This is a collection of 24 harp tunes arranged by Alison Kinnaird MBE. The music has been arranged in a style which is not an antiquarian attempt to recreate it as it might have sounded 200 years ago, but which reflects the living and evolving tradition of Scottish music.This collection, the first of its kind, will be of interest to players who are already familiar with their native idiom, to the …

Cette carol traditionnel vient de la tradition orale américaine. La franchise du texte est souligné par la belle mélodie en mode Mixolydian. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Harpe (Ou Piano)

'La Mer?, which is an impressionistic work through and through, was composed between 1903-1905. Debussy however refined this work up until at least 1913. These corrections are found in a score which Debussy gave to his wife as a present for her private library in 1913.The new scholarly-critical edition draws on several important sources previously unavailable to musicologists, resulting in an arra…

These two chamber music works are one of the main focuses in the oeuvre of Ulvi Cemal Erkin. Lively and spirited, they combine Western European tradition with rhythmic and melodic elements from Turkish folk music. Both are perfectly suitable for music lessons and concert recitals, adding a new interesting colour to the common chamber music repertoire.Erkin (1906-1972) is one of the most important …

Par CURNOW PAUL. The musical heritage of the United States is rich with folk songs from across the country. We can understand a great deal about society, culture and traditions through these folk songs. The folk tune used in this work has had many lives, from early church singing to pub songs to a marching song. / Niveau : 1.5 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par KODALY ZOLTAN. Galánta is a small Hungarian market-town known to the travellers from Vienna to Budapest. The composer has passed there seven years of his childhood. There existed at that time a famous Gipsy-band which has disappeared in the meantime. Their music was the first 'orchestral sonority' which came to the ear of the child. The forbears of these gipsies were known already more than hu…

Prayer to the Power of Love. Par BORTNIANSKY DMITRY STEPANOVYCH. The Ukrainian Dmitri Bortniansky (1751-1825) received lessons at the local singing school in his hometown of Hlukhiv, and soon his extraordinary talent was recognised. He was somewhat of a child prodigy, writing his first opera at a young age. Following his studies Bortniansky was appointed court composer and Kapellmeister of the Imp…

This work, composed in 1990 at the suggestion of the violinist Saschko Gawriloff, is in the tradition of great virtuoso violin concertos. Originally consisting of three movements, the work was revised by Ligeti into a five-movement work in 1992. / Violon Et Orchestre

Par OTTAVIANI DIDIER. Piece pour 4 batteries inspiree du rythme djagbe, tradition Malinke. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / Batterie

Media Type : Book DVD Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Number of pages : 104 An in-depth instruction manual for the Arabic oud, the ancestor of the lute and guitar. A companion instructional DVD is included showing key points to playing the Oud.. Contents include: Holding the oud, Plucking the Strings, Basic Plucking Rules in Arabic Tradition, Positions of Left Hand Fingers, Basic Not…

Champagne Galop. Par CHRISTIAN LUMBYE HANS. Hans Christian Lumbye (1810-1874) est le talentueux fils d’un militaire danois. En 1839, il assiste au concert d’un orchestre viennois qui interprète des oeuvres de Johann Strauss et Joseph Lanner. Le jeune homme, fasciné par ce qu’il entend, décide de perpétuer le style et la tradition des maîtres viennois. Quelques mois plus tard, on le surnommera même…

Il était traditionnel pour voyager de musiciens en Irlande à composer de la musique, le nom de personnes ou des familles de l'influence qu'ils ont rencontré au cours de leurs voyages. Ces hommages étaient connus comme planxties. Planxty Kelly célèbre cette tradition. Ecrit en réponse à la formidable générosité de sa communauté, Planxty Kelly est un hommage à une jeune femme dont toute vie trop brè…

Par GRANADOS ENRIQUE. Parmi les œuvres de piano du début de la vie du compositeur espagnol, les douze Danzas españolas parues en 1890-1895 marquent une étape importante de son développement. Elles se situent dans la tradition des pièces de caractère d’un Chopin ou d’un Schumann, tout en présentant néanmoins un coloris individuel marqué, grâce à l’emprunt de danses en provenance de toute l’Espagne.…

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Handel completed his opera “Ottone” in August 1722, but the first performance did not take place until January 1723 in the Haymarket Theatre, London; the composer had waited so long for the famous soprano Francesca Cuzzoni who he had in mind for the role of Teofane. “Ottone” was an immediate success from the beginning, not only for its top-class cast but also because o…

Par SCHNEIDER ENJOTT. Le compositeur de films de Munich et professeur de composition acteur Schneider (* 1950) a eu une relation spéciale avec l'orgue depuis son temps comme un étudiant de musique d'église à Ratisbonne. La toccata ' frère of Sleep '(ED 8525) (du film du même nom par j. Vilsmaier) est l'un de ses plus célèbres oeuvres pour orgue. Sa nouvelle oeuvre pour orgue et des cuivres, conven…