Par IRON AND WINE. Iron and Wine: The Songbook contains songs from albums and EPs by American singer-songwriter Iron and Wine. The artist-approved chord songbook includes lyrics and chords with short picking patterns in tab and notation and is full colour throughout with artwork, photographs and tour posters, a song index and index of first lines. Sam Beam is a singer-songwriter who has been creat…

A travers 200 nouvelles histoires inédites, Laurent Charliot vous propose de découvrir dans ce deuxième tome de Rock Stories de nouveaux faits divers, drames, rumeurs ou petits potins qui ont forgé la légende du rock. Un livre où l?on découvre que, lors de sa première audition, Elvis Presley s?était vu conseillé de rester chauffeur plutôt que d?essayer d?être chanteur. Que la première chanson de l…

Aus: Israelsbrünnlein. Par SCHEIN JOHANN HERMANN. Johann Hermann Schein’s Israelsbrünnlein, published in Leipzig in 1623, is a supreme achievement not only among the works of this composer, who had been Thomaskantor in Leipzig since 1616, but also for the entire body of German music written during the first half of the 17th century. Among the 26 motets written “in the Italian madrigal manner” 23 a…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. This is an ancient Welsh air that was first published in Relics of the Welsh Bards in 1794. Dafydd (David) Owain was a famous Welsh bard who lived on a farm called Gareg Wen (The White Rock) in Eifionydd, Carnarnvonshire, North Wales. Tradition has it that on his deathbed he called for his harp and composed this lovely melody, requesting that it be played at his funeral. Accordi…

Variations on a melody by Adriaen Valerius (1575-1625). Par SPARKE PHILIP. Dutch composer, artist and poet Adriaen Valerius is mostly remembered today for his collection of 79 songs for voice and lute or cittern, published posthumously in 1626. Philip Sparke has taken one melody from this collection that tells of the War of Independence with Spain. The beautiful slow melody is followed by a series…

Gabrielle Aplin is the singer who sprung to fame with her chilled-out piano cover of the classic '80s power ballad, The Power of Love . Her début album, English Rain , includes that song plus three more singles: Please Don't Say You Love Me, Panic Cord and Home . This matching songbook contains all the songs from English Rain , presented in expert arrangements for Piano, Voice and Guitar. / Piano/…

This staple of all-state auditions is available for the first time for Baritone T.C. These excellent studies are the next step for students who have completed the advanced level method for their instrument. The full-page etudes in this series, key-centered and supported by scale and arpeggio exercises, take the student to that next level of performance wherein their accumulated skills allow them t…

This songbook contains 19 favourites, ideal for players who have reached the standard of tutor book 3. Includes suggested voice, rhythm and tempo for each song plus chord symbols, fingering and lyrics. / Clavier

Par SPARKE PHILIP. This work was commissioned for The Berkshire Young Musicians Trust (England), who required a testing piece for the woodwind section of their concert band. The piece opens with a strong unison passage based on the interval of a fifth and develops with a passionate legato. This is followed by the main vivo section of the work based on the earlier 'fifth' figures. A bridge passage …

Spiritual. Par ROGERS WAYLAND. This memorably arranged spiritual is a compassionate call for social justice, tinged with anger at those who would stand in the way of the common good./ Feuillet / Choeur Mixte a Cappella