Dimensions of our performance editions are a standard 220 × 305 mm (approximating the Concert page size of 9 x 12 inches).
Most of our editions are sold as performance sets. These provide musicians with everything they might need to perform a solo or small ensemble work. These often feature a performance or study score, as well as instrumental parts, and occasionally a digital audio download. This is the most common format for small chamber works such as piano trios but also includes some solo works where additional materials are required.
Performance Sets include separate performance material, including performance instructions, individual instrumental parts, and in some cases reference scores. Parts are printed on heavy paper, and either saddle-stapled into booklets or provided as un-stapled loose-leaf foldout sheets. Performance sets include folio covers are supplied to keep all the individual parts together.
All our piano editions and many of our solo instrumental works are presented as performance scores, designed with performance in mind. These scores feature a larger music size for use on the piano’s music desk or your music stand at home or in performance. We endeavour to provide functional page turns within these editions to facilitate sight reading and rehearsal.
These folios of parts provide ensemble players with their individual parts for rehearsal and performance. These parts are elegantly typeset with consistent spacing and functional page turns being paramount. Parts for many of our band and chamber ensemble works can be found in this format. Pair this with a study score or conductor’s score to get rehearsing with your ensemble.
This format is designed to be a reference source and the first port of call for anybody who wants to learn more about a particular work. Orchestral, band, and larger chamber ensemble works are presented as study scores in a clear and consistent manner. The performance material for these works are often available separately (for rental or purchase).
Selected orchestral and large ensemble works are available as a conductor’s score. This larger page format and increased music size is designed to provide greater readability to the conductor or dense works. Coming in B4 sizes, they are generously spiral bound for a lay-flat design and easy page turns.
Music is engraved using either Graphire’s Music Press, MakeMusic’s Finale, Avid’s Sibelius or Dorico. Music Press is a high-end expert music typesetting software package whose output is comparable to the finest classical hand engraving, and custom fonts and spacing are employed in Finale to achieve clean and stylish scores.
The Promethean Editions house style adheres principally to the guidelines set down by Elaine Gould in Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation (Faber Music, 2011), Gardner Read in Music Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice (2nd Edition, Crescendo, 1979) and Kurt Stone in Music Notation in the Twentieth Century (W.W.Norton, 1980).
Promethean Editions publishes ‘on demand’. As each work is computer-engraved and stored electronically, it can thus be printed to order, obviating the traditional costs of large-scale print runs and warehousing.