Schott Musik

Jakob Praetorius, who was born in Hamburg on 8 February 1586, studied with Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 1602-1603 and was organist at the church of St Peter in Hamburg from 1603-1651. This edition contai...

This Toccata Opus 9, an early work dating from 1963, is one of Guillou's most often-played works. This brilliant piece works through three themes whose individual character creates a progressive incre...

Charles Louis Eugène Koechlin (1867-1950) studied with Massenet and Fauré and founded the Société Musicale Indépendante together with Ravel, Schmitt, Caplet and Huré. Poulenc and Sauguet were two of h...

A pupil of Scheidemann, Johann Adam Reincken succeeded him as organist at the Church of Saint Catherine in Hamburg as from 1663. His playing was of such a high standard that none other than J. S. Bach...

This edition for the first time distinguishes between father and son, i.e. between works composed by Vincent Lübeck Senior (1654-1740) and works composed by Vincent Lübeck Junior (1684-1755). As a con...

Volume 13 of the series 'Meister der Norddeutschen Orgelschule' contains all organ works by Nicolaus Bruhns. Bruhns studied with Dietrich Buxtehude and, from 1689, was cathedral organist in Husum.

Jean Guillou did not change a single note for this arrangement. He just distributed the different parts to the manuals and the pedal in a way that guarantees a clear and varied registration in harmony...

In his 'Art of Fugue' Bach himself introduced a theme based on the four letters of his name: the notes we know as Bb A C B correspond to the German note names B A C H. Since that time, many composers...

The third movement (Allegro molto vivace) from Tchaikovsky's 'Symphonie pathétique' is - though not specially designated as such - a typical scherzo and, what is more, actually one of the most brillia...

It is a small sensation that Two Pieces, so far an unknown organ composition by Hindemith, can be published for the first time now. It consists of a prelude with fast and soft arpeggios, followed by a...

Still leading a shadowy existence, Schumann's works for pedal piano are most likely performed on the organ today. This requires, however, that the music is set for the organ in accordance with the ins...

Nach Abschluss der erfolgreichen Reihe 'Meister der norddeutschen Orgelmusik' legt Klaus Beckmann die wichtigsten Vertreter der 'mitteldeutschen Orgelschule' in 5 sorgfältig edierten Urtextausgaben vo...

Nach Abschluss der erfolgreichen Reihe 'Meister der norddeutschen Orgelmusik' legt Klaus Beckmann die wichtigsten Vertreter der 'mitteldeutschen Orgelschule' in 5 sorgfältig edierten Urtextausgaben vo...

Nach Abschluss der erfolgreichen Reihe 'Meister der norddeutschen Orgelmusik' legt Klaus Beckmann die wichtigsten Vertreter der 'mitteldeutschen Orgelschule' in 5 sorgfältig edierten Urtextausgaben vo...

Nach Abschluss der erfolgreichen Reihe 'Meister der norddeutschen Orgelmusik' legt Klaus Beckmann die wichtigsten Vertreter der 'mitteldeutschen Orgelschule' in 5 sorgfältig edierten Urtextausgaben vo...

'Alt Wiener Tanzweisen' [Old Viennesse dance tunes] are pretty miniatures, vibrant and catchy (the second one with a slightly elegiac colouring), but all have melodic charm and musical elegance. And w...

'Alt Wiener Tanzweisen' [Old Viennesse dance tunes] are pretty miniatures, vibrant and catchy (the second one with a slightly elegiac colouring), but all have melodic charm and musical elegance. And w...

Originally composed for piano solo, Rubinstein's 'Melody' Op. 3/1 is the best-known work written by the Russian composer. Thanks to the simple, yet tender melody and its expressive harmony, the name o...

The Bolero is, without doubt, the most famous of all works by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Countless concert performances and recordings as well as its use in films and on television have made this begu...

Maurice Ravel's melancholy popular 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' composed in 1899 was originally written for piano before he arranged it for orchestra in 1910. Though dedicated to a real princess, the...

A 'Last Night of the Proms' without this march - unthinkable! 'Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1' with its middle section, the hymn-like 'Land of Hope and Glory' by Edward Elgar (1857-1934),...

The 19th century was not only the era of great forms, monumental symphonies and melodious sonatas, no, the Romantic composers proved to be versatile and highly imaginative on the field of little music...

A wedding without a famous wedding march - unimaginable! Wagner's 'Bridal Chorus' from 'Lohengrin' and Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' from the incidental music of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' vie for th...