New Publications,
New Sheet Music Titles - April 2023
Welcome to our selection of new sheet music publications, which this month includes the Jazzin' About Piano Anthology; a collection of intermediate piano sonatas compiled by Karen Marshall; uplifting, cinematic, and classical tear-jerker collections for piano; two volumes of piano music by women composers; a royal celebration for organ; the second collection of Scottish organ music from Banks Music Publications; a variety of new publications from Bärenreiter, Breitkopf & Härtel, and Carus; ABRSM's latest series Violin Mix; 18th Century Swedish music for cello and piano; and Vieuxtemps' Gypsy Airs, Op. 40a.
Piano
Chopin's Berceuse is one of his most frequently performed works and was regarded by subsequent composers as the prototype of the instrumental lullaby. This Urtext edition reflects the latest state of Chopin research, offering a definitive musical text based on a careful evaluation of the sources.
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Beethoven's sonata Les Adieux is the composer's only piano sonata with a programmatic background. The new edition is based on all relevant sources, the foreword provides information about the historical background and the influence of this on the genesis of the work, the retrospective notes on the interpretation by Beethoven's pupil Carl Czerny are not only reproduced, but also critically commented on in footnotes.
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The Jazzin’ About Piano Anthology celebrates Pam Wedgwood’s best-selling series in a collection of the author’s favourite pieces presented progressively for the first time in one volume, from early elementary to intermediate level. Featuring a range of contemporary styles plus duets and new pieces specially composed for this exciting bumper edition, complete with online audio as performed by Pam herself.
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The Intermediate Piano Sonata Collection gathers together nine complete sonatas that are all intermediate to early advanced in standard. Featuring works by Beethoven, Anna Bon, Haydn, Mozart and Robert Schumann, it provides the highest quality music and many years of study.
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The Cinematic Piano Playlist is an incredible collection of over thirty themes from film, gaming, and TV, arranged for intermediate piano solo. Featuring film themes from the likes of Hans Zimmer, John Williams and Rachel Portman, alongside tracks from gamers’ favourites, Assassin’s Creed, Minecraft, Final Fantasy, and Halo.
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The Piano Player: Classical Tear-Jerkers presents twenty of the saddest pieces of classical music, guaranteed to make you weep, specially arranged for intermediate solo piano. The striking cover features Edward Bawden’s colour linocut Aesop’s Fables: The Ant and the Grasshopper, 1970, and a four page pull-out provides the full artwork as a beautiful collectible.
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This brand-new collection comes in two volumes, with book one arranged for upper elementary to early intermediate pianists, and book two arranged for intermediate to upper intermediate level pianists.
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These ten popular songs have been beautifully arranged by composer Glenda Austin. This eclectic collection features beloved melodies including standard songs, folk tunes and even a holiday favourite. All may be performed in a recital setting or purely for fun, in the comfort of your living room.
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Organ
Nineteen pieces for organ. Celebrate in style with this stunning collection of nineteen traditional organ pieces, perfect for any Royal occasion. From majestic processional marches to serene hymns, this book has everything you need to create an unforgettable musical experience. Immerse yourself in the grandeur of the organ with classic compositions by Elgar, Handel, and Parry, among others.
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A second book of National Melodies arranged by Antony Baldwin. Twenty-two arrangements for organ of Scottish melodies. Suitable for weddings, funerals and any event where a national flavour is required.
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Vocal & Choral
In the extensive trilingual preface to this Urtext edition, editor Marc Rigaudière illuminates the circumstances surrounding the composition of the Te Deum, a work which occupies a singular position in Bizet’s œuvre. The edition is based on the composer’s autograph score — the work's only surviving source.
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For this new edition, Yves Castagnet, titular organist of the choir organ at Notre Dame in Paris, has transposed the orchestral setting for organ. This wonderful Requiem setting is now available in a modern version for choir and organ, just in time for the Fauré commemorative year in 2024!
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In early 1883 Antonín Dvorák arranged sixteen Russian folk songs selected from the collection Songs of the Russian People, which had been published in 1866 by the St Petersburg composer, pianist, and publisher Matyáš Bernard (1794–1871). The present edition is a reprint of the edition from 1951 (published by Orbis), based on Dvorák’s autograph (Antonín Dvorák Complete Edition VII/5).
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Instrumental Solos & Ensembles
Violin Mix is an original series of new arrangements for violin. The series has been compiled by string specialists Kathy and David Blackwell and covers the musical and technical elements of the early grades in three progressive volumes.
Violin Mix 2 and Violin Mix 3 are also available.
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The twenty-one pieces presented here open a window onto the musical scene of 18th-century Sweden. It was an exciting period with many imaginative and crucial initiatives putting Swedish music on the map.
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Joachim Raff’s celebrated first cello concerto is only gradually being rediscovered today. The piano reduction includes not only an Urtext-solo part, but also a part with the markings by the Zurich cellist Jonas Kreienbühl.
The full score is also available.
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Gál composed his Violin Concerto in 1931/32 at the height of his career. The orchestral parts interact contrapuntally with one another and with the solo part. It is therefore all the more important for the soloist to become familiar with the orchestral part through this edition of the composer’s own piano reduction.
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Vieuxtemps' Bohémienne was published in 1864 as No. 3 of the Three Album Pieces, Op. 40. By this time, however, he had already revised his work and created a version with orchestral accompaniment, which has since been kept in the family archive. The present final version is now a professional concert piece in its entirety.
The full score is also available.
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Orchestral & Chamber
The authoritative edition according to the new Beethoven Complete Edition. The study of all available sources, new discoveries and source evaluations lead to a text-critical authentic musical text, which sets new standards for musical practice. The conducting scores of Symphonies Nos. 1–9 adopt the original text from the respective volume of the new Beethoven Complete Edition, published by G. Henle Verlag. The most important information on the genesis, sources and readings is given in the remarks of the conducting score of the respective symphony.
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Composed by Manuel de Falla during his lengthy residence in Paris, these three symphonic impressions for piano and orchestra are an expressive work bringing the southern Spanish gardens, which are laid out in the European and Arabic-Moorish tradition, to life. The Urtext edition presented by Ullrich Scheideler takes as the main source the first edition of the score. The Critical Report gives detailed information about the source situation.
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Antonín Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major Op. 96 "American Quartet"
Bärenreiter | Set of Parts
Dvorák composed his twelfth string quartet in F major op. 96, known as the American Quartet, in just twelve days during his summer vacation in Spillville, Iowa in June 1893. This immensely uplifting quartet has become one of the composer’s most popular works because of its immediate musical appeal.
A study score is also available.
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Artaria had already published variations on a Mozart aria by Beethoven under the highly symbolic opus number 1. However, the composer was not satisfied with this work and ensured that the opus number was transferred to another group of works: the three Piano Trios Op. 1. In order to clarify some unclear readings, the editor and Beethoven specialist Jonathan Del Mar consulted Beethoven’s markings in his op. 104 (an arrangement of the Trio op. 1, no. 3) – a source that has not been taken into consideration for any previous edition of this trio.
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Bruckner’s mighty Mass in F minor is one of his most significant creations and one of the great 19th-century choral works. This Carus edition presents the final 1893 version based on the autograph and the surviving copies from the copyist. As an Urtext edition it follows the latest scholarly standards ready for the Bruckner anniversary year in 2024!
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