Partituras de Zimmermann para flauta

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....

The lack of good literature from the time of Viennese Classicism for four flutes is one of the reasons for writing the transcription presented here. The original of Divertimento KV 136 is arranged for...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Eine Auswahl aus den Perlen Alter Meister.

Vienna, March - April,1816. Franz Schubert writes his Sonatas for pianoforte accompanied by a violin. 1816 was a particulary disappointing year for Schubert. A modest music teacher's employment in Lai...

The 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' is a piece from Georg Friedrich Handel's oratorio Solomon, written in 1748 and performed for the first time on March 17, 1749. The arrangements presented here can b...

Das Oratorium 'Salomo' entstand im Sommer 1748 und wurde am 17.3.1749 uraufgeführt. Ein wirkungsvolles Stück, gerade für den Beginn eines Quartettprogramms. Ausser einigen barocken Dreiklangsbrechunge...

The Zigeunerweisen (gipsy airs), a famous and popular virtuoso piece from violin literature, required some modification with regard to their performance on the flute. Nevertheless the harmonies, melod...

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) wrote the Suite presented here in 1884, on the occasion of the 200th birthday of the Danish writer Ludwig Holberg. Originally composed for the piano, Grieg...

The instrumentation in this Concerto, originally written for flute and strings with basso continuo, was changed. The solo part, however, totally corresponds to that of the original. A choir-like perfo...

It is assumed Giuseppe Torti was born in Milan and lived during the 18th century. In this case, 'Concerto' is a rather misleading term as the piece really is a quartet. The interesting composition use...