During the visit to Brive-la-Gaillarde in 1940, Poulenc sketched a little piece for the children of his cousins: Sophie, Sylvie, Benoit, Florence and Delphine Périer, Yvan, Alain, Marie-Christine and Marguerite-Marie Villotte, and their two friends Marthe Bosredon and André Lecoeur. This took the form of a musical background to Jean de Brunhoff's popular illustrated children's story about Babar, a…

The New Essential Companion. Henrik Wiese, the internationally renowned orchestral and solo flautist, has spent four years compiling what promises to be the definitive guide to audition repertoire for students preparing for a seat in a professional orchestra. He has worked with his own students in Salzburg as they engaged in auditions, as well as with other professional players and his teaching co…

Arr. Hirokazu Fukushima. Par JACKSON MICHAEL. Five years after the release of the monster album Thriller, which sold a record-breaking 105 million copies worldwide up to this date, this second single from the album Bad, released in 1987, also peaked at number one on the Billboard chart. This song was performed during Michael’s first solo world tour that started from Japan (Korakuen Stadium) in Sep…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Some of Beethoven ’s most enduring and unabashedly successful works stem from his so-called “Middle Period” and in the genre of chamber music, the quartets Op. 74 and 95 together with the recently issued Op. 59 quartets complete this period. Jonathan Del Mar’s scholarly critical edition of quartets Op. 74 and 95 sets the record straight once and for all, restoring Beethov…

Par DVORAK ANTONIN. The profound impression it makes on us is due in part to the sequence of variations on a death motif that seems to have been borrowed from the beginning of the second Kyrie from Bach's Mass in B minor. Written in 1890, it was commissioned by the publisher Novello for the Birmingham Music Festival and premiered there under the direction of the composer on 9 October 1891. For thi…

Le très coloré, 164 pages songbook souvenir pour le succès de Broadway musical contient des partitions pour chaque chanson Original Cast Recording de l'émission! Chanteurs et pianistes seront ravis de mettre les chansons inoubliables du score de Cyndi Lauper à la vie avec ces Piano / Vocal arrangements impeccables. Plusieurs pages de photos en couleurs éclatantes de la production originale de Broa…

Par PURCELL HENRY. Both Te Deum and Jubilate Deo were first performed on St. Cecilia's Day 1694 in St Bride's Church, London. They were subsequently adopted for use on all the principal festal occasions, such as National Thanksgivings and provisional music meetings such as those of the Three Choirs. They retained their popularity until Handel's Dettingen setting superseded them fifty years later. …

Par MILLER DONALD. L'un d'une série de six livres, Music from Around the World offres niveau un, fingerstyle flatpicking guitare ensemble paramètres ou d'une sélection unique de répertoire de nombreux pays que jusqu'à présent a été inaccessibles à l'ensemble de la guitare. Pour n'en nommer que quelques-uns, les caractéristiques de l'ouvrage : l'italien Balletto, partie d'un opéra français, un trav…

Par GILBERT WILLIAM SCHWENCK / SULLIVAN ARTHUR. Having a rather idealistic view of England and the English people, King Paramount of the south sea island of Utopia decides that his people should adopt all English customs and fashions, and that the kingdom should become a company limited . Utopia Limited , or The Flowers Of Progress , is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and Libretto by …

Arrangeur: Alexis Ciesla_Bastienne Lapalud. Ce recueil regroupe cinq thèmes issus de la musique klezmer, arrangés pour clarinette et piano.Les articulations et ornements n'ont volontairement pas été notés, chacun pourra ainsi faire librement ses propres choix de phrasés. / Niveau : Moyen / score and part / Recueil / Clarinette et Piano

Par SLAWSON BRIAN. In Santa’s Strut, Brian Slawson combines a funky drumset beat and blues-like melodies to form an easy level percussion ensemble piece that’s perfect for a holiday-themed concert requiring minimal rehearsal time. After a brief introduction, the central section of the piece features the mallet instruments playing melodies based on a blues scale, which are contained in a 12-bar blu…

Par DVORAK ANTONIN. The profound impression it makes on us is due in part to the sequence of variations on a death motif that seems to have been borrowed from the beginning of the second Kyrie from Bach's Mass in B minor. Written in 1890, it was commissioned by the publisher Novello for the Birmingham Music Festival and premiered there under the direction of the composer on 9 October 1891. For thi…

Score Parties from THE LION KING. Par JOHN ELTON (Arr. DEZAIRE NICO) . Séparés l?un de l?autre depuis leur plus tendre enfance, deux jeunes lions se retrouvent des années plus tard et nouent aussitôt une tendre relation. Difficile d?échapper au charme de cette scène du grand classique Disney qu?est Le Roi lion. Et c?est l?icône pop Elton John en personne qui, en 1994, a mis en musique les parole…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. The works for solo voice(s) and Orchestra assembled in this volume owe their composition to the most diverse occasions. Some were tailor-made for female singers in Beethoven ’s milieu, while with others he was dabbling in the field of Italian opera (under the tutelage of none other than Antonio Salieri). Scarcely any of them made it into print during Beethoven ’s lifetime…