Par DUTILLEUX HENRI. Composed between 1973 and 1976, Ainsi La Nuit for a String Quartet is one of the most important works of its genre, by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), a French composer. This score of Ainsi La Nuit is the conductor's score, with the four instruments altogether. The score for each individual instrument can be bought separately. Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation for the J…

Par WORLEY PETER. This book presents 42 English folk songs arranged for the intermediate classic guitarist in standard notation with phrase and dynamic markings plus light fingering. The collection includes popular melodies like Sprig of Thyme, Seventeen Come Sunday, and Blow the Wind Southerly, but also lesser known but no less beautiful tunes like Cupid the Pretty Ploughboy, Dabbling in the Dew …

Par STACHAK TATIANA. When one hears the word “étude” we often think of a complicated piece of music, whose main goal is didactic. The Characteristic Études are far from this as alongside the technical requirements they demand, there is an equal stress on artistic qualities such as: melody, varied textures, and a plethora of rhythmic as well as harmonic devices. The compositions are stylistically d…

Destined to become a classic, this book is the natural result of not only years of playing jazz guitar but also of the author's long associations with many innovative jazz guitarists. This comprehensive guide is one of the first jazz methods to focus entirely on the blues idiom and its contribution to jazz improvisation. It is designed to help you play authoritatively in a broad spectrum of jazz g…

Today is Fuzzy Monster's birthday! As Gaby, Theo, Daffodil, and other neighborhood friends prepare for a surprise party, our colorful cast of characters learns many important life lessons. After a cheerful opening theme song, eight scenes and unison songs focus on good judgment, kindness, courage, perseverance, responsibility, self-discipline, integrity, and respect. A few optional stage puppets w…

Jean-Michel Guesdon (Auteur), Philippe Margotin (Auteur) - Broché – 4 octobre 2017 - Il ne fallait pas moins de 592 pages pour décrypter, analyser et expliquer le son Pink Floyd qui a transformé l’histoire de la musique. 1966. Tandis que toute une jeunesse vit les heures les plus héroïques et exaltantes du Swingin’ London, un groupe fait sensation. Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright et Nic…

The Sonata in A major Hob. XVI:26 is one of the sonatas by Joseph Haydn which increasingly become the focus of attention of our piano teachers. Thanks to its moderate technical demands, it is perfect for piano lessons. At the same time, it shows essential features of Haydn's piano style in a condensed form - an expressive musical declamation, rhetorical breaks full of tension, wit and humour - whi…

Gabriel Fauré's seventeen settings of the poetry of Paul Verlaine mark the biggest single stylistic leap of his compositional career, and arguably one of the high points of the entire art song repertoire. The present edition contains the three individual settings Claire de lune, Spleen and Prison together with the op. 58 'Venetian? songs and the magnificient cycle La Bonne Chanson.With its focus b…

Par PEDERSON DAKOTA. Ambush by Dakota Pederson is a work that describes the fight of war and recounts a flanking ambush set out by soldiers as they close in on a victory. A fiery chord opens the work and is followed by a relentless melody, which is expressed through precise articulation. The work challenges performers to focus on articulation and expression, while giving the percussion section a d…

Starting where his Serious Jazz Practice Book left off, guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists, showing how to become a better improviser by melodically mastering the individual chords used in jazz, how they connect with each other, and how they are used in various song forms. Sections of the 200-page book focus on all the possible uses and harmonic…

The 24 Etudes by the Danish flutist, conductor and composer Carl Joachim Andersen (1847-1909) cover the whole circle of fifths and would be perfect for both professional players-to-be and ambitious amateurs alike. The wide flow of melody shall encourage the flutists to take a deeper look into the musical structure beyond the skilled manual work.This edition contains not only technical and interpre…

Klezmer music remains popular in Europe thanks to the folk revival of the late 1960s. The accordionist Alan Bern collected and arranged this exceptional edition of traditional Klezmer pieces for intermediate players. In keeping with international standards, the collection has a strong focus on the notation and chord indications of the left hand. / Accordéon

Par BOLING MARK. Pianistes sont les principales sources d'inspiration pour de nouveaux développements dans la compilation de la guitare jazz. Pourtant les guitaristes ont été lents à développer un vocabulaire comping avec sophistication harmonique, voiceleading subtil et rythmique de la flexibilité au niveau des meilleurs pianistes contemporaines. Cet ouvrage vise à remédier à la situation en arti…

Based on the requirements of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Scale Shapes is an invaluable aid for grade exams and general progress, which uses a new diagram-based way to learn piano scales using the Stocken Method. The unique Keyboard Diagrams provide a system which allows the student to concentrate exclusively on the physical shapes of the technical exercise and in consequenc…

Par CABEZA JUAN. Piano Train Trips is a collection of 18 piano etudes, plus a series of supplementary exercises. The etudes (stations) are designed to practise one specific musical aspect in each piece and are composed in styles that are appealing to students. Styles include: scales, intervals, pentascales, chords in inversion, and more and hellip - The exercises focus on the technical pattern emp…