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Septet E flat major op. 65

About the Composer

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Camille Saint-Saëns

Saint-Saëns was one of the most multifaceted musicians of the second half of the nineteenth century in France. Regarded as a Classicist, he also wrote pieces with an Impressionist character to their sound, and one composition in quarter-tones. As a critic and essayist he was involved in the first complete editions of Rameau’s and Gluck’s works.

1835Born in Paris on October 9. Early comprehensive education.
1848–52Studies at the Conservatoire de Paris.
1853Organist at St. Merry Church in Paris.
1853–59First large-scale works: Symphony No. 1, Op. 2 (1853), and No. 2, Op. 55 (1859); Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 17 (1858); Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 20 (1859); Mass, Op. 4 (1856); he attempts to arrive at unique forms.
1857–77Organist at La Madeleine in Paris.
1861–65He teaches at the École de Musique Classique et Religieuse Niedermeyer.
1871Founding of the Société Nationale de musique.
1871–77Composition of symphonic poems “Le rouet d’Omphale” (“The Wheel of Omphale,” 1871), “Phaéton” (1873), “Danse macabre” (1874), “La jeunesse d’Hercule” (1877).
1876Attends the performance of the Ring in Bayreuth.
1877Performance in Weimar of his opera “Samson et Dalila.”
1881Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
1883Performance in Paris of his opera “Henry VIII.”
1885Publication of the treatise “Harmonie et mélodie.”
1886Performance in London of his Organ Symphony (Symphony No. 3 in C minor): major work with thematic transformation after Liszt’s model. Composition of “The Carnival of the Animals,” the publication of which he forbade during his lifetime.
1899Publication of the book “Portraits et souvenirs.”
1900Cantata “Le feu celeste” in praise of electricity, for the opening of the Exposition Universelle.
1921Death in Algiers on December 16.

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About the Authors

Peter Jost (Editor)

Dr. Peter Jost, born in 1960 in Diefflen/Saar, read musicology, German and comparative studies at Saarland University in Saarbrücken. He did his PhD in 1988 with a thesis on Robert Schumann’s Waldszenen.

From November 1991 to April 2009 he was a research associate at the Richard Wagner Complete Edition in Munich, and since May 2009 has been an editor at G. Henle Publishers. His Urtext editions comprise predominantly French music of the 19th and 20th centuries, including works by Lalo, Saint-Saëns and Ravel.

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Klaus Schilde (Fingering)

Prof. Klaus Schilde, born in 1926, spent his childhood in Dresden. There he was greatly influenced by Walter Engel, who taught him the piano (Kodaly method), composition and violin. From 1946–1948 he studied at the music conservatory in Leipzig with Hugo Steurer. After moving to the west in 1952 he studied with Walter Gieseking and Edwin Fischer, as well as with Marguerite Long, Lucette Descaves and Nadia Boulanger in Paris.

Schilde won numerous prizes. From 1947 onwards he gave concerts as a soloist and chamber musician on almost every single continent with renowned orchestras. He taught at the music conservatories in East Berlin Detmold, West Berlin, Munich, Tokyo (Geidai) and Weimar. From 1988–1991 he was President of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, where he also taught for decades as a professor. There are numerous radio and television broadcasts with Klaus Schilde as well as CD recordings. Schilde has contributed fingerings to almost 100 Henle Urtext editions.

Prof. Klaus Schilde passed away on 10 December, 2020.

Edited by Peter Jost, this Henle Urtext edition is yet another outstanding presentation. It is thoroughly researched, with insightful comments relating to the autograph score which is held in the National Library in Paris.

AUSTA Stringendo, 2016

Easy, accessible string and trumpet parts combine with a more challenging virtuoso piano score in this handsome, spacious Henle publication. Editor Peter Jost's scholarly preface is engaging and enlightening.

Strings Magazine, 2016

Saint-Saëns himself also made a piano trio version, and later authorised an augmentation of the original quartet parts for a small-orchestra effect. Henle's pristine version of the original is a welcome return from this arrangement merry-go-round, and the piece itself not impossibly difficult for the well-equipped school, a separate trumpet part being considerately provided in B flat as well as Saint-Saëns' original E flat.

Music Teacher Magazine, 2016

Das Werk ist voller Spielfreude, probieren Sie es aus! Die Ausgabe ist auf gewohnt höchstem Niveau, neben der Klavierpartitur liegen 7 Einzelstimmen bei: Tromp in Es, in B, 2 Vl, Vla, Vc und Kb.

ESTA-Nachrichten, 2016

Die Ausgabe aus dem Henle Verlag ist wie immer vorbildlich mit einem Vorwort zur Geschichte des Werks sowie einem kritischen Bericht zur Urtextausgabe versehen. Dieses Septett ist ein Stück mit Augenzwinkern, das es verdienen würde, häufiger aufgeführt zu werden.

Sonic, 2020