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.

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)

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

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.

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).

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.

"... 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).

Neun Lieder nach Gedichten von Peter Hartling by Wilhelm Killmayer. For mezzo-soprano and piano. This edition: ED 8507. Vocal Music. Grade 5. Text language: German. Composed 1993. 16 pages. Duration 11 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49015491). ISBN 9790001113625. With Text language: German.

Kaschnitz-Gedichte by Dieter Schnebel. For voice (alto) and piano. This edition: ED 8416. Vocal Music. Grade 4. Composed 1994. 28 pages. Duration 15 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007991). ISBN 9790001112253. Die ausgewahlten Gedichte entstammen der Sammlung "Kein Zauberspruch" (Frankfurt, 1972). Wie der Titel bereits andeutet, steht die Eigenart des Dichtens und der Gedichte im Vordergrund. Die Stimme kehrt immer wieder zum Charakter des Rezitierens zuruck, auch das Klavier kommentiert in zuruckgenommener, oft statischer Weise.

Melancholie op. 13 (4 Lieder). By Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). Edited by Reinhard Gerlach. For low female voice and string quartet. This edition: ED 8410. Vocal Music. Grade 4. Score. Composed 1917-19. 20 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007984). ISBN 9790001112185. Nach dem Notentext der Hindemith-Gesamtausgabe.

Sechs Gesange op. 107 (Transkription fur Sopran und Streichquartett). By Robert Schumann. Arranged by Albert Reimann. For soprano and string quartet. This edition: ED 8329. Vocal Music. Grade 5. Score and parts. Composed 1994. 56 pages. Duration 10 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007921). ISBN 9790001111911. In diesen Liedern scheint sich Robert Schumanns krisenhaftes Leben zu spiegeln. Die Komposition fallt mit den ersten Ausbruchen seiner Krankheit zusammen. Beim im ersten Gesang heraufbeschworenen Bild der ertrinkenden Ophelia drangt sich die Assoziation mit seinem drei Jahre spater folgenden Selbstmordversuch auf. Aribert Reimanns Transkription steht den Bestrebungen Schumanns, "die Fortschritte des weiter ausgebildeten Begleitinstruments, des Klaviers" starker zu nutzen, scheinbar entgegen. Andererseits wird die vollstandige Integration des Vokalparts in den musikalischen Satz des Streichquartettes Schumanns Einschatzung gerecht, die Singstimme allein konne "nicht alles wiedergeben; neben dem Ausdrucke des Ganzen sollen auch die feineren Zuge des Gedichts hervortreten." Hier offenbarten sich Reimanns Gespur fur Klangfarben und seine jahrelange Erfahrung als Liedbegleiter.

Sinfonie X by Dieter Schnebel. For orchestra, alto voice, live electronics and tape. This edition: ED 8326. Scores. Study score. Composed 1987-1992. 484 pages. Duration 150 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007918). ISBN 9790001084680. Die 1992 in Donaueschingen uraufgefuhrte "Sinfonie X" mag in ihrer uber zweistundigen Spieldauer ein "opus summum" bedeuten. Die - auch einzeln auffuhrbaren - Satze sind als Hommagekompositionen, teils als eine Aufarbeitung der Musikgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts zu verstehen. So nimmt etwa der Klavierkonzertsatz "Hymnus" deutlich Bezug auf Oliver Messiaen. Doch uber die abgeschlossenen Satze hinaus will "Sinfonie X" mehr sein, in "Environments, Signalen, Klangraumen" und "Zeitstucken" - und in der musique concrete der "Stille"-Sektionen - zeigt sich Offenheit der Form, Sinfonie als Entwurf, die Utopie eines "Gesangs der Erde".

Huit Poesies de Mallarme by Wilhelm Killmayer. For coloratura soprano and piano or small orchestra. This edition: ED 8315. Vocal Music. Grade 4. Piano reduction. Text language: French. Composed 1993-1995. Duration 17 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49015470). ISBN 9790001084635. With Text language: French.

Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (12 Stucke aus der Dichtung Rainer Maria Rilkes). By Viktor Ullmann. Edited by Henning Brauel. For speaker and piano or orchestra (piano version). This edition: ED 8285. Vocal Music. Grade 5. Piano reduction. Text language: German. Composed 1944. 51 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007888). ISBN 9790001120401. With Text language: German.

Mit diesen Handen by Dieter Schnebel. For voice and cello. This edition: ED 8175. Vocal Music. Grade 5. Text language: German. Composed 1992. 50 pages. Duration 35 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007823). ISBN 9790001083737. With Text language: German.

1. Symphonie fur Streichorchester. ("Balsis" - "Stimmen" - "Voices"). By Peteris Vasks (1946-). For string orchestra. This edition: ED 8032. Scores. Conductor's/study score. Composed 1991. 68 pages. Duration 27 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007731). ISBN 9790001082709.

Triade de toujours. (Drei Duette). By Jean Francaix (1912-1997). For soprano, baritone, wind quintet, string quintet and harp. This edition: ED 7964. Vocal Music. Grade 4. Piano reduction. Composed 1991. 57 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007679). ISBN 9790001082310.

Rosaliana. (4 Lieder auf Gedichte von Rosalia de Castro). By Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999). For soprano and chamber orchestra. This edition: ED 7719. Vocal Music. Grade 4. Piano reduction. Composed 1965. 27 pages. Duration 13 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007471). ISBN 9790001080378.

Cuatre cancons en llengua catalana by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999). For soprano and orchestra. This edition: ED 7591. Vocal Music. Piano reduction. Composed 1946. 24 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49007355). ISBN 9790001079334.