Par HARVEY JONATHAN. This unaccompanied motet, written for the choir of St Paul's Cathedral, relates to the three Mary's in Harvey's church opera Passion and Resurrection./ Répertoire / Voix Mixtes

Par WATSON SCOTT. The 14th-century carol, 'Personent hodie,' is both mysterious and powerful. On This Day Earth Shall Ring---a festive processional on the ancient melody arranged by Scott Watson---explores both aspects. Beginning quietly, the modal tune emerges over a chant drone with rustic, medieval percussion. Before long, the piece takes on the joyous character alluded to in the tune's most fa…

From James Burton to Albert Lee, Brent Mason and beyond, the real sound of country guitar is one of the most sought after among today's players. Whether you're a pro eager to add to you stylistic and technical abilities, or a newcomer who's drawn to that clean, twangy guitar sound, Hot Country has something for everyone. As well as more than 150 licks, solos and backing tracks, all written out and…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Mercury is a concert march composed in a typically British idiom. In 1990, Jan Van der Roost wrote this piece on the occasion of the 15-year anniversary of his own band: Brass Band Midden Brabant. Like many British marches, the main theme is written in a minor key. Powerful and virtuoso themes characterize the first part of this march, while the trio melody is much more melo…

Compilation album of four of The Complete Guitar Player songbooks. Contains over 180 songs written by the great songwriters. / Guitare / 172 pages / Partition

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist, arranger and composer. His piano sonatas are now published by Schott Music for the first time. The present sonata was written in the 1990s and is a technically demanding piece. Suitable for pianists looking for works between modern and jazz music which sound like highly skilled, yet notated improvisation. / P…

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. 1st Sonata was written by Darius Milhaud and is based on anonymous tunes of the XVIII century and was dedicated to Germain Prevost. Initially composed for Viola and Orchestra, this score features the Viola and Piano scores. It is composed of four distinct parts: 1. Entree 2. Française 3. Air 4. Final Fairly difficult, this Sonata can be used for recitals and contests by upper-i…

Learn To Play Classic Rock Piano From The Masters breaks down the elements that go into playing rock Piano - the melodic riffs, chords, rhythms and bass lines - and explores styles and techniques from all over the map: from hard-driving rock, sweet ballads and funky blues riffs to jazz-inflected polychords.Section I takes examples from dozens of famous songs and shows you exactly what goes on in t…

Par SZYMANOWSKI KAROL. (VII) The Polish idiom appeared in Szymanowskis music in 1920, foreshadowing the beginning of a new period of creativity, later called nationalistic. Before this idiom was realised and such compositions typical of the Polish style as the ballet Harnasie, the Mazurkas, Stabat Mater, Fourth Symphony and Second Violin Concerto had been written, the change in musical thinking an…

A superb collection of classical songs by great composers including Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn ideal for auditions or just for the sheer pleasure o singing some of the finest classical pieces ever written. With 2 sections comprising songs scored specifically for male and female singers with Piano accompaniment, the collection comes complete with 2 CDs of backing tracks to sing along to. A so…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 l…

Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. The opera – “a kind of Alice in Wonderland, but for adults”, says Crimp – lasts just over an hour and is cast in seven scenes. It is scored for five voices (S-S-MS-CT-Bar) and…

Solo Arrangements. Par SCHERLER BEAT. The new series is the easy preliminary stage for the successful ' Best of Pop and Rock for Classical Guitar” series. All eight songs are arranged for solo guitar and written in both musical notation and in tablature form. A lead sheet is also provided for each song with suggestions for strumming and picking. Demons (Imagine Dragons) · Heathens (Twenty One P…

Par CHAUSSON ERNEST. Chausson's 'Piece Op.39', the composer's only work for solo cello, was written during his final years and belongs with the intensity lyrical Poeme for violin and orchestra (1896) and the two quartets (1897 and 1899). Like these more 'classical' late works, 'Piece' derives potency from its restrained lyricism, but is rhythmically unusual with 5/4 and 7/4 the predominant time si…

Intermediate-level arrangements of well-known Classical and Romantic works. Par AUTEURS DIVERS / BROOKER DAVID (Arr.). In his preface to 'Piano Trios on Stage”, the arranger, David Brooker, reminds us that, just as the string quartet, the piano trio has always been one of the pillars of chamber music. In the 19th and early 20th century, it was almost like the later invention of the gramophone reco…