Par HARRIS PAUL. Paul Harris: The Clarinet is a practical and dynamic guide to all aspects of clarinet playing, ideal for students from Grade 5 (intermediate level) upwards and professionals alike. The author?s seminal book on the instrument, this is a complete companion to playing, from practice through to performance. Bursting with excerpts from the clarinet canon in addition to many concise exe…

In this elementary level piece, the left hand plays a mostly chordal accompaniment but also plays the melody part-way through, with a finger 2 crossover. The piece is written in C major but includes a few accidentals. There are varied dynamics throughout, specific phrase marks, and a line of 3/4 meter at the end. / Piano

This collection of sheet music by the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius features 24 of his most enjoyable and influential pieces, all newly-arranged especially for this volume. The tonal innovations and idiosyncratic compositional style of this hugely prolific composer truly does illustrate the genuine Joy Of Sibelius.The pieces by Sibelius included in this collection exhibit the influences tha…

What is Piano Junior?Piano Junior is a superb piano course for beginners. It's creative, it's interactive, it's colourful, it has its own website with additional online material - and most importantly, it really works! Its characters, PJ the friendly robot and his sidekick Mozart the dog, motivate and encourage children throughout each level. The course is available as core Lesson Books, along wit…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Throughout the colonial period in America, country dancing was the principal recreation of all social classes. Americans had inherited this tendency from Elizabethan England, and many continental Europeans also took up English country dancing as their own. Four Colonial Country Dances feature country dance tunes that were indigenous to New England and particularly to the Boston a…

Par APPLEBAUM SAMUEL. An all-time best seller, the Belwin String Builder is a string class method in three parts in which Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass play together throughout. Each book, however, is a complete unit and may be used separately for class or individual instruction. The material in the book is graded realistically so that only the minimum of explanatory material is required. Each mel…

Originally recorded by young R and B star Tevin Campbell on his Grammy-nominated debut album in 1991, this soulful ballad is truly stirring. An optional solo at the opening provides the opportunity to feature a star singer, while solid choral writing throughout leads to an uplifting and inspiring finish. / Choeur A 2 Parties

Par SIMPER CALEB. SATB and organ Caleb Simper (1857-1942) was for many years amongst the most performed of living composers by virtue of his anthems and services, which were 'sung throughout the civilised world'. To complement his ever popular voluntaries for the church year (still available from Stainer and Bell), five of his anthems are here reissued in a new edition by Simper's biographer, Chri…

Additional Editing And Transcription By David Rosenthal. Par JOEL BILLY. Billy Joel's keyboardist and Music Director David Rosenthal has attentively arranged all the tracks from Joel's 1980 album to combine the piano parts and vocal melodies into playable arrangements with accurate transcriptions of those classic piano parts that are integral to each song. Includes all ten songs, including: All fo…

The Joy Of Easy Classics is a wonderful collection of popular classics arranged for easy Piano including Air on the G String, The Blue Danube, Hallelujah Chorus, Ode to Joy and The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy . This CD edition includes newly-recorded, high-quality performances of the music to be found in the book. These tracks demonstrate how the pieces should sound and, in some cases, provide a …

The Czech composer Franti?ek Xaver Du?ek (1731-1799) was a leading figure in Prague's music life in the latter half of the 18th century. He was an outstanding pianist, composer and piano teacher whose pupils included Leopold Ko?eluch.Now all of Du?ek's 21 sonatas, many of which have until now been available only in old prints or manuscripts, are appearing in two volumes.The editor, Vojtech Spurný,…

Par HADERMANN JAN. Refraction is a work that uses the entire band and all the colours it can possibly produce. As the title suggests, it was inspired the fascinating physical phenomenon known as refraction. Just like light is split and disbursed into all its colours, the main theme is split into little motives. As the individual motives are disbursed throughout the band, different sections become …

Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. Throughout his entire career, Gade composed songs and ballads, from his first known composition in 1834 to 1888. Two thirds of the 112 songs were published during his lifetime, and the remaining ones are now available for the first time. Twelve of the songs are Gade’s arrangements of his own music or of music by other composers, and the edition also includes discarded son…

Par EVERS HARM. The inspiration for The Lights of Europe was the continuous growth in unity throughout Europe. The march begins in the minor key (all beginnings are difficult) but unity is found and is clearly audible in the melodious trio of the march. / Niveau : 2 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Dramatic poem for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra. Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. Gade composed the cantata ?The Crusaders? op. 50 for soloists, choir and orchestra (termed as ?Dramatic Poem? in the original print) in the summer of 1865; it was premiered on 24 April 1866. Together with the cantatas ?Kalanus? and ?Zion? written later, the work constitutes, in Gade?s understanding, a ?kind of trilogy? which…