Quintet no.33 for two violins, two violas and cello - Opus 80

SKU: FZ.6273

ISBN 9790049062732. 24.00 x 33.00 cm inches.

This facsimile of an original and the manuscript by George Onslow is part of our Dominantes collection. Quintet no. 33 for two violins, two violas and cello - Opus 80. Edition: Paris, Brandus, 1852. Work composed in 1849/1850. Facsimile publication of all the sources. Presentation: Introduction, essential dates of George Onslow's life - differences of detail between the three sources. A work of music of the finest quality, much admired by Berlioz. The documentation is very complete: autograph separate parts and published edition, full score by Gouffe. - Original edition in separate parts, Paris, Brandus, 1852. 33rd quartet opus 80 (in c minor and major): 1st violin - 2nd violin - 1st viola - 2nd viola - Cello. - Autograph manuscript in separate parts. Composed in 1849/50. 1st violin - 2nd violin - 1st viola - 2nd viola - Cello. - Manuscript score in Gouffe's hand. Collection supervised by the musicologist Jean Saint-Arroman, professor at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris and at the CEFEDEM Ile de France (Training Centre for Music Teachers). He is the author of the majority of our prefaces and has also been involved in library searches.
Facsimile of a copy in the National Library of Paris (France). Anne Fuzeau Classique propose period copies of classical music scores.

SKU: FZ.6262

ISBN 9790049062626. 24.00 x 33.00 cm inches.

This facsimile of an original and the manuscript by George Onslow is part of our Dominantes collection. Quintet no. 32 for two violins, two violas and cello - Opus 78. Editions: Paris, Brandus, (undated = 1851). Composition: 1848. Presentation: Introduction, essential dates of George Onslow's life, the Brandus edition and the Gouffe copy. Brandus edition in separate parts: 1st violin - 2nd violin - 1st viola - 2nd viola - cello. Quintet in d minor. Manuscript full score in Gouffe's hand. An absolutely remarkable chamber music work. The composer, now becoming better known thanks to Viviane Niaux' biography, should now receive the recognition he deserves. Collection supervised by the musicologist Jean Saint-Arroman, professor at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris and at the CEFEDEM Ile de France (Training Centre for Music Teachers). He is the author of the majority of our prefaces and has also been involved in library searches.
Facsimile of a copy in the National Library of Paris (France). Anne Fuzeau Classique propose period copies of classical music scores.

SKU: FZ.6274

ISBN 9790049062749. 24.00 x 33.00 cm inches.

This facsimile of an original and the manuscript by George Onslow is part of our Dominantes collection. Quintet no. 34 for two violins, two violas and cello - Opus 82. Editions: Paris, Brandus, 1852. Composition: 1850. Presentation: Introduction, essential dates of George Onslow's life - differences of detail between the sources. The full score by Achille Gouffe, included in the present edition, contains a version with double bass and no second viola. A very interesting formation for present-day musicians. - Original Brandus edition in separate parts: 1st violin - 2nd violin - 1st viola - 2nd viola - Cello. - Score copied by Gouffe. Collection supervised by the musicologist Jean Saint-Arroman, professor at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris and at the CEFEDEM Ile de France (Training Centre for Music Teachers). He is the author of the majority of our prefaces and has also been involved in library searches.
Facsimile of a copy in the National Library of Paris (France). Anne Fuzeau Classique propose period copies of classical music scores.

SKU: CA.5008212

ISBN 9790007223113. Key: A minor. Language: all languages.

Score available separately - see item CA.5008200.

SKU: HL.50600898

ISBN 9790080149331. 10.25x14.25x0.41 inches. Mate Bella.

The title of the piece refers to Lethe, one of the rivers of Hades, known from Greek mythology. The meaning of the world is 'oblivion'; the dead souls were drinking from it in order to forget about their earthly life, whose memories might have poisoned their eternal life. According to tradition, river Lethe also the symbol of time as a dynamically moving, flowing, changing entity. Mate Bella's composition follows this ancent symbolic structure, the flow of this mythical river and its waves in the acoustic space created by the music. The composer prescribes an unusual arrangement of the string orchestra, reminiscent of the polychoral technique of composition of the early Baroque, with larger and smaller groups of performers. To the right and left of the podium sit string quintets (two violins, a viola, a cello and a double bass), while the center is held by a larger string ensemble (eight violins, two violas and two cellos). The musical materials for the quintets are somewhat solistic, but the parts diverge and reunite repeatedly, while becoming shorter or eventually fading out into oblivion. The workings of these resemble the waves of a river, followed by ever smaller ripples and whirls of the surface.The piece was commissioned by the Musica Viva concert series of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. (Janos Malina).