plus CD: Full performances and Play-Along-Tracks - Piano part to print. Quite a different sort of well-known folk songs: Newly arranged for melodic instrument and piano, slightly jazzy and mixed with pop music elements - making the well-known songs sound fresh and interesting again! All pieces have a very melodic character and sound very pleasant even without piano accompaniment. This is why they …

Par BRAGA FRANCISCO. Antônio Francisco Braga (1868-1945) appartient à la génération des compositeurs brésiliens de la première période républicaine, esthétiquement liés au romantisme, aux côtés de Henrique Oswald (1852-1931), Leopoldo Miguez (1850-1902), Glauco Velásquez (1884-1914) , et Barrozo Neto (1881-1941). Né à Rio de Janeiro, le 15 avril 1868, il commence ses études musicales à l''Asilo do…

Par THE SAGE GATESHEAD. The Language of Folk Book 2 offers 16 intermediate to advanced folk songs from around the British Isles and further afield, carefully selected and arranged to develop the key skills and vocal styles integral to folk song. Produced in association with The Sage Gateshead and its nationally renowned folk music programme, these books provide a wealth of material both for establ…

Par GLENNIE EVELYN / CAMERON P.. Beat it! African Dances is a brilliant resource for both general and more specialised music teachers working with beginner percussion groups. It presents sixteen contrasting workshops based on four African dances, providing invaluable material built on the National Curriculum requirements in music for year 4 and up. Inspired by the thrilling traditional music of Af…

This collection presents well-known folk songs - with a twist: the tunes, newly arranged for melodic instrument and piano, are slightly jazzy and mixed with pop music elements - making traditional songs sound fresh and interesting again! All pieces are very melodic in character and work well even without piano accompaniment, which makes them particularly suitable for use in the classroom. The pia…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Since most of the bands competing in the 4th Section of the Dutch National Championships have many young players, this piece is stylistically youthful especially in the opening and closing sections. An arpeggio pattern appears numerous times in all registers and is the basic musical element of the main melody, alternating with a second theme that has a slightly different mel…

Par JEANBOURQUIN MARC. Le General Sherman est un séquoia géant situé dans le parc national de Sequoia, en Californie. Le naturaliste James Wolverton le baptisa en l’honneur du fameux général américain William Tecumseh Sherman. Le caractère imposant de ce séquoia a inspiré le compositeur, mais l’introduction pourrait aussi faire penser au Général Sherman qui arrive au loin. Marc Jeanbourquin a imag…

(Extended Edition). Par BULLA STEPHEN. Frontier Vision est une oeuvre de concert ou de concours basée sur deux éléments : la commémoration du 500e anniversaire de la Fête de la Réforme et la mélodie de Martin Luther « C’est un rempart que notre Dieu » (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott»). La composition repose sur cette mélodie connue et est aussi inspirée du mouvement évangélique qui s’est propagé à …

Par JEANBOURQUIN MARC. Le General Sherman est un séquoia géant situé dans le parc national de Sequoia, en Californie. Le naturaliste James Wolverton le baptisa en l’honneur du fameux général américain William Tecumseh Sherman. Le caractère imposant de ce séquoia a inspiré le compositeur, mais l’introduction pourrait aussi faire penser au Général Sherman qui arrive au loin. Marc Jeanbourquin a imag…

His Guitars and Music. Par VALENS RITCHIE. Ritchie Valens was the first nationally recognized Latino rock 'n' roll star. He had a meteoric rise to fame in a career that lasted barely eight months, before his tragic death along with Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and pilot Roger Peterson, in a plane crash north of Clear Lake, Iowa. Ritchie's unique guitar style and high-energy performances made him a …

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Since most of the bands competing in the 4th Section of the Dutch National Championships have many young players, this piece is stylistically youthful especially in the opening and closing sections. An arpeggio pattern appears numerous times in all registers and is the basic musical element of the main melody, alternating with a second theme that has a slightly different mel…

Edition Réalisée En Collaboration Avec Nicolas Martin. Par WOLFF FELICIEN. Le Conservatoire (à l'époque encore municipal) où je venais d'entrer comme professeur de piano et de solfège, devenait national sous la direction de E. P. Stekel. Celui-ci, qui connaissait mes titres de Premier Prix d'Ecriture Musicale (Fugue), de Premier Prix d'orgue et improvisation du CNSM de Paris, fit changer ma nomina…

plus CD: Full performances and Play-Along-Tracks - Piano part to print. This collection presents well-known folk songs - with a twist: the tunes, newly arranged for melodic instrument and piano, are slightly jazzy and mixed with pop music elements - making traditional songs sound fresh and interesting again! All pieces are very melodic in character and work well even without piano accompaniment, w…