The Hungarian Dance Csárdás is the best known work by Vittorio Monti (1868-1922) an Ita - lian composer born in Naples, who worked extensively as a conductor and composer in Paris. Originally written for Violin, or Mandolin, with piano or orchestra accompaniment Csárdás was immediately selected by numerous virtuosos who adopted it as a showpiece. Nowadays, it is still widely heard for just about e…

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE / GARBAN LUCIEN (Arr.). Le Carnaval des animaux fut conçu dans une petite bourgade autrichienne à un moment où il travaillait à sa Symphonie no 3 avec orgue, op. 78. Craignant que cette fantaisie humoristique nuise au sérieux de son oeuvre et à sa réputation, il en interdit la publication de son vivant. « Grande Fantaisie zoologique » est composée de 14 mouvements et l’effe…

Anne Fuzeau Classique vous propose tous les textes théoriques, méthodes, traités, articles, partitions de musique classique concernant le basson.Ces méthodes anciennes sont reproduites en fac-similé et regroupés en - quatre volumes.Frederic BERR - BLUMER - Alexandre Etienne CHORON (1-2) - François Joseph FETIS (2) - Jean Georges KASTNER (1 à 4)Table des matières : Berr Frédéric : Méthode complète …

For guitar players who want to expand their repertoire:This collection provides a fantastic introduction to the works of John Dowland, containing the easiest of his compositions, arranged in their order of difficulty. Dowland ranks among the outstanding figures in the history of 16th- and 17th-century European lute music.Martin Hegel arranged the works originally composed for lute so that they can…

Huilukonsertto. Par ENGLUND EINAR. Einar Englund?s (1916-1999) Flute Concerto (1985) is beyond dispute one of his greatest works. Its finest attributes are its rich melodic invention, colourful instrumentation and immediate message. Add to these its rewarding solo part, and the result is truly one of his best concertos ? and works. He himself did not hesitate to regard it as such. It was premiered…

L'éditeur Jacques Durand, qui avait publié quelques années auparavant le célèbre Trio de Ravel, suggère en 1922 à Fauré d'écrire un trio, qui sera son avant-dernière partition. Le compositeur ne dépasse tout d'abord pas le stade de quelques esquisses et réfléchit un temps à mettre une clarinette à la place du violon. Ce n'est que durant son séjour estival à Annecy-le-Vieux en Savoie qu'il réussit …

'Virtuoso piece in the style of a Hungarian rhapsody? - thus reads Ravel's entry on 'Tzigane? in the so-called 'Autobiographical Sketch?. Composed in 1924, there are three versions of this work: with piano, with orchestra and with luthéal, a device for keyboard instruments to extend the timbre. 'Tzigane? was inspired by the Hungarian-English violinist Jelly d'Aranyi, to whom Ravel had already prom…

Comprised of works from Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the Suzuki Violin School, which have been arranged for string quartet by violinist/arranger Joseph Knaus. With lower string parts providing melodic and rhythmic counterpoint to set off the simple melodies (which match the Suzuki Method® repertoire), these quartets are nevertheless simple enough for beginning level players ready for their first chamber …