Par BOSVELD JAN. Since the Middle Ages there have been many stories about a mysterious swan knight. He is called Lohengrin but he is not allowed to tell anyone his name. However, after telling his wife his name he disappears forever. As in many stories from this age, trust and love are the main issues. The Zwaanriddersage (Swan Knight Saga) was commissioned by the NIB (Dutch Institute for Wind Mus…

Fifteen of the most popular Christmas songs in really easy melody line arrangements for Clarinet by Paul Honey. Complete with song background notes, and playing hints and tips. Have fun playing along with the specially recorded CD for a more professional performance. / Clarinette

John Thompson?s Easiest Piano Course . First published in 1954, John Thompson?s Easiest Piano Course is one of the most-loved and best-selling Piano methods in the world. John Thompson?s timeless approach to teaching has been trusted by generations of teachers to start millions of students on their musical journey. Featuring themes from popular children?s movies, this book includes 15 repertoire p…

James Rae’s “Jazz Ensemble” series was first published in the 1980s and quickly proved very popular. There were six separate titles in the series written for a flexible mixed ensemble, with parts provided for C, Bb, Eb, Bass, Easy Bass and Drums with a supporting piano part in the score. It was and still is ideal for the practical part of GCSE studies, catering as it does for almost any imaginable…

The Composer Portraits series offers unique and original monographs on individual composers. Text and music introductions written by experts are combined with carefully chosen selections of newly-engraved music to give a concise but informed overview of the life and work of each composer. This edition focuses on the life and works of the English composer Richard Rodney Bennett . With notes by Anth…

This edition of Harpsichord Work by Antoine Forqueray has been reviewed and edited by Colin Tilney. Dedicated to _x005F_x001A_Madame la Dauphine_x005F_x001A_ (i.e. The King_x005F_x001A_s daughter, here, the daughter of Louis XV), this volume includes six suites fora total of 32 pieces. Each of these pieces is actually named after the Courtesans of the Dauphine. With different degrees of complexity…

Par SPOHR LOUIS. Louis Spohr?s technically, extremely demanding concertos have long been part of clarinetists? standard repertoire. Like the first clarinet concerto, this second concerto was composed for the clarinetist Johann Hermstedt, probably in the spring of 1810. Critics praised the concerto at its premiere, stating that it was ?undeniably one of the most accomplished works of art of its kin…

Par VINE CARL. Two piano rehearsal score Carl Vine’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (1997) is one of three large-scale works composed with pianist Michael Kieran Harvey in mind – the others being his first two piano sonatas.  Its composer describes it as ‘a conscious and continuous tribute to the Piano Concerto as a medium and historical entity’, a fact most apparent in the slow movement, with its long mel…

Ed. E. Battaglia. Par VACCAI NICOLA. Nicola Vaccai's Practical Vocal Method (Mezzo-Soprano Baritone) is complete and scrupulous, providing an ideal preparation for a certain type of 'pre-Rossinian vocalism' which is attracting renewed interest. This edition is a critical and technical revision of the composer's original work by Elio Battaglia. The completeness and centrality of Vaccai's method is …

Released a year after I Dreamed A Dream , the fastest selling debut album in history, Susan Boyle 's latest release, The Gift , is an expression of faith and a celebration of Christmas. The album includes Susan's beautiful take on Christmas songs such as 'O Holy Night', 'The First Noel' and 'Away in a Manger', as well as unique covers of standards such as Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' , Lou Reed's …

For Medium Voice. Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Do you know our performing edition of Schubert Lieder? 13 volumes containing the complete Lieder for solo voice and piano in editions for high, medium and low voice are planned. Nine of these volumes have already been published and provide the basis for this special sampler at a very special price. “A Taste of Schubert” presents one to three pieces from each v…

Par BROWN CHRISTINE. This volume of studies is specifically selected and edited for the intermediate pianist to provide a wide range of technical challenges in pieces which also provide musical interest. Including classic studies by Heller, Czerny, Clementi and Bartok, plus plenty more essential technical repertoire all players should have in their library./ Etude / Piano

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galan…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galan…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galan…