Par PART ARVO. Fratres (original setting for violin and piano) was commissioned by the Salzburg Festival and premiered on August 17th, 1980 at that very place (violin: Gidon Kremer, piano: Elena Kremer). Composed in Pärt's very own 'Tintinnabuli'-style, this piece allows many different settings because it is not bound to a specific tone color. 'The highest virtue of music, for me, lies outside of …

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki's career spans more than 40 years, dating from the post-Stalinist era of the mid 1950s and embracing a catalogue of more than 70 acknowledged works. It was not, however, until the phenomenal success of his third symphony, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Op 36, which brought the composer world-wide renown through its numerous performances and recordings, that his music reached an…

Composed for the video game, Civilization IV, the song quickly garnered attention outside of its originally intended audience, and in February of 2011 it won a GRAMMY® Award for the Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists category. This is a dramatic and moving setting that will enjoy acclaim as serious music for generations of gamers and non-gamers alike. (3:30) / Concert Band

Dvorák's 'Requiem?, for soloists, choir and orchestra, is one of the highlights within the international choral repertoire. Now Bärenreiter is presenting this work in an arrangement by Joachim Linckelmann with chamber orchestra based on the full score from the 'Complete Edition of the Works by Antonín Dvorák?.The arrangement dispenses with all the brass instruments except for a single horn- all th…

Par SIBELIUS JEAN. This collection of Six Part-Songs for Female Voices contains six relatively different pieces that vary both in the language of their texts (Finnish and Swedish) and in length and number of voices. Nevertheless, they form a coherent and interesting set of moderate difficulty throughout, making Sibelius as a composer accessible to smaller female choirs and ensembles. The pieces w…

Par POTT FRANCIS. The Only was written, as a conscious departure from intricate polyphonic part-writing, by a composer to whose thinking counterpoint is usually more central. This piece seeks to emulate the kind of easy lyricism which is such a fingerprint of John Rutter's music, while preserving a slightly more austere, even archaic harmonic language. The rhythmic patterning of the accompanying p…

70 easy-to-play arrangements of your favorite Christmas songs! Each song includes a beautifully simplified keyboard part, guitar chords, and lyrics. Also included is a guitar chord chart for handy reference. Enjoy your holiday favorites today! Songs include: Auld Lang Syne - Baby, It's Cold Outside - Blue Christmas - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Deck the Hall - Do They…

A Requiem For Victims Of Power. Par CUOMO DOUGLAS J.. The text for this piece is derived from the Epistle to the Reader of Sir Thomas Browne’s Hydriotaphia, (1658). Subtitled Urn Burial, the essay is a reflection on the discovery of a Roman urn burial site in Norfolk and the practice of disinterment. I compiled the text by redacting (i.e. eliminating) many of the words of the original, leaving beh…

This landmark series collects compelling, useful, singer-friendly arias from a distinctly American opera tradition. Each volume includes information about every opera and an aria plot note. A majority of the music in the four volumes has never before been available outside of the opera vocal scores, and some arias in the series have never been in print at all before now. Most arias are appropriate…

Ce livre est un supplément à toute méthode de guitare. Fatigué de jouer les mêmes licks maintes et maintes fois ' ou peut-être que vous ne savez quoi jouer pendant votre solo' conduire LICKS est un livre unique conçu pour augmenter votre vocabulaire improvisation en prenant une courte phrase, ou lécher et il ' morphing ' dans les styles differente ! * Rock * Blues * Jazz * pays * ' Outside ' condu…

Dvorák's 'Requiem?, for soloists, choir and orchestra, is one of the highlights within the international choral repertoire. Now Bärenreiter is presenting this work in an arrangement by Joachim Linckelmann with chamber orchestra based on the full score from the 'Complete Edition of the Works by Antonín Dvorák?.The arrangement dispenses with all the brass instruments except for a single horn- all th…

Over 10 years, Staind have produced four platinum albums and sold in excess of 12 million records! Now, for the first time, all their greatest hits are available on the CD The Singles 1996-2006. This songbook provides authentic guitar TAB for all the songs on the record.Price to Play; Come Again (remix); Mudshovel; Home; It's Been Awhile; Epiphany; For You; Outside (Family Values Live Version); So…

The Universal Edition is designed for all English-speaking countries outside of the United States, including Canada, the U. K. and Australia. This edition uses the British system of terminology for rhythmic values such as crotchet for quarter note.