Beyond the Notes is a worthy conclusion of Breitkopf & Härtel’s long-standing collaboration with the renowned conductor and Ravel expert, Jean-François Monnard. This slim volume brings together the informative introductory texts from the individual Urtext editions, offering interested readers an insight into the editor’s wealth of knowledge and experience.

Beyond the Notes offers

– a supplementary foreword
– selected music examples
– a chronological overview
– an interview with the editor

The prefaces originate from the following editions:

PB 5540 Le Tombeau de Couperin
PB 5539 Valses nobles et sentimentales
PB 5650 Daphnis et Chloé
PB 5716 L’Heure espagnole
PB 5299 Bolero
PB 5614 Tableaux d’une exposition
PB 5374 La Valse
PB 5530 Rapsodie espagnole
PB 5753 L’Enfant et les Sortilèges