Par . C. Paul Herfurth's classic series of tutor books have now been completely revised and updated with a host of innovations to suit a new generation of musicians. A New Tune A Day features the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achiev…

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par PARRY CHARLES HUBERT. Everyone will instantly recognize this great patriotic hymn that is often thought of as the second English national anthem. This concert band arrangement by Philip Sparke is sure to be used over and over again at your band’s performances. Your audience will not be able to help themselves from joining in with this rousing song everytime you use it as th…

Par BECK BRIAN. Kick off your shoes, jump in, and ride down Comegys Creek. This North Texas creek is named after Dr. C. G. Comegys, a prominent family who lived in Mckinney, TX in the early 1900s. Composer and fellow Texan, Brian Beck captures the southern rowdiness of frolicking in the water with friends and family. Comegys Creek is a fun piece that will expand your student's harmonic vocabulary …

Par HINDSON MATTHEW. Matthew Hindson's Rush for guitar and string quartet takes its influence from the music of Felix Mendelssohn. The fast and technically challenging passages found in the final movement of the Mendelssohn String Octet influenced Hindson's decision to compose a work for the Goldner String Quartet that is highly virtuosic in nature. Hindson remarks, 'it is much more the spirit of …

John Thompson's Easy Piano Method: Part 1 provides a playful and easy-to-understand introduction to Piano for young beginners. The book comes bundled with a CD to make learning by listening simple.This first volume of the popular American Piano method looks at the challenges that all Piano students have to face at the beginning, and makes things easy and fun.Sight-reading is made simple by a clear…

Par . Pop Performer! offers budding pianists chart-topping and classic pop songs that have been expertly selected and arranged by some of the UK?s leading figures in piano and pop pedagogy. Complete with audio recordings of every arrangement, the Initial to Grade 3 book features diverse songs and acts from across the decades, including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, The Ronettes and Disney?s Encanto. The s…

The Succeeding With A Notespeller series features artistic books with brilliant colours and clever activities that are so attractive that children can't wait to turn the pages to see what comes next.Note reading is reinforced with emphasis on intervals. Some of the concepts covered in this volume are: reading ledger lines above, below and in between the grand staff - intervals of a 6th - enharmoni…

Weltliches Repertoire. Par . With his Hebrew Choral Songbook, Ohad Stolarz presents a new collection of classics of the musical repertoire in Hebrew, arranged by him for mixed choir a cappella. Many of these pieces are published in Germany for the first time; almost all of them are first published as choral arrangements. The first volume contains ten sacred and paraliturgical songs that may be sun…

Par ELLIN BENJAMIN. Nahstops 2 was written in 2004 at the request of James Watson, then Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music. ‘Jim’, as we knew him, had been a supporter of my music during my student days and the only prerequisite for this piece was that it fitted the same instrumentation as Elgar Howarth’s version of ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’; ie, a large symphonic b…

for Wind Orchestra, Additional European Parts. Par CESARINI FRANCO. Fascinated by the beauty of Chicago, Franco Cesarini has translated his emotions into music: this is how Symphony No. 3 “Urban Landscapes” Op. 55, was born, a musical portrait of this metropolis overlooking Lake Michigan. The composition is divided into three movements: The Wrigley Building from Dawn to Noon, Blue Silhouette and …

Par DE HAAN JACOB. In this composition, Jacob de Haan sees the 'Ross Roy' as a metaphor for the years spent at school (a monument in time), where one's personality is formed. So, the opening theme the artist calls the Ross Roy theme initially has monumental characteristics. The rhythmic motion, which strides along in the lower register and percussion at the beginning of the next section is typical…

We live in a world of endless Guitar shredding, players tearing up down and across the fret board at mind boggling speeds. There comes a certain excitement and respect for this ability but sometimes one wonders what ever happened to the classic tasty lick of days gone by. Guitar players would catch your ear with beautiful melodic phrases that would have you reaching for your handkerchief.I have en…

Par PERLSON JORDAN. First Lessons Cajon will take you through the necessary steps to become a proficient cajon player in a pop and rock context. Basic lessons in rhythm will help you learn mainstream beats for the cajon that you can use in your favorite songs. Lessons in hand position, posture, and sound are also included to ensure the best cajon playing experience possible. Whether you are a begi…

Par DUBOIS THEODORE. At just 34 years of age, Theodore Dubois became a professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire. Whilst much of his compositional works have disappeared from primary classical repertoire, his teaching has had a lasting influence. Having taught successful composers, including Paul Dukas, it is clear that Dubois' Traite D'Harmonie is well-informed. This music theory study guid…

Choralkantate. Par HERZOGENBERG HEINRICH VON. Reprint of the first edition. Friedrich Spitta recommended to Herzogenberg that he set Gerhard Tersteegen’s text “Gott ist Gegenwärtig” on the occasion of that poet’s 200th birthday. Besides the obbligato organ, Herzogenberg restricted the instrumentation to strings, two trumpets, three trombones and timpani, and thus achieved a majestic quality which …