SKU: HL.49017681
ISBN 9783795706586. German.
Der 1758 als Sohn eines Maurermeisters geborene Carl Friedrich Zelter ist heute vor allem als Goethes engster Briefpartner, Namensgeber der alljahrlich vom Bundesprasidenten verliehenen Zelter-Plakette und Komponist des Kinderliedes >>Der Kuckuck und der Esel<< bekannt. Aus Anlasss seines 250. Geburtstags spuren in einem reich bebilderten Band renommierte Musiker, Schriftsteller und Wissenschaftler den vielen weiteren Facetten des >>Singemeisters<< nach, der viel mehr war als nur der Freund des Dichterfursten aus Weimar. Autoren wie Gunter de Bruyn oder Wolfgang Schluter entdecken den Komponisten, den Sammler, den Padagogen und den engagierten Burger Zelter neu. So entsteht das Portrat einer aussergewohnlichen Personlichkeit, die das kulturelle Leben der preussischen Hauptstadt gepragt hat wie kaum eine andere. Als Grundervater der staatlichen Musikpflege in Preussen und langjahriger Direktor der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin hat Zelter entscheidend beigetragen zu einer >>Berliner Klassik<<, deren liberale Burgerkultur den Grundstein fur die erste moderne Zivilgesellschaft gelegt hat. Christian Filips (*1981) ist als freier Schriftsteller, Ubersetzer und Musikdramaturg in Berlin tatig. Seit 2006 ist er Programmleiter der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. 2001 wurde er fur seine Gedichte mit dem Rimbaud-Preis des ORF ausgezeichnet. Zuletzt erschienen von ihm mehrere Aufsatze zur Geschichte des Berliner Musiklebens und der mit ihm verbundenen Kunstreligion um 1800. In Kooperation mit der Sing-Akademie Berlin und der Villa Grisebach.
SKU: HL.49025048
ISBN 9790001009072. German.
SKU: HL.49026236
ISBN 9790001018302. German.
SKU: HL.49025049
SKU: HL.49044087
ISBN 9790001196963. German.
With Carl Friedrich Zelter's motet Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Hermann Max, editor of the Choral Treasury series, has uncovered a real treasure. The three-verse text of the motet for mixed choir (SATB) and basso continuo was written by Friedrich Gottlob Klopstock who kept close to the Advent song of the same name by Philipp Nicolai. During Zelter's lifetime, the motet enjoyed great popularity. And quite rightly so: For the music teacher and friend of Goethe turned out to be a composer with an extraordinary sense of tone. An introductory choral movement is followed by a captivating bass aria which can be optionally sung by all basses of the choir. The piece culminates in an elaborate virtuoso fugue with an interwoven cantus firmus in the bass. A demanding, yet highly rewarding rarity in church music!
SKU: HL.49019927
ISBN 9790001196956. German.
SKU: HL.49044071
ISBN 9790001199063. German.
SKU: HL.49044056
ISBN 9790001196208. 9.0x12.0x0.123 inches. German.
SKU: HL.49019926
ISBN 9790001196192. German.
'Die Sache war fur den Moment so gelungen, dass ich die Musik selber loben mochte, wenn sie nicht zufallig von mir ware.' So begeistert ausserte sich Carl Friedrich Zelter bereits 1831 uber seinen Hymnus an die Sonne, der nun endlich in der Reihe 'Schatze der Chormusik' einen wurdigen Platz gefunden hat. Das in diesem Hymnus verwendete Gedicht In Flammen nahet Gott stammt aus dem Hauptwerk Urania von Christoph August Tiedge. Die beiden Ecksatze dieses dreiteiligen Werks setzt Zelter fur zwei gemischte Chore (SATB/SATB) und verwendet dabei uber weite Strecken gleiches musikalisches Material. Durchbrochen werden sie von einem klavierbegleiteten Tenor- und Bass-Solo. Ein sehr wirkungsvolles, dabei gut machbares Werk voller Pathos, das sich glanzend eignet fur Chore, die keine Scheu vor Achtstimmigkeit haben.
SKU: HL.49044369
ISBN 9790001199551. UPC: 841886024540. 9.0x12.0 inches. Latin.
Discover two motets by Carl Friedrich Zelter in the 'Schatze der Chormusik' [Treasures of Choral Music] series: 'Dignare Domine' (a hymn of praise and supplication) can be sung on various occasions. 'Tenebrae factae sunt' is suitable for the Good Friday liturgy.
SKU: CA.4048311
ISBN 9790007218768. Key: E flat major. Language: Latin.
The Gloria, composed in early 1822 at the age of 13, is Mendelssohn's first creative venture in the field of church music on a larger scale. It is a direct result of his composition studies under the director of the Berlin Singakademie Carl Friedrich Zelter, but was no longer wholly a student work because the young composer hoped that Zelter would provide him with an opportunity to perform this work with the Singakademie. The enthusiasm for Handel and Bach which was sustained by the performances at the Singakademie influenced Mendelssohn's early creative style. In the Gloria Mendelssohn sought to emulate the model of the large-scale baroque cantata. The concluding fugue, the mysterious Qui tollis and lyrical solos ensembles in the place of solo arias give testimony to Mendelssohn's great talent and willingness to experiment. Score and part available separately - see item CA.4048300.
SKU: CA.4048319
ISBN 9790007137953. Key: E flat major. Language: Latin.
The Gloria, composed in early 1822 at the age of 13, is Mendelssohn's first creative venture in the field of church music on a larger scale. It is a direct result of his composition studies under the director of the Berlin Singakademie Carl Friedrich Zelter, but was no longer wholly a student work because the young composer hoped that Zelter would provide him with an opportunity to perform this work with the Singakademie. The enthusiasm for Handel and Bach which was sustained by the performances at the Singakademie influenced Mendelssohn's early creative style. In the Gloria Mendelssohn sought to emulate the model of the large-scale baroque cantata. The concluding fugue, the mysterious Qui tollis and lyrical solos ensembles in the place of solo arias give testimony to Mendelssohn's great talent and willingness to experiment. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.4048300.
SKU: CA.4048314
ISBN 9790007218799. Key: E flat major. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.4048313
ISBN 9790007218782. Key: E flat major. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.4048309
ISBN 9790007218751. Key: E flat major. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.4048307
ISBN 9790007092597. Key: E flat major. Language: Latin.
The Gloria, composed in early 1822 at the age of 13, is Mendelssohn's first creative venture in the field of church music on a larger scale. It is a direct result of his composition studies under the director of the Berlin Singakademie Carl Friedrich Zelter, but was no longer wholly a student work because the young composer hoped that Zelter would provide him with an opportunity to perform this work with the Singakademie. The enthusiasm for Handel and Bach which was sustained by the performances at the Singakademie influenced Mendelssohn's early creative style. In the Gloria Mendelssohn sought to emulate the model of the large-scale baroque cantata. The concluding fugue, the mysterious Qui tollis and lyrical solos ensembles in the place of solo arias give testimony to Mendelssohn's great talent and willingness to experiment. Score available separately - see item CA.4048300.
SKU: HL.49019925
ISBN 9790001196185. German.
Eine wertvolle Bereicherung fur das Repertoire geistlicher A-cappella-Chormusik stellt Carl Friedrich Zelters Motette Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit dar. Die in der Reihe 'Schatze der Chormusik' erschienene Motette fur achtstimmigen Doppelchor (SATB/SATB) wurde schon zu Lebzeiten hoch gelobt: 'Das Ganze zerfallt in drei Teile. Der erste stellt dar: die Hinfalligkeit des Menschen und die Verganglichkeit aller Welt.' Es folgt ein 'wahres Meisterstuck von musikalischer Architektonik, eine achtstimmige Fuge, wie sie nach Johann Sebastian Bach und Fasch selten in solcher Reinheit und Kunst hervorgegangen sein durfte. Hierauf folgt ein herrlicher Triumphgesang, der gewaltig mit sich fortreisst, so dass die Horer selbst mit einstimmen mochten.' - Ein in jeder Beziehung lohnendes Werk also, das fur ambitionierte Laienchore problemlos einzustudieren sein durfte.
SKU: BR.BV-390
Wollny's description of the life and work of Sara Levy is supplemented by letters and family documents, as well as by a listing of the works by the Bach family which had been collected by the Itzigs.
ISBN 9783765103902. 6.5 x 9.5 inches.
In his essay on Sara Levy (1761-1854), Peter Wollny shows that Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's ancestors made a major contribution to the Bach reception of their time. Levy, who hailed from the Itzig family, gave musical soirees that testified to a veritable Bach cult, as the Berlin Court Kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Reichardt put it. As the central figure of the family activities, Levy was the patroness of the two eldest Bach sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel, and concertized at the harpsichord with Carl Friedrich Zelter's ensemble and other Berlin orchestral societies. Der enorme Vorteil in diesem Band liegt darin, verstreut Bekanntes sinnvoll, schon und nutzlich vereinigt zu finden. (Peter Suhring, info-netz-musik).
SKU: BR.SON-452
ISBN 9790004803622. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy lived in the heyday of men's choruses. Early on, the composer had encountered the genre by way of his teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter and his Berlin Liedertafel, founded in 1809, had then gathered his own experience from the Leipzig Liedertafel societies, and was in contact with a number of male choral societies throughout his lifetime. Nevertheless, his relation to male choral singing was characterised not only by his inclination, but also by critical distance. The festive compositions for male chorus and orchestra forming the content of this volume are all commissioned works, two of which, the so-called Gutenberg-Kantate and the Festgesang an die Kunstler on a text by Friedrich Schiller, also appeared in print during Mendelssohn's lifetime.
SKU: CA.335880
ISBN 9790007243357. Key: F major. Language: German. Text: Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Heinrich August.
SKU: HL.49001617
ISBN 9790001120227. German.
SKU: HG.PE-47
ISBN 9790202820711.
Nur in Chorstarke, ab 20 Stuck.
SKU: HG.PE-514
ISBN 9790202820827.
SKU: TM.01391SET
Score (Eulenberg) varies slightly from parts; parts edited by Mlynarczyk. Cem in set. Solo/pf.
SKU: BA.BVK02301
ISBN 9783761823019. 23.5 x 16 cm inches. Preface: Seidel, Wilhelm.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy as letter-writer: at the heart of 19th century European cultureAs one of the most important letter-writers of the 19th century, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy maintained an extensive correspondence. With great style and eloquence he wrote letters to friends and family, letters from his travels and he also wrote to leading composers, musicians, artists as well as publishers. He corresponded with famous contemporaries such as Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner as well as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Carl Friedrich Zelter and Alexander von Humboldt. The correspondence begins in 1816 and ends in 1847 with the composer’s death. These letters are invaluable documents shedding light not only on the genesis, publication and revision of his musical works, but also on a period when relations between Christians and Jews still had a chance to become harmonious, as Moses Mendelssohn, the imminent scholar and grandfather of the composer had advocated.This edition will therefore be of great interest far beyond the circles of musicologists and music specialists. It will appeal to those who are interested in the history of culture and ideas and to those who perceive Mendelssohn and his family as representatives of a unique, diverse cultural epoch. The complete correspondence shows that Mendelssohn not only went on to become one of the leading figures of German musical culture in the 1840s, but that he also maintained a network of musical contacts throughout Europe.The edition of the complete lettersThis scholarly-critical complete edition comprises 5,855 letters by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Previously only a small part of his correspondence had been published and made accessible to the public. The complete edition is based on Mendelssohn letters which have been compiled over decades by Rudolf Elvers as well as on international research carried out by an academic workgroup in Leipzig spearheaded by chief editors Helmut Loos and Wilhelm Seidel. They determined 500 additional letters hitherto unknown. Versions of the letter texts have been compiled from a scholarly-critical analysis of the sources, their historical context has been discussed and comments on all points in need of explanation have been made.This edition of the complete letters consists of 12 volumes and a CD-ROM. Each volume contains indices of mentioned individuals and institutions, compositions by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Fanny Hensel as well as a register of place names and currencies. In this way one obtains an all-encompassing view of this unique historical cosmos.The Complete edition has been produced to the highest standards in terms of layout, cover and binding. It is an ideal collector’s item for bibliophiles, providing an excellent means for studying the composer and the period in which he lived.The CD-ROM forms a valuable addition to the printed volumes. It offers the complete printed edition in the form of pdf. files, thereby making its approximately 9,500 pages digitally accessible and enabling letters and the corresponding commentary to be read in parallel. All terms can be located quickly and conveniently via a full text search.(The 12 volumes as well as the CD-ROM can only be purchased complete).- German text onlyThe EditorsHelmut Loos is Professor of Musicology at the University of Leipzig. He specialises in the music of the 19th and 20th centuries, in particular the reception of Beethoven, sacred music and links between Germany and Central and Eastern Europe. Wilhelm Seidel was professor at the universities of Heidelberg, Marburg and Leipzig. His publications are devoted to the temporal structure of music, music aesthetics in the 18th and 19th centuries and music of the 16th to 20th centuries, currently on Mozart and Mendelssohn.
