Par PICHAUREAU G. / GALIEG. French trombonist and composer, Gerard Pichaureau (b. 1916) collaborated with trombonist Marcel Galiègue to compile an excellent series to aid the learning of Trombone studies. The first album of Preambule addresses a variety of aspects, including scales, rhythm, arpeggios, intervals, time signatures, accidentals and performance directions, among other features. Moreove…

Par BEYDTS LOUIS. Two songs -selected for the Lili and Nadia Boulanger Voice-Piano Competition 2019 - by the French composer, music critic and theatre director Louis Beydts. Version for low voice. Two songs -selected for the Lili and Nadia Boulanger Voice-Piano Competition 2019 - by the French composer, music critic and theatre director Louis Beydts. Version for low voice./ Répertoire / Basse et P…

Instrumentation : Medium-Low voice - PfThis is the first ever complete critical edition of Henri Duparc's songs. Edited by Roger Nichols, the elegantly presented music is supported by a fully comprehensive Critical Commentary which illuminates as never before the compositional stages of these beautiful songs. Roger Nichols' international reputation as a leading authority on French music makes this…

Sept pièces pour piano. Par LAKS SIMON. Simon Laks (1901-1983), who moved from Warsaw to Paris in 1926 at the age of 25, belonged to the large group of composers from Central and Eastern European countries who went down in 20th-century music history as the ?École de Paris?. Slavic temperament amalgamated in their music with French esprit, the folklore of their native countries combined with the st…

Par CANTELOUBE JOSEPH. Regrouped by Joseph Canteloube, this book is the fourth series from the set Chants D'Auvergne. This edition, written for Voice and Piano, contains lyrics in local dialect ; Occitan, with the French translation below. Some directives are given to obtain the correct pronunciation of the language. It features six songs: I. Jou l'pount d'o Mirabel (Au pont de Mirabel) / At the M…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. A moving fugal suite by French composer, Maurice Ravel which he begun even before World War I. This Piano version was completed in 1918 and in honour of the fallen soldiers, he called it Le Tombeau de Couperin literally ‘ Couperin's Tomb' after François Couperin, a 17th-century composer whom Ravel chose to represent the French nation. / Urtext / Répertoire / Piano

Par BOULANGER LILI. The brevity of Lili Boulanger's life (1893-1918) does not obsecure its substantial achievements. With the cantata 'Faust et Helene' (1913) she became the first woman to win the Prix De Rome, and several large projects, including 'D'un Matin De Printemps' and its companion piece 'D'un Soir Triste', both in various scorings, followed during the last five years of her life. 'D'un …

UNE SECONDE COLLECTION DES PLUS GRANDS MORCEAUX AU MONDE, AVEC PLUS DE 100 CHEFS D'OEUVRES PAR LES PLUS IMPORTANTS COMPOSITEURS, ALLANT DE LA RENAISSANCE AU XXÈME SIÈCLE. TITRES : 12 VARIATIONS / AH! VOUS DIRAI-JE, MAMAN K.265 (WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART) ALLEGRETTO / SYMPHONY NO.7 (LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN) ALLEGRO IN F (FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN) AN ALEXIS (JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL) ANDANTE /IMPROMPTU OP…

Par WIDOR CHARLES-MARIE. Widely regarded as the culmination of French romanticism on the organ, Widor's symphonies include some of the most frequently performed and recorded works in the modern organ repertoire. Most of these 'symphonies' - so called to emphasise the orchestral wealth of timbres offered by the new French organs - were written specifically to exploit the capacities of the modern Ca…

14 French Songs for Children. Par KEETMAN GUNILD. Orff-Schulwerk has been translated and adapted for use in many countries and there are editions in numerous languages, with a comprehensive range of supplementary material. Those teachers using the various English editions will find here a rich and exciting source of traditional folk songs, dance melodies and original material from other countries…

Concerto Solo no. 1. Par ROUGNON PAUL. French composer, pianist and teacher, Paul Rougnon (1846-1934) studied at the Paris Conservatoire under many prolific musicians of the time, including Cesar Franck. Rougnon 's composition catalogue is extensive, with many works remaining popular to this day, including his First Concert Solo for Trumpet or Cornet and Piano. The date of composition is unknown, …

Par POULENC FRANCIS. Composed in 1948, the Cello Sonata or Sonata for Cello and Piano by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was dedicated to Pierre Fournier, the French cellist. Its four movements, mainly ternary, are as listed below: - Allegro (Tempo di Marcia) - Cavatine - Ballabile - Finale Pierre Fournier partly helped Francis Poulenc to compose the Cello part as this latter was not a specialist of t…

The present reduction derives from the critical edition of the score of La Gloria e Imeneo, published in this catalog. The opera belongs to a group of the so-called 'French serenatas' by Antonio Vivaldi, namely a series of works composed and performed between the mid-1710s and mid- 1720s of the eighteenth century in celebration of important recurrent and non-recurrent events relating to the Kingdo…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Ravel brought to the art of the song that distinctive fusion of classicism and the modern spirit that characterized all his musical works. This superb collection includes many of his most admired and performed songs and song cycles. Reprinted from authoritative French editions and with new English translations of the original French texts. Edited by Arbie Orenstein./ Répertoire …

Par DUPHLY JACQUES / PETIT. This first volume of Harpsichord Work by Jacques Duphly is the first of a series of two which includes the two parts of Volume 1. Featuring 19 pieces, this work for Harpsichord was reviewed and edited by Françoise Petit. With a preface in French, English and German that sets the context of the work and presents the composer, this first book offers a set of pieces for in…