Recent Arrivals from Serenissima Music, Inc.

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 about this item

Verdi received a request in November of 1869 from the Viceroy of Egypt to compose a commemorative hymn for the opening of the Suez Canal. Verdi refused the request on the grounds that he was not accustomed to writing such ceremonial music. The Viceroy then perusaded French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, who wrote a scenario set in ancient Egypt drawn partially… Read more about this item

1. Preludio Prologue 2. Introduzione. Urli, rapine, gemiti, sangue 3. Scena e Cavatina di Odabella 4. Duetto di Attila ed Ezio 5. Scena e Cavatina di Foresto Atto I 6. Scena e Romanza di Odabella 7. Scena e Duetto di Odabella e Foresto 8. Scena e Aria di Attila 9. Finale I Atto II 10. Scena e Aria di Ezio 11. Finale II Atto III 12. Scena e Romanza di Foresto 13. Terzetto 14. Quartetto finale STTBBB soli,… Read more about this item

Vaughan Williams conducted the first performance of his great choral symphony on his 38th birthday, October 12, 1910, at the Leeds Music Festival. The work was well received and has been in the symphonic repertoire ever since. The text was taken by the composer from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". This digitally restored score, the first available at a reasonable… Read more about this item

This oratorio by a youthful Camille Saint-Saens was first performed by soloists, chorus and small string orchestra for the 1858 Christmas service at the Eglise de la Madeleine in Paris. The composer''s colleague Eugene Gigout arranged the vocal score, which is presented here in a digitally-enhanced reprint of the one issued by G. Schirmer early in the 20th century. As… Read more about this item

This is a new urtext score of Debussy's masterwork first published in 1908. 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 it is readable. The score is beautifully printed on large size off-white stock (9.5 x 12.5 inches) with a quality cover,… Read more about this item

This is a new urtext edition of Debussy's early gem first published in 1891. Unlike so many on-demand scores now available, this one comes with all the pages and the images have been checked to make sure it is thoroughly readable. The score is beautifully printed on large size off-white stock with a quality cover (9.5 x 12.5 inches) and… Read more about this item

Otakar Ševcik's Forty Variations for the Violin, assembled here in one book, occupy a special position in the composer's extensive oeuvre of teaching material. Here he builds on his Op.2 which he had already dedicated to the systematic, "step by step" development of the bowing technique. Nonetheless, this volume can be used as a self-contained unit, enlivening the violinist's daily regimen… Read more about this item

The cheerful and often melancholic melodies of Ireland lend themselves well for easy string quartet or ensemble repertoire. Wonderful tunes such as "A Lovely Lass" and "The Foggy Dew" have been arranged by Speckert for two violins, viola and cello. In all pieces the viola can be replaced by a third violin. "Fiddle Tunes" forms part of the "Easy String… Read more about this item

Otakar Ševcík's Op.2 is a fundamental tutor for teaching the violin. It focuses on the elementary problems of right-hand technique which Ševcík practices in 4,000 variants of systematically organized exercises for all bowings. This famous tutor has remained in use to the present day and is equally valued by players of other string instruments. The distinguished cellist Tomáš Jamník has arranged… Read more about this item

Otakar Ševcík's Op.2 is a fundamental tutor for teaching the violin. It focuses on the elementary problems of right-hand technique which Ševcík practices in 4,000 variants of systematically organized exercises for all bowings. This famous tutor has remained in use to the present day and is equally valued by players of other string instruments. The distinguished cellist Tomáš Jamník has arranged… Read more about this item

Otakar Ševcík's Op.2 is a fundamental tutor for teaching the violin. It focuses on the elementary problems of right-hand technique which Ševcík practises in 4,000 variants of systematically organized exercises for all bowings. This famous tutor has remained in use to the present day and is equally valued by players of other string instruments. The distinguished cellist Tomáš Jamník has arranged… Read more about this item

Ševcík's complete works cover every area of violin technique, from the elementary level and special exercises on individual technical problems all the way to analytical studies of the standard violin concertos. His Preparatory Trill Studies deal with the placement of the fingers, their pressure on the strings and their action on the fingerboard in elementary positions, proceeding from slow movements… Read more about this item

The "School of Bowing Technique" op. 2 is the second important violin tutor by Otakar Ševcík (1852–1934) and deals with the elementary technical demands of the right hand. Divided into three sections, the tutor contains more than 4,000 systematically arranged bowing exercises in increasing order of difficulty. This new edition of the "School of Bowing Technique" combines the original six volumes… Read more about this item

The "School of Bowing Technique" op. 2 is the second important violin tutor by Otakar Ševcík (1852–1934) and deals with the elementary technical demands of the right hand. Divided into three sections, the tutor contains more than 4,000 systematically arranged bowing exercises in increasing order of difficulty. This new edition of the "School of Bowing Technique" combines the original six volumes… Read more about this item

Ševcík's complete work covers every area of violin technique, from the most elementary level and special exercises concerning individual technical problems right through to analytical studies of the standard concertos. Today, more than 130 years later, his "Violin School" still numbers among the most important teaching methods for violinists. The new edition of Ševcík's School of Violin Technique, Op.1 comprises four… Read more about this item

Ševcík's complete work covers every area of violin technique, from the most elementary level and special exercises concerning individual technical problems right through to analytical studies of the standard concertos. Today, more than 130 years later, his "Violin School" still numbers among the most important teaching methods for violinists. The new edition of Ševcík's School of Violin Technique, Op.1 comprises four… Read more about this item

Ševcík's complete work covers every area of violin technique, from the most elementary level and special exercises concerning individual technical problems right through to analytical studies of the standard concertos. Today, more than 130 years later, his "Violin School" still numbers among the most important teaching methods for violinists. The new edition of Ševcík's School of Violin Technique, Op.1 comprises four… Read more about this item

Composed around 1815 and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Crusell's second concerto is one which takes full advantage of the two prominent registers of the instrument, which the minor-key first movement uses to heighten the dramatic nature of the music. The second movement, a pastorale-like Andante in the relative major, is followed by a return to F minor… Read more about this item

Hiawatha's Wedding Feast was the first major success enjoyed by Coleridge-Taylor. It was commissioned by the London publisher Novello after Edward Elgar recommended the young Afro-English composer to them following the premiere of his Ballade in A minor at the Three Choirs Festival in Birmingham. The new work was completed fast and the vocal score was in print months before… Read more about this item