Roughly half of this selection of transcriptions of Baroque vocal and instrumental works consists of well-known pieces by the greatest composers of the period (Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Rameau: Piéces de clavecin, Händel: Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks, J.S. Bach: B major partita, C major orchestral suite), but works by composers less well known nowadays (for example, G. Böhm and J. C. F. Fischer) are also included, together with unusual items such as Polish, German and Hungarian dances from 17th- and 18th-century Hungarian manuscripts: the Kájoni and Vietórisz codexes, and Eleonóra Lányi's music book.
This volume, previously available in the Leggiero series, is now, in a new guise, part of the series Treasury for String Ensembles.
Treasury for String Ensembles provides carefully selected original compositions and arrangements from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, compiled in volumes according to level of difficulty, from beginner's level to professional.
- Elementary (all in first position): typically for three violins and cello or children's string orchestra.
- Intermediate: typically for three violins and cello or string quartet or youth string orchestra.
- Advanced: typically for string quartet or string quintet (with double bass) or string orchestra.
The volumes are published in both printed and digital form. The printed edition contains the score and one copy of each part. Further copies can be ordered for the purposes of orchestral performance. The digital edition can be viewed on screen, and the parts can also be downloaded as A4-sized PDF files.
Contents
Menuet (Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351) (Händel)
Bourrée (Water Music, Suite II, No. 15, HWV 349) (Händel)
Three Polish Dances (Manuscript Eleonóra Lányi, 1729) (Ismeretlen)
Three German Dances (Codex Kájoni) (Ismeretlen)
Leaping Dance (Codex Vietórisz) (Ismeretlen)
Chorus (”Fear no danger”, Dido and Aeneas, Act I) (Purcell)
Echo-chorus (”In our deep vaulted cell”, Dido and Aeneas, Act I) (Purcell)
Rigaudon (Böhm)
Choral (“Freut euch, ihr lieben Christen„, Cantional, No. 17) (Schein)
Musette en Rondeau (Pieces de Clavecin, 1724 & 1731) (Rameau)
Menuet (Ouverture C-Dur, TWV 55: C3, No. 8) (Telemann)
Song (Prinner) Rigaudon (Fischer)
Song („Maria, fons aquae vivae”, Harmonia caelestis, 1711) (Esterházy)
Menuet (Partita B-Dur, BWV 825) (Bach)
Gavotte (Ouvertüre C-dur, BWV 1066) (Bach)
Choral (“Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele„, Kantate “Liebster Jesu, mein verlangen„, BWV 32) (Bach)
Gigue (Pachelbel)
Menuet (Rathgeber)
