Edvard Grieg - Ballade op. 24
An ancient melody, probably from the 16th century, is the basis for Grieg’s op. 24. This “Ballade in Variation Form” was written in winter and spring 1875/76, in the months following his parents’ deaths. It is often interpreted ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Klaviersonate D-dur KV 576
From Mozart’s letters we know that he made firm plans in the summer of 1789 to earn money by composing six new easy piano sonatas for Princess Friederike of Prussia. Only this one was written, however, and one would hardly call it ...
Ludwig van Beethoven - Ecossaisen WoO 83 und WoO 86
In his many Ecossaises for piano, Ludwig van Beethoven proves that he could write vivacious dance music. The “ecossaise”; originally a Scottish country dance, was very popular in a more developed form in early 19th century salons. ...
Ludwig van Beethoven - Musik zu J.W. v. Goethes Trauerspiel "Egmont" op. 84
From the outset, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe intended music to play a role in his tragedy “Egmont”; which takes place during the uprising of the Dutch against Spanish dominion in the 16th century. Ludwig van Beethoven wrote the ...
Isaac Albéniz - Iberia · Zweites Heft
The first book of Albéniz’ four-part cycle “Iberia” has already been published in an acclaimed Henle Urtext edition and many pianists are now eagerly awaiting the remaining ones. The second book in this collection of melodious ...
Theodor Kirchner - Ausgewählte Klavierwerke
Theodor Kirchner was a successful pianist, pedagogue and composer in Leipzig, Dresden, Zurich, Winterthur and Hamburg. His very extensive output includes works for piano, organ, chamber music and choir. To the very end, Kirchner ...
Frédéric Chopin - Etüde E-dur op. 10 Nr. 3
Not every listener will immediately realize that this piece, which begins in the style of a dream-like nocturne with one of Chopin’s most enchanting melodic ideas, originated as a piano etude. But upon closer examination (and, above ...
Franz Schubert - Impromptu c-moll op. 90 Nr. 1 D 899
In his collections of Impromptus and Moments musicaux, Franz Schubert impressively showed at the end of his life how a lyrical, songlike form can be rendered on the piano. In spite of their simplicity, his popular Impromptus op. 90, for ...
Joseph Haydn - Zwei Duette Hob. XXVa:2 und 1 für Sopran, Tenor und Klavier
Carlo Francesco Badini (1715–1810) worked for a long time as a librettist at London’s Italian opera house. In 1791, he wrote the text to Joseph Haydn’s last opera “L’anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice”. In 1796 ...
Joseph Haydn - Violinsonate G-dur Hob. XV:32
It is not known exactly how many violin sonatas Joseph Haydn composed, since the authorship of several works attributed to him is uncertain. There is even some evidence that the present G major Sonata Hob. XV:32 may be Haydn’s only ...
Max Reger - Blätter und Blüten
From early childhood, Max Reger grew into the tradition of artisanal, practical composition in which Johann Sebastian Bach became his role model. Traditional forms such as canon, fugue, passacaglia and variation gave stable form to his ...
Isaac Albéniz - Iberia · Viertes Heft
With the fourth and last book, our blue Urtext editions of the "Iberia" cycle are now complete. Albéniz had greatly struggled to complete the work because he was very ill. Yet he was able to hand over all of the twelve pieces he had ...
Franz Benda - 6 Violinsonaten
“Gallant” and “sensitive” by no means implies boring and old-fashioned. Proof of this is given by Franz (František) Benda, the Bohemian Paganini of the 18th Century. Not only was his life extremely colourful and successful, but ...
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne G-dur op. 37 Nr. 2
The Nocturne op. 37 no. 2, composed in 1839, is a perfect example of the rich, pearling cascades of thirds and sixths that keep Chopin’s piano works at the top of the popularity list and as beloved today as in his time. Although no ...
Franz Schubert - 2 Scherzi B-dur und Des-dur D 593
It was not his large piano sonatas, but rather his short, characteristic pieces that established Franz Schubert’s fame. Like his art songs, they too are full of spontaneous, lyrical inspiration. The two greatly charming Scherzi, D. ...
Nicolò Paganini - 60 Variationen über Barucabà op. 14 für Violine und Gitarre
Nicolò Paganini numbers among the few musicians who attained fame by playing and writing for only a single instrument. His works for violin solo are unique, and his appearances as virtuoso fascinated audiences from the very beginning. ...
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sämtliche Lieder und Gesänge mit Klavier, Band I
Beethoven’s importance as the creator of monumental orchestral works and of substantial chamber music and solo sonatas is so great that his rich song oeuvre is often hardly even noticed. But his Lieder offer a highly entertaining ...
Joseph Haydn - Tänze und Märsche für Klavier
With this Urtext edition of easy original dances, minuets and marches by Joseph Haydn, young piano pupils will surely find their way into the extensive piano oeuvre of this great master of Viennese Classical music. In addition, they can ...
Max Reger - Fünf Humoresken op. 20 für Klavier
Reger’s “Five Humoresques“ follow in the footsteps of the nineteenth-century genre inaugurated by Robert Schumann’s “Humoresque“; op. 20. Occasionally Reger gives vent to high-spirited good humor, as when he quotes a hit ...
