What is Piano Junior?Piano Junior is a superb piano course for beginners. It's creative, it's interactive, it's colourful, it has its own website with additional online material - and most importantly, it really works! Its characters, PJ the friendly robot and his sidekick Mozart the dog, motivate and encourage children throughout each level. The course is available as core Lesson Books, along wit…

Par LEVY J. / MARGOSHES STEVE. Fame: The Musical has been dazzling audiences since its debut in 1988. Originally based off the award-winning 1980 movie, then a long-running television series and even a reality show, the musical follows the lives of a group of aspiring entertainers at New York's High School for Performing Arts. Catchy songs and spectacular dance numbers fill the Broadway hit that…

Etudes - Sight-reading sont une des compétences plus importants encore négligées pour tout musicien et une composante importante du Conseil associés et autres examens de la musique. (Piano accompagnements par Anita Hew-tt-Jones) / Violoncelle

Commissioned by the Wichita Metropolitan Music Teachers Association, this intermediate-level duet celebrates their 30 years of service to the music community. Written in A-B-A form, the introduction to the A section features chords and scale figures that introduce a lyrical melody over a syncopated accompaniment. The B section in a contrasting key continues the lyrical ideas. In both sections, mel…

10 Popular Songs for Two. Mr. Massimiliano Martinelli and Mrs. Fulvia Mancini (Mr. & Mrs. Cello) are professional Italian cellists, bringing forward their love and veneration for the cello and classical performance into the modern music industry. Students and professionals alike can play their original arrangements presented in full score, and as separate Cello 1 and Cello 2 pull-out parts. This s…

The Christmas Variations: Phillip Keveren Series features 8 classic carol settings, expertly arranged for Piano Duet by Phillip Keveren.This collection includes the festive favourites Ding Dong! Merrily On High!, I Saw Three Ships, Joy To The World, We Wish You A Merry Christmas and more.See the 'closer look' feature on the Hal Leonard website to preview sample pages, audio excerpts and/or video c…

Par SCHWEITZER BENJAMIN. The chiaroscuro-technique developed by painters of the Italian renaissance served to intensify contrasts and effects of optical depth. In Klar/Obskur, I tried to transfer the general idea of this technique on the rather unusual instrumentation of two double-reed woodwinds and piano. On the one hand, a clear, well articulated playing is characteristic for these instruments,…

Par MOUSSORGSKY MODESTE / KURTAG GYORGY. For György Kurtág, Mussorgsky's works have always been an important model. Several of his works contain pieces referring to Mussorgsky (Games III, The Small Snag), and in his opera, Fin de partie, he also refers to Mussorgsky's declamation style. He made these two transcriptions for piano duet in 1989, continuing a series of his earlier pre-Classical transc…

Alexander Rosenblatt, ville née à Moscou en 1956, a complété son piano et ses études de composition au conservatoire de renom de sa maison. Dans ses compositions, il combine des éléments classiques avec des éléments de jazz, pour former un mélange original de styles, un langage très musical caractéristique. Il se fit un nom en tant que pianiste, notamment dans le duo de piano avec O. D'amortisseme…

This energetic duet in 2/2 meter contains many exciting elements that are sure to please students and audiences. Written in G major, a variety of articulations are used, including legato, staccato, and several tenutos. There are many repeated patterns that trade back and forth between primo and secondo, and a wide range of dynamics creates a thrilling performance. There is waving, 'high fiving,' a…

Par RACHMANINOV SERGEI. Two absorbing and expressive instrumental Piano works by one the last great 19th-Century pianists, Sergei Rachmaninov. The first piece, Romance is a duet for 4-hands and the second, Valse is for 6-hands./ Répertoire / 2 Pianos et Piano 6 Mains

Based on the Dana Gioia poem of the same name, Prayer may be performed alone or as a companion piece to the mixed duet setting of Sure on this shining night (HL00229264). / Voix Et Piano

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Par BAY MEL. With the thoroughness of a book by Mel Bay, this method presents mandolin technique and note-reading in a progressive, step-by-step fashion. Given the diverse applications of this versatile instrument, this method was carefully written to build the musicianship and technique needed to play both classical and contemporary mandolin styles. Music theory concepts and additional playing te…

Par KULENTY HANNA. I composed Aisthetikos Duo for soprano saxophone and piano immediately after Aisthetikos for soprano saxophone, piano and orchestra. I hit on the idea of preparing a work that could be performed more often. I was approached with a request to write such a version of Aisthetikos by its first performers: Magdalena and Bartlomiej Dus. A composition for two soloists and orchestra is …