Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Premiered in 2018, the 90-minute opera Lessons in Love and Violence delves into the dark and turbulent events of Edward II's life and death. George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's third collaboration, it unfolds as a taut slow burning arch of seven tableaux. This work boasts particularly rich string textures, and is coloured by basset horn and cimbalom together with a pair of harp…

Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Dedicated to the memory of Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin?s 2021 Concerto for Orchestra premiered at the BBC proms by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Benjamin said that the piece attempts ?to conjure a trace of the energy, humour, and spirit? of Knussen. It is varied and dynamic across its unbroken 18-minute span ? skittish lines play against still, suspended ones ? and full of…

Par BUTTERWORTH GEORGE. The songs of George Butterworth with piano accompaniment. Introduction by Peter J. Pirie CONTENTS A Blacksmith courted me (E - F sharp) A brisk young sailor courted me (E - E) Come my own one (C - F) The Cuckoo (D - C) I fear thy kisses (B flat - E) I will make you brooches (C - F) A lawyer he went out (C - E) Requiescat (C - F) Roving in the dew (E flat - E flat) Seventeen…

Third edition of the world's biggest songbook. This is a vast bumper collection, perfect for buskers, of 1001 all-time hit songs.Whatever your taste, there's guaranteed to be tonnes of songs you'll want to play, this book will last you years!Inside the spiral bound cover you will find a generous selection of hit songs, golden standards, jazz and blues numbers, classical pieces, hymns, gospel songs…

The Complete Wedding Music Planner is a comprehensive guide to selecting and performing the music and choosing readings that will make your wedding day extra special. Planning your wedding is an enjoyable but challenging task. Just as important as the practical elements is choosing the music and readings that will be at the emotional heart of your big day. Selecting the perfect music in the best a…

Version française. Par STONE GEORGE LAWRENCE. Classed in 1993 by a review in 'Modern Drummer' as one of the top 25 Percussion books. Written by George Lawrence Stone, a renowned national personality and a specialist in the rudiments of Drum and Snare Drum./ Méthode / Caisse Claire

Par JEFFREYS GEORGE. Publication of the complete English sacred music of George Jeffreys (c.1610?1685) opens a window on the achievement of one of the few pre-Commonwealth composers wholeheartedly committed to the contemporary Italianate stile nuovo. Besides a quantity of sacred works in Latin, there are 26 surviving English anthems and devotional pieces, plus three settings from the Communion Se…

Consisting of three volumes, Repertoire Classics for Piano is a comprehensive and progressively graded collection of classic solos for piano. Volume 3 contains 42 recital pieces. Each book includes a data CD contains the following for each solo: performance tracks as well as master class lessons featuring performance and practice techniques by piano pedagogues Paul Sheftel and Phyllis Lehrer for e…

Beautiful American Airs and Ballads. Par MIRIC TANJA. This collection of 19th and early 20th century airs and ballads is a celebration of American music that is ideal for guitar recitals and encores. Written in standard notation only, the pieces are arranged and fingered for ease of sight-reading and specifically designed to exploit the musicality of the classical guitar. The book features arrange…

Jazz Play-Along Vol.40. All Levels. If you own one Classic jazz recording, there is a good chance it contains at least one of these songs. Offers a good variety of song types, from the beautiful, haunting 'Round Midnight, to the exciting and often played Love For Sale. Complimenting those are some of the best such as George Shearing, Johnny Mandel, and Henry Mancini. The selection of songs makes i…

The best in contemporary jazz from Europe. 430 pages of new, intriguing sounds from virtually every country in Europe. Available in C, Bb and Eb versions. Accurate, composer-approved charts plus sample bass lines, sample chord voicings, horn harmony lines, drum appendix, lyrics, and more! Over 100 of Europe's best jazz writers, including Claus Ogerman, Enrico Pieranunzi, Didier Lockwood, Amina Fig…

Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. Rhapsody in Blue de George Gershwin, a été écrit pour piano solo et orchestre de jazz en 1924 et combine des éléments de musique classique avec effets influencés par le jazz. La composition a reçu sa première dans un concert intitulé An Experiment in Modern Music, qui s'est tenue le 12 février 1924, à Eoliennes Hall, New York, par Paul Whiteman et sa bande avec Gershwin jouer …

Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) and George Gershwin (1898-1937), two of the best known figures in American music, were good friends and often played together. Heifetz had urged Gershwin to write a violin concerto for him, but unfortunately Gershwin died before the project got off the ground. These transcriptions by Heifetz are the next best thing. The five excerpts from Porgy and B…

Par CRUMB GEORGE. Like Book I of George Crumb\'s final large-scale keyboard cycle, Metamorphoses, Book II: Ten Fantasy-Pieces (After Celebrated Paintings) comprises ten movements for solo piano, each inspired by one of the composer\'s favorite works of visual art. His efforts to render these paintings in sound lead Crumb to reach beyond the conventional resources of the instrument once more: the i…