Baerenreiter Verlag Vltava (The Moldau) - Smetana/Macdonald - Study Score - Book

Author/Composer:

SMETANA, BEDRICH

Instrumentation:

STUDY SCORE

Model #:

TP558

Composer: Bedrich Smetana
Editor: Hugh Macdonald
Format: Book, Urtext Edition
Version: Study Score

• New Urtext edition with spacious engraving now available in a study score edition
• Detailed Foreword by Smetana authority Olga Mojzisova (Cz/Eng/Ger)

Urtext edition of Smetana's most famous work

"Vltava", also known as "The Moldau", is Smetana's best-known and most frequently performed symphonic poem. It was written in 1874 at a time when the composer was completely deaf. But it was not until 1879-80, with the completion of the entire cycle "Ma vlast" ("My Fatherland"), that it was published in full score and a version for piano duet.

Hugh Macdonald's new edition is based on the autograph score, with cross-references to the first edition and the composer's own version for piano duet.

Contents:

• Preface
• Note on the edition
• Vltava (The Moldau)