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Great Choral Works in Small Scoring is a collection published by Carus-Verlag. It includes works by Beethoven, Puccini, Saint-Saens & more, carefully scored for ensembles with as few as five players. How did you come to arrange large-scale (choral) works, and what was your first arrangement? I had already begun making arrangements for wind quintet... Continue Reading →
Becoming a wedding musician can be a rewarding and fun experience to showcase your talent and share your passion for music with others. It can also be a great way to make extra money as a musician. But how does one become successful? Here are some tips to help musicians who want to break into... Continue Reading →
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven’s ten violin sonatas are among the most famous works of chamber music history and represent, together with Mozart’s works for this instrument duo, the core of violin repertoire from the Viennese Classicist period. Though composed in a short span in Beethoven’s creative life (nine of the ten were written... Continue Reading →
Guest post by Dr. Dominik Rahmer, editor at G. Henle Verlag. The formal technique of “variations” played an important role in Beethoven’s work throughout his entire life. Critic Paul Bekker wrote in 1911, “Beethoven begins with variations,” and indeed this is true not only of the character of his oeuvre, but also of its chronological... Continue Reading →
Over the summer we found some time to connect over Skype with composer, oboist, installation artist and professor Sky Macklay, who was in the middle of what sounded like a truly magnificent residency at Civitella Ranieri in Umbertide, Italy. Macklay’s work, especially her chamber music and intermedia pieces, has been receiving more and more attention... Continue Reading →
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