The New Imperial Edition

Soprano Songs-The New Imperial Edition. Contents: At last (So willst du des Armen) · Care selve (Come beloved) · The Chestnut (Der Nussbaum) · Endless pleasure endless love · A Farewell (Ich schwebe) · Gentle Shepherd (Se tu m'ami) · Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel (Gretchen am Spinnrade) · He is noble he is patient (Er der Herrlichste von allen) · How calm is my spirit (Ridente la calma) · How fair this spot! (Tout est si beau!) · I have twelve oxen · Let me wander not unseen · Lone and joyless (Infelice) · The Loreley (Die Lorelei) · Lullaby (Wiegenlied) · A Lullaby · The Novice (Die junge Nonne) · O bid your faithful Ariel fly · Omnipotence (Die Allmacht) · Should he upbraid · The Singer· Solveig's Song · So sweet is thy discourse · Spring · Suleika's Song (Lied der Suleika) · The Vain Suit (Vergebliches Ständchen) · Where the bee sucks (Arne) · Where the bee sucks (Sullivan) · Why do I love? · Without thee! (Ce que je suis sans toi).

Special Edition-This arrangemet for violin includes all the familiar themes from the main theme of Star Wars to the Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back to Jedi Rock from Return Of The Jedi.

POD-The Imperial 'Nelson' Mass is a work by Franz Joseph Haydn for SATB Chorus and Piano Accompaniment. This is the Vocal Score.

This arrangement has been made from the original orchestration for full orchestra and incorporates the cuts authorized by the composer in 1963. The piano duet part is optional unless no wind is available. The brass parts are fully cued in both string and woodwind parts. The minimum wind required is 1 flute 1 oboe and 2 clarinets. This has recently been re-typeset by Goodmusic so is clearer than the original OUP printing but no musical changes have been made and the new edition is fully compaible with the old one.Duration: 7 minutes Orchestration2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets in Bb Bassoon 2 Horns in F 2 Trumpets in Bb 3 Trombones Timpani Percussion (3 players - Cymbals Triangle Bass drum Tenor drum Glockenspiel Tubular bell in C Side drum Large gong) Strings (Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello Bass) Piano duet (optional) (Part included in Pack)

Until the beginning of the 1980s, the figure of François de Fossa was mainly known by his relationship with Dionisio Aguado, a relationship that included de Fossa?s collaboration in producing the two Parisian editions of the Aguado Escuela, and the complete translation of one of them into French. The situation changed radically in 1981 with the publication by Editions Orphée of a monograph which not only revealed very interesting and decisive factors in regard to the guitar quintets of Luigi Boccherini, but also included an important biographical study and a checklist of the known compositions of François de Fossa. Several works by de Fossa were published in later years, among which were works for two guitars, trios, quartets, an anthology of selected works for guitar solo published in 1990. De Fossa?s Quatre Divertissemens pour la Guitare seule extraits des Oeuvres de J. Haydn, his Op. 13, was part of that anthology. The current edition of it was engraved anew, and completely edited and fingered. The works of Haydn from which this music is drawn are as follows: Divertimento I ? Symphony N° 63 ?La Roxolane?, and Symphony N° 85 ?La Reine? Divertimento II ? Largo Cantabile, Rondo Allegretto. In spite of rigorous search, we have not been successful in identifying the movements of this Divertimento among the known works of Haydn. Divertimento III ? Symphony N° 85 ?La Reine?and Symphony N° 86 Divertimento IV ? Symphony N° 53 ?L?Imperiale? and Symphony N° 85 ?La Reine?. The Andante of this symphony was also used, at about the same time, by Fernando Sor, as the theme of his Thema Varié pour la Guitare ou Lyre, (WoO-1) as well as in his Op. 20. Of considerable interest here is de Fossa?s seemingly paradoxical approach to transcribing music by Haydn. In the case of Haydn string quartets, he chose the two guitars medium, providing for a more facile representation of the harmony and counterpoint. In transcribing these four divertimenti, extracted from several Haydn symphonies, he chose the solo guitar as the target instrumentation, clearly a medium that is far less appropriate for handling a complex musical texture than the guitar duo. It is perfectly understandable that he was not entirely successful in retaining the selection?s original integrity, having eliminated some parts as noted above. Nevertheless, the resulting works, those that are directly attributable to Haydn and the one that cannot, are splendid concert pieces for the solo guitar.

Walton's two coronation marches - Crown Imperial written for the coronation of George VI in 1937 and Orb and Sceptre written for the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 - are both stirring marches with sweeping tunes and famous examples of the genre. They are published here in new editions taken from the Walton Edition volume of shorter orchestral pieces with a short preface from the editor David Lloyd-Jones.

Gluck, Christoph Willibald Alceste Tragedia per musica in three acts Vienna version 1767 - Urtext edition based on the Gluck Complete Edition - Adapted to today?s standards and newly engraved - Informative Foreword (Ger/Eng) - Practical and idiomatic piano reduction With the premiere of Gluck?s ?Alceste?, the ?Burgtheater? Vienna reopened its doors, concluding a period of mourning that had been decreed following the death of Archduchess Maria Josepha. Calzabigi?s inspiration for the libretto, which, despite including an element of wonder, focuses entirely on death and the afterworld, most likely stemmed from the death of Empress Maria Theresia?s husband. In Euripides? ?Alkestis?, the librettist might have recognized a sufferer akin to the imperial widow, who was highly regarded by her people. Following in the Greek tragedy tradition, Gluck once more sought to emphasize the unity of the work as a whole and the interplay of all elements involved, including costumes and stage design. He placed great importance on integrating the chorus into the happenings on stage. Bärenreiter now presents a newly engraved vocal score which has been meticulously revised, corrected and adapted to meet current Bärenreiter standards.