During the visit to Brive-la-Gaillarde in 1940, Poulenc sketched a little piece for the children of his cousins: Sophie, Sylvie, Benoit, Florence and Delphine Périer, Yvan, Alain, Marie-Christine and Marguerite-Marie Villotte, and their two friends Marthe Bosredon and André Lecoeur. This took the form of a musical background to Jean de Brunhoff's popular illustrated children's story about Babar, a…

Par SCHOTT HOWARD. A practical manual for the performer, this concise volume by an expert in the field also presents an authoritative history of the instrument. It imparts basic facts about the harpsichord, describes techniques of music making, and surveys the repertoire from the 16th century through modern times - all in a clear coherent and highly readable style. Valuable suggestions relating to…

Par LISZT FRANZ. This volume spanning the composer's output from 1835 to 1879, presents a selection of his paraphrases and fantasies on operas written chiefly in the French and Italian traditions. His masterful transcriptions and fantasies reveal his exceptional ability to transform the essence of an operatic theme into unforgettable music for the piano. Selected and with an introduction by Charle…

Peter Penhallow présente quinze chansons folk américains, disposés de façon à être accessible pour le guitariste de débutant, complet avec un glossaire de termes, un guide de notation musicale et un CD d'exemples. Commencez en jouant de la musique que vous aimez. Chacune de ces merveilleux folk et les favoris traditionnels comprend des notes de rendement utiles pour vous aider à développer les tec…

Une ingénue, une très jeune femme, est un type de caractère bien définies dans le théâtre musical. Les 37 chansons dans cette collection représentent le répertoire du célèbre soprano ingénues comme Julie Andrews, Barbara Cook, Shirley Jones et beaucoup d'autres, avec des chansons de Camelot, My Fair Lady, Show Boat, The Music Man, Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music et 18 autres spectacles./ Recueil / C…

The Complete Keyboard Player series will teach you everything you need to know to get the most out of your electronic keyboard, in a fraction of the time it takes to learn a conventional instrument. Based on popular songs and with easy-to-follow text and diagrams, this excellent course assumes no prior knowledge of keyboards or music. All three books are available with an optional professional-qua…

Debuting on Christmas Day 2014, Sondheim's Into the Woods is now being introduced to a new generation of fans in this Disney movie adaptation of the Broadway musical that puts a new twist on familiar fairy tales. Our songbook features 14 songs from the soundtrack for voice with piano accompaniment plus 8 pages of color artwork from the film. Songs include: Agony · Children Will Listen · Giants in …

Fassung Ii. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The St. John Passion ranks alongside the St. Matthew Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, the Magnificat and the B minor Mass as one of the great vocal works from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Leipzig years. In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he substantially revis…

The latest addition to the bestselling Little Voices series features five favourite Songs From The Movies, specially arranged in two parts for young groups and choirs. The unique audio download includes demonstration audio and Piano backing tracks to make this the complete teaching package.With five favourite songs from the major animated movies 'Frozen' (Let It Go), 'Despicable Me' (Happy), 'The …

from La La Land. Par HURWITZ / PASEK / PAUL. Someone in the Crowd is a song from the hugely popular musical film La La Land. This artist-approved choral version has been arranged for soprano, alto and combined men's voices with a straight-forward piano accompaniment. It forms part of the Faber Choral Singles series and is ideal for choirs of any ability./ Recueil / Choeur Mixte (SATB) et Piano

Par HERCHENRODER MARTIN. 'Toccata and Lament” was composed on commission in 2008 to inaugurate the large new organ in the Christ Church Cathedral, Rochester, NY, USA. This instrument is a detailed reconstruction of a late Baroque organ of 1776 from Vilnius in Lithuania. The point of departure - a clash of contrasting eras and musical cultures on two continents - already bodes excitement. Martin He…

8 years on from their last release, French electronic duo Daft Punk have now unleashed their fourth and what is, so far, their most successful studio album to date, Random Access Memories . The sheet music in this songbook, including the hit single Get Lucky , has been expertly arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. Listen to Get Lucky : The album pays tribute to the late 1970s and early 1980s era …

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. In the 50th anniversary year of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams, this highly attractive arrangement for piano of one of his most popular works will surely find its way into the repertoire of many pianists. Treasured by organists, but no less admired in its orchestral arrangement often heard on Classic FM, this delightful prelude on the Welsh hymn tune known as Rhosy…