Books published by Serenissima Music

Brahms composed the piece in 1881, in memory of his deceased friend Anselm Feuerbach. Nanie (Song of Lamentation) is not about simple despair or mere complaint. Even in such dark moments, Schiller's romanticism is expressed as a yearning for the unattainable. The work opens with "Auch das Schone muss sterben!" (Even Beauty must die), and the tension between the veracity of the message and the yearning of the human spirit for the timelessness of temporality and the eternal recurrence of beauty can be sensed in the sheer beauty of Brahm's music. Unabridged digitally enhanced reprint of the composer's own vocal score that was issued by Breitkopf and Hartel in the early 20th century. Matches the widely available reprint orchestral parts offered by E.F. Kalmus (A1344) and Luck's Music Library (02672). IMSLP page Wikipedia

This is an unabridged digitally-enhanced reprint of the vocal score that was prepared by the composer with assistance from his student 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 (A4) format is extremely easy to read for singers, choruses and pianists. This is Faure's final version the Requiem, whose accompaniment was expanded to full symphony orchestra from the original version for organ and chamber ensemble. This version received its premiere on July 12, 1900 in Paris' Trocadéro auditorium with the voices, chorus and orchestra conducted by Paul Taffanel. It is the version that is by far the most widely performed and recorded, and performed at the composer's funeral in 1924. The matching large conductor score and orchestral parts are also available from Serenissima Music.

First performed in New York City on January 23, 1896 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, MacDowell's Suite No.2 or 'Indian' suite so impressed the faculty members of Columbia University that the composer was offered the school's first music professorship. A superb example of MacDowell's mature romantic style, the music is all original despite the descriptive subtitle and programmatic movement titles added after the work's completion. The easy-to-read, digitally enhanced study score offered here is an unabridged reprint of the score first issued in 1897 by MacDowell's German publisher, Breitkopf und Härtel of Leipzig. IMSLP page Wikipedia

One of Johann Strauss II's most enduring sets of waltzes, Roses from the South was arranged by the composer from themes taken from his 1880 operetta, The Queen's Lace Handkerchief. This new, convenient sized study score is a licensed reduced-sized reissue of the outstanding new edition prepared by Clark McAlister that was first published by E.F. Kalmus in 2007. IMSLP page All Music Guide

Elijah is one of the most dramatic oratorios ever written - crowded with stirring incident and music which claims attention. It was the composer's desire to be dramatic, and he knew how to achieve his end. The text is a mosaic of biblical verses taken principally from the First Book of Kings, but having the effect of a vivid, spontaneous story. As with Mendelsohn's earlier oratorio St. Paul, the text was translated and assembled by Julius Schubring from Biblical originals. The English translation was made by William Bartholomew, who sent it to the composer piecemeal as he worked as the premiere was actually given in English on August 26, 1846 in Birmingham. The musical character of Elijah is clearly drawn, and Mendelssohn has succeeded in making the prophet "A man strong and zealous, full of bitterness and scorn, the antagonist of the rabble, whether of courtiers or populace, well nigh the antagonist of the world, yet borne aloft on the wings of angels." Unabrdged digitally enhanced reissue in large-format of the vocal score edited by Hermann Ktrezschmar and published in Leipzig by C.F. Peters in the late 19th century. Matching full score and orchestral parts are also available from Serenissima Music (92659).

Dubois' oratorio was given its premiere on Good Friday (April 19), 1867 at Église de la Madeleine in Paris under the composer's direction. Although first published in 1886 by Georges Hartmann of Paris, the vocal score presented here is a digitally enhanced reprint of the one first produced in 1899 by G. Schirmer of New York, with an English translation beneath the original Latin text by Theodore Baker (1851-1934). This score has been carefully reviewed, with measure numbers and rehearsal letters added. It is now completely compatible with the widely available full score and orchestral parts issued by Edwin F. Kalmus. The large (A4) size makes it particularly easy to read for choruses both at both professional and community levels. IMSLP page All Music Guide