Serrano Juan (Taught). Par SERRANO JUAN. Flamenco guitar virtuoso Juan Serrano divides this unique video into technical and performance segments. In the first part, he teaches and demonstrates the basic elements of flamenco music. In the second part, he plays four outstanding concert solos in their entirety. A masterful video by a guitarist known world-wide for his innovative, flawless technique. …

Arr. Frederik Kampstra. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Le Lion est mort ce soir) est né de l’esprit du chanteur sud-africain Solomon Linda qui écrivit Mbube (lion, en zoulou), en 1939. Alors que la chanson est devenue un succès planétaire, son auteur est mort dans la misère ; d’autres ont touchés les dividendes de sa gloire. L’incroyable histoire de cette chanson à la mélodie entraînante a motivé cet ar…

These volumes cannot be purchased individually. Our two-volume edition is the first to offer a reference work on organ technique systematically subdivided into 60 exercise units. It provides an overview of all relevant topics on manual and pedal playing based on the tutors by Marcel Dupré, Fernando Germani, Charles-Louis Hanon and Johannes Brahms as well as on their sequels and supplements. There …

Having studied under Jean Pierre Rampal and Tony Aubin at the Conservatoire National de Paris, flautist Guy-Claude Luypaerts now divides his time between his work as a soloist, teacher and orchestral conductor, without neglecting his com­positional activity. Luypaerts has remained true to his childhood land: for this resident of the seaside village of Panne in western Flanders, the North Sea coast…

Arr. Frederik Kampstra. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Le Lion est mort ce soir) est né de l’esprit du chanteur sud-africain Solomon Linda qui écrivit Mbube (lion, en zoulou), en 1939. Alors que la chanson est devenue un succès planétaire, son auteur est mort dans la misère ; d’autres ont touchés les dividendes de sa gloire. L’incroyable histoire de cette chanson à la mélodie entraînante a motivé cet ar…

Par SPATA DOUG. Beginning string students will have a diabolically good time with this all-pizzicato selection. Gleefully sinister melodies pass between all sections and simple quarter and half note accompaniment parts help keep everyone together. The optional piano accompaniment sets the pace with even 8th notes, helping young players subdivide their rhythms. Part independence and note range are …

Par . The musical appeal of the Blues, as they began to be heard in the early twentieth century, was so infectious that musicians with open minds and ears were drawn to it as soon as they heard it. And that appeal crossed the racial and ethnic divides that characterized American society. So it was, that even before African American guitarists were recorded playing fingerstyle blues guitar, their w…

Considered by Gramophone magazine as 'one of the most astounding players of the day?, saxophonist Theodore Kerkezos divides his time between a brilliant soloist career and educational activities that include teaching at the Athens Conservatoire and providing master classes around the globe. Drawing on his long experience, the Greek musician is publishing his Etudes for high and low notes on the Sa…

Barre Chords/Best Bet Jazz Chords. Par BAY WILLIAM. This exhaustive yet compact (5 1/2'x8') QWIKGUIDE chord reference shows chords from simple triads through myriad extensions of the dominant seventh chord, all in grid format only. All voicings and variants of chords are shown chromatically from the root tone beginning with C, Cm, C6, C7, C diminished, C augmented, etc. Chords are further subdivid…

The musical appeal of the Blues, as they began to be heard in the early twentieth century, was so infectious that musicians with open minds and ears were drawn to it as soon as they heard it. And that appeal crossed the racial and ethnic divides that characterized American society. So it was, that even before African American guitarists were recorded playing fingerstyle blues guitar, their white n…

Dramatic poem for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra. Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. Gade composed the cantata ?The Crusaders? op. 50 for soloists, choir and orchestra (termed as ?Dramatic Poem? in the original print) in the summer of 1865; it was premiered on 24 April 1866. Together with the cantatas ?Kalanus? and ?Zion? written later, the work constitutes, in Gade?s understanding, a ?kind of trilogy? which…

Par GREEN DAY. The album-matching songbook to Green Day 's much-anticipated eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown . A truly brilliant concept album, in the style of a punk rock opera, the album runs through the narrative of Christian and Gloria, a young couple working through the shattered promises of this century. The album is divided into three acts: Heroes and Cons, Charlatans and Saints,…