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The Concerto in D minor belongs to a group of Telemann's compositions for two violins, viola and basso continuo that has been largely ignored by musical research and practice to date. Perhaps the reas...

V solo, strings, basso continuo - score; Urtext edition

Mozart composed the two "Lodronische Nachtmusiken" for open-air performances on Countess Antonia Lodron's name day in June 1776 and 1777. Their summery, festive character is unmistakable. For Alfred E...

Louis Spohr's Fantasie op. 35 from 1807 is one of the standard works of the solo harp repertoire today. The work was composed in Gotha, where Spohr's wife Dorette received harp lessons from the court...

Beethoven had promised his Horn Sonata op. 17 to one of the most famous horn players of his time, Johann Wenzel. Although, according to an anecdote from his pupil, he only composed the sonata on the d...

In February 1886, Camille Saint-Saëns was supposed to urgently complete his "Organ Symphony", but instead he worked on a work that had been on his mind for a long time: "Le Carnaval des animaux", with...

This work, which Ravel originally composed for piano solo in 1899 and which was published by Demets, quickly achieved great success and has since been considered one of the most popular works in the c...

Handel's Concerto in F major (HWV 331) was long considered a variant of two movements from the three suites of his 'Water Music' (HWV 348-350). Recently our understanding of the 'Water Music' had to b...

After Antonín Dvorák had spent a successful time in Vienna in the summer of 1879, during which he deepened his acquaintance with Johannes Brahms and the conductor Hans Richter and heard the Vienna Phi...

After Antonín Dvorák had spent a successful time in Vienna in the summer of 1879, during which he deepened his acquaintance with Johannes Brahms and the conductor Hans Richter and heard the Vienna Phi...

Dvoráks 7. Symphonie wurde im August 1883 von der 'Royal Philharmonic Society' in Auftrag gegeben und am 22. April 1885 in London unter der Leitung des Komponisten uraufgeführt. Im folgenden Juni kürz...

Dvorák's 7th Symphony was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society in August 1883 and premiered in London on April 22, 1885 under the direction of the composer. The following June, Dvorák shorte...

The previously available performance material for Dvorák's sunny, cheerful Symphony No. 8 is notorious for its errors. The editor Jonathan Del Mar has taken on this comprehensive task of correction. H...

This separately published Critical Commentary offers extensive information on the genesis, reception, sources, and readings of the works included in the music volume.

The symphony "From the New World", a jewel of symphonic literature, is finally available in a reliable, scholarly-critical edition. Once again, editor Jonathan Del Mar brings clarity to the complex we...

Along with Symphonies Nos. 79 and 81, Haydn's D-minor Symphony Hob. I:80 belongs to a set of symphonies that he completed in late 1784. He wrote them for his employer Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, his ta...

Associating the term 'Sturm und Drang' with Haydn's creative period from ca. 1765 to ca. 1772 is considered controversial among scholars, but it does describe a unique group of works within his sympho...

Letters of the composer have come down to us only on a few of Haydn's symphonies, amongst them the 'Laudon' Symphony Hob. I:69. In one of these letters, Haydn agrees to the publisher's suggestion to n...

Joseph Haydn wrote Symphony No. 22 in E-flat major in 1764 as part of his tenure as Vice-Kapellmeister at the Esterházy court. The work is unique because of its instrumentation with two cors anglais:...

Haydn composed his Symphony in F major Hob. I:67 around 1775/76, approximately ten years after his creative period began at the Esterházy Palace. At this time, the opera activities there were in a pha...

Almost ten years after Haydn began his creative period at Esterházy Palace, he wrote his Symphony in B flat major Hob around 1774/75. I:68. At this time, the opera business at the princely court was i...

In the years 1775 to 1776, about ten years after Haydn had taken up his work at Esterházy Palace, he composed his Symphony in B flat major Hob. I:66. At this time, the opera business at the princely c...

Beethoven composed the ballet music 'Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus' during 1800-01, commissioned by the ballet master Salvatore Viganò for performances with his Viennese company. Although the ballet wa...

Beethoven's incidental music op. 84 was written in 1809 for a performance of Goethe's drama 'Egmont' at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Numerous composers of the day tried their hand at writing music for t...