César Franck

Composed between 1886 and 1888, Franck's sole mature symphony received its premiere at the Paris Conservatoire on February 17, 1889 under the baton of Jules Garcin to decidedly mixed reviews. This opinion changed soon though and the work was already being performed by orchestras worldwide by the first part of the 20th century. The composer gave his manuscript to the dedicatee Henri Duparc, which sadly was destroyed in a fire at the Duparc estate in 1935. This newly engraved edition, carefully prepared from the first edition and other authoritative sources by Clinton F. Nieweg was first issued by the now-defunct publisher E. F. Kalmus in 2012. The study score offered here is a reduced format reissue of the 2012 score, which is now also available along with the orchestral parts from Serenissima Music.

Composed in 1882, Franck's brilliant ton poem is after a ballad by the German poet Gottfried B rger about a count who defiantly goes hunting on Sunday in violation of the sabbath. Though reminded of the day via church bells and chants and warned by church elders, the Count blows his hunting horn. In the forest he is cursed by a loud voice: "Cursed hunter, be thou eternally pursued by Hell " The wild ride commences when the count attempts to flee but is sourrounded by flames, and pursued by demons - blocking him and then chasing him day and night. Even when the count and his horse fall into the abyss they are borne through the air to ride on in eternal punishment. Inspired by the lurid tale, Franck unleashed the power of a large orchestra to portray the dark and fantastic tale of the infernal ride in sound. Clint Nieweg and Nancy Bradburd's 2010 edition, previously issued by the now-defunct publisher E. F. Kalmus, is based on the first edition and other authoritative sources. The study score offered here is a reduced-format reissue of the large conductor's score, which is now available along with the orchestral parts from Serenissima Music.

Piano / Orchestra: 2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 0 - timp, strsISMN: 979-0-58042-112-8

Orchestra: 2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1 - timp, bd, cymb, strsISMN: 979-0-58042-120-3

A complete Urtext edition of C sar Franck's Violin Sonata in A major. Collated and produced by Stephen Street

Title: Les B atitudes Composer: C sar Franck Original Publisher: Schirmer The complete English language vocal score to Franck's Les B atitudes, as originally published by Schirmer in 1899. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint. Due to the age of original documents, you may find occasional blemishes, damage, or skewing of print. While we do extensive cleaning and editing to improve the image quality, some items are not able to be repaired. A portion of each book sold is donated to small performing arts organizations to create jobs for performers and to encourage audience growth.