Sir William Sterndale Bennett

[ale_ius]

I want to learn some of Of his etudes and or maybe some other solos. I love the music very much and want to own good publised scores instead of studying PDF prints.  Are they published and for sale?  Can someone recommend edition if multiple?

Thank you
-Alee Marie.

[thalbergmad]

Almost everything I would have thought is out of print, so you are either going to have to use pdf's or look out for old printed editions from antique book dealers.

I can assure you that the latter can be a wallet emptying experience.

Luv

Thal

[ale_ius]

Almost everything I would have thought is out of print, so you are either going to have to use pdf's or look out for old printed editions from antique book dealers.

I can assure you that the latter can be a wallet emptying experience.

Luv

Thal

I had expectd and feared such a response, but it is a response I thank you for nonetheless.  I do have a secret score crush on the old scores but I tend to collect opportunistically that is I buy what I might encounter in browsing or by chance if cheap but I find if you set up specifically looking for certan or specific antique scores the price is very steep.  Still with music of his quality it is worth it but more than I can probably afford at the moment.

 I wonder why this is still out of print but the 8,548th revised version of the Fantasie  Impromptu is still peddled.....

-Alee Marie.

[thalbergmad]

 I wonder why this is still out of print but the 8,548th revised version of the Fantasie  Impromptu is still peddled.....

That is one of the great mysteries of the Universe.

Thal

[ahinton]

That is one of the great mysteries of the Universe.

Whilst I confess to a preference for Richard Rodney over William Sterndale, has the Concerto Preservation Society not yet expanded into scanning public domain solo piano works from its favourite era in music?

Best,

Alistair

[ale_ius]

I think a solo preservation society sub organization is a splendid idea

I think I will just have to do my best to print on good paper and take to document business to have custom bound. But that gets expensive as well...

Is there a Society for William?   It seems he deserves one an they seem very popular in the UK or maybe there is a chance for the Germans to create a Bennett Urtext edition, they seems fond of those 

[rovikered]

I want to learn some of Of his etudes and or maybe some other solos. I love the music very much and want to own good publised scores instead of studying PDF prints.  Are they published and for sale?  Can someone recommend edition if multiple?

Thank you
-Alee Marie.

I don't know of any present day publisher who publishes them.
However, for second-hand copies you might try the following:
www.sheetmusicwarehouse.co.uk
www.elkinmusic.com

Best wishes.
rk

[promusician]

visit here: https://www.stainer.co.uk/acatalog/musica-p2.html

Selected Piano and Chamber Music: Sterndale BENNETT (XXXVII) Ref: MB37  Edited by Geoffrey Bush contains a piano sonata op.13 and suite de pieces op.24