Schumann's song cycle 'Frauenliebe und Leben?, on poems by Adelbert von Chamisso, deals with the trauma of a woman who loses the man who was her first love and the guiding light of her life. Schumann himself completed what is perhaps his most unified song cycle in blissful anticipation of his union with Clara Wieck.This new edition presents the work on the basis of the first print, using Schumann'…

Continuing in the tradition of previous publications in the Classics series: Classic Solos and Classic Duets, Mary Karen Clardy has selected 24 of the most significant standard études from Carl Joachim Andersen's op. 21, 30, 33, 37 and 41, Antoine Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier's Studies and Ernesto Köhler's Romantic Études op. 66. Performance notes, composers' biographies and a glossary of terms ar…

'The most romantic of all my works? ('Schumann?)Schumann's 'Liederkreis?, after poems by Joseph von Eichendorff, comprises settings of twelve texts with the common motif of being far from home.Our new edition presents the work in its definitive form published in the second edition of 1850, while taking into account Schumann's autograph manuscript and other relevant sources. The detailed Foreword b…

A walking bass line, built on the blues scale, hints at jazz in the introduction of this fantastically fun arrangement of the traditional spiritual. Each of three verses develops further as the piece grows to its exciting final chords. An acoustic or electric bass part is included in the publication. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Description : The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 6,7,8). The edition is part of the ABRSM Summer 2006 syllabus (grades 7,8)
Date of Publications : 05/05/1994

Par COHEN MARY. Bags Of Christmas is full of tunes to get you into the festive mood. As well as lots of favourite carols and Christmas songs, there are some new 'seasonal soundscapes' picturing snowmen, snow angels, and a mischievious kitten! Great material to play with friends, and at family gatherings and parties, from the build-up to Christmas right through to New Year! Each piece is complete i…

Prince a coupé un chemin singulier à travers le coeur de la musique populaire depuis plus de 30 ans. Après avoir fait quelques-uns des albums les plus inventifs des années 80 - y compris 1999, Purple Rain et Sign of the Times - il a tourné son attention à la redéfinition de son rôle dans l'industrie de la musique, changeant son nom à un symbole imprononçable, déclarant la guerre à son dossier labe…

Bach et le nombre se distingue de toutes les autres publications dans le domaine de la symbolique des nombres et des fondements ésotériques, par une présentation bien documentée et convaincante d'une approche très particulière, voire ...

César Franck's Sonata for Piano and Violin is one of the most treasured works in the violin repertoire, a masterpiece of cyclic form with a gracefulness and expressive force almost paradigmatic for the age of musical Romanticism. This work was composed in 1886 and was dedicated to the Belgian violinist and composer Eugene Ysaye.After Franck's death in 1890 the original publisher of the Sonata, the…

An unbelievable collection of the greatest stands tunes ever assembled in a single publication!!! Features short time-out versions of just about every hot jammin', slammin', rockin', poppin' tune you could ever think of playing in the stands! If your band plays for any type of sporting event or pep rally, you can't afford to be without this collection of hits! Includes over 30 stands favorites suc…

Composer and violinist János Lavotta (1764-1820), as a member - together with János Bihari and Antal Csermák - of the ''virtuoso trio'' who played a great role in the history of Hungarian music, was one of the pioneers of verbunkos music. Although his violin duos op. 49 must have also been used for playing music at home, they show the composer's clear educational intent, since the fourteen consecu…

This volume offers children the opportunity to play along to 21 all-time international favourite melodies including Mozart's Es klinget so herrlich (It Rings out so Joyfully), Grieg's Morning Mood as well as Mary had a Little Lamb and various Christmas songs. The CD includes full versions of these simple arrangements as well as play-along versions on the same tracks. This allows children to play a…

Spartiti per pianoforte. In the wake of the success of Piano - The New Composers Volume 1, here is the second volume of the series. The publication includes even more titles, and all different from the first volume. Beautiful sheet music of the greatest hits of the 20th Century's best composers, such as Ludovico Einaudi (Le Onde), Hans Zimmer (Now We Are Free), Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump Theme),…

According to Mozart's own catalogue, K. 491 was completed on 24 March 1786 - it was Mozart's only piano concerto aside from K. 466 that was in a minor key. It was probably first performed two weeks later as part of an 'academy? at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Mozart was extremely pressed for time while composing this work, a fact that is shown both by the cursory way in which the autograph was writt…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Mozart composed the majority of his works for solo String Instruments and Orchestra during the years 1773 to 1779. Especially important in this context are the years 1773 and 1775, which witnessed the creation of the five concertos for Violin and Orchestra as well as several single movements for the same scoring. The reasons for this flourish of activity in this domain…