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Evenings With the Orchestra

Evenings With the Orchestra

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One Hundred Years Of the Halle 1858-1958

One Hundred Years Of the Halle 1858-1958

by Rees, C B

Star-Spangled Banner Festival Overture

Star-Spangled Banner Festival Overture

by Dudley Buck ; Clark McAlister (editor)

Composed for a special July 4th, 1879 orchestral concert conducted by the famed bandmaster and conductor Patrick Gilmore, The Festival Overture on the American National Air was not Dudley Buck's first treatment of the famous melody composed by John Stafford Smith. In 1866 Buck composed the Concert Variations on 'The Star-Spangled Banner' for organ as his Op.23 - published in 1869. This orchestral overture became quite popular in the composer's lifetime, often featured in Gilmore's concerts held on Coney... Read more about this item
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Old Hungarian Dances

Old Hungarian Dances

by Bela Bartok ; Clark McAlister (arranger)

This new orchestration by Clark McAlister is based on the final nine items in Bartók's 1915 piano suite Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz.71. Scored for a Mozart-sized orchestra, it is a very attractive settings of the final section or Bartók's original - for the nine peasant songs are played without a break.

McAlister's orchestration was first issued as full score and parts in 2007 by the now-defunct E.F. Kalmus. The study score offered here is a reduced-size reissue of the large score, which is now... Read more about this item
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Piano Concerto No.1, Op.33

Piano Concerto No.1, Op.33

by Nikolai Medtner

Medtner's outstanding one-movement concerto was composed from 1914 to 1917 and premiered at a special concert in Moscow on May 12, 1918, featuring the composer as piano soloist and Serge Koussevitzky as conductor. For the first time, this work is now available in a clear, easy-to-read, and affordable score.
Allegro
Tranquillo, dolce (Variations)
Coda: Allegro molto
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£20.37
Francesca da Rimini, Op.32

Francesca da Rimini, Op.32

by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

Inspired by Canto V of the "Inferno" of Dante's "Divine Comedy", Tchaikovsky initially planned to create an opera on the subject but abandoned the idea in favor the present 24-minute fantasia for orchestra in 1876. Bearing all the hallmarks of the composer's late romantic style, "Francesca da Rimini" takes full advantage of the powerful orchestral forces employed. The first performance was given on March 9, 1877 in Moscow, with the RMS Orchestra conducted by Nikolay Rubinstein. This is a new, digitally... Read more about this item
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Poeme, Op.25

Poeme, Op.25

by Ernest Chausson ; Clinton F. Nieweg (editor)

Composed between April and June 29, 1896 while on holiday in Italy, the Poème was written in response to a request by the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe for a concerto. Initially entitled "Le Chant de l'amour triomphant" - after a romantic novella by the Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev which might have been inspired by events in his own life: the failed engagement of Pauline Viardot's daughter Marianne to the composer Gabriel Fauré and Turgenev's own infatuation with Pauline, which led to his leaving Russia... Read more about this item
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Piano Concerto No.1, S.124

Piano Concerto No.1, S.124

by Franz Liszt ; Bernhard Stavenhagen (editor)

Liszt started working on his first foray into the concerto genre as early as 1830, only completing the work in its present form in 1849. He appeared as soloist in the premiere, given at Weimar on Febrary 17, 1855, with the Staatskappelle under the direction of Hector Berlioz. The concerto has been a staple of the repertoire ever since. Just in time for the Liszt bicentennial, this new score is a digitally-enhanced reprint of the one first issued by Breitkopf und Härtel in 1914 as part of the composer's... Read more about this item
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Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.68

Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.68

by Bela Bartok ; Richard W. Sargeant Jr. (editor)

Bartok originally set this series of folk tunes for piano in 1915. Two years later, he scored them for small orchestra. This is a newly engraved and corrected edition of the deservedly popular orchestral showpiece, available for the first time at a reasonable price for musicians, students and fans of Bartok's highly individual style.

Joc cu bata
Braul
Pe-loc
Buciumeana
Poarga romaneasca
Maruntel
Orchestra
2d1, 0, 2, 2 - 2, 0, 0, 0, strs
ISMN: 979-0-58042-356-6
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Evenings with the Orchestra : A Norton Companion for Concert-Goers

Evenings with the Orchestra : A Norton Companion for Concert-Goers

by D. Kern Holoman

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Swan Lake: Ballet in Four Acts, Op.20

Swan Lake: Ballet in Four Acts, Op.20

by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; Carl Simpson (editor)

Newly edited and engraved study score for the original 1877 version of Tchaikovsky's first ballet masterpiece. Includes Preface, Synopsis, and Cast of Characters. This is the complete orchestral score, not a piano reduction, based upon the composer's autograph, the first edition issued by P. Jurgenson, and the score from Tchaikovsky's complete works. Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky's first venture into ballet, was only moderately successful in its first production at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Choreographer Julius... Read more about this item
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£57.11
Scenes Historiques, Opp.25, 66

Scenes Historiques, Opp.25, 66

by Jean Sibelius

Now available for the first time in a reasonably priced study score, Sibelius' two suites enttitled Scenes Historiques. With origins all the way back to 1899, the composer put together two suites of three numbers each in 1911-1912. Each was given its premiere with the composer directing the Helsinki Philharmonic and subsequently published with widely-spaced opus numbers (in 1912 and 1913). These digitally-enhanced reprints will be a favorite of Sibelius fans along with anyone who likes to view Finnish... Read more about this item
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Deux Gymnopedies

Deux Gymnopedies

by Erik Satie ; Claude Debussy (orchestrator) ; Carl Simpson (editor)

Debussy orchestrated two of the three Gymnopedies composed by his friend Erik Satie after giving an impromptu performance of the piano originals at the home of conductor Gustave Doret, who was so taken with them that he commissioned Debussy to prepare an orchestral setting for an upcoming concert, which was given on Feb. 20, 1897. Though Satie's piano originals are easily his most famous and beloved work now, they were virtually unknown in 1897. Debussy's orchestration of the first and last, presented in... Read more about this item
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£6.49
Hamlet and Ophelia, Op.22

Hamlet and Ophelia, Op.22

by Edward MacDowell

MacDowell composed his first symphonic poem in 1884 while living in Germany. Apparently it received its premiere there the next year, accompanied by publication. The US premiere did not take place until 1893, when the Boston Symphony performed the piece under the baton of Arthur Nikisch. This new score is a digitally enhanced reprint of the 1885 score issued by Julius Hainauer in Breslau.

Orchestra
2+1, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 0, timp, perc, strs
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£8.12
Children's Corner, CD 119 (orchestration)

Children's Corner, CD 119 (orchestration)

by Claude Debussy ; André Caplet (orchestrator)

This is a new, digitally enhanced reissue of the score originally published in 1911 by Durand et Cie., Paris. Originally composed in 1910 for piano solo, Children's Corner was scored for small orchestra the next year by Debussy's student and good friend the composer André Caplet, who conducted the premiere in Boston. This is the orchestral setting most widely performed and recorded today. It is a brilliant example of early 20th century orchestral writing. The large conductor score and orchestral parts... Read more about this item
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£12.21
Magnificat in D major, BWV 243

Magnificat in D major, BWV 243

by Johann Sebastian Bach ; Richard W. Sargeant Jr. (editor)

Bach composed the first version of this piece in 1723 using the key of E-flat major for the Christmas Vespers in Leipzig which contained several Christmas texts. Over the years he removed the Christmas-specific texts to make it suitable for year-round performance and transposed it to D major, providing better sonority for the three trumpets. This version, first performed in a 1733 concert for the Feast of the Visitation, is the standard version of the work encountered today. The Magnificat is divided... Read more about this item
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£12.21
Suite aus dem Orchesterwerken

Suite aus dem Orchesterwerken

by Johann Sebastian Bach ; Gustav Mahler (arranger)

Mahler's arrangement of four Bach pieces - two each from the baroque master's Orchestral Suites Nos. 3 and 4 (BWV 1067, 1068) were prepared specially for a concert of the New York Philharmonic he conducted on November 10, 1909. Mahler's arrangement is quite unusual for its era and does not significantly depart from Bach's original in the forces required. Mahler's use of the harpsichord (he played the part himself at the premiere) is quite personal - adding the instrument to the orchestra a color more... Read more about this item
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£7.31
Liebeslieder Suite

Liebeslieder Suite

by Johannes Brahms ; Richard W. Sargeant Jr. (editor)

In the wake of the positive reception of Brahms's first set of Liebeslieder-Walzer after their 1869 premiere, German conductor Ernst Rudorff persuaded the composer to orchestrate the accompaniment for eight of the eighteen Op.52 selections - plus another piece subsequently included in the Op.65 set - for a concert given at Berlin's Hochschule on March 19, 1870. Offered here is a newly researched and superbly engraved edition of the nine Brahms Liebeslieder orchestrations by Richard W. Sargeant Jr.

Rede... Read more about this item
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Magnificat in D major, BWV 243

Magnificat in D major, BWV 243

by Johann Sebastian Bach ; Alfred Dürr (editor)

Bach composed the first version of this piece in 1723 using the key of E-flat major for the Christmas Vespers in Leipzig which contained several Christmas texts. Over the years he removed the Christmas-specific texts to make it suitable for year-round performance, and transposed it to D major, providing better sonority for the three trumpets, which is the standard version of the work encountered today. The Magnificat is divided into twelve parts which can be grouped into three movements, each beginning... Read more about this item
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Fantasticke Scherzo, Op.25

Fantasticke Scherzo, Op.25

by Josef Suk

Composed in 1903, Josef Suk's pasionate symphonic scherzo is presented for the first time in a moderately priced, authoratative score that will be a welcome addition to the libraries of performers and music enthusiasts everywhere. Unabridged digitally enhanced reprint of the score first issued by Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig in 1905.
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£12.21
Polovtsian Dances

Polovtsian Dances

by Alexander Borodin ; Richard W. Sargeant Jr. (editor)

The Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's Prince Igor consist of two numbers from the opera's second act (Nos.8 and 17). The first Dance is the 'Dance of Polovtsian Maidens' while the remaining of the dances come from the second act finale. Borodin worked sporadically for almost 18 years on Prince Igor but it was left in an incomplete chaotic state upon his death in 1887. The dances here were orchestrated by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov for an 1879 concert performance and subsequently revised by him after the... Read more about this item
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£12.21
Vltava (Die Moldau), JB 1:112/2

Vltava (Die Moldau), JB 1:112/2

by Bedrich Smetana

The second in Smetana's "Ma Vlast" a six-part series of tone poems inspired by his Czech homeland, Vltava (Die Moldau in German) is named for the river that flows through the heart of Prague. This new study score is a digitally-enhanced reprint of the large score issued in Leipzig by Breitkopf und Hartel as part of their Orchester-Bibliothek series early in the 20th century - now in a very readable, convenient size.
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£8.12
Neue Liebeslieder, Op.65

Neue Liebeslieder, Op.65

by Johannes Brahms ; Richard W. Sargeant Jr. (orchestrator)

In the wake of the success of his first volume of Liebeslieder-Walzer of 1869, Brahms set another 14 songs to the same poetry from Polydora, the 1855 collection of German folk-poems and love-songs assembled by George Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875) plus a conclusion set to a poem of Goethe - "Zum Schluss". Composed from 1869 through 1874, the second volume also features numbers for solo voices placed between the 4-voice settings. The first performance was given in Karlsruhe on May 8, 1875 of nine selections... Read more about this item
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£13.02
Aleko

Aleko

by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninov's first one-act opera was written in 1893 while still a student at the Moscow Conservatory. The opera, with a libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko after a play by Alexander Pushkin, was given its premiere in May 1893 at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Rachmaninov's characteristic writing is already apparent, complete with the colorful orchestration that was a hallmark of his compositional style. This score is a digitally enhanced reprint of the one first issued by Muzgiz (the USSR State... Read more about this item
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£20.37
Watzes, Op.39

Watzes, Op.39

by Johannes Brahms ; Richard W. Sargeant Jr. (orchestrator)

Sargeant's unique orchestration of Brahms' popular set of sixteen waltzes is a welcome addition to the symphonic repertoire. Brahms composed the original piano duet version in 1865 and arranged them for piano solo the same year. He later arranged five for 2 pianos which were published posthumously. Sargeant's orchestration, though employing a Brahms-size orchestra, is more contemporary in style but remains entirely performable by any reasonably practiced non-professional ensemble. This handy study score... Read more about this item
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£11.39
Symphony No.2 'Antar', Op.9 (1875/1903 revision)

Symphony No.2 'Antar', Op.9 (1875/1903 revision)

by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Rimsky-Korsakov's second excursion into the symphonic form came early in his career (1869) but underwent two major revisions, in 1875 and 1897. The second version of 1875 was modified in 1903 due to his publisher Bessel's refusal to engrave the new plates required for the final version of 1897. This 1875/1903 revision became the most popular version for many decades, as the final version of 1897 did not appear in print until nearly a decade after the composer's death. This colorful, exotic symphony -... Read more about this item
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£16.29
Variations on a Theme of Haydn (Variations on the St Anthony Chorale) for Orchestra Op56a

Variations on a Theme of Haydn (Variations on the St Anthony Chorale) for Orchestra Op56a

by Brahms, Johannes

London: Ernzt Eulenburg. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Introduction by Derycke Cooke. iv, 68 pages. Edition Eulenburg No.805 with English/German introduction. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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£7.90
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