Bohuslav Martinu

Despite the extraordinary significance attributed to Bohuslav Martinu's 14 short Piano pieces entitled Puppets surprisingly little is known about the exact time and circumstances of their composition. It is however certain that these are the first works by Martinu which transcended his initial attempts at composition and they quickly found a publisher. Thanks to their lasting popularity particularly with young pianists they were published in numerous editions. The pieces take the characters of Italian commedia dell'arte as their theme: Pierrot Colombine and Harlequin. Also included are dance and ball scenes as well as scenesfrom the 'private lives' of the puppets. The three editions of Puppets were composed between 1912 and 1925 in reverse order. The works all differ from one another beginning with different aesthetic starting points and ending with Piano writing which gradually matures. Now the cycle is published for the first time in one volume. Martinu's Puppets now available in a collected edition- all three editions in one volume- newly revised based on available sources. New fingerings by Giorgio Koukl - preface and Critical Commentary by editor Ales Brezina (Cz./Ger./Eng./Fr.). Pohádka is included on ABRSM Piano Grade 6 syllabus 2017-2018

Bohuslav Martinu's Vigilia for full Organ completed and edited by Bedrich Janacek.

Rien de mieux que cette partition pour découvrir le fabuleux instrument de musique qu'est le piano. Vous pourrez ainsi jouer sur cet instrument créé au début du XVIIIème siècle à Florence par Bartolomeo Cristofori Borova 7 Danses Tcheques de Martinu. Cette partition qui est éditée par les éditions Leduc fait partie de la catégorie de la musique Classique Si vous le souhaitez, cette partition de musique qui est pour Piano peut être chez vous dans quelques jours. / Piano / Partition

Bohuslav Martin (1890-1959) was a prolific Czech composer writing many large scale works. The composer moved to Paris in 1923 where he began experimenting in a variety of composition styles. His Preludes For Piano were published in 1930. Martin himself was a violinist and many of his experiments in composing for solo instruments and small ensembles saw him write for his own instrument however he also composed substantially for other instruments. Preludes For Piano are composed in a variety of forms including Blues Scherzo Andante Dance Capriccio Largo Study and Foxtrot. Dedicated to Charlotte Quennehen the Preludes For Piano provides advanced pianists with an exciting challenging and inspiring works addressing a variety of musical features. Martin 's Preludes For Piano is essential to aspiring pianists.

[Incantation - Klavierkonzert Nr. 4 (1955/56)] / Classique / Partition de poche / Agrafé /

[Incantation - Klavierkonzert Nr. 4 (1955/56)] / Classique / Réduction Piano : K. Solc / Partition / Agrafé /

kleine Stücke für Klavier-This collection of fourteen pieces together entitled Puppets plays an exceptional role in the catalogue of early works by Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) namely in that it represents the first works by Martinu which transcended his initial attempts at composition and quickly found a publisher.Thanks to their lasting popularity particularly with young pianists they were ultimately published in numerous editions. (The way the pieces are numbered which the composer verifiably accepted however does not correspond to their actual chronological order - they were in fact written in reverse order so that Puppets III camefirst while Puppets I is the latest in the series.)All three books of Puppets which emerged between the years 1912 and 1925 and despite their title differ from one another in their aesthetic approaches and progressive maturity are published by EditioBärenreiter in new revised urtext editions edited by Ales Brezina. This urtext edition with its relatively comprehensive preface describing the circumstances surrounding the advent of the work is supported by the latest research and an assessment of all known and accessible sources which the editor presents and clarifies in detail in his critical commentary to the second and third books of Puppets.Thus Puppet's Ball (No. 4) is also published in the third book in two separate versions - in a newer version based on the first edition on which Martinu very probably collaborated and which introduces apart from other changes entirely new music as well in the middle part and in an earlier version based on the autograph.Thanks to its witty musical ideas and the composer's empathy for children and their intellectual world Puppets has since its first edition always been highly popular among performers.Contents:Pierrots SerenadeWaltz of a Sentimental PuppetColombinePuppet's Ball