Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : The Seven Great Operas K. 366, 384, 492, 527, 588, 620, 621

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus The Magic Flute K. 620 Facsimile of Mozart's autograph score The Seven Great Operas in Facsimile Editions of Mozart?s Autograph Scores ?Idomeneo?, ?Die Entführung aus dem Serail?, ?Le nozze di Figaro?, ?Don Giovanni?, ? Così fan tutte ?, ?Die Zauberflöte ?, ?La clemenza di Tito? ? Mozart?s seven great operas, his brilliant contribution to music theatre and world culture, are unequalled in their depth of human characterisation and musical expression. Through happy coincidence, all seven opera scores have survived almost complete in Mozart?s manuscript. The Packard Humanities Institute (PHI, Los Altos , California ) has now embarked on producing a facsimile edition of the seven autograph scores. Mozart scholars, libraries and of course all lovers of Mozart?s stage works now have the opportunity of acquiring these priceless manuscripts in flawless reproductions. At the same time, all risks about preserving Mozart?s legacy for the world of music are taken care of. The Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) charitable foundation, known for its philanthropic programmes in the arts and sciences, has forged an ideal cooperation for the Mozart project. Under the scholarly direction of an editorial board (Ulrich Konrad , David Packard, Wolfgang Rehm , Christoph Wolff; General editor Dietrich Berke) the International Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg and the libraries where Mozart?s manuscripts are held are working together with the Packard Humanities Institute. The production of the volumes is exquisite, for the digitalization of the manuscripts has been undertaken using the latest technology, which allows for an astounding level of authenticity and precision in detail. The printing follows the uncompromisingly high standards demanded by the edition. All seven volumes include essays on the history of literature and ideas by Hendrik Birus , Hans Joachim Kreutzer and Robert Miller as well as musicological introductions by leading Mozart scholars in German and English. The facsimile edition will be distributed by Bärenreiter- Verlag . - consolidation of Mozart manuscripts held in different places - highest level of precision in reproduction and authenticity of colour through use of the latest technology - unique offer thanks to project sponsorship by the Packard Humanities Institute (Los Altos, California) Precision in reproduction thanks to cutting edge technology In preparing the manuscripts for reproduction, equipment was used in line with the highest technical standards currently available. Mozart?s original manuscripts of the seven operas are held by several libraries. For five of the operas, the different acts have even ended up in different libraries following World War II. Thus, the autograph of Act I of ? Così fan tutte ? is in the Jagiellonian Library in Kraków and the second act in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin ? Preußischer Kulturbesitz . In order to achieve a uniformly high level of precision in reproduction and authenticity of colour both within a work and for all seven editions, the use of the same technical equipment in all the different places was a prerequisite. Specialist from the Salzburg firm ? Kirchberger Photography? were employed, were provided with the latest equipment by the Packard Humanities Institute and also given special additional training in the modern technology by specialists in the USA. Proofs of each edition were compared with the original in each location and improved until the likeness could not be bettered in all details. Mozart?s music and text notation is reproduced extremely clearly, and even those places where Mozart corrected or had rubbed out marks he had already made, appear in these editions in a previously unmatched transparency.

Facsimile of Mozarts autograph score-The Packard Humanities Institute Los Altos Ca in association with the International Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg present a facsimilie edition of the autograph scores of the seven great Mozart operas. Mozart's seven great operas his brilliant contribution to music theatre and world culture are unequalled in their depth of human characterisation and musical expression. Now Mozart scholars libraries and lover's of Mozart's stage works have the oppertunity to acquire these priceless manuscripts in flawless reproductions. All volumes include essays on the history of the work and introduction by leading Mozartscholars in English and German Consolidation of Mozart manuscripts held in different places Highest level of precision in reproduction and authenticity of colour through use of the latest technology 'I regard it as a true privilege to be able to read and study Mozart's scores in his manuscript hand... The commanding clarity and the characteristic appearance of Mozart's handwriting are unique'     - Kent Nagano (Conductor)

Description Guitar And Flute Duets Compiled and arranged by Peter Draper. Forty-seven duets for intermediate players with study hints for each piece. Songlist A Happy And Harmonious Blacksmith (Air - Suite No.5 In E Hwv 430) [Handel, George Frideric] Allegro In D (Mozart) Alman [Johnson, Robert] Berceuse [Faure, Gabriel] Come Again [Dowland, John] El Majo Discreto [Granados, Enrique] Gavotte [Turk, Daniel Gottlob] Invention No.10 (Js Bach) Kemp's Jig (Downland) Largo (Xerxes) [Handel, George Frideric] Le Marc-antoine (Blavet) Le Tambourin [Rameau, Jean-philippe] Le Tambourin (Leclair) Lento (Telemann) March [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Minuet (Blavet) Minuet (Don Giovanni) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Minuet (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Minuet (Schubert) Minuet From Orpheus (Gluck) Minuet I (Purcell) Minuet Ii (Purcell) Minuet In G Minor [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Minuetto (Paganini) Minuetto Giocoso [Haydn, Franz Joseph] Moment Musicale Op.94 No.3 [Schubert, Franz] Musette [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Pastorale (Vivaldi) Playera (Granados) Prelude In E Minor Op.28 No.4 [Chopin, Frederic] Preludio [Corelli, Arcangelo] Rage Over A Lost Penny [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] Recuerdos De La Alhambra (Tarrega) Recuerdos de la Alhambra [Tarrega, Francisco] Rondo [Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel] Serenade [Haydn, Franz Joseph] Siciliano [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Sicilienne [Paradies, Pietro] Sonata In A No.483 (Scarlatti) Sonatine In D Minor (Beethoven) Tango [Albeniz, Isaac] The Organ Grinder From Die Winterreise Op.89 (Schubert) Theme And Variation On A Theme By Rossini (Chopin) Tre Giorni (Pergolesi) Valse (Tchaikovsky) Waltz [Brahms, Johannes] Waltz (Lyric Pieces) [Grieg, Edvard] Waltz In A Minor (Chopin) What If I Never Speede (Downland)

Mozart's lieder reveal him to be a dramatist in miniature. Even if he failed to cultivate this genre systematically he nevertheless directed his creative powers toward the lied at all stages of his career. His first effort (now lost) was written at the age of six or seven and he took up the genre again and again at irregular intervals down to the final year of his life. None the less Mozart usually chose to write a lied only when there was a special occasion for doing so. Even the preface to the firt complete edition of his lieder published in 1799 by Breitkopf & Härtel refers to them as 'occasional pieces' as does the Leipzig Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung inthe same year. Mozart himself doubtless regarded these ingenious little works as 'pieces for friends' and was not disposed to think of them as particularly significant. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition Singing score with piano reduction English translations of the texts