Foreign Rights Catalogue - Autumn 2011

ForeignRightsCatalogue Non-fiction Books Autumn 2011

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ImpressumSchott Music, Mainz

Compiled: August 2011

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Dear friends, dear colleagues,

Music is the motto of our new foreign rightscatalogue. We are delighted to present to youour brand-new publications and some of ourbest-selling backlist titles.

You will find interesting music biographies ofcomposers and conductors, study books onmusic and high-quality illustrated books aboutfamous music works.

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We would be happy to send you copies for perusal and give you some background infor mation on the books.

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Or visit us at one of the book fairs throughoutthe year.

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Monika SchnatzForeign Rights Team Schott Music

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Karl GeiringerJoseph HaydnA biography

556 pages – softcover 12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 17.95ISBN 978-3-254-08047-9 · SEM 8047

Joseph Haydn is rightly regarded as a composer of epoch-making significance: Not only did he set standards in thefields of symphonic and chamber music, but his oratoriostoo are considered to be outstanding contributions to thegenre. In his monograph which became a standard worklong ago, Karl Geiringer takes a look at both Haydn’s lifeand work. As a consequence, this edition is of interest notonly to lovers of Haydn’s music but also to readers gener-ally interested in music history. An updated bibliographyhas been added to this new edition, as well as a prefacewritten by the renowned Haydn expert Armin Raab.

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Target group: Music lovers, musicians, people inter-ested in cultural hiostory, musicologists

Karl-Josef MüllerMahlerA biography

600 pages – softcover 12,0 x 19,0 cm € 17,95ISBN 978-3-254-08264-0 · SEM 8264

Today, more than ever, Gustav Mahler is highly ac-claimed as a ‘pioneer of new music’. Unlike any othercomposer in the late 19th century, he meteorically becamethe focus of attention of the musical public. Mahler’smusic is an adventure, as beautiful and frightening, aspeaceful and unpredictable as the world of which it isabout.

During his lifetime, Gustav Mahler was known rather asa powerful court opera director and less as a composer,for he could compose his own works only during thesummer months. But as such, Mahler had to competewith his fellow composers Anton Bruckner and RichardStrauss. In his newly edited book, Karl-Josef Müller triesto examine this discrepancy between Mahler’s high ethi-cal demands as a composer and his qualification by hisenvironment.


Target group: Lovers of musik, concert-goers, musi-cians, students, biography readers

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Christoph SchwandtGeorges BizetBiography

176 pages – softcovernumerous b/w images12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 12.99ISBN 978-3-254-08418-7 · SEM 8418

He spent almost his whole life in Paris, his home town.He never was in Spain. And yet, Bizet’s Carmen is re-garded as the epitome of Spanish opera. But the com-poser did not live to see its overwhelming success aroundthe world. Exactly three months after the world premierein March 1875 he died at the age of only 36 years. Eventoday, his remarkable overall oeuvre is eclipsed by thissingular masterpiece.Published in 1991 for the first time, the biography ofChristoph Schwandt still is the only one available in Ger-man. The standard work which includes important re-search results and findings from the second half of the20th century is now published in an updated and expandededition.

Christoph Schwandt, born in Bad Homburg in 1956,held leading positions at various theatres as well as at theSalzburg Festival. From 2002-2009 he worked as literarydirector of the Opera of Cologne. As an author, he haspublished biographies of Giuseppe Verdi and LeosJanácek among others.


Target group: Bizet and Carmen fans, opera aficiona-dos, musicions, students

Christoph SchwandtLeos JanácekBiography

240 pages – paperback12 x 19 cm€ 14.95ISBN 978-3-254-08412-5 · SEM 8412

No other composer stands for the lively blend of tradi-tional and modern music as does Leoš Janácek. His oeu-vre is a fusion of national identity and universalhumanism. Born in Moravia in 1854, Janácek did not be-come known beyond the borders of his small native coun-try until the age of 60; but then he gained worldwidefame very quickly, particularly thanks to his operas Jen-ufa and Katya Kabanova, the Sinfonietta as well as cham-ber music works. His unique tonal language, close to thetext, is immediately accessible to the listener but chal-lenges him nevertheless. Today, Janácek’s compositionsrank among the classics of modern music. With this book,Christoph Schwandt presents the first ‘handy’, yet com-prehensive biography of the Czech composer in a livelyand well-informed manner, which also takes a look at thehistorical and cultural background of that time and grantsinterested music lovers wide-ranging access to the lifeand work of Janácek.


Target group: Lovers of Music, musicians, students

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Ernst BurgerFranz LisztDie Jahre in Rom und Tivoli

224 pages – hardcover with dust jacket23,0 x 30,0 cm€ 49.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0715-6 · ED 20860

Franz Liszt, the greatest pianist of the 19th century andone of the most important composers of his era, is re-garded as an unusually charismatic personality. Whereasthe years in which Liszt travelled around Europe as a cel-ebrated piano virtuoso or worked in Weimar as composerand kapellmeister are well known and documented, the25 years (1861-86) spent in Rome and Tivoli have beenneglected up to now.This richly illustrated pictorial history describes for thefirst time in great detail the life and work of Liszt in the‘Eternal City’ where he turned towards Catholicism andwhere he created his radical late works. At the same time,the numerous documentary pictures most of which havepreviously been unpublished create an impressive portraitof 19th-century Rome.With a foreword and CD by Alfred Brendel.

Ernst Burger, born in 1937, lives in Munich as a pianistand author. With his award-winning documentary biogra-phies about Liszt, Chopin and Schumann, he has made aname for himself as an outstanding chronicler of the 19th

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Target group: Music lovers, concert-goers, pianists,Liszt fans, musicologists

Asteris KutulasMikis TheodorakisEin Leben in Bildern

160 pages – hardback with dust jacketwith ca. 300 illustrations34,0 x 30,0 cm€ 49.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0713-2 · ED 20854

Mikis Theodorakis is one of the most famous figures inrecent Greek history. The self-declared ‘Cretan, Greekand European’ stands out not only due to his very variedmusical oeuvre which ranges from symphonic music viafilm classics such as Zorba the Greek to numerous Greekfolksongs but also due to his political commitment, e.g.as voice against the Greek military dictatorship. Regard-less of all social circumstances, his main interest has al-ways been the music.

This illustrated book portrays the life of Theodorakis.Apart from documenting his various creative periods as acomposer, hundreds of photos and numerous unpublishedstatements of Mikis Theodorakis and his companions pro-vide an insight into this eventful life between music andpolitics.


Target group: Music aficionados, lovers of Greece,Theodorakis fans

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Manuel NegwerVilla-LobosThe dawn of Brazilian music

240 pages with CD – hardback30 illustrations13,5 x 21,5 cm€ 22.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0168-0 · ED 20316

Heitor Villa-Lobos is regarded as one of the most impor-tant and internationally most successful composers ofLatin America. His comprehensive oeuvre combines tra-ditional Brazilian with European art music in a many-faceted way. Despite all this, his music has more or lessbeen ignored in German-language literature until today.This gap is now closed by the present monograph whichis at the same time a comprehensive study of culturaltrends in Brazil of the first half of the 20th century. Forthe first time, the national traditions that influenced Villa-Lobos are documented in great detail and related to hiscompositional oeuvre. A monograph that combines bio-graphical facts with information on the cultural and con-temporary history of Villa-Lobos’ home country in afascinating way.

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Target group: Lovers of classical music, musicologists,fans of Brazil, people interested in cul-tural history

Jürgen Hocker Begegnungen mit Conlon NancarrowBiography

Paperback with CD16,9 x 26,3 cm€ 39.90ISBN 978-3-7957-0476-6 · NZ 5003

‘Nancarrow’s music is the greatest discovery since We-bern and Ives.’György Ligeti

The American composer Conlon Nancarrow became fa-mous for his complex compositions for player piano. Inhis Mexican exile he wrote an extremely original and atthe same time emotional music which contributed to thefurther development of 20th-century music, beyondtwelve-note technique and serialism.Jürgen Hocker accompanied Nancarrow in the last twodecades of his life and now tells about Nancarrow’sstages as a composer and about his personality.The CD accompanying the book contains recordings ofmusic by Nancarrow, some of them previously unre-leased, as well as musico-historical recordings for me-chanical pianos. With its combination of musicologicalwork and biography, the present publication is aimed atboth academics and a wide public interested in modernmusic.

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Target group: Biography readers

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Wolfgang SeifertMarek JanowskiAtmen mit dem Orchester

456 pages – hardback with dustjacket13,5 x 21,5 cm€ 17.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0675-3 · ED 20665

Marek Janowski is regarded as one of the most importantrepresentatives of the classical German orchestra culture.With an unerring ear, clear movements and instinctivemusical intelligence, he transforms complex scores intoexpressive interpretations. To him, precision is the pre-requiste for spirited music-making. In this authorized biography, Wolfgang Seifert for thefirst time portrays the life and work of the conductor whogrew up in Nazi Germany as Polish-German war child.After his studies and first employments, he worked asprincipal conductor in Freiburg, Dortmund and Cologne,Paris, Monte Carlo and Dresden. Today he is director ofthe Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva and of theBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra which he turned intoone of the leading orchestras in Germany.


Target group: Lovers of singing, singers, singing teach-ers, students

Alexander WernerCarlos KleiberBiography

800 pages – softcover30 illustrations12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 17.95ISBN 978-3-254-08416-3 · SEM 8416

For many people, Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004) is the mostimportant conductor of the late 20th century. He was cer-tainly the most problematic one.Having grown up with the burden of his dominant fatherErich Kleiber, he struggled with his demand for perfec-tion throughout his whole life. Being one of the mostsought-after conductors, Carlos Kleiber did not acceptany permanent appointment for years. His number of ap-pearances was small and his official discography mini-mal, however, his charisma was legendary and he has alarge number of fans. The guarantor of magic musicalmoments remained a mystery, though. His biographerAlexander Werner has tried to approach Kleiber, the manand artist, by finding out about the stages and stations ofhis life and questioning many of his contemporaries aboutthe ‘secret of Kleiber’.

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Target group: Kleiber fans, lovers of classical music,concert goers

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Elisabeth FurtwänglerÜber Wilhelm Furtwängler

168 pages – softcover 12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 13.99ISBN 978-3-254-00269-3 · ATL 6269

This book first talks about Furtwängler, the composer andthen presents two articles dedecated to Furtwängler, theconductor who had been celebrated in Germany and allover the world, but later became politically controversialand consequently was attacked many times. ElisabethFurtwängler shows the great significance the work ofLudwig van Beethoven in particular, yet also the operasof Richard Wagner had in the life of her husband. Thetopicality of Wilhelm Furtwängler’s disc recordingswhose development and production are described in thebattle with technology, attests to his brilliance in interpre-tation still today. The result is a very lively, yet also verypersonal picture of the composer, conductor and personWilhelm Furtwängler.

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Wilhelm FurtwänglerGespräche über Musik

117 pages – hardcover12,5 x 19,0 cm€ 12.99ISBN 978-3-7957-0270-0 · ED 8140

These conversations about music took place between Wil-helm Furtwängler and Walter Abendroth in 1937. Theyalways deal with a certain topic, such as with the questionof different possibilities of interpretation, with the inter-action between artist and audience, with the relationshipbetween orchestra and conductor, with classical and mod-ern, tonal and atonal music. Wilhelm Furtwängler voiceshis opinion in a lively and spirited manner, always beingaware of his artistic mission and never losing his sense ofclarity and logic in the music. Walter Abendroth writes:‘The extent to which conscious intellectual work for itspart is rooted in the immediate experience of the work ofart and is induced only from there to feel this and followthat will certainly be of particular appeal to the readers ofthese conversations.’

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Wilhelm FurtwänglerTon und Wort

276 pages – softcover 12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 29.9 5ISBN 978-3-7957-0719-4 · ED 20887

All his life, the artistic work of the composer and conduc-tor Wilhelm Furtwängler had been accompanied by theeffort to account for it in theory too. This is substantiatedby numerous documents. These essays and lectures covera large period from 1918 to 1954. In these works,Furtwängler deals with basic questions, such as the faith-fulness to the original, programme planning, artistic re-sponsibility, modern music, and develops his thoughts onBach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner, Hindemith,Stravinsky, and other composers.

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Paul HindemithKomponist in seiner Welt

266 pages – hardcover 13,5 x 22,0 cm€ 34.00ISBN 978-3-254-00191-7 · ATL 6191

Being the result of lectures held by the author in America,this book keeps the promise made in the title: to show thecomposer in his world, portray him in his workshop anddescribe the disputes he has to overcome with himself,with the idea, the ‘material’, the fashion, the audience.Hindemith examines the conditions under which it is pos-sible for an artist to do creative work.A new music theory is emerging, developing out of ele-mentary components in a generally comprehensible andclear way while discussing in particular the technical sideof composing. In this juxtaposition of creative artist andenvironment, the severe and critical statements on pre-vailing conditions result from the high sense of responsi-bility which, in Hindemith’s opinion, has to define thepath of the musician.

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Herbert HaffnerDie Berliner PhilharmonikerEine BiographieThe Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraA biography

320 pages – hardback with dust jacket 30 illustrations13,5 x 21,5 cm€ 24.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0590-9 · ED 20104

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra has not only seen andcarried its share of the eventful history of its home town.Being one of the world’s most important concert orches-tras, it has, in addition, become an excellent ambassadorof culture.Herbert Haffner tells the story of the Berlin PhilharmonicOrchestra – from its formation in 1882 out of theBilsesche Kapelle (Bilse’s Band) via the period of infla-tion, two World Wars, the Berlin Airlift and the Germanreunification until the present day. Haffner does not con-ceal economic and personal crises, showing that the de-velopment of the orchestra mirrors the social and politicalcircumstances of the time. The history of the Philhar-monic Orchestra is marked, almost as strongly, by thecontinuous reorientation towards its principal conductors,from Hans von Bülow via Arthur Nikisch, WilhelmFurtwängler, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado to SirSimon Rattle. This is not just a book on music, but alsoan entertaining account of the cultural history of Ger-many and of the ever-changing city of Berlin!

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Target group: Lovers of classical music, musicians,readers interested in cultural history

Hubert Ortkemper (Ed.)Werner Richard Heymann„Liebling, mein Herz lässt dich grü-ßen“Der erfolgreichste Komponist der UfA-Zeit erinnertsich

320 pages – hardback with dust jacket and CDnumerous b/w images13,5 x 21,5 cm€ 22.99ISBN 978-3-7957-0751-4 · ED 21041

‘You don’t know me, but you have heard a lot of me…’This is how Werner Richard Heymann often introducedhimself. The composer of still unforgotten sound-film hitslike Liebling, mein Herz lässt dich grüßen or Ein Freund,ein guter Freund was also an astonishingly accurate andhumorous observer. In his memoirs, he honours the mem-ory of numerous personalities from 20th-century literary,film and music history.Hubert Ortkemper has succeeded in making the tape-recorded memoirs of the most important UFA composerinto something entertaining and historically fascinating.The (auto-)biography about the fate of a German Jewwhich leads the reader from the end of the Weimar Re-public via Hollywood back to post-war Germany is nowavailable in an expanded edition.


Target group: Heymann fans, operetta lovers, those in-terested in cultural and contemporaryhistory

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Enrico Nawrath and Katharina WagnerBayreuth backstageInterior views of the Green Hill

ca. 120 pages – hardbound with dust jacketNumerous illustrations24 x 30 cm € 29.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0196-3 · ED 20485

Every summer for five weeks, the Eastern Franconiantown of Bayreuth turns into the metropolis of festivalmusic. Music lovers from all over the world pilgrimage tothe Green Hill to enjoy performances of the works ofRichard Wagner. But a visitor hardly thinks about thehuge amount of time and effort involved. The highlypraised ‘Bayreuth Workshop’ has always been a realworkshop – including a carpenter, locksmith, dyer andfestival smith. For Katharina Wagner, the composer’s great-granddaugh-ter, this magic world was the playground of her child-hood. Today, the ‘artistic cooperative’ forms the basis ofher own productions. In this illustrated book, she and thephotographer Enrico Nawrath take the opera lover on ajourney behind the scenes of the festival theatre.

- A look into the wonderworld of the ‘Bayreuth Workshop‘- Edited and containing an essay by Wagner’s great-granddaughter Katharina Wagner- With unpublished photos of the 2008 Bayreuth Festi-val- The perfect gift for all Bayreuth fans


Target group: Wagner fans, opera lovers, musicians

Philippe Olivier‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ in Bayreuth.Von den Anfängen bis heute‘The Nibelung’s Ring’ in BayreuthFrom the beginning to the present

272 pages – hardback with dust jacket350 illustrations27,0 x 33,0 cm€ 49.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0594-7 · ED 20142

With the production of the ‘Ring’ by Tankred Dorst lastyear, the ‘Ring’ productions looked back on a history of130 years. 14 productions by 12 directors (the brothers Wieland andWolfgang Wagner staged two productions each) are proofof the inexhaustability of Richard Wagner’s opera tetral-ogy. Again and again, great opera directors (after theWagner family itself) have taken on the colossal chal-lenge of a production: from Patrice Chéreau and PeterHall to Harry Kupfer and Jürgen Flimm. Unlike any-where else in the world, Bayreuth is the place to study thecontext of its history and theatre aesthetics. Hence, a lookinto the history of the ‘Ring’ in Bayreuth is a look notonly into the unique chronicle of the performance historyof Richard Wagner’s greatest masterpiece but also intothe history of the Bayreuth Festival, thus making this il-lustrated volume a unique document of opera history anda must-have for every Wagner fan.


Target group: Wagner fans, Bayreuth visitors, operalovers

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Franz WillnauerCarmina Burana von Carl OrffGenesis – Reception – Text

320 pages – paperback40 illustrations12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 14.95ISBN 978-3-254-08220-6 · SEM 8220

What music it must be, that it was always played whenHenry Maske entered the boxing ring, music played atMichael Jackson’s stage shows, music still used for char-ity events and commercials? Understood and tolerated asa work of coded subversive character at the time of cre-ation, misunderstood and met with hostility as musicalevidence of the composer’s concurring beliefs seventyyears later – nothing can prove the topicality of thisseemingly ahistorical piece better than the unique phe-nomenon of its history of reception.Although the Latin texts make it difficult to understandCarmina Burana, they are among the most frequentlyplayed works in the world of music. Taking account ofdocumentation by the composer, this book traces the gen-esis and reception of the work and discusses the growingpopularity of Carmina Burana.

Scandalously popular!


Target group: People generally interested in music, mu-sicologists, students, choir masters andsingers

Barbara HaselbachStudientexte zu Theorie und Praxisdes Orff-SchulwerksBand 1: Basistexte aus den Jahren 1932–2010

350 pages – softcover 12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 11.99ISBN 978-3-7957-0756-9· ED 21061

The authors of the Orff Method and their closest co-workers describe the basis of what has become an inte-gral, no longer questioned, part of elementary music anddance education today. The selected texts add the neces-sary theory to practical experiences, explaining and sub-stantiating them.

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Constantin FlorosNew Ears for New MusicExpedition through 20th- and21st-century music

256 pages – paperback17,0 x 24,0 cm€ 19.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0547-3 · ED 9966

20th-century music is characterized by a confusing multi-tude of trends and movements. Several movements oftencoexist at the same time, reflecting intellectual tenden-cies, social and political changes and responses thereto.With this book, the renowned musicologist and authorConstantin Floros provides a survey of the different stylesand tendencies of New Music. He presents the most im-portant composers, from Schoenberg to Rihm, in a seriesof essays, which are accessible to both the amateur andthe professional alike. And since, to him, biography andmusic are inseparable, this publication takes into accountboth musical aspects and contemporary, psychologicaland sociological contexts.

Constantin Floros, born in Saloniki in 1930, studied mu-sicology, art history, philosophy and psychology in Vi-enna. Ph.D. in 1955, habilitation in 1961, professor ofmusicology at the University of Hamburg from 1967–95,focussing on music of the Middle Ages and the 18th, 19thand 20th centuries. Member of the Akademie der Wissen-schaften in Erfurt. President of the Mahler-VereinigungHamburg. Lecturer at international music symposions.Numerous publications, particularly on Mozart, Bruckner,Mahler, Brahms, and Alban Berg and Ligeti.


Target group: Lovers of New Music,pupils, students, teachers

Ströer Bros.Das MusikHörBuchFrom passive to active musical enjoyment

240 pages – paperbound with gate-folded covers€ 14.9513,5 x 21,5 cmISBN 978-3-7957-0183-3 · ED 20398

Everyone can listen to music, of course, but the enjoy-ment of it can be greatly enhanced – no matter whatmusic one likes to listen to. Das MusikHörBuch showsyou how to do that, explaining in an easily understand-able language:the most refined methods to select the appropriate musicfor any occasionthe best strategy to develop your own musical preferencesthe most important tricks to enhance the pleasure of lis-tening to musicthe most frequent mistakes occurring in listening to musicand how to avoid themWhether on musical journeys, time travels and music-tasting events, whether listening with the imaginarystethoscope or discovering the ‘anatomy’ of a music piece– the reader is granted new and unexpected insights intothe cosmos of music and thus into his or her very ownworld of listening.

The brothers Ernst Ströer (born in 1963) and Hans P.Ströer (born in 1956) have been in the music business formore than 25 years – as composers, arrangers, music pro-ducers and musicians. They became known by their col-laborations with Volker Kriegel, Klaus Doldinger, UdoLindenberg and Heinrich Breloer, among others. DasMusikHörBuch is their first joint book project.


Target group: Music lovers of all ages andall musical tastes

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Stefan SchaubHören mit Begeisterung Ein Weg zum aktiven Musik-Erleben

176 pages with 2 CDs – softcover 17,0 x 24,0 cm€ 29.99ISBN 978-3-7957-0759-0 · ED 21063

A book which is an eye- and ear-opener with regard tomusical contexts unknown to many music lovers. StefanSchaub shows an easy way of how even complex musicalworks become accessible step by step and without any ac-ademic efforts. Major symphonies from Haydn toShostakovitch are described and analysed in a clear andcomprehensible way, based on the example of the sonataform. Thus, the music can be actively experiencedthrough more conscious perception, and the knowledge ofstructures and contexts increases the pleasure of listening.Being rather an exercise book than a book for reading,this book, including sound examples on two CDs, pro-vides many ideas and suggestions, thereby awakening thereader’s delight in details.


Target group: Music lovers, concert-goers, musicians,students

Peter Petersen Musik und Rhythmus

304 pages – softcover 24,0 x 30,0 cm€ 69.00ISBN 978-3-7957-0728-6 · ED 20950

For the first time since Hugo Riemann, a book is pre-sented that is based on a completely new rhythm theory:the ‘theory of components’. Petersen’s theses and analy-ses make it possible to describe and understand the rhyth-mic structure of music better than before. Whereasrhythm has been described simply as an interplay oflongs and shorts with accents and metres up to now, Pe-tersen shows that there are secondary rhythms apart fromthe basic rhythms which are not notated because they de-pend on tonal properties and tonal figures. These‘rhythms of components’ are effective as a rhythmic fab-ric and at the same time gravity forming; they can evenchange metre and time.


Target group: Musicologists, teachers, musicians, stu-dents

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Christoph HempelNeue Allgemeine MusiklehreMit Fragen und Aufgaben zur SelbstkontrolleNew Elementary Music TheoryWith questions and exercises for self-checking

333 pages – softcover12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 9.95ISBN 978-3-254-08200-8 · SEM 8200

Apart from singing, music-making and conscious listen-ing, it is mastering elementary music theory – the knowl-edge of fundamental melodic, harmonic and rhythmicrelations – that helps to understand the various forms ofmusic. ‘Neue Allgemeine Musiklehre’ has made it itsbusiness to introduce the learner to the basics and helphim/her to acquire the necessary knowledge; in addition,it encourages the advanced learner to repeat the subjectsand serves as a work of reference. The extensive materialis arranged in a clear order, containing numerous musicexamples, illustrations and tabular charts. Exercises thatcan be self-checked allow that which has been read to be-come that which has been learnt.


Target group: Lovers of music, students

Willy SchneiderWas man über Musik wissen mussMusiklehre für jedermann

80 pages – softcover12,5 x 19,0 cm€ 8.95ISBN 978-3-7957-2811-3 · ED 4205

This fundamental work imparts basic information onmusic in an easily understandable manner: elementarymusic theory (note values, times, scales, intervals, etc.),harmony and musical form, acoustics, musical instru-ments and a short history of popular music. The appendixcontains explanations of important musical terms and thebiographical data of outstanding composers.

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Target group: Music lovers

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Hans RennerGrundlagen der Musik

232 pages – softcover 12,0 x 19,0 cm € 9.95ISBN 978-3-254-08367-8 · SEM 8367

Up to now, the knowledge of fundamental terms and con-texts has been a necessary condition in order to under-stand and enjoy music. Renner’s introduction to musictheory presented here in a completely revised new editionhas proven to be an effective means to impart such basicknowledge for decades. Questions of acoustics, notation,harmony, counterpoint and musical form, musical instru-ments as well as of time, rhythm, tempo, dynamics,melody and ornaments are dealt with in an easily under-standable manner. This reliable, clearly arranged textbookis now available again for every music lover and every-body interested in music.

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Target group: Children aged 10+, young people,parents, teachers

Karl Heinrich EhrenforthGeschichte der musikalischen BildungEine Kultur-, Sozial- und Ideenge-schichte in 40 StationenHistory of Music EducationA cultural and social history as well as a history ofideas in 40 stages


This is the first time that it has been tried to put the his-tory of music education, seen from a perspective relatingto cultural history as well as to the history of ideas, into atime frame of more than 3,000 years. This is associatedwith the claim to paint a picture which does not beginaround 800 or not even before 1800, as has been the caseup to now. Musical ‘world views’ have influenced entirenations, periods of history and cultural areas, affectingeven their political structure: Music has ‘educated’ in theoriginal sense of the word. The reader is introduced to 40stages in our cultural and educational history: from antiq-uity to the present time.Awarded with the Deutscher Musikeditionspreis 2006.


Target group: Musicians, teachers, musicologists, peopleinterested in cultural history

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Thomas SiedhoffHandbuch des MusicalsDie wichtigsten Titel von A bis Z

656 pages – paperback50 illustrations17,0 x 24,0 cm€ 29.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0154-3 · ED 20229

This book answers the question ‘What is musical?’, cov-ering all aspects of the modern genre of music theatre anddescribing, in an international context and for the firsttime in this much detail, the development, the heyday, theindustry, the flops and the opportunities for the musical.From The Black Crook and the Ziegfeld Follies viaGeorge Gershwin, Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, RichardRodgers and Stephen Sondheim to The Producers; fromthe American Operetta to the Concept Musical, this hand-book offers an insight into all the different types andforms.In addition to the synopses, the entries contain informa-tion about the first nights, ensemble, voice categories, or-chestration, detailed commentaries in addition tonumerous illustrations, references to further readings andmultimedia. A must-have for all musical lovers!

With detailed information on more than 250 musicals


Target group: Fans, practitioners of musicals and liter-ary directors, training facilities

Peter Wicke, Kai-Erik Ziegenrücker, Wieland ZiegenrückerHandbuch populäre MusikGeschichte – Stile – Praxis – Industrie

822 pages – paperback323 illustrations16,9 x 26,3 cm€ 29.95ISBN 978-3-7957-0571-8 · ED 20017

‘Handbuch der populären Musik’ is a standard workwhich is aimed at music lovers and experts alike. In addi-tion, it tries to both satisfy the listeners’ and fans’ need forinformation and provide performing musicians, music ed-itors or music teachers and not least students of corre-sponding fields of study with a compendium forconsultation purposes. Containing more than 1,000 en-tries, this book examines the forms as well as the histori-cal, cultural and economic background of popular music,including the whole range from pop, hip-hop and elec-tronic dance music via rock, jazz, blues, folk and worldmusic to chanson, musical, wind music and folk song.The book deals with current and historical developments,techniques, instruments, the various aspects of practicalmusic-making and the basics of music production. Thefully revised new version of this handbook takes into ac-count not only the effects of the digital revolution on theproduction and circulation of music, from on-line serv-ices to mobile music, but, by including company andlabel portraits, the defining role of music history in pastand present times as well.


Target group: Pop music, bands, listeners of popularmusic, teaching facilities, musicians

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Hans Günther Bastian – Wilfried FischerHandbuch der Chorleitung


‘Handbuch der Chorleitung’ contains profound and scien-tifically supported arguments for all choir conductors asto why people should sing in a choir and how self-enrich-ing singing in a choir can be. It is a guide to sensible con-cert planning and organization as well as successful choirmanagement. It deals with all central artistic issues ingreat detail, from proper conducting via effective rehears-ing methods to intense musical interpretation, productive,yet pleasant voice training, the dramatic composition of asuccessful choir rehearsal and the preparation of choralpieces with instrumental accompaniment.

Hans-Günther Bastian has been professor of music edu-cation and systematic musicology at the universities ofBonn, Paderborn and Frankfurt/Main since 1980. Hegave lectures at choir directors’ conferences of theDeutscher Sängerbund and was a jury member at severalnational choir competitions.Wilfried Fischer has been professor of music educationwith primary focus on the artistic practice of music les-sons including choral conducting at the Flensburg Päda-gogische Hochschule as well as at the universities ofCologne and Paderborn since 1972.


Target group: Choir directors of all kinds of choirs, stu-dents, teachers

Martin Carbow – Christoph SchönherrChorleitung Pop, Jazz und Gospel.Der sichere Weg zum richtigen Groove


Do you also have the feeling that your choir could be alot more spirited? That your singers cling to the notes anddo not listen to each other enough? And that the audienceactually should no longer bear to remain seated?If so, this comprehensive book on choral conducting forpop, jazz and gospel music contains the answers to thesequestions: Based on his wealth of experience in choralconducting, Martin Carbow discusses central issues suchas rehearsing methods, choir work without notes, eartraining and, above all, the groove in the choir. In addi-tion to explaining technical terms, dealing with rhythmi-cal problems and presenting exercises, he eventually alsoreveals his groove secrets. Christoph Schönherr exploresthe issue of vocal improvisation in choirs, the relationshipof word and sound as well as the importance of conduct-ing and the role of the choir director in the jazz and popchoir, among others. This book also provides informationon further training courses for choir directors (andchoirs), auditions, concerts, voice and voice training inpopular music, accompaniment, arrangements, and manyother aspects.


Target group: Choir directors, conductors, choirsingers, teachers

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Karl-Peter ChillaHandbuch der Kinderchorleitung.Ein praktischer Ratgeber

238 pages - softcover16,9 x 26,3 cm€ 19.95ISBN 978-3-7957-8727-1 · ED 8727

‘Handbuch der Kinderchorleitung’ is a practical guide forthe musical and organizational work with childrensinging in a choir. The author provides valuable tips forthe successful work with children’s choirs. In addition, hegives answers to questions regarding the foundation andorganization of a children’s choir. The book containssample pages (e.g. for the work with parents), worksheetsas well as numerous music examples – in short, every-thing that is of interest to and useful for the direction of achildren’s choir.


Target group: Choir directors

Andreas MohrHandbuch der Kinderstimmbildung


‘Handbuch der Kinderstimmbildung’ is aimed at every-one who sings with children. The melodic part first andforemost targets voice trainers, choir directors and stu-dents, as well as school musicians, church musicians andteachers of elementary music education.The detailed practice part with numerous music examplesprovides suggestions and aids for practical voice trainingwith children. Each chapter contains not only technicalexercises but also suggestions as to how to incorporatevoice training in games and plays. The author treads anew path by using songs and song excerpts for the vocalwork, even ‘voice training songs’ specially composed forthis book. Even part-time choir directors or teachers whohave not been trained accordingly get valuable advice forthe correct treatment of children’s voices.


Target group: Kindergartners, teachers, choir directors,students, church misicians, school musi-cians, voice trainers

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Paul NitscheDie Pflege der Kinder- und Jugend-stimme


Paul Nitsche’s ‘Pflege der Kinder- und Jugendstimme’,published in two volumes in 1952/1954, has been knownto directors of children’s choirs and teachers of singingfor a long time. Now this standard work is available as arevised new edition in a new design and layout, consist-ing of the chapters ‘Theoretischer Teil’ [Theoretical Part]and ‘Stimmbildungen am Lied’ [Voice Training in Song].While the first part deals with topics such as ‘autonomyof the child’s voice’, ‘breaking of the voice’, ‘breathing’,‘sound generation’, ‘resonant chambers’ and ‘hummer’,the second part contains a lot of exercises for the practicalwork with children from primary school age to the break-ing of the voice. ‘Exercises in song’, ‘Song vocalises’ and‘Syllables for practising in shouting, singing and playing’are just a few examples from the varied material providedfor voice training.It is the author’s aim to exploit the possibilities of thevoice in song without the song becoming a stereotypedand mechanically repeated voice training exercise. Whatis essential is that the subject matter is ‘wrapped up’ inthe singing or playing activities in such a way that thechildren do not lose their joy and pleasure in singing.


Target group: Choir directors, voice trainers, schoolmisicians, students

Hans Günther BastianKinder optimal fördern – mit MusikIntelligenz, Sozialverhalten und gute Schulleistungendurch Musikerziehung

108 pages – paperback12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 6.95ISBN 978-3-254-08381-4 · SEM 8381

What do they all have in common – the universal scholarHildegard von Bingen, the pianist Clara Schumann, theNobel Prize winner Albert Einstein, the violinist of thecentury Yehudi Menuhin, the German ex-chancellor Hel-mut Schmidt, and the actress Katja Riemann? They allhave experienced how active music-making can enhancethe quality of life – Isolated examples? No! A six-yearlong-term study with children aged between six andtwelve years scientifically substantiates: Music-makingchildren and young people- improve their social behaviour- enhance their IQ- get good grades at school- compensate for their lack of concentration, etc.In the present paperback, Professor Hans Günther Bast-ian, head of the research project, summarizes major re-sults of the 700-page scientific study Musik(erziehung)und ihre Wirkung and provides convincing arguments infavour of the demand for music education to take up acentral position at general-education schools.This book helps parents, teachers, music teachers, theyoung people themselves and politicians on a federal andländer level to see the potential that exists in music andmusic education.

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Target group: Parents, Teachers, stu-dents, young people

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Jeanne ChristéeViolintechnikHistorische Schulen und Methoden von heute

220 pages - softcover14,8 x 21,0 cm€ 17.99ISBN 978-3-7957-0745-3 · ED 21040

There is no violin method that is suitable for all pupils.But there is a large number of important educational tra-ditions which can inspire the pupil’s personal artistic andtechnical development. Jeanne Christée set out to searchfor evidence: from Geminiani’s The Art of Playing theViolin, published in 1751, to Ricci on Glissando from2007. The essential points of these different violin meth-ods are complemented by insights into her own teachingpractice. In addition, she talks with renowned fellow edu-cationalists like Hilary Hahn and Vadim Repin about thesignificance of the historical methods for one’s personalviolin technique. The result of her excursions is a com-parative guide through the vast number of traditionswhich comments on and sums up the respective charac-teristics, thus imparting vital information on performancepractice and music aesthetics.


Target group: Violin students and teachers

Michael Barry WolfGrundlagen der Kontrabass-Technik


‘What do I do when I can’t produce the sound I wouldlike?’ The book ‘Grundlagen der Kontrabass-Technik’ byMichael B. Wolf provides detailed answers to such ques-tions.With the help of a detailed programme, the pupil willquickly learn the technical elements which are indispen-sable for artistic expression. Topics such as bowing tech-nique, change of position, vibrato, right-left coordination,intonation or performance preparation are covered, takinginto account the technical and intellectual aspects of gen-erating the perfect sound. Although many techniques ofthis method represent a radical breach of tradition, theycan be easily used for all double-bass methods and play-ing techniques.

Michael Barry Wolf, born in 1954 in the US, is profes-sor of double bass at the Berlin Universität der Künste.He studied music at the California State University andwas member of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. Hisradio and disc recordings as well as numerous concert ac-tivities and master classes at home and abroad have al-ways received great critical acclaim.


Target group: Contrabass players, music teachers

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Gerhard MantelCello ÜbenEine Methodik des Übens nicht nur für Streicher

222 pages, 126 illustrations – paperback16,9 x 26,3 cm€ 19.95ISBN 978-3-7957-8714-1 · ED 8714

Practising – or practise practising? Gerhard Mantel findsnew, sometimes even unorthodox answers to the oldquestion of how to practise. In this book the author de-scribes the varied mental, psychological and physical as-pects of the adventure of ‘practising’, while trying at thesame time, in a widely diversified manner, to make indi-vidual instrumental problems accessible and thus avail-able to the spontaneous artistic need of expression. In anew chapter of the revised and expanded edition, the au-thor deals with the topic of ‘linking’: muscular or mentallinking of two notes, spatial linking on the fingerboard,and linking inside the body.

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Target group: Cello pupils and students

Gerhard MantelCellotechnikBewegungsprinzipien und Bewegungsformen


Playing an instrument requires imagination, free associa-tion, individuality, eagerness to experiment. However, theprerequisites for such artistic liberties are certain physicaland physiological facts which can be described veryclearly. Their knowledge can open up new areas of cre-ative freedom.In his book, published in 1972 for the first time, GerhardMantel tries to explain concepts of cello teaching whichare classed between freedom and arbitrariness. His sur-prising results have meanwhile become established ingeneral string instrument lessons to a large extent.


Target group: Cello pupils and students

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Gerhard MantelIntonationSpielräume für Streicher


‘How can I play cleaner – even cleaner?’ This questionbothers every critical string instrument player duringhis/her daily practice. According to a survey, more than70 per cent of the actual practising time and attention of astring instrument player is spent on intonation.In this book, Gerhard Mantel provides basic informationon the phenomenon of intonation, presenting practicalmethods which go far beyond a simple, spontaneous de-termination of ‘too high – too low’. His approaches to asolution, some of them quite unconventional, enableevery sting instrument player to find his/her individualway to the best possible intonation and eliminate seem-ingly insoluble problems in the ensemble playing withother string instrument, wind instrument or piano players.The author attaches particular importance to dealing withintonation playfully and use it specifically for the artisticexpression.


Target group: Musicians, teachers

Gerhard MantelInterpretationVom Text zum Klang


In this book, Gerhard Mantel looks into the questionwhich means and tools a performer should have in orderto make a musical text into the intellectual and emotionalexperience intended by the composer. As is generallyknown, the ‘actual music’ does not exist in the printedwork. But which are the aesthetic and creative criteria forhow the performer can, or has to, treat the musical text inorder to interpret it and explain it to the listener?The musical imagination, the inner anticipation of themusical effect, is a vital condition for an interpretation. Inaddition, it is important to know, however, whereuponthis effect is based and how it can be achieved.Based on decades of concert and teaching experience, theauthor leads the reader to a unity of knowledge, planning,intuition and emotion and thus to an ‘interpretation tech-nique’ which is indispensable to an inspired interpretationand can be achieved by every musician in his/her verypersonal form.

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Target group: Students, musicians, teachers

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Gerhard MantelEinfach üben185 unübliche Überezepte für Instrumentalisten


The success of an instrumentalist depends on the qualityof his practising and not least on the concrete knowledgeof how to practise efficiently. The present collection of‘recipes’ shall help to optimize and accelerate the learn-ing process. The book describes techniques which areoften new, yet well-tried in practising, concerts and teach-ing and are suitable for individual problems. This is aboutputting the practising behaviour into solid terms whichare so clear that they are really available at any time.


Target group: Children aged 6+, parents, grandparents

Ulrich MahlertWege zum Musizieren Ways to Music-makingMethods in instrumental and vocal lessons

352 pages17,0 x 24,0 cm€ 29.99ISBN 978-3-7957-8750-9 · ED 8750

By making music, people increase their means of expres-sion. They broaden their mind and experience happiness.Learning how to make music happens in individual waysand thus has to be taught individually. The present bookpresents instrumental and singing teachers a comprehen-sive method that provides them with a wide repertoire ofmethodological possibilities, trains their observationskills and reflective faculty and enhance their imagina-tion. Thus, teachers and learners can find their own waystowards fulfilling and sophisticated music-making.

Ulrich Mahlert has been professor of music education atthe Berlin Universität der Künste since 1984. He is co-founder and co-editor of the magazine Üben & Mu-sizieren (Schott Music). Numerous publications on musicand music education. Further training activities.


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Michael DickreiterPartiturlesenEin Schlüssel zum Erlebnis Musik


It is easier than you think! Drawing from many years ofpractical experience, Michael Dickreiter shows how todecipher the complex image of a score very easily.First, he explains the notation, even in its historical devel-opment. Starting with following an individual part, thereader is acquainted with different methods of score-read-ing step by step. In an extensive chapter with practisingexamples, excerpts from popular scores have been pre-pared in such a way that these methods can be understoodeven visually. As a consequence, this volume is an easy-to-understand manual for concert-goers and music listen-ers as well as a useful aid for pupils and students.

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Target group: Concert-goers, music lovers, pupils, students, musicians

Fritz Reusch (Hrsg.)Der kleine HeyDie Kunst des Sprechens


When Julius Hey published his three-part work‘Deutscher Gesangsunterricht’ [German Singing Lessons]around 1900, he had no way of knowing that this text-book was to start an unprecedented triumphant progress.Originally, Hey had developed his method only for hispupils and as a mere singing manual. It was only the re-sponsibility for improving the often wrong pronunciationof actors and singers that prompted him to add a ‘speechpart’ to his main work. The fact that especially this part,entitled ‘Der kleine Hey’ [The Little Hey], became andhas remained – with the largest number of copies – thestandard work for speech training until today proves thevalidity of this method.Julius Hey’s textbook on the basics of the ‘art of speak-ing’ is the fundamental textbook for the speech training ofactors, speakers and singers as well as of all other profes-sions connected with the spoken word, and not least avaluable aid for school lessons and private studies.

Further information is available at http://www.der-kleine-hey.de


Target group: Voice teachers, actors, politicians, libraries

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Margot Scheufele-OsenbergDie AtemschuleÜbungsprogramm für Sänger, Instrumentalisten undSchauspieler


Do we breathe correctly? Do we breathe too high – mean-ing one-sided and insufficient chest breathing or mis-guided abdominal breathing – due to everyday stress oran incorrect teaching method? Breathing is an au-tonomous function, yet can also be influenced con-sciously and deliberately. ‘Die Atemschule’ enableseverybody to recognize one’s individual faults of breath-ing and find out what has to be done to achieve a mentaland physical balance and a higher performance capacitythrough correct diaphragmatic breathing, i.e. breathing inthe middle. The book provides singers, wind instrumentplayers, speakers and people with respiratory diseaseswith an exercise programme in order to change the incor-rect breathing to correct breathing, posture and support.Revised and expanded 4th edition.

Further information available at www.atemart.de.

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Target group: Singers, voice trainers,teachers

Anneliese RieschLebendige StimmeStimmbildung für Sprache und Gesang

124 pages – softcover 14,8 x 21,0 cm€ 15.99ISBN 978-3-7957-8740-0· ED 8740

Tried and tested in practice, this textbook is aimed at allthose dealing with the training of one’s own voice or ofthe voices of other persons on an elementary level – be itin the field of education, music, acting or therapy. An-neliese Riesch sees tone and sound as a phenomenonwhich needs to be examined mainly intellectually. Writ-ten in an easily understood language, the chapters onbreathing, articulation, tonal range, interpretation and reg-ister are complemented by numerous illustrations. Thework is completed by exercises with music and text ex-amples.This textbook for the cultivation of the speaking andsinging voice was revised on the basis of unpublishednotes left by the author and is now available in a new up-dated version.


Target group: Singers, voice trainers, teachers

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Paul LohmannStimmfehler - StimmberatungErkennen und Behandlung der Sängerfehler in Frageund Antwort


What does head resonance mean? What is the relation be-tween timbre and tone colour? What are the reasons forlacking carrying power and vigour of the voice? Answersto these and numerous other questions concerning voicetraining are given by Paul Lohmann in his guide that be-came a standard work long ago. The fact that he is nevercategorical but always presents various possibilities ofhow to eliminate faults is Lohmann’s strong point. Hisbook therefore is perfect not only for budding and trainedsingers, but also for singing teachers.


Ernst HaeflingerDie Kunst des GesangsGeschichte, Technik, Repertoire


This book deals with three fields that are of interest toboth singers and lovers of singing: the fascinating histori-cal development from the Greek songs accompanied byaulos or kithara via the richly ornamented Gregorianchant to the heyday of the bel canto in the 17th and 18th

centuries, as well as the demands of new music; theanatomical and physiological foundations of voice pro-duction, explained by a number of exact photographicand graphic examples; the technical foundations ofsinging in five main chapters which are worked on ac-cording to the disposition and aptitude of the students:posture, breathing function, intonation – function of thelanguage, approaches to and training of the pronunciation– equalizing the voice, messa di voce, legato – range, vol-ume, velocity and virtuosity – dramatic expression andinterpretation.


Target group: Lovers of singing, singing teachers, stu-dents

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Paul LohmannKomponieren für Film und FernsehenEin Handbuch


Combining theory with practice, this book offers a theoryof composition which is ground-breaking, far beyond thetopic of ‘film’. Since 1980, composing has generallymeant more than the mere logical development with thetraditional materials space, time and sound: Music ratheris about associative composing, the integration of enter-taining, serious, world and jazz music, even with the aidof the latest studio technology. The use of these compo-nents for the development of film music is described bythe author in his book, providing practical tips, such asconcerning questions of music and film editing, synchro-nization of images and music, mixing, sound sampling aswell as everyday problems such as studio rent and fees.


Peter RöbkeVom Handwerk zur KunstDidaktische Grundlagen des Instrumentalunterrichts


The aim of the author is to awaken delight in expression,pleasure in moving and joy of playing and make both in-telligent interpretation and attentive listening deducingthe meaning the basis of music-making. No matterwhether Baroque music, music of the Viennese Classi-cism or Schoenberg’s ‘Little Piano Pieces’ – instrumentallessons shall always be music lessons as well.


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Anselm ErnstLehren und Lernen im Instrumental-unterricht Teaching and Learning in Instrumen-tal Lessons


Presented in an updated new edition, this textbook estab-lishes for the first time a general theory of instrumentalteaching, describing aims, learning contents and teachingmethods on interdisciplinary lines and providing a wealthof detailed practical suggestions. The reader gets essentialinformation on the creation of the teacher-pupil relation-ship, body language behaviour in the lessons and the en-couragement of learning processes. Instrumental grouplessons are dealt with in a detailed chapter. The book thuspresents the central aspects of educational professional-ism in a comprehensive manner.


Jürgen Ulrich, Dorothea Ohly (Hrsg.)Joachim ThalmannHarmonielehre für die Praxismit elementarer Satzlehre

190 pages – softcover 17,0 x 24,0 cm € 19.95ISBN 978-3-7957-8738-7 · ED 8738

This book provides fundamental information on the the-ory of harmony and composition in a very practical way.Topics include: chords, part-writing principles, perfectcadence, secondary triads, secondary dominants, chro-maticism, modulation, harmonic analysis and counter-point, among others. The exercises with solutions referboth to analysis and to independent harmonization ofmelodies right up to elementary contrapuntal exercises intwo-part settings.


Target group: Students, musicians and pupils

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Walter MenglerMusizieren mit linksLinkshändiges Instrumentalspiel in Theorie und Pra-xis


For a long time, left-handedness has been regarded as‘deviation from the norm’, and musical instruments usu-ally are designed for right-handers even today. But thequestion arises whether or not the handedness, i.e. thepreference for using the left or right hand for certaintasks, also plays a role with such complex activities asmusic-making.The changed playing situation with instruments for left-handers touches on a topic that has to a large extent re-mained undiscovered and tabooed up to now. After a lookat history, the book describes the current state of dealingwith left-handedness in music-making – including allconsequences not only for the common order of music-making but especially for the capability and health of theperforming musicians.The author, a cellist and ‘right-hand playing’ left-hander,analyzes the musical practice of left-handed ‘normalplayers’ and left-handed players on numerous instrumentsfrom the perspective of an orchestra musician, instrumen-tal teacher and educationalist. The analysis is concludedwith recommendations for practising, teaching tips andanswers to questions of parents of left-handed children.


Target group: Left- handed musicians,musicologists, parents

Frank HartmannQigong für MusikerDie ganzheitliche Methode für entspanntes und ge sun -des Musizieren.


Qi Gong – a sort of ‘self-healing breathing exercises’ – isa method in traditional Chinese medicine. It combinesbreathing with gently flowing movements, stretching andconcentration on various meridians (energy channels) toform a holistic health system, the fundamentals of whichare easy to learn. For musicians, four aspects of this ho-listic method are of crucial importance:

combination of breathing with musical creation,stress management and stress prevention,muscular tensions,playing technique andreduction of physical stress caused by the playing posture

The practical exercise concept presented here leads to aunity of the performer with the music and himself, to ‘WuWei’, the ‘doing by not doing’. The theoretical basicsfrom traditional Chinese medicine and Western kinesiol-ogy are presented in an easily understandable way. Theexercise sequences are explained by means of clear de-pictions.

Frank Hartmann is concert guitarist and guitar teacherwith many years of experience as a teacher. He is QiGong trainer and lecturer and holds numerous coursesand workshops. Author of various articles on this topicpublished in specialist magazines.


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Gerhard MantelMut zum LampenfieberMentale Strategien für Musiker zur Bewältigung vonAuftritts- und Prüfungsangst

240 pages – softcover12,0 x 19,0 cm€ 13.99ISBN 978-3-254-08385-2 · SEM 8385

Stage fright…! For many people, this word is tantamountto fear, paralysis, threat. And for many a highly talentedmusician, it was the reason to give up their wish to be-come a professional performing artist. But: Doesn’t stagefright have ‘its good points’ too? Is it possible to turn theparalyzing form of stage fright into a positive variant? Inhis book, Gerhard Mantel mentions the reasons for stagefright and describes strategies of how to achieve confi-dence on the stage – without falling back on ‘simpletricks’. The most important aspects are summed up inchecklists at the end of each chapter. This book is aimedat understanding better ‘my personal form of stage fright– my stage fright profile’ and overcoming it in a creativemanner. The instrumentalization of stage fright as artisticstimulation brings confidence, self-assurance and a betterquality of life.


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Seymour Bernstein, Gerhard SchrothMit eigenen HändenSelbstverwirklichung durch kreatives KlavierübenWith Your Own HandsSelf-realization by creative piano practising


This book is aimed at everybody who wishes to gain newinsights into piano playing: to the amateur as well as tothe professional, to parents and teachers who wish to ac-company the practising of their children and pupils. Withnumerous tips for improving the power of concentration,for dealing with faults and for the stimulation of body andmind.


Target group: Musicians, especially pianists, teachers,students

Andreas KissenbeckArrangierenEin Praxis-Kurs für Einsteiger und Fortgeschrittene

176 pages – paperbackNumerous music examples17,0 x 24,0 cm€ 19.99ISBN 978-3-7957-0736-1 · ED 8748

This practical course teaches to arrangers basic tech-niques: from preliminary ideas to the writing of the scoreand the notation of individual parts. Melody, harmony,rhythm, form and instrumentation are topics that are dealtwith in such a way that they can be applied to personalprojects – without determining a certain style and whileremaining open to the development of personal ideas. Ex-ercises and suggested solutions make this book a compactcourse, with explanations on technical terms as well astransposition charts and charts of instrumental ranges,which invites the reader to consult it. ‘Arranging meansto solve problems’, as the arranger Richard Roblee oncesaid. This book just does not allow problems to arise.

Andreas Kissenbeck, born in Bonn in 1969, is a pianist,keyboarder and Hammond organist. He works as a lec-turer at the music academy of Münster and part-time lec-turer of jazz piano and music theory at the musicacademies of Munich, Hanover and Würzburg. As an au-thor, he has published several books on jazz theory.


Target group: Musicians, music (school) teachers, musiceducationalists and instrumental teach-ers, students

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Roberto BracciniPraktisches Wörterbuch der MusikPractical Vocabulary of MusicEnglish – German – Italian –French

436 pages – paperback12,5 x 19,0 cm€ 19.95ISBN 978-3-254-08279-4 · SEM 8279

This four-language dictionary of music contains morethan 4000 terms and is intended for musicians, teachers,students and amateurs who wish to understand and usespecialist foreign terms. The book is not academic interms of scope; it is based on practical experience, de-rived from the examination of directions given on a largenumber of orchestral scores, piano pieces and transcrip-tions, and instrumental parts. In order to complement andclarify this vocabulary, specialist dictionaries and refer-ence books have been consulted. Contemporary musicalterms taken, for example, from the fields of jazz, pop andelectronic music, have also been included.

Roberto Braccini studied music in Florence, Italy, ob-taining his diploma in piano playing at the local LuigiCherubini Conservatoire. Apart from various activities asa professional musician, he taught courses in musical ter-minology in various European countries. At present, he isprofessor of piano methodology and piano didactics at theLugano Music Academy (Switzerland).

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Target group: Music teachers, students, music lovers, li-braries

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Helmut LachenmannMusik als existentielle ErfahrungWritings 1966–1995(2nd edition 2004)

488 pages - hardcover€ 58.00ISBN 978-3-7651-0247-9 · BV 247

Lachenmann’s central essays such as ‘Klangtypen derNeuen Musik’ (Types of Sound in New Music), ‘Die ge-fährdete Kommunikation’ (Endangered Communication),‘Zum Problem des musikalisch Schönen heute’ (The Pro-blem of Beauty in Music Today), and his essays on Mah-ler, Schoenberg and Nono are among the most importanttestimonies of autonomous musical thought in our time.In addition to Lachenmann’s major essays, this volume ofwritings also contains all of the composer’s work intro-ductions as well.The reprint 2004 is essentially the result of an intensiveand critical reading of the previous text by Lachenmannhimself. The text was generally only slightly altered, withpassages rewritten and the language occasionally lighte-ned. Only the analysis of the Second String Quartet‘Dance of the Blessed Spirits,’ which was very topicalback in 1996, was newly conceived and substantiallychanged. The editor’s observations, work catalogue anddiscography have been revised and updated.

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Ulrich Mahlert (Ed.)Handbuch ÜbenGrundlagen, Konzepte, MethodenWith essays by E. Altenmüller, U. Mahlert, G. Mantel,Chr. Richter. P. Röbke. W. Rüdiger, M. Saxer, H. Wiede-mann and others(2nd edition 2007)

414 pages - paperback€ 36.00ISBN 978-3-7651-0314-8 · BV 314

There’s no way around it: all musicians have to practicetheir whole life long. Yet very few musicians confrontthis ‘necessary evil’ and give it much serious thought.One might say that practicing has not been made practica-ble for the practical musician... In his ‘Handbuch Üben,’the experienced music teacher Ulrich Mahlert has broughttogether a number of renowned authors from the perfor-ming arts and neighboring disciplines who are more thanfamiliar with the joys and problems of practicing. Theiressays have given rise to an important book that is rich indetails on a topic that is often perplexing and always ti-mely. The concise subtitle ‘Fundamentals. Concepts. Me-thods.’ is programmatic, for the book seeks to conveyimpulses for pleasurable and fruitful practicing. In thebest of cases, individually adjusted practicing can contri-bute to self-perception, self-criticism and personal deve-lopment. The book has fulfilled its purpose if this goal isreached. One can only hope that this volume will becomea standard work for everyone who practices!


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Thomas Krämer / Manfred DingsLexikon MusiktheorieMusic Theory from A(bbreviatur) to Z(wölftonmusik)

344 pages (2nd edition) – paperback19,0 x 12,0 cm€ 12.90ISBN 978-3-7651-0370-4 · BV 370

Thanks to his ‘Lexikon Musiktheorie’, the knowledge-able author Thomas Kraemer fills a gap thatwas open for far too long. He explains all standard con-cepts from such typical disciplines of musictheory as harmony, counterpoint and thoroughbass in asuccinct and easily comprehensible manner,often exploring stylistic and historical aspects as well.The spectrum of the contents has been deliberatelyexpanded through excursions into domains such as for-mal design, new compositional methodsand jazz theory – where co-author Manfred Dings’ spe-cial knowledge comes in handy. Providing vividvisual enhancements are the many short music examplesthat provide an additional elucidation tonearly every key word.

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Wieland ZiegenrückerABC Musik446 Sätze zur MusiklehreNew enlarged edition 2009

360 pages – paperback19,0 x 12,0 cm€ 9.80ISBN 978-3-7651-0309-4 · BV 309

Countless students have learned their musical basics from‘ABC Musik.’ After five very successful editionsof the book which was first published in 1997, WielandZiegenrücker has thoroughly revised, updatedand expanded his fundamental work. The new editionprovides greater emphasis on the essentialqualities of ‘ABC Musik’: a comprehensive selection oftopics, well-grounded structure, visuallycompelling presentation, easily understandable language,practical exercises for learning control, andan index with explanations of technical terms.

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Michael DartschDer Geigenkasten Vol. 1Streichen, Greifen, Spielen – die ersten Schritte

120 pages - paperback€ 21.00ISMN 979-0-004-18186-7 · EB 8771

With his ‘Violin Case’, Michael Dartsch offers an ideal supple-ment to every violin method and teaching situation. Organizedaccording to themes, it has lots and lots of material: songs andpieces for playing on open strings, for stopping the string withindividual fingers, for taking the different steps in fingering, forrhythm, notation, improvisation, and exercises in poise, postureand motion. Dartsch, an experienced conservatory teacher, hasdeveloped a compelling concept that is underscored by some in-teresting information he provides on the violin as well as by ori-ginal texts to the songs. This allows the players to sing alongwith the melody. The pieces are almost always in two parts,which stimulates joint music-making.

Along with comments intended for the teacher, the ‘Violin Case’contains a song index arranged according to specific occasions,a text for the parents and a CD with tuning notes, a selection ofplay-along pieces and some stylistically enriching insights intoviolin literature. The ‘Violin Case’ is thus wonderfully suited forgeneral teaching purposes as an alternative to a violin method.

Also available:Der Geigenkasten Vol. 2Lagenspiel, Vibrato, Spiccato - die nächsten SchritteEB 8772

Der Geigenkasten Vol. 3Stile, Spieltechnik, Interpretation - ein Gang durchdie Jahrhunderte EB 8773


Thomas SchlinkKontrabass!Eine Schule für Kinder und Jugendliche – Vol. 1Set for piano by Thomas BlomenkampIllustrations by Dorothea LindenbergFirst steps with the double bass

113 pages - paperback€ 17.00ISMN 979979-0-004-18358-8 · EB 8813

It’s not by accident that ‘Kontrabass!’ (Double Bass!) hasan exclamation mark in its title, for Thomas Schlink’smethod begins from scratch, i.e. it requires no practicalknowledge of the instrument. The ‘Kontrabass!’ conceptis so broad that all teachers can proceed from their ownplaying techniques and methods, and can teach them wit-hout difficulty.

In Book 1, the student goes from plucked and bowedplaying on open strings to the first position. In order to letthe student interact with others from the very start, thebook often includes an accompanying part for bass, pianoor melody instrument. Of course, such a well-planned in-strumental method offers more yet: work materials, exer-cises, suggestions – in a word, double-bass lessons arerounded off perfectly with ‘Kontrabass!’ Incidentally, thedouble bass was recently proclaimed the ‘instrument ofthe year 2010’ in Schleswig-Holstein. Schlink’s ‘Kontra-bass!’ would thus be the (instrumental) method of theyear.

Also available: Kontrabass!Eine Schule für Kinder und Jugendliche – Vol. 2


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Irmhild Beutler, Sylvia C. RosinBlockflötenSpiel (Recorder Playing)Vol. 1Schule für die Sopran-Blockflöte With Illustrations by Marlies Walkowiak

100 pages - paperback€ 13.50ISMN 979-0-004-18180-5· EB 8760

The method that makes playing the recorder child’s play!Volume 1 of ‘BlockflötenSpiel’ offers the kind of varietyteachers have long hoped to find for their little pupils (be-ginning at about age 6).Technical exercises are incorporated into little piecesfrom many different styles and eras. There are also quiz-zes, hints for improvisations, songs, suggestions for play-ing with other instruments, piano accompaniments,information on the recorder and its history – and, ofcourse, tips for parents and notes for teachers.

Also available:

BlockflötenSpiel (Recorder Playing)Vol. 2EB 8761


Ralf KleinehandingDrumroad Vol. 1Schule für das Drumset

124 pages - paperback€ 19.80ISMN 979-0-004-18339-7· EB 8811

Be a pro at the drums!‘Drumroad 1’ marks the beginning of Breitkopf’s percus-sion instruction series. In the first book of Ralf Kleine-handing’s method, the comprehensive acquisition of thebasic techniques is put in the forefront. Parallel to wor-king on grooves, the student will also learn important fill-ins. The enclosed fill-in book offers a flexible array ofuses and combinations, and contains many additional pie-ces for the toms. Accompanying patterns for chordal in-struments (mallets, piano) round off the concept. Thiswide-ranging book provides essential groundwork for themastery of percussion instruments. Ideal for traditionalinstruction, ‘Drumroad 1’ will also whet the student’s ap-petite for more complex grooves and techniques in Vo-lume 2 – for we can assure you that Kleinehanding willbe back on the „Drumroad“ as soon as possible!

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Drumroad Vol. 2EB 8812


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Thomas Voigt Jonas Kaufmann‚Meinen die wirklich mich?’176 pages - paperbackCa. 50 colour and b/w-photos13,5 x 21,5 cm€ 19.90 ISBN 978-3-89487-669-2

Since his sensational debut at the Metropolitan Opera inNew York in February 2006 Jonas Kaufmann has rankedamong the top stars of the opera scene. The internationalpress hailed him as ‘the new king of tenors’, insiders cel-ebrate him as the most important German tenor sinceFritz Wunderlich. Whether New York, London, Paris orMilan: The world’s leading opera houses scramble to gethim: He sings fantastic, is very good-looking, intelligent,has a gift for languages and is an excellent actor. In July2010 he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival, playingthe title role in Hans Neuenfels’ new production of Wag-ner’s ‘Lohengrin’ brilliantly. Despite his success, the realBavarian boy has remained refreshingly natural anddown-to-earth. In his interview with the music journalistThomas Voigt he talks at length about the bright anddark sides of his profession for the first time.

‘The most compact, sensible, critical non-fiction bookon the opera published in a long time.’Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

‘Voigt as well as Kaufmann have much to say aboutvoices as such, about the mechanism of the business,about the creation of art and career development.’Tages-Anzeiger

‘A singer after my own heart’Plácido Domingo


Jürgen OttenFazil Say Pianist, Komponist, Weltbürger

176 pages - hardcoverca. 40 coloured and b&w illustrations13,5 x 21,5 cm€ 19.90 ISBN 978-3-89487-708-8

‘You absolutely have to hear him play, the boy plays likethe devil!’ said composer Aribert Reimann in 1987 toDavid Levine, professor of piano at the DüsseldorfMusikhochschule, who then took 17-year-old Fazil Sayunder his wing at once. Today, 25 years and thousands ofconcerts later, the performances of the exceptional Turk-ish pianist electrifies audiences all over the world, therehardly being a day the successful composer and jazz mu-sician is not on stage. But being a bridge-builder betweenOrient and Occident, Fazil Say does not content himselfwith being an artist but also joins in explosive social de-bates, no matter whether they take place in his Germanor Turkish home country or whether they concern Mus-lim parallel societies or the political issue of ‘arabesquepop’. In his portrait, the renowned music author JürgenOtten tries to get to the bottom of the phenomenon FazilSay in a very perceptive manner: in intensive talks withSay, his family and his companions and fellow musi-cians.

‘One of the greatest artists of the 21st century.’Le Figaro

The new star of the international music sceneA committed artist who also takes a political standWith a foreword by Roman Polanski

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André HorstmannKirchenführer Florenz

240 pages – softcover 80 colour illustrations and a mapPaper-bound13.0 x 19.0 cm€ 19.90ISBN 978-3-86502-271-4 · WGS 1 312Publication date: October 2011

The churches and their legends

- Guide to famous cathedrals and important churches inthe capital of Tuscany- The most beautiful churches of Florence from SantaMaria del Fiore to Santo Spirito- With numerous colour photos, city map, opening hoursand tips

‘Italy is the garden of Europe. Tuscany is the garden ofItaly. Florence is the flower of Tuscany.’ Following thissaying, André Horstmann has written a guide that showsthe best routes through the whole of Florence to about 55imposing churches and cathedrals, all the while tellingfascinating stories not only about the buildings, their ar-chitects and clients, but also about saints, patron saintsand Florentine families.

André Horstmann, born in 1958, translator, interpreter,reviewer and freelance author, studied French and Italianat the Humboldt University of Berlin. Horstmann is co-founder of the Berlin Renaissance Society and renownedexpert on Florence.


Michael E. HabichtNofretete und EchnatonDas Geheimnis der Amarna-Mumien

288 pages – hardcover 24 colour and 19 b&w illustrations13.5 x 21.5 cm€ 24.90 € ISBN 978-3-7338-0381-0 · WGS 1 944Publication date: August 2011

Egyptian family secrets revealed

- Are Nefertiti and Akhnaton the parents of Tu-tankhamun?- Mystery of the most famous pharaoh solved thanks toDNA analysis- New scientific findings about the world’s most beautifulqueen

Who were the parents of Tutankhamun? And who wasNefertiti? Since the DNA analysis of the Amarna mum-mies in 2010, researchers have come a big step closer tosolving the mystery of Tutankhamun’s family back-ground. The analysis has proven that Akhnaton can beidentified as Tutankhamun’s father and that Nefertiti wasno foreign princess. These findings have far-reachingconsequences for the interpretation of the history ofEgypt portrayed by the author in this book. The result is avivid picture of the time of Amarna and of the decline andfall of the two rulers.

Michael E. Habicht, born in 1974, studied classical ar-chaeology, Egyptology and prehistoric archaeology at theuniversities of Zurich and Basel. He has specialized in theNew Kingdom of Egypt, the Royal Tombs and the booksof the underworld as well as on the time of Akhnaton,Nefertiti and Tutankhamun.


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