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The tale of Nanki-Poo and his passion for Yum-Yum has charmed audiences since its 1885 debut with graceful well-loved melodies such as 'Three little maids from school are we ' 'The flowers that bloom in the spring tra-la ' and many others. Now available in a newly edited newly engraved full-score publication based on Sullivan's autograph and the first edition of the full score this new performing edition by Ephraim Jones and Carl Simpson corrects many errors and incorporates Gilbert's later libretto changes..Dover Original.

A pair of men take an oath of eternal friendship but their vow is threatened by their attraction to the same woman. The object of their rivalry faces her own dilemma torn between worldly passion and her calling as a priestess.Their romantic triangle forms the heart of this 1863 opera Les Pêcheurs De Perles (The Pearl Fishers) in which the composer of Carmen the world's most popular opera made his first mark.Set in ancientCeylon this enchanting tale of friendship love and betrayal has been performed in Opera houses around the world. The famous Baritone/Tenor duet in the second act is among the most recorded of Opera highlights and a copy of thefull score is essential for conductors as well as for students of composition and orchestration. This large-format version of Bizet's three-act Opera offers musicians an affordable alternative to high-priced hard-to-findeditions.

in Full score-The third Ring opera 'Siegfried' is here carefully reproduced from the authoritative edition of 1876 which Wagner himself approved.

in Full Score-This is the second Ring opera in performing sequence. It is the most popular and the most frequently-performed of the operas. Superbly reprinted here in the authoritative C.F. Peters edition. Leipzig c 1910.

5-act restauration with notations for an alternative 4-act version-Don Carlos which debuted in 1867 ranks among the composer's most complex and challenging works. Based on the verse play by Schiller about tragic love and intrigue at the court of Philip II of Spain the opera features a rich assortment of memorable characters and dramatic situations. Verdi revised the work twice incorporating his changing musical ideas into a thoroughly revised Italian translation of the five act work with optional cuts for a four-act version. This new edition is of the final version reprinted from the authoritative G.Ricordi edition.

Considered to be the greatest of all opera seria and one of the few Mozart works to portray heroic emotions seriously. Lavish with arias it is also one of the most fully and elaborately scored of all of Mozart's operas. Reprinted from the full-score edition published by Breitkopf

in Full Score-The magical tale of the Swan-Knight in a comprehensive full instrumental and vocal score Breitkopf

in Full Score-The first and briefest of The Ring operas 'Das Rheingold' is very difficult to find in full orchestral and vocal score. Reprinted meticulously from the authoritative edition.

Description A fairytale opera in three acts. One of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire, first produced in Welmar during Christmas 1893, it remains an operatic rarity.

Written during the composer’s years as a professor at the renowned Moscow Conservatory this volume presents a clear and thorough introduction to the study of harmony - a complete course in writing music featuring numerous examples and exercises. It functions equally well as a classroom text an adjunct to private instruction or as a guide to individual musicians. Out of print for several decades and exceedingly rare in its original edition the Guide to Practical Study of Harmony holds an intrinsic historical interest. This is the unabridged republication of the classic 1900 edition and is an excellent manual which remains as useful and instructive today as it wasat the turn of the 20th century.

Description Superbly produced full score edition of one of the most commonly produced works on the operatic stage today. Peters edition.