Recommended Sheet Music,
Symétrie Publications
The most recent addition to our range of sheet music, the music publisher Symétrie was founded in 1999 by musicians who graduated from the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Lyon. An independent publishing house, Symétrie has become best known for the quality of their publications and the editorial, graphic, and typographical care which is given to each of their projects.
Primarily publishing baroque, French romantic and contemporary music; in the field of opera, symphonic, and chamber music, they have set themselves the task of promoting the rediscovery of French musical heritage, offering a wide choice of lesser-known works by French composers. Available publications include works by composers such as Méhul, Reicha, d'Ollone, Dalayrac, Saint-Saëns, and Cras. Symétrie also supports contemporary composers, including Patrick Burgan, Henry Fourès, Yves Castagnet, Franck Villard, Anthony Girard, and Guy Sacre, and strive to promote their work.
Selected Publications
This First Symphony, dating from 1855, seems to be one of Gounod’s first consoling successes after the failure of his two lyrical works, La Nonne sanglante and Sapho. The composer’s orchestral work and poignant energy give us a glimpse of the theatrical character which he would develop in his Second Symphony and his operas.
The set of parts and A3 sized full score are also available
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Far from being an isolated work in Saint-Saëns’ production, Ivanhoé belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of the competition for the Prix de Rome. Written by Victor Roussy, the libretto is based on an episode of Walter Scott’s eponymous novel.
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This set of Antoine Reicha's piano sonatas includes almost three hours of music composed in his maturity. A beautiful set for a gift or to discover French romantic piano music.
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Franck Villard's transcription of Ernest Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Op. 19 for voice, string quartet and piano, aims to respect the absolute uniqueness of the work.
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Hélène de Montgeroult wrote a landmark in the history of the piano music literature: the Cours complet containing 114 studies and variations, one fugue and one fantaisie, and constituting a key link between the generation of Mozart and Clementi, and the one, foreseen by the studies, of Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Chopin. The work of Hélène de Montgeroult places her among the best composers of her generation.
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Delibes’ litanies present a work for four voices, mostly doubled by the organ. There is an overall atmosphere of devotion and gentleness, as Delibes excluded the Kyrie and the Agnus Dei, usually the opening and concluding litanies, so as to enhance the mother figure of the Virgin Mary.
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Gossec wrote the Symphonies, Op. 6 in 1762 while he was the music intendant for the Princes of Condé and Conti. The Symphony in C minor is a three-movement symphony, like the vast majority of the symphonies of that time.
The set of parts and A4 sized full score are also available
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Jules Massenet composed four operettas at the beginning of his career. L’Adorable Belboul is quite special among Massenet’s works, as the composer offers a simple yet high-quality parody of Turquerie. The song pieces, which are finely written and endlessly well-harmonized, indicate a subtle knowledge of the comic opera repertory.
An individual clarinet and individual trombone part are also available
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The Piano Concerto in B minor, Op. 3 (MoszWV 160) was composed during Moszkowski's time in Berlin at the Neue Akademie der Tonkunst. The concerto was presumed to be lost until it showed up in a handwritten score along with other early works and diaries in an estate in the Bibliothèque nationale du France.
The A4 conductor score and reduction for two pianos are also available
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Far from being an isolated work, Ode belongs to a small set written at the beginning of Saint-Saëns' career in the particular context of the competition for the Prix de Rome.
The A4 conductor score and set of parts are also available
Available Format: Sheet Music
Ellena Taylor - Sheet Music and Books Manager
