Schott Musik

The music of small forms and of chamber-music instrumentations was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher...

The music scene took notice of Erik Satie (1866-1925) all of a sudden: The world premiere of his ballet 'Parade' on 18 May 1917 [siehe dt. Text!] caused quite a scandal. The production which involved...

'Novelty of form, selected modulations, strange tone colours, the use of completely unexpected rhythms', this is how Camille Saint-Saëns praised the debut work of a young colleague and continued: 'Abo...

The famous Golliwogg's Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Children's Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908.The style correspond...

This last chamber work by Mátyás Seiber was written for the Cheltenham Festival 1960, as a commission by the BBC.

Edward Elgar composed 'Liebesgruß' (Love's Greeting) in 1888 as a little gift in return for a poem presented to him by his wife-to-be which she had written herself. The charming melody seem to have st...

Taken from his delightful collection of French 18th Century Pieces, Alfred Moffat's Intrada will provide a charming addition to the violinist's repertoire.

The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 5)