Barenreiter Urtext Editions

Dvořák composed his twelfth string quartet in F major op. 96, known as the "American" Quartet, in just twelve days during his summer vacation in Spillville, Iowa in June 1893. This immensely

Anyone who is familiar with Bruckner’s symphonies and great masses will probably be astonished upon hearing his Missa solemnis of 1854: can the tradition of the Viennese classics still be so clearly

When he wrote his Toccata and Fugue in D Minor at the age of about 20, Bach would hardly have been able to fathom what a hit he was about to land. More than 300 years later, the composition not only enjoys

Psalm 137 was an inspiration for many composers including Saint-Saëns, who set the text four times. This setting, the original composed in 1854, features solo soprano, mixed choir, saxophone quartet,

Completed in the last summer of Schubert's life, this Missa Solemnis was first performed posthumously in 1829 under the baton of the composer's brother Ferdinand. Though the occasion for composition cannot

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto is a central work in the clarinet literature and a benchmark for every clarinetist. Mozart completed it two months before his death; it was the last solo concerto he wrote. He

This edition brings together all of Beethoven's pieces that he himself associated with the term "bagatelle," a "trifle." The bagatelles reflect Beethoven's diverse compositional cosmos in miniature and span

"Beethoven effectively invented the genre of the cello sonata proper, in which cello and piano have equally important roles," writes Barry Cooper in his introduction to the Bärenreiter edition of all

  • Urtext edition based for the first time on the Tatton Park manuscript as the main source
  • Informative foreword in English and German on the genesis, transmission, reception,

Chopin's name is forevermore connected with the piano. He was a fabulous pianist, improviser, and, of course, composer with a very unique, personal style that is characterized by a sense of rubato,

Chopin's Berceuse is one of his most frequently performed works and was regarded by subsequent composers as the prototype of the instrumental lullaby. This piece that Chopin initially named

Schubert's piano sonatas written between 1818 and 1825 comprise four completed and five unfinished works. His breakthrough came with the Sonata in C Major, D 840, known as the "Reliquie," the Sonata in A

More than 20 years after op. 52, Saint-Saëns turned once more to the genre of the concert etude. In 1892, he wrote an etude that was initially intended for publication in a magazine and later was to

One of Saint-Saëns' mature works, these etudes appeared in 1877 around the same time as his opera Samson et Dalila. The second etude of the cycle was originally written in 1868 for the

Artaria had already published variations on a Mozart aria by Beethoven in 1793 under the highly symbolic opus number 1. However, the composer was not satisfied with this work and ensured that the opus

It is not surprising that Johannes Brahms, an exponent of Romanticism, bestowed his special interest on piano music since the piano enjoyed great popularity among the rising bourgeoisie of the 19th century.

Handel's sonatas for flute and basso continuo have been firm favorites among flutists for 270 years. The edition published by Bärenreiter in 1955 could essentially only rely on the pieces issued by the

The 1608 opera "Arianna" is best known for the title character's lament sung by Isabella Andreini. The interest in this operatic scene now known as the Lamento d’Arianna led to many

Psalm 137 was an inspiration for many composers including Saint-Saëns, who set the text four times. This setting features alto solo, mixed chorus, piano, and English text. The first version, composed

  • Urtext edition based on the Tatton Park manuscript
  • Preface on the genesis of the work and an act-by-act summary of the plot (in English and German)
  • With

  • New critical Urtext edition
  • Largely retains the historical piano reduction authorized by Dvorák (1905)
  • Detailed preface by Robert Simon on the

Urtext edition.

There is hardly a musical area in which Mozart did not excel during his short life, and this is also true of piano music. His concertos, sonatas, four-hand works, and many solo pieces are part of the

Robert Schumann's Scenes of Childhood op. 15 (1838), Album for the Young op. 68 (1848) and Forest Scenes op. 82 (1848/1849) play a major role when learning how to play the piano