Beautiful American Airs and Ballads. Par DUNCAN CRAIG. Beautiful American Airs and Ballads is a collection of 23 traditional American melodies that are particularly suited to being played on the fiddle. These are heartfelt tunes from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War eras along with Appalachian love songs and gems from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The arrangements include stylistic 'fi…

Par BURGMULLER FRIEDRICH. Pedagogical in nature, these editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) was born into a German musical family- both his father and brother were also well-known composers. Settling in Paris after 1832, his light and intimate playing style won popularity in the sal…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Certain to become a staple of Grade 3 band literature this great new composition represents James Curnow at his finest. Beginning and ending with an exciting fanfare that contrasts various melodic, rhythmic, harmonic and stylistic concepts, The Spirit Soars captures the enduring spirit of today’s youth in music. The joyous scherzo energized with buoyant energy and an exquisite co…

Par MINSKY AARON. Pop Goes the Cello is a dynamic set of ten original pieces suitable for intermediate to advanced players, featuring styles such as pop, rock, and Latin. These characterful vignettes are well suited to concert performance as encores or as a suite, while allowing cellists to tackle a variety of technical and stylistic challenges. / Niveau : Très Avancé / Recueil / Violoncelle

This method by Tim Kliphuis is the first book to teach Gypsy Jazz Violin in the style of Stephane Grappelli. Have you ever listened to Stephane Grappellis' solos thinking 'I wish I could do that, but it is way over my head'' Here is the answer. Simple theory, licks and stylistic lessons point you towards your first authentic Gypsy Jazz improvisations, which you can try out with the swinging…

Explore musical ideas to play music creatively using music theory that you have learned. To put music theory into practice is to apply theory in an artistic and creative manner. Every piece of music in this publication appears in a few variations. Each variation offers musical ideas that make it sound interesting and at times, stylistically different. / Methods & Tutors / Théorie / Piano

Par CHRISTIANSEN COREY. This book contains a number of songs and solos that are authentic rock n' roll but are not overly advanced. The play-along CD will help players hear the stylistic elements and concepts played by rock guitarists today. Presented in standard notation, tab, and chord diagrams, this is a must have for the aspiring rock guitarist at almost any level. - Contains a number of songs…

Fragments K. 442. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Mozart often began work on a composition only to put it aside, unfinished. Some of these fragments contain wonderful music, as is proved by these three Piano trio fragments. Mozart composed them at different times as individual movements, though the posthumous first edition brought them together as a supposedly new and unknown Piano trio by the compos…

Par HIGGINS ANDREW. Tracing the steps taken by the author on his musical journey, So You Want To Learn To Improvise' Offers teachers and students a step-by-step guide to acquiring the skills needed to improvise at the piano. The book is deliberately stylistically non-specific, working from the premise that once the basics are secured, choices about style can be personal issues. The content from S…

Rameau's 'Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour? was long considered second-rate because its première was associated with a political event. Yet this ballet abounds in novel dramaturgical effects that foreshadow his later operas, such as 'Zaïs?, 'Zoroastre? and 'Les Boréades?. Working together with his librettist Cahusac, Rameau sought to weave the dance numbers, choruses and stage machinery more tig…

Passionsoratorium. Par LOEWE CARL. Carl Loewe, who today is known only for his Ballades, left behind an extensive musical opus especially created to meet the rapidly growing needs of the emerging middle class during the Biedermeier period [including 15 oratorios]. In the oratorio Das Sühnopfer des neuen Bundes [The Expiatory Sacrifice of the New Covenant], composed during the middle of the 19th ce…

Passionsoratorium. Par LOEWE CARL. Carl Loewe, who today is known only for his Ballades, left behind an extensive musical opus especially created to meet the rapidly growing needs of the emerging middle class during the Biedermeier period [including 15 oratorios]. In the oratorio Das Sühnopfer des neuen Bundes [The Expiatory Sacrifice of the New Covenant], composed during the middle of the 19th ce…