JoachimRaff

Anniversary Urtext Editions

200 Years

Joachim Raff
Anniversary Urtext Editions

Joachim Raff unfolded his creativity in the close vicinity of both the»New German School« around Liszt and the »Traditionalists« around Brahms.
Highly esteemed by his colleagues, Raff also succeeded gradually in convincing
publishers and concert audiences of the quality of his numerous compositions:His chamber music works as well as his symphonies enjoyed great popularity
not only among connoisseurs and now deserve to regain a permanent placein the concert repertoire.

Piano
RAFF – KLAVIERSONATEN op. 14 | op. 168

Piano Sonatas
op. 14 | op. 168
EDITION
BREITKOPF

RAFFKlaviersonaten
Piano Sonatas
op. 14 | op. 168

EB 8993

EB 8993

Urtext ed. by Ulrich Mahlert
EB 8993
The three piano sonatas by Joachim Raff occupy a
special position among his more than 100 piano pieces.
They reflect a significant compositional aspiration, whereas
Raff otherwise frequently leans towards the salon-music
genre in his piano music. The sonatas represent Raff’s threemain creative phases: The beginning of his composing career,
the height of his fame as one of Germany’s then most-playedcomposers, and the late creative phase with the second
version of the Sonata op. 14.

Frühlingsboten

12 Piano Pieces | op. 55
Urtext ed. by Ulrich Mahlert
EditionBrEitkopf

raff
Frühlingsboten
12 Klavierstücke

Heralds of Spring
12 Piano Pieces
op. 55

EB 9412

EB 9412
Joachim Raff’s 12 piano pieces Frühlingsboten op. 55, originatingin 1852/53, mark a new creative start in his compositional
oeuvre. The title of the work, translated as “Heralds of Spring”,
is multilayered: It refers not only to spring in nature but thewords “Heralds of Spring” also indicate love’s spring, theblossoming of love for his future wife, the actress Doris Genast.
In Frühlingsboten, Raff repeatedly demonstrates his ability to adapt
idioms and compositional techniques from works by Liszt, Chopin,
Mendelssohn, Schumann, and others. The pieces do nonethelesspossess their own thoroughly original diction with a character
spectrum just as diverse as their stylistic piano design.

Chamber Music
Sonatafor Piano and Violoncello | op. 183
EditionBrEitkopf

raff
Sonatefür Klavier und VioloncelloSonatafor Piano and CelloUrtext ed. by Claus Kanngiesser
EB 9406
With a preface by Severin Kolb
Contains 2 cello parts

op. 183

EB 9406

While Raff composed several well-known works for violin andpiano, the present cello sonata is one of his few outstanding
works for cello and piano. Incidentally, in the first edition, thescore is headed “for piano and cello,” as was quite often the casein the 19th century, for instance with Brahms’s sonatas. This isalso evident in the music: Cello and piano are equal partners thatdevelop the musical material and are challenged both technicallyand artistically. This current edition contains an Urtext cello partas well as a part with markings by Claus Kanngiesser.

Six Morceauxfor Violin and Piano | op. 85
Urtext ed. by Stefan Kägi and Severin Kolb
EditionBrEitkopf

raff
Six Morceauxfür Violine und Klavier
for Violin and Piano
op. 85

EB 9407

EB 9407
With his Six Morceaux, Raff created a collection of six
short pieces with the aim of “pleasantly entertaining manya listener” and demonstrating that he was “also capableof writing something easy.” With the individual pieces
varying in difficulty without losing any of their musicalambition, the collection is well suited for violin lessons.
The most famous piece is probably the “Cavatina”.
Arranged for various scorings during Raff’s lifetime,
it continues to be one of the most popular encore
pieces altogether.

String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
op. 77 | op. 90
PartiturBiBliothek

raffStreichquartette Nr. 1 & 2String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
op. 77
op. 90Studienpartitur | Study Score
PB 5622

Urtext ed. by Severin Kolb and Stefan König
PB 5622 Study score
EB 8939 Set of parts | No. 1 in D minor op. 77
EB 8940 Set of parts | No. 2 in A major op. 90
The two quartets are unequivocal works: orchestrallyconceived, full of energetic vigor, and at times
uncompromisingly modern. They confidently continue
the Beethoven tradition and attest at the same time to Raff’s
intensive confrontation with Richard Wagner’s music during
the Weimar years. In his chamber music, the composer
wanted to achieve progress “in an inherently historical way”
and “to ground the individual substance in existing forms.”
The quartets, first published in 1860/62, found illustriousinterpreters, among them, the Müller brothers’ renowned
ensemble, to which opus 90 was also dedicated, andJoseph Joachim.

OrchestraSymphony No. 5 in E major “Lenore”
op. 177
PB 5698
Breitkopf & Härtel
Partitur-Bibliothek

Raff– SYMPHONIE NR. 5E-dur– SYMPHONY NO. 5in E major„Lenore“op. 177

Partitur
Score

Urtext ed. by Iris Eggenschwiler
Picc.2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp – str
PB 5698 Full score
Orchestral parts available on hire

1st half of 2022

Joachim Raff’s Fifth Symphony “Lenore” op. 177,
composed in 1872, reveals the composer as arepresentative of the middle ground between
Neo-German aesthetics and the symphonic tradition.
It owes its sobriquet to G. A. Bürger’s eponymousballade, which is the programmatic basis of the final
movement. Using this literary model, Raff oriented
himself to the Berlioz “program symphonies” and theLiszt symphonic-poem concept, on the one hand, buton the other, he let the three preceding movements
follow traditional symphonic form. Breitkopf & Härtel is
now presenting for the first time with this symphony anorchestral work by Raff in a modern Urtext edition.

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Solo: pno – choir: SATB – 3(picc).2.2.2. –4.2.3.0. – timp – str
Performance material available on hire

Solos: SBar – choir: SATB – 3(3picc).2.2.2. – 4.2.3.1. –timp.perc(2) – str
Performance material available on hire

Cantata in four sets | op. 209

Oratorio on Words from the Holy Scriptures | op. 212

In Preparation
2nd half of 2022

String Quartets Nos. 6–8

Concerto for Violoncello and OrchestraUrtext ed. by Stefan König

Urtext ed. by Jonas Kreienbühl and Andrea Wiesli

EB 5708

PB/OB 5715 EB 9426

op. 192

No. 1 in D minor | op. 193

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