Par MAROCCO FRANK. Arrangements came from many accordion players who are fans of my music. I have always written music for myself, mostly jazz arrangements for different groups that I played with through the years, but until I took on a few students in recent years, I realized there was not much interesting music for them to play. They heard some of my recordings, the solo one’s especially and ask…

Intermediate/Advanced. When Charlie Parker made his famous with strings recordings, jazz musicians realized the potential of lushly orchestrated strings to enhance their own creativity. Legendary players soon followed suit, making a with strings album almost an essential rite of passage. Here are 10 beautiful standards arranged by jazz great and award-winning arranger Lennie Niehaus. Rhythm S…

Ovvero La Morte Di San Giuseppe. Par PERGOLESI GIOVANNI BATTISTA. The oratorio LA FENICE SUL ROGO OVVERO LA MORTE DI SAN GIUSEPPE can rightly be considered the debut of Pergolesi’s career as a composer: composed in the early months of 1731 the oratorio was commissioned by the Congregazione di San Giuseppe locatedby the Oratorio dei Filippini in Naples. The critical edition was realized with criter…

There is not a great deal known about the violinist, teacher and composer Edward Mollenhauer (1827-1914) from Erfurt. However, two of his compositions virtually immortalized him: the fantasia The Infant Paganini as well as the somewhat more difficult sister work The Boy Paganini (Schott ED 21703). Both are played with great enthusiasm by young violinists all over the world. Both compositions prese…

This excellent volume contains 85 selections that are essential for pianists at the early- to late-intermediate level. Spanning the Baroque through Modern eras, all of the selections have interesting melodic and rhythmic qualities, good design and formal structure, and excellent aesthetic value. Kim O'Reilly Newman holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Illinois. She has performed t…

Based upon the poetries of a young Italian artist, five little pieces, ironic and not too difficult to realize, even in a soloist version. A translation in other languages is avalaible, directly asking to the composer. / Choeur Mixte A Cappella (Satb)

Par WILLIAMS JOHN / HVEEM DAVID (Arr.). «Cantina Band (or «Mad About Me») was written by John Williams in 1977 for the film Star Wars (later Star Wars IV: A New Hope). Even with quite a bit of the Star Wars music being quite well known, Cantina Band is literally in a style of its own. In the Star Wars-universe this style is called «jizz», Williams’ take on the more well-known genre «jazz». William…

Greg Anderson et Elizabeth Joy Roe sont peut-être le duo le plus excitant jeune fonctionne aujourd'hui, offrant des concerts de musique classique adrenalized qui révolutionnent l'expérience duo de piano pour le 21e siècle. Décrit comme 'Fred Astaire et Ginger Rogers transposée de la piste de danse au clavier' (La Presse Southampton) et 'la synchronisation intense de génie' (ThirdCoast Digest), Gre…

Par HESSLER CLAUS. A new, comprehensive 224-page publication by the open-handed playing specialist, Claus Hessler! Here you can find everything a contemporary drummer needs to be able to play today. Claus teaches you new rhythmic skills that facilitate greater security and musical freedom. Whether you play rock, pop, funk, Latin, jazz, Afro-Cuban, or second-line music, the high-quality MP3 CD enab…

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). The Germans? love of the Christmas tree is immortalized in the song O Tannenbaum - translated as O Christmas Tree - set to an old folk tune. Many popular singers, including the great Nat ?King? Cole, have recorded their own versions either in German or, as in this arrangement, in English. This piece is part of the Faber Choral Singles series, offering a selection …

An old 'Marian? prayer, realized in a modal, archaic musical language, without forgetting expressive contemporary solution. 'Very early music, very calm and harmonic?, following the definition of a choir director. / Choeur Mixte A Cappella (Satb)

Conducteur Avec Couverture Rigide. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. 'Pigmalion” was the first example of a one-act ballet, preceded by an overture, composed specifically for the Académie royale de musique. With this work, Rameau turned to the form of the petit opéra. From its very first revival, 'Pigmalion” was highly successful, and remained so until 1781. The new edition by Nathalie Berton-Blivet is ba…

This collection of 45 piano duets (for one piano, four hands) consists of selections for teachers and students at the elementary to late elementary levels. Duet repertoire from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries are included by such composers as Cui, Diabelli, Enke, Foote, Godowsky, Gurlitt, Löw, Reinecke, Sartorio, and more. Students will improve in musicianship, ensemble performance, finge…

tomo III. Par GABRIELI ANDREA. The Concerti di Andrea, et di Gio: Gabrieli [. . . ] continenti musica di chiesa, madrigali, et altro, per voci, et stromenti musicali, à 6. 7. 8. 10. 12. et 16 were published posthumously in Venice in 1587. Vol. III of this four-volume critical edition includes fourteen 6-, 7- and 8-part madrigals. Undoubtedly, these materials were largely conceived for use on speci…

Beginning level. Book 3 in the Beginner Cello Theory for Children series is an engaging resource that allows students to develop a deeper understanding of important theory concepts. Key signatures, enharmonic, diatonic and chromatic semitones, whole tones, major scales, musical terms and symbols and how to write music are all covered in this workbook. Unique to this book are detailed, fill-in-the-…