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pixel * FIVE ANTHEMS FOR SOLO VOICE *

Five Anthems for solo voice pixel
pixelJohn Reading
English composer and organist John Reading (c.1685–1764) published A Book of new Anthems Containing a Hundred Plates fairly Engraven with a Thorough Bass figur’d for the Organ or Harpsichord in c.1715. The title-page states that the collection was available ‘By Subscription’ only, and in the prefatory Advertisement the composer explains why: ‘‘Tis a very hard, tho usual Case, that when A Person has with great Labour and Study Compleated A Work of this Nature, Others should Pirate upon him and run away with its Profit’; he was thereby ensuring that the public would be spared ’Spurious and Incorrect Copies’ and that he himself would receive his just rewards.

HIGH VOICE, AND ORGAN OR HARPSICHORD
Composer:    John Reading
Editor:   Martin Perkins
Publication date:  May 2025
Instruments:  High voice, and organ or harpsichord
Format:  Full score
Series:  Baroque
Pages:  vii/110
ISMN:  979 0 708213 48 2 
ISBN:  978 1 914137 88 4
Code:  hh634.FSC
Price:  £65.00               more information

Leaflet Music example Anthem 1 (pdf)
Leaflet Music example Anthem 2 (pdf)
Leaflet Music example Anthem 3 (pdf)
Leaflet Music example Anthem 4 (pdf)
Leaflet Music example Anthem 5 (pdf)

The keyboard part is intended for an organ with a low GG compass (typical of English instruments of the period without pedalboard). This range, as well as the non-chordal left-hand part, also makes it suitable for the harpsichord. There are no dynamic markings in the music. Indications of ‘Ritornel[lo]’ and ‘Verse’ suggest registration changes, according to the chosen instrument. The only other performance direction – ‘Great Organ’ – suggests that Reading expected a two-manual instrument. Ornament symbols are typical of the time and consistent with those appearing in various ‘Rules for Graces’ in contemporary publications such as The Harpsichord Master (London, 1697).

ed. Martin Perkins
Reading

pixel * MOTETS for Soprano, violin and continuo *

Motet: Hoc est: quod evenit e languido pixel
pixelDiogenio Bigaglia
In August 2024 Michael Talbot identified as compositions by the Venetian monk and composer Diogenio Bigaglia (1678–1745) eight anonymous motets for voice (soprano or contralto), solo violin and basso continuo contained in an album of music for that combination compiled in 1739 for the young Bavarian duchess Maria Antonia Walpurgis (herself on the way to achieving fame as a singer, harpsichordist and, especially, composer). Bigaglia had established a connection to the Bavarian court in Munich as early as 1713, when Maria Antonia’s grandmother, Therese Kunigunde Sobieska, then living in temporary exile in Venice, obtained copies of cantatas by him. These expansive motets, which test the ability of singer and violinist alike, are remarkable for their musical eloquence and inventiveness. They display the same fine sense of line and imaginative treatment of musical structure as in his chamber duets (published earlier by Edition HH), with the important difference that the contrast between the timbres and technical capabilities of the two upper parts can here be fruitfully exploited.

SOPRANO, VIOLIN & BASSO CONTINUO
Composer:  Diogenio Bigaglia
Editor: Michael Talbot
Publication date:  May 2025
Instruments:  Soprano, violin and basso continuo
Format:  Full score and parts
Series: Baroque
Pages:  xiii/13 + 2x8 + 4
ISMN:  979 0 708213 42 0 
ISBN:  978 1 914137 83 9
Code:  hh628.FSP
Price:  £25.00               more information

Leaflet Music example (pdf)
ed. Michael Talbot
Bigaglia

Motet: O mundi creator pixel
pixelDiogenio Bigaglia


SOPRANO, VIOLIN & BASSO CONTINUO
Composer:  Diogenio Bigaglia
Editor: Michael Talbot
Publication date:  May 2025
Instruments:  Soprano, violin and basso continuo
Format:  Full score and parts
Series: Baroque
Pages:  xiii/14 + 2x8 + 4
ISMN:  979 0 708213 43 7 
ISBN:  978 1 914137 84 6
Code:  hh629.FSP
Price:  £27.00               more information

Leaflet Music example (pdf)

Michael Talbot’s editions of the motets include commentaries on their Latin texts, for which line-by-line English translations are supplied, and add or supplement the bass figures of the continuo part as an aid to those intending to improvise an accompaniment. A specimen continuo realization for chamber organ or harpsichord is provided for the use of those who prefer to play ‘from the notes’.

ed. Michael Talbot
Bigaglia



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is included in the Grade 6 Piano syllabus of the ABRSM

The Little Ballerina / Nocturne
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pixelChristian Hartmann
Den lille danserinnen (‘The Little Ballerina’) evokes a charming, gracious, light-footed dancer, while Nocturne makes the piano sing in the romantic tradition. Both these delightful short pieces would be ideal encores!
Composer: Christian Hartmannn
Publication date:  April 2016
Instruments: Piano
Format: Performing score
Duration: c.4'
Pages: iii/4
ISMN: 979 0 708146 15 5 
Code:  HH398.SOL
Price: £7.95               More information

Notenbeispiel Music example (pdf)
Contemporary
"I love these two little pieces, and I am sure many late intermediate players will enjoy them equally."
Read Andrew Eales's review in Pianodao
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Spring 2025
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