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The composition 1.X.1905, generally referred to as a “sonata,” stems from the autumn of 1905, the peak of the riots between the Czech- and German-speaking populations in

"More than 20 years ago I was called upon by friends, artists, and aficionados to write about fingerings for the violoncello," then-famous Berlin cellist Jean-Louis Duport thus opens his "Essai" from 1806,

To this day, Pierre Rode's  “Caprices” are a milestone in every violinist's education conservatory level. This Urtext edition offers detailed text regarding source material and historical

Dont, Kreutzer, Rode: three of the most prominent violin pedagogues of the nineteenth century are united here in one volume. At the outset of the nineteenth century, Rodolphe Kreutzer and Pierre Rode each

Published in early 1806, Kreutzer's "40 Études ou Caprices" for violin are the product of his years-long employment at the Conservatoire de Paris. Their systematic and complete reappraisal of

These eight songs are among Strauss' most famous lieder. They were written in the mid-1880s on poems of Hermann von Gilm and are the first songs that Strauss assembled into a single opus and allowed to be

No singer is able to ignore Beethoven's Adelaide. There are thousands of recordings; many love this lyrical setting of Friedrich von Matthisson's poem. Matthisson himself said of it: "Several

Only after 1900 did this work become popular thanks to the young Pablo Casals among others, who frequently included it in his concert programs. Today it is unquestionably one of the favorite pieces among

To whom did Beethoven address this song cycle An die ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved), which he completed at the age of 45 in April of 1816? Was it to the same person to whom his passionate

The three volumes of the Annees de pelerinage belong to the core of Liszt's piano oeuvre. In the first volume, "Suisse", the composer realised impressions of an extended sojourn in Switzerland in

The works for solo voice(s) and orchestra assembled in this volume owe their composition to the most diverse occasions. Some were tailor-made for female singers in Beethoven's milieu, while with others he

Henle Urtext Edition. In 1836 Chopin introduced the term "ballad" into piano music with the publication of his Ballad Op. 23, although up to then it had only been used in literature and in vocal