Elgar was pre-eminently the composer of large forms. Complex, lengthy development of musical ideas was for him a measure of genius. His songs, with the exception of the orchestral cycle Sea Pictures , were not often the vehicles for his most striking ideas. Paradoxically, he was also bedevilled by a fine literally taste. He once told a friend that he felt it better to set the best second-rate poet…

Il s'agit d'une belle sélection de grands chefs-d'oeuvre par Edward Elgar, transcrites et arrangées pour piano facile, et maintenant, y compris pleines performances de chaque morceau sur CD. Un complément indispensable à votre bibliothèque de piano! / Piano

Une sélection intéressante de chefs d'?uvres d'Edward Elgar, arrangés pour Piano Facile. Un ajout essentiel à votre bilbiothèque de partitions pour Piano / Classique / Partition /

Par GOODALL HOWARD. Shackelton's Cross was inspired by a painting created in 1957 by the English artist Edward Seago (1910-1974). The title refers to a cross which was erected to the memory of Sir Ernest Shackleton, who led a number of explorations to the Antarctic. Shackleton died in 1922 whilst on a Polar expedition, and the cross can be found on a promontory at the entrance to the bay at Grytvi…

Volume contains standard works of the repertoire, and also works of composers rarely encountered within other collections. There are works from the baroque through the modern periods, and each piece is in its original form. / Piano Accompagnement