Cesar Franck's Sonata for Piano and Violin is one of the most treasured works in the violin repertoire, a masterpiece of cyclic form with a gracefulness and expressive force almost paradigmatic for the age of musical Romanticism. This work was composed in 1886 and was dedicated to the Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe.After Franck's death in 1890 the original publisher of the Sonata, the…

Learn to play banjo and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Banjo teaches you to play 5-string banjo even if you've never held the instrument before. The book starts with the fundamentals such as the history of the banjo, its comp…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. DOWANI 3 Tempi Play Along is an effective and time-tested method of practicing that offers more than conventional play-long editions. DOWANI 3 Tempi Play Along enables you to learn a work systematically and with accompaniment at different tempi. The first thing you hear on the CD is the concert version in a first-class recording with solo instrument and orchestral, continuo,…

La collection Omnibook propose aux musiciens de jazz une collection ultime pour apprendre les classiques des maîtres avec des transcriptions exactes note à note. Cette dernière publication de l'Omnibook permet aux instrumentistes en Sib et en Mib de jouer la musique de certaines des plus grandes icônes du jazz au saxophone de tous les temps et propose 53 chansons transcrites exactement à partir de…

Par HYNNINEN MAIJA. Maija Hynninen's piano quintet Nine-channeled Pearl flows effortlessly. Beginning with rhythmical gamelan-inspired movement it continues through twirling scales that lead to the heart of the piece – a sonorous bell-like harmonic on the piano. From this calm center the music continues floating in a dream-like world ending with a chorale played by the strings. Duration: 10' This …

Tragédie-opéra Drame héroïque en trois actes. Par GLUCK CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD. Christoph Willibald Gluck’s most popular opera “Orphée et Euridice” was performed in 1774 in Paris to sensational success. This new adaption followed the original Viennese version with Italian text that was first performed in 1762 under the direction of the composer in the Burgtheater. For the Paris version Gluck changed …

Zwölf Kirchenmusiken Vom 7. Bis Zum 18. Sonntag Nach Trinitatis Und Michaelis. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Following the principles of the edition, the volume contains a segment of 12 contiguous pieces of church music from a single cycle. They are excerpted from the so-called 'Sicilian Cycle” and consist of the compositions for the 7th - 18th Sundays after Trinity (except the 11th Sunday), the mus…

Par WIENIAWSKI / KAMASA. In addition to the numerous violin pieces in H. Wieniawski's compositional output there is only one piee for viola and piano, ''Reverie'', which is without opus number. The ''Dream'' ost probably comes from that period when Wieniawski stayed in London (1858-1859) and, apart from his regular concert activities, took part in chamber concerts, which were very popular at that …

Par YAFFEY CARL. This book presents everything a beginning or intermediate bass player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe the anatomy of a jam session, jam session etiquette and chords and keys for jamming. A play-along CD is included with 9 typical bluegrass jam tunes. The tunes are played twice: once with the tune played on the left channel and a verb…

Op. 86. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. ?But, dear Beethoven, what have you done again'? Even if the authenticity of this statement, which was quoted by Anton Schindler, may be doubted, it reflects quite well the confusion that the Mass in C may have caused its commissioner, Prince Nicholas II Esterházy, in 1807. Unconventional for those times, here Beethoven opened up entirely new worlds of expression …

Par ALBRECHTSBERGER JOHANN GEORG. Albrechtsberger set the Ordinary of the Mass in two forms: with and without instruments. The latter ['alla capella'] does not mean that no instruments were to be used, but that these works are 'without independent instrumental parts'. The Mass in D major, here published for the first time, is an 'alla capella' mass in the above sense. / Messe / Répertoire / Choeu…

This staple of all-state auditions is available for the first time for Baritone T.C. These excellent studies are the next step for students who have completed the advanced level method for their instrument. The full-page etudes in this series, key-centered and supported by scale and arpeggio exercises, take the student to that next level of performance wherein their accumulated skills allow them t…