Spartiti medio di Schott Musik

The first songbook by Abdullah Ibrahim contains 15 atmospheric songs for piano. African Songs - draws on pulsing rhythms, bluesy melodies and evocative ballads.Abdullah Ibrahim was born in Capetown. H...

This character piece is still firmly rooted in the Romantic tradition of descriptive musical imagery. An early work, its formal structure is characterised by onglike thematic phrases, softly flowing m...

Inspired by Frédéric Chopin, George Gershwin (1898-1937) worked on a collection of 24 preludes bearing the title 'The Melting Pot'. Three of the preludes were performed for the first time at the Roose...

The reputation of the Bohemian composer Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) has always been somewhat overshadowed by that of Bedrich Smetana and Antonín Dvorák. This is a pity, for Fibich, though he died young,...

In the 19th century, the Christmas celebrations increasingly moved from the church to the family home. The delicately woven Christmas Sonatina by Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) testifies to that. Motifs fr...

Clair de lune gilt als die bekannteste und meistgespielte Komposition aus der Suite bergamasque von Claude Debussy. Der dritte Satz dieser berühmten Klaviersuite steckt voller bildlicher Inspiration u...

Written at the same time as the composer's Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal), Bryars' Ramble on Cortona is the first piece the composer has penned for solo piano in his esteemed career. Like his piano...

The compositions of Friedrich Zehm (1923-2007) are characterized by the desire for clarity, conciseness and general comprehensibility. His freely tonal works are influenced by elements from various ep...