SKU: TM.08939SC
No score.
SKU: CF.W2657
ISBN 9780825891120. UPC: 798408091125. 9 x 12 inches.
On May 29, 1913, an over-capacity audience in Paris’ Théâtre desChamps-Élysées witnessed an historical spectacle as they became a brutecatalyst in the most (in)famous opening night of the twentieth century.The Rite of Spring premiered that evening in the midst of a riot inspiredby the overwhelming primitivism both onstage and in the score.One-hundred plus years later, the music still incites the senses. The balletwas first published in 1914 in a reduction for two pianos, and serves asa basis for this arrangement. This edition is presented in honor of thecentennial of the ballet’s premiere, and is intended to give soloists andaccompanists a chance to perform this monumental work.On May 29, 1913, an over-capacity audience in Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées witnessedan historical spectacle as they became a brute catalyst in the most (in)famous opening nightof the twentieth century. The Rite of Spring premiered that evening in the midst of a riotinspired by the overwhelming primitivism both onstage and in the score. Subtitled “Picturesof Pagan Russia,” the ancient scenes were evoked using contemporary musical innovations,shattering expectations of a more traditional Ballet Russe production.How was an ancient ritual of sacrifice to the earth to be scored? The unevolved pesantecharacter of a village gathering was portrayed by odd time signatures and accents. Melodieswere geometrically woven as dissonant pastorales with grace-notes mimicking gutturalbreaks in primal voices. Instruments were orchestrated against the grain, straining soundsinto unrecognizable timbres. And just like the dancers on stage, musicians were organizedinto alternating groups often clashing with one another.One-hundred plus years later, the music still incites the senses. The ballet was first publishedin 1914 in a reduction for two pianos, and serves as a basis for this arrangement. This editionis presented in honor of the centennial of the ballet’s premiere, and is intended to give soloistsand accompanists a chance to perform this monumental work. Both movements may beplayed alone, and the first movement may also serve as a solo piece.
SKU: LM.26023
ISBN 3327850260239.
Were you there (Negro Spiritual) - BACH : Choral - BARTOK : Danse du gardien de cochons - BEETHOVEN : Theme varie (extrait Op.107 n. 7) - BRAHMS : Berceuse (Lied) - DVORAK : Feuille d'album - HAYDN : La bonne humeur (Lied) - JANACEK : Trois petites danses - JOPLIN : Country Club (Ragtime) - LULLY : Air pour un docteur portant une tete d'ane (Ballet de l'Amour malade) - PURCELL : Ritournelle - SCHUBERT : Deux danses (Valse et Ecossaise) - SMETANA : Danse tcheque - TCHAIKOWSKY : Chant populaire russe - VIVALDI : Il Pastor fido (extrait de la 2e sonate).
SKU: BT.DHP-1115074-050
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Ravel's ballet, Daphnis and Chloé, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered with the Ballets Russes in Paris in 1912. The ballet is now rarely performed, but its Suite No. 2 remains popular. It consists of three movements, Lever du jour, Pantomime and Danse générale, that are played without interruption. Tohru Takahashi makes no compromises in his transcription, which calls for at least 60 musicians and an optional mixed chorus!De Suite Nr. 2 uit Daphnis and Chloe bevat de muziek uit het derde deel van het ballet en bestaat uit de delen Lever du jour, Pantomime en Danse générale. Zonder onderbreking worden deze na elkaar gespeeld.In zijn nieuwe transcriptie voor blaasorkest deed Tohru Takahashi geen enkele concessie. Om het werk precies volgens de partituur uit te voeren, hebt u een orkestbezetting van zestig of meer muzikanten nodig. Een gemengd kooris ook wenselijk, maar dankzij de stichnoten (cue notes) is het werk ook zonder koor uit te voeren.Die Suite Nr. 2 aus Daphnis and Chloe enthält die Musik aus dem dritten Teil des Balletts und besteht aus den drei Sätzen Lever du jour, Pantomime und Danse générale, die ohne Unterbrechung nacheinander gespielt werden. In seiner neuen Blasorchester-Transkription ging Tohru Takahashi keinerlei Kompromisse ein. Um das Werk gemä? der Partitur aufzuführen, ist eine Orchesterstärke von 60 oder mehr Musikern, sowie ein gemischter Chor erforderlich; dank der Stichnoten ist es auch ohne Chor spielbar.La Suite n°2 correspond au troisième tableau du ballet Daphnis et Chloé. Lever du jour, Pantomime et Danse générale sont interprétés sans interruption. Cette nouvelle transcription pour orchestre d'harmonie ne fait aucun compromis. Non seulement il vous faudra réunir un ensemble de 60 musiciens ou plus afin de respecter la partition, mais un choeur mixte est également essentiel. Cependant, si les notes secondaires (ou petites notes) sont jouées par les musiciens, le choeur est alors ad libitum.La Suite Nr. 2 da Daphnis and Chloe contiene la musica della terza parte del balletto. Essa è composta da tre movimenti: Lever du jour, Pantomine e Danse générale, eseguite senza interruzione. Nella sua nuova trascrizione per banda, TohruTakahashi non è sceso a compromessi: per eseguire il brano sono necessari 60 o più musicisti come anche un coro misto. Se però le note secondarie (o piccole te), sono eseguite dai musicisti, il coro diventa ad libitum.
SKU: BR.PB-5650
ISBN 9790004215470. 10.5 x 14 inches.
Daphnis et Chloe is certainly not only one of Ravel's best works, but also one of French music's most beautiful creations, thus, Stravinsky's view of this ballet in his memoirs, published in 1935. Composing the work, commissioned by the Ballets Russes, turned out to be problematic, involving linguistic differences and remuneration disagreements that dragged on among the choreographer, impresario, and composer. Too few rehearsals, a difficult choreography, tricky 5/4-meter, and other oddities in the music probably led, ultimately, to a subdued reception of the work at its Paris premiere in 1912. Only a later production with costumes and set by Chagall significantly contributed to the ballet's success. Today the work is a monument to Impressionist orchestration, incorporating the narration within the sound material. Each instrument is treated in the most effective way possible. Remarkable are the strings' extreme divisi, their harmonics' glissandi, and other enigmatic effects, such as utilizing a wordless chorus. Individual performances without choir likely go back to a makeshift arrangement that Ravel produced to facilitate performance at less prominent venues. The appendix to the Urtext edition includes this alternative version. The Ravel specialist Jean-Francois Monnard has also edited this ballet with detailed attention to the customary Urtext standard. The preface and critical report include numerous references to both genesis and performance history as well as interpretation, correcting also previously handed-down errors. The large format of the conductor's score and orchestral parts are easy to read and support the clarity and transparency of the modern notation without any loss to the magic of Ravel's music. Stay tuned for the publication of the corresponding suites in the upcoming years.
SKU: FA.MFCD017B
8.27 x 11.69 inches.
Contains Le Roi Lear: Prelude,Premiere Fanfare, and La Mort de Cordelia,Toomai des elephants, Rodrigue et Chimene: Prelude a l'acte 1p. Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien: La Passion , and No-ja-li ou Le Palais du SilenceFrom Robert Orledge's notes:My interest in the wonderful music of Claude Debussy began in the 1980s when I researched and published a book with Cambridge University Press entitled Debussy and the Theatre. During the course of my studies in Paris, I was amazed to discover that Debussy planned over 50 theatrical works but only finished two of these entirely by himself (the opera Pelleas et Melisande in 1893-1902 and the ballet Jeux for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1912-13). Of the rest, many were never started musically (like Siddartha and Orphee-roi with the Oriental scholar Victor Segalen, 1907); some had a few tantalising sketches (like the Edgar Allan Poe opera Le Diable dans le beffroi, 1902-03); some were half-finished (like his other Poe opera La Chute de la Maison Usher, 1908-17); while others were musically complete but had their orchestrations completed by other composers (like Khamma, by Charles Koechlin, 1912-13; or Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien and La Boite a joujoux by his 'angel of corrections' ['l'ange des Corrections'] Andre Caplet in 1911 and 1919 respectively).For it has to be admitted that what some scholars call Debussy's 'compulsive achievement' could equally well be viewed as laziness, especially as far as the minute detail required for calligraphing his orchestral scores was concerned. It was as if creating the music itself was of greater importance than controlling its final sound, even if Debussy was an imaginative orchestrator when he found the time and energy to do it. It also seems true that Debussy also preferred inventing ideas to turning them into complete pieces. However, despite the lack of detail in many of his sketches (missing clefs, key signatures, dynamics, phrasing, etc.) the notes themselves are surprisingly accurate, whether or not they can be compared with a later draft. Thus, a large number of sketches exist for his Chinese ballet No-ja-li ou Le Palais du Silence and it is not too difficult to see which parts of Georges de Feure's 1913 scenario (see below) inspired which ideas. But Debussy hardly made any attempt to join them together after the first few bars.It was usually up to his publisher, Jacques Durand, to find solutions when Debussy risked a breach of contract. Debussy was supposed to supervise the orchestrations completed by others, but this supervision was usually very light and restricted to quiet, sensitive moments in which problems were easier to spot. Far from jealously guarding every one of his created notes, as Ravel did, Debussy once even went as far as to ask Koechlin to 'write a ballet for him that he would sign' on 26 March 1914 when he was hard-pressed to fulfil his lucrative contract for No-ja-li with Andre Charlot at the Alhambra Theatre in London. In the end, Debussy (through Durand) sent Charlot the symphonic suite Printemps instead, whose orchestration had been completed by Henri Busser in the Spring of 1912.So, when I was offered early retirement as Professor of Music at Liverpool University in 2004, I seized the opportunity it would give me to spend time trying to reconstruct some of Debussy's lost potential masterpieces from his existing sketches and drafts--then orchestrating them in Debussy's style when this was appropriate. I had begun this mission in 2001 with the most promising project, the missing parts of Scene 2 of La Chute de la Maison Usher and the sheer joy it gave me at every stage persuaded me to tackle other projects, especially when Debussy experts were unable to identify exactly where I took over from Debussy (and vice versa) in Usher.
SKU: BT.ALHE33226
French.
French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded, the Ballet, The Blue Train, being no exception. Milhaud'scompositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality, as exemplified in The Blue Train. Composed in 1924, The Blue Train is a Ballet based on a scenario by Jean Cocteau, and composed for the Ballets Russes. The title is taken froma night train called The Blue Train, which transported wealth passengers from Calais to the Mediterranean Sea. In his reduction for Piano, Milhaud makes use of variation in articulation, complex rhythms, chromaticism, accidentals,harmonics, altering tempos, variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura, amongst other aspects. Milhaud's The Blue Train is essential to all advanced pianists seeking modern and exciting repertoire.
SKU: TM.08939SET
SKU: CY.CC2998
ISBN 9790530058176.
The Firebird is one of the most popular orchestral works from the 20th Century, first composed in 1910 for the Diaghilev Ballet Russe. This work was a breakthrough for Stravinsky as well as the world of music.The Berceuse is a very quite and mystical piece that conjures up wonderful imagery. Randy Malmstrom continues with yet another great arrangement. This one is about 4+ minutes in length, for Trombone Octet / ensemble and is suitable for advanced performers.
SKU: HL.48188704
UPC: 888680883966. 9x12.25 inches. French.
“French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded, the Ballet, The Blue Train, being no exception. Milhaud's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality, as exemplified in The Blue Train. Composed in 1924, The Blue Train is a Ballet based on a scenario by Jean Cocteau, and composed for the Ballets Russes. The title is taken from a night train called The Blue Train, which transported wealth passengers from Calais to the Mediterranean Sea. In his reduction for Piano, Milhaud makes use of variation in articulation, complex rhythms, chromaticism, accidentals, harmonics, altering tempos, variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura, amongst other aspects. Milhaud's The Blue Train is essential to all advanced pianists seeking modern and exciting repertoire.&rdquo.
SKU: HL.49044150
ISBN 9790001181679. UPC: 841886018457. 9.0x12.0x0.058 inches.
Mit einem Paukenschlag wurde die Musikwelt auf Erik Satie (1866-1925) aufmerksam: Als am 18. Mai 1817 sein Ballett 'Parade' uraufgefuhrt wurde, kam es zum Skandal. Die Produktion, an der auch Sergei Djagilew mit seinen 'Ballets Russes', Pablo Picasso (Buhnenbild und Kostume), Jean Cocteau (Handlung) sowie Leonide Massine (Choreographie) beteiligt waren, entzweite die Pariser Musikwelt, machte den Komponisten aber weithin bekannt. Satie, der kaum eine fundierte musikalische Ausbildung genossen hatte und fast zeit seines Lebens in Paris lebte, entwickelte einen neuen musikalischen Stil, in bewusster Abkehr vom 'Wagnerisme' seiner Zeit. Klassische Formmodelle, neue Harmonik, Leichtigkeit im Stil, Meditatives und Clowneskes verschmolzen originell. Zum Musterbeispiel dafur sind seine '3 Gymnopedies' von 1888 geworden, deren erste hier fur ein Soloinstrument mit Klavierbegleitung arrangiert wurde: Das Musizieren dieser beruhmtesten Miniatur von Satie wird damit auch Nicht-Pianisten ermoglichst - die einfache Spielbarkeit erlaubt den Einsatz auch fur padagogische Zwecke.
SKU: HL.49020783
ISBN 9783254000620. German.
Heinrich Strobel hat mit dieser Biographie einen wichtigen Beitrag zum tieferen Verstandnis Debussys und seiner Musik geleistet. Sein Buch ist weder ein Schlachtfeld entwicklungsgeschichtlicher Dialektik noch ein Friedhof gesicherter Erkenntnisse. Aus genauester Kenntnis der Fakten wird vielmehr jede Situation bildhaft heraufgerufen, das Hier und Jetzt in dem der Mensch und Kunstler Debussy lebte und wirkte. Menschen und Dinge, Gedanken und Handlungen erstehen so vor dem Leser mit der sprechenden Unmittelbarkeit lebendiger Gegenwart. Die Kunst der Andeutung, der Nuance, jene Grazie und phantasievolle Eleganz, die Debussy liebte und die aus jedem seiner Werke spricht, sie findet sich gespiegelt in diesem Buch. In Bericht und Deutung gewinnt es auf diese Weise eine uberzeugende Authentizitat. Die Leidensjahre am Conservatoire, die in Debussy den Hass gegen alles Hergebrachte wachsen liessen, das italienische Exil des Rompreistragers, die intensive, fortschreitend kritische, schliesslich antipodische Beziehung zum Werk Richard Wagners, die Literatur des Symbolismus und ihre Dichter, die Musik des Fernen Ostens, die Werke der alten Meister, die kuhle Formkunst und der rhythmische Elan des Ballets Russes: Richtpunkte und Stationen, in deren Spannungsfeld sich, allen Widerstanden zum Trotz, ein Oeuvre ausformte, dem die Musik unseres Jahrhunderts starkste Impulse verdankte.
SKU: BU.EBR-A094
ISBN 9790560151960. 8.58 x 12.48 inches.
La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époque moderne.Proposer tout à la fois des « incontournables » du répertoire classique et des pièces de compositeurs parfois oubliés, toutes d’une valeur pédagogique indéniable, tels sont les objectifs que nous nous sommes fixés. Chaque pièce, vendue à l’unité, a fait l’objet d’un travail éditorial attentif, tant sur le plan de l’établissement du texte musical que de sa gravure, afin de garantir aux musiciens les conditions indispensables aux plaisirs tirés du commerce fréquent de ces œuvres.Les partitions sont proposées sous la forme d’ouvrages traditionnels (feuillets papier), et disponibles également par téléchargement.Le Lac des cygnes (Lebedinoje osero en russe) est un ballet en quatre actes, créé au Théâtre Bolchoï de Moscou en 1877. Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski en est le compositeur et Vladimir Begichev le librettiste (qui se basa sur une vieille légende allemande, le Voile dérobé, tiré des « contes populaires des Allemands »).À l'époque, le public était peu habitué à une musique aussi « symphonique » pour un ballet : celui-ci connut une « déconvenue humiliante » (Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski).Après maintes modifications apportées autant sur la structure que la chorégraphie ou la partition, le Lac des cygnes (le deuxième acter seulement) fut représenté au Théâtre Impérial Mariinski à la mémoire du compositeur décédé le 6 novembre 1893…puis connu le succès qu'il méritait le 15 janvier 1895 dans une version presque définitive, sous l’influence du célèbre Petipa.Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski essaie de rassembler dans Le lac des cygnes les éléments traditionnels du ballet grâce à une musique qui porte en elle une narration puissante. Il évalue avec soin l'importance de ces différents éléments : l'action et les scènes narratives sont un exemple de ce qui est appelé sa « manière symphonique », les danses qui accompagnent l'action sont musicalement très riches, et les divertissements sont aussi légers qu’attrayants.Le Lac des cygnes est l'un des ballets les plus célèbres au monde.
