Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel: Orchestra: Miniature Score

Das Liederspiel. Par HUMPERDINCK ENGELBERT. When Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel was premiered on 23 December 1893 in Weimar conducted by Richard Strauss, the work could look back on an extensive history of origin. Humperdinck’s younger sister Adelheid Wette (born in 1858) had displayed a great interest in literature in her youth and written a variety of poems for special occasions. In 1888, she wrote a fairy tale entitled Schneewittchen [Snow White] and her brother supplied some songs for this piece. Further fairy tale collaborations followed which were customarily performed within the family circle, and the first draft of the Hänsel und Gretel was begun in 1890. Adelheid’s husband would be celebrating his 34th birthday on 16 May of this year and his wife intended to surprise him with a performance of her version of this fairy tale. Her brother was allotted the task of composing the accompanying songs and, a month before the birthday, she wrote a letter to him in Mainz where Engelbert Humperdinck was among other activities working as an editor for the Schott publishing house, ordering a “very pretty folkloric” Tanzlied [Dance song], a Waldlied [Forest song] (or Echolied [Echo song]), a Schlummerlied [Lullaby] and a Kickericki-Lied [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] from her “dear sugar-sweet little brother... Engel-Bärtchen [angel beard]”. She enclosed the corresponding verses with the letter and “for fun” also provided her own invented melody for the Schlummerlied and rhythmic suggestions for the Tanzlied. Humperdinck went straight to work and, as related in an entry in his diary, was already able to play the songs to the director of the publishing house, Dr Ludwig Strecker, by 19 April. This was the history of origin of the four songs published for the first time edited in form of their original versions in this edition Brüderchen komm’ tanz’ mit mir, Wer ruft mir im Walde doch alles nach, In den Zweigen die Vögelein und Tirelireli! ‘s ist nicht mehr früh “for two children’s voices and piano accompaniment” (see manuscript1). In his reply letter to his sister in which the fair copy of the songs were enclosed, Humperdinck wrote: “As you see, the pitch of the melodies is not too high and I have incorporated your melodies. Let me know soon whether you like the little songs. By the way, the ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ can also be sung on one note (E flat) instead of on the four notes of the chord.” The first performance of the song-play was held as planned within the family circle with Wettes’ two eldest daughters in the two principle roles. Spurred on by the success of the family performance, initial plans were forged to adapt the song-play into a singspiel with numerous musical numbers and rhymed dialogues; Hermann Wette participated in a draft of the text. The particell of this singspiel had been completed by Christmas 1890. Hugo Wolf and a few others however advised the composer to extend the singspiel into a through-composed fairy tale opera. Humperdinck followed this advice and worked on what he ironically termed as a “Kinderstubenweihfestspiel“ [sacred festive play for the nursery] during the next two summers in Bayreuth. Tanzliedchen [Dance song] and Morgenweckruf [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] were eventually included in the opera in a modified form. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / 2 Voix et Piano

Ce volume présente probablement la plus belle et l'opéra pour enfants plus populaire qui a jamais été écrit, dans un arrangement facile pour piano, avec tous les extraits étant dans la clé originale respectif. Parmi les sept opéras composés par Humperdinck, ' Hänse / Piano

Hänsel und Gretel est assurément lune des plus célèbres ouvertures classiques et est aujourdhui encore souvent interprétée. Cette oeuvre donne un élan de style à chaque concert mais convient également pour un concours. Tous les groupes dinstruments y sont représentés tout particulièrement les cors.

This volume presents the probably most beautiful and most popular children's opera that has ever been written in an easy arrangement for piano with all excerpts being in the respective original key. Among the seven operas composed by Humperdinck 'Hänsel und Gretel' is his first and best masterpiece. The magic mood of this fairy-tale and the brilliant music explain why this opera still fascinates both children and adults.

Concertino for 3 or 4 Horns and Concert Band-Après avoir assisté à une interprétation d?Hänsel und Gretel d?Engelbert Humperdinck le compositeur décida d?écrire une pièce commandée pour quatre cors et orchestre d?harmonie basée sur la magnifique mélodie « Abendsegen » qui figure dans la célèbre ouverture d?Engelbert. La composition peut être jouée avec trois ou quatre cors solos et contient des signaux d?entrée dans les autres parts de l?ensemble. Cette ?uvre peut être jouée avec le pupitre des cors de votre groupe les deux parties de cors supplémentaires qui figurent dans la partition d?orchestre sont facultatives. Un défi extraordinaire pour vos cornistes !

Oper In 3 Akten. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger was inspired to compose his first opera by the great cycle of aquarelles entitled “Von den Sieben Raben” by the painter Moritz von Schwind [1804–1871], with whom he was acquainted. The libretto by Franz Bonn [1830–1904] follows in its essentials the story depicted in these pictures, rather than the Grimm fairytale of the same name. The work had its successful world première, conducted by the composer, on 23 May 1869 at the Königliche Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich. After the second performance in Munich, on the 8 September 1869, a reviewer wrote in the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung: “The composer was able to express the enchantment of the story, itshigh-spirited simplicity and deep feeling, with great skill, and the lyrical passages of the opera provide the most positive proof of Rheinberger’s talent. ” Possibly Engelbert Humperdinck, who was a pupil of Rheinberger in Munich from 1877 until 1879, was inspired by Die sieben Raben to compose his fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel [1893], which helped this genre to achieve great success. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Solistes SSATBB et Orchestre

Virtuoso and Entertaining Pieces for Violin and Piano. À l'occasion du 250e anniversaire, la maison d'édition Schott a fouillé des trésors dans les archives historiques de la maison et les a réédités. Cette anthologie s'adresse aux musiciens professionnels et aux amateurs avancés qui s'intéressent aux nouvelles découvertes intéressantes au-delà du répertoire standard. Elle contient principalement des oeuvres de la période romantique : des pièces rares et des bis virtuoses, des pièces de caractère expressives, des perles de la musique de salon ou des arrangements élaborés de mélodies (d'opéra) connues. Nombre des compositions originales et des arrangements sont des oeuvres d'importants violonistes du XIXe siècle. / Niveau : 3-4 / Classique / Recueil / Violon et Piano