Schott Musik

Prompted by the extraordinary success of his Album for the Youth Op. 68 which was published at the end of 1848 and sold like hot cakes, Schumann started to work on a cycle for piano duet in September...

Debussy's famous piano piece 'The little negro' is one of the first classical piano pieces that takes up stylistic elements from jazz music: the then very popular 'Cake Walk' was inspired by Parisian...

Debussy's famous piano piece 'The little negro' is one of the first classical piano pieces that takes up stylistic elements from jazz music: the then very popular 'Cake Walk' was inspired by Parisian...

10 duets in Latin, Spiritual and Jazz stylesTeacher/pupil formatCD contains recordings of the complete pieceCD also includes play-along versions

Commissioned for the BBC Proms Chamber Concerts in 2000, Vaporize is alive with rhythmic energy and sharp syncopations. Dedicated to John McCabe after Duddell was impressed with the opening chorale of...

For pianists, making music can often be a lonely pleasure. Duets provide a great way for the pianist to enjoy the benefits of ensemble - playing with other musicians - and the chance to share the enjo...

The Nutcracker Suite is a piano arrangement of the concert version of the ballet of that name. Tchaikovsky used only part of the music for the ballet in the suite. The Overture, and the March which is...

Dolly Suite is a collection of sound gifts that Fauré gave to little Dolly (Hélène Bardac, daughter of the mezzo-soprano Emma Bardac) on special occasions. Childlike scenes like Ketty-Valse, Le jardin...

Hermann Regner, one of the most successful music teachers of the 20th century and pupil of Carl Orff, was dedicated to the fusion of instrumental education and contemporary music. Thanks to his practi...

Barbara Heller's collection 'For 4 Hands' contains short pieces for piano duet. The entertaining little pieces were created in Munich in 1962 during her time as teacher at the Youth Music School. The...

The composer Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) from Cologne was influenced by the composition technique of Hindemith and Stravinsky, yet he also admired Messiaen and valued the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen. A...

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908), although rather unknown in Germany, ranks among the most important musicians of North America on the threshold of the 20th century. He received his musical training in Pa...

Over the centuries, the music for piano duet, originally composed to the delight of 'connoisseurs and enthusiasts', has turned into a mature art form which is absolutely on par with the solo literatur...