Hebe Online library

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Hebe? Why Hebe? (and how do you pronounce it?)
Hebe FAQs
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"This is truly a great way to distribute music" (a musician)
MORE USER COMMENTS
"This is very exciting indeed. … I like the idea of being able to download for free a sample of the piece. I would hesitate to purchase music sight unseen" (a guitarist)
"Thank you for an outstanding online library. It is a great source of nineteenth century music ... I will recommend hebeonline to all fellow guitarists, in fact I've already started to do so" (a guitarist and deputy head of a school of music, FEBRUARY 2005)
Adobe/Acrobat Reader: you will need THE LATEST VERSION of the Adobe/Acrobat Reader, which is free. (Some of the new Hebe files don't show up well on older versions of the Reader.) So do download the latest version here.

Hebe is the online division of Tecla Editions. It is an online library, where you can download files directly from the site, many of them FREE TO EVERYBODY. It is especially valuable for guitarists including teachers and students. Also there are many items for singers.

If you're new to Hebe, start with some of the FREE TO EVERYBODY files. Then you could go to the Quick listing of Hebe, or the Catalogue by Authors / Composers, or you might like to read Hebe- how it works.
Guitar studies:
by Sor, Giuliani, and Carcassi, many of them free.
NEW 2004:
Five completely new (2004) re-engraved editions, all newly edited from the original sources and now available in Hebe:
Carcassi's famous set of 25 Etudes op. 60. A new simple basic definitive re-engraved edition with original fingering and historical notes.
Diabelli's 30 Very Easy Exercises for the Guitar, op. 39, Very very easy pieces, now easily available here online. New re-engraved edition.

Francesco Molino's complete trios with guitar, the first modern complete edition, all in new re-engraved editions, score and parts. Available only here in Hebe:
Three Trios for flute, viola and guitar, op. 4;
Grand Trio Concertant for flute or violin, viola and guitar, op. 30, one of the finest of all chamber works with guitar, full of originality and beauty;
Second Grand Trio Concertant for flute or violin, viola and guitar, op. 45.
Completely new re-engraved editions, score and parts. Major works. With mp3 and a CD.

JANUARY 2006: the Twelve Italian Songs and the Canzonette Italiane Populari of Henrik Rung, and the Grande Fantaisie for guitar by Frederik Carl Lemming.

FEBRUARY 2005: the first modern edition of the Gran Trio for violin, horn or viola, and guitar, by Luigi Moretti. (Has an elaborate guitar part).

AUGUST 2004: Matiegka's Sonata op. 23 for guitar solo, with an article by Mário Carreira.

Schubert songs arranged for voice and guitar by Coste, the first modern edition, online.

Quick listing of Hebe

Unusual pieces by Sor, Molino, Carcassi, Degen, Rung, Schubert/Coste, Call

Many Hebe files are FREE TO EVERYBODY (just click on the links).

All Hebe files are free immediately online if you are a Hebe subscriber or if your library is a Hebe library subscriber. (Recommend this to the librarian.)

Hebe is not just a catalogue, but the actual material, directly and immediately downloadable online. From an academic point of view, it is a research resource in the humanities, especially in musicology. It is also intended to be a resource for students who can get music here either free or at a low price. Founded by Dr. Brian Jeffery in 2000.

Hebe has its own extensive catalogue, different from that of Tecla. Some items are available only in Tecla (printed books and sheet music), some items are available only in Hebe (directly downloadable here online), and some items are available both in Tecla and in Hebe.