Par DE HAAN JACOB. Nach BAND TIME Starter, das jungen Musikern schon nach wenigen Unterrichtsstunden ein Orchestererlebnis ermöglicht, hat der Komponist Jacob de Haan mit BAND TIME Expert eine Fortsetzung der erfolgreichen Spielbücher geliefert. Die Spielbücher eignen sich für das zweite Jahr im Vor- oder Jugendblasorchester und können parallel zum zweiten Teil der Instrumentalschule Hören, lesen …

Par SNEDECOR PHIL. Many years ago, on a suggestion from Marine Band tubist John Cradler, I wrote a quirky collection of tunes set in the lower register of the tuba That book, published in 1991, 'mimics to be popular beyond my wildest dreams with players of all age levels and ability. Its success exposed a void in studies with actual music in the extreme lower part of the tuba range, a part of the …

Contemporary works for violin and piano. Par . Fennica Gehrman the music publisher pays tribute to its composers with this 20th-anniversary collection of commissions for violin and piano. Stringendo - Contemporary works for violin and piano (2022) is a collection of ten pieces, which vary greatly as regards their genesis. That by Harri Wessman is playful and exhilarating; Mikko Heiniö wrote his on…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. A number of questions regarding Beethoven’s most famous bagatelle, „Für Elise“, remain unanswered until today: What happened to the complete autograph and who was „Elise“? The bagatelle was written between 1808 and 1810. It was first published in 1867 by the Beethoven scholar Ludwig Nohl who still had access to Beethoven’s autograph. What has survived, however, is an exte…

Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. Niels Gade (1817-1890), who was born in Copenhagen and spent most of his life there, went to Leipzig in 1843 for further training on a royal scholarship. There he became friends with Robert Schumann and found an eager patron in Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. He is regarded as the most important figure of the Danish musical scene in the 19th century. His charming cycle 'Der K…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. In this composition, Jacob de Haan sees the 'Ross Roy' as a metaphor for the years spent at school (a monument in time), where one's personality is formed. So, the opening theme the artist calls the Ross Roy theme initially has monumental characteristics. The rhythmic motion, which strides along in the lower register and percussion at the beginning of the next section is typical…

pour piano. Par LENS NICHOLAS. The Belgian composer Nicholas Lens presents extremely varied etudes, exercises and simple phrases with wonderfully telling titles from poetry and everyday world for children and adults. For the most part the studies are tonal and simple and have no constructed line. They are not based on any educational concept but leave the musical dramatization to the pupils and te…

Une superbe collection de 180 solos de piano. Ce coffret rassemble des standards de jazz, de blues et de pop mais aussi des BO de film, des comédies musicales, des piéces classiques et populaires. Consiste en un ensemble de quatre livres (noir, bleu, violet et rouge) de cette collection dans un coffret en édition spéciale. Les quatres volumes sont également disponibles séparément. / Piano/Vocal/Gu…

Arr. Peter Kleine Schaars. Weihnachten ist ein Fest der Freude - warum also nicht einmal mit einem Stück im fröhlichen Swing-Stil die schönste Zeit des Jahres feiern? Peter Kleine Schaars' flottes Medley aus den bekannten Liedern Good King Wenceslas, O Come All Ye Faithful, We Three Kings, A La Nanita Nana, Away in a Manger, Once in Royal David's City, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen und The First Now…

Par KOONCE FRANK. A substantial amount of early music for the guitar remains unknown to modern performers and audiences. In recent years, however, musicologists, scholars and performers on period instruments have provided a wealth of accessible new source materials which players can now begin to interpret in convincing and effective ways. Nevertheless, many still feel intimidated by the prospect o…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Out of the Darkness, Into the Light is about optimism. All of us experience disappointments in our lives, such failed relationships or the loss of loved ones, but the indomitability of the human spirit allows us to overcome such set backs and get through the darker moments. For some, faith and religion may be the answer, but this piece is more about the internal strength that we…

Jazz classics, Choice standards, Pop-Fusion classics/ Recueil / Instruments en Mib