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 BULLA STEPHEN. What can be more charming than a comely Irish folk melody? This is music that allows the band to play in the rubato style, with much room for expression. Found in an old British publication and simply called “Irish Air, ” this endearing arrangement is a rhapsodic treatment that takes fragments of the melody and develops them into a large symphonic work. The freedom of tempi allo…

What can age yet never grow old, and grip yet always pursue? The very popular Tum Balalaika, a traditional Yiddish riddle song with deep Russian roots, contains the answer: a haunting melody. This arrangement combines that mesmerizing melody with rich harmonies to produce a lushness that will encourage and inspire your students to play with passion and purpose. Beware! It may haunt you all of your…

This charming solo brings to mind the joy of seeing rainbows in the sky after the rain. Complete with a four-bar introduction and coda, the melody initially passes between the hands. When the melody is in the right hand only, it is supported with single notes in the left hand. The Middle C position and 4/4 meter make this solo accessible to many beginning pianists. The optional teacher duet provid…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. To celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Stadtmusikkapelle Wilten in Innsbruck Philip Sparke composed Wilten Festival Overture. A bold fanfare, led by the horns, forms the opening of the work from which an expressive theme unfolds until the full band reaches a climax. Short solo statements from saxophone, horn and trumpet lead to a recapitulation of this theme which melts into …

Par MYCHAL GENDRON. This volume contains some of the most popular traditional carols, arranged for flute and guitar. Most of these duet arrangements allow as much dialogue and interplay between the two instruments as possible, while maintaining each carol's character and spirit. While the flute often carries the melody, the guitar has frequent solo passages of its own to help break the 'melody wit…

Solo For Eb Horn And Brass Band. Par ROELS STIJN. Irish Mood was written in a classic ‘theme and variations’ construction, opening with an Irish-inspired melodic theme, which is then followed by four variations of divergent character. After the introduction of the theme by the soloist, the cornets and trombones play the main melody in Variation 1, while the soloist provides a flowing counter melod…

Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreable. Whence is that Goodly Fragrance Flowing?' is the first line of an old French Christmas song that originated in the 17th century. In 1728 John Gay used this joyous and markedly festive melody that honours Jesus Christ and His miraculous birth in his Beggar's Opera. Philip Sparke has given this melody a new lease of life with his charming and imaginative arrangement …

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. A collection of fourteen pieces in contemporary styles for keyboard instruments, by Andrew D. Gordon. This is a fantastic edition which consists of Melody, rhythm accompaniment, Bass and Drum arrangements and also features extensive guide notes to aid performance for each piece. The included CD contains demonstrations of all 14 pieces and a slower tempo version of each to fac…

Catalog Number: ADG038 Author: Andrew D. Gordon Publisher: ADG Productions 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs Ebinstruments such as tenor sax, clarinet, etc. by Andrew D. Gordon and Mark Vega consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ba…

The New Musical. Par SHAIMAN MARC / WITTMAN SCOTT. 13 piano/vocal arrangements (with the melody in the piano part) from the Broadway rendition of the Roald Dahl classic. Songs include: I've Got a Golden Ticket - If Your Father Were Here - It Must Be Believed to Be Seen - A Letter from Charlie Bucket - More of Him to Love - Pure Imagination - The Queen of Pop - Strike That, Reverse It - The View fr…

Margaret Goldston's arrangement of the traditional Christmas carol begins peacefully in the key of C with a lyrical statement of the melody in the right hand. The left hand takes over the melody in the treble clef as the piece modulates to the key of F and then comes to a majestic ending with another modulation to the key of G. / Piano

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Suite from Hymn of the Highlands draws three expressivemusical pictures of the Scottish highlands. The first movement, Ardross Castle, contains solo passages for horn andbaritone and features a fascinating bagpipe melody. Thesecond movement, Alladale, is a trio for tenor horn, flugelhorn and baritone with an accompaniment featuring thepercussion section. The final movement, Dund…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Concertpiece for Cornet is a valuable and tremendous addition to the solo repertoire of the instrument. Full of fireworks and technicalities the soloist is also put to the test with an expressive slower melody along with a varied and interesting accompaniment as you would expect from James Curnow. Showcase your cornet soloist with this tremendous ‘concert piece’. Concertpiece for…