Destined to become a classic, this book is the natural result of not only years of playing jazz guitar but also of the author's long associations with many innovative jazz guitarists. This comprehensive guide is one of the first jazz methods to focus entirely on the blues idiom and its contribution to jazz improvisation. It is designed to help you play authoritatively in a broad spectrum of jazz g…

Par KAPUSTIN NIKOLAI. Nikolai Kapustin, born in 1937, is regarded as pioneer of the Soviet jazz scene. In his music he combines typical jazz idioms with classical forms. The Sonata Op. 125 for flute and piano was written in 2004 at the request of Immanuel Davis, flute professor at the University of Minnesota. / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Flûte Traversière et Piano

The pianist and composer Alexander Rosenblatt (*1956) from Moscow loves to cross frontiers, trying to overcome in his piano and chamber music works the rigid barriers between classical and jazz music. It was precisely in this spirit that he wrote his Tango for clarinet and piano. It is a virtuoso, exciting and quite effective piece which deliberately puts the possibilities of performance and sound…

Featured in all of the popular Toy Story movies, the big band version recorded by Robert Goulet (as the voice of Wheezy) is the most memorable. In a similar style, Mark Taylor brings a fresh setting of this modern day classic for vocal soloist and big band.

13 Well-Known Melodies In Easy Arrangements. The music chosen for 'Curtain up!' ranges from the early classical period to the 20th century and includes arrangements of works by Vanhal, Leopold and Wolfgang A. Mozart, Weber, Diabelli, Mendelssohn Bartholdy through to Tchaikovsky, Ravel and Rachmaninoff. Two lively compositions by Maria Holzeis-Augustin are also included. All arrangements are suitab…

Par RINCK JOHANN CHRISTIAN HEINRICH. Rinck’s organ works were oriented toward the needs of the church music of this time, when short and relatively simple pieces were required. This genre of music is exemplified by the Chorale Preludes op. 105, most of which occupy only one printed page, and which are reminiscent of Bach’s Orgelbüchlein. With his imaginative pieces Rinck successfully created a tra…

Par RIHM WOLFGANG. Jagden und Formen is so immediately gripping that it is already considered a classic of the modern age. As a ‘work-in-progress’ that has grown over the years, Jagden und Formen has reached its final form in the version of 2008. It begins as a mating dance of two violins and increases to a breathless music of irresistible pull: virtuosic, intoxicating and exuberant with ideas, wi…

Par CHOSTAKOVITCH DIMITRI. Shostakovich's Op. 6 is a suite for 2 Pianos in four contrasting movements, paired in this edition with the Merry March. The pieces show the great Russian composer at his most accessible, recalling the symmetrical rhythms of older classical works./ Répertoire / 2 Pianos

Op. 22. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Composed in 1800 and published as a 'Grande Sonate”, Beethoven's Piano Sonata in B-flat major op. 22 marks the end of his first creative period. The only surviving handwritten source is a copyist's manuscript that served as an engraver's copy but which conflicts in many details with the original print. Beethoven held this sonata in especially high regard, proudly …

An exciting new series of 12 instrumental instruction books. Includes complete music for all riffs, licks, hints and tips, plus easy-to-follow instructions, tips and advice. Accompanying CD allows you to listen and play along to the matching audio tracks. Essential information on how to get all the great rock guitar sounds, from classic 1950s lick to pull-offs, hammer-ons, bends and the slide. Plu…

As conductor of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and for many years of the German-Swiss Radio Symphony Orchestra,the author has regularly given performances of the great Baroque and classical oratorios.(Eng.) / Livre

Par MACPHERSON STEWART. The revised edition of Stewart Macpherson's exhaustive guide to Form in Music. With special reference to the designs of classical music and using a vast array of musical examples to illustrate his ideas, he analyses the varied forms that have been fashionable, bound to society and culture through history. From Concertos and Symphonies, to simple binary, sonata-forms and bri…

This wonderful arrangement of the second movement from Mozart's Symphony #17 is an excellent piece for developing ensembles to learn about the stylistic nuances of Mozart. Arranged by Steven Campbell in G major and set in common time, younger musicians will find the setting very accessible. This is a great way to introduce varied bowing techniques like staccato, legato, spiccato, and brushed strok…