Musikverlag Zimmermann

At the beginning of the 19th century, music at home was in full blossom and the guitar a very popular instrument. Contrary to the short, zither-like note of early pianos, the guitar had a singing, res...

In Russia, Ferdinand Büchner (1825-1912) won himself a reputation as an excellent soloist and teacher. Following the romantic tradition of virtuoso musicians who also worked as composers, Ferdinand Bü...

Bochsa, geboren 1789, war Harfenist und ab 1813 am Hofe Napoleons und Ludwig XVIII. angestellt. Ab 1822 bekleidete er die Position eines Harfenprofessors an der neugegründeten Royal Academy of Music i...

Louis François Phillipe Drouet was born in Amsterdam in 1792. He was appointed to the court of the Dutch king Ludwig Bonaparte at the age of 15. Some time after 1810 he came to the court of Emperor Na...

One has to bear in mind that Berbiguier was an outsider in France, as he preferred a powerful tone even in low flute registers. Thus, his tonal concept was quite different from the one favoured by oth...

Starting with his early years of apprenticeship at a town waits in Darmstadt, Georg Abraham Schneider, born in 1770, managed a steady career which eventually led him to Berlin where he was appointed m...

In 1876, Gabriel-Urbain Fauré's first violin sonata was published as op.13, a work modelled on the classical sonata form and featuring fiery and spirited melodies, rhythmical finesse and great verve....

Experience a timeless masterpiece of the Classical era in the radiant sonority of four flutes: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s famous "Divertimento K. 136" has enchanted audiences for generations with its e...

If only for their intended use as chamber music, Fürstenau's flute trios (op.14, 22, 66 and 118) can by no means be labelled pieces of hollow virtuosity. In particular, the integration of fugues shows...

Two aspects of the quartets republished here for the first time are worth mentioning: they are the first compositions in the history of music which were actually composed for a flute quartet (despite...

With the Cavatine in E flat major by Théodore Dubois (1837-1924), Zimmermann provides all flutists, violin and horn players who wish to practice musical expression and interpretation with a charming p...

One of the few piano compositions written by Mozart during his time in Vienna is the Allegra KY 400, probably composed as the first movement of an entire sonata. Even this allegro has been handed down...

Following the Baroque tradition, this composition consists of four movements. It is homophonic in most parts and interspersed with effective imitations which add continuous drive to the whole piece an...

Wilhelm Popp (1828-1903). In addition to his work as an orchestra musician, Popp was one of the most creative composers of flute music. His 525 works include numerous compositions of average value, bu...

All three works presented here are lyrical, imaginative and capricious, even though each of the three composers presents unique solutions of his own. In a time when contemporary music is characterized...

The concerto presented here could well be considered one of Georg Friedrich Handel's (1685-1759) concerti grossi, since it features the typical change between tutti and solo parts in the two outer mov...

Peter Joseph Lindpaintner (1791-1856) aspired to write great musical forms, but he failed, however, to achieve lasting success. What remained are his songs and small-form works, such as the variations...

All of the pieces presented here were taken from 18th century clavier literature. The three pieces written by the French clavier players Couperin, Daquin, Rameau can only be played on a two-manual ins...

Claude Debussy's sixth Prélude Des pas sur la neige (footprints in the snow) was written in 1909-1910. The titles (actually epilogues because Debussy always places them at the end of each Prélude) of...

Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (1722-1794) was vice kapellmeister and court composer, and later a kapellmeister, then musical director. He wrote instrumental concertos and chamber music works in which th...

The edition presented here is based on the authograph score of a Concerto in G major for 4 (transverse) flutes and figured bass, as well as the corresponding part copy of Flute I .

Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) was an important musician and composer at the court of Frederick ll. In later years he was appointed harpsichord player and chamber musician of Her Royal Highness Prin...

This edition helps to close one of the last gaps with reference to the new edition of Kuhlau's flute music. The publisher Paté called this collection of fashionable dances Les Perles ravissantes - enc...

Leonardo de Lorenzo, 1875-1962, ist lange Zeit fast unbeachtet geblieben. Einer sich abzeichnenden Renaissance trägt der Musikverlag Zimmermann mit Neuausgaben aus seinem Archiv Rechnung. Ein ausführl...

Franz Krommer (1759 - 1831) fut un des compositeurs les plus appréciés de son époque. Le Concerto pour flûte op. 44 fut conçu pour le violon en 1799 avant d'être réécrit en 1820 pour la flûte. Notre é...