Par SCHAUERTE-MAUBOUET HELGA. Translated into English by Carolyn Shuster Fournier and Connie Glessner Jehan ALAIN (1911-1940), internationally renowned French composer, was one of the most inspired creative personalities of the musical world in the interwar period. A cavalryman in World War II, he died in action during a reconnaissance mission near Saumur, France, on 20 June 1940.   Jehan Alain s…

Write for a horn section!
In this book, you will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. You will learn the capabilities and characteristics of the most common instruments, and how to order them effectively. You will also learn the different roles that a horn section can serve in your ensemble. Online audio tracks demonstrate the key concepts, as exemplified in a c…

Plus de 60 exemples de musique couvrant un large éventail de styles et de périodes. Pour : Edexcel filiale avancé la CME dans la musique, Edexcel Advanced CME dans la musique. Le livre et le coffret de 4 CD couvrant neuf domaines d'étude : musique pour grand Ensemble - du XXe siècle Art - musique pour petit Ensemble - clavier musique - de musique vocale sacrée - la musique vocale laïque - musique …

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. ?Giulio Cesare in Egitto? is by far Handel?s most frequently performed opera owing its success not least to its subject matter, one of the best known love stories in world history. Already during Handel?s lifetime the popular work was often staged and therefore adapted by Handel for each of the performance conditions. The editor Hans Dieter Clausen has succeeded in edi…

Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. The opera – “a kind of Alice in Wonderland, but for adults”, says Crimp – lasts just over an hour and is cast in seven scenes. It is scored for five voices (S-S-MS-CT-Bar) and…

Par LADY ANTEBELLUM. This No. 1 album from Grammy-winning trio Lady Antebellum is now available in a matching piano/vocal/guitar songbook. Each song transcription includes the authentic tunings used by band members in their live and studio performances. This songbook features four pages of color photos and an up-to-date bio of the band. Titles: Need You Now * Our Kind of Love * American Honey * He…

In 60 Lezioni. Par PERLINI SILVANO. A new method for violin spread over two years that teaches how to use the first, second and third fingers of the left hand from the very first lesson. Over the course of the first year the student learns all the “applications” for the first fourfingers in the first position and the main bow strokes. The first volume contains a brief look at the history and const…

Par BACEWICZ GRAZYNA. Studying the sketches for works which a composer considers to be finished, perfected, is a fascinating activity. It enables one to penetrate the secrets of creative work, to compare the initial outline of a composition with its final version. A sketch is generally left untitled, but it does occur that a composer enhances the status of such a draft by giving it a title, before…

Eight classic jazz originals written by Miles Davis. This is a unique way to learn eight of the most popular songs of the Fifties. These tunes are considered jazz classics because most all jazz musicians around the world have learned them. And the reason so many jazz musicians have learned them is because they are all such interesting vehicles for improvising and interesting chord changes, altered…

In 4 movements: I) Saudação, (Greetings), II) Lamento (Lament), III) Dança (Dance), IV) Despedida (Farewell). The most popular marimba concerto of all time. 'The concerto is superbly written for the unique timbre and virtuoso technical qualities of the marimba.' (Percussive Notes). The Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra was written in June and July of 1986 in Brasília and is dedicated to the compo…