Franz Joseph Haydn: Three Trios For Violin Viola And Cello: String Trio: Parts

“Missa brevis in F in score. This was the first Mass which Mr. Haydn composed whilst still a student” says an entry in the catalogue of Haydn’s musical estate. Circa 1798/99 Haydn entered the work without an incipit in his working catalogue as “Missa brevis in F. / a due Soprani”. Around 1805/06 he added in shaky decrepit handwriting to the title “Missa.” on the front page of the organ part of one of the set of parts prepared by his copyist Johann Elßler: “Brevis / di me Giuseppe Haydn mpria / 1749”. This date the earliest yet found on a work by Haydn corresponds to the title of the Haydn catalogue whichindicates the eighteenth year of Haydn’s life i. e. 1749/50 as the starting point of his work: “Catalogue of all those compositions which I happen to remember writing from my 18th to my 73rd year of life.” In 1805 Haydn set about adding further instruments to the original scoring for two violins and figured organ bass and by 15th February 1806 the larger instrumentation was ready as is evidenced by a letter written on this very day by the Haydn biographer Georg August Griesinger. It is however by no means certain whether the seventy-three-year-old undertook this adaptation himself. - Urtext from Joseph Haydn Werke - Full score parts (BA4644) and vocal score (BA4644-90) available for sale - Early string version and later version with wind instruments and timpani

Six Psalms (Hob.XXIII: Appendix) for three-part mixed Chorus (SAB)During his second visit to England in 1794 Joseph Haydn made the acquaintance of the Rector of Westbourne the Reverend William Dechair Tattersall. He tried to interest Haydn in his plan to improve congregational singing more particularly the singing of psalms in the Anglican Church. Haydn's fame in England had been well founded durng his first visit in 1791/1792 and now at the height of his celebrity he was warmly welcomed on all sides. The Reverend Tattersall was more than delighted therefore when Haydn consented to help him and he expressed his thanks with the gift of a silver bowl. Inthese six English Psalms Haydn's feeling for accessible and easily remembered melody partwritingwhich is satisfying to sing interesting harmony well balanced form and a reasonable setting of the textis fully in evidence.Mixed choir SAB

Some of the most often taught original piano literature by dozens of master composers of the past has been carefully selected and compiled by difficulty level. The Early Intermediate edition features 17 pieces by 15 composers, including: Anonymous (18th century): Minuet in G from The Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach · Johann Sebastian Bach: Gavotte II: La Musette from English Suite No. 6, BWV 811 · Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 · Béla Bartók: Three Pieces from For Children, Sz. 42 · Ludwig van Beethoven: Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2 · Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatina No. 1 in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 1 · Anton Diabelli: Rondino · César Franck: The Doll's Complaint · George Frideric Handel: Sarabande from Suite in D minor, HWV 437 · Franz Joseph Haydn: German Dance in D Major, Hob. IX: 22, No. 2 · Friedrich Kuhlau: Scottish Dances Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 6 from Six Scottish Dances · Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet in G Major, K. 1 · Jean-Philippe Rameau: La tambourin · Franz Schubert: Waltz in A Major · Robert Schumann: Soldiers' March from Album for the Young · Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Italian Song from Album for the Young.