As their title suggests, Franz Schubert’s “Moment musicaux” are quite short pieces – shorter than his “Impromptus”. Six pieces in various moods and of moderate difficulty are collected under the opus number 94 and edited with our customary Urtext quality. It is impressive how, for example in the first “Moment” in C major, Schubert the sovereign harmonist touches different tonal areas within a single movement. Melancholic and blissful melodies like those in the second “Moment” create almost magical moments. In contrast, whimsical merriment sparkles in other “Moments” – for example, in the very popular third piece in f minor. The group of six ends with a plaintive Song without Words in A flat major.
G. Henle Publishers stands for Urtext sheet music of the highest quality. The Urtext editions not only provide the undistorted and authoritative musical text but are also aesthetically pleasing, optimised for practical use and extremely durable. And then there is the strong, distinctive blue profile: (almost) all of the Urtext editions are bound in the characteristic blue cardboard.
Musicians trust Henle's blue Urtext editions because they:
- provide an undistorted, reliable and authoritative musical text
- offer superb, aesthetically appealing music engraving
- are optimised for practical use (page turns, fingerings)
- are of high quality and durable (cover, paper, binding)
- contain a short preface that introduces the work (particularly useful for AMEB exams) in German, English and French, as well as explanatory footnotes for particularly interesting passages in the score
- contain a description of the sources, an evaluation of the sources, readings and a documentation of the corrections made (= "Critical Report") in German and English, and often also in French
