Arrangeur: Claude Georgel. Since the success of the first volume in 2015, OpenSax has spoken for instrumentalists across the world who identify with an unbounded literature for saxophone that' s firmly in touch with today' s musical world. Claude Georgel, who directs the Vent de Sax collection at the Editions Leduc, here presents a sequel to this great adventure that widens its scope: while the 1…

Jorge Cardoso is a recognized performer who has travelled the world over giving hundreds or concerts as a soloist, in duos, and with orchestras. There are innumerable recordings of his performances, and he is a prolific composer whose works have been recorded by other guitarists in more than thirty albums. Cardoso is also a master teacher with followers around the world. This DVD traces the histor…

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 …

Brahms completed his Cello Sonata op. 99 during the productive summer of 1886. The first public performance took place in Vienna on 24 November of the same year. Robert Hausmann played the cello part and the composer himself was his partner at the piano. Even though the work was generally received positively, it took some years until it was fully appreciated and gained its irrevocable place in the…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. This work was originally written in 1964 for two 12 year old twin brothers whom Britten met whilst working in Budapest. Each twin played the piano, and one the flute and the other the violin. A second version has been prepared for those who may not be quite so versatile as the twins for whom it was originally intended, and includes a version for four players with extra ad lib…

Par BACH JOHANN BERNHARD. Whoever reveres the name Bach will no doubt be interested in Johann Bernhard. Though there are few surviving works by J. B. Bach, who was a church musician and court harpsichordist active in Erfurt and Eisenach, they are sometimes intimately connected to Johann Sebastian Bach, who copied the orchestral works of his second cousin for study purposes. Johann Bernhard's chaco…

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In this book, you will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. You will learn the capabilities and characteristics of the most common instruments, and how to order them effectively. You will also learn the different roles that a horn section can serve in your ensemble. Online audio tracks demonstrate the key concepts, as exemplified in a c…

Edizione Critica A Cura Di Claudio Toscani. Par PERGOLESI GIOVANNI BATTISTA. EDIZIONE NAZIONALE DELLE OPERE DI GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI (Casa Ricordi in collaborazione con la Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini di Jesi) Based on the anonymous recasting of a libretto derived in turn from La fede tradita e vendicata by Francesco Silvani (1705), Il prigionier superbo by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was f…

Par BRALEY BERNARD. Bernard Braley This volume covers the lives of George Herbert, the seventeenth century religious poet and parson; Edward Plumptre, the nineteenth century educationalist and theologian who became Dean of Wells Cathedral; Robert Bridges, medical man, precentor in a village church, Poet Laureate and eccentric; and Fred Pratt Green, who took up hymnwriting seriously at an age when …

Learn 15 of the Very Best Hits Of Dolly Parton, the country singer-songwriter who took Nashville, then the world, by storm with her sassy, witty and creatively crafted tunes whose simple lyrics and catchy melodies made them some of the most loved songs of all time. Every song in this collection of Dolly Parton sheet music is arranged for Piano, Vocal and Guitar, with full lyrics and chord boxes.Do…

Par OFFENBACH JACQUES. This is the last of nearly 100 operettas created by French composer Jacques Offenbach, a native of Germany whose works were most prominent in the latter half of the nineteenth century. His three-act drama Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), which includes a prologue and epilogue, recounts dramatic stories of passion, murder, and revenge. Left incomplete at the com…

Par COUPERIN LOUIS / CURTIS. The complete Harpsichord work - Volume 2 by Louis Couperin is the second of a series of volumes with suites for Harpsichord. Composed in a Baroque style, the whole series features 133 pieces for advanced players. Louis Couperin (1626-1661) was a French composer and performer, who created many pieces for Organ and for Harpsichord who later became musician at the court. …

Any violinist who hears the name Sitt nowadays will probably just think of the author of studies and exercises that have long been a familiar feature in instrumental lessons. Of course the Prague violinist, music teacher and composer Hans Sitt (1850-1922) made a significant impact on methods of violin teaching, but he also wrote a whole series of other works worth listening to: concertos for violi…