10 Easy Compositions With Creative Performace Ideas. Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. Aleksey Igudesman has always enjoyed writing pieces inspired by animals. His latest collections 'In the Zoo” and 'In the Zoo 2” were great fun and had the bonus of concealing useful technical studies in the music so that young players could improve their technique without knowing they were working hard! Aleksey wondered ho…

The Guest Spot: Big Film Hits sheet music song book allows you to step out of your living room and into the spotlight by playing along with ten top-line arrangements of the best and most popular contemporary film hits. With the unique download card included, you'll also be able to listen to specially recorded versions of the tunes, before playing along to them yourself.Some of the best of contempo…

' Ave verum was commissioned early in 2011 by Edward Rowntree for the birthday of his father, John Rowntree, director of music at Douai Abbey in the UK. My aim was to write a piece both short and simple, suitable for regular liturgical use. There are, of course, many wonderful settings of this text already, not least those by William Byrd and Edward Elgar, both of which I sang as a boy. In this in…

The Complete Schwanengesang. Par LISZT FRANZ. The foremost pianist-composer of his day, Franz Liszt unselfishly promoted the works of his fellow composers through his brilliant piano transcriptions of their music. Among his most inspired contributions to the literature were his legendary transcriptions of Franz Schubert's songs. This volume, the third in the series, contains Schubert's complete Sc…

Featuring Easy Piano arrangements of 21 more Classical Favourites, this sheet music songbook will satisfy any beginner's desire to play the most popular and enduring classical pieces ever composed by the masters of the genre. These simple arrangements feature fingering guidance, song background notes and helpful performance hints.With some of the most beautiful classical music included here, this …

Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. Aleksey Igudesman might reasonably be described as a modern day Victor Borge. With his cabaret partner, Hyung-ki Joo, he has toured concert halls all over the world, wringing all that is humorous out of classical music with just the basic tools of violin and piano. The “Happy Birthday Variations” for violin and piano are dedicated to his good friend, the late Sir Roger Moore…

Par GRIEG EDVARD. Of Grieg ’s three Violin sonatas, the great C-minor Sonata op. 45 is the best known today. And unjustly so, because the two early sonatas are captivating in their joy to play and their fresh, youthful tone. And what is more, they can also be played by advanced students due to their somewhat lesser technical demands. Written in 1867, the G-major Violin Sonata op. 13, palpably draw…

for Euphonium BC. Par . In recent years original study material for the euphonium has been on the increase. This new book will again make practising more interesting. Performance Studies provides the euphonium player with great music written by some of the most important composers writing for brass today. Its range of expression is vast and will demand the utmost concentration and dedication; but …

Clarinet Series. Par GALPER AVRAHM. Being a student of the clarinet is exciting. If you invest time at the beginning learning the basics of clarinet playing, you will reap rewards for many years to come. Practicing the exercises in this book can help you master the clarinet. The exercises will help you refine your tone, improve your technique, and enhance your musical expression. These are the cor…

Great musical ideas need a solid foundation of strong chops to back them up. Fill the gaps in your technique with this unique approach to jazz guitar. Build your finger strength, and flexibility with exercises and examples written especially for jazz players. This book covers the finger independence needed for smooth, rapid changes between complex jazz chords in the context of important progressio…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven’s Sonatas for Pianoforte and Violin are now available at a special set price. The set consists of volume I (BA 9014) and volume II (BA 9015). Beethoven’s ten sonatas for piano and violin, along with those by Mozart, constitute the heart of this classical music genre. Following the lead of Mozart’s late sonatas, Beethoven lets the violin part become increasingly…

Leichte Konzertstücke Band 2. Par . Vol. 1 (ED 21705) includes very easy pieces in 1st position, followed by Vol. 2 which also includes easy pieces in 1st and 1/2 positions. Vol. 3 contains easy to intermediate level pieces in 1st-4th position. All the pieces have been carefully selected to suite the appropriate technical and musical levels, and range from original compositions by the great master…

26 Waltzes, Polkas and Quadrilles. Waltz King Johann Strauss was one of Vienna's great musical masters of the 19th century. This collection presents easy to intermediate solo piano transcriptions of his most famous music, including: Artist's Life ú The Beautiful Blue Danube ú Cagliostro Waltzes ú Carnival in Rome Polka ú Die Fledermaus Quadrille ú Emperor Waltz ú Kiss Waltz ú Pizzicato-Polka ú Ros…

Tonalité : D-Dur -. Par HEINICHEN JOHANN DAVID. The Carus program featuring music of the Court of Dresden has been expanded with the publication of the first edition of the great masses of Johann David Heinichen, who, next to Hasse and Zelenka, was the most important musical representative of this capital of Saxony. A peculiarity of this work is the fact that Heinichen inserted an actual concerto …