Format : Score and Parts
SKU: HL.49019006
ISBN 9790001174619. 9.0x12.0x0.075 inches.
With his piano cycle Pictures at an Exhibition from 1874, Mussorgsky created a classic example of programme music. Based on the paintings of his deceased friend Viktor Hartmann, he also composed the lyrical serenade 'Il vecchio castello' (The Old Castle), among others. Hartmann's picture shows a medieval Italian castle with a singing troubadour who accompanies himself on the lute. In Maurice Ravel's subsequent famous orchestral version, the beautiful, melancholy melody was played by the alto saxophone. Accompaniment, prelude and interludes are reminiscent of playing a medieval hurdy-gurdy with its pervading drone bass. Therein lies the continuity of the piece, thereabove lies the quiet romance with its melancholy character - the unrequited love of the troubadour. This separate edition now gives all saxophonists the opportunity to play the piece with piano accompaniment.
SKU: HL.14021648
ISBN 9788774553526. 8.25x11.75x0.408 inches.
Pictures from an Exhibition were written by Moussorgsky in 1874 in tribute to the art of his friend Victor Alexandrowitch Hartmann. This series of ten short works for the piano represent the composer's impressions of some parts of the exhibition. Arranged by Alexander Borovsky.
SKU: HL.49005524
ISBN 9790001031547. UPC: 884088057824. 9.0x12.0x0.179 inches.
This new enlarged edition contains the easier pieces from Pictures at an Exhibition (Promenade, Gnomus, Il vecchio castello, Bydlo). An ideal anthology for Mussorgsky fans and newcomers to his work.
