Arrangement: Harris Richard. Par HARRIS RICHARD. The essential collection of classic pop songs through the decades, arranged for intermediate level piano solo. This forms part of a wider series that also embraces music from film and TV, jazz, Broadway and West End shows. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Recueil / Piano

Par BLOC PARTY. The 2005 album by Bloc Party shows a band transcending their influences, and shaking off the shackles of easy-definition to reinvent the post-punk sound for themselves. Established as part of the DFA-affiliated scene that included LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture, Bloc Party have succeeded in taking this disco/punk crossover to a wider audiences with songs of depth and significance …

Cantata for Sunday Sexagesimae. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt (Like as the Raindrops and Snow from Heaven fall) BWV 18 Cantata for Sunday Sexagesimae, Leipzig Version. These editions of Bach Cantatas offer the authoritative text of the New Bach Edition meeting Bärenreiter Urtext standards. No group of works in Johann Sebastian Bach's output is as wide-r…

Cantata for the Sunday Jubilate. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, crying, sorrow, sighing) BWV 12 Cantata for the Sunday Jubilate These editions of Bach Cantatas offer the authoritative text of the New Bach Edition meeting Bärenreiter Urtext standards. No group of works in Johann Sebastian Bach's output is as wide-ranging as the cantatas. This is hardly surprising…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. This piece depicts the refined beauty of the Grand Canyon at sunrise and sunset. These are the best times to view the Canyon with the sun low in the sky casting shadows that give depth and form to the vast panorama. Angel’s Gate is one of the many named rock formations in the canyon. The composer has tried to depict the sights and sounds of dawn, birdsong in the early morning sk…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This three-movement symphony musically depicts the history of Hungary. Key historical figures, wars and other important events from this country inspired all three movements. The first movement depicts Atilla, the King of the Huns, and is characterised by fear, threat and aggression. The second movement focuses on Árpád, the founder of the Hungarian State and the final movem…

Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók composed his first pedagogical collection For Children between 1908 and 1911. The first edition was issued between 1909 and 1911 in four volumes, comprising two of Hungarian and two of Slovak folk song arrangements. After moving to America, Bartók considered it important to produce new editions of his earlier works. Thus in autumn 1943, together with his new publisher Boose…

18 Recital Pieces in First Position for Cello and Piano or Two Celli. The 18 pieces in Volume 1 are structured to follow the same progression of finger patterns introduced in the 'Early” Start method. This systematic progression helps the student to solidify the hand position and improve intonation. The basic bowing techniques do not require changes in bow speed or sounding point. The young perfor…

Par CUI CESAR. Russian composer, Cesar Cui (1835-1918) was a member of 'The Five', a group of Russian composers dedicated to the production of a specifically Russian type of music. His 1916 composition for Flute and Piano, Scherzetto, also incorporates Russian characteristics. Cui composed for all genres, however, his style was often compared to Robert Schumann or Charles Gounod, rather than his R…

Par TOMASI HENRI. French composer and conductor, Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) published Evocations 1969. As with his other wind compositions, Evocations for Solo Saxophone was well-received by audiences. Tomasi was born in Marseille, but his Father and Mother were originally from La Casinca in Corsica. Despite being pressured in to musical studies by his parents, Tomasi dreamed of becoming a sailor, a…

Par WILSON CHRISTOPHER. This is part of a series of inter-related instrumental workbooks for keyboard, guitar, bass guitar and percussion. Planned so that concepts are carefully introduced, consolidated and extended, this is the second of three workbooks each containing twenty-five units. They support and complement the teacher's resource through an innovative approach that encourages a creative a…

Par HOLST GUSTAV. In 1921, Holst was commissioned to write a piece without much notice for a dance company in Chicago however, the piece was never performed despite Holst's unsucessful attempts. / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Conducteur

Par GREEN FRED PRATT. With his move to a Methodist Home for the Aged, Fred believed his writing days to be over. 'I knew that old age does nothing for the inspiration'. However, he was wrong, and this modest 'sequence in verse on the theme of old age' brings smiles and tears as Fred takes us into his new home and shares his, and the community's, hopes and fears, joys and sorrows in 53 'verses'; on…