Richard Strauss the Great Romantic Composer of the 20Th Century RICHARD
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Richard Strauss The great Romantic composer of the 20 th Andante in C major for Horn and Piano century Ed.: Rahmer · Fing.: Schilde HN 1332 Horn Concerto no. In the summer of 1888, while also working on Ed.: Pizka 2 in E · Piano reduction: Umbreit major his tone poem “Don Juan”, Richard Strauss HN 1255 composed this brief Andante for his father, Franz RICHARD HN 7255 Study score Strauss, a member of the Munich Court Opera As if looking back on his youth toward the end of and one of the greatest horn players of his age. his life, Richard Strauss wrote a second concerto for horn and orchestra, again in E – edition prepared after examination of the sixty years after his first concerto for horn. Munich autograph manuscript major, around – performance piece of moderate difficulty for – sublimely beautiful late work teaching – first Urtext edition STRAUSS – edited by Hans Pizka, pupil of the horn player Horn Concerto no. at the world premiere Ed.: Damm 1 in E major op. · Piano reduction: Umbreit 11 HN 1253 Serenade for Wind Instruments in E HN 7253 Study score op. 7 New Urtext Editions With his first horn concerto, the merely eighteen- for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets major year-old Richard Strauss succeeded in producing Richard Strauss with the soprano (E and B basso (B ), 4 horns Elisabeth Schumann a captivating masterstroke. To this day, the concerto or bass tuba ), 2 bassoons, double bassoon is beloved throughout the world (double bass four additional horn parts )in F horn players. (not only Ed.: Gertsch ) by HN 1261 – essential piece in the repertory HN 7261 Suite for Wind Instruments op. – edition of reference, taking into account all Study score When he was a mere 18 years old, Richard Strauss for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets extant sources for the first time 4 composed the highly Romantic, one-movement 2 horns – edited by the horn virtuoso and Strauss scholar (B basso (B ), 2 horns Serenade for Wind Instruments, op. tuba ), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon(F) ,or Peter Damm popular among wind players to this day, this work 7. Extremely Ed.: Rahmer recalls in instrumentation and structure Mozart’s HN 1061 i. p. “Gran Partita”, which certainly served as a model HN 7061 for Strauss. i. p. Study score – editorial consideration of the first edition and Vocal Music the autograph manuscript 1 – first Urtext edition Eight Poems op. Serenade Original Keys for High 10 Voice Seinem hochverehrtenKönigl. bayr. Lehrer, Hof-Kapellmeister Herrn Fr. W. Meyer, Op. 7 Komponiert 1881 · Erschienen 1883 ∑ ∑ ∑ Ed.: Oppermann = 56 > Andante e ∑ Ï ∑ >Ï Ï™ J ° b 2 ∑ Ï b b 4 . ™ Ï Ï j Flauti & Ï. Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Zueignung I ™ ™ Ï. ™ Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï J Ï b 2 Ï Ï ™ Ï b b 4 Ï #Ï Ï Ï Ï > | Nichts Oboi ™™ & p . Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï > Ï Ï Ï. Ï™™ Ï | 2 Ï™ Ï Ï Ï Ï. ∑ Die Nacht 4 Ï ™ Ï . ∑ Geduld b Ï b ¢& ∑ Clarinetti in Si p >j | Die Verschwiegenen | Die Georgine ∑ ™™ Ï ∑ >Ï bÏ ÏJ 2 ∑ Ï bÏ Ï ° 4 ä ÏJ > | Allerseelen b Î & ∑ p Corni in Mi ∑ j | Die Zeitlose 2 ∑ Ï™ Ï 4 Ï Ï Ï™ nÏ Ï Ï b basso ¢& ™™ Ï n Ï Ï | Corni in Si ™ . ™™ Ï ™ Ï Ï n > { . ™ Ï ™ Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï J > > HN 1458 ™ Ï Ï Ï > Ï™ nÏ Ï ÏÏ™ Ï Ï Ï nÏ J ° 2 Ï Ï Ï ? b 4 Î ä J i.p. Fagotti b b p ∑ p ∑ ∑ b 2 Contrafagoutbtoa ? b 4 o Basso T ¢ b Ï Ï Ï Å Ï Ï Ï Ï (Contrabbasso) p j J ä Î ä Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ÏÏ Ï Ï Ï J Î Four Songs op. ∑ J Ï ä 7 ä p Ï ∑ ™ Ï J J ° b Ï Ï p Fl. b b ∑ & I j ä mf Å Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï 27 Ï Ï Ï Original Keys for High Voice ™™ II j ä Î bbb Ï Ï Ï Ob. & j Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ä . Î ™™ Ï Ï Ï p . Ï. Ï Ï ä Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï J b Ï Ï Ï ™ Ï Ï Ï Cl. ¢& ∑ Ï ™ Ï Ï p Ed.: Oppermann Ï Ï j ∑ mf Ï ä Î ∑ Ï Ï Ï Ï ° Ï™ Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï & ∑ ™ Ï Ï Ï Ï. p j Ï ä Ï j Ruhe, meine Seele! Ï Ï mf Cor. Ï Ï J . Ï Î Ï Ï #Ï Ï n Ï. Ï. Ï ä bÏ ™ Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ¢& Ï Ï Ï ∑ Ï™ Ï Ï p { Ï Ï ä | Ï J mf ∑ forderung Cäcilie Ï Ï Ï ∑ °? b Ï Ï Ï nÏ | Heimliche Auf- Fg. b b Ï Ï ∑ | Morgen! Ï Ï Ï ä Ï Ï n Ï J Cfg. ? b Ï HN 1461 o Btb. ¢ b b (Cb.) i. p. Vervielfältigungen jeglicher Art sind gesetzlich verboten. © 2020 by G. Henle Verlag, München Fotonachweise P. 1 akg-images/Erich Lessing G. Henle Verlag P. 2 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Mus.ms. 23649 · Forstenrieder Allee 122 P. 3 culture-images/photo12 P. 4 George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) · 81476 Munich · Germany · [email protected] · Phone +49-89-7 HN 211022 59 82-31 · www.henle.com Order no. 03.2020 Finest Ur text Editions Richard Strauss Richard Strauss The great Romantic composer of the 20th century New Urtext Editions 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 Strings 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 cham- ber 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.