A pilot video for our planned series of pedagogical tools is now available on YouTube:

Since the discovery of a new Bach Cantata, found among the papers of Japanese pianist Chieko Hara who died in Japan in 2001 aged 86,  recent findings of other handwritten materials include two previously unknown manuscripts written by Bach when he was a teenage organist. The handwritten manuscripts, dating from about 1700, are copies of organ music composed by Dietrich […]

A selection of 29 studies from “Gradus ad Parnassum” by Muzio Clementi is now avaliable in our sheet music library in an edition by Carl Tausig. Clementi: Gradus ad Parnassum In this edition Tausig has selected the most practical and profitable among the 100 studies. Gradus ad Parnassum, composed 1817, was Clementi’s last published work. The Latin phrase Gradus ad […]

The Young Pianist, Opus 823 by Carl Czerny is now added to our sheet music library in an edition by Adolf Ruthardt. This opus is one of Czerny’s easiest collections of studies.

International concert pianists including Lang Lang, Cyprien Katsaris and Louis Lortie premiered a new piano concerto for ten pianos and orchestra during the Olympic Games in Beijing on August the 20th. Vladimir Feltsman, Liu Shi-Kun, Joseph Kalichstein, Philippe Entremont and Yin Cheng-zong also performed in this work with the China National Symphony Orchestra under Chen Zuo-huang at the Piano Gala […]

Opus 142 (D 935) by Franz Schubert are now available in PS Urtext edition. This collection of four Impromptus starts and concludes with pieces in the same key (F-minor) which is one of the reasons for the speculations by Robert Schumann that parts of this opus was originally intended as a sonata (although refuted by some contemporary musicologists) but was […]

This opus of 100 studies is now available in our sheet music library. First Tutor is a preparatory school for beginners in ten parts. 1. First exercises for the knowledge of the notes 2. Exercises for the five fingers with quiet hand 3. The first exercises for the thumb 4. Exercises exceeding an octave 5. Exercises with the bass-cleff 6. […]

Opus 299 by Czerny “School of Velocity” is now available in an edition by Adolf Ruthardt. School of Velocity

The historical aspect is an essential consideration for anyone involved in classical music. It is music created in another context altogether and basic conditions, like the musicians’ skills and the sound of their instruments requires a good imagination (and a generous dash of research) in order to obtain a full picture. For those who want to imagine the 18th century […]

We have now made Opus 849 by Carl Czerny (30 New Studies in Technique; Preparation for the School of Velocity) available in an edition by Adolf Ruthardt. 30 New Studies in Technique

Sheet music of 23 pieces by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky are now available in an edition edited by Pavel Lamm. A Child’s Scherzo – First Version A Child’s Scherzo – Second Version A Tear Childhood Memory A Child’s Scherzo – Second Version First Punishment Hopak of the Young Ukrainians, from The Fair at Sorochintsi – First Version Hopak of the Young […]

Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is an Argentine concert pianist. Her aversion to the press and publicity has resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. She has given relatively few interviews. As a result, she may not be as well known as other pianists of similar calibre. Nevertheless, she is widely recognized as […]