Kantate Zum Ersten Ostertag. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The words are based on the Easter Gospel, the account of the Resurrection of Jesus, which is first joyfully celebrated. Then follows a call to the faithful: every Christian must make the Resurrection a reason to renew himself spiritually, so as to complete a kind of inner Resurrection himself. For his scoring – which changed slightly from per…

Par GLASS PHILIP. The third in Glass' trilogy of operas about men who changed the world in which they lived through the power of their ideas, Akhnaten's subject is religion. The Pharaoh Akhnaten was the first monotheist in recorded history, and his substitution of a one-god religion for the multi-god worship in use when he came to power was responsible for his violent overthrow. The opera describe…

Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. Madama Butterfly took wing under turbulent circumstances. The premiere (Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17 February 1904) was a disaster, while a second production only months later (Brescia, Teatro Grande, 28 May 1904) was instead a resounding success. Inthe intervening period the composer had made considerable changes to the score, enough that the result qualifies as a “second ver…

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…

Par EILERS JOYCE / EMILY CROCKER. Don't read notes, read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! Patterns Of Sound uses excellent voice leading, careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing, pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 …

from The Wizard of OZ. Par WOODS SYLVIA (Arr.). This sheet music includes two solo harp arrangements of Over the Rainbow from the classic film The Wizard of Oz. Both versions can be played on either a lever harp or a pedal harp. The easy arrangement is playable by advanced beginners, and requires 2 sharping lever changes. The advanced arrangement includes more chords, and additional sharping lever…

Passio secundum Joannem. Traditionelle Fassung (1739/1749). Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Bach's St. John Passion is among the greatest settings of the Passion in the history of music. The St. John Passion underwent several fundamental changes during Bach’s lifetime. Carus offers all of these surviving versions for sale. The traditional version of the St. John Passion, using the partial autograph sco…

Original Play-Along Modern Jazz Guitar Solos. Par VIC JURIS. Vic played the solos in this collection with the student in mind. Each piece is based on the changes of popular jazz standards and will serve as great etudes for learning advanced jazz soloing techniques. Students will be able to see how to build a solo, use tension and release ('outside” and 'inside” playing), build an advanced jazz voc…

Par MURPHY HENRY. Vamping - Beginning Banjo Backup Learn how to vamp to all the songs on our Beginners\' Banjo Videos. And what is vamping' When you vamp on the banjo, you are playing just chords, no melody. Vamping is what you do when the other person is playing the melody or playing the \'lead\' or \'taking a break,\' as we sometimes say. These chords are all 4-finger chords made up the neck (in…

Par EILERS JOYCE / EMILY CROCKER. Teachers Edition. Don't read notes, read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading, careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing, pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic indep…

The wonderful contrast in articulations, including staccato, legato, and some accents, provides a delightful experience for young pianists. Sudden changes in dynamics and changes in registers add to the fun and help create the scene. Written using C minor 5-finger patterns, repeated rhythmic and melodic patterns will aid students in learning and memorizing the piece quickly. / Piano

Par DEHNHARD TILMANN. Tilmann Dehnhard is a creator of music which specialises in unusual playing and sound techniques. In Endlos, this remarkable work for solo flute he combines modern playing technique with extended breathing techniques. Dehnhard sets up the score with fingering patterns and playing instructions to approach intonationally the nuanced pitch changes that often require small variat…

Par PLE BERTRAND. Le texte du Victimæ paschali laudes serait probablement l’œuvre de Wipo de Bourgogne, auteur du xie siècle. Cette séquence liturgique a inspiré de nombreux compositeurs, en particulier aux xvie et xviie siècles, notamment Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Roland de Lassus ou William Byrd. Pour mettre en avant la dramaturgie du texte, j’ai choisi d’engager ma propre lecture jusque…