Par KOHLER LOUIS. An excellent follow-up to Kohler\'s \'12 Easy Studies,\' these twenty etudes continue to develop finger dexterity through broken-chord and scalar passagework. Emphasizing traditional harmonies, the works also include a variety of articulations and dynamic contrasts. Reminiscent of the easier Czerny exercises, these one- and two-page studies are easily learned by intermediate-leve…

This arrangement of the traditional Hebrew folk song of celebration is for intermediate piano trio, one piano, six hands. The first and second players carry the familiar melody while the third player accompanies with a syncopated rhythmic motive. The parts are arranged in score form for ease in playing. A Federation Festivals 2014-2016 selection. / Piano 6 Mains

A touching ballad of parting, benediction-like, in the tradition of an Irish blessing. Basic choral writing...use it to teach phrasing, diction, or virtually any choral technique. The ideal concert closer - could become your choir's traditional final number. Another winner from a top team of choral writers. / 2 Parties Mixtes

What can age yet never grow old, and grip yet always pursue? The very popular Tum Balalaika, a traditional Yiddish riddle song with deep Russian roots, contains the answer: a haunting melody. This arrangement combines that mesmerizing melody with rich harmonies to produce a lushness that will encourage and inspire your students to play with passion and purpose. Beware! It may haunt you all of your…

Par WALTER D.SWEET. A collection of 78 tunes containing some Civil War selections as well as many other traditional favorites. Each arrangement features harmony, style marks and guitar chords. The music is supplemented with histories of the tunes and drumbeats. Complete Music for Fife and Drum was compiled by a professional fifer and is intended for the military fife in B-flat. This book offers tu…

Arrgt: Lopez Alain. The Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) est un Hymne Irlandais. C'est une mélodie populaire au sein de la diaspora Irlandaise et est également utilisé par l'Irlande du nord comme Hymne National avant certaines compétitions sportives. - Alain LOPEZ /. Formation : Quatuor de Flûtes. Instrumentation : 4 Grandes Flûtes. Niveau de Difficulté : 3/6 - Intermédiaire. Durée : 4'15. Style Musica…

Irish Folk Tunes for Descant Recorder is a collection of 63 arrangements for descant recorder, of traditional tunes including a range of styles such as Reels, Hornpipes, Jigs and more. Experienced recorder player and co-author of English Folk Tunes for Descant Recorder, the Baroque Recorder Anthology series, and Fun and Games with the Recorder series amongst others, Peter Bowman provides notes on …

June Armstrong's Puffin Island contains eleven miniatures for solo Piano, inspired by the Irish island of Rathlin.'Rathlin is an island lying off the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, where puffins come to breed annually and can be seen from May to August. The island is remote and beautiful and is home to much wild life. Our day on 'Puffin Island' starts with a breezy trip from the m…

Rhapsody in F Sharp for Piano and Orchestra was commissioned by the BBC Proms and first performed in the Royal Albert Hall on August 19th, 1943. Written with the wartime audience in mind, it is unashamedly popular in style, with its flashy virtuosity making it immediately accessible and entertaining. There is argument among scholars as to whether it should be referred to in the Major or Minor key,…

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Scored for large orchestra The Keening was only the second of MacMillan's orchestral works, written between 1985-87 when he was a student of John Casken at the University of Durham. The composer explains that 'keening' is a form of vocal lament associated with mourning, found in folk traditions of Ireland, northern Scotland and other cultures. Much of this work is based on the Gaelic lament tune '…

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Celtic/Irish Number of pages : 33 Turlough O'Carolan was born in County Meath, Ireland in 1670. He was trained as a youth to play the harp, and throughout his life composed a large number of songs. O'Carolan developed a personal style, containing melodic elements of Irish folk music, courtly harp music and Italian baroque music. O'…

from La Vida Breve. Par DE FALLA MANUEL / ELLIS NICHOLAS (Arr.). Drawn from his early opera La vida breve (1905), de Falla’s Spanish Dance No. 1 has become one of his most celebrated pieces. Bursting with rhythmic fire and Andalusian colour, it captures the spirit of Spanish folk tradition with its driving pulse, passionate melodies, and sudden shifts between delicacy and intensity. In this arrang…

Par BOUTHIER CHRISTIAN. Séduit par l'authenticité et le charme d'un marché artisanal, Christian Bouthier s'est inspiré du savoir-faire de trois artisans pour composer cette suite en trois mouvements. À l'ombre des platanes, ils font et refont devant un public nombreux et passionné, ces gestes ancestraux qui donnent naissance à tant de belles choses. Découvrez les traditions perpétuées par l'artisa…