The Hebrides, op. 26
Concert Overture
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SKU: BA.TP00395
Concert Overture. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Christopher Hogwood. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Study score. Opus 26. Duration 12 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #TP00395. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.TP00395).ISBN 9790006205172. 22.5 x 16.5 cm inches. Preface: Christopher Hogwood.
Mendelssohn mentioned this work for the first time in a letter written in Scotland to his family Mendelssohn mentioned this work for the first time in a letter written in Scotland to his family quoting the first 21 bars of this programmatic overture. Over the years it was to receive numerous revisions.
Firstly, there were two"Rome"versions, the first of which Mendelssohn played to Berlioz on the piano. These were followed by two"London"versions.
Barenreiter's new Urtext study score includes the two London versions, following the scholarly-critical edition of all four versions edited by Christopher Hogwood and published in 2004 (BA 9053).
- Urtext edition reflecting the latest musicological knowledge
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