Peters Music Writing Book (Oblong pocket size)

SKU: PE.PMWB1

ISBN 9790300755977. English.

Write like the Greats! This writing book contains 48 pages of high quality blank manuscript paper (12 staves per page) in a classic Edition Peters green cover. What will you compose?

SKU: PE.EP73404

ISBN 9790577018348. 297 x 420 mm inches. English.

Rihards Dubra (born Latvia, 1964) wrote his Symphony No. 2 in 2014. It is a large-scale work, over 30 minutes long, in three movements (titled 'Visio', 'Cantus', 'Et vidi...'), for large orchestra comprising triple wind and brass, percussion and harp.

Speaking of symphonic writing, the composer says: 'I don't think a symphony should speak about small, everyday things and issues; it should speak of global, fundamental and substantial things. Only then does it justify the name 'symphony'. It must be something serious.'

This full score (EP 73404) is now available as part of the Peters Baltic Library.

• Peters Baltic Library is a new series of full scores of orchestral music by contemporary composers from the Baltic States.
• Published in partnership with the leading music publisher from the region: Musica Baltica.
• Peters Baltic Library presents a rich selection of compositions that demonstrates both the distinctiveness and the variety of stylistic approaches adopted by the region's most prominent composers.

SKU: PE.EP73091

ISBN 9790577014838. 297 x 420 mm inches. English. Charles Hart.

Set across a single day in summer 1871, Marx in London follows the philosopher and economist as he is beset by his troubled wife, his denied illegitimate son, his overly curious daughter, and his notorious lack of capital. Knowing that he will never finish writing Das Kapital, Marx escapes to the British Library, where he has a vision that will eventually become a nightmare.

Written to mark Marx's bicentenary, Jonathan Dove's Marx in London features a libretto by Charles Hart, after an original scenario by Jürgen Weber, and was commissioned and premiered by Theater Bonn in December 2018.

SKU: PE.EP73044A

ISBN 9790577013428. 190 x 272mm inches. English.

The Requiem in C minor by Francesco Durante (1684–1755) is one of the most important works of this genre written in the first half of the 18th century. In his Messa de’ morti, Durante shows great creativity in combining traditional elements of church music with new ideas originating from instrumental writing and opera. The quality and originality of his Requiem make it an exciting rediscovery with the potential to establish itself as a core repertoire work of sacred choral music.

Mainly known today as the teacher of Pergolesi and Paisiello, Durante spent much of his life working as music director at various conservatories in Naples and enjoyed great renown as a church composer well into the 19th century. Despite its widespread popularity, indicated by the number of manuscript copies to be found across Europe, his Requiem never appeared in print. For this first publication, editor and leading British choral director Stephen Darlington has consulted many of the approximately 50 surviving sources of the work, presenting a critical edition which for the first time makes Durante’s Requiem available to a wider musical audience.

• First publication
• Urtex t edition
• Particula rly suitable for smaller choirs and ensembles: soprano and alto solo, double choir (SSATB ATB) and strings (plus 2 horns in the Tuba mirum)
• Full score and orchestral material also available (EP73044)

This edition of Durante’s Requiem has been recorded by Stephen Darlington, with Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral Choir, soloists from The Sixteen and Oxford Baroque.

SKU: PE.0899174663

ISBN 9780899174662. UPC: 038081410739. English.

Excellent research tool with in-depth discussion into the history, analysis, and interpretation of the Chaconne including writings by Albert Schweitzer, Donald Tovey, and a Schenkerian analysis by the author. Text includes views on interpretation from Carl Flesch and Joseph Szigeti. 156 pages.