Classical Opera category: 1804 books

Richard Wagner non fu soltanto il compositore di colossali opere di teatro musicale che tutto il mondo conosce e ammira – e di cui peraltro si scriveva da sé gli interminabili e densi libretti. Per l’intero corso della sua vita Wagner fu anche un instancabile, quasi parossistico scrittore. Le...

For SATB and Organ

This key text will be the first full-length research tool on Adrian Willaert, the Renaissance composer of motets and madrigals who came to prominence in the first part of the sixteenth century, and should prove invaluable to researchers and students.

Christmas Strings are arranged to be performed with various combinations of instruments. This volume presents some of the most beloved repertoire for the Christmas season. Some works are well known, others will sound fresh and new to most players. The pieces may be performed as a solo for each instrument...

Christmas Strings are arranged to be performed with various combinations of instruments. This volume presents some of the most beloved repertoire for the Christmas season. Some works are well known, others will sound fresh and new to most players. The pieces may be performed as a solo for each instrument...

Christmas Strings are arranged to be performed with various combinations of instruments. This volume presents some of the most beloved repertoire for the Christmas season. Some works are well known, others will sound fresh and new to most players. The pieces may be performed as a solo for each instrument...

Finland's greatest composer and a major figure in the development of Scandinavian music, Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) is revered in Western music for his mastery of symphonic forms and orchestral scoring. Sibelius' first two symphonies remain among his most accessible and popular.

This compilation of Isaac Albéniz's piano gems features brilliant keyboard music steeped in the lyric and rhythmic spirit of Spain. Although he wrote operas with English words as well as songs and orchestral music, the composer was a leading figure in the development of Spain’s national style of...

Les tourments de la folie ont hanté Robert Schumann toute sa vie. Quel rôle ont-ils joué dans l'oeuvre du créateur ? Cet essai tente d'élucider cette question énigmatique. À l'âge de quarante-trois ans, une veille de carnaval, Robert Schumann (1810-1856) se jette dans le Rhin. Sauvé par des...

This superb selection includes full scores of four great standards of the repertoire: Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34; Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25; Quartet in A Major, Op. 26; Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60. Includes translation of Editor's Commentary.

Louis XIV and his court at Versailles had a profound influence on music in France and throughout Europe. In 1660 Louis visited Aix-en-Provence, a trip that resulted in political and cultural transformations throughout the region. Soon thereafter Aix became an important center of sacred music composition,...

Novello presents fresh engravings for Henry Balfour Gardiner: Evening Hymn. Arranged for SATB with the Organ part printed on three staves, it also includes an explanation the historical background and context of the work.

I am the gentle light by Paul Mealor is dedicated to Christopher Bell and the National Youth Choir of Scotland's National Boys Choir, and was premiered by them on BBC One's 'Songs of Praise' on St Andrew's Day, 2012.

Sleep On takes pride of place on Hayley Westenra's album, Hushabye. It was written by Paul Mealor and dedicated to the Royal baby. This vocal score presents the piece arranged for SATB chorus and Piano.