SKU: UT.NAP-5
ISBN 9790215318465. 9 x 12 inches.
Napoli e l'Europa (Naples and Europe) - Masterpieces of the Neapolitan School selected by Riccardo Muti for the Salzburg Whitsun Festival Project in association with the Ravenna Festival Betulia liberata, for four voices, strings, two oboes, two horns and basso continuo, was the second oratorio by Niccolo Jommelli (1714-1774), following Isacco figura del Redentore. It was composed in 1743 to a commission from the Fathers of the Congregation of the Oratorio of Saint Philip Neri, and was widely performed in Italy throughout the 18th century, as well as in Prague and in London. Metastasio's text proved popular with composers, and Jommelli's version of this text is one of the most felicitous on account of its impact, variety and consistent inventiveness, and also for the care he took in matching the music to the drama.The brilliant combination of different styles and forms, the attention to dramatic characterisation, and the power of invention displayed by Jommelli in Betulia liberata make him the foremost Italian composer of the mid-eighteenth century, pre-eminence recognised by the music critics and historians of his age.
SKU: UT.NAP-11R
ISBN 9790215324459. 9 x 12 inches.
Performance Material on Hire[Solo: SSATTB - Choir: SATB - 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - Tp - Hp - Str]Francesca da Rimini is a drama for music in two acts by Saverio Mercadante, libretto by Felice Romani; the text is freely inspired by the unfortunate events of the two lovers, Francesca and Paolo, of which Dante's Comedy (canto V) also narrates.According to some scholars, the first performance of Francesca da Rimini took place in Madrid in January 1828; however, this date is not reflected in the Diario de Avisos de Madrid, a publication that daily reserved a conspicuous space for news on the shows staged in the Spanish city: the years between 1828 and 1831 in fact do not mention the work. Furthermore, no printed libretto of Mercadante's Francesca da Rimini is preserved today – an inexplicable fact, if one admits that the performance took place. The text of the opera can be largely traced back to the one prepared by Romani for the homonymous work by Antonio Carlini (Naples 1825), which Mercadante was able to know before his stay in Spain.Following the missed Spanish premiere, the opera should then have been represented at La Scala Theater in a subsequent season, with reliability the imminent one of the 1831/32 carnival; but shortly thereafter the impresario died: thus the contractual obligations involving him were no longer fulfilled, and, for a second time, Mercadante was then forced to shelve the plans about Francesca da Rimini, put aside now for several months. In fact, the scoring – very similar to that of the operas planned at La Scala in the same Carnival period – assumes that Francesca da Rimini was destined for a theatre of great means, like few others in Italy besides La Scala. But the failure of the opera may also have been due to the presence of the part of an amoroso en travesti, Paolo, to whom Mercadante assigns a prominent role also in terms of music: in 1831 and in Italy such a solution was no longer so frequent as a few years before or in provincial theatres, and so this condition may possibly have affected the fate of the negotiations in Milan, and may explain how the composer was then unable to have the score performed elsewhere.This critical edition is based on manuscript copies conserved in the Museo internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna (autograph score) and in the Biblioteca Histórica Municipal in Madrid (score and separate parts).
SKU: UT.NAP-11
ISBN 9790215323438. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: HL.4007084
ISBN 9781705132869. UPC: 840126956924. 9.0x12.0x0.817 inches.
Commemmorating the legacy of Paige's Music in Indianapolis, IN as they celebrate their 150th anniversary, this dynamic work features an intense rhythmic drive along with a soaring melody that serves as an inspirational focal point. Legacy features creative laying effects and textures throughout, along with terrific interplay between the winds and percussion. (compatible in performance with the “Intermediate Version†for younger players – HL04007086).
SKU: HL.4007086
ISBN 9781705132876. UPC: 840126956955. 9.0x12.0x0.795 inches.
Here is an easier version of Richard's dynamic work for band that commemorates the 150th anniversary of Paige's Music in Indianapolis, IN. Legacy features an intense rhythmic drive, creative laying and textural effects, and a soaring melody that serves as an inspirational focal point. (compatible in performance with the “Advanced Version†– HL04007084).