Par BAINES ANTHONY. This superior study by a leading authority is considered the definitive work on woodwinds. The two-part survey combines a discussion of design and construction with a detailed history of the evolution of instruments from earliest times to the present. Foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. Includes 75 illustrations, 25 musical examples, and 16 fingering charts. Reprint of the Faber and …

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Music for Battle Creek wurde von der Brass Band von Battle Creek im US-Staat Michigan in Auftrag gegeben. Es wurde als Pflichtstuück fuür das Finale der British National Brass Band Championships ausgewählt und dort am 20. Oktober 2007 in der Royal Albert Hall in London uraufgefuührt. Music for Battle Creek sollte ein „amerikanisches Stuück” werden, ein Stuück voll Spannung, Wage…

Par GILBERT WILLIAM SCHWENCK / SULLIVAN ARTHUR. This opera had its premiere on December 31, 1879, at the Fifth Avenue Theater in New York with Arthur Sullivan conducting. It opened on April 3, 1880, at the Opera Comique in London and ran for 363 performances. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Chant et Piano

Par ADDISON JOHN. An advanced level concerto for Trumpet and Strings by John Addison, arranged for Trumpet and Piano accompaniment by the composer. Set for the Associated Board, Trinity College and London College examinations./ Répertoire / Trompette et Piano

Par IRELAND JOHN. Set for the Associated Board Grade 8 examination and the London College Associate Diploma examination./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

8 Enchanting Pieces from India arranged for String Quartet. Par SHARMA PYARELAL. For the first time The Schott String Quartet Series features a collection of pieces that have been originally composed in a style unique to string quartet arrangements. Internationally-acclaimed Bollywood composer Pyarelal Sharma has provided music and songs for over 450 films. This set of string quartets, composed es…

Par MCMILLAN CATHERINE. A fun combination of words and illustrations to aid memorisation. Piano Scale Mnemonics is a fun, innovative and unique approach to memorising your scales. Simple and imaginative mnemonics are combined with colourful illustrations to strengthen and aid recall. Mnemonics are provided for all major and minor scales. These are further grouped into themes making them even easie…

Sumer is icumen in. Par ORFF CARL. The first known canon of European art music, now in the British Museum in London, is preserved in a thirteenth-century manusript from the English abbey in Reading: This is the so-called 'summer canon', whose verses greet the advent of summer. An accompanying note elucidates the artistic layer-like construction of the sound structure: a two-voice foundation of bel…

20 of the best Grades 4-5 Songs selected by the major Examination Boards. Par PEGLER HEIDI. The Best Of Singing Grades 4-5 (High Voice) celebrates the wealth of exciting repertoire featured on the current ABRSM and Trinity College London singing syllabuses. As well as carefully selected range of classical, contemporary and folk songs, these books bring together some of the greatest jazz standards …

Par BRIDGE FRANK. Set for the London College examinations, Grades 6./ Répertoire / Violon et Piano

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par MILES JOHN. Born in Jarrow, northeast England, in 1949, John Miles was something of a child prodigy, learning the piano from the age of five. In the early ’60s he persuaded his father to buy him a guitar and by the end of the decade he had joined a semi-professional band, The Influence. The group soon disbanded and by 1969 Miles was recording with his own group, The John Mi…

Par ANDREW BEN (Arr.). Hatikvah (The Hope) is a 19th-century Jewish poem and modern-day national anthem of Israel. In this romantic-style arrangement, Ben Andrew shares the melody between both the violin and piano. Through the use of subtle dissonance and a rich harmonic texture, the music conveys a sense of struggle, despair and sadness, as well as the eternal hope expressed in the original poem …