During his summer holiday of 1842 Mendelssohn wrote four piano miniatures in each of the albums of two children to whom he was related. Years later he revised the pieces. In so doing, he deleted two of them, put the remaining ones in a new sequence and published them under the title 'Children's Pieces'. Mendelssohn died shortly before the edition was published in 1848. Even though published posthu…

This expansive collection will provide years of musical enjoyment for anyone who loves Irish music. Nowhere else will you find such a rich array of traditional ballads, airs, love songs, anthems, jigs, reels and hornpipes - along with popular Irish song hits from stage and screen. Just mention a beloved melody and, chances are, you will find it in this essential volume. / Guitare

Par PAREDES HILDA. When Paris abducted Helen and provoked the Trojan War, Agamemnon and Menelaus were absent from home for ten years. Agamemnon's wife Clytaemnestra had small cause to love him: he had married her by force after killing her former husband Tantalus, and then gone away to war. On his way he sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia at Aulis in order to be able to go ahead with his enterp…

Composed in Salzburg in the years of Mozart's late youth, from 1773 to 1780, these 13 masterpieces include the much admired Symphonies No. 25 in G minor (the Little G Minor ) and No. 29 in A Major. All 13 bear the exhilarating stamp of his genius.

Per Violoncello Solo. Par CALLIGARIS SERGIO. Sergio Calligaris was born in Rosario (1941), Argentina. He is one of the last musicians to incarnate the traditional 19th century figure of pianist, teacher and composer, inaugurated at the beginning of the 19th century by Muzio Clementi and carriedon after that by a sequence of famous names that the history of music has handed down to us. As a pianist…

Par HIROSE HAYATO. Hayato Hirose spent his childhood and college days in the United States and it was his impressions and experiences from these years that acted as the inspiration for this exciting ‘American style’ overture. American Overture will make an ideal opening piece to any concert. / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par PART ARVO. 'I have developed a highly formalised compositional system, which I have been using to write my music for twenty years. Summa is the most strict and enigmatic work in this series', said Arvo Pärt in 1994. The neutral title itself embodies the essence of the content as the work is based on the text of the Latin Credo. The great simplicity of the piece masks its complexity. The underl…

Par THOMPSON WENDY. How do you bring a forgotten silent film back to life? What are the techniques behind writing a successful film score? How do you work with and inspire choreographers? Carl Davis's fascinating story gives an insight into the prolific composing and conducting career of one of the world's most celebrated film and television composers. Born in New York, Carl Davis spent his early …

Media Type : BookLevel : IntermediateMusical Genre : JazzNumber of pages : 96 Enormous demands are placed on the control and manual dexterity of the contemporary drum set player, particularly in the Jazz idiom. Today's drummer is expected to have developed limb coordination to a degree that would have been thought unachievable a few short years ago. This text presents an effective method of dealin…

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Your Servant, Elizabeth' for choir and orchestra was commissioned for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee celebration at the Proms by BBC Radio 3. The 5 minute work also pays homage to William Byrd’s O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, a prayer for Queen Elizabeth I written over 400 years ago. / Date parution : 2025-01-21/ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte et Orchestre

Arr. Ron Sebregts. For many years Enya has been selling as many records as pop goddesses like Madonna and Britney Spears. But it was the events of September 11, 2001 that truly brought this Irish singer to the world stage with CNN broadcasting her ballad Only Time with the tragically dramatic images around the World Trade Center in New York. Ron has arranged this moving song in his own familiar cr…

Not every singer can write a song - not every songwriter can sing... This stunning collection celebrates 26 of the greatest male artists who have combined the skills of song craft and performance to dazzling effect. The last fifty years of pop music has seen folk singers, rock icons, sultry soloists and punk revolutionaries all prove that nothing is more important than the right song, sung by the …

Par CURNOW JAMES. James Curnow offers this sparkling trumpet solo feature filled with the glorious sounds of Christmas. Original melodies and familiar carols intertwine to create a fresh and charming alternative to the standard holiday fare. Remniscent of Anderson's Trumpeter's Lullaby, this is a classy arrangement you'll use for years to come! / Niveau : 2 / Musique légère originale / Répertoi…

Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók?s Second String Quartet was composed ? with several long interruptions ? between 1915 and 1918, after he had spent several years almost solely devoted to collecting folk music. The melody and rhythms of the riotous middle movement ?Allegro, molto capriccioso? provide impressive testimony of how his research trips had taken him as far as North Africa. The first edition of th…

Debussy's new string quartet received a very cool reception at its première in Paris in December 1893, performed by the famous Quatuor Ysaÿe. The critics were upset by its unusual harmonies and orchestral sounds, and the musicians who were later presented with it considered it 'unplayable?. Nevertheless the work was able to establish itself in the years that followed and today belongs to the core …