Richard Strauss the Great Romantic Composer of the 20Th Century RICHARD

Richard Strauss The great Romantic composer of the 20th century RICHARD

Andante in C major for Horn and Piano Horn Concerto no. 2 in E  major Ed.: Rahmer · Fing.: Schilde Ed.: Pizka · Piano reduction: Umbreit HN 1332 HN 1255 In the summer of 1888, while also working on HN 7255 Study score his tone poem “Don Juan”, Richard Strauss As if looking back on his youth toward the end of composed this brief Andante for his father, Franz his life, Richard Strauss wrote a second concerto STRAUSS Strauss, a member of the Munich Court Opera for horn and orchestra, again in E  major, around and one of the greatest horn players of his age. sixty years after his first concerto for horn.

– edition prepared after examination of the – sublimely beautiful late work Munich autograph manuscript – first Urtext edition New Urtext Editions – performance piece of moderate difficulty for – edited by Hans Pizka, pupil of the horn player teaching at the world premiere

Horn Concerto no. 1 in E  major op. 11 Serenade for Wind Instruments in E  major Richard Strauss with the soprano Ed.: Damm · Piano reduction: Umbreit op. 7 Elisabeth Schumann HN 1253 for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B ), 4 horns HN 7253 Study score (E  and B  basso), 2 bassoons, double bassoon With his first horn concerto, the merely eighteen- or bass tuba (double bass) year-old Richard Strauss succeeded in producing four additional horn parts in F a captivating masterstroke. To this day, the concerto Ed.: Gertsch Suite for Wind Instruments op. 4 is beloved throughout the world (not only) by HN 1261 for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B ), 2 horns (F), horn players. HN 7261 Study score 2 horns (B  basso), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon or When he was a mere 18 years old, Richard Strauss tuba – essential piece in the repertory composed the highly Romantic, one-movement Ed.: Rahmer – edition of reference, taking into account all Serenade for Wind Instruments, op. 7. Extremely HN 1061 i. p. extant sources for the first time popular among wind players to this day, this work HN 7061 i. p. Study score – edited by the horn virtuoso and Strauss scholar recalls in instrumentation and structure Mozart’s Peter Damm “Gran Partita”, which certainly served as a model for Strauss. Vocal Music

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Concertante Works, Chamber Music, Piano and Songs Piano Sonata in b minor op. 5 Ed.: Jost · Fing.: Schäfer The last great Romantic of the twentieth century, Richard Strauss is one of the HN 1467 most performed composers in the world to this day. However, his artistic stand- During his youth, Richard Strauss composed ing often contrasts starkly with the flawed quality of the musical texts that has a large number of works for piano solo, among been available up to now. We will now present the most important concertante them numerous sonatas. Yet it was only the and chamber music works in reliable Urtext quality – in many cases for the Sonata in b-minor that he obviously considered first time ever. Outstanding artists and performers of Strauss are lending us their important enough to want to see in print. support for this exciting project. – first Urtext edition – composed in the style of German Romanticism – challenging work for students and professionals

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Violin Sonata in E  major op. 18 Ed.: Krämer · Fing.: Korstick · Fing. vn: Steinbacher HN 1298 Composed at the end of a longer series of works between summer and autumn 1887, this violin sonata numbers among Strauss’ most Richard Strauss 1890 popular chamber music compositions to this day. In the outer movements, its piano setting and modulations break the intimate mould of chamber music, alluding to the sensational first Symphonic Poems written at the same time.

– with marked and unmarked string parts – fingering and markings by two master performers

Romance in F major for Violoncello and Orchestra Winds Ed.: Jost · Fing. vc: Müller-Schott · Piano reduction: Strauss Oboe Concerto in D major HN 1468 Ed.: Schellenberger · Piano reduction: Umbreit The Romance is regarded as one of Strauss’ HN 1248 most mature youthful works, though it was long HN 7248 Study score overshadowed by the Cello sonata. In May 1945, a soldier with the American occupa- tion asked Richard Strauss whether he had ever – an early work from 1883, unpublished during thought of writing an oboe concerto. The composer the composer’s lifetime soon got to work; in October the score was – an established part of concert repertoire since finished. the 1980s – with marked and unmarked string parts – one of the most important concerti for oboe – substantially improved musical text Violoncello Sonata op. 6 – first Urtext edition Ed.: N. N. · Fing. vc: N. N. – edited by the world-famous oboist Piano Sonata b minor op. 5, autograph HN 1469 i. p. Hansjörg Schellenberger