Musikverlag Zimmermann

Searching for an instrument which should fulfill the need for deep, powerful and at the same time sonorous flute tones, the ingenious flute maker Theobald Böhm created the first alto flute in 1858. Li...

There are still doubts about whether or not the two sonatinas (originally meant for piano in G major and F major) are genuine. Due to their low level of difficulty, they are part of the standard reper...

The Land behind the Clouds is a fairytale in which a little girl saves the earth with her flute play. Moments (Song of the sound goddess) describes moments in the lives of Indians; the composition als...

The compositions by the Swiss Joseph Lauber (1864 - 1952) who lived half of his life in the 19th century and the other half in the 20th century, are related more to the late Romantic period than to th...

From 1909, the Italian flutist Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962) mainly lived in the United States. His artistic career included loloist positions in great American orchetras (e.g. NYPO). Furthermore, h...

Thumpy® the thumb flute is a simple instrument with a natural and flexible sound. The flute is made of a straight, cylindrical wooden pipe. The embouchure hole is located just outside the middle of th...

Siegfried Wagner's name seems insignificant compared with that of his famous father, Richard Wagner, and his own son, Wolfgang Wagner, at present Director of the Bayreuther Festspiele. His compository...

This composition plays with the endless possibilities of how sounds can be produced on a flute. Single fragments of the original tune seem to be floating to us as if they came from another world - jus...

In his time, Raphael Dressler must have been a flutist of such renown that his Flute Tutor op. 68 was published nearly simultaneously by several publishers in London, Bonn and New York in 1827/28. His...

Contents: Akatombo (Red dragonfly); Yume Kaze (Dream wind); Itsuki-no-Komoriutu (Japanese lullaby from Itsuki); Kojo-no-Tsuki (Moon over the castle ruins); Kagome Kagome (Children's ring-a-ring-o' ros...

The four pieces on the theme of the night with the title Flattering Night Thoughts are fantasies - both literally and musically. They can be played either separately or in sequence. The titles of the...

In addition to some 70 operas, Domenico Cimarosa's (1749 - 1801) compositions include lithurgical music, but also chamber music as well as 32 one-movement sonatas for harpsichord. The musical roots of...

The piece was composed in 1980 and it is quite popular due to the interpretation by Robert Aitken. Incandescence means inensity, brilliance and connotes a high degree of emotion. Composed in a moderat...

Little is known about François Borne, even his birth and death year (1840 - 1920) (?) are not verified. He was professor for flute in Toulouse, published a theoretical work about flute making (togethe...

With the current collection we would like to invite you to a journey with the flute through different continents. On this musical expedition musical memories and imaginations will awake. Atmospheric p...

Luna y Sierra is a meditative celebration of a moment of natural beauty, enjoyed by the composer during his stay in the mountains of southern Spain. The piece is written for flute solo accompanied by...

The significant composers of the Romantic period almost entirely ignored the flute as a solo or chamber music instrument. It's for this reason that any historical adaptations of works suitable for the...

Die große spätromantische Sonate von Richard Rößler (1880-1962) stellt eine wesentliche Bereicherung der Literatur dieser Epoche dar. Im 1. Satz herrscht eine heitere Atmosphäre, in der der Charakter...

Joachim Andersen, einer der großen Flötenvirtuosen des 19. Jahrhunderts, ist Flötisten vor allem durch seine Etüden bekannt, die zum Standardrepertoire gehören. Dass er auch reizvolle Charakterstücke...

Lothar Kempter (1844-1918) was a student of Rheinberg and Bülow, conductor of the opera in Zürich. The Fantaisie Pastorale with a duration of 9 minutes is of moderate difficulty and also available in...

Ernesto Köhler dedicated the concert piece to the talented flutist Adolph Goldberg. Goldberg had dreamed of a solo career, but instead took over the textile company of his father. He became a generous...

Ernesto Köhler (1849-1907), Erster Flötist an der Kaiserlichen Oper St. Petersburg, widmete vier Charakterstücke, darunter diese Polka, seiner Kaiserlichen Hoheit, Großherzog Michail Alexandrowitsch,...

Danse des Marionettes is one piece of a series of six romantic salon pieces, which Ernesto Köhler (1849-1907) dedicated to Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich Romanow. The series includes 'Souvenir Russe'...

The French harp virtuoso Gabriel Verdalle (1845-ca. 1915) was employed at the Grand Opera in Paris. Most of his compositions were published by Carl Giessel junior in Bayreuth (later Zimmermann) betwee...