The Czech composer and teacher Emil Hradecký (b. 1953) has devoted much of his creative output to children and the piano. His Two-Part Piano Miniatures on One Page are ingenious small piano pieces for beginners which are easy to play yet melodically interesting. Here children are introduced to the character of classical music as well as various dance forms: cha-cha-cha, tango, waltz, polka, blues …

?evcík's oeuvre covers every area of violin technique, from the elementary level to special exercises on individual technical problems all the way to analytical studies of the best-known violin concertos. One of his most important pedagogical works is his opus 8, written between 1892 and 1895.This volume of exercises is devoted to changes of position and preparatory studies for scales over three o…

Cantolopera is a publishing project devoted to students, professionals and enthusiasts who wish to approch the great vocal repertoire for practicing, performing or simply singing opera arias, sacred pieces, songs, standards. The editions include a vocal score and one or more CD containing orchestral accompaniment performed by Compagnia d'Opera Italiana, with its orchestra of over 130 instrumentali…

This is part of a series of short volumes, each devoted to a single composer or appropriate group of composers, thoroughly exploring the unlimited resources of Renaissance sacred polyphony. / Chant Et Piano

Par ZUCKER LAUREL. From the composer: 'Biddy Biddy' is the name of a Jamaican children's folk song about a chicken. There are so many different melodies associated with Biddy Biddy that I simply made up a simple appealing tune and devoted the composition from there. This piece is dedicated to Mark Delpriora, my friend and amazing guitarist and guitar teacher at Juilliard and Manhattan School of Mu…

Media Type : Book+DVD Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : Bluegrass Number of pages : 56 Wow your audience with four dozen pro techniques and three sizzling tunes to show them off (including The Devil Went Down to Georgia), with this 4-hour 2-DVD set. A lifetime course for the price of one lesson! Intermediate to advanced; for fiddle or classical cross-over players. Includes: --Inte…

Archduke. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. By the time Beethoven completed the ?Archduke? Trio in 1811 he had been working on it for several years. In April 1814 he could finally give the work its première together with Ignaz Schuppanzigh and Joseph Linke, this being Beethoven?s last public appearance as a pianist. He dedicated the piece to his friend, pupil and patron, Archduke Rudolph of Austria. Today…

Write for a horn section!
In this book, you will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. You will learn the capabilities and characteristics of the most common instruments, and how to order them effectively. You will also learn the different roles that a horn section can serve in your ensemble. Online audio tracks demonstrate the key concepts, as exemplified in a c…

Minor: Bordun. Par ORFF CARL / KEETMAN GUNILD. Carl Orff devoted much of his life to the development of a philosophy of Music for Children, based on his belief that music is the natural outcome of speech, rhythm and movement. His ideas and pioneering work have had a major influence on music and dance education throughout the world and today that work continues under the guidance of leading teacher…

Par NYIREGYHAZI ERVIN. Ervin Nyiregyhazi (1903-1987), a Hungarian who spent most of his life in America, was among the most gifted-and strangest-musicians of the twentieth century. He was an astonishing prodigy who became one of the greatest and most distinctive pianists ever heard, though his early international celebrity was followed by decades of obscurity and much personal and professional har…

Orgelchoräle Der Leipziger Handschrift. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Editorial Board: Werner Breig/ Pieter Dirksen/ Reinmar Emans music text faithful to the sources and reflecting the current status of Bach research developed for musical practice through the cooperation of scholars and performers contains all of Bach's keyboard works that require an independent pedal manual contains all authentic e…

For the left Hand. Par FERTE ARMAND. The scarcity of practice collections devoted to a speciality defined problem of technique has often been deplored by both teachers and pupils. However, Masters of piano playing have written such collections whose number is countless and which deal with difficulties of all kinds. Unfortunately, they are spread over a very large number of music books. The volume…

Rarities - Arie per Soprano Vol. 2 contains an exclusive selecion of arias that discovers a less known and yet important repertoire. Also included: original texts with English translations and CD with instrumental and vocal versions.The Cantolopera series is made up of various collections: the Favourite Opera Collection, dedicated to operatic works, organized by voice category- the Composers Colle…

Holländische Meister. Par TEUCHERT HEINZ. In this series 'European Guitar and Lute Music', seven albums will be published on original 16th to 18th century music. Each album will be devoted to music from one country. Choice of pieces for transcription for the guitar, selected from the vast amount of tablature available, has been made with consideration for their particular musical merit and for the…

Our finest vocalists have come to be identified with specific songs throughout their careers.Since many instrumentalists similarly have come to love these songs, we decided to create albums devoted to these singers and 'their' songs specially arranged for the trumpet by one of the veteran players of their own generation, Bob Zottola. Bob has performed with literally all of these famous singers, 'N…