Par KINKEAD JONATHAN. Every guitarist dreams of owning a handmade instrument, but for most, the cost is likely to be prohibitive. The alternative - building your own fine guitar - is not as difficult as you might imagine, given some skill, patience, and the expert guidance of a master luthier. Every step of construction is fully covered, from choice, selection, and preparation of woods, to conside…

Valdy has been part of the fabric of Canadian pop and folk music for over 30 years. A man with a thousand friends, from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island to Texas to New Zealand, he's a singer, guitarist and songwriter who catches the small but telling moments that make up life. Valdy has sold almost half a million copies of his 13 albums, has two Juno Awards (Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Enter…

Another collection of songs by the hottest bands of recent years, all arranged with full lyrics and Guitar chords. From the classic leather-rock styles of Dirty Pretty Things and The Strokes, to the quirky pop perfection of The Arcade Fire and Panic! At The Disco, the veritable 'who's who' of guitar bands for the new rock generation continues. Parental advisory - explicit lyrics. / Niveau : Assez …

23 Works for Alto Recorder with Piano AccompanimentEdited by Peter Bowman and Gudrun HeyensAusgabe mit CD - CD - Recorder and Keyboard Instrument - English - French - Germanauthor: Bowman, Peterauthor: Heyens, GudrunSérie: Schott Anthology SeriesDifficulté: intermediate topages: 120This anthology presents pieces by 17th and 18th century composers in a variety of different styles, providing an inf…

The melodies of MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) span the entire chronology of his creative output, from his earliest song BALLADE DE LA REINE MORTE D`AIMER (1893), written during his student years at the Paris Conservatory, to the cycle DON QUICHOTTE À DULCINEE (1932-33), his last compositions in any genre. In his songs, Ravel's text settings display a meticulous attention to detail. Ravel´s melodies ar…

Kaija Saariaho is the most successful of contemporary Finnish composers, having won a number of international compositions, and has become best known for her works which exploit electronics. The inspiration for writing NoaNoa came at the time of writing the music for the ballet Maa. and quot - I wanted to write down, exaggerate, even abuse certain flute mannerisms that had been haunting me for som…

Passionskantate. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. In this five-movement Passion cantata dating from Telemann’s Frankfurt years, the vocalist and the violist are each given attractive, though not excessively difficult tasks. This edition contains the original version for voice, viola and bassocontinuo, as well as the version by Telemann’s successor at Frankfurt, Johann Balthasar König [1691–1758], which…

At the beginning of the 1870s, Saint-Saëns displayed a particular partiality for the violoncello. He composed his first cello sonata in December 1872, immediately after having completed the first cello concerto. It was presumably directly after this that he wrote the 'Allegro appassionato? for Cello and Piano op. 43 that also appeared in a version for orchestra three years later. We do not know wh…

Oratorienfragment. Teil I: Die Geburt Christi - Teil Ii: Das Leiden Christi. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohns unfinished 3rd oratorio in its first critical edition. The parts 'Die Geburt Christi' and 'Das Leiden Christi' are presented with full orchestration. In 1852, five years after Mendelsohn’s death, two independently-performable fragments of an unfinished oratorio were published …

Weihnachtskantate. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX / LUTHER MARTIN. During Mendelssohns years of study with Zelter, the arrangement of chorales already played an important role, and he continued to be occupied with the protestant chorale throughout his symphonic and oratorical work. The break Bach’s works in connection with the reperformance of the St. Matthew Passion led to a series of cantatas b…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Explore something new with your band! Elements of post-modernism and James Curnow’s masterful skill for writing intriguing harmonies combine to take your group on a memorable tonal exploration. Based on the legend of the rock formation above the Pemiqewasset River in the White Mountain Forest, The Old Man And The mountain stakes out new territory and is destined to hold a special…

Music Of Our Time. Par BRYARS GAVIN. “Apart from the ten 5-minute string quartets that I wrote in 1992 as the original version of A Man in a Room, Gambling, there are 8 years between my second and third quartets. Another element which finds its way into the quartet comes from my work with groups from the world of early music, particularly from the experience of writing for a consort of viols …. In…

Arr. Ron Sebregts. Par CLAPTON ERIC. Eric Clapton’s CD Unplugged is one of the top-selling albums of all time. The collection of hits inspired Ron Sebregts to create the medley The Cream of Clapton. It consists of Sebregts favourite songs by this legendary blues and rock guitarrist, singer and songwriter. This medley is guaranteed to be an audience and band favorite for many years to come! / Nivea…

Par STEENHUYSE-VANDEVELDE CHRISTA. Christa Steenhuyse-Vandevelde has been teaching for over 30 years with unbridled enthusiasm and unparalleled creativity. Throughout her career she inspired more than a thousand piano students, which she brought into contact with masters from the past and the present. Christa’s own compositions have a high romantic style with a flowing melody and a beautiful harmo…

H 18, 19. Par CHARPENTIER MARC-ANTOINE. In the extensive ?uvre of French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, the Marian Antiphons take pride of place among the smaller sacred works. He devoted himself to them for almost 25 years while working in the Italian-influenced circle of the Duchess Marie de Lorraine (known as Mademoiselle de Guise) and later in the service of the Paris Jesuits. This volume …