Dover-Publications - Orchestra

in Full Score-This terrific Dover edition includes 'The Beautiful Blue Danube' 'Artist's Life' 'Roses From The South' and 'The Emperor Waltz' and all four other great waltzes from the composer widely regarded as the greatest exponent in this genre. Full Score.

In Full Score-This new Dover edition presents both the symphonic masterpieces Nos.8 and 9. Among the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire they are reprinted here from authoritative editions in one inexpensive practical volume.

Fantasia In C Minor Op.80 (Choral Fantasy)-This volume contains two of Beethoven's most unusual highly innovative and original works: the Concerto in C Major Op. 56 for piano violin cello and orchestra; and the Fantasia in C Minor Op. 80 for piano chorus and orchestra.To this day the 'Triple Concerto' remains part of a rare breed in the literature--a fascinating symphonic framework of interaction between the classical orchestra and a trio of intimately interdependent soloists. The work remains a favorite vehicle of the great Beethoven specialists with numerous recordings by legendary performers.The 'Choral Fantasy' is a rarity in the Beethoven canon of ensemble music uniting thevirtuoso display of a semi-improvisational solo piano with the vocal and instrumental richness of chorus and orchestra. Said to have been composed under great time pressure the Fantasy concludes with an extensive choral setting of a text by an unknown poet: 'Schmeichelnd hold und lieblich klingen' ('Flatteringly lovely and fair are the sounds of our life?s harmonies...Accept gladly the gifts of beautiful art...').Reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel editions this volume offers musicians and music lovers an inexpensive high-quality full score of two exceptional works.

Two of Saint-Saens most popular works appear together in this affordable volume. First composed in a song form Danse Macabre was later rewritten as a symphonic poem. It is important to remember that risque music was considered more daring and controversial than today and audiences at its 1875 debut were resistant to its unconventional charms but it eventually became a crowd pleaser. Havanaise is among the most challenging of violin and orchestra pieces but a standard showpiece in the repertoire of every serious violinist. Based on the Cuban dance Habanera the 1887 work features a languid mood highlighted by bursts of virtuoso activity. This volumecontains the full score for violin and orchestra of both these magnificent pieces.

In the early years of our century when vital new forces were revolutionising the arts Russian-born Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) was one of the visionary pioneers who sought a new musical language. At least a full decade before the advances of Stravinsky and Schoenberg Scriabin had begun the process of a complete break with all musical conventions. By 1905 he was immersed in a search for a way to express in sound the mystical and theosophical ideas obsessed him. Scriabin’s last two orchestral works were the products of a virtual delirium of composing. Simultaneously refining his poem called Poem of Ecstasy andcompleting the symphony that grew out of it (and shared its name) Scriabin never forgot the rapture of composing this work about creation and self-fulfilment: “I gasp for breath but oh what bliss! The very meter kindles the meaning…” Prometheus: Poem of Fire – Scriabin’s last and most revolutionary symphony – portrays Man’s epic journey from the mists of beginning time to a wonderous self-realisation given the gift of fire and light to make creative vision possible. Massively scored Prometheus incorporates a “colour Organ” to bathe the performance space in a vast interplay of coloured lights. For the music professional and every student of composition orchestration and conducting both scores are strikingly original and instructive. Equally fascinating are Scriabin’s approach to composition the extraordinary sonorities of his orchestra and his fanciful often supercharged performance instructions that replace conventional words for tempo mood and expression.

This magnificent work incorporates twelve concertos for violins and string orchestra organized as four sets. Each set contains a concerto for four solo violins one for two violins and one for a single solo violin.

Based on a cycle of six poems translated from the Chinese by Hans Bethge. For tenor alto or baritone and orchestra.

Mahler's third symphony scored for a massive orchestra was conceived as a vast cycle in six movements. This miniature-score edition offers an opportunity to study the orchestral innovations of this great music and explore the genius of the composer often regarded as the last great Austrian symphonist.

For A Dead Princess in Full Score-With the premiere in 1908 of Rapsodie Espagnole Ravel’s first entirely orchestral composition the French composer achieved renown as a highly original and imaginative composer. In 1911 he recast the Mother Goose Suite his extremely successful work for piano four-hands as an orchestral work. Based on five fairy tales among them 'Sleeping Beauty' 'Tom Thumb' and 'Beauty and the Beast' this collection continues to enchant listeners of all ages with its variety of moods. After a decade after its initial appearance as a piano work Ravel transcribed his evocative Pavane For A Dead Princess for orchestra now one of his best-known and most frequentlyperformed compositions. These three rich orchestral settings are presented in full score in this authoritative edition.

in Full Score-The Piano Concerto In A Minor (Op. 16) is one of the most popular concertos ever written and one of the most recognisable of all musical works in the repertoire.Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) was born in Bergen Norway and studied Piano at the Leipzig Conservatory. He became interested in Norwegian folksong and began to employ it as a source of musical material and inspiration in his compositions. He was soon established as a major composer. Despite his success Grieg was of a retiring disposition and spent most of his time at his house in Troldhaugen near Bergen avoiding visitors and shunning public acclaim.

Considered by some as Verdi's finest composition this highly dramatic work combines original melodies with liturgical strains in a tour de force of melodic invention absolute technical mastery and virtuoso orchestration. This enduringly popular work is scored for four solo voices — Soprano Mezzo Soprano Tenor and Bass — chorus and Orchestra.Reproduced from the authoritative C. F. Peters edition.

Faced with the daunting legacy of Beethoven's symphonic works Brahms took twenty years to shape his first symphony- a masterpiece that premiered in 1876 to great critical acclaim. The expansive Symphony No.1 perfectly displays Brahm's ability to organise a variety of moods into a coherent whole. Published in full score ideal for study purpose.

Description Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.5 Reformation (Dover Miniature Score) In this staple of the orchestral repertoire, Mendelssohn interprets the Reformation in symphonic terms, building to a powerful series of variations on Martin Luther's confessional chorale, Ein feste Burg ist

Verdi's penultimate opera and tragic masterpiece Otello. With an inspired libretto by Arrigo Boito this adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello is a true masterpiece! Technically and aesthetically in the mastery of orchestration harmony and vocal writing this work represents a profound leap forward from earlier Verdi triumphs an example of his brilliant compositional powers.Definitive Ricordi edition.