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Beethoven probably completed the 6th Symphony in the early summer of 1808. Titled the 'Pastoral Symphony' by the composer himself, this orchestral work was premiered together with the 5th Symphony in...

The premiere of this work in December 1813 ranks among the greatest successes Beethoven ever celebrated in public as a composer. One reviewer wrote at the time that in its themes the new symphony was...

Sandwiched between the popular Symphonies Nos. 7 and 9, the relatively short Eighth Symphony finds itself in a difficult position even now. Right after the premiere in February 1814, one critic opined...

After the first sketches had been put to paper in 1815, Beethoven only finally put the finishing touches to his last completed symphony in 1824. With its extended finale in which soloists and choir pe...

The genesis of the Fourth Symphony possibly goes back to the 1870s when Brahms was studying the Bach Cantata 'Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich', whose chaconne theme forms the nucleus of the finale. Aro...

Around 40 minutes in length and scored for diverse instruments including horns, trumpets and timpani, the Serenade in D major by Johannes Brahms comes close to the symphony. Written in 1858/59 by the...

In his Serenade no. 2 op. 16, composed in 1858-60, Brahms keeps to the usual, smaller, scoring for this genre, using pairs of winds and horns as well as low strings (no violins!). His friend Clara Sch...

Johannes Brahms only approached the symphony genre slowly and with a great many qualms. After he had revised and rejected numerous earlier attempts, he did not introduce himself to the public as a sym...

Debussy's Rhapsody was commissioned by the wealthy amateur Elise Hall, who paid the composer a considerable sum in advance. Yet work on it was not easy; following his death all that existed was a fini...

In the spring of 1842, Gaetano Donizetti signed two contracts with the theaters of Vienna and Naples, making arrangements with Salvadore Cammarano for the writing of the librettos. However, Cammarano...

The first and only edition of the Concerti di Andrea, et di Gio: Gabrieli [...] continenti musica di chiesa, madrigali, et altro, per voci, et stromenti musicali, à 6. 7. 8. 10. 12. et 16 appeared in...

Naples, 27 September 1732. A new commedeja pe mmuseca was staged at the Teatro dei Fiorentini, by two young and promising authors: Gennarantonio Federico, heir to a generation of Neapolitan theatre po...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts are available exclusively from Breitkopf & Härtel. Urtext according t...

Urtext according to the new complete edition (Henle). Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition published by G. Henle. All conducting scores and orchestral parts as well as,...

Urtext according to the new complete edition (Henle). Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition published by G. Henle. All conducting scores and orchestral parts as well as,...

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...

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...

During his Bohemian spa trip in September 1811, Beethoven notated the first sketches for the Seventh Symphony, a work that occupied him until May 1812 - parallel at times with its disparate sister wor...

Beethoven drafted his Eighth Symphony in F major between autumn 1811 and the winter months of 1812/13, directly after completing his Seventh Symphony; thus, these two symphonies were composed even mor...

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...

Orchestral material according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition by G. Henle Verlag. All conducting scores and orchestral parts are available exclusively from Breitkopf & Härtel.

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