Sky Macklay: The Process & Joy of Subversive Humor

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 →

Celebrating 150 Years of Edition Peters Green

Originally posted on http://www.editionpeters.com. Hidden behind the iconic green covers of Edition Peters lies a story that is fascinating, complex, at times heartbreakingly tragic, but overwhelmingly inspirational. This year Edition Peters proudly celebrates 150 years of the green cover series and here is a short version of our story. The Beginning Edition Peters was founded... Continue Reading →

What is an Urtext Edition?

by Kevin Harper We’ve all seen the term “Urtext Edition” when shopping for sheet music. But what does that mean? How is it different from other sheet music? Let’s begin with the definition of “Urtext”. Germans famously love to combine separate words into one long word. In this case, we have the German words Ur... Continue Reading →

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