Par SPARKE PHILIP. Philip Sparke a composé …the quest for peace… (…la quête de la paix…) à la demande de Jeff Slepak, directeur de l’Orchestre d’Harmonie de l’établissement d’enseignement secondaire Stevenson High School de Lincolnshire dans l’État américain de l’Illinois. L’oeuvre a été donnée en création mondiale par la formation dédicataire dans le cadre de la convention des professeurs de musi…

Par PASTORE CARMINE. A Grade 1 rock anthem! It’s a perfect way to keep your beginners motivated while you drill them on that new concept called “eighth notes. ” Lots of repetition of simple eighth note figures will help your young band players enter the fascinating world of the divided beat with ease. This solid minor key rock-type piece will also help to keep your audience attentive by letting th…

Par WEBERN ANTON. Composer and choir master Clytus Gottwald comments on his transcription of Anton Webern’s Im Sommerwind (1904) as follows: “First of all I had to eliminate all those parts of the source material that had strictly instrumental designs, reducing the work – to quote Wolfgang Rihm – to its singable remnant. What was so surprising, however, was that such a reduction did not lead to a …

" On m'a balancée dans ce groupe rock, on m'a refilé des musiciens dans les pattes, et la musique me poussait dans le dos. La basse me propulsait. C'est alors que j'ai décidé de me lancer totalement là-dedans. J'ai plus jamais voulu faire autre chose. C'était mieux et meilleur qu'avec n'importe quel mec. Et c'est peut-être justement ça le problème... " . Victime de sa légende, Janis Joplin (1943-1…

Description The 'Sonata d'arpeggione' was originally written for the guitarre d'amour or arpeggione - a kind of enlarged guitar that could be bowed cello-style. The instrument did not survive longer than a few years, but this piece by Schubert is a lovely reminder. This edition is transcribed for flute by James Galway and edited by Phillip Moll for the Great Performer's Edition series. The…

Flötensonate mit konzertierendem Cembalo. Par QUANTZ JOHANN JOACHIM. Johann Joachim Quantz was born in Oberscheden near Hanover on 30th January, 1697 and died on 12th July, 1773, the highly esteemed court composer and chamber musician to King Frededck II of Prussia. His life's work was based on the fute. He taught the fute, which was to be become the fashionable instrument of the time, to the youn…

Gioachino Rossini chooses Semiramide as the opera subject of the Carnival season 1822-23, the last of his Italian career. The opera - composed on a libretto by Gaetano Rossi - was performed for the first time in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, on February 3rd 1823. The history of this work is characterized right from the first performances by frequent manipulations, cuts and consecutive adjustments beca…

Publié par Mez? Imre Instrument: Piano Série: New Liszt Edition Supplement 'B' Genre: Romantic Langue: Hungarian, English, German Pages: 220 pp Date du parution: 1983 The Technical Studies 1 is the opening volume of Supplements which completes New Liszt Edition with 11 volumes. Liszt's series of exercises designed to maintain or further perfect piano technique which has already attained the high…

Culte peut être joyeux et l'hymne David Huntsinger le prouve! C'est l'Evangile dans l'âme, un grand message et ne laissera aucune untapping orteil - pas de visage ungrinning. Il n'est pas difficile pour choeur ou instrumentistes --- il est tout simplement énergétique et des tonnes de plaisir. Les gens seront occupés cet air depuis des années et demandent s'ils peuvent le chanter à nouveau le mois …

Pour vibraphone et Cd.'Soleil Noir veut essayer de rendre l'atmosphère qui se dégage des romans de l'immense écrivain des Etats Unis du Sud, William Faulkner : le comté fictif de Yoknapatawpha et ses vastes étendues de coton, la ville de Jefferson, son palais de justice et sa prison, ses maisons à galeries et colonnes blanches, ses chants d'esclaves, et ses personnages obscurs tels que la famille …

Par COURT DOUGLAS. Young bands love to play rhythmic music. Audiences love to tap their feet. Directors want to keep BOTH the young players and their listeners happy. What better way than a BARN DANCE to bring people together?! Carefully scoring gives first and second year players the thrill of performing energetic and joyful music. Let's step back to a simpler time. Put on your best overalls! It'…

Par JANACEK LEOS. This Urtext edition of Janácek's works includes lesser-known piano pieces and miniatures from his late years. They complete our picture of Janácek the piano composer, best known for the cycles 'On an Overgrown Path” and 'In the Mists”. The late miniatures, entered in the album of Kamila Stösslová, reveal his compositional style at its most concise. The editor Ondrej Pivoda, the c…

Par RAVEL MAURICE / OUBRADOUS. As a prestigious composer of the early 20th century, Maurice Ravel 's Pièce En Forme De Habanera, transcribed for Bassoon and Piano by Fernand Oubradous contains many features which continue to make the composer's music popular and loved to this day. Known for his masterful melodies and rich harmonies, Pièce En Forme De Habanera clearly exemplifies these qualities th…

Jehan Alain (1911-1940) was a French organist and composer. The second volume of Alain 's Organ Works is comprised of Variations on a Theme by Clément Jannequin, The Suspended Garden and Aria, as well as other favourites from the composer. Alain studied with Organ virtuosos, Guilmant and Vierne and was primarily an organist and composer of religious music. Whilst at the Paris Conservatoire, Alain …