Par FREEMAN ALEX. Alex Freeman found initial inspiration for his string quartet (2015) in a series of photographs a geologist friend showed him of en échelon veins in rock formations. The open strings punctuated with pizzicato unisons that begin the single-movement work call to mind something crystalline and shimmering, which is immediately infused with tumbling lyrical lines in something of a rap…

Par SCHREKER FRANZ. Franz Schreker had a long and close association with choral music. As founder and director of Vienna's Philharmonic Chorus he led world premieres and first performances of works by contemporary composers. It is surprising, therefore, that Schreker wrote relatively few independent choral works; only three of these works [with various scorings] were published in his lifetime. Now…

Basso (Cello). Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Concerto in F major for 3 Violins, Strings and Basso continuo TWV 53:F1 Tafelmusik II If Telemann was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the greatest of all composers, his star, faced with the overwhelming presence of Bach and Handel, paled in the course of the 19th century to the verge of contempt. This assessment changed radically during the cours…

1 Month Access to Online Music Lessons (download) Voucher for the music2me online music school for beginners and advanced learners Access to over 900 German-language video lessons for guitar, piano and drums Includes live classes with chat function and access to archives of past sessions. Well-thought-out educational concept developed by trained musicians All content available immediately after ac…

In this 2 hour DVD, Morris 'Arnie' Lang shares the wisdom gained in his studies with the legendary drummer Billy Gladstone.Drawing on decades of experience as percussionist with the New York Philharmonic, and as a world-renowned educator, Lang covers the Gladstone technique in detail, explaining parts of the stroke, body mechanics and more.An approach to the rudiments is covered in detail, as well…

Easter Cantata. Par PACHELBEL JOHANN. Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in grim death's prison) Easter Cantata In recent years the demand for making available a larger number of choral works by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) has made itself felt more strongly than ever before. Within the past few years the search for unpublished manuscripts of choral compositions written by Johann Pachelbel has …

Par MOEHRKE PHILIPP. Simple and clearly structured exercises help the student learn to 'improvise' good sounding voicings in typical as well as complex harmonic progressions of Jazz standards as well as in various styles and grooves. / Jazz / Recueil / Piano

Par CURNOW PAUL. A Scottish Hymn is a chorale arrangement of a hymn composed by Charles Hutcheson, a Scottish merchant and amateur composer who lived from 1792 to 1860. This hymn was given the title “Stracathro, ” a typical Scottish name after a town in the district Angus. The melody is used with various hymn texts in the Scottish church. / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Series: Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook Format: Softcover Composer : Various 80 of the best-loved gospel songs of all time: Amazing Grace ' At Calvary ' Because He Lives ' Behold the Lamb ' Daddy Sang Bass ' His Eye Is on the Sparrow ' His Name Is Wonderful ' How Great Thou Art ' I Saw the Light ' I'll Fly Away ' Just a Closer Walk with Thee ' Just a Little Talk with Jesus ' Mansion over the Hilltop…

Par OKPEBHOLO SHAWN E.. Shawn Okpebholo?s Heritage, in the Edition Peters Concert Band Series, evokes moods, events and sounds (including West African drumming and indigenous melodies) from an ethnomusicological research visit the composer undertook to Nigeria. One of the primary musical themes of the work is an adaptation of a song that comes from the Esan people, a small ethnic group in the sout…

Par WENNAKOSKI LOTTA. “Whizzing, growling and rattling – you can produce all kinds of sounds with the harp, not just the fairy-tale shimmer and glissandos that you first think of.” Lotta Wennäkoski composed Sigla for harp and orchestra (2021-2022) in close collaboration with the harpist Sivan Magen, to whom the concerto is dedicated. The title of the concerto, Sigla, has different meanings in diff…

Again Gustavo Beytelmann has taken some of the most beautiful tango music ever written and created his own arrangements for solo piano. His selection of ten pieces shows how varied in compositional style the tango can be and his advice on the various aspects of performance practice and interpretation is just inspiring.

The opera Nais was premiered on 22 April 1749 at the Academie royale in the Palais-Royal, Paris, in celebration of the signing of the so-called Treaty of Aachen. It was revived again in August 1764 shortly before Rameau's death and achieved great success as the 'opera of peace', even though it did not appear in print during the composer's lifetime.In numerous arias Rameau provides his singers ampl…

Andrew D. Gordon has created 30 12bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles, keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues, Boogie Blues, Jazz Blues, Minor Blues, Country Blues, Latin Blues, Old Time Jazz Blues, Jazz Swing Blues, Classic Blues Rock, Soulful Blues, Slow Blues and many more.Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression…

Par PERKOWSKI PIOTR. Easy Pieces for Piano by Piotr Perkowski is a collection of nine compositions first published by PWM in the '40s and' 50s of the 20th century. The pieces are intended for first-grade students of a music school, but not for the very beginning of their adventure with the piano, but for the following years of study (grades 4-6). Recipients will meet in a set of varied composition…