Curnow Music Press proudly presents a way to enrich your quality of playing material whilst helping you administer your library efficiently and save money! THE YOUNG BAND COLLECTION is a compilation of some of our best pieces for youth band, published as individual part books. You?ll find pieces by James Curnow, James Hosay, Mike Hannickel, Brian Connery, Paul Curnow and Douglas Court. These works…

Par PURCELL HENRI. The opera “Dido and Aeneas”, a recount of the well-known story from Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid, has established itself as a favourite with the public. This is due to the skill of composer Henry Purcell and his librettist Nahum Tate, who combined an overriding tragic theme with masterfully inserted comic episodes. Long believed to have been conceived in 1689 for a performance at …

Edizione Critica A Cura Di Federico Maria Sardelli - Ril. Brochure. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Antonio Vivaldi’s second published collection is fundamental to an understanding of the leap he took, at the end of the first decade of the eighteenth century, from provincial obscurity to Europe-wide fame. This edition asks and answers the hardquestions surrounding its exact date, its choice of dedicatee and …

The Piano is often mistakenly viewed as taking a secondary role to the guitar in the world of rock music, with the industry often favouring the eye-catching antics of a larger-than-life axe-weilding hero to the seated sincerity of the Piano. In the meantime, a new generation of bands and artists are correcting the balance, pushing the Piano to the front of the stage and writing music with a passio…

Par LUKASZEWSKI PAWEL. Wings Concertino is a chamber version of Wings Concerto , originally composed for two flutes and chamber orchestra. This work was written in a charming convention. The combination of a light neoclassical style with a Romantic mode of narration not only makes it easy on the ear, but also gives great satisfaction to the performers. Despite employing sparing means of expression…

Jan Smit, Nick & Simon, Gerard Joling, Marco Borsato. This medley is a colourful and creative foray into the pop music from our friends across the water in Holland. Peter Kleine Schaars combines four songs by four artists that have been popular both in Holland and beyond. / Niveau : 3 / Pop and rock / Recueil / Fanfare

Its an unforgettable experience to go on stage for the first time and win applause with your playing. This album encourages children to make a first appearance and gives effective help in doing so. It brings together pieces that can earn real success: easy arrangements of favorite works by Esterházy, Purcell, Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and…

Par LAURIDSEN MORTEN. Morten Lauridsen's I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes was written for Stephen Layton and Polyphony and has been recorded on Lauridsen: Nocturnes (Hyperion, CDA 67580). Purchase the sheet music here arranged for mixed vocal chorus. In speaking of Lauridsen in his book Choral Music in the Twentieth Century, the author Nick Strimple says of him, 'he is the only American composer in histor…

Kantate Zum Erntedankfest (Tempore Messis) Und Andere Dankfeiern. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Telemann's cantata cannot be assigned to any of the composer's known annual cycles of cantatas. The given designation 'Tempore Messis', which appears in the title in the sole surviving source, suggests it was composed on the occasion of a harvest thanksgiving festival, but the neutrality of the text means…

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par NESSLER VICTOR E.. Farewell Song has been taken from Der Trompetervon Säckingen by Victor E. Nessler (1841-1890). Thisopera tells the sentimental story of a plain musicianwho is eventually allowed to marry the daughter ofa baron. From the first performance in 1884, thisopera was well liked - not so much because of thestory but because of its musical features. Impressivet…

for 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. 'The next I'll do is 3 violin quartets' wrote Schumann to Clara Wieck in 1838, stating his reasons in a letter dated 17 March 1838: 'The thought of the quartets gives me pleasure. The piano is getting too narrow for me. In composing now I often hear a lot of things that I can barely suggest. For instance, it is remarkable how I invent almo…

Your favorite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along series! With these book/CD collections, piano and keyboard players will be able to practice and perform with professional-sounding accompaniments. Containing eight cream-of-the-crop songs each, the books feature new engravings, with a separate vocal staff, plus guitar frames, so players and their friends can sing or s…

Für Orgel. Par JOST CHRISTIAN. There is no other work more closely associated with the organ than Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata in D minor. During my compositional preparation, I repeatedly found myself returning to this work. I had a number of different formal models in mind, but felt myself gravitating towards the rhapsodic character of toccata form so that my new composition for organ ultimat…

The Saxophone Play-Along® Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation, listen to the audio tracks to hear how the saxophone should sound, and then play-along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book to help you follow along. The online audio is available for download or streaming using the unique access co…

Anton Bruckner (18241896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). Anton Bruckner composed about 40 motets during his lifetime, the earliest a setting of Pange lingua around 1835, and the last, Vexilla regis, in 1892. Thomas Doss has compiled some of these motets in this volume for symphonic wind orchestra. These motets show many characteristics of personal expression, especially Bruckner's colou…