This volume collects four of the most important keyboard masterpieces by Johann Sebastian Bach —the 'Goldberg' Variations Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue Fantasia Contrappuntistica and Concerto for Piano andOrchestra in D Minor—in arrangements by celebrated pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni for his 1919 Breitkopf & Härtel edition. Additional features include Busoni's original systemof keyboard notation demonstrated vis-à-vis the Chromatic Fantasy. An important composer in his own right Busoni ranks among history's most celebrated pianists. His controversial 25-volume edition oftranscriptions of Bach's keyboard music includes side-by-side discussions of Bach's music with arrangements by Busoni and his pupil Egon Petri. Adapted for the modern resources of the grand piano thetranscriptions include plentiful doublings of voices for higher and lower ranges of the keyboard that did not exist on Bach's clavier in addition to analytical re-shapings of the music itself. This volume marks asignificant collection of rarities that merit greater attention among performers and listeners. Dover Original.

Urtext-This new two-volume Urtext edition features selected sonatas rondos fantasies and variations for piano composed by Mozart and painstakingly engraved by Ephraim Hammett Jones. The new Mozart: Sonatas Fantasies And Rondos Urtext Edition features selected sonatas rondos fantasies and variations for Piano composed by Mozart and painstakingly engraved by Ephraim HammettJones. Printed to precisely reproduce the composer's original intentions Mozart: Sonatas Fantasies And Rondos Urtext Edition features a dozen of Mozart's works. This initial volume contains the first ninesonatas and is suitable for intermediate to advanced pianists of all ages.

And Other Great Masterpieces-This single-volume edition of hard-to-find arrangements of famous classical pieces offers terrific value to intermediate and advanced pianists. This single-volume edition of hard-to-find arrangements of famous classical pieces offers terrific value to intermediate and advanced pianists. Designed to offer musicians a chance to play familiar masterworks theselections encompass transcriptions by famous pianists some of whom are remembered today solely for these arrangements. Contents include Ride of the Valkyries and other works by Wagner three versions of Brahms's Lullaby Chanson Bohême from Bizet's Carmen Beethoven's Turkish March Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and pieces by Handel Mendelssohn Schubert Strauss and others.

Op. 55 64 and 71 complete-Twelve String Quartets by Franz Joseph Haydn edited by Wilhelm Altmann. Op.55 Nos. 1-3 (including Razor); Op.64 Nos. 1-6 (including The Lark); Op.71 Nos. 1-3. Eulenberg eds. Twelve String Quartets by Franz Joseph Haydn edited by Wilhelm Altmann. Op.55 Nos. 1-3 (including Razor); Op.64 Nos. 1-6 (including The Lark); Op.71 Nos. 1-3. Eulenberg eds.

The best-known and most beloved large-scale musical work in the English-speaking world Messiah was first performed in Dublin over 200 years ago to benefit local charities. Since that time it has given millions of performers their primary experience in singing classical music. Today it is the supreme example of the English oratorio. A meditation on the life of Christ the work is a brilliant amalgam of traditional Italian opera English anthem and German Passion. Reprinted from the authoritative edition prepared by noted musical scholar Alfred Mann this inexpensive full-score edition will be welcomed by students musicians singers and music lovers who will want to study and savor every detail of this glorious masterpiece. Reprint of the Rutgers University Documents of Music 1959 1961 and 1965 editions. Handel's masterpiece Messiah the most frequently performed of his choral works composed in 1741. An inspiring sacred oratorio with spontaneous melodies and bright orchestration from the first aria Every Valley Shall Be Exalted to the thunderous final Amen chorus. Complete full score edited by Alfred Mann.

Unrivaled as a virtuoso pianist Liszt was a composer of daring originality. In a long and prolific career he produced over 400 works for piano best known and loved are the Hungarian Rhapsodies. Reproduced directly from an authoritative Russian edition.Unrivaled as a virtuoso pianist Liszt was a composer of daring originality. In a long and prolific career he produced over 400 works for piano best known and loved are the Hungarian Rhapsodies. Reproduced directly from an authoritative Russian edition.

Books I and II Complete-Books I and II complete. Bach-Gesellschaft edition.

The vitality rich color abundant and varied melody and masterly orchestration of Bizets Carmen also enliven his incidental music for Alphonse Daudets play LArlésienne (The Woman of Arles). Despite hostile reviews at its premiere one criticproclaimed the score a masterpiece and urged all young musicians to study it. LArlésienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2 consist of selections from Bizets incidental music. For Suite No. 1 Bizet chose four sections from the original score of 27 episodes extensively modifying and rescoring the music in the process. The pieces for Suite No. 2 were selected and reorchestrated by Bizets close friend Ernest Guiraud following the composers death in 1875. Reproduced here from the authoritative Breitkopf& Härtel editions they will delight musicians and music lovers.Reprinted from the Breitkopf & Härtel Wiesbaden Germany n.d. editions. L'Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2 consist of selections from Bizet's incidental music. For Suite No. 1 Bizet chose four sections from the original score of 27 episodes extensively modifying and rescoring the music in the process. The pieces for Suite No. 2 were selected and reorchestrated by Bizet's close friend Ernest Guiraud following the composer's death in 1875. Reproduced here from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel editions they will delight musicians and music lovers. Reprinted from the Breitkopf & Härtel Wiesbaden Germany n.d. editions.

Although Mozart wrote with incredible versatility in every musical genre his operas for many stand highest among his achievements. This volume contains the composer's greatest operatic overtures enormously popular with music lovers worldwide. This collection includes the overtures from five world-famous works. Reproduced in full score from an authoritative early edition.

This new compilation features 16 memorable arias arranged for voice and piano. Reproduced from authoritative early editions the arias include Oh patria mia and Ritorna vincitor! from Aïda; Saper vorreste from Un Ballo in Maschera; Ah fors' è lui from La Traviata; and Pace pace mio Dio from La Forza del Destino.

Considered to be the greatest of all opera seria and one of the few Mozart works to portray heroic emotions seriously. Lavish with arias it is also one of the most fully and elaborately scored of all of Mozart's operas. Reprinted from the full-score edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig. Reprinted from the full-score edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel Leipzig.

Familiar favorites such as the overtures to Messiah Acis and Galatea Alexander’s Feast Julius Caesar and the so-called Water Musick plus fresh discoveries for keyboard players—all demonstrating Handel’s exciting theatrical sense his technical virtuosity in composition and his dazzling mastery of musical forms. Reprinted from an extremely rare edition originally printed probably in the 1750’s by Handel’s London publisher John Walsh. The edition preserves the original keyboard notation amazingly precise in its elegant execution.

In addition to his skills as a composer and performer Liszt is famed for his genius in transcribing Orchestral works for Piano. Thanks to his efforts pianists in the era before sound recordings could learn from the vast repertoire of Orchestral Operatic and Vocal literature. Danse Macabre And Other Piano Transcriptions offers modern-day pianists insights into Liszt 's peerless gift for transferring sonorities from one medium to another as well as the opportunity to develop a deeper familiarity with several Orchestral masterpieces. Suitable for intermediate-level and advanced pianists these selectionsinclude Berlioz 's Dance of the Sylphes from The Damnation of Faust March of the Pilgrims from Harold in Italy March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique and many more.

Famed duo's first smash hit about a lowly able seaman who falls in love with the Captain's daughter is now available in a handsome new edition using original manuscripts and early sources. This will be an indispensable rehearsal aid for soloists chorus members and pianists.

With Orchestral Reduction for Second Piano-The Grieg Concerto in A Minor Op. 16 and the Schumann Concerto in A Minor Op. 54 — two of the most popular of all piano concertos in the repertoire — reprinted from authoritative editions. In each the 2nd piano part is an orchestral reduction providing pianists with the 2-piano format that is the standard method for rehearsal. Reprint of selections from Concerto in A Minor for the Piano Op. 54 G. Schirmer Inc. New York 1918 and Konzert für Klavier Op. 16 A-Moll C. F. Peters Frankfurt n.c.

This volume contains two of Beethoven's most loved and widely performed piano concertos printed in the traditional format for two pianos: Piano I is the solo part; Piano II a piano reduction of the orchestral score. Edited by Franz Kullak.

This edition contains Mozart's last two symphonies representing the pinnacle of Mozart's genius as an orchestral composer. Both are published here in full score with original instrumentation and bar numbered movements. Republication of the Breitkopf & Hartel editions.

A collection of 125 songs written about the Civil War. Includes Battle Hymn Of The Republic Dixie When Johnny Comes Marching Home Tramp Tramp Tramp and many more. Divided into nine sections this collection of songs is drawn from many older anthologies ranging from The Union Fever and In Dixie Land I'll Take My Stand to Grafted Into The Army and The Blue And The Gray .

Handel composed these two organ concertos Op.4 and Op.7 as interludes for his oratorios. They are high spirited beautiful works. Full score Deutsch Hondelgesellschaft edition. Also within this volume Twelve Concerti .

One of the most moving of all the musical settings of the Passion of Christ.