Wq 217. Par BACH CARL PHILIPP EMMANUEL. His Heilig Wq 217 is just 6 minutes long. Bach, however, put all his art into these few minutes, as he himself wrote to his publisher: „ Here I have proved the most daring and hard work . . . It will be my swan song of this nature, and serve to ensure that you do not forget myself too soon after my death“. The work requires an extraordinary instrumentation: …

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Utopia is the name of a book written by the English author Thomas More and was published in 1516. The title is a word thought up by More himself, after the Greek language, meaning 'Nowhereland' and leading to the invention of the words utopian scheme and utopian. Utopia pictured an ideal state on an island far from the inhabited world. This idea was the basis of the composition.…

Dvo?ák worked longer and more intensively on this Trio than on just about any other chamber music work. After his first successes with pieces inspired by Czech folk music, namely the popular Slavonic Dances (HN 757 and 918), he now wanted to prove himself as a composer of the highest order. This is why in the following summer, he thoroughly reworked the Trio that he had written within eight weeks …

Par IBERT JACQUES. Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) studied at the Paris Conservatoire before embarking upon a successful composing career. The composer wrote for a variety of instrumentations and his works remain popular to this day, Deux Stèles Orientees for Voice and Flute being no exception. Composed in 1926, Deux Stèles Orientees for Voice and Flute is based on the poem of the same name by Victor Se…

The 'School of Bowing Technique? op. 2 is the second important violin tutor by Otakar ?evcík (1852-1934) and deals with the elementary technical demands of the right hand. Divided into three sections, the tutor contains more than 4,000 systematically arranged bowing exercises in increasing order of difficulty.This new edition of the 'School of Bowing Technique? combines the original six volumes in…

Piano Miniatures For Intermediate-Level Players And Beyond. Par CORNICK MIKE. Six new pieces from UE's resident master of Jazz Piano, Mike Cornick. In these original pieces for intermediate players, Mike looks at various aspects of jazz, exploring the rhythms, melodies and harmonies of the idiom. The highlight of the set is Mike's own homage to the great jazz saxophonist, Charlie Parker, based on …

12 iconic songs arranged for solo classical guitar. Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. This dynamic collection brings together 12 of Gershwin?s iconic songs arranged for solo classical guitar by the late John Duarte. Suitable for classical guitar players from intermediate to advanced level, this unmissable compilation is complete with a unique foreword containing insights from the acclaimed guitarist himself. I…

Latin American music with its rousing rhythms and grooves, catchy melodies and emotional texts enriches our lives. Dirko Juchem and his easy-to-play and professional arrangements of great Latin hits like Besame Mucho or Girl from Ipanema open the dancefloor for flutists with rhythm in their blood! The accompanying CD recorded by the author himself contains all pieces in full and playback versions …

Par LUCIA PACO DE. Paco de Lucía applied modern harmony to the flamenco guitar, exerting a huge influence on the flamenco world. He also advanced guitar technique and established the cajon, a boxlike Peruvian percussion instrument, as a mainstay in flamenco ensembles, further elaborating and solidifying the rhythmic foundation and influencing all facets of the flamenco art form, be it dance (baile…

During his summer holiday of 1842 Mendelssohn wrote four piano miniatures in each of the albums of two children to whom he was related. Years later he revised the pieces. In so doing, he deleted two of them, put the remaining ones in a new sequence and published them under the title 'Children's Pieces'. Mendelssohn died shortly before the edition was published in 1848. Even though published posthu…

Par KRAUS JOSEPH MARTIN. The first volume of the new scholarly edition contains the complete chamber music without a keyboard instrument. The most important group of works comprises the string quartets, 10 of which have survived. They were composed during the 1770s, whenHaydn was developing this class of music. The differing balance between such contrasting musical elements as entries in imitation…

This is an updated edition of Francis Poulenc's 1957 work Sonata For Flute And Piano, edited by Carl Schmidt. Featuring the full score and separate Clarinet part, this exclusive edition also includes a download card, giving you instant online access to demonstration and accompaniment tracks.After having begun a Sonata for Flute as early as 1952, questions arose over whether Poulenc would be able t…

Polnisches Weihnachtslied in der Fassung von Simon Laks. Par LAKS SIMON. Simon Laks (1901-1983), who came from an assimilated Jewish family in Warsaw, composed arrangements of both Jewish and Christian folk songs which captivate by their subtle piano writing. His Eight Jewish Folk Songs from 1947, composed two years after his liberation from the Auschwitz death camp, are classics of the repertoire…

Par THOMPSON WENDY. How do you bring a forgotten silent film back to life? What are the techniques behind writing a successful film score? How do you work with and inspire choreographers? Carl Davis's fascinating story gives an insight into the prolific composing and conducting career of one of the world's most celebrated film and television composers. Born in New York, Carl Davis spent his early …