Breitkopf & Hartel Urtext

Schumann's 'Sinfonietta' in the Urtext The intensity with which Schumann dealt with the symphony is shown not only by the four known works themselves, but also by compositions that stand between the g...

Ravel's multi-layered homage in the 'Breitkopf Urtext' In his homage Le Tombeau de Couperin, Ravel turns less to Couperin himself than to French music of the 18th century. On the other hand, editor Je...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy created a standard work with his final violin concerto in E minor op. 64 MWV O 14 that is now firmly established in today's concert repertoire. When in 1838 the composer in...

Richard Strauss was aware (especially following the success of his 'Don Juan') of his reputation and above all of his 'value' as a composer, which led him to rewrite several of his successful works by...

Tod und Verklärung marks a turning point in Richard Strauss's corpus of tone poems: Even before the November 1889 premiere of his previous work Don Juan, Strauss had finished his third work in this ge...

The famous Valse triste grew out of the incidental music to Arvid Järnefelts drama Kuolema (Death). After the first staged performances in December 1903 at the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki, Si...

Indispensable repertoire work; first critical version; two versions of the ballad included in score and piano reduction Carl Reinecke was interested in exploring music and not just "snacking" on it. I...

“The Blue Danube“ is said to be Austria’s secret anthem, and alongside the “Radetzky March” it is the traditional encore piece at the annual New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Al...

Johann Strauß Sohn revolutionized the Viennese waltz in the 19th century and made it popular all over the world. His works, such as the famous waltzes "The Beautiful Blue Danube" op. 314 and "Tales fr...

Co-production with the G. Henle Verlag 'The' Piano Concerto in Urtext

Not only a son of Bach Ever since the festivities for his 3rd centenary, it is manifest that Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is not only a great name but also a great composer. Over the last decades, schola...

Not only a son of Bach Ever since the festivities for his 3rd centenary, it is manifest that Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is not only a great name but also a great composer. Over the last decades, schola...

The Famous One in the Leading Edition Beethoven spent a relatively long time on his 5th Symphony. Thus, first sketches can already be found from as early as 1804, four years before the work was premie...

The violin was Sibelius's instrument, and the virtuoso aspect is eminent in Drei Stücke Op. 116 as well as in his entire oeuvre for violin and piano. Apart from that, Op. 116 provides a glimpse into t...

Ausgabe der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien (Gal, Hans)

Who would have thought that there were still over 20 minutes of superb orchestral music by Sibelius to be discovered? It was indeed a minor sensation when conductor Osmo Vänskä introduced curious list...

Location of the action: Bohemia, shortly after the end of the Thirty Years War Duration: full-length Persons: OTTOKAR, Bohemian prince (T) – CUNO, princely hereditary forester (B) – AGATHE, his daught...

The composition of Johannes Brahms' "13 Canons op. 113" cannot be precisely dated. However, it can be assumed that the individual canons were composed between 1859 and 1863 and on various occasions. V...

Die 'Drei Gesänge' op. 42 sind eigentlich a cappella-Chorwerke. Das Klavier dient in erster Linie als Einstudierungshilfe. Ulrich Mahlerts Vorwort gibt Hinweise zur Entstehungsgeschichte und zum geist...

Zwischen 1834 und 1847 komponierte Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy insgesamt 28 Lieder für gemischte Stimmen, also für je zwei Frauen- (Sopran und Alt) und zwei Männerstimmen (Tenor und Bass). Die Stücke...

Urtext für die Geburtstagsständchen.Beachten Sie hierzu auch unsere Neuausgabe Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Lieder und Gesänge - neu entdeckt

Urtext für die Geburtstagsständchen.Beachten Sie hierzu auch unsere Neuausgabe Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Lieder und Gesänge - neu entdeckt