Par DE COSMO EMILE. Students, educators and performers may always continue to search for shortcuts to improvisation, but there are none. It takes hours of dedication and disciplined practice to be able to improvise. That being said, it is not a foregone conclusion that learning to improvise couldn’t be made easier with the proper guidance and resource. Santorella’s New Jazz Improvisation series, “…

'Wrappin' It Up' is a Fletcher Henderson swing era classic that was a hit for Benny Goodman, featuring a familiar riff-based melody and solos for alto, trumpet, and clarinet. / Ensemble De Jazz

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A modern sequel to the music of the Romantic era. The first movement hints at the chromatic of 'Tristan?- cantilena lines convey a mournful scene. It is succeeded by a brilliant scherzo with the cryptic title 'Erste fremde Szene? (First Foreign/Unknown Scene - one is invited to solve this riddle), while the third movement, with its singing quality, is related to the first. The final movement, a 'Z…

Classical Guitar History and Repertoire from the 16th to the 20th Century. Par JUBER LAURENCE. Wings guitarist and acclaimed fingerstyle hero Laurence Juber brings you this exclusive book and audio experience, featuring his full-length solo guitar album Touchstones. With matching transcriptions of all 20 album tracks by master composers such as Josquin, Dowland, Bach and Sor, you'll trace the orig…

Par COCKER JERRY. Revised edition. Since 1900, when jazz - a uniquely American music form - began to evolve, much of its allure and artistic growth has depended on the creative freedom and expressive force that improvisation allows its performers. Jerry Coker, himself a teacher, composer/arranger, and noted saxophonist, has written How To Listen To Jazz to fill the need for a laymans guide to unde…

The sound of the tremolo has defined the mandolin through the ages. Executing it with expressiveness, depth and complexity is the hallmark of a truly accomplished player. Mandolin virtuoso Caterina Lichtenberg teaches old Italian folk songs, Romantic era classical pieces and folk standards along with an astonishing array of techniques: Return to Sorrento - Amazing Grace - My Old Kentucky Home - a …

a-Moll. Par SCHUNCKE HUGO. An oboe concerto from the romantic era? Embarassingly, due to the small amount of solo literature for the instrument from this period, this question often asked of oboists, must be answerded with a reference to the few small concert pieces and sets of variations available. The A minor Concerto by Hugo Schuncke, who was a musician at the Court of Stuttgart, fills a need. …

Par PRIMA LOUIS. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)' is a 1936 song, with music and lyrics by Louis Prima, who first recorded it with the New Orleans Gang in February that year. Fletcher Henderson recorded a vocal version in August 1936 One year later, on July 6, 1937, 'Sing, Sing, Sing' was recorded in Hollywood with Benny Goodman on clarinet; Gene Krupa on drums and Harry James in the trumpet secti…

Classical music for children: 36 easy pieces from the Baroque to the Romantic era in easily playable arrangements for string trio or beginners' string orchestra. Ideal for early ensemble work, and includes pieces from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Mozart's Magic Flute and many more! / 2 Violons Et Violoncelle

Par KREBS JOHANN LUDWIG. Our Krebs is known to have been one of the best pupils of Johann Sebastian Bach, consequently we made a play on words: In this great Bach [brook] only one single Krebs [crayfish] has been caught. In his organ compositions Krebs was essentially a follower of Bach, while in his clavier and chamber music the change of musical styles which occurred about 1750 is clearly eviden…

Par SCHUBERT / WINER. New composer Ethan Winer\'s concerto is bursting with bold ideas and fresh orchestration, the album also contains a chamber-music version of Schubert\'s Ave Maria and an energetic pop-orchestrated version of Saint-Saëns\' Alegro Appassionata - this album presents an exciting synthesis of modern-day and Romantic-era compositional ideas. Includes complete printed music score on…

Par BROSSE DIRK. This work was written at the pivotal point of both two centuries and two millennia. With its hopeful melodies and triumphant parts in the brass section, the opening pictures the dawning of a new era of great expectations, characterized by the high speed of communicating all over the world, which is one of the most important aspects of life in the 21st century. This is achieved by …

Par SUSATO TIELMAN / KING. Tilman Susato (1515-1570) was primarily known for owning a publishing house in Antwerp during the Renaissance era. However, he was also an established composer and his Three Dances from Het derde musyck boexken prove his accomplishment. Much of Susato 's compositions are adaptable to many arrangements, with this score being no exception. The Three Dances, Ronde, Salterel…