Bill Ray Martin Music

Paul Dukas (1865-1935) wrote his 'Villanelle' as a demanding exam piece for the horn class of the Paris Conservatoire in 1906. The title, referencing a cheerful traditional vocal genre that originated...

Pascual Marquina Narro (1873 - 1948) was a prolific Spanish orchestral and operatic composer. As a composer he is particularly known for his pasodoble works. Among these belong the 'Rey del Pasodoble'...

La danza' is a patter song by Gioacchino Rossini, in 'Tarantella napoletana' time. It's the eighth song of the collection 'Les soirées musicales' which he composed in the years 1830-1835. 'La danza' b...

The music for Johann Strauss' Operetta 'Der Zigeunerbaron' is regularly performed today. The orchestral pieces that Strauss furnished from the work were also well-recognised, among them, the sparkling...

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the Post-Romantic era who also had a significant influence on his contemporari...

'Der Zigeunerbaron' is Strauss's second most popular operetta after 'Die Fledermaus'. Its 1885 premiere had political resonance; the plot popularized the Dual (Austro-Hungarian) Monarchy which was to...

About Mendelssohn's oratorio 'Elias' The Times said: 'Never was there a more complete triumph - never a more thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art.' The libretto of Elijah is most ski...

Fortsetzung der erfolgreichen Critical Editions-Reihe der gesammelten Werke für Sologitarre von Villa-Lobos. Auch Band 4 konzentriert sich auf ein besonders bemerkenswertes Stück, den CHOROS no. 1, de...

This piece provides an unprecedented version (by the author) for guitar and harp from the famous suite for solo guitar by Alexandre Tansman. Historical preface by Frédéric Zigante in Italian, French a...

A selection of 26 pieces by the Spanish guitarist Fernando Sor, considered the most important composer of guitar music in the early nineteenth-century. In this publication, Max Eschig continues the di...

Mauro Giuliani is considered today to have been the most important guitarist-composer of the early nineteenth century. Not only was Giuliani the foremost player of his day: his fame reached far beyond...

Die 1937 für Klavier solo komponierte Mystic Flute besteht aus zwei Stimmen: einer einfachen Melodie in harmonischem Moll, die durch eine Ostinato-Begleitung im 7/8-Takt ausgeglichen wird, die dem Wer...

Die beiden Suiten Nr. 1 und 2 aus 'Peer Gynt' von Edvard Grieg für Klavier vierhändig.

Kadenzen von Mozart

Die Reihe 'Musique française' richtet sich ebenso an Lehrer und Studenten wie an Berufsmusiker. Bekannte Wissenschaftler stellen in den einzelnen Bänden Meisterwerke der französischen Musik vor, besch...

Die Suite Ma mère l'Oye wurde von Maurice Ravel in den Jahren 1908-1910 für Klavier zu vier Händen komponiert. Für diese "cinq pièces enfantines" [fünf Kinderstücke] ließ sich der Komponist von den Mä...