Arrangeur: Alfred Mann. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. The best-known and most beloved large-scale musical work in the English-speaking world, Messiah was first performed in Dublin over 200 years ago to benefit local charities. Since that time, it has given millions of performers their primary experience in singing classical music. Today it is the supreme example of the English oratorio. A meditatio…

The third volume for guitar in the Easy Concert Pieces series. The selection of pieces, from Renaissance to twentieth-century works, is suitable for students with about 3 years of playing experience. Includes a CD of all pieces to aid and motivate practice. There are many favourite guitar pieces, but also several lesser-known gems along with arrangements of popular piano works. Organised chronolo…

Anon Japanese (trans. Kenneth Rexroth). Par CONNOLLY JUSTIN. For Mezzo-soprano and piano, 'Waka' is a song cycle in five parts based on translations of Japanese Waka poetry. The brief, elliptical poems are mostly single sentences, about stylised subject matter and commenting upon the human experience. Initially set in Japanese in 1972, this version uses the English translation for which the cycle …

In Search Of... Pharrell Williams is the fascinating account of one of the most revered singers and songwriters in the music business today. Working tirelessly to write and produce some of the biggest hits in the last 20 years before coming to the forefront as a singer and songwriter in the early 21st century, this is the story of a modern day musical genius.2013-14 was dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as …

Contest March. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Philip Sparke wrote this march for the famous brass band contest held ever year on Whit Friday in Oldham and Saddleworth. Given the competition’s long history (over 120 years), he consciously composed this piece in a very traditional march form. The title, The Conqueror, refers to Alexander the Great’s nickname as well as being something every band aspires to be! …

Based on the Critical Edition- Orchestra material on hire. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. The large-scale form of 'Symphony No. 9' is unusual in a number of ways. It reminds in no way of the ninth symphonies of famous predecessors. Two slow movements, an Andante comodo at the beginning and an Adagio at the end, form the frame for two of the most parodistic and embittered inner movements that Mahler ever wrote…

Choralkantate. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. During Mendelssohns years of study with Zelter, the arrangement of chorales already played an important role, and he continued to be occupied with the protestant chorale throughout his symphonic and oratorical work. The break Bach’s works in connection with the reperformance of the St. Matthew Passion led to a series of cantatas based on well-known c…

Par SCHAUERTE-MAUBOUET HELGA. Translated into English by Carolyn Shuster Fournier and Connie Glessner Jehan ALAIN (1911-1940), internationally renowned French composer, was one of the most inspired creative personalities of the musical world in the interwar period. A cavalryman in World War II, he died in action during a reconnaissance mission near Saumur, France, on 20 June 1940.   Jehan Alain s…

Media Type : BookLevel : IntermediateMusical Genre : JazzNumber of pages : 96 Enormous demands are placed on the control and manual dexterity of the contemporary drum set player, particularly in the Jazz idiom. Today's drummer is expected to have developed limb coordination to a degree that would have been thought unachievable a few short years ago. This text presents an effective method of dealin…

Par HAYDN JOSEPH. Haydn composed his Symphony in B-flat major Hob.I:68 around 1774/75, almost ten years after his creative period began at the Esterházy Palace. At this time, the opera activities at the princely court were in a phase of development which was also reflected in the certain operatic quality of this symphony, for example, in the dramatically fluctuating slow movement. This movement …

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Yorke Edition. Composed by F. Baines. Book Only. Yorke Edition #YE0007. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YE0007).

Born in Oxford in 1917, Francis Baines was a well-known and much respected professional double bass player. He studie…

With CDs of Performances and Accompaniments. Edited by Catherine Elliott. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical. Softcover with CD. 60 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060132261. Published by Boosey & Hawkes

Composed by J. Peter Close; Holger Sassmannshaus. Stapled. Barenreiter's Sassmannshaus. Instructional. Performance score. 72 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA9660).

By J. Frederick Muller. Edited by Harold Rusch. Orchestra Method/Study. Muller-Rusch String Series. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.
Level: Advanced.

By J. Frederick Muller. Edited by Harold Rusch. Orchestra Method/Study. Muller-Rusch String Series. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.
Level: Advanced.