Critical Editions of Music
Australiana
Economical electronic editions as well as traditional publications of Australian music.
Charles Edward Horsley, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, opus 29 (1849) LBP002
Edited by Richard Divall
This is the first publication in the Australiana series. Horsley (1822–1876) was a London-born German-trained composer who began an extended and influential stay in Australia in 1860.
Europa
Editions of early music in the Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre tradition and beyond.
Michel’Angelo Vella (1710-92)—24 Sonatas for 3 Transverse Flutes without Bass (Vol 1: Sonatas 1-6) LBP005
Edited by Richard Divall
The first publication of a collection of sonatas for three transverse flutes without bass by the Italian-trained 18th-century Maltese composer and priest, Michel'Angelo Vella.
Simon Boyleau—Motetta Quatuor Vocum (1544) LBP003
Edited by Sally Watt
The first modern edition of the motets of Simon Boyleau, originally published in Venice in 1544, and probably the works that earned this French nobleman his position as master of the chapel at Milan cathedral.
Opera
Editions of complete operas and operatic anthologies, especially concentrating on unknown Italian works from the 17th century.
Tablatura
Scholarly editions of tablature, in collaboration with Centre d'Etudes Superieures de la Renaissance (Tours).
Lyrebird Press books and music can be purchased online from the Melbourne University Bookshop.
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