SKU: HL.49033205

ISBN 9783795703837. German.

Bis vor wenigen Jahren wurde der Schauspielmusik, abgesehen von einzelnen herausragenden Werken, von der Musikwissenschaft kaum Beachtung geschenkt; eine historiographische Gesamtdarstellung bzw. editorische Auseinandersetzung steht noch aus. Gerade das letzte Drittel des 18. und das erste Drittel des 19. Jahrhunderts konnen als eine Blutezeit der Schauspielmusik angesehen werden. In diesen Jahrzehnten entstand nicht nur eine unuberschaubare Menge solcher Kompositionen; die Problematik der musikalischen Untermalung bzw. Bereicherung des Sprechtheaters wurde auch im asthetischen Diskurs, anknupfend an Gottsched, Scheibe und Lessing, immer wieder thematisiert. Am Beispiel ausgewahlter Buhnenwerke, beginnend mit Kompositionen von Johann Andre, G. J. Vogler und J. F. Reichardt bis hin zu Mendelssohn, Lortzing und Wagner, wird deutlich, wie verschiedenartig die Anspruche von Autoren und Theaterleitern in Bezug auf die Schauspielmusik sein konnten, und wie die unterschiedlichen Moglichkeiten der Theater-Ensembles die Komponisten beeinflussten. Die Spanne reicht von weitgehend beliebigen Arrangements mit grosstmoglichem 'Wiederverwendungswert' bis hin zu gross angelegten 'analogen', d. h. ausschliesslich auf ein bestimmtes Schauspiel bezogenen, vorbildhaften Kompositionen (z. B. Beethovens Egmont, Webers Preciosa, Mendelssohns Sommernachtstraum-Musik). Besonderes Interesse gilt der Problematik der Edition von Schauspielmusiken, die durch ihre enge Bindung an das Drama einen fachubergreifenden Austausch unter Literatur-, Theater- und Musikwissenschaftlern erforderlich macht. Hier zeigt sich, dass kaum eine 'Patentlosung' zu finden ist; vielmehr stellt jeder Komponist, jedes Werk andere Anspruche an den Editor. Ausgehend von einem Grundkonsens, der die wechselseitige Bedingtheit von Drama und Musik unterstreicht, fuhren nur individuelle, vom einzelnen Werk ausgehende Strategien zu einer adaquaten Wiedergabe in der Edition.

SKU: M7.DOHR-13937

ISBN 9790202029374.

Der erste Satz von Mendelssohns dreisätziger Orgelsonate op. 65, Nr. 6 ist ein Variationensatz über den Choral Vater unser im Himmelreich. Die vorliegende Bearbeitung für Saxophonquartett übernimmt die Originaltonart d-Moll. Die Unterschiede zum Original sind: * Der einleitende thematische Choral wurde unter Beibehaltung der Mendelssohnschen Harmonik statt fünfstimmig jetzt vierstimmig gesetzt. * Die vierte Variation, ein überaus virtuoser Abschnitt im Organo-pleno-Klang, musste entfallen. * Als Abschluss der Quartettbearbeitung wurde der dritten Variation der wirkungsvolle Schluss der vierten Variation des Originals angefügt.

SKU: BR.DV-2763-19

ISBN 9790200420395. 9 x 12 inches.

Mendelssohns 12 juvenile symphonies are more than the scholastic exercises of a compositionally precocious twelve-year-old. Mendelssohn assimilates some vastly different influences (Bach, Mozart, Dittersdorf, etc. ) and attains an amazing originality in certain movements. The source-critical scores of the string symphonies were issued a fairly long time ago as part of the Leipzig Mendelssohn Edition (LMA).

SKU: BR.OB-5364-27

Christian Martin Schmidt is laying bare to musical practice the original form of Mendelssohn's epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.

ISBN 9790004337424. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Autograph lays bare Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream To this day, Mendelssohns epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream has been performed on the basis of a more than dubious transmission. Neither the first edition of the parts (1832), and certainly not the print of the score based on these parts (1835) go back directly to the autograph of the 17-year-old composer, which is now located in Krakow. No wonder, since Mendelssohn had breezily given away his original at an early date. The result: during his lifetime, versions were published with his authorization, even though they were full of unintended inconsistencies. Yet the autograph of 1826 is unequivocal: it is clear, practically free of irregularities and diverges considerably from the corrupted printed version. Christian Martin Schmidt comes up with occasionally differing musical passages, but above all with logical and compositionally compelling performance instructions, laying bare to musical practice the original form buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.

Christian Martin Schmidt is laying bare to musical practice the original form of Mendelssohn's epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.

SKU: BR.PB-5364

ISBN 9790004211458. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Autograph lays bare Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream To this day, Mendelssohns epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream has been performed on the basis of a more than dubious transmission. Neither the first edition of the parts (1832), and certainly not the print of the score based on these parts (1835) go back directly to the autograph of the 17-year-old composer, which is now located in Krakow. No wonder, since Mendelssohn had breezily given away his original at an early date. The result: during his lifetime, versions were published with his authorization, even though they were full of unintended inconsistencies. Yet the autograph of 1826 is unequivocal: it is clear, practically free of irregularities and diverges considerably from the corrupted printed version. Christian Martin Schmidt comes up with occasionally differing musical passages, but above all with logical and compositionally compelling performance instructions, laying bare to musical practice the original form buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.

Christian Martin Schmidt is laying bare to musical practice the original form of Mendelssohn's epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.

SKU: BR.DV-2764-16

ISBN 9790200420425. 9 x 12 inches.

Mendelssohns 12 juvenile symphonies are more than the scholastic exercises of a compositionally precocious twelve-year-old. Mendelssohn assimilates some vastly different influences (Bach, Mozart, Dittersdorf, etc. ) and attains an amazing originality in certain movements. The source-critical scores of the string symphonies were issued a fairly long time ago as part of the Leipzig Mendelssohn Edition (LMA).

SKU: BR.OB-5364-15

Christian Martin Schmidt is laying bare to musical practice the original form of Mendelssohn's epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.

ISBN 9790004337387. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Autograph lays bare Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream To this day, Mendelssohns epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream has been performed on the basis of a more than dubious transmission. Neither the first edition of the parts (1832), and certainly not the print of the score based on these parts (1835) go back directly to the autograph of the 17-year-old composer, which is now located in Krakow. No wonder, since Mendelssohn had breezily given away his original at an early date. The result: during his lifetime, versions were published with his authorization, even though they were full of unintended inconsistencies. Yet the autograph of 1826 is unequivocal: it is clear, practically free of irregularities and diverges considerably from the corrupted printed version. Christian Martin Schmidt comes up with occasionally differing musical passages, but above all with logical and compositionally compelling performance instructions, laying bare to musical practice the original form buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.

Christian Martin Schmidt is laying bare to musical practice the original form of Mendelssohn's epoch-making Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream buried beneath layers of falsified material for the first time.

SKU: BR.DV-2764-26

ISBN 9790200420449. 9 x 12 inches.

Mendelssohns 12 juvenile symphonies are more than the scholastic exercises of a compositionally precocious twelve-year-old. Mendelssohn assimilates some vastly different influences (Bach, Mozart, Dittersdorf, etc. ) and attains an amazing originality in certain movements. The source-critical scores of the string symphonies were issued a fairly long time ago as part of the Leipzig Mendelssohn Edition (LMA).