Vocal Score for the opera Arianna In Creta by G.F. Handel. Libretto prepared anonymously from Teseo in Creta by Pietro Pariati. Please note that this piano score does not contain a realisation of the figured bass. The left hand of the piano part is the figured basso continuo of the opera, with occasional octave transpositions and the incorporation of some of the viola part. The right hand is a reduction of the main orchestral material. Item numbering and bar numbering accord with the full score and parts.

The well-known aria announcing the barber's entrance — "Figaro!… Eh, Figaro!" — highlights this comic romp of an opera. Based on Beaumarchais' Le Barbier de Seville, Rossini's 1816 classic began as Almaviva, or the Useless Precaution, in an attempt to avoid confusion with a highly successful Il Barbiere di Siviglia of a half-century earlier. An opening night fiasco and persistent interruptions during the premiere by fans of the older play were but momentary detours on the path of this masterpiece to international fame. With the now-famous overture in place, the work reached the operatic capitals of the world, becoming the first opera to be sung in Italian in New York. Ideal for conductors, soloists, chorus members, and rehearsal pianists, this practice and performance vocal score is based on the classic 1900 Schirmer edition. Please note that the lyrics appear in the original Italian only.

A critical and popular success from its 1786 debut, Mozart's musical comedy elevated the opera buffa to new heights. Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), ossia la folle giornata ("or The Day of Madness") reassembles characters from The Barber of Seville for a romantic romp involving mistaken identities, remarkable coincidences, and the triumph of true love. This authoritative practice and performance edition presents Lorenzo da Ponte's vocal score, originally published by Casa Ricordi, Milan. Ideal for study, practice, and performance, it contains the complete vocal music with a piano reduction of the orchestral score. Vocalists, voice majors and teachers, and rehearsal pianists will rejoice in this high-quality, low-cost edition of Mozart's masterpiece. Note: Lyrics are in the original Italian only. Dover (2001) republication of the vocal score from an authoritative early edition.

“Almira”, Handel’s first opera, was well received when premiered in 1705 at the Theater am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg. The director was Reinhard Keiser, who, remarkably, had himself already set Friedrich Christian Feustking’s text to music. The role of Fernando was sung by Johann Mattheson. The translation used by Handel leaves several Italian arias in their original language, resulting in a delightful mixture of German and Italian. The opera which, after sundry entangled romances, ends in the wedding of three couples, is characterised by exuberant scenes: the procession at Almira’s crowning ceremony, a duel, a prison scene and a masked-ball involving the three continents Europe, Africa and Asia. The vocal score to “Almira” by George Frideric Handel brings about a small sensation: Whilst conducting a reenactment of this work in 1732, Georg Philipp Telemann removed the Aria no. 28 “Ingrato, spietato” from his conducting score. Since then this aria has been deemed lost. Due to necessity only the edited vocal text devoid of any music was presented in the 1994 volume of the “Halle Handel Edition”. Thanks to a recently discovered contemporary manuscript copy from the beginning of the 18th century which was found in the music library of the Mariengymnasium in Jever, this aria has now been made available to performers for the first time in this new vocal score edition. Previous to this the corresponding pages could only be seen as a facsimile in an article of the “Göttinger Händel-Beiträge”. Now the aria can be performed again. Furthermore, with the help of this new source, missing measures in the basso continuo which had initially been completed by the editor of the “Halle Handel Edition” volume, could be reconstructed from the basso continuo part of the Bellante aria “Ich brenne zwar” (no. 71). Urtext edition based on the “Halle Handel Edition” Original German and Italian text with a German translation of the Italian arias Comprehensive foreword (Ger/Eng) Clear, straightforward piano reduction

Influential 18th-century oratorio deals with the triumph of the Jewish warrior-hero Judas Maccabaeus over the invading enemies of the Israelites. Beauty, drama and brilliant originality of its arias, duets and choruses have kept the work constantly in the active repertoire. Reprinted from authoritative edition of the German Handel Society. Text underlay in English and German.

Exactingly reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, this superb full-score edition offers music lovers a rare opportunity to study and follow performances of this great comic opera, one of the most engaging and least pretentious masterpieces in the repertory. The earliest of Mozart's five most famous operas and the first he wrote for the Viennese stage. Reprint of Die Enthführung aus dem Serail, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, n.d.

In response to a continued interest in a scholarly facsimile of the Mass in B minor, a new cloth-bound facsimile edition (BVK 2194) has now been published. This replaces the original BÄRENREITER FACSIMILE edition (BVK 1911). Johann Sebastian Bach completed the Mass in B minor in 1748/49 shortly after the Art of Fugue and shortly before his death. This late work is as concentrated and rich in compositional technique as scarcely any other work. As early as 1818, Hans-Georg Nägeli enthusiastically described the Mass as the "greatest musical artwork of all time and all nations”. Since then it has been ranked as an icon of music history. One of the primary functions of a facsimile is the preservation of such a cultural heritage, particularly when the manuscript (as is the case with the Mass in B minor) is endangered and damaged by iron gall ink erosion. Furthermore, it is moving for Bach admirers to see how in some passages Bach’s handwriting reflects the effort which this last work demanded of him. The facsimile documents and records the present condition of the complete autograph score. Older reproductions have substituted a few individual folios where the content has become difficult to read in recent years. The renowned Bach scholar Christoph Wolff describes the work’s significance in his introduction, gives an overview of the history of composition and draws attention to particular distinguishing features of the manuscript. "This facsimile edition is a model for the presentation of musical sources, both in appearance and in documentation. […] Wolff's facsimile will serve as foundational tools" (Notes, December 2008) "Once, Bach came up against the boundaries of his art, on blotchy, 260-year-old paper. ‘Et expecto…’ is this point in the B minor mass, ‘And I look for the resurrection of the dead.’ Bach wrote modulations which were extraordinary. He had to strive for these. He crossed out – although this is a fair copy – hatched and scratched until the paper tore. He was already an old man, his script leans to the left. The handwriting here isn’t nearly as lively as in the ‘Cum sancto Spirito’, written earlier. Everywhere, one is moved by the closeness to the manuscript which the facsimile conveys – one of the most sumptuous ever published." (DIE ZEIT Literatur, December 2007)

For ATB Soloists, SATB Chorus and Orchestra.

This is an exclusive arrangements for piano, voice or other instruments of EASY skill level from the original composition by Miscellaneous. This title is available as instant sheet music download. Contents: o lord most holy, jingle bells, o come all ye faithful, the first nowell, joy to the world, we wish you a merry christmas, the coventry carol, deck the halls, what child is this, o christmas tree, silent night, carol of the bells, twinkle twinkle little star, jesu joy of man desiring, Greensleeves, greensleaves, jesu joy of man desiring, green sleeves, greensleves, the first noel, pie jesu, ave maria, panis angelicus

Choral-Vorspiel"Nun komm der Heiden by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). For tuba & piano. Swiss import. Grade 4. Score and parts. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-270).

Ein Haus voll Musik. (Eine musikalische Geschichte). By Michael Ruggeberg. For speaker and orchestra. This edition: ED 9498-10. Vocal Music. Grade 3-4. Set of parts. Text language: German. Duration 32 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49033129). ISBN 9790001132633. With Text language: German. Dieses Werk basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Bilderbuch von Margret und Rolf Rettich. Es handelt sich um ein fur Kinder- und Jugendkonzerte geeignetes, modernes Orchesterstuck, in dem die Instrumentengruppen und Soloinstrumente des Orchesters exemplarisch vorgestellt werden. Die einzelnen "Nummern" sind in eine kindgerechte Geschichte eingebettet, die von einem Erzahler gesprochen wird.

Ein Haus voll Musik. (Eine musikalische Geschichte). By Michael Ruggeberg. For speaker and orchestra. This edition: ED 9498. Vocal Music. Grade 3-4. Score. Text language: German. 160 pages. Duration 32 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49033128). ISBN 9790001132626. With Text language: German. Dieses Werk basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Bilderbuch von Margret und Rolf Rettich. Es handelt sich um ein fur Kinder- und Jugendkonzerte geeignetes, modernes Orchesterstuck, in dem die Instrumentengruppen und Soloinstrumente des Orchesters exemplarisch vorgestellt werden. Die einzelnen "Nummern" sind in eine kindgerechte Geschichte eingebettet, die von einem Erzahler gesprochen wird.

Retablo de Navidad by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999). For Soli (MezBar), children's choir, mixed choir (SATB) and small orchestra. This edition: ED 9477. Choral Music. Grade 3. Score. Composed 1952. Duration 22 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49008427). ISBN 9790001132145. Die acht kleinen Weihnachtsmusiken reflektieren das Geburtsgeschehen in Bethlehem in naiver Frommigkeit. Die unterschiedlichen Besetzungen der einzelnen Stucke sorgen fur eine Vielfalt des musikalischen Ausdrucks.

Cusanus-Meditation. ("Du, Herr, bist der Begleiter meiner Wanderfahrt"). By Petr Eben. For mixed choir (SATB) with tenor voice solo, string orchestra and harp (organpositiv) or with organ. This edition: ED 9403-10. Choral Music. Grade 4. Performance material. Text language: German. Composed 2000. Duration 15 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49033069). ISBN 9790001131278. With Text language: German. Eine Kantate fur Gottesdienst und geistliches Konzert, komponiert zum 600. Geburtstag des Philosophen Nikolaus von Kues (1401a!!1464).

Bilder der Hoffnung. ("Leuchtende Erde und schimmernde Meere"). By Petr Eben. For mixed choir (SATB) a cappella or with organ (organ part). This edition: ED 9234. Choral Music. Grade 4. Score. Text language: German. Composed 1998. 16 pages. Duration 8 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49008347). ISBN 9790001128100. With Text language: German. Ebens Chorwerk "Bilder der Hoffnung" ist ein Auftragswerk des 93. Deutschen Katholikentags und wurde 1998 in Mainz uraufgefuhrt. In der vorliegenden Fassung wird das Werk um Vor-, Zwischen- und Nachspiel der Orgel erweitert und erganzt.

Drei stille Lieder by Petr Eben. For soprano, flute and piano (harp). This edition: ED 8960. Vocal Music. Grade 3. Score and parts. Composed 1955. 30 pages. Duration 6 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49008240). ISBN 9790001125376.

9 Historiettes by Jean Francaix (1912-1997). For baritone, tenor saxophone and piano. This edition: ED 8929. Vocal Music. Grade 5. Composed 1997. 21 pages. Duration 18 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49008227). ISBN 9790001124768.

Requiem op. 148 (liturgisch). By Robert Schumann. Edited by Bernhard R. Appel. For mixed choir (SATB), Soli (SATB) and orchestra. This edition: ED 8880. Choral Music. Grade 3. Piano reduction. Text language: Latin. Composed 1852. 80 pages. Duration 40 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49008198). ISBN 9790001123778. With Text language: Latin.

Missa sancta Nr. 2 G-Dur WeV A.5 / WeV A.4 (mit Offertorium "In die solemnitatis" (liturgisch)). By Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) and Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). Edited by Dagmar Kreher. For mixed choir (SATB), Soli (SATB) and orchestra. This edition: ED 8859. Choral Music. Grade 3. Piano reduction. Text language: Latin. 61 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49012988). ISBN 9790001123600. With Text language: Latin.

Missa sancta Nr. 2 G-Dur WeV A.5 / WeV A.4 (mit Offertorium "In die solemnitatis" (liturgisch)). By Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) and Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). Edited by Dagmar Kreher. For mixed choir (SATB), Soli (SATB) and orchestra. This edition: ED 8858. Choral Music. Grade 3. Score. Text language: Latin. 132 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49012987). ISBN 9790001123594. With Text language: Latin.

Missa sancta Nr. 1 Es-Dur WeV A.2 / WeV A.3 (mit Offertorium "Gloria et honore" (liturgisch)). By Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) and Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). Edited by Dagmar Kreher. For mixed choir (SSAATTBB), Soli (SATB) and orchestra. This edition: ED 8856. Choral Music. Grade 3. Score. Text language: Latin. 152 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49012985). ISBN 9790001123563. With Text language: Latin.

"... oder soll es Tod bedeuten?". (Acht Lieder und ein Fragment von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy). By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847) and Albert Reimann (1936-). For soprano and string quartet. This edition: ED 8762. Vocal Music. Grade 5. Score and parts. Composed 1996. 124 pages. Duration 24 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49008142). ISBN 9790001121705. This cycle arranged by Aribert Reimann of eight Lieder by Mendelssohn contains well-known items like: 'Leise zieht durch mein Gemut' and 'Auf Flugeln des Gesangs'. The songs are joined to each other by specially composed intermezzi which attempt - with refer-ence to the thematic material of the songs - to re-interpret Mendelssohn's idiom for our time. '... oder soll es Tod bedeuten' ist the final work in Reimann's series of adaptions of 19th-century songs for voice and string quartet. Franz Schubert's 'Mignon' (ED 8466) has already been published. All these cycles have been recorded by Juliane Banse and the Cherubini Quartet and are available on CD (TUD 7063).

Vier geistliche Festgesange. (Proprium festivum Monasteriense). By Petr Eben. For mixed choir (SATB) with 2 trumpets and 2 trombones or organ (organ). This edition: ED 8632-12. Choral Music. Grade 4. Individual part. Text language: German - English. Composed 1993. 20 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49015521). ISBN 9790001119016. With Text language: German - English.

Vier geistliche Festgesange. (Proprium festivum Monasteriense). By Petr Eben. For mixed choir (SATB) with 2 trumpets and 2 trombones or organ. This edition: ED 8632-11. Choral Music. Grade 4. Set of wind parts. Text language: German - English. Composed 1993. 16 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49015520). ISBN 9790001119009. With Text language: German - English.