Dramma per musica in three acts (Hardcover)-?Idomeneo?(KV 366) erstmals aufgeführt am 29. Januar 1781 im Münchner Cuvilliés-Theater ist nach der Opera buffa ?La finta giardiniera? von 1775 Mozarts zweite Oper für den Münchner Hof. Der Opernstoff (?Idoménée? von Antoine Danchet) und dessen Umformung zu einem Libretto war in einer schriftlichen Anweisung dem leider verschollenen ?Plan? wie sie im Briefwechsel zwischen Vater und Sohn genannt wird fixiert worden. Der Bärenreiter-Klavierauszug enthält im Anhang die Striche und Änderungen anlässlich der Uraufführung in München und der Wiener Revision 1786. Vorschläge für Kadenzen oder zur Auszierung von Fermaten in den Singstimmen sind als Fußnoten wiedergegeben.

A critical and popular success from its 1786 debut Mozart's musical comedy elevated the opera buffa to new heights. Le nozze di Figaro ('The Marriage of Figaro') ossia la folle giornata ('or The Day of Madness') reassembles characters from The Barber of Seville for a romantic romp involving mistaken identities remarkable coincidences and the triumph of true love.This authoritative practice and performance edition presents Lorenzo da Ponte's vocal score originally published by Casa Ricordi Milan. Ideal for study practice and performance it contains the complete vocal music with a piano reduction of the orchestral score. Vocalists voice majors and teachers andrehearsal pianists will rejoice in this high-quality low-cost edition of Mozart's masterpiece. Note: Lyrics are in the original Italian only.Dover (2001) republication of the vocal score from an authoritative early edition.

Das Veilchen-The elegant playful endlessly creative pen of Mozart wrote this short song on 8 June 1785 in Vienna. The three-verse poem by Goethe had already been set to music by at least four composers before Mozart was inspired to write.While the poem has three equal stanzas the song has three distinct moods relating to the words. They tell the sad tale of a violet symbolizing a young man who loves a young shepherdess. The shepherdess carelessly tramplesthe violet who manages to die happily for love. Mozart himself added a final sympathetic line of text. The range is not demanding and there are useful notes in this edition on ornamentation making this a charming addition toa younger singer’s repertoire as well as to an experienced singer’s collection.

The 0ffertorium de venerabili sacramento “Venite populi” à 2 Chori K. 260/248a – dated Salzburg 1767 by Mozart in his autograph score – clearly reveals a striving for more pronounced contrapuntal work. A short homophonic central movement is framed by two predominantly polyphonic movements that are fashioned from the same thematic material. The two-chorus texture offers many opportunities for interweaving as well as contrast and echo effects of all kinds. It is not known who wrote the non-liturgical text. - Urtext of the New Mozart Edition - Full score & performance material (BA4899) and vocal score (BA4899-90) for sale

German singspiel in three acts-?I know for a fact that the Emperor is proposing to mount a German opera in Vienna and that he is making every effort to find a young Kapellmeister who understands German has talent and is capable of striking out on a new path. [...] I think it would be a good thing for me provided of course that the pay is good. If the Emperor will give me a thousand gulden I will write a German opera for him.?Thus Mozart in a letter of 10 11 January 1778 from Mannheim to his father Leopold. He continued by asking his father to ?write to every good friend in Vienna you can think of and say that it is in my power to do honor to the Emperor. If he won?t take meon any other terms then let him try me with an opera. After that he can do what he likes for all I care.?Urtext of the New Mozart EditionFull score (BA4591-01) vocal score (BA4591-90) and study score format 22.5 x 16.5cm (TP311) available for salePerformance material available for hire (BA4591-72)

Long neglected and misunderstood 'Cosi Fan Tutte' (Thus Do All Women) emerged from obscurity in the twentieth century and has come to be regarded as among Mozart's finest works. The Libretto is by Lorenzo da Ponte and tells of two friends Ferrando and Guglielmo who wager with Don Alfonso that their lovers Fiordiligi and Dorabella will remain constant in their absence. To prove the point they depart under false pretences and return as 'Albanians' to try to woo the women away. Each of the six characters receives an equally insightful musical portrayal for example Fiordiligi transcends her role as the victim of cruel manipulation revealing a complex personality that issincere capable of growth and inarguably sympathetic. In contrast Guglielmo never progresses beyond concern for his own ego and interests; his music therefore remains within the stock traditions of opera buffa. The ambigous nature of the ending (who actually loves whom?) can be seen as appropriate given the emotional issues aired during the drama. This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score with an English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin.