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Mozart's friendship with Anton Stadler, the clarinetist in Vienna's Royal-Imperial Court Orchestra, led to the composition of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet In A Major. The four-movement piece is arranged...

In addition to his genius as a composer, Schumann was a gifted critic who wrote perceptive essays, articles, and reviews for his influential musical journal, Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik. Written from 1...

Reproduced directly from the famous Breitkopf and Härtel series, this volume includes the famous 'Trout' quintet (1819), the Quartet in F Major (1816), and three delightful trios for pianoforte, violi...

Two of the most popular Baroque orchestral works in the repertoire appear here in one inexpensive, convenient volume. Full of charm and tremendous variety, Water Music features a colourful blend of co...

A monument in the history of Western music, The Well-Tempered Clavier represents not only the culmination of J. S. Bach's own maturation process but also the impetus for the emerging style and structu...

Originally published by the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music in the 1920s, this new edition of Bach 's The Well-Tempered Clavier offers illuminating perspectives on the work from a pair o...

The three volumes of The Masterwork in Music present complete English translations of major works by Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker, one of the twentieth century's leading figures in the fi...

The three volumes of The Masterwork In Music present complete English translations of major works by Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker, one of the twentieth century's leading figures in the fi...

Based on the play by Beaumarchais, The Barber Of Seville is one of the greatest of all comic operas, delighting audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melodic elegance, rhythmic exhilaration,...

Eight works, including the celebrated 'Piano Quintet Op. 44', four 'Quartets' (Op. 41 Nos. 1-3 Op. 47), three 'Trios' (Opp. 63, 80, 110). Breitkopf & Hortel edition.

The melodies, harmonies, moods, and rhythms of Norwegian folk songs and dances — even the sounds of old Norwegian folk instruments — inspired and filled the music of Edvard Grieg. These distinctive in...

Albert Schweitzer. Contains a virtual history of Protestant church music, narrowing the study to Germany, tracing to their roots the forms used by Bach and assesses the contributions of other composer...

This volume is reproduced directly from the famous Breitkopf & Hartel series published at Leipzig under the title Franz Schubert's Werke. Included are The Quintet in C Major (1828), the 15 quartets, a...

The definitive biography and critical study of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), this volume deals at length not only with with the composer's musical achievements but also with aspects of his life an...

Adagio from Concerto for Oboe * Affetuoso from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 * Air on a G String * Aria from Goldberg Variations * Arioso in G Major * Bouree * Bouree from Overture in French Style * Bran...

Beethoven's bagatelles are short compositions written over the span of the composer's lifetime, from the early to the late periods. Ranging from easy to intermediate level, these popular pieces displa...

Edited by Alfred Dorffel and Wolfgang Graser. Breitkopf & Hortel complete works edition. Includes piano reduction of 'The Art Of The Fugue'.

Danish composer Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832) is best known for his Piano works. These 19 highly accessible sonatinas are staples of the keyboard repertoire. They offer intermediate-level pianists trai...

Edited by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel. A highly interesting glimpse of Beethoven, as revealed in his own words. Over 300 reflections on the art of composing.

Edited by O. G. Sonneck. All his traits and characteristics as described by his friends and acquaintances.

This classic of music analysis by a noted musicologist offers revealing insights into Beethoven's personality and music. George Grove, the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians,...

The 457 letters collected here are the most important letters in the spirit that was to shape and move a century. With explanatory notes by Dr. A. C. Kalisher.

Anton Felix Schindler. Schindler's intimate view of the composer - his music, how he was viewed by his contemporaries, his personality, his deafness - a standard reference work essential to the Beetho...

Selected Music For Solo Piano is a vast collection of pieces by English composer and violinist Frank Bridge. Bridge is mostly remembered for privately tutoring Benjamin Britten, who later championed h...

Mendelssohn's Lieder Ohne Worte, or ' Songs without Words , ' is among the most loved, most played collections in the Romantic Piano repertoire. Reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel ed...