Par WIDOR CHARLES-MARIE. Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) composed this Mass, Op. 36 in 1878 for the St Sulpice church in Paris. The initial two choirs for which it was composed were comprised of around 200 and 40 voices, while the score for this version is for a choir of baritones and an SATB choir. The Organ part requires an advanced-level of ability as it contains some difficult parts. Divided i…

Solo for Euphonium and Concert Band. Par OLSEN VADSTEN OYSTEIN. “Song for Frances” is a classic love ballad, written for concert band and brass band, with a soloist on euphonium. The piece always has the soloist in focus and gives him plenty of room to show off, both a warm sound and technical skills. In the first part of “Song for Frances”, the basic melody is clearly presented, while the rest of…

and Teaching Activities. Par BARDEN CHRISTINE H. / KOWALCHYK GAYLE / LANCASTER . The Rhythm Ensembles and Teaching Activities Book is designed for teachers of Music for Little Mozarts. It includes eight rhythm ensembles featuring pieces accompanied by one or two rhythm instruments. By studying these ensembles, students learn to identify rhythm patterns. Teaching activities focus on three areas---r…

The Essential Piano Singles collection is a series of collectible classic songs in a Piano and Vocal format and easy-to-play arrangements. Ellie Goulding's Your Song is presented here in this innovative design, with downloadable audio tracks, performance hints and interesting song background notes. This is the best possible way to play and sing this all-time classic tune.All the titles in the Esse…

Alfred's Premier Piano Course: Duet 1B includes motivational music that reinforces concepts introduced in Lesson 1B. These duets for one piano, four hands continue the strong pedagogical focus of the course while providing the enjoyment of playing with a friend or family member. Written by America's leading pedagogical composers, these duets contain equally leveled parts for secondo and primo. Wit…

John Thompson's Easy Piano Method: Part 1 provides a playful and easy-to-understand introduction to Piano for young beginners. The book comes bundled with a CD to make learning by listening simple.This first volume of the popular American Piano method looks at the challenges that all Piano students have to face at the beginning, and makes things easy and fun.Sight-reading is made simple by a clear…

The Essential Piano Singles collection is a series of collectible classic songs in a Piano and Vocal format and easy-to-play arrangements. John Lennon's Imagine is presented here in this innovative design, with downloadable audio tracks, performance hints and interesting song background notes. This is the best possible way to play and sing this all-time classic tune.All the titles in the Essential…

These three a cappella movements each originate from different largescale compositions, some for fairly substantial forces. In these works, when the focus is turned on the essence of a statement, I have (probably out of pure instinct) permitted all adjuncts - such as subtle orchestral accompaniment, opulent percussion, soloists, electronics etc. - to fall silent and tried to express myself through…

Théorie 3A. Par VOGT-BATES / BLET. Conceived for Piano beginners who have already been introduced to music reading, Le Voyage Magique Theorie - Niveau 3A, Adventurier is the fifth of a series of eight, completing the Piano method of the same name. It familiarises the young pianist to theory, including harmonious sixths, intervals, rhythms, perfect chords, broken chords and additional notes and tec…

Par CABEZA JUAN. Piano Train Trips is a collection of 18 piano etudes, plus a series of supplementary exercises. The etudes (stations) are designed to practise one specific musical aspect in each piece and are composed in styles that are appealing to students. Styles include: scales, intervals, pentascales, chords in inversion, and more and hellip - The exercises focus on the technical pattern emp…

Par MEYER RICHARD. Written to help students develop their spiccato bow stroke, this energetic piece is a joyful celebration from the very first measure. The left hand challenges are minimal, allowing the players to focus on controlling their bow on and off the string. A contrasting call-and-response 'B' section in minor mode briefly slows the pace down before the party resumes again. Over time, th…

Based on some of the rhythmic timpani passages from Beethoven's Symphony #8. Beethoven's unique use of octaves on the timpani part is a particular focus of this solo, expanding this compositional technique into contemporary music language for the timpani. / Percussions

Par FIDYK STEVE. La méthode de tambour moderne prend l'étudiant mesure par mesure dès le départ avec les concepts de tambours plus fondamentales a présenté et fait preuve d'une manière claire. Les exercices en première année focus significativement à la lecture des valeurs de note et de repos, coordination des mains et des pieds, battements de simple quart note avec des variations et des idées sur…

Kantate Zum 3. Weihnachtstag. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The cantata 'Ich freue mich in dir' was first performed during Bach's second year as Thomaskantor, on the 3rd day of Christmas, and belongs to the so-called annual cycle of chorale cantatas. Here the focus of the composition is the hymn of the same name by Philipp Ziegler, in which the first and final strophes were adopted, word for word, in…

18 Recital Pieces in First Position for Cello and Piano or Two Celli. The 18 pieces in Volume 1 are structured to follow the same progression of finger patterns introduced in the 'Early” Start method. This systematic progression helps the student to solidify the hand position and improve intonation. The basic bowing techniques do not require changes in bow speed or sounding point. The young perfor…