Eta Cohen 's world famous Violin method broke new ground when it was first released. Providing an incremental approach to learning the instrument, it only introducing one concept at a time and reinforced each new concept with an accompanying exercise and highly enjoyable pieces. The careful organisation of the method meant that it was a great equaliser because any child could make good progress al…

Par . 'Time & Rhythm' contains easy dances and folksongs from various countries and in a variety of styles all beautifully arranged by Viktor Fortin and retaining their spirited and lively qualities. The lyrics of the songs have been included and contain important hints about breathing patterns and phrasing. Information regarding the origin and character of the historic dances, as well as their so…

Rhapsodie. Par JANACEK LEOS. The rhapsody for orchestra “Taras Bulba” is the most important and on account of its genesis the most interesting of the three programmatic orchestral works the composer wrote between 1914 and 1920. All three of these works were responses to the contemporary social and political context: “The Fiddler’s Child” was an indictment of the state of society, “Taras Bulba” was…

Lubo? Fi?er (1935?1999) was one of the most distinctive figures of Czech music in the 20th century and composed the Variations on an Unknown Theme in 1976. The ?unknown theme? was a prankish eight-bar theme from Fi?er?s student days. In the elation following the home-team win over Canada on 15 March 1959, he made a bet with his colleague Kalach to compose a concert piece for violin and orchestra …

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Universal Edition has done violinists an enormous service by republishing violin virtuoso and teacher Leopold Auer’s arrangements of great works for violin and piano, available for the first time in decades. With beautiful new covers, these editions are a welcome addition to the repertoire/ Répertoire / Violon et Piano

Dorisch, Mixolydisch und Pentatonik Bluestonleitern. Par DICKBAUER KLAUS. Klaus Dickbauer makes scales and blues scales for alto saxophone fun - his modern approach to elementary technique is an invaluable and highly effective training tool for developing improvisation skills. In the previous edition, Klaus Dickbauer covered major scales, triads, and interval exercises - combined with groovy beats…

Par . The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces. Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first …

Par BARTOK BELA. Bartok's 'String Quartet No. 5' was commissioned by the formidable Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, leading patron of chamber music in the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century. Bartok is alleged to have composed the work in a one-month span of isolation in 1934, and it received its premiere in Washington, D.C. by the Kolisch Quartet in 1935. The String Quartet No. 5 was published…

100 Songs in the Key of C. The sequel to Your First Fake Book and The Easy Fake Book, this new second edition includes 100 favorite songs all in the key of C, complete with lyrics and simplified chords that remain true to each tune. It also features convenient stay-open binding, introductions to make the arrangements sound more polished, and large, easy-to-read music notation that beginning or old…

Hob XVI:48. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Separate edition for practical use: Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:48 opens the series of Haydn's late 'classical' piano sonatas which were to leave their marks even in Beethoven's works. The first movement testifies to a highly developed cantabile art of variation, while the second radiates Haydn's typical humour./ Répertoire / Piano

Par PART ARVO. The basic musical material of 'Pari intervallo' by Arvo Pärt consists of two parts which move exactly parallel to each other, so that the interval between them is always the same- hence the title. 'Pari Intervallo' is reminiscent of achorale prelude which might be prefaced with the lines from Romans 14/8: 'lf we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord.' Now for…