With his move to a Methodist Home for the Aged Fred believed his writing days to be over. 'I knew that old age does nothing for the inspiration'. However he was wrong and this modest 'sequence in verse on the theme of old age' …
The complete vocal score with Piano accompaniment for Ralph Vaughan Williams? A Sea Symphony. Completed in 1909 it is a vast work inspired by and based on four poems by Walt Whitman that Williams fashioned into a vast score con…
Thirty-Five Compositions By King Henry VIII is a unique collection containing King Henry VIII’s complete secular works. These works consist of part-songs and instrumental consorts and have been transcribed and edited by John S…
Impro an exciting new introduction to improvisation in string playing is suited to absolute beginners as well as more advanced players. It can be combined with regular teaching methods or used as a source of relaxation and fun i…
Standard: Grades 1 to 5.Scale and Polish will enliven regular instrumental practice with its step-by-step guidance and newly composed piano accompaniments for all the scales and arpeggios required for clarinet grades 1 to 5. Stude…
Judith BlezzardThis book looks at English church music from a new standpoint. It examines the relationship between English church music and the various types of other music that have influenced its development revealing a vigorou…
Cello part and Piano part The seven pieces for cello in this collection are of a slightly more challenging level of difficulty than those of Fiddler's Nursery which like Fiddle Fancies have been transposed and edited for young …
(KS3/GCSE:A1/AL)Listening composing and performing are the foundation of Projects Patric Standford’s exciting new composition manual that meets the varied demands of ‘A-level’ and undergraduate courses. Former head of Comp…
The first part of the comprehensive and renowned Method For Cello by nineteenth century composer educator and celebrated cellist Alfredo Piatti. An extremely popular tutor Piatti takes the student through the early stages of pla…
Before me careless lying is a fine example of the contrapuntal art of Herbert Howells (1892 1983) inspired by the work of the great English composers of the Renaissance period those of the madrigal school in particular but in …
Compiled by June Boyce-Tillman 32 Galliard Spirituals has been compiled by June Boyce-Tillman after working for many years with children and adults of all races and creeds. In the collection she traces through the songs the authe…
Edited by Timothy RobertsHigh voice bass and basso continuoCONTENTSTho' my mistress be fair (Purcell) (D - A) and (F - D)How sweet how lovely (Eccles) (F - A flat) and (B flat - D)In some kind dream (Purcell) (D - G) and (D (E) …
A highly respected Cello teacher and performer Alfred Earnshaw counted among his peers such notable twentieth-century composers of music for young cellists as Adam Carse and W. H. Squire. His Tarantella for Cello and Piano featur…
Edited by Andrew AshbeeThe volume includes airs and suites for two trebles two basses and organ and four-part fantasias and airs. Jenkins was a renowned composer in his own time and his life and works forged a historical link b…
Written in 1899 for the Cambridge Degree of Doctor of Music and prepared by Alan Tongue from the composer's manuscript A Cambridge Mass is the largest work written by Ralph Vaughan Williams before A Sea Symphony of 1909 and amon…
Second Set Op 105-Short Preludes and Postludes Set 2 Op.105 is a wonderful collection by important and influential British composer Charles Villiers Stanford. He started a renaissance of British music styles composed prolificall…
While the value of authenticity in the performance of Baroque music is now widely appreciated many players still feel daunted by the task of realising the unadorned melodies and basses of Corelli’s Op.5 Violin Sonatas in their …
A highly respected cello teacher and performer, Alfred Earnshaw counted among his peers such notable twentieth-century composers of music for young cellists as Adam Carse and W. H. Squire. His Tarantella for cello and piano featur…
Grades 1 - 5-This is the first of two books covering the timpani grades for the popular London College of Music and Media percussion exams. Two pieces and a study are included for each grade and there are examples of sight-readin…
Book 7-Keys to include a few in five flats and sharps more difficult passage and scale work more antiphonal detail sustained inner or lower voices pedal notes and wider skips in L.H. melodies and counter-melodies melody and …
Bernard BraleyThe first volume in a series telling in depth the life stories of some great hymnwriters. The stories can easily be turned into occasional performances of hymns with interspersed readings. There are numerous quotatio…
For over fifty years A. Forbes Milne's text has been the classic route to mastery of the art of sight-singing an essential skill for vocalists and a most valuable study for all musicians besides. Preparing each section of carefu…
Vocal ScoreCantata for Baritone Solo SSAA chorus and orchestra Following the revelatory release of A London Symphony in its original version the publication of Willow-wood is another landmark in our deepening understanding of th…
Book 2-The two books contain some 100 songs chosen from the definitive collections of The English Lutenists begun by Edmund Fellowes revised by Thurston Dart and added to by later scholars. They include many favourites and many l…
Reflecting his admiration for the age of flying boats and Bakelite radios the 'Art-Deco Suite' is an affectionate study in nostalgia - a trio of images from the 1920s and 30s set in music of timeless elegance.The first piece 'Rit…
Edited by William Coates & Thurston DartA rich anthology of fantasias and dances for 'whole' consorts of two to six parts by 34 composers from Adson to Wilbye - and Anon. There is also a substantial section containing music for s…
An abundantly versatile composer Peter Foggitt in A Christmas Lullaby tunes in to the spirit of minimalism that has inspired so much remarkable music since Tavener Górecki and Pärt discovered a new gift to be simple in their gro…
The book is intended for piano students who have reached Grade V and then need help with the organisation of their practice rather than simply repetitive playing of scales and pieces. Imaginatively presented the author writes of …
Lewis Carroll from 'Alice in Wonderland' and inspiration for this lively and fun piece of light organ music. ' . . . suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Al…
