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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.

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

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

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

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

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

Composed in 1903, Josef Suk's pasionate symphonic scherzo is presented for the first time in a moderately priced, authoratative score that will be a welcome addition to the libraries of performers and music enthusiasts everywhere. Unabridged digitally enhanced reprint of the score first issued by Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig in 1905.

Composed in 1849 in memory of Bruckner's friend Franz Sailer, the Requiem in D minor was the composer's first large scale work. The premiere was given at the St. Florian Abbey in Linz on September 15, 1849 under Bruckner's direction. This new study score is a digitally-enhanced reissue of the edition prepared by Robert Haas in the years following the… Read more

Liszt started working on his first foray into the concerto genre as early as 1830, only completing the work in its present form in 1849. He appeared as soloist in the premiere, given at Weimar on Febrary 17, 1855, with the Staatskappelle under the direction of Hector Berlioz. The concerto has been a staple of the repertoire ever since. Just… Read more

Composed in 1913 to a scenario for a Children's Ballet by André Hallé, the music existed only in a piano score and 93 measures of orchestration upon Debussy's death in 1918. His former student and faithful interpreter Andre Caplet completed the orchestration the next year for the long delayed performance at Paris' Theatre-Lyrique de Vaudeville on December 10, 1919. This… Read more

Now available for the first time in a reasonably priced study score, Sibelius' two suites enttitled Scenes Historiques. With origins all the way back to 1899, the composer put together two suites of three numbers each in 1911-1912. Each was given its premiere with the composer directing the Helsinki Philharmonic and subsequently published with widely-spaced opus numbers (in 1912 and… Read more

Borodin started work on his second symphony soon after the 1869 premiere of his first. He worked on it off and on until 1876, putting it aside for another project - misplacing his orchestral scores of the first and last movements in the process. When a performance was scheduled in 1877, Borodin had to re-orchestrate the two movements from his… Read more

Ravel composed the original piano version of this piece in 1899 after resuming his studies at the Paris Conservatory. It was published the next year and became an overnight success. Despite some self-criticism of his youthful work for being "poor in form", Ravel thought well enough of it to prepare an orchestral version in late 1910, which was given its… Read more

Medtner's outstanding one-movement concerto was composed from 1914 to 1917 and premiered at a special concert in Moscow on May 12, 1918, featuring the composer as piano soloist and Serge Koussevitzky as conductor. For the first time, this work is now available in a clear, easy-to-read, and affordable score.

Composed in the summer of 1831 while in Rome, Berlioz's work was inspired by the Scottish rebel Rob-Roy MacGregor had to wait until the spring of 1833 for its premiere. The composer abandoned the piece shortly afterwards, but used some of the music material for his more famous "Harold in Italy". An unabridged, digitally enhanced reprint from Volume 4 of… Read more

Rimsky-Korsakov's second excursion into the symphonic form came early in his career (1869) but underwent two major revisions, in 1875 and 1897. The second version of 1875 was modified in 1903 due to his publisher Bessel's refusal to engrave the new plates required for the final version of 1897. This 1875/1903 revision became the most popular version for many decades,… Read more

Berlioz composed his tremendous "Legende dramatique" in 1845-46, largely creating his own libretto after Gerard de Nerval's French translation of the famous Faust story by Goethe. The composer produced the dramatic oratorio at his own expense for the premiere on December 6, 1846 at Paris' Opera-Comique. Despite critical acclaim, the performance was not well-attended - a major financial setback for… Read more

This is a new, digitally enhanced reissue of the score originally published in 1911 by Durand et Cie., Paris. Originally composed in 1910 for piano solo, Children's Corner was scored for small orchestra the next year by Debussy's student and good friend the composer Andre Caplet, who conducted the premiere. This is the orchestral version most widely performed and recorded… Read more