SKU: BR.SON-429

ISBN 9790004803097. 10 x 12.5 inches. German / English.

The Critical Report on the oratorio Elijah concludes the five-volume edition of this major work by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It presents - by way of exception in the form of a volume separate from the music editions - the summary of all the editorial commentaries particularly associated with the early versions (Volume V/11A) and the final version (Volume V/11) of Elijah, which has appeared in print. With the piano reduction (Volume V/11B) and the volume containing sketches and discarded versions (Volume V/11C), the Critical Report interweaves in other ways: Since it was possible to realize an independent, self-contained commentary for the former one, the present complete report only contains the relevant source overviews and descriptions but no source evaluation and text-critical remarks. The volume of sketches and discarded versions, on the other hand, containing a classification and comments on all the musical documents the composer had not intended for the public - among them, in particular, the documentation of the work's modification for the final version - serves not least as a supplement and practical illustration of the verbal explanations contained in the Critical Report. Thus, the Critical Report, as Volume V/11D of the Edition, is intended to bundle, systematize and provide conclusive commentaries on the documents transmitted in connection with the Elijah, including not only the musical, but also all written documents - libretto drafts, correspondence, sources on the (English) reception -- that are specifically presented in this volume. The Critical Report on Elijah contains the presentation and evaluation of a total of six source collections and nearly 260 individual sources, including no fewer than 20 libretto drafts written by Mendelssohn himself or with his participation. An essential component is also a detailed chronology of the work's genesis. Mendelssohn's creative work on his second oratorio took an unusually long period of twelve years, in fact almost a third of his life.

Awarded the German Music Edition Prize 2023.

SKU: BR.SON-423

ISBN 9790004802656. 9 x 12 inches.

It is significant that the highly self-critical Mendelssohn could envision if at all only four-hand piano arrangements of his Concert Overtures nos. 2, 3 and 4. He made it clear to the publisher Breitkopf & Hartel that a two-hand version would find no admirers. Since Mendelssohn made his own arrangements of the Hebrides Overture (op. 26) and the Overture zur schoenen Melusine (op. 32), this gives the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition the opportunity to bring out a slender supplementary volume to the orchestral scores of the four Concert Overtures (LMA I/8).

SKU: BR.EB-8032

ISBN 9790004174357. 9 x 12 inches.

In the last year of his life, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) composed the six charming Children's Pieces, op. 72 (EB 8317). In contrast to the collections of children's pieces (by Schumann or Reger, for example), these have remained relatively unknown. Admittedly, however, they here and there demand technical and musical accomplishments that are beyond those to be expexted of beginners and belong to an intermediate stage of instruction. In the present edition, minor re-arrangements and cuts (in op. 72 no. 6) are intended to make the music more accessible to a child's understanding. The Songs without Words presented here are musically more demanding. From the total of 48 pieces, I have selected three slow compositions in which simple, beautiful melodie lines are supported by chorale-like piano textures. True performance of these pieces requires clean polyphonic chord playing and a cultivated pedal technique. The selection of pieces in this edition will, it is hoped, stimulate renewed interest in the piano music of Mendelssohn, which is so neglected today. Heinz Walter, Salzburg, Spring 1979

A Selection from 6 Children's Pieces (Op. 72) and Songs without Words.

SKU: SU.00220524

This CD Sheet Music™ collection contains the wealth of solo and duo piano music by Edvard Grieg and Felix Mendelssohn. GRIEG: Lyric Suites (Books I-X), Concerto in A minor, Holberg Suite, Norwegian Folk Songs & Dances, Peer Gynt Suites (Nos. 1 & 2), Piano Pieces after His Own Songs (Series 1 & 2), Two Nordic Melodies, Two Waltz-Caprices, and more MENDELSSOHN: Allegro Brilliant, Capriccio Brillante, Caprices (Nos. 1-3), Piano Concertos (Nos. 1 & 2), Rondo Brillante, Songs Without Words (Books I-VIII), Variations Sérieuses, and more Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1600+ pages

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SKU: HL.14021227

ISBN 9788759850824. 8.75x11.75x0.685 inches. English.

This fantastic collection of simple miniatures contains over 45 of Mendelssohn's finest Lieder Ohne Worte or Songs Without Words, arranged for Piano Solo and edited by Ignaz Friedman. These pieces comprise some of the most alluring and poetic instrumental music ever written.