Par CASABLANCAS BENET. The Seven Haikus, lasting some 8 minutes, were written for the Composers Portrait that closed the author's two-season residency at L’Auditori de Barcelona (2015). The work is inspired by the conciseness and essentiality of theJapanese poetic form, which aspires to capture the epiphanic moment with the immediacy of a calligraphic stroke. The Haikus are compact statements, wit…

The Rockschool Popular Music Theory Workbook (Grade 3) is the ideal preparation for students taking Rockschool's new theory exams. Practise each section of your Rockschool Popular Music Theory exam in isolation, then study a specimen paper from the Grade 3 exam! Use your Grade 3 Workbook along with the accompanying Popular Music Theory Guidebook (Grades Debut - 5) to ensure success in your exams! …

Media Type : Book Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : Jazz Number of pages : 80 Sweet and Lowdown, Woody Allen's film from 1999, starred Sean Penn as the legendary, but fictitious jazz guitarist of the '30s, Emmett Ray. Emmett considered himself to be the second greatest jazz guitarist in the world next to Django Reinhardt. The versatile Howard Alden played all of the solo acoustic guit…

Par HARVEY JONATHAN. Predominantly hushed and serene, Plainsongs for Peace and Light proved to be Jonathan Harvey’s final work. It sees Harvey re-examining the very fundamentals of his craft – superimposing lines of plainsong, relishing the simple clash of note againstnote and creating rich, otherworldly sonorities through an elaborate use of canon. Harvey was a composer who always embraced and so…

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Cross-curricular connection at its best! Your music students can bring Don Quixote’s faithful but ramshackle horse Rozinante to life with this delightful new concert band piece by young band specialist Mike Hannickel. You will find lots of articulation and dynamic contrasts, along with other important teaching considerations. Don Quixote is one of the world’s great comic heroes…

Sinfonische Fantasie. Par SIBELIUS JEAN. The tone poem Pohjola's Daughter Op. 49 - a ‘ Symphonic Fantasy for Large Orchestra' - was written by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in 1906. The story is a variation of Orpheus in the Underworld, depicting a hero (Väinämöinen) who spotted the beautiful ‘ daughter of the North' (Pohjola), seated on a rainbow. The hero asked her to join him, but …

First Pop Hits is a collection of popular songs in simplified arrangements designed for Pianists working through parts two to four of the renowned John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course.This repertoire book has been specially created to be complementary with the original and best selling Easiest Piano Course. The songs are ordered so that they progress in difficulty, so that songs at the beginning, …

First Movement. Par RACHMANINOV SERGEI. Der russische Komponist Sergei Rachmaninov, geboren 1873 in Novgorod, studierte an den renommierten Konservatorien von St. Petersburg und Moskau. Er erlangte bereits in jungen Jahren großen Ruhm als Pianist in Russland - und bald darauf auch international. Auch als Dirigent und Komponist war er erfolgreich. Im Jahr 1917 ging er in die Vereinigten Staaten, wo…

Training Session est une collection de DVD pédagogiques destinés à faire travailler les musiciens dans des conditions de groupe. Le présent DVD est pour sa part exclusivement dédié aux guitaristes qui veulent jouer le Blues, sous toutes ses formes : classic blues, boogie, texas shuffle, blues lent, rhythm 'n' blues, power blues... Ces derniers pourront alors s'entraîner à jouer des solos, des riff…

Somethin' Stupid was a smash hit duet for Frank and Nancy Sinatra in 1967, and again for Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman in 2001. This inspired, Rhumba flavoured take on the classic track adds some spicy, Latin heat to the original's floating, jazzy vibes. Arranged by Patrick Gazard for SAB choruses with piano accompaniment, this lively choral pop encourages choristers to pick up their maracas a…