Par HAZELL CHRIS. Unison and keyboard Written by a celebrated arranger and composer of popular classic Holy Moses, this lively and inspiring cantata is a pageant of Christmas past and present - including 'An Elizabethan Christmas Present', 'Mysterious Handel', 'Mozart's Mince Pies', 'A Victorian Cockney's Lament' and 'Christmas Rapping'. Stuffed full of memorable tunes, it ends with a rumbustuous …

Following on the success of her two operatic works for children and teens - Douce et Barbe Bleue, Les Fables Enchantées, Little Thummie and Cendrillon (based on Perrault), as well as the adaptation of Maupassant's short story The Dumpling (2014) - Isabelle Aboulker once again hits the bull's eye with Myla And The Boat-Tree, a commission from the Villecroze Music Academy. In 2015, this musical tale…

Par STANLEY YATES. This new series of graded repertoire for guitar has been put together with the aim of providing students with the most attractive, stylistically comprehensive, and inspiring music available, while at the same time realistically meeting the pedagogical needs of teachers. Students and teachers will therefore find in these volumes some of the most representative and attractive musi…

A Guide For The Claw-Less!. Par LEVENSON DAN. Southern Appalachian native Dan Levenson and Mel Bay Publications present Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch - A Guide for the Claw-less! This book teaches clawhammer banjo the way we play, not the way others say. It really begins as though you really have NO knowledge of how to play the five string banjo clawhammer style. Based on Dan's innovative Meet the…

Odile Noel (Trans.). Par ODILE NOEL. The Modern Guitar Method Grade 1/Expanded Edition - French Edition provides valuable enhancement to the world's most popular guitar method. This comprehensive volume doubles the amount of studies and solos presented. Every new concept is reinforced by numerous pages of new study material. In addition, every note contained in the original Modern Guitar Method Gr…

Par GREEN FRED PRATT. With his move to a Methodist Home for the Aged, Fred believed his writing days to be over. 'I knew that old age does nothing for the inspiration'. However, he was wrong, and this modest 'sequence in verse on the theme of old age' brings smiles and tears as Fred takes us into his new home and shares his, and the community's, hopes and fears, joys and sorrows in 53 'verses'; on…

Principles of Jazz Bass Line Construction. Par ISRAELS CHUCK. All jazz bassists recognize the pivotal role that the Bill Evans Trio played in creating a new model for the bass’ function in jazz. In this book, Chuck Israels (one of Bill’s long-time bassists) has created a masterpiece of explaining what that revolution consists of. Among other crucial concepts, he shows how the bass can both lay dow…

Par PICKOW PETER. Peter Pickow. All the instruction required to play this fascinating little instrument. Clear diagrams, easy-to-read tablature and over 20 delightful tunes to play. Illustrated. / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Pennywhistle

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. A spectacular dive via an extended chromatic scale immediately submerges us in a charged and somewhat archaic-feeling atmosphere. Trumpets, horns and trombones resound in rhythmic patterns, buttressed by restless motifs in the percussion. A second theme, in the woodwinds, begins much calmer but is quickly pushed aside by that same brass offensive. This introduction is the mu…

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…

This collection contains 12 classic songs from teen roles in Broadway shows. Access to online Piano accompaniment tracks is included, along with Playback+ software for changing tempo and pitch.Contents include: Astonishing (Little Women), Good Morning Baltimore (Hairspray), Home (Beauty and the Beast), I Speak Six Languages (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), The Lamest Place in the Worl…