2009 is Mendelssohn’s anniversary year and this has occasioned us to publish in addition to the already existing “Songs without Words” HN 327 nearly all of his piano compositions in two new extensive volumes. All of the works (see Contents) have been meticulously revised and extensive commentaries reflect the latest in scholarly research. Thus we are able to offer a comprehensive Urtext edition of Mendelssohn’s piano works that is unique in this form. It replaces our previous volume of selected piano works (HN 281).
In addition, Mendelssohn’s piano works that are most often played (op. 14, 16, 54 and 72) are also available in affordable single editions.
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809– 47) belongs among those composers who enjoyed a comprehensive musical education. From the beginning it encompassed lessons on several instruments, and the study of music theory and composition. In addition to lessons on the violin, from 1815 he studied piano with the Berlin pianist and composer Ludwig Berger (1777–1839), which very early … 続き
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
A German composer, conductor, pianist, and organist who already numbered among the most important composers in Europe during his lifetime. While still young he found a unique tonal language. Reflected in his oeuvre, which spans all genres, are the contradictory tendencies of the age – Classicism and Romanticism. His endeavors over the course his life to perform the works of Johann Sebastian Bach led to a “rediscovery” of that composer which continues unabated. His intensive engagement with Bach and his counterpoint influenced his own compositional technique.
| 1809 | Born into a wealthy banker’s family in Hamburg on February 3. Escape to Berlin with his parents in 1811. First musical instruction from his mother. |
| 1819 | He becomes a pupil of Carl Friedrich Zelter. |
| 1820 | Joins the Sing-Akademie in Berlin. |
| 1821–23 | Twelve sinfonias for strings. |
| 1825 | String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20. |
| 1826 | Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op. 21 |
| 1827 | Begins studies at the University of Berlin. |
| 1829 | Revival of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Berlin on March 11 and 21. Travels to England and Scotland. |
| 1829–30 | “Reformation” Symphony in D minor, [Op. 107], with inclusion of the choral “Ein feste Burg“ (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.) |
| 1830–32 | Extended travels, including to Italy and France. Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 25; Overture in B minor, Op. 26, “The Hebrides, or Fingal’s Cave” (1829–30). |
| 1833 | Music director in Düsseldorf. “Italian” Symphony in A major, Op. 90 (1830–33). |
| 1835 | Director of the Gewandhaus concerts in Leipzig. |
| 1836 | Premiere in Düsseldorf of his oratorio “St. Paul: Oratorio on Words of the Holy Bible,” Op. 36. |
| 1838-44 | Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. |
| 1840 | Composition of “Hymn of Praise, a Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible,” Op. 52. |
| 1841 | Berlin, in the service of the Prussian king. “Variations sérieuses” in D minor, Op. 54, for piano. |
| 1842 | Completion of Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”) in A minor, Op. 56, with a songlike opening. |
| 1843 | Incidental music to Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Op. 61. Director of the newly founded Leipzig Conservatory. |
| 1846 | Premiere of his oratorio “Elijah,” Op. 70, in Birmingham. |
| 1847 | String Quartet in F minor, [Op. 80]. Death in Leipzig on November 4. |
Obwohl beide Bände zusammen auf die stattliche Zahl von über 500 Seiten kommen, lassen sich die Bände dank einer cleveren Bindung wunderbar blättern und unfallfrei auf den Notenhalter legen, ohne dass sich die eine oder andere Seite selbständig machen wollte. … Irgendetwas Neues findet sich immer – und gibt noch Jahre Anlass zum Vergnügen.
De uitgave is een voorbeeldig eerbetoon aan een componist wiens werk nogal eens aan wisselende waardering onderhevig is geweest. Hoewel beide delen zo’n 250 pagina’s dik zijn, slaan ze makkelijk open. Een heldere bladspiegel, logische omslagpunten, facsimilé’s, een historisch voorwoord en nauwgezette bronverantwoording, zoals we van Henle gewend zijn.