Book 2. Par PILKINGTON MICHAEL. The two books contain some 100 songs chosen from the definitive collections of The English Lutenists begun by Edmund Fellowes, revised by Thurston Dart and added to by later scholars. They include many favourites and many lesser-known songs by popular composers such as Dowland, Campion and Pilkington (no known ancestor of the compiler) as well as some unjustly forgo…

Arr. Naohiro Iwai. Par TRADITIONAL. A classic song that has become a firm favourite with many generations of ‘Trad Jazz’ performers When the Saints is as popular as the Jazz scene itself. Here you have a phenomenal arrangement in the ‘New Sounds for Concert Band’ series that gives your musicians a chance to play ‘dixie-style’. An ever-popular arrangement that your band will enjoy performing and yo…

Par CURNOW PAUL. In the early days of the United States, a main source of transportation was the many waterways, rivers and the Great Lakes. From this focal point of commerce and social activity came many wonderful folk songs. Shore to Shore uses two of these sailing songs. Blow ye winds blow and Leave her no more. / Niveau : 2 / Marche / Répertoire / Fanfare

Ravel's 'Valses nobles et sentimentales? created a stir when they were anonymously premiered in Paris's Société nationale indépendante in 1911: many listeners thought they were by Satie, or even Kodály!For our new Urtext edition of this work, the famed musicologist Nicolas Southon, a co-editor of the 'oeuvres Complètes de Gabriel Fauré?, has examined a large body of sources to present a musical te…

for piano. Par LARCHER THOMAS. One could say that it is very natural to write for a “natural” [as opposed to prepared] piano - yes, maybe, but for me this had not been natural for many years. Exploring new things and sounds sometimes also has to do with not wanting to face the status quo, hiding oneself in a so-called future. In many of my earlier pieces I had fled into preparing the piano, wantin…

For Fingerstyle Guitar. Par GROSSMAN STEFAN. Ragtime is in many ways the quintessential American music. It arrived at the turn of the last century with many transitions, notably the discovery of the means to record sound, and the determination of Afro-Americans of genius to be appreciated as artists. The music we call ragtime represents not only a moment of great anticipation (as the advent of jaz…

Original Version - Edition for Cello and Piano. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Schumann’s Cello Concerto Rediscovered In her first Urtext edition for Edition Peters, internationally renowned cellist Josephine Knight reveals Robert Schumann’s original version of his Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 – a piece he actually called a ‘Concertstück’ – removing generations of inauthentic editorial interventions. T…

Par BOUTHIER CHRISTIAN. The energetic activities of three craftsmen at a local crafts market inspired the composer Christian Bouthier to write this work in three movements. The clockmaker gets many curious visitors at his stand. He patiently and proudly shows the precision work of his beautiful clocks and lets all of them tick - the small ones and large ones. The cooper (barrel-maker) skillfully p…

Oper in Funf Akten Version 1756. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Richer than ever ? Rameau?s ?Zoroastre? in the version of 1756. Opera in five acts. Rameau?s revised version of his opera ?Zoroastre?, which could be heard and seen between 20 January 1756 and 26 March 1757 at the Académie royale de musique, was favourably received. Also from today?s point of view the work profits dramaturgically from many…

Impressions On Beethoven's Harp Quartet. Par AMANTI LUCIO. When Cuarteto Casals approached me with the idea of illuminating Beethoven´s quartets anew, you can imagine the many thoughts and feelings that where going through my mind: what a joy, what a great honor… What an intriguing head-scratcher! How can you possibly shine a new light on something that is already perfect? Weeks, months went by in…

Sacred choral music for SAM and keyboard instrument. Par . With lots of new compositions and fresh arrangements of well-known choral works, the Chorbuch a tre 2. Vol. 2 is guaranteed to bring new inspiration to singing in worship. The volume is an addition and continuation of the extremely popular first Chorbuch a tre from 2010 (Carus 2.120). Chorbuch a tre. Vol. 2 is primarily aimed at choirs wit…

Agustin Pio Barrios Ferreyra, a Paraguayan composer and guitarist, is nowadays known as the creator of the Mangorean or Indo-American school of the Guitar. 'The name, Mangoré, was adopted in honor of the great chieftain Mangoré, an important personage of the Paraguayan jungles'.Mangoré used for his works popular folkloristic themes of South America as well as sounds of nature ('the still waters of…

The counter pack features a selection 18 Little Black Songbooks. Pay for approximately 17 books...get one book free! This collection includes hundreds of songs by the biggest artists, all in one pack! Each pocket-sized book fit straight into your guitar case! All music is arranged for piano, voice and guitar. Artists include: Abba, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash - Blondie, Bon …

The Bluesier Side of Jazz by Andrew D. Gordon was inspired by the Piano students he teaches at Shepherd University School of Music in Los Angeles and is dedicated to those students: Jungwon, Yumiko, Yoko, Eunice, Sooji, Hae Ji and Ok Kyu. As with many students that come from a classical background (including himself) it is a difficult transition to learn to play Blues & Jazz. When a musician impro…

Score Parties. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. When Beethoven wrote these three quartets he was 15 years old and a composition student of Christian Gottlob Neefe in Bonn. They reveal a strong Mozartian influence while the brilliant piano writing already gives a sense of the mature Beethoven. He may conceivably have written the works for the wealthy Mastiaux family in Bonn, as he gave piano lessons to …