Par KHACHATURIAN ARAM. In 1941, Khatchaturian composed a ballet soon to be known throughout the world - Gayaneh. In this piece the composer describes the landscape of his native country Armenia, and the people who tried to build the country to create a happy life there. Evil powers, however, try to destroy the peaceful work. Gayaneh is a young ordinary woman who cares greatly for her village. In a…

Par BARRETT DAVID. Offering a comprehensive study of harmonica techniques and blues soloing concepts, this book contains studies and etudes on bending notes (draw and blow), throat vibrato, two-hole shakes, tongue blocking, acoustic and amplified playing, music theory, blues scales, octave substitutions, playing positions, and position substitutes. Intended for the intermediate to advanced diatoni…

Par RIHM WOLFGANG. A 1995 orchestral work by the prolific Herr Rihm can be heard on YouTube, as performed by the Bamberger Symphoniker./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Par RODGERS SARAH. Choral settings of ‘Lift up your heads, O ye gates’ from Psalm 24 are numerous, from that of the sixteenth-century Geneva Psalter of Claude Goudimel to the present day. Unsurprisingly so, as the text has many appropriate liturgical applications. In this jubilant setting, The King of Glory, Sarah Rodgers has provided church choirs of all abilities with a truly celebratory anthem …

Par LECLAIR JEAN-MARIE. The trio sonatas by Leclair are one of the bests in their genre. They can be placed on th esame level with Händel and Telemann. An opening overture follows a glorious round dance./ Répertoire / 2 Flûtes Traversières ou Violons et Basse Continue

Par . Virtuoso David Walter plays each of these beginning-level solos on double bass. Then you join the professional accompanist and play the same solos in his place. Follow in the footsteps of the master! Includes a printed music score annotated with performance suggestions and online audio, with complete versions (with soloist) followed by piano accompaniments to each piece (minus the soloist.) …

Par CURNOW JAMES. n concert band, the clarity of the music can only come through if the articulation skill of the performers is accurate and presented consistently across the band. These wonderful articulation studies are short and work perfectly as a warm-up at the beginning of rehearsal, or before any piece when you need to focus your band's attention to this important aspect of musicianship! / …

The New International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 2 includes French, German and Spanish translations, new Romantic and 20th-century pieces, as well as a newly recorded CD performed by internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book and CD can be purchased together or separately. The contents have changed slightly with minimal reordering of the music. The Mozart Minue…

Version II (1725). Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Unlike Bach’s other oratorio compositions, there is no definitive version of the St. John Passion. The first version of 1724 which is today’s standard version represents a mixture of different readings. The second version of 1725 was performed under the direction of Bach himself and can therefore be considered authentic. In addition to a change in orde…

Par WENNAKOSKI LOTTA. Lotta Wennäkoski tells about her 10 minute long work Päärme (Hem) for piano trio: 'We often speak in music of crafting in a figurative sense, and craftsmanship is, for the composer particularly, a traditional professional virtue. I personally have from time to time nevertheless been interested in the concrete images aroused by handicrafts, the way fabrics feel, and sewing. Th…

Elements is the long-awaited new album from world-renowned contemporary classical composer Ludovico Einaudi. The exclusive Piano folio was produced in close collaboration with Einaudi himself, and features all 12 tracks from the album, plus two exclusive backing tracks, a new solo arrangement of the title song, and unique illustrations. The much-anticipated new album includes the first single Nig…

Par DENNIS MATT. Vous pouvez enseigner vous-même Piano est un concept révolutionnaire dans l'instruction de piano. Aucune autre méthode de piano ne se rapproche de correspondance portée du présent livre dans l'enseignement de la musique non seulement base compétences, mais aussi la technique essentielle et théorie pour jouer sur tous les styles de clavier contemporaine en lecture. Central de la ph…

Par ANIMENZ. Piano arrangements by popular YouTube pianist \'Animenz\' are now available as sheet music! Animenz is an artist with a deep knowledge of anime and has been entertaining people all over the world with his various piano arrangements on his YouTube channel. This is the first time that Animenz, having a deep knowledge of anime, has published a sheet music collection of his own arrangemen…

Otakar Sevcik's single-volume Forty Variations for the Violin occupies a special position in his extensive oeuvre of teaching material. Here he follows up on his systematic 'step by step' work for the right hand, which he covered in detail in his previous op. 2.Nonetheless, this volume can be used as a self-contained unit, enlivening the violinist's daily regimen and offering a concise and highly …

This book is great for keyboardists who have learned the basics of jazz harmony and improvisation. It introduces the modes of the major scale, chord extensions, making the changes, using chromatic and guide tones, chord substitution, 'rhythm changes,' the blues, altered dominant chords, and more. Continuing the format of Beginning Jazz Keyboard, new concepts are accompanied by etudes and songs for…