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…

The new scholarly-critical edition of the score of Rameau’s “ballet héroïque” Les Indes galantes finally clears up its convoluted source history. At the first performance,on 23 August 1735, it consisted of a prologue and three acts: Le Turc généreux, Les Incas du Pérou and Les Fleurs. But Les Fleurs already proved controversial in the early performances, and from 11 Septemberof that same year it w…

The five movements of this mass are based on five Songs Without Words from Leo? Janácek's piano cycle By Overgrown Paths. Poos describes his work as 'Parody, Arrangement and Kontrafaktur? and a metamorphosis of Janácek's piano pieces. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Orgue

Lemmy Kilmister (Auteur), Janiss Garza (Auteur) - Broché – 28 juin 2004 - D'un point de vue médical, Lemmy devrait être mort depuis longtemps. Voici l'histoire du speedfreak musical ayant battu tous les records en matière de consommation d'alcool et de femmes. Ian Fraser Kilmister a vu le jour en 1945. Lorsqu'il comprend que les filles adorent les mecs avec une guitare, le jeune Lemmy laisse der…

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'…

Get yourself — or your beginning jazz combo — sounding good right away with the first fake book ever designed for the beginning improviser.This book contains: Easy, but classic jazz tunes to give thestudent a good start in learning the jazz repertoire. Sample Piano voicings, Guitar chord diagrams, sample Bass lines and useful scales for improvisation included with each tune, for easy referen…

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…

The Trois Etudes de concert, which was written at the beginning of Liszt's work as a conductor in Weimar, appeared in three separate books in 1849. The original manuscript, which was lost until recently in the Bibliothèque musical François-Lang in Royaumont (north of Paris), reveals many details that have been overlooked or not corrected so far. Therefore it served as the main source for the new U…

Für Klavier und Orchester. Par ROSLER JOHANN JOSEF. Johann Joseph Rösler (1771-1812) was a composer, conductor and pianist who was active in Prague and Vienna. Later he was in the service of Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz. His Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major of 1803 is a fitting companion to the piano concertos of Beethoven - indeed, his first Piano Concerto in D major was mistakenly attri…

Les hauts et les bas d’un amour déçu... Qui pourrait ne pas ressentir ce que Schumann a mis en musique de façon si convaincante dans son cycle, sur des vers de Heine? De l’attente pleine d’espoir («Im wunderschönen Monat Mai») en passant par la douleur solitaire («Und wüßten’s die Blumen, die kleinen»), ce cycle va jusqu’à l’amertume sarcastique («Die alten bösen Lieder»). Schumann savait de quoi …

The vocal score of Beethoven's Fidelio is based on the scholarly-critical edition of the full score prepared by Helga Lühning (Beethoven-Haus, Bonn) and the late Robert Didion (†). lt is the first one to make use of all the major sources. The opera's extremely long gestation and complex genesis, with its three versions between 1804 and 1814 and its four overtures, shed light on the huge amount of …

Mathias Rüegg and the Vienna Art Orchestra. Par RUEGG MATHIAS. Celebrating Rüegg’s life as an amazingly prolific jazz arranger and orchestrator, Universal Edition has just released A Centenary Journey, a compilation of the great charts by Rüegg in notated score form. A rarity in published music, these jazz scores “unlock the secrets” to phenomenal performances, echoing the evolution of jazz itself…

Secret Chambers est une analyse comparative des styles de jazz Paul Chambers. Cette analyse mettra en lumière les choix de Paul et des tendances. Un maître établi de Be-bop, Paul Chambers a été appelé l'oiseau de la basse. Inclus dans ce livre de 180 pages sont 76 solos transcrits comme effectuées par Paul Chambers. / Basse / 180 pages / Partition

Que vous prépariez une audition ou que vous soyez un chanteur de karaoké cette collection est faite pour vous. Pro Vocal met à votre disposition les paroles, lignes mélodiques et accords guitare de 8 chansons de standards POP. Le livre est accompagné d'un CD contenant 2 versions de chaque morceaux : une démo complète et une version sans chant. / Chant Et Guitare / Partition + Cd