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20/06/2024

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!⁣
𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞!

Yes! We've been waiting for the skies to clear, and on Midsummer's Day, it finally happened. So …⁣
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For a limited time until the end of June, Lyrebird Music celebrates the longest day with a 𝟐𝟎% discount on all our books.
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(The offer is available to non-commercial customers only and does not include postage.)

Use the code 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐃𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 to enjoy this spectacular offer!

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08/05/2024

𝐂é𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐤 – 𝐈𝐧𝐭é𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐥'œ𝐮𝐯𝐫𝐞 𝐝'𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣⁣⁣⁣
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After two years, Lyrebird Music is proud to announce the publication of the extended collection of César Franck's complete music for organ and harmonium in this exciting eight-volume collection.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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In 2022, Lyrebird Music was thrilled to publish the first authoritative critical edition of César Franck's principal organ music in four volumes that covered the three distinct periods of the composer's life. The edition received critical acclaim worldwide, though editor Richard Brasier was far from completing his task. Today, his work on the remaining organ and harmonium pieces was completed with a further four volumes containing all the known liturgical organ music, harpsichord works, Franck's transcriptions of Charles-Valentin's 𝘗𝘳é𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪è𝘳𝘦𝘴 and the improvisational themes in this handsome four-volume supplement.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The new edition contains a revision of Volume I –– Preface and Commentary and, aided by the guardians of Franck's musical estate, now includes images that have remained private since the composer's death, fresh information on aspects of performance practice and style. The second edition includes previously unknown works, including one from a valuable autograph manuscript that has remained unknown and uncatalogued since it was first penned.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The main features of the new edition are:⁣⁣⁣⁣
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A foreword by renowned Franck scholar Marie-Louise Langlais⁣⁣⁣⁣
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An erudite preface and commentary of 180,000 words on Franck’s works for organ and harmonium, the instruments he played (including his harmonium at Sainte-Clotilde), and his work as a liturgical organist. Accompanied by examples, colour images, plates, and facsimiles⁣⁣⁣⁣
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A thorough evaluation of the organ and harmonium works based on every available source⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The first publication (engraving and colour facsimile) of 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪è𝘳𝘦 CFF 39bis for harmonium⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Full-colour facsimile of 𝘗𝘪è𝘤𝘦 𝘏é𝘳𝘰ï𝘲𝘶𝘦 (Trocadéro manuscript)⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Full-colour facsimile volume of Franck’s improvisation themes, with annotations⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Never-before-seen images of Franck’s family, provided to the editor by his descendants⁣⁣⁣⁣
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A complete catalogue incorporating those of Georges Franck, Vincent d’Indy, Wilhelm Mohr and Joël-Marie Fauquet⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The first modern edition of 𝘗𝘪è𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭’𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦 and 𝘗𝘳é𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪è𝘳𝘦𝘴 de Ch. V. Alkan⁣⁣⁣⁣
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The second edition is available in three bundles (Vols. I – IV), (V – VIII) and (I – VIII) or as individual books. Until 22 May, the price is discounted for non-commercial customers using the code 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐊𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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For those who have already purchased the first edition, an upgrade is available at a further discounted rate. Please contact Lyrebird Music for more details. ⁣⁣

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01/05/2024

I have been contacted by a customer in the UK who has a pristine set of The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book in hardback for sale. Please send me a message if you are interested and I can put you in touch with the owner.

28/04/2024

It's a great pleasure to announce a new line in Lyrebird Music's catalogue: Lyrebird's Song.

The line is dedicated to modern song and while we kick off with just two publications, others are on the way!

Our new composer is known among English musicians as an erudite organist, pianist and composer and his two song cycles, Four Shakespeare Songs and Four Folksong Settings for tenor or soprano and piano are a welcome addition to our growing list of quality publications.

So, welcome Malcolm Archer to Lyrebird Music! And, to friends and colleagues, welcome to Malcolm Archer.

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01/04/2024

New discovery of Bach organ music!

You may find out more and hear clips here >>>

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I’m absolutely thrilled to announce the discovery of four new organ works by J.S. Bach, which greatly expand and enrich our understanding of his style and 18th-century music more broadly. Since the works were discovered in the archives of the Cook Music Library at Indiana University, I’ve assign...

27/03/2024

Muso Friends!

Easter Sale: 25% discount on all books when using the code lyrebirdrising on checkout from Lyrebird Music

Before I begin my Easter sermon, I will tell you other good news first. Lyrebird Music has secured contracts with several different couriers to provide cheaper postage for its customers. On checkout, you will be provided with options for your country and area, allowing you to choose how much you want to spend on getting our books to your doorstep!

If you have got this far, you will be pleased to know there is an Easter Week sale beginning tonight and lasting until Easter Monday, when you can avail yourself of a 25% discount on any books in our catalogue.

Onto the sermon!

Easter is upon us and for the next week, Norway is closed. That doesn’t mean Lyrebird Music will be taking much of a break since we have new editions coming that need a little attention from my point of view. These include an intégrale edition of Nicolas Lebègue, beginning with the printed organ books and music from manuscript sources, which will be available towards the summer, and the harpsichord pieces, which will be released towards autumn.

Coming from Francis Knights's pen is what he describes as the third volume of The Well-Tempered Clavier, in which orphaned pieces have been paired and, where necessary, transposed to provide preludes and fugues in all 24 keys. The book will be released in the early summer and is a welcome addition to the Lyrebird Catalogue.

Denis Herlin is a name you probably all know, if only for his superb edition of François Couperin’s four books of harpsichord pieces. A couple of years ago, Denis and I entered into a pact to edit two manuscripts belonging to French harpsichordist Catherine Caumont. One, a unique collection of organ music with over 100 unknown pieces, was published by Lyrebird two years ago; the second manuscript, which contains over 150 harpsichord pieces, is being prepared for the summer. Alongside the Bauyn and Parville manuscripts, Le Manuscrit Caumont Clavecin is an important source of French harpsichord music that contains many unique pieces from c. 1700. Many of its contents are transcriptions of orchestral music –– mainly from Lully –– and the arrangements are unknown elsewhere.

The book will be released in French and English versions. More to follow …

Richard Braiser’s second edition of César Franck: Intégrale de l’Œuvre d’Orgue will be released early in the summer. This monumental work of scholarship has already found a home with hundreds of organists around the world, though the original four-volume work is to be supplemented by another four books containing the liturgical organ works, pieces for the harmonium and Franck’s arrangements of Alkan’s Préludes et Prières. The preface and commentary, which form Volume I, are expanded with information on the works in Volumes V–VIII and new information on Franck supplied by the composer’s descendants, which has remained known only to his family since he died in 1890.

Those who have already purchased Volume I of the first edition will be allowed to buy the revised book at a specially discounted price.

Lyrebird is expanding to introduce a new line in more modern compositions. While the core of Lyrebird’s philosophy is early music and performance practice, we have decided on a new line where we will showcase more contemporary compositions. This was begun last year with Lyrebird by Arrangement, which includes the popular L’Esprit Symphonique Français, superbly arranged by Duo Vernet-Meckler. Lyrebird Song shall begin in the summer with the publication of two song cycles by English composer Malcolm Archer: Four Shakespeare Songs and Four Folksong Settings, for soprano or tenor voice and piano.
Malcolm is well-known as an organist and composer in the UK and USA, has a pedigree that includes four major English cathedrals, and has an international career as an organist. We are pleased to have been asked to publish these masterful miniatures and know they will find a place in the repertory of many.

In the meantime, we have just released another series of Bach music arranged for two harpsichords by the prolific Francis Knights. Among other works, it contains Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 6, two Sinfonias and the Passacaglia in C minor for organ.

Finally, Happy Easter to all Lyrebird’s friends and customers!

02/03/2024

Jean-Luc Ho - pro is, in Lyrebird Music’s opinion, one of the finest harpsichordists of today. Please share!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you about the upcoming event, Keyboard Days!, taking place from March 25th to 27th, 2024, at Potocki Palace in Krakow.

Keyboard Days! is a true celebration for enthusiasts of keyboard instruments. The program includes an exhibition of over 20 instruments from major European collections, as well as workshops, meetings, and concerts featuring prominent harpsichordists and instrument makers.

We would like to draw special attention to the opportunity for students of Music Academies to participate in Master Classes and Improvisation Workshops led by world-renowned harpsichordists.

Master Classes are aimed at students and graduates of higher music schools in Poland and abroad specializing in historical keyboard instrument performance.

Master Classes Schedule:
- March 25, 2024, 10:00 – 12:00, Jean-Luc Ho
- March 26, 2024, 10:00 – 12:00, Justin Taylor
- March 27, 2024, 10:00 – 12:00, Pierre Hantaï

The number of places is limited (4 participants for each Master Class), but we also provide access for auditors.

Improvisation Workshops are open to instrumentalists and vocalists, including students and graduates of higher music schools in Poland and abroad, as well as enthusiasts. The workshops will be conducted by Patrick Ayrton:

Improvisation Workshops Schedule:
- March 25, 2024, 13:00 – 15:00, Passion according to St. John J.S.Bach
- March 26, 2024, 13:00 – 15:00, Renaissance polyphony
- March 27, 2024, 13:00 – 15:00, Monteverdi's Vespers

The number of places is limited (20 participants each day).

Registration for Master Classes and Improvisation Workshops is available at this address: https://kbf-ankieta.limesurvey.net/826285?lang=pl

Important information:
The deadline for applications for Master Classes and Improvisation Workshops is March 10, 2024.
Both Master Classes and Improvisation Workshops will be conducted in English.
The final decision on qualification for the Improvisation Workshops and Master Classes lies with the instructor. The number of places is limited.
Information about qualification will be communicated by email by March 15, 2024.

Additionally, the event will feature:
Panels (16:30-18:00) - on keyboard instruments in Flanders, France, and Italy, led by François Ryelandt and Franck Hollinga. (tickets available soon)
Recitals (15:00 and 18:00) - featuring Lucie Chabard, Jean-Luc Ho, Maciej Skrzeczkowski, Marcin Świątkiewicz, Diego Ares, and Corina Marti. Participants of Master Classes and Workshops will have complimentary access.

Admission to the instrument exhibition is free, except during recital hours.

The detailed event program is available on the website: Agenda - Misteria Paschalia.

23/02/2024

Pieter-Jan Belder's copies of his arrangement for solo harpsichord of Bach's 𝘊𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘢. ⁣
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Available in hardback and wire-bound copies or as a tablet version from 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜's shop.

19/02/2024

Novità dal catalogo Lyrebird Music, disponibile in Libreria!

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13/02/2024

MIDWINTER SALE: TWO DAYS REMAINING TO GET AN 18% DISCOUNT ON ALL BOOKS, INCLUDING OUR LATEST:

J S Bach: Ciaccona (Partita for solo violin (BWV 1004) arr. for harpsichord solo

A new version by harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder.

USE THE CODE MIDWINTER on checkout.

About the Ciaccona:

Yehudi Menuhin described the Ciaccona from the D minor violin partita (BWV 1004) as ‘the greatest structure for solo violin that exists’. His praise is amplified in the numerous keyboard versions that have come down to us. These include arrangements for solo piano by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Ferruccio Busoni, and other versions have appeared for one hand, piano duet and, more recently, for four hands and feet at the same organ (Lyrebird Music, LBMP–038). Remarkably, few versions have been published for the harpsichord, which Pieter-Jan Belder addresses in this astonishing arrangement, which he first recorded on his CD Basso Ostinato: Passacaglias and Chaconnes (Brilliant Classics 95656). Belder’s version is here provided twice, allowing performers to use basso continuo or fully realised passages for the chaconne’s highly rhetorical arpeggiated sections.

Pieter-Jan Belder is no stranger to early music lovers, having released many CDs, including the complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, the complete keyboard music of William Byrd, Scarlatti and numerous other critically acclaimed releases.

We are proud to have collaborated with him on this project. The music is available in hardback, with a wire-bound cover or as a digital download.

You may view the score with Pieter-Jan's stunning playing below or by visiting the Lyrebird Music website.

https://youtu.be/uMHihrirtno?si=-dfvOCL-o3n0Y7Z8
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Pieter-Jan Belder's arrangement for harpsichord solo of Bach's Ciaccona (Partita no. 2 for solo violin). A new edition from Lyrebird Music (www.lyrebirdmusic...

08/02/2024

NEW!

J S Bach: Ciaccona (Partita for solo violin (BWV 1004) arr. for harpsichord solo

A new version by harpsichordist Pieter-Jan Belder.
Yehudi Menuhin described the Ciaccona from the D minor violin partita (BWV 1004) as ‘the greatest structure for solo violin that exists’. His praise is amplified in the numerous keyboard versions that have come down to us. These include arrangements for solo piano by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Ferruccio Busoni, and other versions have appeared for one hand, piano duet and, more recently, for four hands and feet at the same organ (Lyrebird Music, LBMP–038). Remarkably, few versions have been published for the harpsichord, which Pieter-Jan Belder addresses in this astonishing arrangement, which he first recorded on his CD Basso Ostinato: Passacaglias and Chaconnes (Brilliant Classics 95656). Belder’s version is here provided twice, allowing performers to use basso continuo or fully realised passages for the chaconne’s highly rhetorical arpeggiated sections.

Pieter-Jan Belder is no stranger to early music lovers, having released many CDs, including the complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, the complete keyboard music of William Byrd, Scarlatti and numerous other critically acclaimed releases.
We are proud to have collaborated with him on this project. The music is available in hardback, with a wire-bound cover or as a digital download.

You may view the score with Pieter-Jan's stunning playing below or by visiting the Lyrebird Music website.

https://youtu.be/uMHihrirtno?si=-dfvOCL-o3n0Y7Z8

www.lyrebirdmusic.com

Pieter-Jan Belder's arrangement for harpsichord solo of Bach's Ciaccona (Partita no. 2 for solo violin). A new edition from Lyrebird Music (www.lyrebirdmusic...

18/01/2024

18/01/2024

Mid-Winter Sale

18% OFF ALL BOOKS!

A Happy New Year to all our subscribers! We've been late getting this campaign off the mark due to having the Lyrebird Music website reworked and because we wanted to wait until our latest book, Le Livre d'Orgue de Limoges, was published. The only available modern edition contains 56 organ pieces of startling variety that come exclusively from the Grand siècle. We know the four composers of thirteen of its works, leaving a large body of pieces that are unknown in other sources.

While the library at Limoges dates the book 1710–1725, internal evidence suggests it was copied in c. 1780. Editor Jon Baxendale's preface, therefore, looks at performance practice as viewed from a musician of that epoque, with a new translation of Dom Bédos's instructions for registration, an examination of Engramelle's barrel organ pinning, which provides valuable information on ornamentation and notes inégales, and for fun, a chapter on the dissemination of printed music in 18th-century France.

The book's recommended retail price is €38.99 for hardback copies and €33.54 for wire-bound. A tablet version is also available.

Onto the discount. Using the code below, subscribers can enjoy an 18% discount on Le Livre d'Orgue de Limoges and any other books or sets in our rapidly growing catalogue.
The offer is available until 15 February.

MIDWINTER

22/12/2023

Jean-Luc Ho nous offre, dans son dernier disque, un enregistrement des œuvres du compositeur Henry Purcell, ses transcriptions et des pièces anonymes de son époque

22/12/2023

16/11/2023

Lyrebird Music turned three years old earlier this month, and we want to celebrate the occasion by offering customers a 20% discount on all books until 30 November. Use the code LBFB2023 to avail yourself of any of our publications.

But first, a bit of crowing: we started with just nine books and have since added 33 more to our catalogue, including:

• The first edition of The Fitzwilliam Book in 120 years
• The first edition of My Ladye Nevells Book in 80 years
• The first edition of Parthenia In-Violata in 70 years
• The first edition ever of Will Forster’s Virginal Book
• The first edition ever of Anne Dawson, Her Book (1716)

New editions of:
• François Couperin: Pièces d’orgue
• Nicolas de Grigny: Premier livre d’orgue
• Georg Muffat: Apparatus musico-organisticus
• Augustin Barié: Intégrale de l’Œuvre d’Orgue
• Louis Couperin: Pièces de clavecin

Our critically acclaimed edition of César Franck: Intégrale de l’Œuvre d’Orgue

And much more!

You may use the code as often as you wish and share it with friends.

PS: Subscribers to our newsletter receive even more generous discounts. Why not sign up today to get an extra 5%?

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Lyrebird Music is a new, innovative publisher of early music editions, including critically acclaimed performing scores of 17th-century keyboard pieces.

23/10/2023

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18/10/2023

NEW FROM Lyrebird Music

SPECIAL OFFER OF 20% ON OUR NEW BOOKS.

AVAILABLE UNTIL 24 OCTOBER

We have added to our Lyrebird by Arrangement series one of the most outstanding books of organ duets to be published commercially. Olivier Vernet and Cédric Meckler (Duo Vernet-Meckler) are well known worldwide for their concerts and recordings of their arrangements. With two previous publications in this series, Olivier and Cédric have arranged and edited another book of organ music for four hands and four feet. Titled L’Esprit Français Symphonique, it contains remarkably sympathetic arrangements of familiar orchestral pieces.

This 215-page book is the music recorded for Duo Vernet-Meckler’s widely praised CD L’Apprenti Sorciers, which is available on the Ligia Digital label. Videos of the edition with music from Duo Vernet-Meckler’s CD is available on the Lyrebird Music YouTube channel using the following links:

* Ravel: https://youtu.be/fati8NjliFU
* Saint-Saëns: https://youtu.be/4HQM_4Se1W8
* Vierne: https://youtu.be/oBoZXs-WsAc
* Dukas: https://youtu.be/E5mSREh5AqA

And keeping with French Music, Stephen Hicks has edited the complete organ music of Augustin Barié. If you don’t know of the composer, it is understandable since he died in 1915, leaving behind just three works. That said, it’s quite a legacy that consists of the five-movement Symphonie pour Orgue, Élégie pour Orgue and the slightly better-known Trois Pièces, which includes the famous Toccata

Blind since birth, Barié was a student at the Paris Conservatoire in Alexandre Guilmant’s class, where he was awarded the Premier Prix d’Orgue in 1906. He was also a student of Louis Vierne.
Stephen Hicks is well qualified for his role as editor, with an impeccable pedigree that includes four years studying the organ in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Marcel Dupré and a formidable reputation as a formidable concert organist.

Augustin Barié: Intégrale de l’Œuvre d’Orgue is the first critical edition of the the composer’s organ music since it was first published. A full preface looks at the composer and the performance of his music, includes the first-ever English translation of René Vierne’s Méthode pour Orgue ou Harmonium, and a detailed commentary provides suggestions for fi*****ng, with alternative layouts for those without the famously large span Barié is purported to have possessed.

You may see the score and listen to the music on the Lyrebird Music YouTube channel:

* Symphony: https://youtu.be/HdY5gV6loqI?si=jVKXIenqAXEnDpE
* Trois Pièces: https://youtu.be/mGtauZEjH7o?si=gYLA4JZZyrSMYcOK

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10/10/2023

Special offers of the week

This week, Lyrebird Music has four special offers with savings of up to €25 on

César Franck: Intégrale de l'Œuvre d'Orgue
Jehan Titelouze: Hymns de l'Église et le Magnificat
Pierre Dandrieu: Noëls, O Filii, Chansons &c
Louis-Claude Daquin: Nouveau Livre de Noêls

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05/09/2023

Coming soon for Organ : Four Hands – Four Feet

Ravel: Boléro
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre & Organ Symphony Movement 3
Widor: Andante from Orchestral Symphony No. 1
Vierne: Scherxo from Orchestral Symphony
Dukas: l'Apprenti Sourcier

Splendidly arranged by Olivier Vernet and Cédric Meckler, otherwise known as Duo Vernet-Meckler

An absolute feast of 215 pages (and a Steampunk Cover).

04/09/2023

Now that summer is drawing to a close (which means that snow is on the horizon here in Norway), what better way of spending the long winter nights than with one of our music editions?

This month, Lyrebird is offering all its customers a special offer of three for the price of two! Purchase two of our editions, and the third will be free!

The offer is available on all books and collections, which means you will be getting a lot of playing for your money and will be ready for the spring when harpsichords are more stable and churches warmer!

Using the code lbsept on checkout, you will get a 100% discount on your third choice, giving you, in effect, a 33% discount.*

So, visit us atwww.lyrebirdmusic.com/shop and make your choice today!

*Offer available until 30 September on all books and/or tablet versions and does not include postage.

05/02/2023

Special Offer on All Books from Lyrebird Music using the code LYOFF

NEW THIS MONTH:

François Charles Dieupart: Six Suittes de Clavessin | Suittes de Clavessin from Manuscript Sources

JS Bach: Six Trio Sonatas Arranged for Two Keyboards

François Charles Dieupart's Six Suittes de Clavessin are known from only one publishing house, that of the nefarious Amsterdam bootlegger Estienne Roger. The music was published as both solo keyboard music and in a version for violin, flute and basso continuo. The suites are among the most charming and accessible of late seventeenth-century composers and this new Lyrebird Music edition is the first to contain both the solo and ensemble versions. In addition are two additional suites from manuscript sources and three occasional dances.

This first modern edition from editor Jon Baxendale includes both the harpsichord and ensemble versions with photocopiable instrumental parts.

Following the success of The Complete Keyboard Duos by the Bach Family and arrangements of The Art of Fugue and Six Organ Preludes and Fugues for Two Keyboards, Francis Knights has completed another book of arrangements of JS Bach's Six Trio Sonatas. The music comes in a handsome two-volume hardback set (prima and seconda) and allows for performance on any combination of keyboard instruments. A recent performance of The Art of Fugue using a combination of an organ and synthesiser is a testament to the versatility of Francis's skills in arranging, and we look forward to hearing of similar performances with this latest book!

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30/11/2022

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Not what we hoped! At least until the grumbling stopped and the melody began.

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13/11/2022

Dear Friends,

There are just two days remaining for you to get a special discount on all Lyrebird Music's editions before our second anniversary sale ends tomorrow night (15 November) at midnight.*

Using the code LYFB2022 on checkout, you will be able to buy any of our books with a discount of 20%!

*Offer does not extend to commercial enterprises and does not include postage.

www.lyrebirdmusic.com

Lyrebird Music is a new, innovative publisher of early music editions, including critically acclaimed performing scores of 17th-century keyboard pieces.

31/10/2022

𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲!

It might seem as if it were just yesterday that 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 started selling its exclusive range of critical editions, but from small acorns, oak trees grow. With just nine books to begin with, Lyrebird has expanded its catalogue to 35 critical scores that includes:

• The first edition of 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙩𝙯𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙢 𝙑𝙞𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 in 120 years
• The first edition of 𝙈𝙮 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙮𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 in nearly a century
• The first edition of 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣: 𝙋𝙞𝙚̀𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙣 in four decades
• The only edition of a previously unknown source of organ music: 𝙇𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙚
• The first edition of Thomas Billington's arrangements of Corelli's 𝙏𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙨 for keyboard, edited by John O'Donnell
• The first edition of 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙬𝙨𝙤𝙣, 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 (1716): a remarkable collection of transcriptions for keyboard of Vivaldi and Albinoni concerti, sonatas by Corelli and occasional pieces
• Francis Knights's arrangements for two keyboards of Bach's 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙪𝙜𝙪𝙚 and JS Bach: 𝙀𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙪𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨

AND to mark the bicentenary of the composer's birth, the acclaimed 𝘾𝙚́𝙨𝙖𝙧 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙠: 𝙄𝙣𝙚́𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙚 𝙡'Œ𝙪𝙫𝙧𝙚 𝙙'𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙚, edited by Richard Brasier in four volumes, which has sourced all known manuscripts of the music and which has some surprises in store.

To help us celebrate, Lyrebird Music offers a 20% discount on all its books until 15 November.

Just use the code : 𝗟𝗬𝗙𝗕𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 on checkout and your deduction will be applied.*

*Not available to commercial customers.

Lyrebird Music is a new, innovative publisher of early music editions, including critically acclaimed performing scores of 17th-century keyboard pieces.

19/10/2022

The superbly talented Jeremiah Stephenson plays today from his new Lyrebird edition of César Franck, Intégrale de l’Œuvre d’Orgue. See below for information on the concert’s live stream.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=6182690235092234&id=152844341410217

13/10/2022

Nice article in Het Clavicimbel!

10/10/2022

New from Lyrebird Music are fine hardbacked editions from two of the most erudite composers of the Baroque period:

Louis Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin
Johann Sebastian Bach: Eight Preludes and Fugues for Organ, Arranged for Two Keyboards

The Couperin comes in the wake of Alan Curtis and Davitt Moroney's editions of 1971 and 1985 and are almost exclusively based on the pieces contained in the Paris Bauyn Manuscript and the Berkeley Parville Manuscript. It retains the order of Bauyn, with the so-called préludes non mesurés in a single group, and the dances arranged according to their key centres. In keeping with Lyrebird Music's philosophy, as many aspects of the original manuscripts as possible are maintained.

In a lengthy preface, the editor discusses the sources, and aspects of performance practice that includes ornamentation, fi*****ng, tempo and a discussion of how to approach the most baffling aspect of these pieces, the preludes.

Francis Knights's new arrangements of eight of J S Bach's organ preludes and fugues follows up on his masterful arrangement of The Art of Fugue, also for two keyboards. Suitable for any media, the music allows players to experience Bach's counterpoint in a new and exciting manner away from the organ.

Samples may be seen at www.lyrebirdmusic.com, from where both books may be purchased.

07/10/2022

New from Lyrebird Music:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Eight Preludes & Fugues for Organ, Arranged for Two Keyboards.

From the desk of Francis Knights, this handsome two-volume set comes in the wake of Knights's popular arrangement of The Art of Fugue for the same forces. The arrangements are suitable for any keyboard instruments, including pianos and comes as a set of two hardback books.

Samples may be seen at www.lyrebirdmusic.com

15/09/2022

New from Lyrebird Music: Louis Couperin – Pièces de clavecin

Today sees the publication of Louis Couperin’s Pieces de Clavecin in a new critical edition. This is the first since Davitt Moroney’s 1985 amendment of an earlier edition by Paul Brunold.

This handsome volume is available in both hardback and wire-binding and contains a lengthy preface in which editor Jon Baxendale looks at the composer, the sources and genre. In addition, a section on performance practice investigates le bon goût, rhetoric, ornamentation, fi*****ng and explains aspects of performing one of the most baffling aspects of seventeenth-century music, the so-called préludes non mesurés.

With 291 pages, the edition continues Lyrebird Music’s novel approach of retaining as many aspects of the original notation as possible, thereby providing a closer connexion between the performer and composer.

Sample pages are available to view on the appropriate page of the Lyrebird Music webshop.

A full critical commentary of some 35 pages lists the differences between sources, makes suggestions for performance and clarifies ambiguities found in each source.

www.lyrebirdmusic.com

A new edition of Louis Couperin's Pièces de clavecin, with a substantial preface and commentary that looks at the composer, his music and all aspects of performance.