New Orleans-Style Holiday Favorites. En associant les quatre chants multiculturels Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (Écoutez le chant des Anges), The Dreydl Song, Kumbayah et Auld Lang Syne (Ce n’est qu’un au-revoir), James L. Hosay a créé un medley de Noël (et de fin d’année) rythmé et pétillant, couleur jazz New Orleans. Délicieux ! / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Fanfare

22 fiddle tunes from the golden age of sail, featuring dance tunes, shanties (work songs), recreational 'forebitters' and composed melodies which give the landlubber's take on the romance of the sea. Edward Huws Jones explains that 'during the heyday of sail, the busiest sea-routes of all were the North Atlantic crossings, especially between Liverpool and the American cotton ports- it was the head…

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22 fiddle tunes from the golden age of sail, featuring dance tunes, shanties (work songs), recreational 'forebitters' and composed melodies which give the landlubber's take on the romance of the sea. Edward Huws Jones explains that 'during the heyday of sail, the busiest sea-routes of all were the North Atlantic crossings, especially between Liverpool and the American cotton ports- it was the head…

New Orleans-Style Holiday Favorites. En associant les quatre chants multiculturels Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (Écoutez le chant des Anges), The Dreydl Song, Kumbayah et Auld Lang Syne (Ce n’est qu’un au-revoir), James L. Hosay a créé un medley de Noël (et de fin d’année) rythmé et pétillant, couleur jazz New Orleans. Délicieux ! / Niveau : 3 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou H…

Par CHAUSSON ERNEST. Chausson's 'Piece Op.39', the composer's only work for solo cello, was written during his final years and belongs with the intensity lyrical Poeme for violin and orchestra (1896) and the two quartets (1897 and 1899). Like these more 'classical' late works, 'Piece' derives potency from its restrained lyricism, but is rhythmically unusual with 5/4 and 7/4 the predominant time si…

Par DEVIENNE FRANCOIS. Avant-dernier de ses douze ouvrages lyriques, Les Comédiens ambulans [sic], opéra-comique en deux actes, est créé le 28 décembre 1798 au Théâtre Feydeau, avec la participation du compositeur dans l’orchestre, selon La Décade philosophique. Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828), qui avait déjà produit le livret des Visitandines (1792) et celui de Rose et Aurèle (1794), deux autres …

Alfred Hitchcock was once so famous he was the only film director whose name appeared on the cinema marquee above the title. He disparaged actors and loathed location shooting since both threatened the precise realisation of the film he had already made in his mind. Yet, in his Hollywood heyday he forged some creative collaborations he truly valued: those with composers. From the start, Hitchcock …

Par BOULANGER LILI. The brevity of Lili Boulanger's life (1893-1918) does not obsecure its substantial achievements. With the cantata 'Faust et Helene' (1913) she became the first woman to win the Prix De Rome, and several large projects, including 'D'un Matin De Printemps' and its companion piece 'D'un Soir Triste', both in various scorings, followed during the last five years of her life. 'D'un …