Welcome to our February sheet music newsletter. This month we've launched special offers of 25% off the catalogues of Schirmer and Durand (along with Salabert & Max Eschig); ending soon is our offer on titles published by Edition HH. You'll also find my usual pick of the latest sheet music publications.
Special Offers
New - 25% off Schirmer
Schirmer was established in 1866, driven by Gustav Schirmer's desire to boost appreciation of classical music in his adopted country of America. Today they are known also as a champion of contemporary works, with music by Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter, John Corigliano, and many others.
Until the end of March we are offering 25% off their entire catalogue.
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New - 25% off Durand, Salabert, & Max Eschig
Durand is one of the most important publishers of French music, including Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Dukas, Ravel, Duruflé, and Messiaen. Its sister companies, Salabert and Max Eschig, add to its scope with music by Honegger, Poulenc, Milhaud, Satie, and Chausson, as well as non-French composers such as Villa-Lobos, Martinů, Albéniz, and de Falla.
Until the end of March we are offering 25% off their publications.
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Ending Soon - 25% off Edition HH
Since its inception in 1996, Edition HH has taken a boldly eclectic approach to repertoire, building up a list that embraces the byways of the Baroque as well as the cutting edge of contemporary music. In between, the catalogue also finds room for unusual strands within the output of the Classical masters and their less well-known contemporaries.
Until the end of February we are offering 25% off their entire catalogue.
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New Sheet Music Publications - February 2019
Welcome to our hand-picked highlights from amongst new and recent sheet music publications, which this month include a new critical edition of Janáček's Taras Bulba, the launch of a new series of reprints of original editions by Breitkopf & Härtel, a book of technical exercises for the piano devised by Lang Lang, and music from the films Colette and First Man.
Piano
16 Nocturnes for Piano
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
Volume 2,140 in Schirmer's continuing Library of Musical Classics series presents sixteen of the best-loved nocturnes by Chopin, Fauré, Liszt, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, John Field, and Grieg.
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Specially arranged in a clear, easy-to-read format, this latest volume in Faber's Easy Piano Series contains fourteen arrangements for the Grade 1-2 level pianist, with music by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Holst, Tchaikovsky, and others.
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Thomas Adès: Souvenir for piano
From the film Colette
Thomas Adès composed the score for the 2019 film Colette starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West, based on the life of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. This solo piano piece Souvenir appears over the end credits, played by the composer himself.
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English Keyboard Music 1650–1695: Perspectives on Purcell
Purcell Society Companion Series Volume 6
This anthology offers both a musical context for the keyboard works of Henry Purcell and also a generous selection of fascinating repertoire from the period. Works include harpsichord suites by John Blow, Albertus Bryne, John Cobb, Giovanni Battista Draghi and Francis Forcer, a setting of Lully’s Scocca Pur, and organ verses and voluntaries by John Hingeston.
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A collection of scale-based warm-ups, work-outs and routines that no aspiring pianist should be without, providing a perfect follow-on from Lang Lang's Mastering the Piano series. Elements include a comprehensive warm-up section, advice and tips from Lang Lang himself, and a section with ideas for further practice.
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First Man (Piano Solo)
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Damien Chazelle, Justin Hurwitz and Ryan Gosling follow up on their La La Land success by teaming up once again for this 2018 biographical drama about Neil Armstrong and the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon. This songbook features eleven selections from Hurwitz's soundtrack, arranged for piano solo.
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Favorite Disney Songs for Piano Duet
Early Intermediate Level
Eight great Disney songs creatively arranged for piano duet, including Can You Feel the Love Tonight, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, You've Got a Friend in Me, and more.
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Strings
Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-6
Breitkopf Originals
To celebrate their 300th anniversary year, Breitkopf & Härtel presents their new Originals series, opening up a fascinating view into their archives by reprinting original editions of selected pieces. This publication of their 1862 edition of Beethoven's Op. 18 String Quartets offers a fresh look at nineteenth-century reception history, with parts including fingerings and bowing marks by editor Engelbert Röntgen.
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Dvořák: Romantic Pieces, Op. 75
Violin & Piano
For this edition of Dvořák's Romantic Pieces for violin and piano, reference has been made to a copy of the original manuscript and to the first edition. The small number of bowing markings in the violin part of the piano score are original and have been left unaltered.
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Written specifically for those wanting to teach the ukulele in primary schools, this book is packed with catchy tunes that children will love to play and sing. Teachers can help children to progress from very simple one-chord songs through to more complex pieces, whilst learning about music notation and the basics of music theory. It comes with a CD of all the tracks and access to tutorial videos.
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Wind
Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 Nr. 1
Arranged for flute and piano
Emmanuel Pahud, principal flautist of the Berlin Philharmonic, continues his series of arrangements for Universal Edition with this transcription of Brahms's Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 Nr. 1, originally written for clarinet and piano.
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Vocal & Choral
Beethoven: Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118
Full Score
Beethoven composed his Elegiac Song in memory of Eleonore Pasqualati, the wife of his long-standing friend and patron Johann Baptist Freiherr von Pasqualati zu Osterberg, who died young. The short choral piece, alternating between quiet pain and drama and with a discreet string accompaniment, was published for the first time in 1826.
Choral score and string parts also available.
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Gerald Barry: Alice's Adventures Under Ground
Vocal Score
Gerald Barry’s opera is based on Lewis Carroll’s two beloved books, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The composer has created the libretto himself from the original texts, remaining faithful to many aspects of the Alice story but trimmed and compressed into a compact 70-minute one-act opera. Barry’s characteristic high-speed energy and riotous sense of humour propel the action forward in this surreal plunge into the depths of Wonderland.
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Orchestral
Janáček: Taras Bulba
Study Score
Universal Edition presents a new critical edition by Jirí Zahrádka of Janáček's orchestral rhapsody based on the novel by Nikolai Gogol.
Full conductor's score also available.
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