From 'Harry Potter and the Philisopher's Stoine'. Par WILLIAMS JOHN / ROGERS SCOTT (Arr.). Hedwig's Theme is the easily recognizable melody that musically binds together all of the Harry Potter films. Composer John Williams has used the tune as a leitmotif, setting it in different moods according to the situations in the movie, yet always reminding the listener of it’s connection to the main chara…

Voilà un outil pédagogique facile d'accès, de très bonne vulgarisation, agrémenté de nombreux et utiles exemples musicaux. Il permet d'aborder aisément le paysage de l'orchestre et ses instruments, du Moyen-Age jusqu'à nos jours. Je souhaite à cet ouvrage tout le succès qu'il mérite. Jean-Claude Casadesus L'histoire de la musique instrumentale occidentale est relativement récente en comparaison av…

Singin' In The Rain was already a classic before it featured in the famous 1952 Gene Kelly film musical - Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown wrote it in the 1920s when many artists recorded it, but more notably Cliff Edwards enjoyed success from his recording in 1929. Now forever associated with Kelly's puddle-splashing routine and more recently reprised in stage adaptations, Singin' In The Rain re…

Kantate Zum Erntedankfest (Tempore Messis) Und Andere Dankfeiern. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Telemann's cantata cannot be assigned to any of the composer's known annual cycles of cantatas. The given designation 'Tempore Messis', which appears in the title in the sole surviving source, suggests it was composed on the occasion of a harvest thanksgiving festival, but the neutrality of the text means…

Edward Elgar's Salut d'amour is one of those pieces by the British composer that has a particularly haunting melody. Composed in 1888 for his future wife Caroline Alice Roberts, the work became an enormous success early on. There are numerous arrangements - but the only versions for which the autograph manuscripts survive are those for Violin and Piano (HN 1188), Piano solo (HN 1190) and Violoncel…

from Encanto. Par MIRANDA LIN-MANUEL / LONGFIELD ROBERT (Arr.). This gentle ballad plays a crucial musical role in the movie Encanto, ushering in the reconciliation of Mirabel and her Abuela. Robert Longfield\'s arrangement for string quartet is accessible for young musicians but maintains the Colombian folksong spirit of the original. This piece will touch the hearts of anyone who has experienced…

The Mamas and The Papas' hymn to the West Coast state California Dreamin ' was actually written in chilly New York City by John and Michelle Phillips before they even formed the band that made them famous. Simon and Garfunkel were New York through and through and Simon's jaunty song about the Queensboro Bridge - aka Feelin' Groovy - uses its local colloquial name. Skeeter Davis, born Mary Frances …

La matière de ce volume se compose de danses les plus populaires à Vienne au début il du 19ème siècle: Ländler, Ecossaises et danses allemandes. Ils étaient à l'origine des pièces pour piano, mais ont certainement été effectuées sur toutes sortes d'instruments à des rassemblements sociaux et dans les lieux publics de divertissement. Cette transcription de l'orchestre de ces compositions miniatures…

Par KRAUS HERB. Cette méthode est une entrée facile dans le monde du piano. Lors de la création de ce livre, une attention toute particulière a été placée à un contenu ainsi qu'à des explications simples.Et bien évidemment, l'un des aspects les plus importants de ce livre est l'expérience de l'auteur en tant que pédagogue qui permet une qualité d'enseignement remarquable, valable aussi bien pour u…

The Bohemian composer Jan Krtitel Vanhal/Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813) settled in Vienna around 1763. There he wrote several concertos for various instruments, of which two for viola have survived. Both are evidently not original compositions, but arrangements by Vanhal of some of his own works, a common practice of that time. The Viola Concerto in C major is based on Vanhal's cello concerto i…

Par BARNES JAMES. CONCERTINO FOR BASSOON, Opus 171 was commissioned by Dr. Mark Rogers and was premiered in April 2023 by the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Dr. Paul Popiel conductor, with Eric Stomberg playing bassoon. The work is in one movement. Like so many famous works for bassoon, it is based in F major. The piece is in a modified five-part rondo form, with the slow middle portion in Bb…

Handel's dramatic cantata Apollo And Daphne belongs to the composer's early years in Italy. It seems likely to have been written in Rome, where Handel lived intermittently between 1707 and 1710. Opera in Rome had been placed under a papal ban, but musical society in the performance of dramatic cantatas, which possessed most of the features of opera without requiring elaborate staging. Handel's pla…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Second to None est un titre qui convient parfaitement à ce morceau, même s’il fait en fait référence à « Nulli Secundus », la devise du British Corps of Army Music, l'orchestre qui a fait la commande auprès de Philip Sparke. La pièce commence par une fanfare, suivie de deux citations courtes de deux de leurs propres marches, et un Vivace festif. Une section plus legato crée un b…

The vision behind Blazing Solos for Flatpicking Guitar for One Player or More was inspired by the simple beauty of two instruments playing in harmony. In order to harmonize, the lead note and the harmony note need to be in harmonic agreement with one another, as well as with the background chord and the key of the song. Steve found that in most cases, but not always, that thinking in thirds will u…

Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès a composé la musique du film Colette sorti fin 2018, avec Keira Knightley et Dominic West, basé sur la vie de la romancière française Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Ce biopic évoque son combat pour la propriété créative et la résistance aux contraintes sociétales du début du XXe siècle. La pièce pour piano solo Souvenir accompagne le générique de fin, interprétée par le co…