Baroque Music for Solo Instrument & Keyboard, I

SKU: BR.EB-8029

ISBN 9790004174326. 9 x 12 inches.

This series of easy piano music for teaching purposes presents pupils in the lower and lower middle grades with a carefully chosen selection of well-known and lesser-known compositions by important masters. The volumes are deliberately kept small in extent, since it is more stimulating for children to change the teaching material frequently. There are four existing harpsichord books with a total of 226 compositions by Francois Couperin le Grand (1668 -1733). His works are as unknown to pianists as they are famous among harpsichord players. The grace and imaginativeness of his works lend themselves especially well to the sound of the harpsichord, which is why the piano interpretation of works by Couperin, Rameau, Scarlatti and other composers of that time has been categorically rejected. But, after all, the works of Bach and Handel were written for the haipsichord and clavichord, and no one would dare question their intetpretation on the pianoforte. In order to introduce these lmpressionists of the Baroque Era to piano instruction, the editor has added to this series a folio of both Couperin's and Rameau's (EB 8033) music. The selection of the pieces is based on two criteria: 1. relatively modest demands made on technique, 2. various musical forms of expression. The Butterflies and the Windmills are both especially typical of masterful character pieces. The demands made on technique certainly correspond to a level of moderate difficulty. The simplifications made are restricted to the artistically realized twopart accompaniment (eg. p. 4 f. and p. 8 f.) with regard to finger stretch and to the profuse ornamentation of the original. The indications for phrasing and articulation are those of the editor. The first two pieces have been precisely elaborated on in this respect to serve as a model, whereas the remaining pieces contain only suggestions. As in other folios of this series; what is here to be stressed, is the importance of working out independently the phrasing and the dynamics. Directions for this are given by the respective footnotes; these directions, however, are not obligatory. lndications pertaining to dynamics and tempo have been omitted completely; the clearly recognizable character of the individual pieces should be direction enough. The tonal possibilities of the piano should in any case be used subtly. The very precise fingerings have been adapted to the suggested phrasings and to the corresponding realization of trills (according to the table). Heinz Walter, Salzburg, Spring 1980.

SKU: BR.SMV-60004

ISBN 9790004571446. 0 x 0 inches. English.

Volume 1: Werke aus England William Byrd (Praludium, A Gigg) John Bull (Praludium, Dr. Bull's Juell) Giles Farnaby (Tower Hill) Henry Purcell (Praludium C, A Ground in Gamur) Werke aus Holland Jan Sweelinck (Variationen uber das Lied ,, Est-ce Mars) Werke aus Italien Girolamo Frescobaldi (Ballettto mit Corrente) Alessandro Poglietti (Capriccio ,, uber dass Hennergeschrey) Bernardo Pasquini (Tre Arie) Werke aus Frankreich Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres (Drei Tanzstucke) Louis Couperin (Drei Tanzstucke) Nicolas Antoine Le Begue (Gavotte mit Double) Werke aus Deutschland Johann Jakob Froberger (Suite C ,,Lamento) Georg Muffat (Passacaglia g) Johann Pachelbel (Ciacona f) Ferdinand Tobias Richter (Toccatina d) Johann Krieger (Partita G) Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer (Praludium D, Chaconne G) Johann Kuhnau (Biblische Historie Nr. 4) Matthias Weckmann (Toccata e) Jan A. Reinken (Fuge g) Dietrich Buxtehude (Suite uber den Choral ,,Auf meinen lieben Gott) Georg Bohm (Praludium, Fuge und Postludium) Volume 2: Domenico Scarlatti (10 Sonaten) Francois Couperin (Les Gastes da la grande et ancienne Mxnxstrxndxsx, Passacaille, Les Baricades Misterieuses, Les Moissoneurs) Jean Philippe Rameau (Musette en Rondeau, Gavotte, 2 Menuette, La Poule, L'Egiptienne, L'Enharmonique) Louis Claude Daquin (Le Coucou) Jean Francois Dandrieu (Le Gemissante) Georg Philipp Telemann (Fantasien E-dur und e-moll) Gottlieb Muffat (6. Suite aus den Componimenti musicali d-moll) Volume 3: B. Galuppi (Sonate) Padre Martini (Praludium und Fuge, Gavotte) P. D. Paradisi (Sonate) Etienne Nicolas Mehul (Menuett) Georg Christoph Wagenseil (Divertimento) Johann Schobert (Sonate) W. Friedemann Bach (Fuga, Fuga, Polonaise) Ph. E. Bach (Sonate, Rondo, Fantasia, Rondo, Fantasia) Johann Christian Bach (Sonate op. 17 Nr. 2) Georg Benda (Largo, Presto) Johann Wilhelm Hassler (Grande Gigue op. 31).

SKU: BR.EB-8937

ISBN 9790004186046. 0 x 0 inches.

Given that hardly any printed collections of new keyboard music were offered in Germany in the first decades of the 18th century, Christoph Graupner's eight Partien auf das Clavier , published in 1718, marked a new beginning. The suites are arranged according to an ascending sequence of notes and generally follow the scheme Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Gigue, but this order is repeatedly broken, also by movements that are rather unusual for a suite. The focus is on the characteristics of the individual movements and the joy of playing with figures typical for the movement or instrument, as well as on challenging playing techniques, such as hand changes in runs (passaggi), wide-ranging chord breaks and the use of the thumb, which was not very common at the time. In this respect, Graupner's suites offer not so much a formal advancement, but rather an expansion of the demands of playing technique. Although several CD recordings of these suites already exist, this volume constitutes the first modern Urtext edition. Complementing her scholarly activities, the editor Genevieve Soly provides important impulses on performance practice in the preface, especially on the execution of the passaggi and the ornamentation, thus opening up the view on her activity as a harpsichordist.

SKU: BR.EB-8033

ISBN 9790004174364. 9 x 12 inches.

This series of easy piano music for teaching purposes presents pupils in the lower and lower middle grades with a carefully chosen selection of well-known and lesser-known compositions by important masters. The volumes are deliberately kept small in extant, since it is more stimulating for children to change the teaching material frequently. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) is the second great keyboard master of the Baroque Age next to Couperin. His works are as unknown to pianists, with few exceptions, as they are famous among harpsichord players. The virtuosity and imaginativeness of his works lend themselves especially well to the sound of harpsichord, which is why the piano interpretation of works by Couperin, Rameau, Scarlatti and other composers of that time has been categorically rejected. But, after all, the works of Bach and Handel were written for the harpsichord and clavichord, and no one would dare question their interpretation on the pianoforte. In order to introduce these Impressionists of the Baroque Era to piano instructions, the editor has added to this series a folio of both Couperin's (EB 8029) and Rameau's music. The selection of the pieces is based on two criteria: 1. relatively modest demands made on technique, 2. various musical forms of expression. Baroque dance forms and graceful character pieces (LaJoyeuse, L'Indifferente) are typical ofRameau's work. Simplifications to a small extent of the harpsichord setting and also of the omamentation in the original version were required, based on the teaching experience of the editor. The indications for phrasing and articulation are those of the editor. The Minuet on page 6 has been precisely elaborated on in this respect to serve as a model, whereas the remaining pieces contain only suggestions. As in other folios of this series: what is here to be stressed, is the importance of working out independently the phrasing and the dynamics. Directions for this are given by the espective footnotes; these directions, however, are not obligatory. Indications pertaining to dynamics and tempo have been omitted completely; the clearly recognizable character of the individual pieces should be direction enough. The tonal possibilities of the piano should in any case by used subtly. The very precise fingerings have been adapted to the suggested phrasings and to the corresponding realisation of trills (according to the table). Heinz Walter, Salzburg, Spring 1980.

SKU: BR.EB-4323

ISBN 9790004162774. 9 x 12 inches.

Busoni's Bach Advanced SchoolIn October 1909, Breitkopf & Hartel succeeded in winning Ferruccio Busoni for the edition of Johann Sebastian Bach's piano works. Busoni had studied the music of Bach more intensively than almost any other artist of his time had. As a pianist, arranger, theorist and pedagogue, Busoni was instrumental in bringing Bach out of the 19th century and into the 20th century. That same year, Busoni and two collaborators, Bruno Mugellini and Egon Petri, began work on the instructive edition, which was to comprise 25 volumes. The first volumes were published in the spring of 1916, and in May 1923, the Bach Advanced School project was finally completed. This also marked the end of Busoni's thirty-year-long creative involvement with Bach's works, the impact of which still reaches far beyond the Bach-Busoni formula.All alterations and additions pursue the educational intent of affording the student insight into the mechanism of the composition. Moreover, they illustrate and supplement the views presented only in a sketchy manner in the introductions. In several cases, it takes the sum of the comments on the various pieces to constitute the all-encompassing opinion on one and the same question. (Ferruccio Busoni).

SKU: BR.EB-8831

Whoever thinks that Scheidt did not produce any keyboard works worth mentioning besides the Tabulatura nova must revise his judgment. Pieter Dirksen presents 25 pieces here.

ISBN 9790004183953. 9 x 12 inches.

Twelve pieces are ascertainably by Scheidt, three are early versions of pieces from the Tabulatura nova, and ten can be assigned to Scheidt with absolute certainty on the basis of stylistic criteria. It was long believed that some of these works had been written by Sweelinck. But Dirksen, as co-editor of the Sweelinck Works for Keyboard Instruments (EB 8741-44), applies his vast stylistic knowledge to this matter and, after a detailed study of the sources, separates the pupil Scheidt from his teacher Sweelinck. The Urtext edition presents the musical text in the form of a practical source edition. It guarantees authenticity, since it follows the notation in the sources as closely as possible and reproduces several characteristics of the notational practice of the time.

Whoever thinks that Scheidt did not produce any keyboard works worth mentioning besides the Tabulatura nova must revise his judgment. Pieter Dirksen presents 25 pieces here.

SKU: HL.14009807

8.25x11.75x0.159 inches.

Edition Barsham.