Schott Musik

Paul Hindemith made his breakthrough as the leading German composer of his generation at the first 'Donaueschingen Chamber Music Performances' in 1921 with his 3rd String Quartet Op. 16. The premiere...

As in his Kaz Dağları sonatı (Mount Ida Sonata) (VLB 225) and in Yürüyen Köşk (The Moved House) (ED 22893), Say also wants to draw attention to the need to protect the habitats of animals in the wild....

The String Quartet in G minor Op. 8 dates from the time when Joseph Haas studied with Max Reger (1905). While reflecting the clear influence of his teacher as to form, it also shows the young composer...

Die Entstehung des String Sextet von G. Waterhouse umfasst einen Zeitraum von fast vier Jahrzehnten. Jeder Satz ist eine Zeitkapsel in der sich kompositorische Stilmittel, Techniken und Klangsprachen...

For my first string quartet, I found it important to compose a piece with a light and entertaining character which simultaneously possesses a ‘profound level’ – this dichotomy is what fascinates me in...

The 9th String Quartet forms the penultimate work in my Beethoven Study quartet cycle. Chronologically, however, it was composed after the 10th Quartet Cavatina. And indeed, when composing it, it felt...

In summer 2020 the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie asked me to write a fanfare for brass ensemble for their opening concert of the season, taking place in the following September in Saarbrücken. I decided...

Duo Concertante contains five brief movements of contrasting character. The first movement functions as a short prelude, with the viola and bass combining to form alternating high and low harmonies an...

L’esprit du Nord, for string quartet, was inspired by and is infused with French-Canadian folk song. Each of the three movements uses a folk song as its basis. The first movement, Chanson de Lisette,...

Once my String Quartet Music was completed, a copy of the score was sent to each consortium member. The premiere performances of this project were given on March 14, 2022, at Constellation in Chicago....

Once my String Quartet Music was completed, a copy of the score was sent to each consortium member. The premiere performances of this project were given on March 14, 2022, at Constellation in Chicago....

Improvisation is at the core of Alvin Singleton’s gorgeous string trio Be Natural (1974), its title a pun on the B-natural note that is passed around throughout the piece but is always droning, a groa...