Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Due to numerous customer requests, Bärenreiter will be successively offering vocal scores to major Mozart operas in hardback editions again. This means you now have the choice: perhaps you prefer a lower-priced and slightly lighter soft-cover edition with excellent lay-flat characteristics or you feel that sturdier hardcover editions of important repertoire works are m…

Par ROSSINI GIOACHINO. Duetto Per Violoncello E Contrabbasso. Composed in London near the end of 1824, the Duetto is one of the few chamber music works regularly performed today. It is a light and charming composition yet requires experienced performers. The work was often performed in the 19th century by the Double Bass virtuoso Domenico Dragonetti (called ‘Il drago’ or ‘Paganini of the Double Ba…

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók composed the series of forty-four violin duos in 1931, prompted by the German violin teacher Erich Doflein. With the exception of numbers 35 and 36, all the pieces are based on original folk melodies, and the majority were collected by the composer himself during his numerous field trips in the Carpathian Basin. The melody for no. 42 was collected by Bartók in Algeria.…

Par CANTELOUBE JOSEPH. Regrouped by Joseph Canteloube, this book is the second series from the set Chants D'Auvergne. This edition, written for Voice and Piano, contains lyrics in local dialect ; Occitan, with the French translation below. Some directives are given to obtain the correct pronunciation of the language. It features five songs: I. Pastourelle / The Shepherdess II. L'Antouènou (L'Antoi…

Piano accompaniments for book G5. Par SZILVAY GEZA. The volume G of the Colourstrings Violin ACB tutors by Géza Szilvay studies every position of the violin in a separate volume. It offers art-pedagogical material in order to read confidently in the positions, to master the shifting movements and to understand why and when to use a particular position. Colourstrings Violin ABC: Piano accompaniment…

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had…

Italian composer, Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is well-known for his Keyboard compositions. His 555 Keyboard Sonatas remain ever popular to this day, and it is for this reason that this eighth volumeis indispensable to performers of the genre.Originally composed for the Harpsichord, Organ or early Pianoforte, the Sonatas display the riveting use of discords and unconventional modulations toremot…

In this Concerto in C major the soloist is accompanied purely by a string orchestra, a scoring which can be mastered easily, even by amateur ensembles.Continuing Bärenreiter's collaboration with the Henle publishing company in the areas of large vocal compositions, operas and symphonic works, the edition of this violin concerto is based on the Henle Complete Edition of the 'Works of Joseph Haydn?.…

As seen in the mind-boggling Trans-Siberian stage show! This thought-provoking medley of Christmas tunes describes a lone cellist playing Christmas carols in the midst of the Bosnian war. The piece reflects the power, drama, and hope of a single musician in the midst of war, reflecting on the power of music to bring hope. The rock rhythm section contributes to an intense and very hip musical exper…

A pocket-sized collection of songs by the biggest names in Rock 'n' Roll, presented in chord songbook format, with chord symbols, guitar chord boxes and complete lyrics. A Picture Of You A Teenager In Love Ain't That A Shame All Shook Up At The Hop Baby It's You Be-Bop-A-Lula Blue Suede Shoes Blueberry Hill Brand New Cadillac Breathless Brown Eyed Handsome Man Can't Hardly Stand It Chantilly Lace…

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. The episode from Ovid‘s “Metamorphoses” in which Daphne attempts to escape Apollo’s advances by turning into a laurel tree, causing the devastated god to weave a laurel crown in memory of the nymph, has inspired the masterworks of many artists. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, whose famous marble sculpture is housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, is only one example of this. M…

Lesson Book 1 is pre-reading. Concepts taught are: How to sit at the piano- Correct hand position- High and low- Loud and soft (forte and piano)- Keyboard topography- Bar line and measure, Quarter, half, whole notes and rests- and Repeat signs. The first pieces in the book are played on the black keys. Later in the book, C D E for the RH and C B A for the LH (Middle C position) are taught with let…