Classical guitarists, both students and professional performers, require the same high-quality editions that their pianist colleagues have come to expect from Alfred Music. Our Classical Guitar Masterwork Editions continue the Alfred tradition of providing carefully edited, beautifully presented music for practice and performance.This edition of Carcassi's Melodic and Progressive Etudes, Op. 60 in…

Konzert für Sopran, Schlagzeug und Klavier. Par RASKATOV ALEXANDER. In the 1980s Raskatov had experimented with a developing aural sign system – call it the „linguistics“ of music – such as the polystylistic manner of Schnittke, and various minimalist techniques. At the time he held a rather critical view of his contemporaries who had made a fashion out of sacred music. With Seven Stages of Hallel…

Par ACHARD CYRIL. Depuis l’avènement des musiques Afro-Américaines, l’exercice d’improvisation s’est peu à peu révélé comme l’essence et la caractéristique fondamentale du Jazz. Bien sûr la tradition est ancienne, les musiciens de cour improvisaient déjà avant les illustres Bach, Beethoven, Mozart et Liszt. Quant à la culture jazziste, elle a façonné son esthétique, développé son propre langage mu…

Commencer la clarinette à 6 ou 7 ans ? Pourquoi pas... s'il existe un outil pédagogique adapté à l'âge des tout jeunes apprentis musiciens ! Clarinette et boule de gomme propose une initiation instrumentale, tout autant qu'une acquisition des fondamentaux du langage musical. C'est en m'appuyant sur ma propre expérience de pédagogue que j'ai pu concevoir cet ouvrage. Les 16 leçons qui le composent …

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. Cool Blues Piano-Keyboard Grooves is a music instructional book written by internationally acclaimed author/musician Andrew D. Gordon. Andrew D. Gordon has written over 60 music educational books such as: ; 12 Bar Blues Bible, ; 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs, ; 60 Of The Funkiest Keyboard Riffs Known To Mankind, ; The Bluesier Side Of Jazz, ; Ultimate Latin Riffs for Piano/Keyboar…

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This traditional tune, 'The Cumberland's Crew,' was inspired by the historic gunship battle between the wooden Cumberland and the ironclad Virginia in 1862. The light and airy melody in 3/4 time develops a variety of textures and voicings and builds to a dramatic conclusion. This is an ideal choice to showcase the musicality of your developing band. (2:30) / Concert Band

For this volume, Franz Vesters studies most suited to the treble recorder have been selected and adapted and will complement existing recorder studies. The studies span the period between 1700 und 1900 and feature pieces from the late Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods that extend the boundaries of the traditional recorder repertoire. A musically exciting and complementary to existing recorde…

Par SZATHMARY ZSIGMOND. The powerful intensity of colour and expressiveness of the mosaic images in the apse and altar area of the late antique church of San Vitale (from the 6th century) in Ravenna made a lasting impression on Zsigmond Szathmáry. The fascination of how imposing images emerge from tiny, luminous mosaic cubes and vividly tell the biblical stories inspired the composer to write his …

From '44 Duos For Two Violins'. Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók (1881-1945) composed his 44 Duos for Two Violins in 1931. These unique musical miniatures combine folk melodies from Eastern Europe with the musical language of the twentieth century in an exciting blend of tradition and modernity. For the present edition Marcin Langer arranged twenty of these duos for Bb clarinets. The pieces allow play…

Symphonic Etudes. Par SHCHEDRIN RODION. Many of Rodion Shchedrin’s compositions are distinguished by deeply Slavonic feeling and thrilling virtuoso displays. Even though Shchedrin has won recognition all over the world for his work, he remains an essentially Russian composer who has not broken off his ties to Russian musical folk traditions and poetry. It is thus not surprising to learn of his pro…

'Mills on the Merrimack' presents a musical portrait of Lowell, MA and its mill town traditions. Opening with a view of the river on a misty morning, the music flows with the river into the city of Lowell where industry and the Irish heritage of its settlers is represented. These two main musical themes are then brought together in a way that depicts the bond between the city and its founding citi…