Simple Sheet Music Audio Play-Along. Par . The Instant Piano Songs series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily - whether you use one hand or two! Start with the melody in your right hand, then add basic left-hand chords when you're ready. Letter names inside each note speed up the learning process, and optional rhythm patterns take your playing to the next level. Online back…

Par HOLIDAY BILLIE. Ten timeless songs from one of the greatest and most passionate characters to grace Jazz music. Holiday's voice could deliver a smooth and silky blues one moment, and the devastating howl of protest the next. Here are some of her best songs, arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar, and accompanied by a CD of professional backing tracks for you to take her place. / Niveau : Assez F…

Par BULLA STEPHEN. CANZONE ANTICA translates as “ancient song”. The dark mystery of the Middle Ages, from plainsong and cowled robes to shrouded medieval architecture, permeates a misty atmosphere as your band roams the catacombs in this powerful composition. Steeped in ancient history and opening with a short basso ostinato, this is a unique and significant work. Stephen Bulla masterfully weaves …

Má Vlast (My Country). Par SMETANA BEDRICH. In late September 1874, shortly after losing his hearing, Smetana started work on 'Vyšehrad”, the first symphonic poem in what would become a six-part cycle with the title 'Má vlast” (My Country). It tells the eventful history of this fort in Prague. 'Vyšehrad” was published by Urbánek together with 'Vltava” (The Moldau), the next part in the cycle, in a…

Arr. Naohiro Iwai. Par GIBB BARRY. The hit of the seventies! When you say disco, you immediately think of the Bee Gees. Their hit song Stayin’ Alive has become an evergreen partly due to the fabulous dancing of John Travolta in the film Saturday Night Fever. This arrangement for concert band will make a great encore at your next concert! / Niveau : 4 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Co…

Motets is a set of intimate and spiritually uplifting a cappella choral works by Karl Jenkins, featuring new pieces and arrangements of a selection of movements from his most popular works, including The Armed Man, Requiem, Adiemus and The Peacemakers. Although scored for mixed choir a cappella, most pieces include an optional accompaniment for piano or organ. Next to the complete vocal score (BH …

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. This one is just right for the 'encore march' at your next young band concert, or anywhere a bright march is appropriate. Some carefully chosen accidentals keep things interesting, but there are no more than one or two for any given instrument, keeping the technical demands easily within the abilities of a Grade 1 band. If your school mascot happens to be the Eagle, you may wis…

Carnival in Paris Op. 9. Par SVENDSEN JOHAN S.. Johan Svendsen (1840-1911) composed “Carnival in Paris” in 1872, inspired by the energy and vibrancy of the Parisian carnival celebrations. The piece showcases a variety of moods and orchestral colours, ranging from jubilant and playful sections to more lyrical and elegant passages. It is a lively and colourful work that reflects Svendsen's skill in …

Although I never had any 'official' lessons with him, Heinz Holliger has become and will always remain a lifelong teacher to me. And we have developed a friendship that started 10 years ago, in Davos, where he heard me playing Robert Schumann's Fantasiestücke Op. 73 for the first time. Since then, we have performed together countless times, stood on (and behind) the stage, discussed, philosophized…

Par CHOSTAKOVITCH DIMITRI. Shostakovich’s fifteenth symphony differs substantially in many ways from his other late symphonies. The eleventh (1957), subtitled The Year 1905, and the twelfth (1960), subtitled The Year 1917, are both programmatic symphonies, relating to political and historical events within the year of which they are subtitled. The next two symphonies are sung texts, with vocal and…

Concert March - Wheaton Kiwanis Salute. Par BULLA STEPHEN. A bright technical flourish in the introduction, a toe-tapping theme following in the Woodwinds, fanfare-like syncopation from the Brass, and even a Piccolo solo in the Trio section make Stephan Bulla’s KIWANISCA a sure winner. The fresh timbres and exhilarating melodies will add zest to your next concert whether you choose to program it a…

Par GRANDE ARIANA. This 2019 album, released on the heels of Grande's popular 2018 release, Sweetener, topped the Billboard' 200 album charts. Our piano/vocal/guitar songbook features the hit title track, the followup blockbuster 7 Rings plus 10 more: Bad Idea - Bloodline - Break up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored - Fake Smile - Ghostin - Imagine - In My Head - Make Up - NASA - Needy./ Recueil / P…

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. This regal and stately fanfare-opener is a sterling new offering for band. Sixteen opening bars of thrilling fanfare lead inexorably to a theme expressing dignified momentum. Frequent but simple meter changes help to make this an interesting and educational piece that both the band and the audience will enjoy. A recap of the opening fanfare brings the piece to an exciting finis…

Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. Othello (or Otello) is an opera in four acts composed by Giuseppe Verdi, premiered in February 1887. As was customary at the time, a short ballet sequence was composed for the opera, to be inserted into Act III, just prior to the entrace of Lodovico, ambassador to the Venetian Republic. When Verdi sent the original manuscript to his publisher Ricordi, he included this detailed …

Easy Charts is the successful series of Schott Music which enables beginners to play current chart hits on the piano or keyboard. Volume 7 contains 12 hot pop songs of the past months in easy arrangements. German hits like Lieblingsmensch and Herz über Kopf can be found next to the international super hits Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better), Hello and Photograph. All songs offer large variety and can …