Recent Arrivals from Serenissima Music, Inc.

This study score is a high-quality reprint of the one first issued in Leipzig by Ernst Eulenburg in around 1910. The Eulenburg itself was based on the original 1881 score issued in Berlin by Bote & Bock. It is the third and final revised version of the piece. Reprint of Leipzig: Eulenburg, n.d. Plate E.E. 3793.

Arensky's final work was incidental music composed for a performance of Shakespeare's The Tempest given in 1905 in Russian. This new vocal score is an enhanced facsimile of the original 1906 Jurgenson edition which has been scaled to a larger, more readable format. Unlike so many of the on-demand scores now available, this one comes with all the pages and… Read more

The Serenade was Herbert's second success on the Broadway stage. It was premiered at the Knickerbocker Theatre on March 16, 1897 by 'The Famous Bostonians' and enjoyed several revivals in the early 20th century. Unlike so many of the on-demand scores now available, this one comes with all the pages and the images have been thoroughly checked to make sure… Read more

This new edition of Glinka's beloved orchestral showpiece is the first not based upon the corrupt edition issued under the supervision of Hector Berlioz in the 19th century. Editor David J. Miller has gone back to the original performance scores for Glinka's complete opera for this beautifully engraved and thoroughly researched score, now available in a convenient and affordable format… Read more

Trumpet Mania! is a unique book of trumpet studies designed for serious students who want to bring their technique to the next level. The author, a professional with more than two decades in the field, has provided numerous exercises and warmups specially designed to enhance stamina and technique along with practical advice on how to get it done. Tichenor's volume… Read more

Erik Satie's "drame symphonique" was composed on a commission from the Princess Edmond de Polignac. Satie based his text on selections from the Plato works Symposium, Phaedrus, and Phaedo which mention the Greek philospher in the French translation by Victor Cousin. The work was first performed at the salon of Pricess de Polignac in April of 1918 with soprano Jane… Read more

This 35-minute work is sometimes thought of as Elgar's answer to his contemporary Richard Strauss' tone poem Ein Heldenleben. It was given its premiere at the Birmingham Music Festival on Oct. 1, 1912 with the composer at the podium. Elgar quotes extensively from his own previous works throughout. This new vocal score is an unabridged digitally-enhanced reprint of the one… Read more

This is a new, digitally enhanced reprint of the score originally published in 1896 by Arthur P. Schmidt. Chadwick's Symphony No. 3 was composed two years ealier and was awarded the first prize in the competition held by the National Conservatory in New York. The judge was the visiting Antonin Dvorak. The work received high praises in the compoer's lifetime… Read more

This is a new, digitally enhanced reissue of the score originally published in 1936 by Edition Suecia. Stenhammar began work on what most consider to be his finest orchestral work while on vacationing in Italy in 1911. The Serenade was completed two years later and given its premiere under the composer's baton in Stockholm in January 1914. Revisions were made… Read more

Debussy's sole completed opera was given its premiere at Paris' Opera Comique on April 30, 1902. It was the culmination of an eight-year effort on the composer's part. Though not an immediate sensation like Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" two years later in Milan, the five-act lyric drama, after the identically titled play by Maeterlinck, enjoyed a successful run in the first… Read more

This is an unabridged digitally-enhanced reissue of the vocal score that was prepared by Jean Roger-Ducasse and published by J. Hamelle & Cie. in 1900. Measure numbers have been added along with a table of contents and instrumentation. The large format is extremely easy to read for singers, choruses and pianists. This is Faure's final version the Requiem. The accompaniment… Read more

This is a new, digitally enhanced reissue of the classic vocal score prepared by Friedrich Brissler and issued by C.F. Peters of Leipzig around 1880. Brissler's vocal score was arranged from the well-known completion of Mozart's unfinished masterpiece done by his student Franz Xaver Süssmayr in 1792 at the request of Mozart's widow Constanze. Includes contents, instrumentation, and an English… Read more

Dvorak's second set of Slavonic Dances was composed in response to a request from his German publisher, N. Simrock, in the wake of the tremendous popularity of the first set (Op. 46). The brilliant orchestration of the melodious, folk-inspired dances did much to establish Dvorak's reputation as a major orchestral composer. The new study score offered here is a digitally-enhanced… Read more

Though it was composed in 1852, the Requiem wasn't published until a decade after the composer's death in 1856. This newly engraved vocal score is based upon the one prepared by Schumann himself that was first issued in conjunction with the Schumann complete works in the 1880s, supervised by his widow Clara and good friend Johannes Brahms. Includes contents page… Read more

For the Credo in E minor, Vivaldi borrowed some material he composed for his Magnificat, which places it later - probably after 1727. This completely choral work has much in common stylistically with the very famous Gloria (RV 589) and with his earlier psalm setting In exitu Israel (RV 604). Clayton Westermann's 1970 edition, with an English translation beneath the… Read more

New, digitally-enhanced reprint of the full score issued by Boosey & Co., London in 1901, the same year Elgar conducted the world premiere of this sparkling concert overture. Subtitled "In London Town", Cockaigne has been an audience favorite ever since. An outstanding value for students, conductors, librarians and Elgar aficionados everywhere. As with all Petrucci Library Press scores, a percentage… Read more

Berlioz composed his Grand Messe des Morts, or Requiem, in 1837 for a huge orchestra with four brass choirs plus the usual vocal soli and chorus. The vocal score presented here was prepared by the Polish pianist and composer Philipp Scharwenka (1847-1917) to coincide with the issue of the full score issued as part of the Berlioz Complete Works published… Read more

The most famous of three settings of the Gloria text by Vivaldi, this one (RV 589) most likely dates from about the same time as its predecessor, during the composer's tenure at the Ospedale della Pietà convent in Venice (1713-40). It's also notable for the borrowing of the "Cum Sancto Spiritu" chorus in the setting composed by Vivaldi's fellow Venetian… Read more

Brahms enriched the genre of chorus and orchestra with two impressive works from the early 1880s: In 1881, he set a text to Schiller's Nänie (Op. 82, four-part chorus and orchestra) and the next year (1882) he set Goethe's Song of the Fates (Op.89, six-part chorus and orchestra).Goethe's text for Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates), Op.89 explores the… Read more

The second in Smetana's "Ma Vlast" a six-part series of tone poems inspired by his Czech homeland, Vltava (Die Moldau in German) is named for the river that flows through the heart of Prague. This new study score is a digitally-enhanced reprint of the large score issued in Leipzig by Breitkopf und Hartel as part of their Orchester-Bibliothek series early… Read more