Par VIVALDI ANTONIO / WOOD MARK (Arr.). Mark Wood originally recorded Vivaldi Rocks on his These Are a Few of My Favorite Things CD playing his seven-string Viper electric violin, but the solo part can be performed on the traditional acoustic four-stringed instrument. The composer prefers the sound of the electric instrument, so consider at least using a microphone with a standard instrument for a…

I have the pleasure of presenting the new Souza Lima playalong method series. This project is the result of extensive research and careful elaboration aiming at offering representative material on the most varied styles of Brazilian music to professional musicians, students, teachers and all those who take a general interest in this field of music. The focus of this series is on the language of in…

Par TORNQUIST CAROL. The Worship Essentials series offers a valuable resource for church pianists that includes collections with accessible piano arrangements specifically for preludes, offertories, and postludes. This book includes selections of traditional hymns appropriate for postlude music. / Hymnes et chorals / Recueil / Piano

Oh Christmas Tree. Par DOBBINS BILL. This spirited traditional carol is taken on a musical voyage through several different tempos, keys and moods, including a Latin section with an optional shaker accompaniment. The chromatic harmonies and changes in tempo and meter provide challenging material through which to develop the skills of basic musicianship and interpretation. The music is not technica…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Jacob de Haan was commissioned to write Choral Music a concert band from Dinxperlo (Netherlands). This band gave the work its premiere in 1997 during the World Music Contest in Kerkrade. Choral Music is based on the chorale Sollt ich meinem Gott nicht singen by the seventeenth century German composer Johann Schop. Contrary to the title, Choral Music has nothing in common with a …

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. When the librettist Paolo Rolli and George Frideric Handel composed an Italian opera about Scipio's conquest of the Iberian port city of Carthago Nova in 1726, these events from 209 BC were already almost two thousand years in the past. Research on the critical edition of the opera “Scipione” in the Halle Handel Edition suggests that the librettist and composer had so…

Kikapust. Par TRADITIONNEL. Scottish Traditional, text by Robert Burns. Recorded on Jonathan Rathbone free sampler CD, contact us for your copy / Niveau : Débutant / Jonathan Rathbone / Feuillet / A Cappella

5 Jazzy Pieces. Par SCHOENMEHL MIKE. Une région pleine de diversité culturelle ' était le slogan pour le festival d'été 2003 Land de Rhénanie-Palatinat et le Quintette de cuivres Brass splendide demandé Mike Schönmehl d'interpréter ce thème dans la musique. Il en est résulté en cinq rencontres avec les différentes traditions culturelles, affichant des influences tangentielles et qui se recoupent d…

Debut album for the Blink 182 side-project in which Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker get to ditch the pop-punk-metal and return to a more traditional punk sound and serious lyrics. Authentic guitar transcriptions of all the songs from the album in tablature and notation, with chords and lyrics. / Guitare Tablatures / 62 pages / Partition

Par WATKIN ANDREW. Music occupies an important role in the cultural life of Russia. Russian Dance is based on a famous traditional song and reflects the characteristic elements of this expansive country. This composition develops over a steady tempo using varied and colourful effects to bring pleasure to musicians and audience alike. / Niveau : 1.5 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Conc…

Par NEDECKY JASON. Singers, teachers, coaches, and conductors will appreciate French Lyric Diction: A Singer's Guide for its thorough account of the language as it is sung in opera and mélodie. Often-overlooked topics are explored, including phrasal and emphatic stress, vocalic length, singing the French r, and traditions in the setting of French poetry. Considerable attention is paid to the subje…

Par MARCHETTINI PAOLO. I always considered the fugue the most perfect and pure of all musical forms. The possibility to build an entire piece of music from only one main idea represented an intriguing challenge for composers from different times. With this work, which I consider as a whole, I wanted to pay homage to this old, and beloved, form. I tried to infuse it with my personal view, hoping to…

Par NIJS JOHAN. The enchanting town of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland, has been an inspiration to many artists, saints, and scholars over many centuries. It lies in the heart of the beautiful Killarney National Park, and near Ireland’s highest mountains. There are many places of interest to be found in Killarney and the surrounding area such as churches and other historical buildings, as well …

The colourful and richly diverse music of the Balkans became popular in Western Europe during the 1990s resulting in what can only be described as a 'Balkan boom' which still endures today. This selection of arrangements provides the opportunity for flutists to become acquainted with well-known traditional songs and dances from Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and D…

Par REICHARDT JOHANN FRIEDRICH. If he is known at all, then generally Reichardt is known primarily as a Lied composer. This first edition of the full score of the Weihnachtskantilene makes this work for large ensemble once again accessible. This simple, homophonic setting in 16 movements is scored in some sections for double choir, whereby the higher choir can be performed effectively by a childre…