Complete string quintets, with the horn and clarinet quintets

Complete string quintets, with the horn and clarinet quintets
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1978-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486236032

This single volume study score contains all of Mozart's standard instrumentation string quintets, from the Quintet in B-flat Major, K.174 to the imposing Quintet in C Major, K. 515. Also included are the String Quintet in C Minor, K.406; Quintet with Horn or Second Cello, K.407; and Clarinet Quintet, K.581.

Complete string quartets

Complete string quartets
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1970-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486223728

This single volume study score contains all of Mozart's string quartets: the little-known early quartets in an Italianate manner; the six quartets dedicated to Haydn; the D Major Quartet; and the last three quartets written for the King of Prussia. In addition to the 23 string quartets, the alternate slow movement to the G Major Quartet, K.156, is included.

Concerto in B Minor Op. 61

Concerto in B Minor Op. 61
Author: Edward Elgar
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486316343

This practice and performance edition of one of the most beloved pieces in the modern violin repertoire contains a piano reduction and a separate violin part.

Russian Piano Music

Russian Piano Music
Author: Andor Pinter
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013-01-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486490750

This collection of 44 pieces spotlights the works of important Russian composers who popularized their native folk music. Contributors include Michael Glinka, Alexander Borodin, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolas Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Scriabin, and others.

The Rough Guide to Classical Music

The Rough Guide to Classical Music
Author: Joe Staines
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 691
Release: 2010-05-17
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1405383216

This expanded and completely revised fifth edition is a unique ebook, spanning a thousand years of music from Gregorian chant via Bach and Beethoven to current leading lights such as Thomas Adès and Kaija Saariaho. There are concise biographical profiles of more than 200 composers and informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from chamber works to operatic epics. Topics such as the influence of jazz, notation, conducting, the madrigal, and why Stradivarius made such great violins are covered fully in feature boxes. The Rough Guide to Classical Music in a new ebook (PDF) fromat has been praised for its mix of well-known composers with more obscure, but interesting, figures (like Antoine Brumel and Barbara Strozzi), and for the way it takes contemporary music seriously.

Sonatas, Fantasies and Rondos Urtext Edition

Sonatas, Fantasies and Rondos Urtext Edition
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2014-01-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486499952

First volume of a newly engraved edition contains the first nine sonatas; the Fantasy in D Minor, K.397; Rondo in D, K.485; Variations in C, K.265, and Andante in F, K.616.

Fantasies from Opera for Violin and Piano

Fantasies from Opera for Violin and Piano
Author: Henryk Wieniawski
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2014-01-17
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486493741

This single-volume compilation features four popular opera fantasies arranged for violin with piano accompaniment. Each of these frequently performed pieces was arranged by a world-class artist and offers the convenience of a separate violin part: Carmen Fantasy from the Opera by Georges Bizet,Op. 25, transcribed by Jenö Hubay Fantasia on Themes from Gounod's Faust,Op. 20, transcribed by Henri Wieniawski Fantasie from Mozart's The Magic Flute,Op. 54, transcribed by Pablo Sarasate Fantasie Brillante on the March and the Romance from Rossini's Otello, Op. 11, by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst This collection is ideal for practice, performance, teaching, and independent study by students, professional performers, and amateur ensembles.

Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64

Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64
Author: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486489078

Long one of the most beloved concertos in the violin repertoire, this work features important formal innovations. Edited by Leopold Auer, this authoritative practice and performance edition includes a separate, removable violin part.

Piano Works

Piano Works
Author: Paul Dukas
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2013-12-18
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486493695

The composer's two-piano transcription of his famous symphony includes four additional works: Piano Sonata; Prélude élégiaque; Variations, interlude et final sur un théme de Rameau; and La plainte, au loin, du faune.