'deigned to play' on a pianoforte and...

The organist and composer Peter Morhard (date of birth unknown, died in Lüneburg in 1685) belongs to the North German organ school. Little is known about his life, but from 1662 until his death he wor...

Jean Guillou's 'Hymnus' Op. 72 was written in memory of Father Jaap Keulen, a friend of the composer. Hymns are traditional, chordal, solemn chants. The piece has adopted this style by consisting main...

With his organ symphonies, the composer Enjott Schneider (born 1950) from Munich has been a profound sensation in recent years and seen world premieres at major European organ events. The Organ Sympho...

Der französische Komponist Jean Guillou (geb. 1930) hat eine ganze Reihe von Werken für Orgel plus Instrument komponiert, die alle den Serientitel 'Colloques' tragen. Damit ist alles über die Intentio...

The Dutch Karel van Steenhoven (*1958) has written several compositions for the renowned Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet which was co-founded by him. But he also wrote other works for the recorder: I...

Naji Hakim, born in Beirut in 1955, studied with Jean Langlais and Rolande Falcinelli and is one of the leading organ composers of today. His cycle of variations on the chorale 'Wie schön leucht uns d...

The composer and organist Paul Siefert, baptized in Gdansk on 28 June 1586 and died there on 6 May 1666, belongs to the 'North German organ school'. Thanks to a grant of the town council of Gdansk, Si...

The present volume of 12 Motet Intabulations complements the 3 volumes already published with organ music by Heinrich Scheidemann (around 1595-1663), so that the complete organ oeuvre of the organist...