Wq 217. Par BACH CARL PHILIPP EMMANUEL. His Heilig Wq 217 is just 6 minutes long. Bach, however, put all his art into these few minutes, as he himself wrote to his publisher: „ Here I have proved the most daring and hard work . . . It will be my swan song of this nature, and serve to ensure that you do not forget myself too soon after my death“. The work requires an extraordinary instrumentation: …

Par OARE MICHAEL (Arr.). Cleverly arranged for first-year players using simple rhythms and modest ranges here is a great choice for your first holiday concert! The melody is passed back and forth throughout the band, and there's even a short feature spot for percussion. Sure to be a favorite with your beginners. / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par KEMBER JOHN. Presented in a variety of styles, these short pieces gieve each player an equal share of the melodic interest and are aimed at students of similar playing experience and standarts. The minimum of teacher assistance should be required. This series will prove a valuable addition to the repertoire as items of ensemble playing for concert performance as well as for friends of all ages…

This short work for solo bass voice was written for Clive Birch from the Australian vocal ensemble The Song Company. At the premiere it was used to bridge two larger works but it would be equally well placed in a mixed programme of vocal works. / Voix Basse

Par MILLER DONALD. These books are arranged to be performed with various combinations of instruments. This volume presents some of the most beloved repertoire for the Christmas season. Some works are well known, others will sound fresh and new to most players. The pieces may be performed as a solo for each instrument (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola or Cello) with piano accompaniment, or as duets or tri…

Par GOODRICK MICK. Veteran musician and educator Mick Goodrick presents practical information for The Advancing Guitarist who wants to improve their playing technique and style and simply become better musicians. Includes basic fingerboard mechanics, modes, scales and chords, contemporary harmony, harmonica and overtone influences, being self-critical, improvising short pieces, different playing s…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. South Down Pictures was commissioned by Millenium Brass 2000, an organisation comprising three brass bands from the county of Sussex, England. The bands (Patcham Silver, Hangleton and Brighton Silver) had got together to organise many events to mark the new millennium and these culminated in a concert in Hove Town Hall on July 9th 2000 when all three bands combined to give the f…

Par JUSTE OCTAVE. 8 short pieces in the form of studies for flute and piano./ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière et Piano

Par SPARKE PHILIP. This work was commissioned for The Berkshire Young Musicians Trust (England), who required a testing piece for the woodwind section of their concert band. The piece opens with a strong unison passage based on the interval of a fifth and develops with a passionate legato. This is followed by the main vivo section of the work based on the earlier 'fifth' figures. A bridge passage …

This volume explores a musical approach to developing jazz vocabulary around the drumset, featuring 60 exercises ranging in duration from short passages to extended solos. The book aims to teach a fundamental understanding of the jazz language, with an emphasis on musical components, such as melodicism, articulation, phrasing, texture, dynamics, and much more. Whether a beginner or seasoned pro, r…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Jan Van der Roost originally composed each and every note of ‘Slavia’ (as in case in ‘Puszta’, ‘Rikudim’ and ‘A Highland Rhapsody’). Consequently, ‘Slavia’ does not contain any arrangement of existing tunes, but is an original composition ‘in the style of…’. The introduction has an ABA structure and exposes a broad melodic line. Following a short cadenza, there is a second m…

Par HISAISHI JOE. 8 short arrangements for easy ukulele. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 2023-09-01/ Recueil / Ukulélé

For Flugel Horn Solo And Brass Band. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Moon Song, Sun Dance was commissioned by flugel horn virtuoso, Claude Romailler, and premiered by him at the Swiss National Solo and Quartet Championships in April 2012. As the title implies, the work is in two contrasting movements, which can be performed separately or together. Moon Song opens with a flowing modal theme, which the soloist e…

Par BACEWICZ GRAZYNA. Grazyna Bacewicz realised at a very early age that her main purpose in life was to compose music. Already during the 1920s, as a student of Lódz Conservatoire, as part of her lessons in harmony and counterpoint, she made attempts at composing, in which she tried to resolve nagging technical problems and impart an artistically satisfying form to them. She grew up in an atmosph…

Each of the 80 color flashcards features a single note followed by two short sightreading exercises. This combination of note drilling and intervalic reading is highly effective in building reading skill. / Piano