Signs, Games and Messages are series for solo instruments and small chamber ensembles. Each of the three notions refers to an essential factor in Kurtág?s music. Signs ties it with the composer?s period of study in Paris as a young man, when he could not compose, merely put graphic signs on the paper. Games links with his nine-volume series for the piano with that title. Messages conveys the very …

Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. This light and fanciful arrangement will bring a sparkle to your holiday performance! The skillful use of variation and counterpoint will surely catch your students’ imagination as they practice their parts and prepare for the performance. Considerations such as staccato playing and dynamic contrasts make this a great teaching tool as well as an enjoyable and entertaining excu…

Par LE GENDRE DOMINIQUE. Four Arms, Two Necks is a setting of a 17th century anonymous poem. The timelessness of the words in the love poem struck me and I set it to music, later dedicating the song to two friends, Anda and Bill Winters, in celebration of a wedding anniversary. Orpheus is from William Shakespeare’s play The Life of King Henry VIII. Between 1996-2000, I composed and produced the mu…

Olaf and his friends from the Disney hit Frozen are back in this 2017 3-D computer-animated short film. Our songbook features four original songs from the soundtrack: The Ballad of Flemmingrad - Ring in the Season - That Time of Year - When We're Together. / Piano

Par LE GENDRE DOMINIQUE. This work for solo violin was commissioned by American Violinist Wendy Case for her CD of works for solo violin by living composers titled The Tiger and The Clover released in February 2022 by the label Blue Griffin. Just as Wendy proposed this new work, I heard the news that the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski who I had met through mutual friends, had died. I had long admir…

(Essential Elements for Band and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000)Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a uniso…

Par MANTYSAARI LAURI. Lauri Mäntysaari explores the theme 'nature' in Chats before Sunrise (2007, rev. 2022). The atmosphere created in this composition is one of early dawn after a long night spent with good friends (and wine, perhaps), a moment where an unseen element lighter than the air seems to hold the still bubbling conversation in its arms and let us feel relieved. Not only does the word “…

The volumes of the Ad libitum series contain duos, trios and quartets of easy, medium and advanced levels of difficulty, which are playable with various combinations of instruments. Ad libitum Family Edition volumes are recommended mainly for families or groups of friends where at least two people play an instrument. Each of the pieces included can be performed using flexible instrumentation, whet…

Par LIDDELL CLAIRE. This 96-page book has been prompted by the many people who have come to the author with the common wail I can play the piano - a bit of Mozart and even an easy Chopin waltz - but I can't harmonise anything by ear when my friends ask me, or even when I'm alone. But anyone can - YOU CAN. This practical guide to improvisation is aimed at all those who have a beginner's knowledge o…

A pair of men take an oath of eternal friendship but their vow is threatened by their attraction to the same woman. The object of their rivalry faces her own dilemma, torn between worldly passion and her calling as a priestess. Their romantic triangle forms the heart of this 1863 opera, Les Pêcheurs De Perles (The Pearl Fishers) , in which the composer of Carmen, the world's most popular opera, ma…

Volume 5. Par IRELAND JOHN. CONTENTS Bed in Summer (C - D) Blind (D - D) Cost (C - F) Friendship in misfortune (D flat - F) Hope the hornblower (F - G) I have twelve oxen (C - F) If there were dreams to sell (E flat - F) If we must part (D - E) Journey (E - E) Love and friendship (C - G) Merry month of May (C - F sharp) One hope (B flat - F sharp) Song from o'er the hill (D - E flat) Three ravens …

A fairy tale in music freely after Wilhelm Hauff. Par NUTZENBERGER THOMAS. This is the bizarre and fantastic story of the boy Jacob who is transformed into a dwarf with a huge nose by an mysterious fairy. He spends seven years in the fairy’s palace, and during this time becomes a marvellous cook. The years go by as in a dream, and he does not imagine that he is in truth in the body of a loathsome …

The Series: The Soundtrack, Music from the Disney+ Original Series. The 10-episode Disney+ series, set as the real-life East High, where the original movie was filmed, follows a group of students as they countdown to opening night of their school's first-ever production of High School Musical. With meta references and some docu-style elements, it's a modern take on the classic from 15 years ago. S…

This songbook comprises 16 songs of the German band Santiano. This is a best of compilation of the two successful CDs Bis ans Ende der Welt 2012 and Mit den Gezeiten 2013.Seafaring, adventures, and friendship are the central themes of the songs which are arranged for Piano, Vocal and Guitar. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)