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Dr. Peter Hanser-StreckerPublisherIt is a pleasure to present our new publications to you. In addition to the new items fromSchott Music, Boosey & Hawkes and M. P. Belaieff, you will find music for the firsttime from our new publishing partner advance music. The strengths of their publishingprogramme lie in performance literature as well as pedagogical material in the areas of jazz,big band and wind ensemble.In May of this year, we celebrate the centenary of the first performance of The Rite ofSpring by Stravinsky. Boosey & Hawkes in cooperation with The Paul Sacher Foundationhave produced a New Centenary Edition in three volumes, featuring facsimiles ofStravinsky’s original scores along with essays from renowned experts. Boosey & Hawkesalso celebrate the 100th anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s birth this year.For Schott, 2013 is the year of Richard Wagner and on 22 nd May the musical world willcelebrate his 200 th birthday. Over 800 original editions, single editions and arrangementshave been published by Schott since the middle of the 19 th century when Wagner firstcame to us to publish Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Der Ring des Nibelungen andParsifal. To mark this anniversary we have published a new series of vocal scores of ten ofWagner’s greatest operas based on the complete edition.Look forward, with us, to a multi-facetted programme this spring.I hope you enjoy browsing, playing and reading.