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Schott Music International Becomes Schott Music
Apr. 01, 2006As of 1 April 2006, all activities of the Schott publishing group will be conducted under the name of Schott Music. This completes the international integration of the group, with …
Hindemith's Recently Rediscovered Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Op. 29 Premieres in Canada
Apr. 01, 2006Written in 1923, Paul Hindemith's (18951963) Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Op. 29 received its much belated first performance on December 9, 2004 in Berlin. Now on its journey …
Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera Gets a New Website as it Opens on Broadway
Apr. 01, 2006With the opening on Broadway this month of the new Roundabout Theater production of Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, we are proud to announce, along with …
Tobias Picker's Opera Thérèse Raquin Premieres in Europe
Mar. 01, 2006Following three internationally acclaimed productions in North America (The Dallas Opera, 2001 (world premiere), L'Opéra de Montréal, 2002, and San Diego Opera, 2003), Thérèse Raquin, Tobias Picker's third opera, …
Alvin Singleton's Truth
Mar. 01, 2006To a sellout crowd at the Ordway Theatre in St. Paul, Alvin Singleton's choral ballet based on the life of Sojourner Truth, aptly titled Truth, was premiered by VocalEssence. …
Joseph Schwantner's Morning's Embrace
Mar. 01, 2006On February 23 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin gave the world premiere of Joseph Schwantner's Morning's Embrace, a work …
New Toru Takemitsu Publications and Brochure Available
Mar. 01, 2006This year marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. One of the most famous composers of our time, Takemitsu’s works, from instrumental to orchestral, are …
Happy 70th Birthday, Aribert Reimann!
Mar. 01, 2006European American Music joins in sending best wishes to composer Aribert Reimann on his 70th birthday. For forty-five years, Schott has been the exclusive publisher of the Berlin composer’s music. A composer …
The Threepenny Opera Returns to Broadway
Mar. 01, 2006The Threepenny Opera, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece of the lyric stage, bows again on Broadway at New York's Studio 54 this month in a new production directed …
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Restored to Original Production Form by John Mauceri and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Mar. 01, 2006Considered by many to be the first and finest of American operas, it is a wonder that very few operagoers have ever seen Geroge Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in the form …