This Christmas, give the gift of music. We have compiled a selection of great musical gift ideas.
Please note the holiday ordering deadlines for sheet music, which differ according to your shipping destination.
USA: 28 November
Europe: 5 December
Scandinavia: 12 December
Denmark: 16 December
Rediscovered gems from female composers
In the DCM series we are currently (re)publishing works by historically overlooked female composers in meticulous and reliable practical-scholarly music editions.
Many of these works have never been published before, have rarely been performed, and have since faded into obscurity. The series includes solo pieces, chamber works and songs by Nancy Dalberg, Hilda Sehested, Tekla Griebel Wandall and Hilda Sehested. Find them all here.
Educate·S
Educate·S is a series of anthologies with new music written by some of the most influential contemporary composers in Denmark.
The anthologies are aimed at children and young music school students, and the series includes solo pieces for piano, violin, recorder, viola, percussion, accordion, cello and guitar.
Introduce a young musician to contemporary music with pieces by Bára Gísladóttir, Niels Rønsholdt, Mette Nielsen, Jexper Holmen, Li-Ying Wu, Ib Nørholm and many more. Find all publications in the Educate·S series here.
Jeppe Ernst: Sangbog
Jeppe Ernst's Sangbog consists of 24 songs composed for the reader's imagination and body. The composer describes the songs as 'private music', as they are written directly for a reader or a single musician without any intention of being performed for an audience. The first half of the songs are written for the reader’s imagination, with up to six simultaneous ‘voices’ following simple rhythmic instructions – from the imagined sound of explosions and thunder to birds crossing the sky or a child’s kiss on the cheek.
Else Marie Pade: Sange fra en væg / Songs from a Wall
Songs from a Wall contain nine songs composed by Else Marie Pade during World War II while she was imprisoned by the Gestapo. Composing became her mental refuge, and she scratched the notes of cheerful swing songs into the cell wall. The songs are released in a collected songbook with chord arrangements and lyrics in Danish and English. Find more information and order Songs from a Wall here.
Dreamers' Circus: Handed On
Handed On is a beautiful new release with melodies written by the award-winning folk music trio Dreamers’ Circus. The 58 melodies in the book are divided into four levels, bronze, silver, gold and master, and can be played by anyone from beginners to professionals. Find more information and order Handed On.
Danish String Quartet: Wood Works
The Danish String Quartet is a classical string quartet with a passion for Nordic folk music. They’ve brought their unique arrangements of Scandinavian folk tunes to the concert stage and recorded them on a highly successful CD. Due to popular demand, sheet music of these meticulously crafted arrangements was made available for purchase in a carefully prepared edition. Learn more and order Wood Works here.
Matias Vestergård / Lea Marie Løppenthin: LISBON FLOOR Libretto
LISBON FLOOR is a dark and funny horror opera that takes place in a run-down luxury skyscraper. The work won the Reumert Award 2023, and the jury stated: "Composer Matias Vestergård and librettist Lea Marie Løppenthin created whimsical timbres and bewildered dialogue, sung as a whirlwind of morbid comedy and weird sensitivity." The libretto is published separately and is the perfekt idea for a poetic-funny Christmas present.
Find it here.
Musikalske aftryk - Dansk tonekunst gennem 150 år
Musikalske aftryk was published in 2021 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Edition·S. It is a great opportunity to revisit old stories from the classical music scene in Denmark and explore the new landscape that unfolds with the music composed today. The book is written in Danish. Find more information and buy Musikalske aftryk here.
Jeppe Ernst: Anatomisk sangbog. Limited Art Editions
The Anatomical Songbook is a work that examines the body’s movements from a musical perspective. With a meticulous focus on individual joints and muscles, the work simultaneously poses the question of whether music should be categorized exclusively as an auditory phenomenon, i.e. something that must be heard. In Anatomical Songbook there are no instruments that play music, but instead body parts that show music. The work consists of twelve songs, each based on a body part as a musical instrument.
Anatomical Songbook has been developed for the Medical Museion in Copenhagen in a collaboration between the composer Jeppe Ernst, video artist Émile Sadria and singer/performer Jakob Bloch Jespersen.
The work is published in two limited art editions. Find both versions here.