Beatus Vir. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Mit 'Dixit Dominus' [Ps 109 [110]] und 'Beatus vir' [Ps 111 [112]] liegen zwei der bedeutendsten doppelchörigen Kirchenkompositionen Vivaldis in kritischen Neuausgaben vor. Mit der vokal-instrumentalen Satzart 'in due Cori' knüpft Vivaldi an die alte venezianische [für ihn also heimatliche] Tradition festlich-mehrchörigen Musizierens an, deren Techniken der freilic…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven's Sonata in F major op. 54 was written in 1804, just after the highly virtuosic 'Waldstein' Sonata and before the 'Appassionata' Sonata, and has unjustly stood in the shadow of its predecessor and successor ever since. Its two movements are characterized by the friction between traditional form and creative abandon. While the opening movement marked 'In Tempo d'…

Description En Mode is a set of twenty-two easy character pieces for guitar with a light contemporary flavor, in the style of..., that provide early students with a wider range of musical genres than is usually possible with traditional accessible repertoire. Some of the pieces are grouped into suites appropriate for performance. The pieces are presented in progressive order of difficulty in st…

Twenty-four of Ireland's favourite songs, both traditional and modern, complied by Pat Conway, with complete performances on an accompanying CD. Newly engraved in melody-line arrangements, complete with lyrics and chord symbols. Decorated throughout with line drawings. / Chant Et Guitare

Par STANLEY YATES. En Mode is a set of twenty-two easy character pieces for guitar with a light contemporary flavor, 'in the style of...,' that provide early students with a wider range of musical genres than is usually possible with traditional 'accessible' repertoire. Some of the pieces are grouped into suites appropriate for performance. The pieces are presented in progressive order of difficul…

Five Variations on the 'Brugg Song'. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Kaleidoscope is a set of five variations of on the ‘Brugger Lied’ (Brugg Song) which is the traditional song of the town of Brugg. The lyrics tell of the geography, people and traditions of this charming and historic town, which is situated in the north of Switzerland, near to the German border, about halfway between Basel and Zurich. Each va…

Five Variations on the 'Brugg Song'. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Kaleidoscope is a set of five variations of on the ‘Brugger Lied’ (Brugg Song) which is the traditional song of the town of Brugg. The lyrics tell of the geography, people and traditions of this charming and historic town, which is situated in the north of Switzerland, near to the German border, about halfway between Basel and Zurich. Each va…

Five Variations on the 'Brugg Song'. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Kaleidoscope is a set of five variations of on the ‘Brugger Lied’ (Brugg Song) which is the traditional song of the town of Brugg. The lyrics tell of the geography, people and traditions of this charming and historic town, which is situated in the north of Switzerland, near to the German border, about halfway between Basel and Zurich. Each va…

Five Variations on the 'Brugg Song'. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Kaleidoscope is a set of five variations of on the ‘Brugger Lied’ (Brugg Song) which is the traditional song of the town of Brugg. The lyrics tell of the geography, people and traditions of this charming and historic town, which is situated in the north of Switzerland, near to the German border, about halfway between Basel and Zurich. Each va…

This new collection of folk songs - 'Laula kultani' (Finnish for 'Sing, my sweetheart') - offers choirs attractive literature to expand their repertoires and to perform concerts for many different occasions. The creative choral director has many possibilities for performing this music: thus instruments can be added, or - if there are difficulties due to pronouncing a foreign language - a small ens…

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. All of Bach ’s six authenticated motets were written between 1723 and 1727 for St Thomas’ Church, Leipzig, where Bach was appointed as director of music in 1723. During this period, Bach composed most of his cantatas, and it seems likely that for ordinary Sunday services he used existing motets from the seventeenth century tradition, reserving his own motet compositions …

Par HANWAY TOM. An important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a comprehensive, scholarly treatise on the history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradition. Includes segments on tuning, pick preferences, and tablature reading followed by 101 jigs, slides, polkas, slip jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, O'Carolan tunes, plus a speci…