Sheet Music for Instruments

Die klangvollen Klavierstücke dieser Ausgabe sind wie eine 'Gehörbildung für Klavierspieler' zu verstehen. Pianisten zählen zu den musikalischen Intellektuellen, weil sie parallel in zwei Notensysteme...

Haydn's Symphony No. 48 was long thought to have been written for, and performed in honour of the state visit of Empress Maria Theresia to Eszterháza in 1773. However, research by Robbins Landon has s...

Haydn's Symphony No. 96 acquired its nickname through an unfortunate misunderstanding, originating in a colourful story reported by a contemporary biographer of the composer. The circumstances concern...

Symphony No. 44 in E minor is one of a number of Haydn's mid-period works representing the Sturm und Drang (‘Storm and Stress') style of melodramatic realism taken over from contemporary German litera...

Bach gave his wife Anna Magdalena two handwritten books of music. The second one is of particular value with its gilt-edged, vellum-covered binding. In this little book of 1725 he noted down numerous...

When Günter Henle founded his Urtext publishing company in 1948 he began his catalogue with a two-volume edition (HN 1 and HN 2) of Mozart's 18 piano sonatas. These sonatas remain part of the core rep...

When Günter Henle founded his Urtext publishing company in 1948 he began his catalogue with a two-volume edition (HN 1 and HN 2) of Mozart's 18 piano sonatas. These sonatas remain part of the core rep...

The basis for the musical text was Henle's revised edition of Part I published in 1997 and Yo Tomita's brand new revision of Part II (Spring 2007). A detailed commentary rounds off the editions. Both...

The basis for the musical text of this edition without fingerings was Henle's revised edition of Part I published in 1997 and Yo Tomita's brand new revision of Part II (spring 2007). The eminent Bach...

Although people might like to think that the 'English Suites' were composed after the 'French Suites' (HN 71), 'the temperamental and in part virtuoso flow of these Suites is more characteristic of th...

Hans von Bülow described Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas as 'Music's New Testament'. Since its first appearance, Henle's complete two-volume edition (HN 32 and HN 34) has been valued by specialists as th...

Hans von Bülow described Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas as 'Music's New Testament'. Since its first appearance, Henle's complete two-volume edition (HN 32 and HN 34) has been valued by specialists as th...

Gloomy premonitions plagued Schumann whilst he was working on his latest composition in 1839. The news that his brother Eduard was dying had deeply shaken him. 'Writing a 'Corpse Fantasy' since Monday...

As an avowed Schubert fan, Franz Liszt liked to perform transcriptions of Schubert’s songs in his piano recitals – and indeed to such great effect that publishers began to take notice. Starting in 183...

As an avowed Schubert fan, Franz Liszt liked to perform transcriptions of Schubert’s songs in his piano recitals - and indeed to such great effect that publishers began to take notice. Starting in 183...

As an avowed Schubert fan, Franz Liszt was fond of performing transcriptions of Schubert’s songs in his piano recitals – and indeed to such great effect that publishers began to take notice. Starting...

As an avowed Schubert fan, Franz Liszt also liked to play transcriptions of Schubert’s songs in his piano recitals. He initially had an arrangement of the "Trout" by Stephen Heller in his repertoire,...

'I wish to do it to reflect the character of Mad:selle Rose,' Mozart replied when asked how he intended to set out the Andante of his Sonata in C major. In autumn 1777 he had got to know Rosina Cannab...

This edition with over 50 pages contains the universally known selection of easy preludes and little fugues that has proved extremely successful in teaching the piano. Bach's sons, with Wilhelm Friede...