Practical Scale Studies for All Levels of Violin Performance with Backup Practice. Par KHANAGOV KAREN. You may not fall in love, but the 257 online piano accompaniment tracks that come with I Love My Scales are likely to change your attitude towards playing tetrachords, scales, arpeggios, and double stops on the violin. In fact, anyone who plays a C instrument with a comparable range will enjoy pl…

Par LACHNER FRANZ. 2nd version: Arrangement for Soli SS and upper strings 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb] Among his compositions, Franz Lachner, the long-serving Music Director of the Court of Munich and Director of the Royal Choir, left behind a considerable number of sacred works, including two settings of the Stabat Mater. The first Stabat Mater, op. 154, from 1856 was limited to a purely vocal ensemble [CV …

Dessau's String Quartet movement was written while he was also working on Brecht's opera Puntila. After Brecht's death in 1956 Dessau found himself looking for a new direction. On the one hand he was still working on music begun in collaboration with the poet, while on the other hand Dessau was trying to work towards a socially oriented musical aesthetic, which led him to compose songs for politic…

Par LIEBMAN DAVID. For Bb soprano saxophone or clarinet and viola or Eb alto sax South Africa was originally written to feature the texture of the soprano saxophone with viola, the performance can be adapted to other instruments as indicated on the score or others within the written range. Although the piece is not specifically by African music, it is dedicated to Nelson Mandela upon his release f…

Par SANTOS YAGO. Classic and flamenco guitarists alike will benefit from these etudes as they bridge the gap between traditional mechanical studies and engaging practice and concert material. Although relatively short in duration, a few of these etudes could be combined in a medley to form an effective suite or set. In addition, fourteen of the twenty etudes are provided with chord accompaniment f…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the Viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistfu…

Suito Sketches. Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. The Landing (“Les bâtisseurs”) - Sword Dance (“La danse du sabre”) - Nightfall by the River (“La rivière à la tombée de la nuit”) - Towards the Future (“Regards vers le futur”) : La ville d'Osaka vit de l’eau et vit avec l’eau. C'est pourquoi on la surnomme « la capitale de l’eau » ( suito, en japonais) depuis les temps anciens. Le sous-titre s’imposait comme…

Emile Joseph Trognée was born in Tirimon,in Belgium, on 4th July 1868. He studied trumpet at the Brussels Conservatoire. After winning a European competition in 1902, he became solo trumpet and cornet at the Mariinskiy opera theatre in St. Petersburg (the theatre is now the Kirov and the city is now Leningrad). He spent the rest of his life in Russia, working at the Mariinskiy for 25 years. Tr…

Piano Star is an exciting series for young pianists, offering a rich selection of new repertoire to help players build confidence and musical skills. Piano Star 3 moves from Prep Test level towards Grade 1 and includes compositions by Alan Bullard, David Blackwell, Peter Gritton, Mike Cornick, Mark Tanner, John Madden, Karen Marshall, Andrew Eales, Edmund Jolliffe, Nikki Illes, and Nancy Litten. /…

A collection of light repertoire pieces for violin players aiming towards grade two standard. Includes 'The White Cliffs Of Dover', 'Cavatina' and 'What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor'. Includes piano accompaniment./ Recueil / Violon et Piano

Par GREGORY THOMAS. Vamoosh Book 2 for Trumpet is a fun, easy to use book for young trumpeters. 28 varied and engaging pieces that gently guide the player towards grade 1 level. Books are compatible with Book 2 for Clarinet and Saxophone and ideal for group lessons. Backing Tracks are available online via Spotify, YouTube, the Vamoosh website and many other platforms. A piano accompaniment book is…

What Else Can I Play? Alto Saxophone Grade 3 makes learning more fun with carefully selected and arranged supplementary repertoire for today's young player. Each piece offers suggestions and guidelines to breathing, dynamics and tempo together with technical tips, performance notes and a simple piano accompaniment.  Each book in the What Else Can I Play? series presents carefully graded pieces wi…

Giuseppe Di Girolamo, who was born in Palermo (Italy), began as a young man to play the guitar in pop and rock bands, for which he also composed the music. Later, his interest began to turn more and more towards the classical guitar. At present, he teaches guitar at the Schlossgymnasium in Künzelsau, the Music School in Krautheim and the Freie Schule Anne-Sophie in Künzelsau, Germany. / Guitare

Par MCDOWALL CECILIA. This inventive work, composed in 2019, owes its title to that year's two great anniversaries connected to manned flight: the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. A range of highly effective textures and atmospheric harmonies takes us on a journey towards a gloriously affirmative D major ending./ Répertoire / O…

Für Orgel. Par JOST CHRISTIAN. There is no other work more closely associated with the organ than Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata in D minor. During my compositional preparation, I repeatedly found myself returning to this work. I had a number of different formal models in mind, but felt myself gravitating towards the rhapsodic character of toccata form so that my new composition for organ ultimat…