Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. 'My angel, my all, my self”. With these words Beethoven, in July 1812, began his passionate love letter to a woman whose identity has eluded discovery to the present day. Was he perhaps addressing the same woman four years later when he composed 'An die ferne Geliebte”, his song cycle on poems by Alois Jeitteles? Barry Cooper discusses this and many other questions in the…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the Viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistfu…

The songs in Hal Leonard's Essential Elements Guitar Ensembles series are playable by multiple guitars. Each arrangement features the melody (lead), a harmony part, and a bass line. Chord symbols are also provided if you wish to add a rhythm part. For groups with more than three or four guitars, the parts may be doubled. Play all of the parts together, or record some of the parts and play the rema…

(G-C-D-Em). Par . Impress yourself and your friends by playing this second volume of fifty more great songs with only four chords! Songs include: Body like a Back Road (Sam Hunt) ? Closer (The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey) ? Despacito (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee) ? Eve of Destruction (Barry McGuire) ? Ho Hey (The Lumineers) ? Iris (Goo Goo Dolls) ? Jessie's Girl (Rick Springfield) ? Like a Prayer (M…

Arrangement: Cordero Ernesto. Par CORDERO ERNESTO. Los Cuatro Muleros (The Four Mulers) and En el CafE de Chinitas (The Chinitas CafE) are two popular Andalusian songs of exquisite taste that probably date from the beginning of the 19th century. These popular songs were compiled by the great Spanish poet, Federico Garcöa Lorca (1898-1936), who loved to play them on the piano. Here they are arrange…

OPéRA COMIQUE IN FOUR ACTS INSTRUMENTATION : SOLOISTS, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA VERSION : STUDY SCORE DESCRIPTION : Â??CARMENÂ?? IS ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY PERFORMED OPERAS IN THE WORLD AND THE GENESIS OF THE WORK IS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DOCUMENTED. IN SPITE OF THIS, NONE OF THE EDITIONS PUBLISHED AFTER THE COMPOSERÂ??S DEATH CORRESPOND TO HIS INTENTIONS. NOW DIDIONÂ??S EDITION, OF WHICH A PIANO RE…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEPH. Reprinted from authoritative sources, the works in this low-priced compendium focus chiefly on the Classical era. Selections include the Andante from Haydn's Surprise Symphony - Mozart's Sonata in A Major - Tchaikovsky's 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' and 'Waltz of the Flowers' - and a generous assortment of works by Bach , including four of his Two-Part Inventions , which…

Amusing variations over a birthday song. Par LUDWIG CLAUS-DIETER. The Happy Birthday menus for two- (ED0 9748) and four-hand (ED0 9749) piano, for accordion duo (ED 8054) or string quartet (ED 7717) by Claus-Dieter Ludwig are well-known and extremely popular. Now the successful arranger presents a new edition for violin, cello and piano. Enjoy your musical meal with these five birthday courses:/ R…

The heart of Beethoven's Quartet op. 132 is the 'Holy song of thanksgiving?, in which Beethoven takes up old counterpoint techniques and Gregorian simplicity. In this unusually beautiful and well preserved manuscript, Beethoven generously makes the most of the space on its pages. The lavish four colour printing allows the composer's occasionally unconventional manner of notation to come to life. I…

Par REINHARDT DJANGO. In the world of Gypsy Jazz, the original Quintette of the Hot Club of France achieved an energy output seldom equaled or surpassed for 7 decades or so. Django wanted to have two rhythm guitars behind him when he soloed to give him a full sound. Then when Grappelli soloed, Django would interject himself between Grappelli and the rhythm guitar section. From this vantage point, …