Debussy Piano Works - Volume 2

Piano Works Volume I-To mark the 150th anniversary of Debussy?s birth in 2012 Henle are proud to present a tribute to his piano solo works in three volumes available as a paperbound or a clothbound edition. As a publishing house whose main focus ison piano music it was important for Henle to give a special place to the works of Claude Debussy the innovator of piano style. Thus since the early 1980s they have steadily been publishing single editions of all of Debussy?simportant works for the piano. Henle's editor Ernst-Günter Heinemann has worked closely with the French Debussy scholar François Lesure to present Debussy?s elaborate music in high quality Urtext editions. Beginning with the'Danse bohémienne' from 1880 all of the single works from Henle's catalogue have been drawn together in these three volumes arranged according to their date of composition. And as a little 'encore' Henle have included thePrélude to the cantata 'La Damoiselle élue' in volume I. Each of the three volumes contains true highlights for the piano. But the short and lesser known works also offer a glimpse at the modern classical composer Debussy from adifferent angle. In addition each volume contains a helpful glossary with all of Debussy?s often very vivid performance instructions translated into English and German. Bon anniversaire Claude Debussy!

Introductory volume by the editor, Hans Swarsenki, containing preface to the edition, chronological list of the Solo Piano works & glossary of the expression marks /

Around 1960 Olivier Messiaen began a large-scale concerto based on the birds of the Hérault region (?Oiseaux de l?Hérault?) for piano various soloists and orchestra. Although the project remained unfinished the solo piano part was quite developed. The Olivier Messiaen Foundation entrusted Roger Muraro a renowned interpreter of Messiaen?s piano works with organizing the sketches and manuscripts found in the composer?s archives. This new publication emerged from Muraro?s research. The study that opens the volume describes his methods in detail discussing among other issues the relationship of this work to the later Sept Haïkaï. Richly illustrated with a number of facsimiles musical examples and photographs Muraro?s introduction retraces the origins and historic context of the work invites the reader to enter the composer?s workshop and offers suggestions for performance. Fauvettes de l?Hérault ? Concert des garrigues for solo piano is a ?concerto without orchestra? that blends reference to Claude Debussy a thinly veiled homage to Yvonne Loriod new birdsong from the Hérault region and the vast palette of rhythm timbre and colour that are typical of Olivier Messiaen?s musical universe. Around 1960 Olivier Messiaen began a large-scale concerto based on the birds of the Hérault region (?Oiseaux de l?Hérault?) for piano various soloists and orchestra. Although the project remained unfinished the solo piano part was quite developed. The Olivier Messiaen Foundation entrusted Roger Muraro a renowned interpreter of Messiaen?s piano works with organizing the sketches and manuscripts found in the composer?s archives. This new publication emerged from Muraro?s research. The study that opens the volume describes his methods in detail discussing among other issues the relationship of this work to the later Sept Haïkaï. Richly illustrated with a number of facsimiles musical examples and photographs Muraro?s introduction retraces the origins and historic context of the work invites the reader to enter the composer?s workshop and offers suggestions for performance. Fauvettes de l?Hérault ? Concert des garrigues for solo piano is a ?concerto without orchestra? that blends reference to Claude Debussy a thinly veiled homage to Yvonne Loriod new birdsong from the Hérault region and the vast palette of rhythm timbre and colour that are typical of Olivier Messiaen?s musical universe.

extrait des Préludes, 2e livre - OCCD (Série I, vol. 5). Par DEBUSSY CLAUDE. Cette édition critique du General Lavine - excentric constitue un tiré à part des oeUVRES COMPLETES DE CLAUDE DEBUSSY, Série I, volume 5. This critical edition of General Lavine - excentric is an excerpt from the COMPLETE WORKS OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY, Series I, volume 5./ Répertoire / Piano

The 'Essential Composer Series' published for Piano by Minstrel Press and distributed by Santorella Publications features the original works from some of the greatest composers that ever lived. The selections have been carefully chosen to give the user a source of essential core literature from that specific composer. This transcribed series by Avis Fedge Romm has only had minor editing when seen as a valuable aid in facilitating the musician in authentically interpreting the composer's music. The Essential Composer Series has become a staple stock item for many music retailers throughout the world. Each edition includes a performance CD, which is also a great tool foryounger players to hear the melodies that they have been practicing so diligently. Essential Piano Masters Volume 2 features the following works of Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin & Claude Debussy. Robert Schumann: Melody (from Album for the Young) - Sicilienne (from Album for the Young) - Knecht Ruprecht (from Album for the Young) - About Strange Lands and People - Reverie (Traumerie) Frederic Chopin: Prelude in A Major - Prelude in C Minor - Prelude in D Flat Major - Mazurka in G Minor - Waltz in D Flat Major Claude Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Claire de Lune - Golliwogg's Cakewalk./ Recueil / Piano

In his youth when still searching for his own personal style Debussy composed a series of short stand-alone piano pieces. He took traditional genres such as the ballade mazurka nocturne and waltz but in general used each ofthem just once as if trying them out. One such was the ?Valse romantique? published by Choudens of Paris in 1891 and thus written at the same time as his famous piano works Two Arabesques and the Suite bergamasque. This charmingwaltz is of moderate difficulty and thus ideal either as a pedagogical piece or for concert performance. Our collected volume Debussy: Piano Pieces (HN 404) offers numerous other short piano pieces of modest difficulty for thosewho find that this practical stand-alone edition awakens in them a desire for more.

9 Famous Masterpieces for Ceremonies-Classical Piano Solos for Weddings contains 9 favorite solos in their original form by composers of piano masterworks. Most of these solos are lyrical in style and can be used in wedding ceremonies or at receptions. Each solo has been carefully edited and fingered for performance ease. Essential ornamentation has been realized in the score and suggestions for interpreting grace notes are given in footnotes. This book is a valuable resource for wedding pianists since the most popular classical piano solos are included in one volume. Both the wedding party and guests will enjoy the beautiful melodies and lush harmonies of these timeless favorites. Titles: Prelude in C Major fromThe Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 (Bach) * Adagio cantabile (2nd movement) from Grand Sonate pathétique Op. 13 (Beethoven) * Nocturne in E-flat Major Op. 9 No. 2 (Chopin) * Prelude in D-flat Major Op. 28 No. 15 (Chopin) * Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque (Debussy) * Salut d'amour (Liebesgruss) Op. 12 (Elgar) * Nocturne Op. 54 No. 4 (Grieg) * First Gymnopédie (Satie) * Träumerei from Scenes of Childhood Op. 15 No. 7 (Schumann).

Comme son prédécesseur Chopin, Debussy découvre de nouvelles possibilités et améliorations dans l'art de jouer et de composer pour le piano. Ses compositions et transcriptions pour piano à quatre mains sont parmi ses oeuvres les plus inventifs et intéressants. Ce volume contient Marche Ecossaise, écrit spécifiquement pour piano à quatre mains, et la transcription du compositeur pour quatre mains de La Mer.Ces oeuvres afficher à la fois l'art pianistique brillante au coeur de l'imagerie musicale de Debussy et de l'affinité du compositeur pour l'inattendu - une qualité qui a permis à plusieurs de ses compositions se dérouler comme improvisations sophistiquées. Reproduit ici d'autorité éditions françaises, ils vont remettre en question et ravira les pianistes avec leurs qualités uniques.Republication de la Cie Durand et Jean Jobert et, à Paris, sd éditions. / 2 Pianos

Little Piano Pieces - Kleine Klavierstücke - Petites pièces pour piano. Par ORBÁN GYÖRGY. György Orbán (born 1947) is among the most frequently performed contemporary Hungarian composers. His style incorporates a characteristic mix of classical, modern, cinematic, and jazz elements. In addition, he claims he ''loves splashing about in tonality,'' which makes his works accessible to the wider public. Owing to his humor and imagination, he finds an easy path to children, as demonstrated by the popularity of his piano works specifically intended for beginners. He composed close to 70 short children's pieces for Ágnes Lakos's four-volume Friendly Piano Tutor (EMBZ14749-14756), later published separately as Enchanted Forest (EMBZ14742). The New Bell includes a further 19 piano pieces for beginners - among others, we encounter a baby elephant now and again (perhaps paying a visit from Debussy's Children's Corner?) and we hear the awful clamor of a most outgoing granny's alarm clock as well as the solemn tolling of a new church-bell. The pieces are arranged in order of difficulty and even include a few items for three hands, which may be played by a pupil with the teacher or another student. / Niveau : Facile à Intermédiaire / Pédagogie / Répertoire / Piano

A Romantic Sketchbook For Piano explores the wealth of piano music from the Romantic period in five carefully graded albums. Mostly composed between 1830 and 1930 the pieces in these albums have been selected to introduce players to a wide range of music from works by some of the leading Romantic composers (such as Schumann Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky) to unfamiliar pieces by lesser-known figures.Each volume presents a variety of keys time signatures and textures within a comprehensive range of tempi which will be invaluable to students in the development of their musical skills. Players will also respond imaginatively to the varying styles and moods offeredin these colourful sketchbooks from the lively dances and mood pictures to the tender songs and gentle serenades.The five books in this series are graded in terms of difficulty Book 1 being relatively easy and Book 5 advanced.

This collection of sheet music by the great French composer Maurice Ravel features 19 of his greatest pieces all newly-arranged especially for this volume. The subtle melodies and achingly beautiful harmonies of theselush Impressionist pieces truly do illustrate the sheer Joy Of Ravel. The pieces by Ravel included in this collection rank alongside Debussy as some of the prettiest Piano music evercomposed. Ravel himself categorically refused the term 'Impressionist' believing it to be reserved for paintings only but his?music so closely resembles the colourful flourishing and affective beauty of those worksof art that it is difficult to resist such a description. Featuring works like Boléro Jeux D'Eau Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte as well as excerpts from La Valse The Joy Of Ravel?forsolo Piano sound utterly divine. Pieces like Menuet Antique Prélude and the selections from Le Tombeau De Couperin?perfectly encapsulate what makes Ravel's compositions soincredible. His perfectionist methods resulted in extended harmonies complexly musical modulations and masterful melodies that make these 19 works of art an unabashed joy to play and to hear. One of the great things about thissheet music book is the visual beauty of the music. With lilting notes and extensive ties this is not only a work full of aural pleasure but it's some of the nicest-looking notation out there. Certainly in this case what you seeis what you get simply The Joy Of Ravel. The Joy Of...?series is a constantly growing collection of musical editions that is now recognised and loved throughout theworld. Originally compiled by the editorial hand of renowned teacher arranger and musicologist Denes Agay the series continues to reflect his influence and covers a wide variety of musical genres including the classics folk

Gabriel Fauré?s 13 Barcarolles composed over a period of almost four decades (1882 1921) are highly representative of his output for piano and are regarded as his most characteristic works. They reflect his breaking free from the Romantic idiom particularly that of Chopin and Mendelssohn developing an independent musical language in which he combined tradition and the emerging modernism.These important works are now made available in scholarly-critical Urtext editions based on the ?uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré and reflect the latest state of research. Detailed forewords offer information on the genesis and significance of thecompositions as well as valuable suggestions on historical interpretation.All the available manuscript and printed sources as well as piano rolls containing recordings by the composer have been taken into consideration leading to new discoveries particularly regarding the Valses-Caprices.Based on the ?uvres complètes de Gabriel FauréBased on the latest research findings and extensive source studiesInformative forewords with advice on performance practice (Fr/Eng/Ger)Christophe Grabowski is a French pianist and doctor of musicology and studied in Warsaw and Paris. He has edited a volume of the ?uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré and is Series Editor of the Complete Chopin: A New Critical Edition as well as two volumes of the Édition Complète des ?uvres de Claude Debussy. Together with John Rink he published the Annotated Catalogue of Chopin?s First Editions in 2010.

This volume contains several of Debussy's best known and most-admired compositions including some of his most brilliant works for piano: the technically challenging 'Etudes' the witty and appealing 'Children's Corner' and the sparkling 'Images Book II' as well as other intriguing lesser-known works. Pianists will enjoy the extraordinary diversity of these pieces and their rare often surprising musical effects. All of the works included have been reprinted from authoritative French editions.