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SCHOTTEdition SchottFauré, GabrielPavanefor piano, Op. 50Edited by Uwe KornThe music of small forms was tobecome the focus of the Frenchcomposer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874, after many yearsspent in the ‘provinces’, theteacher of Camille Saint-Saënstook the position of organist inParis; later he worked not only asa church musician but as ateacher as well. In the summer of1887 Fauré wrote his Pavane Op.50, originally intended for a concertproviding light entertainment,which soon gained wide popularityas an orchestral setting withoutand with the chorus added byFauré. The romantic, slightlymelancholy melody is a catchytune which, thanks to the presentarrangement, can now also beplayed on the piano.Grade: intermediateISMN 979-0-001-18880-7ED 21430 £ 5.99 / € 6,99availableSCHOTTEdition SchottTschaikowsky, Peter I.Six Piecesfor piano, Op. 19 (1873)Edited by Thomas Kohlhase andLev Vinocour‘Six Pieces’ Op. 19 is the first collectionof piano pieces by Tchai -kovsky which contributed significantlyto his growing renown asmost important Russian composerapart from Anton Rubinstein.Bülow had entered ‘little changes’in his own copy of the first editionof Variations Op. 19/6. There is,however, no documentary proofwhich of Bülow’s changesTchaikovsky eventually included inthe Nouvelle édition revue et corrigéepar l’auteur of Op. 19 publishedonly in 1890. The presentnew edition therefore containsboth versions of the Variations.Tchaikovsky’s version of the firstedition can be found in the appendixof the present volume, Bülow’sversion expressly adopted byTchaikovsky is presented togetherwith Nos. 1-5 in the main text ofthe volume on the basis of theNouvelle édition revue et corrigéepar l’auteur from 1890.Grade: intermediate to advancedISMN 979-0-001-15373-7ED 20446£ 14.50 / € 16,99SeptemberSCHOTTEdition SchottPorter, LarryPiano Rags8 RagtimesLarry Porter (*1951), Americanjazz musician and composer,wrote ‘Piano Rags’ for the love ofragtime and as playing literaturefor his piano pupils. Four of thepieces are inspired by memoriesand impressions of Joplin’s collection‘Americana’. When writingthe pieces, it was the composer’saim to come up with somethingnew and original while maintainingformal and stylistic elementsof the ragtime. Despite giving freereign to his creativity, Porter honouredthis extraordinary morethan-100-year-oldgenre.Fantastic pieces for entertainingpiano lessons and little concerts.Grade: intermediateISMN 979-0-001-18934-7ED 21465 £ 12.99 / € 14,99September9Piano