Smetana, Bedrich Vltava Details Edition no.: BA 9558 ISMN: 9790260105942 Editor: Macdonald, Hugh Language(s) of text: Czech, English, German Product format: Score, Urtext edition Includes the following individual parts: Orchestra Binding: Paperback Pages / Format: XIII, 88 S. - 31,0 x 24,3 cm “Vltava” (The Moldau) is Smetana’s most famous and frequently performed tone poem. It was written between 20 November and 8 December 1874, but only in 1879-1880, with the completion of the entire cycle “Má vlast” did it appear in print, when Urbánek issued it in full score and a version for piano duet. Owing to the large number of misprints in the Urbánek first edition, Hugh Macdonald has based his new edition on the autograph score, with cross-references to the first edition and the composer’s own version for piano duet. Conflicting readings in the sources are listed in the Critical Commentary along with a discussion of all editorial decisions. • New Urtext edition with clear and uncluttered engraving • Informative foreword (Eng/Cz/Ger) including a contribution by Smetana scholar Olga Mojžíšová • Includes a detailed Critical Commentary (Eng)
SKU: YM.GTP01100090
ISBN 9784636100655. 8.5 x 12 inches.
Easy arrangements for adults to start playing the piano for the first time. Features large, easy-to-read music sheets.
SKU: BR.EOS-20472-19
Today, it is hard to believe that Bedrich Smetana kept receiving rejections when he tried to get his enormously popular Moldau printed.
ISBN 9790004184974. 10 x 12.5 inches.
What is also amazing is that the first text-critical edition prepared by the Czech Smetana expert Milan Pospisil in 1999, which had entailed an exhaustive evaluation of the sources and been given a full text-critical editorial treatment as a Eulenburg study score, had no resonance of any kind among performers since no performance material had been published. After 15 years, Pospisils edition is finally being completed in a manner suitable for practice: with a conducting score and orchestral parts which will ensure that all future performances are based on a musical text that is as reliable as can be.
The work depicts the course of the river Vltava, beginning with its first two sources, the cold and warm Vltava, and the confluence of the two streams that join to form a single river; then the course of the Vltava through forests and meadows, and through open countryside where a peasant wedding is being celebrated; water-sprites dance by the light of the moon; on the nearby cliffs castles, mansions and ruins rise proudly into the air; the Vltava eddies in the St John's Rapids, then flows in a broad stream as it continues its course towards Prague, where the Vysehrad appears, before the river finally disappears into the distance as it flows majestically into the Elbe.Vltava (The Moldau), Smetana's best-known and most frequently performed orchestral work, was written between 19 November and 8 December 1874, at a time when Smetana was already completely deaf. The world premiere took place in Prague on 4 April 1875, but the score was not published until 1880.
SKU: BR.EOS-20472-23
ISBN 9790004184981. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.EOS-20472-27
ISBN 9790004184998. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.EOS-20472-00
ISBN 9790004780008. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: AP.6-490246
ISBN 9780486490243. English.
This full-score miniature edition contains a treasury of orchestral works by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana, including The Moldau and From Bohemian Fields and Groves from Ma vlast (My Fatherland) in addition to the Overture and three dances---Polka, Furiant, and Dance of the Comedians---from the opera The Bartered Bride. The works are reproduced here from authoritative editions, complete with bar-numbered movements for easy reference. Affordable, durable, and portable, this miniature score edition is ideal for study in the classroom, at home, or in the concert hall.
SKU: AP.16526S
UPC: 038081135755. English.
John Kinyon has another winner with this transcription of the symphonic masterpiece The Moldau. A tribute to Bedrich Smetana's beloved river, this captivating piece describes the flowing and turmoil of water in musical terms. The parts are written well within the capabilities of young performers while keeping the essence of the original. This will add more than a little class to your next concert!
SKU: BT.EMBZ40076