When Beethoven visited the director of music at the cathedral in Linz, Franz Xaver Glöggl, in autumn 1812, the latter asked his guest to 'compose socalled Equali for 4 trombones for All Souls' Day [2 November]?. Beethoven readily complied - and it was to be his own funeral music. For in 1827 the Equali were sung in an arrangement for male choir as a 'dirge for Beethoven's funeral procession?. The …

for String Quartet op. 35a. Par SUK JOSEF. Josef Suk played second violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1914 the ensemble was obliged to perform the Austrian national anthem at the opening of every concert. Suk decided to supplement this obligatory piece with a work inspired by the ancient sacred Bohemian 'St. Wenceslas” hymn. The hymn's message - a plea for the well-being of the Czech peo…

Par LEWIS GEORGE. Although his Signifying Riffs (1998) for percussion and strings is halfway there, String Quartet 1.5: Experiments in Living (2016) is the first proper string quartet by composer George Lewis. Borrowing its title from the writings of John Stuart Mill, Experiments in Living leads the performers through a series of idiosyncratic episodes featuring extremes of gesture and extended te…

Par PINK. This 2019 album from pop diva Pink topped the Billboard® 200 charts led by the single Walk Me Home. Our matching songbook includes piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of this song and a dozen more: Can We Pretend · Circle Game · Courage · Happy · (Hey Why) Miss You Sometime · Hurts 2B Human · Hustle · The Last Song of Your Life · Love Me Anyway · My Attic · 90 Days · We Could Have It All. / …

Par DEHNHARD TILMANN. Tilmann Dehnhard is a creator of music which specialises in unusual playing and sound techniques. In Endlos, this remarkable work for solo flute he combines modern playing technique with extended breathing techniques. Dehnhard sets up the score with fingering patterns and playing instructions to approach intonationally the nuanced pitch changes that often require small variat…

It is typical of Kapustin's modesty that he should celebrate the composition of his one-hundreth opus, in 2000, with a short, unassuming work that places relatively humble demands on the pianist. The single-movement Sonatina is a quirky, Haydnesque piece, laced with touches of humour (such as the Andante bar immediately following the development section that throws the recapitulation into the 'wro…

Scott A. Smith teaches you all the essential blues phrasing techniques and tricks. Learn simple concepts like solo construction, phrasing over a 12-bar blues, the blues scale, pentatonic box patterns, and playing multiple scales over a single chord. Also, learn practical, effective techniques like trills, slides, and rakes. In-depth lessons on bending teach you how to use target notes, initial and…

Josef Suk played second violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1914 the ensemble was obliged to perform the Austrian national anthem at the opening of every concert.Suk decided to supplement this obligatory piece with a work inspired by the ancient sacred Bohemian 'St. Wenceslas? hymn. The hymn's message - a plea for the well-being of the Czech people, directed at their patron saint - was im…

as performed by Michael Jackson. Par JACKSON MICHAEL. Beat It, 3 e single de l’album Thriller a remporté de nombreuses récompenses dont deux Grammy Awards et deux American Music Awards. Beat It a toujours été l’une des chansons phares de Michael Jackson et figurait dans toutes ses tournées. Faire ressortir le coté rock de la version originale dans son arrangement pour quatuor à cordes fut pour Ant…

Par CABEZA JUAN. Diversions is a collection of 42 patterned etudes for piano. They are divided into two books with each volume including 21 progressive pieces. Each Etude focuses on a single technical pattern that students may encounter in the early stages of piano study, including scales, arpeggios, chords, repeating notes, intervals, and other common patterns. Most of the etudes are transposable…

Par POWTER DANIEL. Topping les Etats-Unis le Hot 100 de Billboard pendant plus de cinq semaines et un big Top 10 hit au Royaume-Uni, single de nouveaux frais de Daniel Powter a été utilisée comme le thème de sortie de American Idol. Un choeur infectieuse et réfléchissantes paroles ont gardé au sommet. Egalement disponibles pour le SSA et SAB./ Feuillet / Chant Mixtes

Par EINAUDI LUDOVICO. Retrouvez les compositions les plus célèbres de Ludovico Einaudi figurant dans des films avec un nouveau recueil pour piano venant compléter son album chez Decca. L\'artiste le plus diffusé de la musique classique, Einaudi, a étudié au conservatoire de Milan et a écrit dans des formes classiques avant d\'explorer la danse, le multimédia et le piano. Cinema contient les \'uvre…

Ed. Critica A. Borin. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Casa Ricordi Milano in partnership with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Istituto Antonio Vivaldi). Critical edition by Alessandro Borin. The six Concerts op. VI for violin, strings and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi were published in Amsterdam by Roger in 1719. Although the contribution of Vivaldi was probably modest – even to assume that the collection wa…

Par BALMAGES BRIAN. So many performance options and combinations! Equally suited as an opener or closer, this ?Baroque-meets-contemporary? festival-style work has exceptional performance flexibility as a multi-level OR single-level work! Play it entirely as a grade 2 or play it as a grade 1. Additionally, both may be combined, and directors can add the grade ½ parts, which are based on open string…

Following several shake-ups and changes, the Stereophonics' 2005 album is a stronger, louder and heavier record. After suffering the departure of drummer Stuart Cable, Kelly Jones' band return with more attitude and swagger than ever before. All the songs from the album have been transcribed for accurate Guitar Tablature, including the single Dakota / Guitare Tablatures