nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse. Par MAMLOK URSULA. After emigrating from Berlin at the age of 16, the Jewish composer Ursula Mamlok wrote Four German Songs in 1958 while studying at the Manhattan School of Music. Based on texts from Hermann Hesse's collection Vom Baum des Lebens, the songs reflect the uprooting from home. Mamlok juxtaposes Hesse's melancholy with an intensive tonal image which p…

Ed. Critica Di Charles S. Brauner - Riduzione Per Canto E Pianoforte. Par ROSSINI GIOACHINO. Reduction for voice and piano based on the critical edition of the orchestral score. In two volumes. Volume 1 contains Act One, with characters, instrumentation, index of pieces, source notes, a preface, and critical notes. Volume 2 contains Act II and Act III. 'Mosè in Egitto (1818) is the fourth of the n…

Par BALAZS KECSKES D.. What could be the speciality of a genre to which so many different composers connected from Beethoven to Bartók, from Smetana to Kurtág? Is it lightness, brevity, transiency, or ambiguity? The French word bagatelle (trifle, nothing) can mean all of them. The best bagatelles in the history of music, however, are not superficial at all. Although they grasp the moment, and they…

Arrangiert Von Johann Sebastian Bach. Par KEISER REINHARD. Version of a performance at the Weimar court from around 1713 by J. S. Bach; from his library of music. 'It has been proven that J. S. Bach studied the St. Mark Passion of Reinhard Keiser frequently and intensively. At least three performances of this work verify this fact. A new Carus edition presents the ‘Weimar’ version, since the mater…

Arrangeur: Alexander L'Estrange. Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER. More Songs of a Rainbow Nation brings you four more songs from South Africa for upper voices, in beautifully crafted arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange. The selection opens with Freedom is Coming, a joyful, infectious celebration of hope and freedom from oppression, and the hugely popular Siyahamba is also featured. Both songs form part …

Par WEBERN ANTON. Anton Webern's late instrumental works have always been admired as examples of a systematic, innovative application of twelve-tone technique. From our perspective today, however, the reliance on older models of form and movement-structure, though of course never intended by Webern as a form of 'restoration,' seems equally important. How closely these aspects are interrelated can …

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Volume 1 of Beethoven’s Sonatas for violin and piano includes the Three Sonatas Op. 12 composed around 1797/98 as well as the Sonatas Opp. 23 and 24 composed in 1800, the latter later becoming known under the epithet 'Spring Sonata'. Right from the start, Beethoven’s violin sonatas are duets for two equal partners. Musically, they are of different characters and are in no…

Par HISAISHI JOE. All-time favorite songs from Studio Ghibli films, featuring hits from classics up to “The Boy and the Heron” released in 2023. This book contains 27 songs, including “Spinning Globe,” the theme song of “The Boy and the Heron” which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The piano accompaniment score is included, and you can also access the karaoke accompaniment on …

Italie for String Quartet Score and Parts. Par BAKER CLAUDE. Annees de pelerinage: Italie (Years of Pilgrimage: Italy) derives its title from the set of three suites for piano by Franz Liszt in which he musically portrays the strongest sensations and most lively impressions created by his travels to Italy and Switzerland during the period 1835-39. In this composition, each of the four movements ex…

Arrangeur: James Galway. Par LETHIERE CHARLES. Charles Le ThiÚre's Maritana Fantasy is a lyrical and dramatic work along the lines of the famous Fantaisies of Paul Taffanel and Francois Borne. It is based on themes from the three act opera Maritana, the first of six operas composed by William Vincent Wallace. The plot, which is often cited as the inspiration for Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera,…

Trilogie Sacrée. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The history of the composition of the oratorio is odd: the kernel of this three-part work were the movements from the middle section, the “Flight to Egypt, ” which Berlioz composed on a whim in 1850 and which he passed off as the work of a baroque composer whose existence he himself had invented. In 1854 the triptych, which was completed with the parts entitled…

The New Decade Series provides great synopses of the musical decades, including the most iconic songs from each era presented for Piano, Vocal and Guitar. Songs of the 2010s includes hits from Adele, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and many more! 1. All About That Bass [Meghan Trainor] 2. All Of Me [John Legend] 3. Bad Guy [Billie Eilish] 4. Budapest [George Ezra] 5. Call Me Maybe [Carly R…

Par BARLOW GARY / FIRTH TIM. Award-winning musical comedy Calendar Girls: the Musical tells the true story of Yorkshire's own Calendar Girls - a group of ordinary ladies who achieved something extraordinary. This official songbook includes a selection of twelve songs from the show arranged for the piano with the melody in the right hand, voice and guitar with chord symbols, chord diagrams and full…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. This musical fantasy depicts the history of the Dutch fortified town of Elburg. The work begins with an atmospheric medieval picture of the Convent of St Agnes, the nunnery that was built in the first half of the 15th century. We hear the sound of the convent bells together with an upward motif, which will reappear later in the work. Next, the rest of Elburg is featured, includi…

Trilogie Sacrée. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The history of the composition of the oratorio is odd: the kernel of this three-part work were the movements from the middle section, the “Flight to Egypt, ” which Berlioz composed on a whim in 1850 and which he passed off as the work of a baroque composer whose existence he himself had invented. In 1854 the triptych, which was completed with the parts entitled…