Autograph: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz-'I have never experienced such silence or seen an audience moved in this way.'(Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)Up to the present day there has scarcely been a work in the history of music which has fascinated listeners and performers more than Bach's 'St Matthew Passion'. Originally composed for Vespers on Good Friday and even longer in duration than the 'St John Passion' it reconstructs the story of Christ's Passion with immense musical emotional and spiritual intensity.And so this monumental and complex composition has come to rank amongst the high points of Western culture. For good reason the 'rediscovery' of Johann Sebastian Bach's music began in 1829 with theperformance of this work by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the Berlin Singakademie.The autograph manuscript is regarded as one of Bach's most beautiful the fair copy demonstrates the importance he attached to the careful preservation of the work for posterity. A further special feature is the coloured ink with which he wrote the biblical text and the music of the chorale 'O Lamm Gottes unschuldig'.This facsimile edition reproduces the autograph score of the 'St Matthew Passion' for the first time in high-quality colour printing. The Bach specialist Christoph Wolff introduces the background to the work's composition and the characteristics of the manuscript.Martina Rebmann (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) provides further details regarding the history of the autograph manuscript; with a preface by Barbara Schneider-Kempf general director of the Staatsbibliothek.BÄRENREITER FACSIMILEThe seal is used exclusively for facsimile editions published by Bärenreiter which meet the highest demands in both scholarly and technical terms.The distinguishing features include:- a facsimile in high-quality colour printing- scholarly commentary- attractive cover designFacsimile of the authograph score in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz.With a commentary by Christoph Wolff Martina Rebmann and Barbara Schneider-Kempf.Documenta musicologica II 47166 pages of facsimile and approx. 30 pages commentary (Eng/Ger)Format: 37.5 x 24cm; Half-leather binding hardbackISBN 978-3-7618-2294-4

KV 626-Hardback facsimile; Half-leather binding; 235 pages - 24 4 x 33 0 cm.Mozart???s Requiem: Truth and Legend.Facsimile of the autograph score held in the Austrian National Library with a foreword/introduction by Christoph Wolf.Mozart???s ???Requiem??? is fraught with questions and emotions: the expressive depth of its music sorrow at the great composer???s early death truth and legend fragments and attempts to complete the work.The surviving manuscript reflects its dramatic history: Mozart???s handwriting often appears on the same page as inscriptions by S?ssmayr and others. One corner of a pagewith Mozart???s final musical thoughts was later stolen but an old photograph bears witness to it.This high-quality new facsimile presents each page individually trimmed to convey a vivid impression of the original.Besides a detailed description of the manuscript by G?nter Brosche the volume contains a Foreword by Christoph Wolff depicting the work???s genesis.Barenreiter Facsimilie:The seal is used exclusively for facsimile editions published by B?renreiter which meet the highest demands in both scholarly and technical terms.The distinguishing features include:A facsimile in high-quality colour printingScholarly commentaryAttractive cover design

CD Sheet Music is the revolutionary series of masterworks on CD- or DVD-ROM that transforms a PC or MAC computer into a virtual music library. Now you can quickly locate view and print the great works of the classical repertoire. Compared to traditional printed sheet music or music downloads it is incredibly inexpensive. Original sources are out-of-copyright standard editions from publishers such as Breitkopf and Härtel C.F. Peters G. Schirmer Carl Fischer G. Ricordi Durand and many others. The discs also include biographical and analytical information from Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1911 Edition.This 2-disk set contains the vocalscores of 16 oratorios and odes (including Messiah Israel in Egypt Judas Maccabaeus Ode to St. Cecelia's Day) all the Coronation and Chandos anthems Dettingen Te Deum Utrecht Jubilate and Te Deum. Modern clef editions only.