The text of Susanni is a translation of Martin Luther's hymn of 1535, Vom Himmel hoch . The music is based loosely upon the well-known chorale melody, which, at times, is quoted in full in both voices and organ. Except where indicated, singers should adopt a legato style, especially in the repeated quaver patterns. In the bars which appear to be in compound time, conductors should beat in crotchet…

Expand the boundaries of your knowledge and improvisation skills with this exciting book, which picks up where the improv lessons in Intermediate Jazz Guitar leave off. Topics include improvising over altered dominant chords, the diminished scale, the whole-tone scale, targeting the altered chords, revamping licks, modes of the minor scales and more! Loaded with easy-to-read scale diagrams and exa…

Arr. Henk Hogestein. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Salzburg, birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, inspired Dutch composer Henk Hogestein to write this musical tribute. Mozart was born in this charming Austrian town in January 1756. He was a musical prodigy - at the age of four he began receiving lessons from his father Leopold and at the age of six he was composing smart minuets and other short p…

Par SAKAI ITARU. Lorsque la pleine lune inonde la mer de sa lumière mystérieuse, il est difficile d’imaginer que cette étendue si calme subit largement l’influence de l’attraction gravitationnelle de la Lune. La mer ne cesse de bouger sous l’effet de la Lune. Nous connaissons tous les mouvements de flux et de reflux de la mer. Les hauteurs de marée varient considérablement en fonction de la topogr…

New edition with completion by Christian Alexander of the young composer's first extended work- only the instrumental prelude was performed during Finzi's lifetime. The other three movements are settings of poems by John Masefield, Thomas Hardy and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson.Scored for baritone solo, small chorus (or SATB soli) and chamber orchestra, the wellspring of the Requiem's composition was the …

Any violinist who hears the name Sitt nowadays will probably just think of the author of studies and exercises that have long been a familiar feature in instrumental lessons. Of course the Prague violinist, music teacher and composer Hans Sitt (1850-1922) made a significant impact on methods of violin teaching, but he also wrote a whole series of other works worth listening to: concertos for violi…

Bärenreiter continues its Urtext edition of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas with an important contribution. The frequently played Sonatas op. 2, Nos. 1-3, stem from the time when the young composer took lessons from Joseph Haydn in Vienna and are dedicated to his teacher. After Beethoven's three early sonatas which he wrote as a youth in Bonn, the so-called 'Kurfürsten-Sonaten?, Beethoven sta…

Par PELLEGRINO MICHEL. France - Italie - Suisse. Les pièces que nous réunissons ici sont issues de la tradition populaire des régions des Alpes, et sont présentes surtout dans le Nord de l'Italie (Piémont, Lombardie, Quattro Province...), en France dans sa partie alpine (Val d'Aoste, Savoie, Provence alpine...) mais aussi en Suisse dans sa partie limitrophe avec ces deux pays, et jusqu'en Autriche…

Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Richer than ever – Rameau’s “Zoroastre” in the version of 1756. Opera in five acts. Rameau’s revised version of his opera “Zoroastre”, which could be heard and seen between 20 January 1756 and 26 March 1757 at the Académie royale de musique, was favourably received. Also from today’s point of view the work profits dramaturgically from many of the changes and seems altoget…

Par HESS NIGEL. To the Stars!' est le fruit d'une collaboration unique entre Nigel Hess et les enfants de plusieurs écoles de Bedfordshire qui ont été invités à contribuer des idées pour un livret basé sur les thèmes de l'exploration et le voyage dans l'espace. Le travail a été exécuté puis lors d'un concert au Royal Albert Hall présentant les oeuvres de Services de musique County Bedfordshire. La…

Par PARK OWAIN. Footsteps by Owain Park was commissioned by Tenebrae with generous assistance from Arts Council England, PRS for Music Foundation, Santander Discovery Foundation Grant, Britten-Pears Foundation and The Fidelio Charitable Trust. The work, for unaccompanied mixed choirs, explores the themes of travel, solitude and journeying. Owain Park says: 'Footsteps is the result of many months o…

LA GUITARE FLAMENCO 48 LECONS, VOL. 3 LECONS 26-37 DVD / Guitare (Fingerpick)

Par GINER BRUNO. Collection Notes de Sax « C’était le son du tango », titre qui est presque une anagramme latine de saxophone/guitare. Duo en trois mouvements, il s’agit d’une relecture sans prétention de quelques archétypes de cette danse (Tango et Milonga), née à l’aube du XXe siècle dans quelques bordels de Buenos Aires ou de Rio de la Plata : le rythme notamment, mais aussi la percussion (c…