This huge collection of 64 Easy Songs For Ukulele is perfect for the pluckers and superb for the strummers. Featuring pop and rock hits from nearly every decade over the past half-century, all of these songs sound great on the humble Uke and have been specially arranged in easy keys with easy chord shapes.Ukuleles are brilliantly versatile, allowing you to give nearly any song a fresh and upbeat, …

Even for Ralph Vaughan Williams the prospect of two world premieres within 24 hours must have been something of a rarity. Such was the case however on the first two days of June 1953, when his now classic arrangement of The Old Hundredth Psalm was sung at the Coronation of Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, being preceded the evening before by the premiere of 'Silence and Music', fourth of ten par…

Par VILLARD FRANCK. Sous-titré « monologue dramatique », Ariadne Theseo (lettre d’Ariane à Thésée) pour mezzo-soprano et orchestre a été conçu en écho au célèbre Lamento d’Arianna de Claudio Monteverdi. Écrite sur un texte latin extrait des Héroïdes d’Ovide librement adapté et condensé, l’œuvre se présente comme une grande scène lyrique qui pourrait être extraite d’un opéra. Comme son prestigieux …

Par SCARLATTI / GILBERT. 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 tenth volume is indispensable to performers of the genre. Originally composed for the Harpsichord, Organ or early Pianoforte, the Sonatas display the riveting use of discords and unconven…

Par SCARLATTI / GILBERT. 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 volume is indispensable to performers of the genre. Originally composed for the Harpsichord, Organ or early Pianoforte, the Sonatas display the riveting use of discords and unconve…

Par SCARLATTI / GILBERT. 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 second volume is indispensable to performers of the genre. Originally composed for the Harpsichord, Organ or early Pianoforte, the Sonatas display the riveting use of discords and unconve…

Mauro Giuliani is considered today to have been the most important guitarist-composer of the early nineteenth century. Not only was Giuliani the foremost player of his day: his fame reached far beyond the realm of guitar enthusiasts, earning him a place among the musical élite as a complete, versatile musician. Even so, by the end of the nineteenth century he was largely forgotten and his music ma…

Beautiful Airs and Ballads of the British Isles. Par GONZALEZ RAYMOND. This fingerstyle guitar collection features 20 engaging lyrical tunes from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales plus three original pieces by accomplished guitarist, trumpeter and composer William A. Bay, president, and editor-in-chief at Mel Bay Publications. Tasked with writing intermediate-level arrangements in either stand…

History of an Instrument. Par OTTERSTEDT ANNETTE. This book is a compendium and practical guide for musicians and music lovers alike, putting a great many problems and questions relating to the viol, and music in general, into perspective. Covers great gamba players, the history of viol construction, the musical role of viols, and practical aspects of viol playing./ Livre / Divers

100 Most Gorgeous Songs Ever contains some of the world's most beautiful ballads, including: All the Things You Are, Bridge over Troubled Water, Can't Help Falling in Love, Hallelujah, I Only Have Eyes for You, I'll Know, If, Just the Way You Are, Laura, Michelle, My Heart Will Go on (Love Theme from 'Titanic'), Night and Day, Over the Rainbow, She's Always a Woman, Summertime, Three Times a Lady,…