Par WAYNE ERBSEN. Dernier livre de Wayne Erbsen prend une profonde regarder de la musique bluegrass pour découvrir ses vraies racines : ballades des premiers pionniers, écossais-irlandais fiddle tunes, spirituals noirs, mélodies de plantations, blues, meurtre ballades, chansons sentimentales parlor de styles de banjo Tin Pan Alley, en Caroline du Nord et Gospels. Le livre est richement illustré de…

Par BUNTING CHRISTOPHER. Warming up and keeping one?s basic technique in peak condition, (or working to get to peak condition) is fundamentally important, yet many cellists do not have routine exercises to follow. This book, the second of a two volume set, which complements book 1, provides the exercises that every cellist needs, for both the left and right hands: bow off the string; right arm cho…

Par RAE JAMES. James Rae is the man who put fun into woodwind and brass teaching. His many compositions, especially in the jazz and blues idioms, have often featured on examination syllabuses. Recent years have seen his publications of easy flexible ensembles for younger players and now he turns his attention to the wind band. In his new series “The Concert Band Collection”, he has written excit…

Tropus. Par SCHNEIDER ENJOTT. In this composition Schneider uses the famous words from the liturgy for Good Friday: “Darkness fell, and on the ninth hour Jesus called out with a loud voice: My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” Here he draws on the earlier form of the “trope”, using what was a common device in composition in medieval times, inserted into already completed works as a sort of commenta…

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). Afton Water is a gentle, lyrical hymn of praise both to the countryside of Scotland itself and to a girl called Mary who lies sleeping by the banks of the river Afton near Ayr, south of Glasgow. Alexander L’Estrange’s arrangement is both enjoyable and approachable whilst being true to the spirit of the original song. This piece is part of the Faber Choral Singles …

Par FOGGITT PETER. This is a rowdy and lusty setting of a favourite song from the Coventry Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The music has tremendous swing to its stride, and a folksong quality to which, by the use of judicious pauses, the composer adds the feel of impromptu singing. A certain exaggeration might even be called for in performance, for example in the robustly canonic second verse…

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…

Tonalité : Es-Dur -. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Haydn's so-called Great Organ Solo Mass in E flat major is among those works by Joseph Haydn which early in its history enjoyed widespread dissemination. The E flat major Mass, with an unusual scoring including two English horns in the orchestra, was composed around 1770 during the first years of Haydn’s tenure as Music Director for the Court of Esterház…

Variants surrounding a tune by John Scofield. Par TURNAGE MARK-ANTHONY. The work is based on a tune called The Nag written by the jazz guitarist/composer John Scofield, of whom I have long been a fan and with whom I worked closely when writing Blood on the Floor (Mark-Anthony Turnage) ‘The grim frenzy, the waste and the futility of war are all embedded in Silent Cities’ (The Times)/ Répertoire / O…

Rabbai George (Cmpld And Arngd). Par RABBAI GEORGE. Contient des appels de clairon 49 utilisées exclusivement par la branche de l'infanterie de service pendant la guerre de Sécession. Effectuée par l'auteur sur le clairon d'infanterie de si bémol, chaque appel est accompagné par des notes historiques et les citations directes des manuels de la période. Le cas échéant, la commande est parlée avant …

Par ROTTGER MARTIN. Don't want to lug an entire drum kit on stage? Want to play unplugged without drowning out your band mates? The Cajon, the smallest drum kit in the world, is the perfect powerful accompaniment instrument to any kind of band, be it blues, hip hop, boogie or rock - providing a full snare and rich bass sound, amplified or acoustic. This book provides beginners with a step-by-step …

Tonalité : D-Dur -. Par HASSE JOHANN ADOLF. This is a very effective setting of the Marian antiphon for Easter was probably composed in Dresden. The piece consists of two practically identically outer movements which frame an expressive, but restrained alto aria. / Hymnes et chorals / Répertoire / Solo A, Choeur SATB, 2 Hautbois, 2 Cors, 2 Violons