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Publishers and editions Flashcards

1
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How do you know which version of a Mahler or Bruckner symphony to use?

A

There are many different versions/editions. Get the exact editor’s number from the conductor’s score, or a photocopy of the first page of the score so you can confirm the edition.

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Who publishes the music of Britten?

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Oxford, via Boosey & Hawkes

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Who publishes the music of Copland?

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Boosey & Hawkes

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Who publishes the music of Bernstein?

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Boosey & Hawkes

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When performing excerpts from Wagner opera works, what are some things you need to be aware of?

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Different versions, endings, reductions, quality of materials

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Which publisher would you rent this from: Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

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Boosey

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Which publisher would you rent this from: Orff Carmina Burana

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Schott

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Which publisher would you rent this from: Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in g minor, arr for orchestra

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Schirmer

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Which publisher would you rent this from: Adams Harmonium

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Schirmer as agent for AMP

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Which publisher would you rent this from: Mahler Symphony No. 5, ed. Ratz

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Peters (it’s not legal to make your own edition of this one)

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Which publisher would you rent this from: Stravinsky Symphony in C

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Schott

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With which composer is this person associated: Leopold Nowak

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Bruckner

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With which composer is this person associated: Frank Campbell-Watson

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Gershwin

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With which composer is this person associated: H. C. Robbins Landon

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Haydn

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With which composer is this person associated: Watkins Shaw

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Handel (Messiah)

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16
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With which composer is this person associated: Robert Levin

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Mozart

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With which composer is this person associated: Robert Haas

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Bruckner

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With which composer is this person associated: Franco Alfano

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Puccini (he finished Turandot)

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19
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Which publisher or rental agent would you contact first to obtain Mahler Symphony No. 3 (critical edition)?

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Universal

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Which publisher or rental agent would you contact first to obtain Ives/Schuman Variations on America?

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Presser

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Which publisher or rental agent would you contact first to obtain Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet?

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G. Schirmer

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Which publisher or rental agent would you contact first to obtain Respighi The Birds?

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Boosey (agent for Ricordi)

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Which publisher or rental agent would you contact first to obtain Bernstein Serenade?

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Boosey

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Which publisher or rental agent would you contact first to obtain Schoenberg Gurre-Lieder

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EAM (agent of Universal) or Belmont

25
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What is the preferred edition for music by Mozart?

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Barenreiter

26
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What is the preferred edition for music by J.S. Bach?

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Barenreiter

27
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What is the preferred edition for music by Mahler?

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Universal, except for Symphonies #5 and 6, which come from C. F. Peters and Kahnt, respectively

28
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What is the preferred edition for music by Dvorak?

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Supraphon (Kalmus reprinted their critical edition; that’s the one Michael would use)

29
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What is the preferred edition for music by Haydn?

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Haydn-Mozart Presse (edited by H. C. Robbins Landon)

30
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Which publisher would you expect to rent Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler from, and for whom would they be acting as agency?

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EAM as agency for Schott

31
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Aside from Italian printed opera music, which probably is the worst, music from what country is most likely to have the most note and bar mistakes?

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Russia

32
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What publisher or rental agent would you contact to obtain parts for Weill: Three Penny Opera

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EAM as agent of Universal editions

33
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What publisher or rental agent would you contact to obtain parts for de Falla: Three Cornered Hat

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Schirmer (as agent of Chester)

34
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What publisher or rental agent would you contact to obtain parts for Menotti: The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi

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Schirmer

35
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What publisher or rental agent would you contact to obtain parts for Mahler Symphony No. 3

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EAM as agent of Universal; or purchase reprints from Luck’s and revise them

36
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What publisher or rental agent would you contact to obtain parts for Berio: Allelujah

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Boosey

37
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Which publishing company is known for printing its music on extremely poor paper?

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Durand

38
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Oxford is represented by which agent now (as of 2020)?

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Boosey and Hawkes

39
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Who are these names associated with?: Sander Wilkens, Gilbert Kaplan, Renate Stark-Voit, Erwin Ratz, Karl Heinz Fussl, Reinhold Kubik?

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Mahler editors

40
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Which Mahler symphonies were heavily revised, and the critical edition (rental) is preferred?

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2, 4, 5, 7

41
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What do these names have in common? Watkins-Shaw, Mozart, Prout

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Edited/orchestrated Handel’s Messiah

42
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What are the four things you need to know when obtaining parts for an aria?

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Cuts, key, where it starts, where it stops. (Always order the extract to start a few lines before where the soloist wants it to start just in case.)

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What is considered the best edition to use for Bruckner?

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MWV (but confirm with the conductor)

44
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Who is Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs associated with?

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Bruckner (editor of new edition)

45
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Who is William Carragan associated with?

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Bruckner (editor)

46
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Salient points about Bruckner 4?

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Called the “Romantic” symphony. Several different versions, wildly different movement lengths and instrumentation, with the final version adding piccolo.

47
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Salient points about Bruckner 9?

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He only finished the first 3 movements before his death. There are various completions of the finale available (based on his sketches). Has 8 horns (4 of them play Wagner tuba).

48
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Who publishes the music of Gershwin?

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Schott

49
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Who publishes the movie music of John Williams?

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Hal Leonard

50
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What are the titles of Vaughan Williams symphonies 1-3?

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  1. A Sea Symphony
  2. A London Symphony
  3. Pastoral Symphony
51
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Who publishes John Williams’ “Home Alone” (movie with orchestra)?

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IMG Artists

52
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Who publishes Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major?

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Durand (agent: Boosey)

53
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Who publishes Mahler’s Symphony No. 5?

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Peters

54
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Who publishes Lutoslawski’s Concerto for Orchestra?

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Chester (agent: Schirmer)

55
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Who publishes Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances?

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Boosey

56
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Who publishes Adams’ Harmonielehre?

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AMP (agent: Schirmer)

57
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Who publishes Gabriela Lena Frank’s Three Latin American Dances?

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Schirmer

58
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Who publishes Higdon’s blue cathedral?

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Lawdon

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