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Johann Kaspar Mertz
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Composition list
Instrumental music
Chamber music
Compositions sorted on opus (if available)
Op. 6
Op. 8/27
Op. 11
Op. 13
Op. 28
Op. 63
Op. 65
Sheet music for Johann Kaspar Mertz
Mertz -- Character Pieces, Volume 1 — Johann Kaspar Mertz
Guitar — Book — Acoustic; Masterwork; Romantic
Volume 1. Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). Classical Guitar Folio; Masterworks. Alfred Classical Guitar Masterworks. Acoustic; Masterwork; Romantic. Book. 88 pages. Alfred Music #00-43993. Published by Alfred Music (AP.43993).
Price: $22.00
Selected Operatic Fantasies of Mertz — Johann Kaspar Mertz
guitar (classical) — e-book — classic
Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). Edited by Brian Torosian. Solos. Classic. E-book. 56 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #97552EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.97552EB).
Price: $7.00
An Malvina by Kaspar Merzt guitar solo — Johann Kaspar Mertz
Guitar,Guitar Tab,Classical Guitar,Fingerpicking Guitar,Guitar Solo,Acoustic Guitar — Sheet Music Single,Tablature — 21st Century,20th Century,Romantic Period,Classical Period
Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). Arranged by PianoSheetNow. 21st Century, 20th Century, Romantic Period, Classical Period. Sheet Music Single, Tablature. 6 pages. Published by PianoSheetNow (S0.505805).
Price: $2.00
An Malvina — Johann Kaspar Mertz
guitar — —
Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). Edited by Walter Wilhelm Goetze. Sheet music. Gitarren-Archiv (Guitar Archive). 3 pages. Schott Music #GA 340. Published by Schott Music (HL.49034648).
Price: $12.00
Fingal's cave op. 13 — Johann Kaspar Mertz
guitar — —
Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). Edited by Laetita Monecke. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Gitarren-Archiv (Guitar Archive). Op. 13. 8 pages. Schott Music #GA 341. Published by Schott Music (HL.49034649).
Price: $12.00
Love Song — Johann Kaspar Mertz
guitar — —
Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Gitarren-Archiv (Guitar Archive). 2 pages. Schott Music #GA 343. Published by Schott Music (HL.49034650).
Price: $12.00
Three Pieces — Johann Kaspar Mertz
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Kleine Variationen - Liebeslied - Konzert-Etude. Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). Edited by Dieter Kreidler. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Gitarren-Archiv (Guitar Archive). 16 pages. Schott Music #GA 477. Published by Schott Music (HL.49010890).
Price: $16.00
Adagio — Johann Kaspar Mertz
Piccolo & Organ — score and parts —
Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). Arranged by Colette Mourey. Piccolo & Organ. Score and parts. Duration 3'53. Editions Marc Reift #25480A. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-25480A).
Price: $5.00
Adagio — Johann Kaspar Mertz
Piccolo & Guitar — score and parts —
Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). Arranged by Colette Mourey. Piccolo & Guitar. Score and parts. Duration 3'53. Editions Marc Reift #25480B. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-25480B).
Price: $5.00
Adagio — Johann Kaspar Mertz
Flute & Organ — score and parts —
Composed by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). Arranged by Colette Mourey. Flute & Organ. Score and parts. Duration 3'53. Editions Marc Reift #25481A. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-25481A).
Price: $5.00
Solo guitar
- Bardenklänge, Op. 13
- Concertino
- Elegie
- Fantasie Hongroise
- Fantasie Originale
- Fantasy on Weber’s Last Thoughts
- Harmonie du Soir
- Introduction et Rondo Brillant, Op. 11
- La Rimembranza
- Le Carneval de Venice, Op. 6
- Le Gondolier
- Le Romantique
- Les Adieux
- Pensée Fugitive
- Pianto dell’Amante
Two guitars
- 3 Trauerlieder
- Barcarolle
- Impromptu
- Tarantelle
- Unruhe
- Vespergang
Mertz also made many opera transcriptions, and guitar versions of some Schubert songs.
Mertz is now considered one of the finest guitarist-composers of the nineteenth century, his music having less affinity with the previous generation (Sor, Giuliani, Aguado) than with the piano music of Schumann and Mendelssohn. He is also often grouped with Giulio Regondi and Napoléon Coste, the other leading guitarist-composers of his time.
He learnt to play both guitar and flute to a very high standard, and had much success as a performer in Vienna, where he moved in 1840. When touring in Dresden, he met Josephine Plantin, whom he married in December 1842. When Mertz became ill in 1846, it is said that his wife accidentally administered too much of the strychnine that had been prescribed for him, making his condition worse. Nevertheless, he performed again in 1855 for Ludwig of Bavaria, but shortly after he had won the Brussels guitar composition contest in 1856, he died.
Mertz played a ten-string guitar, which was not uncommon at the time - Carulli and Makaroff also played such an instrument, Regondi and Legnani played eight-string guitars, and Coste played a seven-string. Mertz’s works are nevertheless playable on the modern six-string.