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Historically sound and authentic musical text; high-quality orchestral material based on the complete edition The musical text of the 1974 Strauss complete edition of the operetta "Die Fledermaus" is...

When Carl Maria von Weber composed the overtura to "Der Freischütz" in May 1820, it was the final musical building block for his opera. In this respect, Weber was able to perfectly trace and condense...

The Critical Report on the Oratorio "Elijah" concludes the five-volume edition on this major work by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It presents - for once in the form of a volume separate from the music...

Die Kantate Es steh Gott auf ist für das Osterfest bestimmt. Als Textvorlage konnte der Herausgeber eine bislang wenig beachtete Dichtung von Christian Weise (1642‒1708) nachweisen. Kuhnau stand mit d...

Kuhnau's Magnificat in C major is - apart from his Biblical Sonatas - considered to be his most ambitious and best known work. However, as recent research has revealed, there are indeed many other lar...

The Missa in c was so dear to Mozart's heart that he cited it as 'proof of the reality of my promise' to 'heyrate' the beloved Constanze and complete the only half-finished mass. At the same time, on...

The Missa Omnium Sanctorum ZWV 21 is Zelenka's last mass setting. It contains three extended arias (one each for soprano, alto and tenor), concertante choruses and unusually expressive choral fugues....

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed his Reformation Symphony for the celebrations marking the 300th anniversary of the 'Confessio Augustana,' the Protestant declaration of faith. Owing to various and...

In cooperation with Edition Eulenburg Famous evil broom One of the most important works of program music: 'Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe' is what the 32-year-old Dukas called his best-known orchest...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition. All conducting scores and orchestral parts are available exclusively through Breitkopf & Härtel. The piano reduction (HN 610) is av...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts, as well as the piano reductions and choral scores for the choral wor...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts, as well as the piano reductions and choral scores for the choral wor...

Exploring the Eroica was the title of the essay with which the editor emerged as early as 1998 and made a significant contribution to researching the complex tradition. The autograph of the work, comp...

It was only shortly after the 5th Symphony that Beethoven completed the Pastoral Symphony. The two formed a complementary work pair, consigned together to a patron in June 1808, publicly premiered in...

Since 2001 the 'Ninth' has been included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. Beethoven was preoccupied with his unique work for many years, since at least 1815, and still shortly before his deat...

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Missa solemnis between 1819 and 1822. The present edition is based on the working copy of the score as its main source, which Beethoven probably commissioned immediat...

One of the most frequently performed solo concertos, whose composition coincides with the work on the opera Le nozze di Figaro.The sources for K. 488 are quite clear. The score autograph has survived,...

Like Joseph Haydn's Concerto in E-flat Major Hob VIIe:1 (1796), Hummel's Trumpet Concerto in E Major was composed in 1803 for the Viennese soloist Anton Weidinger, who had at his disposal on his keyed...

The unbroken popularity of Vanhal's sole double bass concerto in competitions and for practice and concert purposes is reason enough for us to publish the work in Breitkopf Urtext. The edition profits...

Many well-known violinists such as the dedicatee Pablo de Sarasate, together later with Eugène Ysaye and Jacques Thibaud, included in their repertoires Camille Saint-Saëns' concert piece composed in 1...

During his time as conductor of the Detmold court orchestra, the young Brahms was inspired by the local wind ensemble to compose two serenades. Serenade No. 2, scored for five pairs of winds, violas,...

Johannes Brahms's only violin concerto, one of the most important violin concertos of the 19th century, is now a central repertoire piece. This fact is all the more notable, as, by his own account, Br...

I want to do an edition that is not a Koopman interpretation, but brings only what is really Handel.' (Ton Koopman)

When and where was Mozart's flute concerto written and for whom? 1777 or 1778, Salzburg or Mannheim? How much did Ferdinand Dejean actually pay, only 96 or the promised 200 florins?