Par COHEN MARY. Irresistable new tunes for beginner violinists, composed and arranged by one of the UK's leading string teachers and authors, Mary Cohen, creator of a wide range of imaginative teaching publications including Superstart. Bags of Tunes is packed with material on styles children will love including nursery rhymes, rounds, folk and popular songs as well as plenty of original pieces. T…

Rachmaninoff composed his collection of 13 songs op. 34 in 1912, but it was only three years later that he added a little closing piece without any text: the Vocalise, which soon outshone the other songs in terms of popularity and renown. Since its first performance in 1916 this expressive, melancholy piece has circulated in countless arrangements by others. Rachmaninoff himself made an arrangemen…

for young virtuosos with small hands. Par ROSENBLATT ALEXANDER. Piano teachers (as well as pupils) know about the problem of the 'adult' concert repertoire: there is a lack of literature for young, talented and virtuoso pianists, when the hands are in the process of growth but still small. This moment creates serious difficulties in the process of teaching gifted children who want to prove themsel…

Par NODA. Japanese born Ryo Noda (b. 1948) has been hailed for his forward-looking, avant-garde compositions and innovative playing techniques. Improvisation 1 is no exception. Noda 's compositional achievements were significantly recognised in 1973 when he was awarded the SACEM Composition Prize. Improvisation 1 was published a year later, at the height of his career. Exploiting extended techniqu…

Based on a West Indies Folk Melody. Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Relive the joyous sound of the West Indies 'limbo' dance with this easy concert band work based on an old West Indian melody. / Niveau : 1.5 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Concert Band

Par WATKIN ANDREW. Music occupies an important role in the cultural life of Russia. Russian Dance is based on a famous traditional song and reflects the characteristic elements of this expansive country. This composition develops over a steady tempo using varied and colourful effects to bring pleasure to musicians and audience alike. / Niveau : 1.5 / Musique légère originale / Date parution : …

This long-awaited DVD tribute to the godfather of modern metal is finally here. Based on Dime's best-selling instructional book, Riffer Madness, this DVD is hosted by Dime's co-writer, good friend, and protege, metal maestro Nick Bowcott. It features long lost one-on-one special footage of Dime teaching some of his most classic licks. Nick Bowcott helps pass Dime's torch to the next generation. He…

Op. 129. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. R. Schumann Concerto for Violoncello in A minor Op.129 (Cello and Piano) Robert Schumann’s Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra is the first major Romantic work of this genre not to have been composed by a cellist. Nevertheless, Schumann, who worked on this late composition for several years, consulted the cellist Emil Bockmühl, who regularly played chamber music i…

First-ever urtext edition of Bartók's Mikrokosmos - Volume 3 (comprises books 5 and 6 of the original edition) Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos is one of the key works of 20th-century piano music. The repertoire comprises educational pieces 'from the very first beginning' as well as concert literature, thus making this work an indispensable companion to piano lessons. The work is now available for the f…

Shaping The Curve is based strictly on a sequence of four chords and served as a study for Nyman's 1991 piece Where The Bee Dances for Saxophone and Orchestra.Michael Nyman is a contemporary British composer of richly layered, modular minimalist pieces, often incorporating period instruments or instrumentation outside the normal Orchestral offerings. He is particularly well known for his film scor…

ré mineur. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. It owes its much-quoted nickname 'Tempest' to a note by Beethoven's famulus Anton Schindler, whom the composer advised to 'read Shakespeare's Tempest' as a key to the work. But Schindler had also asked for the Sonata op. 57 in the same breath, so that in the end it remained unclear which of the two sonatas was really meant. The preface of the new edition explai…

Chorale settings form a central part of Telemann's oeuvre. His 1754 setting of the church hymn Christus, der ist mein Leben, based on Melchoir Vulpius' melody from the Hamburg Hymnal, is especially well-suited to display his mastery in depicting the words of the chorale. The so-called 'Ausfüllungsbass? (a vocal bass added to the principal bass in tutti passages) was probably necessitated by the ac…