A dozen jazz classics complete with jazz combo backing tracks for solo instrumentalists: Doxy - In Walked Bud - In Your Own Sweet Way - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Nardis - On Green Dolphin Street - Reunion Blues - St. Thomas - Scrapple from the Apple - Sidewinder - Stolen Moments - Take Five. / Saxophone Alto

Par DATESMAN KYLE. Perhaps the first 5-string banjo book of its kind, Renaissance and Elizabethan Music for Banjo consists entirely of music from these early periods and provides banjo players with \'growing material\''that is, the opportunity to play in a number of different keys besides G major. This detail alone will expand your banjo horizon by requiring the use of unusual chord shapes. Writte…

Full Score. Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès' The Tempest, one of the most striking and successful operas of recent years, is available for the first time as a beautifully produced, limited-edition full score. Featuring the stunning image 'Octopus' by artist Claire Burbridge, this unique cased edition includes colour plates of exclusive images from Ades' original handwritten score and sketches. Each c…

Par VANDEVENNE THOMAS. Une pièce enlevée et très contrastée, aux rythmes et couleurs de l'Andalousie.3 - 5 mn Thomas Vandevenne est né à Strasbourg le 10 juin 1963. Il étudie la percussion au conservatoire de Poitiers puis intègre la classe de Jean Batigne au Conservatoire National de Région de Strasbourg où il étudie également l'improvisation , l'harmonie et l'arrangement au sein de la classe de …

for piano. Par LARCHER THOMAS. Smart Dust' devices are tiny wireless microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS) which are able to sense everything from light to vibrations. Thanks to new developments in silicon processing, these 'motes' are no larger than a sand grain even though they are provided with sensors, circuits, wireless communications and a power supply. They collect enormous amounts of data,…

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn?t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years …

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the 'intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential 'to formulate an, albeit 'only' individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.” Schlee's Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound, out of which he develops a harmo…

Par RAVENSCROFT THOMAS. Chanteur, compositeur, théoricien de la musique, Thomas Ravenscroft (vers 1590-1635) est passé à la postérité comme collecteur et premier éditeur de chansons populaires et de canons anglais (rounds ou catches). Conçus pour être chantés à l'unisson dans des tessitures variées, les canons étaient également appréciés sur des instruments tels que flûte à bec ou violes. Les cano…

Par BATESON THOMAS. Thomas Bateson: Second Set of Madrigals in 3, 4, 5 & 6 parts (1618) Contents: Songs of three parts: Love is the fire My Mistress after service due One woman scarce of twenty If I seek to enjoy Pleasure is a wanton thing Sweet, those trammels of your hair Songs of four parts: Live not, poor bloom The nightingale in silent night O what is she? (the first part) See forth her eyes …

A new engraving of Thomas Attwood's delightful miniature, Come Holy Ghost , this piece is suitable for Whitsundtide or for general use. Thomas Attwood (1765-1838) is perhaps best known as the composer of such charming miniatures as Come, Holy Ghost , which is in essence a simple, threeverse hymn. Its elegant melody, first sung by soprano, then by a chorus (or quartet and chorus) is reminiscent of …

Octo Tonorum Melodiae. Par STOLTZER THOMAS. Frutti Musicali, a series of ensemble music from the Renaissance and early Baroque, addresses itself to all friends of early music. Practical editions with authoritative musical texts offer an selection of pieces performable in a variety of instrumental combination, and allow a wide range of musicians to savor the delights of these largely unknown ; musi…

to the violin concerto by Gyorgy Ligeti. Par ADES THOMAS. In a conversation with the violinist Peter Herresthal, we touched on the “invitation” in the score of Ligeti’s Violin concerto to provide a cadenza for the work. Peter suggested that I answer this invitation and I was happy to accept. I followed all the composer’s directions exactly: the cadenza may use material from all five movements, and…