SKU: A0.1408307

Composer Directory (‘Dictionary of Composers’) is a carefully researched reference containing over 5,300 composers, chronologically, alphabetically; this reference also includes composer nationalities!
 
This is simply a listing, it does not contain additional biographical information.

“Firstly, I'm absolutely overwhelmed by this directory.. An utterly amazing  achievement. It will be invaluable to me in the future as I continue to seek out unknown composers and their works.� —Composer David Aston, England. 

“…There is no easier and immediate way to establish composer anniversaries and festivals…�  says another reviewer.

This latest edition is March 28th 2024; and the downloaded file contains 140 pages. Save trees and simply keep the file as a reference on your computer/tablet!

SKU: AX.00-PO-0003570

UPC: 038081491349.

This brainy little piece, a collaboration by two of the industry's favorite children's writers, uses tunes from three traditional rounds to teach the names of master composers throughout music history. For maximum classroom impact, use with Alfred's Accent on Composers, One-Page Composer Bios, or Composer Gallery.
Partner Song; Recorded Acc. Available.

SKU: A0.909897

This is a set of three songs, each dedicated to a composer who is influential in the life of Christopher Benfield. Setting poetry by Emily Dickinson, Rawtin Amirand, and Paul Verlaine, each song is meant to capture both the essence of particular music by each of the dedicated composers and show the style of the composer of these pieces. The three songs that make up this set are Everlasting Hill, Der Großmann, and Serenade..

SKU: A0.973738

The Celtic Composer for the Piano is a compilation of over 1000 years of representative compositions by composers in the Celtic and Gaelic traditions.   It includes airs, laments and songs by such composers as Brian Boru, Turlough O'Carolan, Ruariri Dall O'Cathain, Thomas O'Connellan, James MacPherson and others.   The arrangements are accessible to the average pianist.

SKU: A0.555864

This work was long reputed to be the work of Joseph Haydn, but later scholarship suggested that it was actually written by Leopold Mozart. Its authorship is still disputed, however, and other composers have been proposed as the symphony's true author, including Joseph Haydn's younger brother Michael Haydn, who purportedly contributed movements to the work.

Recent research on a newly found manuscript suggests the Austrian Benedictine monk Edmund Angerer (1740–1794) to be the author. If Angerer's manuscript (from 1765, entitled Berchtolds-Gaden Musick) is the original, the Toy Symphony was originally written not in G but rather in C. These findings, however, are disputed among scholars. There is reason to believe that the true composer will likely never be known, in whole or in part, given its confused origins and the paucity of related manuscript sources.

Even without a name attached to it, the piece has become a mainstay for children's shows and Christmastime concerts. Each of its three movements features the sounds of actual toys and instruments that sound like they came straight from Geppetto's workshop. 

The piece calls for a toy trumpet, ratchet, nightingale, cuckoo, drum, and triangle. ( A quail makes it’s only appearance in the 2nd movement.

Noisemakers rattle throughout the first of its three movements. 

The cuckoo and trumpet  call out mischievously during the minuetto of the second movement , and a quail joins the nightingale in the trio. 

In the short third mvt which is played 3 times, they all play again, each repeat faster than the previous one.

The presence of the toy instruments make this a fun piece for children to play, especially when there are also some toys waiting under the tree.