Carl Maria von Weber's fame rests mainly on ?Der Freischütz'. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain works such as ?Preciosa', ?Oberon', and ?Euryanthe', the overtures, solo concertos and piano sonatas, the lieder and chamber works enjoyed great popularity and were widely known in Germany and abroad a…

Media Type : Book Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : Jazz Number of pages : 80 Sweet and Lowdown, Woody Allen's film from 1999, starred Sean Penn as the legendary, but fictitious jazz guitarist of the '30s, Emmett Ray. Emmett considered himself to be the second greatest jazz guitarist in the world next to Django Reinhardt. The versatile Howard Alden played all of the solo acoustic guit…

Par GREIF OLIVIER. À l’issue d’une longue période d’un silence alors ressenti comme nécessaire, Greif revient à la composition un peu plus de trois ans avant l’écriture de cette Sonate en 1994 achevée en tout juste un mois. Elle fait donc partie de la production des dernières années de création. Très attentif quant au choix des titres pour ses œuvres, Greif semble s’être interrogé sur les divers s…

Par LEHMANN ALEXANDRA. Testing variations on an original theme Popi is our black cat. She is chubby, lazy, ungainly, not very clever and a bit weird. And we love her. Why a bassoon piece for Popi? Clara started the bassoon two years ago, and I have enjoyed becoming more acquainted with the instrument. It can be lyrical, comic, plaintive, mellow or frenetic. All attributes Popi possesses. Whether s…

Par COHEN MARY. Egbert's Uncle Fred is off on a trip round the world. After a while postcards start arriving from far-off lands, each with a special 'musical friend' for Egbert and his Violin, and a mysterious coded message... Postcards To Egbert introduces absolute beginner Violinists to the rudiments of good technique, particularly the development of a strong sense of rhythm. All these 'mini-pie…

Par REGER MAX. Max Reger composed the present work in 1899 for the 'Schönberger Orgelalbum', which served as a means of funding the new organ in Schönberg im Taunus. Other renowned organ composers of the time also contributed works to this project, such as Guilmant, Rheinberger and Widor. Reger referred to his piece as a 'little work' that is 'intentionally not difficult' & yet he succeeded in cre…