Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (""Pathetique"") (Kalmus Edition) Review

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(More customer reviews)Purchasing this book was a waste of money. Any decent bookseller should simply refuse to sell this book: printing quality is terrible, it looks like some original was scanned in low resolution. Apart from the too poor printing quality, the distribution of the bars and notes over the width of the pages is sometimes changing by the bar, completely illogical and unmusical and close to impossible to follow while listening to the music.
With only half a centimeter larger and wider, and just 1 mm in thickness, the slightly more expensive Eulenburg edition is a pleasure to work with, and is thus highly recommended to everyone who might even dare to consider buying this dreadful Dover edition.

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From the Complete Works, Russian Edition, reprinted as a full-size score.

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Complete Symphonies in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)I Wanted to have a Schumann symphony score. I love the theme of the first movement of the 3rd symphony. I like to hear it on a piano my be someday i will make a transcription for the piano.

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No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 ("Spring"); No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61; No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 97 ("Rhenish"); and No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120. Breitkopf & Härtel editions. Study score.

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Later Symphonies (Nos. 35-41) in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)As a musicology student on a budget, I've acquired quite a few Dover scores over the last years. They may be slightly antiquated in many cases, but there's simply no one who can match their prices.

This edition is from Breitkopf & Härtel's late 19th century edition of Mozart's complete works, which means that a lot of the archaic notation practices that existed in Mozart's time have been updated, allowing for a very easy to read product (The only C clef in use is in the viola). The font used is a bit heavy for my tastes, but by no means difficult to read. The print is of top notch quality; Dover Publication can be a little hit and miss when it comes to this, but this book has no notable printing flaws. The paper is of a high enough quality to withstand heavy handed rubber use.

The only minus I can think of right away is that there are no numbered bars, and that the instrumental organization of a movement is only mentioned on the first page of the movement; you have to keep track yourself after that. The first point is slightly annoying, the second one I don't really care about. These two points combined, however, force me to remove one star. Of course, this doesn't mean that it's not a top notch product in it's own right, or that there are better options out there, but there are some minor points that could have been improved without much work.

Since the instruments are only spelled out at the first page of a movement, this means that you won't get a reduced score; all instruments are written out all the time, even if they don't play anything. This makes the book slightly longer, but in my opinion, it actually makes the score a bit easier to read. Besides, it makes sure that you always have plenty of free space to write on, as opposed to some reduced scores that tends to get very cramped (you can find a couple of exceptions: pages where three separate lines of music have been added rather than two. You can probably count the instances of this on your fingers, though). A big point for anyone interested in analysis.

Bottom line: For this price, there's no better edition. It's a shame that Dover didn't take some few measures to improve it, because my fifth star could have been had for a very small price...

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This affordable collection includes Mozart's seven final symphonies (Nos. 35-41) including the great composer's greatest orchestral work-the last 3 symphonies. Reprinted from the authoritative and acclaimed Breitkopf & Härtel edition.

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Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 Pastorale (Schott) Review

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(More customer reviews)An essential score for all serious musicians - one of Beethoven's greatest works, and one that is truly pivotal between classicism and romanticism. This edition is great value for money.

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Preface * I. Pleasant, cheerful feeling aroused on approaching the countryside. Allegro ma non troppo * II. Scene by the brook. Andante molto mosso * III. Happy gathering of villagers. Allegro * IV. Thunder-storm. Allegro * V Shepherd's song. Grateful thanks to the Almighty after the storm. Allegretto

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Petrushka (Dover Miniature Scores) Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this score because the orchestra I belong to was going to play this piece and thought it'd give me a better understanding of it.This score has a clear description of each tableau and detailed stage directionswhenever the mood or musical theme changes, and has been a great help for me to understand what's happening in this ballet.However, this isan original score and while very helpful as a whole, since my orchestra was playing the revised edidtion, there were many differences between them in instrumentation, sometimes in a number of measures and even time signatures, and sometimes it was very confusing. Although I was glad that I had this score while practicing this piece, I did wish if I'd gotten the revised version.Beware ofthe type of edition you want to read!

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Brilliantly orchestrated, filled with Russian folksong as well as new and striking harmonies, this score is one the most popular and acclaimed musical works of the 20th century. General Note. Stage Directions. Instrumentation. All materials in English and French, newly translated for this edition.

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Symphony No. 2 in C Minor: "Resurrection" (Dover Miniature Scores) Review

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(More customer reviews)Dover's entire line of miniature scores is great for anyone who wishes to have a deeper knowledge of great orchestral works without paying $20 or more the full-sized version.I own the 8 of Mahler's 9 symphonies that Dover offers in this series (the 7th Symphony is currently unavailable) and have been very pleased with them.The print is large enough to be easy to read without having to deal with a cumbersome full-sized score.

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Well known for its grand opening movement and glorious choral finale, Mahler's Second Symphony is scored for solo soprano, solo mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra. Reprinted from the authoritative Josef Weinberger edition, this inexpensive high-quality volume features the full score in a conveniently sized edition for study at home, in the classroom or concert hall.

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Sibelius Orchestral Works: An Owner's Manual (Unlocking the Masters) Review

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(More customer reviews)When I call the book Gigantic, I'm not referring to its physical size, which is quite modest.I'm talking about its intent and accomplishment.

Writing about classical music is difficult.Much of the terminology is unfamiliar to most readers, and there's always the temptation to go in one of two unwelcome directions: either over-popularizing the subject or being dry and academic.The effective path lies along a fine line between those two extremes, and David Hurwitz walks that line beautifully.I'm so impressed by this treatise on Sibelius that I'm going to immediately start collecting the rest of his similar books on Dvorak, Mahler, Haydn, and anybody else he's covered that I don't know about yet.

Although the market for a book like this one must be incredibly narrow, Mr. Hurwitz has waxed expansive and entertaining.His insights into the composition techniques employed by the Finnish master are unparalleled.The illustrative samples on the two included CDs are both wisely chosen and luminously recorded-- bravo!

I should probably explain that I consider myself somewhat of an expert on Sibelius and his music, having studied both the composer and his output for well more than fifty years.David Hurwitz, who is considerably younger than I am, has nevertheless studied these subject even more deeply than I have, and his analyses and evaluations ring absolutely true.From now on, when people ask me about Sibelius, I will quote Hurwitz rather than myself!

For anyone familiar with the jargon of classical music essays and with an interest in the subject, this book is a godsend.I had high expectations for it, and it exceeded them.

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Jean Sibelius was not only Finland's greatest composer, he was one of the most distinctive and appealing musical voices in the first half of the 20th century, especially renowned for his characterful handling of the romantic symphony orchestra. His example has led directly to an unprecedented cultural flowering in his homeland, making this small country of 5 million people a powerhouse in the world of classical music composition and performance. Sibelius The Orchestral Works - An Owner's Manual considers over 80 individual orchestral pieces, from songs and choruses to symphonies, tone poems, overtures, and theatrical music. Along the way, readers are invited to identify and enjoy the fascinating mix of elements that make up Sibelius's colorful personal idiom. Two CDs accompanying the text offer not only a rich selection of music by Sibelius, including two complete symphonies and two of his most popular tone poems, but also a representative selection of the best Finnish music by his contemporaries and successors. This approach offers a unique opportunity: to hear Sibelius in context and gain an understanding of exactly what distinguishes him from his contemporaries, how he influenced later generations, and how it was that he came to be viewed as the musical spokesperson of an entire nation.

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Antonin Dvorak SYMPHONIES NOS.8 AND 9 ("NEW WORLD") in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)While I strongly disagree with the reviewer who labeled classical music as "snooze-material" (how uncultured do we really wish to paint ourselves as being?), I do agree that the Dover score is a great and inexpensive purchase for anyone wishing to study either symphony.It's interesting to note that Simrock-Dvorak's usual publisher-and Dvorak were at odds over money when the 8th symphony was completed, so he had it published in London by Novello (it is because of this that the work is used to be called Symphony No. 4 and is often referred to as the "English" Symphony), but that all was back to normal by the time he had completed the 9th.Dover reprints both original imprints of the two scores: the 8th Symphony is a Novello reprint (1892) and the 9th Symphony is a Simrock reprint (1894).As is always the case with Dover scores the binding holds up well to backpack abuse and the pages don't tear when your theory professor goes ripping through them discussing formal construction with you.

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Two celebrated symphonies by the great Czech composer, the Eighth and the immensely popular Ninth, "From the New World" in one volume.

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The Rite of Spring in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)For anyone who loves music in general as much as I do, Stravinsky's Rite Of Spring can be, to say the least, a shockingly intense listening experience, full of strangely dissonant polytonal simultaneities, overwhelming rhythmic dephasing, and colorful details and timbristiceffects that take maximum advantage of what a great symphony orchestra hasto offer. This edition of the translated original score allows you a betterunderstanding of this revolutionary musical monsterpiece, with visualcomplement to what your ears couldn't even consider figuring out. Sometimesit's simpler than you would imagine; sometimes it's much, much morecomplex. This work taught me a great deal about music composition &arranging, and the book also allowed me to write a reduction of the"Spring Rounds" for a 7-piece band.

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Composed for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, The Rite of Spring premiered in 1913 to a near-riot. The most famous musical work of the 20th century, this brilliant and uncompromising masterpiece changed the course of modern music. Nearly a century later, it remains in the repertoire of every large symphony orchestra.

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Rapsodie Espagnole, Mother Goose Suite, and Pavane for a Dead Princess in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)These works show why Ravel is the Master of orchestration. This is a must for every conductor or composer.

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Full, authoritative scores of 3 enormously popular works by the great French composer: Rapsodie Espagnole (1908), Ravel's first entirely orchestral composition; The Mother Goose Suite, a collection of children's pieces based on 5 fairy tales; and Pavane for a Dead Princess, rearranged in 1910 from an 1899 piano work.

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William Tell and Other Overtures in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)Dover scores are always a great bargain. I'm conducting from this score. I haven't noticed that the pages are hard to turn as one reviewer mentioned. You should know that the William Tell is Breitkopf and Hartel, not the Rossini critical edition. Of special interest is the fact that Rossini has 5 solo cellos in the beginning accompanied by the rest of the cello section and basses. In the Breitkopf score, the ripieno cellos are given to the top of divisi basses. No problem. Lucks and Kalmus parts use the Breitkopf arrangement.

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Fiveoperatic overtures: William Tell; The Thieving Magpie; The Silken Ladder; Mr. Bruschino, or The Accidental Son; and Semiramide.

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Symphonies Nos. 1-21 in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)It's a score that does what it suppose to do. All the notes are there.

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The great composer's 21 early symphonies, written between 1764 and 1771 when he was still a boy, are reproduced here from the authoritative Breitkopf and Härtel Complete Works Edition. Rich in melody, musical invention, and a much-imitated but unsurpassed grace, they allow musicians and music lovers to savor and study the composer's youthful development and mastery of the symphonic form.

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The Six Brandenburg Concertos and the Four Orchestral Suites in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores) Review

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(More customer reviews)As stated in the title, this book contains the complete score for all 6 Brandenburg Concerti and all 4 Orchestral Suites by Bach.Parts are not included nor are they available separately from Dover.
It is in modern notation with very clear, dark printing.It is a large-format (approx. 8 1/2 x 11) paperback book and is bound like most paperbacks.
As with all Dover Editions, it is very easy to read and follow the music, but it was not designed as a performing score.Because of the binding (it won't lie flat) and because no attention was given to page turns, it is very difficult to play from.But if you wish to study the music or follow the score while listening to your favorite recording, you can't beat this edition for the money.

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Bach's masterpieces in the concerto form, reprinted from definitive Bach-Gesellschaft scores: No. 1 in F Major, No. 2 in F Major, No. 3 in G Major, No. 4 in G Major, No. 5 in D Major, and No. 6 in B-flat Major. Plus four rococo Orchestral Suites.

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Six Great Overtures in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)I added measure numbers and rehearsal letters to this score which were taken from a Luck's Music Library score.Those items increase rehearsal efficiency.Otherwise this score is okay, and the price is right.

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Six staples of the orchestral repertoire reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition. Overture to Coriolanus, Op. 62; Leonore Overture, No. 1, Op. 138; Leonore Overture, No. 2, Op. 77; Leonore Overture, No. 3, Op. 72; Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72; Overture to Egmont, Op. 84. Convenient, accurate, affordable.

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Symphony No. 7 In Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)The issue here is the score, not the music.Since Dover specializes in reprints, it's forced to use what's in the public domain.The results are consequently uneven.If you're looking for Brahms' orchestral music, or Wagner's late operas (after Lohengrin), Dover's scores are bargains, because the scores printed are reliable.On the other hand, there are Dover scores that one should avoid like the plague, & the reprint of Mahler's Seventh Symphony is one of them.This score was originally printed with 300+ errors, & this is the edition that Dover publishes.In fact, all the errors weren't removed from the score until the critical edition ~ this is true even of the Eulenburg scores, which falsely claimed at every reprint, that the errors had been removed.So if you really want the orchestral score of the Seventh, the only version that's musically defensible is the critical edition.

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One of the composer's most popular, accessible works, the 7th has neither a "program" or folk-song theme. It is a purely instrumental composition, both hopeful and romantic in feeling. Reprinted from the authoritative German edition of 1909. List of instruments. Glossary of German terms.

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Complete Concerti in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)Dover has done good job in this edition. Good quality reprint of complete works edition, it is easy to use and reliable. Only cons goes to the weight :)

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Brahms wrote only four concerti-all of which have become absolute staples of the concert repertoire. The works are: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Violin Concerto, Op. 77; Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102. This Dover edition reproduces them directly from Breitkopf & Härtel's definitive Samtliche Werke edition, Volumes 5 and 6.

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Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)The Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos are among the hardest ever written.This book does a good job of showing the composer's intentions.Its inclusion of the ossia version as well as the simplified version of the solo parthelps the reader to compare the two.Also, the orchestra parts are easilyread and well spaced.There is never too much or too little on one page. It is a great book for conductors, pianists, or anyone else who loves theRach concerti.This is a must have for any serious piano concerto fan!

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Three great classics of 20th-century music in one volume, reprinted from authoritative full-score Russian editions. Table of Contents. Lists of instruments.

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