Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. “Wonderful! But, aren’t there too many notes?” asked the emperor Joseph II. “No, all notes are necessary. This is new music, ” replied Mozart. This is a famous anecdote about the premiere of the opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), which took place on July 16, 1782 at the Burgtheater Wien (Vienna). It ill…

Par MATTHEWS COLIN. Colin Matthews’s Turning Point (2006) represents a bold stylistic breakthrough for its composer. Out of a whirring, motoric scherzo comes a jolting sea change: an austere, glacial string chorale of searing intensity that, with gritty resilience, gradually comes to overwhelm everything else. Commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, this 25-minute journey from complex …

The updated colour edition of this best-selling Christmas title. Here's a feel-good assortment of music, stories, recipes and poems that perfectly captures the traditional spirit of Christmas and the season of goodwill. Includes: Magical stories from the likes of Dickens and Hans Christian Anderson Recipes of good cheer and Christmas dishes with a difference Yuletide poems by Tennyson, Hardy, Shak…

Jazz Play-Along Volume 172: Pop Standards - 10 Favorite Tunes is for use with all B-flat, E-flat, C and Bass Clef instruments.The Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the CD included, this first-of-its-kind package makes help you master improvisation while playing some of the gr…

Par PART ARVO. ‘I went to nursery school every day until the end of secondary school!’ Arvo Pärt says and pauses, staring slyly at his listener. ‘My mother worked at a nursery school in Rakvere, and I always went to visit her after my lessons.’ There, the future composer often sat at the piano and played or improvised for his little friends. Arvo Pärt is a composer best known for his 'tintinnabuli…

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Among the most popular of Mahler's symphonic works, the 7th symphony has neither a program nor a folk-song theme. It is a purely instrumental composition, both hopeful and romantic in feeling. The restrained mood and thematic economy of the symphony make it one of the least extravagant of the composer's works; it is also one of the most approachable. Now music lovers can study t…

Music from the Motion Picture. Notre belle folio de souvenirs pour cette superproduction estivale dispose de 9 chansons et une superbe section de 8 pages de photos en couleurs du film. / Piano

What a fantastic way to bridge the gap between unison singing and two-part harmony! This winning addition to the Two-gether We Sing series features 10 festive chorals for the holidays, written and arranged with tuneful melodies and strong, independent counterlines. Put several of these holiday songs together to create a December performance. Sing one, sing two, sing a few! Recommended for grades t…

Par KATSKI ANTONI. Souvenir de Cracovie, published circa 1870 with the subtitle Improvisation sur les krakowiak nationaux (an improvisation on the themes of national Krakowiaks), dedicated to Countess Franciszka Komorowska (Madame la Comtesse Françoise de Komorowska) is a very pretty composition which upgrades the folklore to the level of salon music. After several bars of mysterious introduction …

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Pieces of Light was commissioned by the Flautadors for their 20 th Anniversary. When the group approached me about writing a piece, I had just finished reading Pieces of Light; The New Science of Memory by Charles Fernyhough, and it struck me that a work inspired by memories and how they are created in our brains would be very appropriate for a group of musicians celebrati…

Par BULLA STEPHEN. This significant work for Grade 4 band has much to offer. The piquant harmonies of Movement 1, the introspective mood of Movement 2, and the Hoedown-like romp of Movement 3 unite to form provocative musical images. Stephen Bulla explores unique terrain in a place that seems at once antique and modern, while cradling the listener in rich, innovative harmonies. Have this be the si…

Le cycle de poèmes 'Die schöne Müllerin' a été écrit par plusieurs auteurs, dont Wilhelm Müller, Achim von Arnim, Luise et Wilhelm Hensel et Ludwig Rellstab.Il a été publié sous sa forme définitive en 1820 par Wilhelm Müller dans la collection 'Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines Reisenden Waldhornisten'.A cette époque, le cycle comprenait 23 poèmes. Schubert omis tro…

Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms,and haunting medieval hymns recapturethe spirit of Christmas from antiquity.This book features note-for-notetranscriptions of hammered dulcimerarrangements from Ancient Noels byMaggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei forthe beginning to advanced player. Innotation and tablature. Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms,and haunting medieval hymns recapturethe spirit of C…