Brahms had already announced his ?retirement' from composition when in the spring of 1894 he played chamber music with the cellist Robert Hausmann and the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. This encounter apparently renewed his enthusiasm for Mühlfeld's much admired playing and inspired him to write two clarinet sonatas in the summer of the same year. Brahms conceived an alternate version of the works…

Par RASCHER SIGURD. Students can develop their range with this insightful book with text both in English and German. The author focuses on technique and offers musical examples and exercises to help developing players achieve a four-octave range. An important book for all saxophone students./ Etude / Saxophone

Symphonic Poem for Wind Orchestra. Par YAGISAWA SATOSHI. Moses and Ramses (Moïse et Ramsès) est une commande de l’Orchestre d’Harmonie de la ville de Matsudo au Japon, à l’occasion des festivités marquant le trentième anniversaire de la création de la formation. La première mondiale a eu lieu en juillet 2009. Elle fut assurée par la formation dédicataire, placée sous la direction de Kenichiro Hasu…

Par BAEYENS AUGUST. August Louis Baeyens received his musical training at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in Antwerp, studying solfège, viola, and harmony. As a composer, Baeyens developed chiefly through the study of composers such as Debussy, Wagner and Strauss - this interest gave him the reputation of a revolutionary within the confines of the very traditionalist conservatory. However, th…

Latin music has it all - hot rhythms, passionate melodies, lush harmonies and all the exotic percussion! Latin music is enjoying a level of popularity it has never known before. These books cover almost every kind of Latin style including Latin-rock and Latin-jazz, together with new hybrid styles as well. / Trompette / 20 pages / niveau : Elémentaire - Moyen / Partition + Cd

Latin music has it all - hot rhythms, passionate melodies, lush harmonies and all the exotic percussion! Latin music is enjoying a level of popularity it has never known before. These books cover almost every kind of Latin style including Latin-rock and Latin-jazz, together with new hybrid styles as well. / Clarinette / 20 pages / niveau : Elémentaire - Moyen / Partition + Cd

Latin music has it all - hot rhythms, passionate melodies, lush harmonies and all the exotic percussion! Latin music is enjoying a level of popularity it has never known before. These books cover almost every kind of Latin style including Latin-rock and Latin-jazz, together with new hybrid styles as well. / Saxophone Alto / 20 pages / niveau : Elémentaire - Moyen / Partition + Cd

Dramatic Poem. Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. 'Kalanus”, a 'dramatic poem for soloists, choir and orchestra” op. 48 was composed between June 1867 and March 1869 and is based on a text by Carl Andersen. A historical event during Alexander the Great's Indian campaign (326 AD) serves as the origin of the material: Alexander met Indian philosopher Kaljana, referred to as Kalanos in ancient sources. Gade had…

Excerpts from Movement 4. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Developing an intimate understanding of the world’s greatest musical accomplishments is an important part of a music education. Every musician should have the joy of playing the music of Mozart, and the G-minor Symphony (Number 40) is one of Mozart’s signature works, and one of the greatest musical achievements of all time. Stephen Bulla has c…

Excerpts from Movement 4. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Developing an intimate understanding of the world’s greatest musical accomplishments is an important part of a music education. Every musician should have the joy of playing the music of Mozart, and the G-minor Symphony (Number 40) is one of Mozart’s signature works, and one of the greatest musical achievements of all time. Stephen Bulla has c…

Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. Learning the blues and the chords that are commonly used has never been easier. This book presents blues chord voicings along with applications in a logical, sequenced order. Dominant seventh, minor, minor seventh, chords and many others that are used in the blues are presented in standard notation and tab accompanied by a photo of the chord being executed on the guitar fin…

Amie de longue date avec les membres du groupe Blondie, la photographe les suit en tournée de 1976 à 1980, tandis que le groupe de Debbie Harry devient un véritable phénomène aux Etats-Unis. Rassemblant des images pour la plupart inédites, Roberta Bayley offre un point de vue intime et original sur les premiers pas d'un groupe légendaire. C'est un rêve devenu réalité : un jour, Roberta Bayley a pr…

Vingt ans après ma première sonate pour flûte et piano Le rire de Saraï, cette deuxième sonate n'est pas sous-tendue cette fois par une narration, son sujet est simplement le plaisir de chanter. Elle se présente en quatre mouvements contrastés, Modéré - Vif - Lent - Très Vif et Joyeux.Le premier mouvement, calme et lyrique, est de forme ternaire. Une douce mélodie se développe en arche et mène à u…