Heralds of Spring. Par RAFF JOSEPH JOACHIM. Joachim Raff?s 12 piano pieces Frühlingsboten op. 55, originating in 1852/53, mark a new creative start in his compositional oeuvre, in which the composer left behind his previously written and published piano works. The title of the work, translated as ?Heralds of Spring,? is multilayered: It refers not only to spring in nature as expressed in the headings of the first two pieces, ? Winterruhe [Hibernation]? and ? Frühlingsnahen [Spring?s Approach],? but the words ?Heralds of Spring? also indicate love?s spring, the blossoming of love for his future wife, the actress Doris Genast. This appears in the headings of the pieces as of no. 3, sketching the path of an imaginary couple approaching union via various annoyances. And ultimately, Raff saw in his new piano work the ?harbingers? of his future works, created under ?happy circumstances.? In Frühlingsboten Raff repeatedly demonstrates his ability to adapt idioms and compositional techniques from works by Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and others. The pieces do nonetheless possess their own thoroughly original diction with a character spectrum just as diverse as their stylistic piano design. / Date parution : 2022-11-16/ Recueil / Piano

The three piano sonatas by Joachim Raff (1822?1882) representing his three main creative phases occupy a special position among his more than 100 piano pieces. They reflect a significant compositional aspiration whereas Raff otherwise frequently leans towards the salon-music genre in his piano music. Raff composed the early sonata op. 14 in 1844 after his first works were positively evaluated and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy had encouraged him to venture a career as a composer. The Fantasie-Sonate [Fantasy Sonata] in d minor op. 168 Raff wrote in 1871 at the height of his fame as one of Germany?s then most-played composers. Its dedication to CamilleSaint-Saëns shows his opposition to the rampant German disapproval of France and its music representatives in the wake of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/71. The second version of the sonata op. 14 composed in the fall of 1881 had only the opus number in common with the earlier version. In this late work Raff had created an entirely new sonata.

Un collecton merveilleux de marches de quelques-uns des grands compositeurs dont Berlioz, Haendel, Tchaïkovski et Verdi. / Piano / 16 pages / niveau : Facile - Elémentaire / Partition

[Sonatinen - Band 3 : Romantik] / Classique / Editeur : Ernst Herttrich / Doigtés : Detlef Kraus / Recueil / Broché / Edition Urtext

This book of violin pieces provides a wide variety of style, color, and character, including the most noteworthy compositions in musical history, all carefully revised and edited. While the student will find the contents of this book invaluable for recreation and practice, the virtuoso will recognise this set of selections as indispensable to his library. Includes Piano accompaniment. Suitable for intermediate standard (grade 4-5). / Piano

Gems from the classical literature written for the violin, together with effective arrangements of light popular compositions. Every piece in this exhaustive compilation has been edited and fingered, and includes piano accompaniment. / Violon Et Piano