Par BULLA STEPHEN. The inspiration for this piece, commissioned by the United States Army Band, came from the Gulf and its constant presentation to the world as a media event on television. The composer wanted to capture the colour and events of war as they were played out on the television screen. Composed as a single movement rhapsody, the work is framed by the riveting sounds of airborne bombin…

Par BARREIRO ELIAS. An outstanding collection of 33 classic guitar solos transcribed from piano works by Manuel Saumell, Ignacio Cervantes, and many others. Cuban song and dance rhythms have had a global impact. These arrangements capture the rhythms, styles, and moods of the Cuban contradanza, danza, vals, canción and criolla of the 19th to early 20th centuries. The available online audio feature…

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. Step into the dynamic world of contemporary jazz-funk with Andrew D. Gordon's latest masterpiece, '100 Ultimate Jazz-Funk Grooves for Clarinet.' Renowned for his expertise in jazz and funk music, Gordon brings forth a comprehensive collection, offering a wealth of inspiration and exploration for clarinetists. As a distinguished composer, educator, and performer, Andrew D. Gor…

Par TCHAIKOVSKY PYOTR ILYICH. This duet collection features excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite, simplified for late-elementary to early-intermediate piano students. Both Primo and Secondo parts are equal in difficulty. The eight selections included in this collection are the same as those chosen by Tchaikovsky for the orchestral suite. These arrangements truly capture the excitement and harmonic t…

Enjoy a special selection of songs from the greatest female voices of music! Thirty-six classic songs from across the world have been assembled to celebrate the very best in female performance from the 1950s to the present day. Capture the poignant protest blues of Billy Holiday and Nina Simone, the sassy charm of Petula Clark and Nancy Sinatra, the powerful soul of Etta James and Aretha Franklin,…

Ce livre est une collection importante des airs irlandais lente traditionnels qui capture l'essence et la beauté de la musique traditionnelle irlandaise. Inclus dans les 118 airs qui composent cette compilation fabuleuse, sont quelques-uns des airs de grand sean-nós (vieux style) ainsi airs par Caloran et autres morceaux préférés et bien connu. Auteur Tomas O Canainn a une vie d'expérience tant ef…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Music is perhaps unique among the performing arts in its ability to express and convey the subtlest nuances of human emotion This ability is exploited in When the Spirit Soars which attempts to capture in music the feeling of extreme happiness, sometimes almost too much to bear, that we all experience at one time or another. Often this happiness can be tinged with sadness (we ca…

Avec le poème symphonique Fontane di Roma, Respighi a commencé la soi-disant ' Roman trilogie ', reprenant un sujet très répandue dans les domaines de la littérature et la musique. Depuis les clavecinistes français, waterworks ont toujours été le sujet de la musique programmatique et même la poésie de la ' seicento ' déjà traité avec les fontaines romaines. Définition de Respighi, cependant, n'est…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. To A New Dawn was commissioned by the United States Continental Army Band - Captain Timothy J. Holtan, Commander and Conductor. The brief was for a piece to celebrate the 3rd Millennium and it was the composer’s aim to provide a work which, as well as looking forward to the challenges of the new century, also contained moments of reflection about the last one. After a bright int…

Par BULLOCK ROBIN. Celtic acoustic guitar and cittern wizard Robin Bullock takes the vibrating string to astonishing places with four of his own compositions, artful arrangements of another five traditional Celtic tunes, and tunes by Norman Blake and Dougie MacLean. From high-octane performances on Spider - Maho Snaps - Matelot Jig - and Old Brown Case to the extraordinarily moving and trancelike …

54 Getz songs transcribed exactly from his recorded solos. Includes: All the Things You Are ? Autumn Leaves ? Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce) ? Blue Skies ? Come Rain or Come Shine ? Con Alma ? Desafinado ? Funkallero ? Garota De Ipanema ? I Remember You ? Night and Day ? A Night in Tunisia ? One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) ? Pennies from Heaven ? Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) ? St…

Joseph Horovitz (b. 1926) is a British composer and conductor, who is best known for his involvement the 1951 Festival of Britain, and for works such as Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo . His Concertante (1948) was his first published composition, written while he was still studying under Gordon Jacob at the RCM. It was modelled on the Weber's Concertino for Clarinet , but is written in a decided…

Par CELLIER / ERNEST FORD. Shedding light on a little-known aspect of late-Victorian theatre, MB99 offers full scores and librettos of two one-act operettas, produced at the Savoy Theatre and written to precede as curtain-raisers the main, full-length work of the evening. Richard D’Oyly Carte did much to cultivate the genre, initiated by Trial by Jury in 1875, and featured regularly at the Savoy T…

The Real Book – Volume I – Sixth Edition F Instruments Real Book Series SoftcoverThe Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created …

La Simon Fraser Collection réunit le Airs et mélodies particulière pour les Highlands et les îles de 1715 à 1745. Beaucoup des plus de 240 Airs dans cet ouvrage sont paramètres instrumentales du capitaine Fraser de chansons gaéliques dérivés le chant de son père, grand-père et leurs connaissances. Autres mélodies sont un mélange de traditionnelles et nouvellement composées des strathspeys, des bob…