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The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composers presents a comprehensive survey of historical organ pieces by women composers alongside six newly commissioned works. The music is stylistically varied and encompasses secular and sacred repertoire from a range of periods. In addition to original organ repertoire, the collection also contains several organ transcriptions in new arrangements for the instrument. ? 42 pieces for manuals and pedals, in a variety of musical forms, suitable for use at church services or as recital repertoire ? Original music for the instrument, spanning the sixteenth century to the present day, including compositions by Amy Beach, Clementine de Bourges, Nadia Boulanger, Jeanne Demessieux, Cecilia McDowall, Clara Schumann, and Ethyl Smyth, plus commissions from Kristina Arakelyan, Miriam Carpinetti, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, Isabelle Ryder, Amy Summers, and Rebecca Groom te Velde ? Standalone miniatures, movements from organ sonatas and symphonies, transcriptions of piano, harpsichord, and flute pieces, and an orchestral opera overture ? A variety of difficulty levels, from ABRSM Grades 2-3 through to Diploma standard, with a graded index provided

990 Difficult Passages From the Symphonic Repertoire Instrument : Oboe (English horn) Nombre de Pages : 64 Content : Franck: Symphony in D minor - Variations Symphoniques - Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G major Oxford - Symphony No. 94 in G major The Surprise - Symphony No. 97 in C major - Symphony No. 100 in G major Military - Symphony No. 101 in D major The Clock - Symphony No. 103 in E flat major With the Roll of the Kettledrum - Symphony No. 104 in D major London - Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 56 Scottish - Symphony No. 4 in A major, op. 90 Italian - Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64 - A Midsummer Night's Dream. Overture, op. 21 - Fingal's Cave. Overture, op. 26 - Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C major KV 338 - Symphony No. 35 in D major KV 385 - Symphony No. 36 in C major KV 425 - Symphony No. 38 in D major Prague KV 504 - Symphony No. 40 in G minor KV 550 - Symphony No. 41 in C major Jupiter KV 551 - Piano Concerto in D minor KV 466 - Piano Concerto in B flat major KV 595 - Violin Concerto in G major KV 216 - Violin Concerto in D Major KV 218 - Violin Concerto in A major KV 219 - Oboe Concerto in C major KV 314 - Il Seraglio Overture KV 384 - The Marriage of Figaro Overture KV 492 - Don Giovanni Overture KV 527 - Cosi fan tutte Overture KV 588 - The Magic Flute Overture KV 620 - Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture - Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture - The Thievish Magpie Overture - Semiramide Overture - L'Italiana in Algeri Overture - La Scala di Seta Overture - Tancredi Overture - William Tell Overture - Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor - Symphony No. 5 in B flat major - Symphony No. 7 in C major - Symphony No. 8 in B minor - Rosamunde Overture - Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, op. 38 - Symphony No. 2 in C major, op. 61 - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 97 - Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120 - Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 - Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture - J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus Overture - The Gypsy Baron Overture - Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 36 - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64 - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74 Pathétique - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23 - Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35 - Le Casse-Noisette Ballet Suite, op. 71a - Swan Lake Ballet Suite - Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy - Wagner: The Flying Durchman Overture - Tannhäuser Overture - Lohengrin - Tristan and Isolde - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Overture - Siegfried Idyl - Weber: The Ruler of the Spirits Overture - Euryanthe Overture - Oberon Overture - Der Freischütz Overture

Vaughan Williams wrote his Symphony No. 8 between 1953 and 1955 when he was in his eighties. It is his shortest symphony and is considered by many to be his least serious. Aside from a few sombre moments the symphony is optimistic in mood and displays Vaughan Williams's love for exotic and colourful combinations of instruments with a percussion sections that he said employs 'all the 'phones and 'spiels known to the composer'. For this newly engraved edition editor David Lloyd-Jones has consulted all extant sources and materials to create a score matching the composer's intentions. 

This 'symphony' for solo organ takes inspiration from the late Baroque and mid-Classical styles most noticeably Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Although there is advice on the intended style the approach to registration is flexible allowing a range of interpretation and enjoyment for performer and listener alike.

Following the earlier volumes in the Studies in Musical Genesis and Structure series Mahler's Fourth Symphony is a study of origins of one of Mahler's most popular and accessible works. James Zychowicz examines how the composition evolved from the earliest ideas to the finished score and in doing so sheds new light on Mahler's working process.Readership: Students and scholars of Mahler nineteenth-century music and history of symphony

Premiered at the Borealis Festival Bergen in March 2009 this single movement symphony for solo organ is a deconstruction and devlopment of an unfinished Bach chorale prelude. With a powerful ending this is a challenging and highly rewarding work.

Vaughan Williams 5th Symphony is a set work on the new AQA A-Level Music Syllabus. This new large format study score has been produced after feedback from teachers.It is newly engraved easy to read and has space for students to make notesIt corrects misprints included in the previous editionsIt includes a preface by Vaughan Williams scholar Michael Kennedy on the history of the work

Discusses some 118 works by 36 major composers from Beethoven and Brahms to Sibelius and Stravinsky.In The Symphony renowned critic Michael Steinberg offers music lovers a monumental guide to this most celebrated of musical forms with perceptive commentaries on some 118 works by 36 major composers.

Finnissy's Organ Symphony No. 2 is based in the sound world of late nineteenth-century France. Although there is advice on the intended style the approach to registration is flexible allowing a range of interpretation and enjoyment for performer and listener alike.

Hardback-Ralph Vaughan Williams's 6th Symphony was composed immediately after the Second World War and its dramatic and at times violent musical language was long felt to be a comment on that conflict (though the composer denied it had any programmatic intent). Its power and invention were immediately recognized and it has remained part of the concert repertoire ever since. For this newly engraved edition editor David Lloyd-Jones has consulted all extant sources and materials to create a score matching the composer's intentions.

Violin 2-Based on the Henle Complete Edition of the Works of Joseph HaydnOrchestral parts in a large format (25.5 x 32.5 cm)Full score and orchestral parts available for saleHaydn's Symphonies no.90 91 and 92 were commissioned in 1788 by Prince Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein who was to be granted exclusive ownership. Haydn however first sold the works to the Parisian Masonic lodge Société Olympique and was thus unable to fulfil his obligation to send the autograph scores to the prince.Haydn's Symphony No.92 received its nickname ?Oxford? in the 19th century probably in connectionwith a performance that took place when the composer received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University in 1791.This edition continues the collaboration between Bärenreiter and the Henle publishing company regarding Haydn?s large-scale choral works operas and symphonies. It is based on the Henle Complete Edition of the Works of Joseph Haydn. Bärenreiter has published the complete performance material for several Sturm und Drang symphonies and all of the London and Paris symphonies.