Choralkantate. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX / LUTHER MARTIN. 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…

Compilation. A compendium of more of the world's classics. A splendid array of pieces that, over the years, have captured the imagination of music lovers, as well as a variety of lesser-known pieces that are no less exquisite. / Rép Classique / Recueil / Guitare

9 Popular Arrangements for Piano solo. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN / ARR JEAN KLEEB. Beethoven often incorporated musical influences from other countries in his works. Jean Kleeb has picked up on this idea and developed it further in these arrangements for piano solo. In his tributes to Beethoven he emphasizes ethnic attributes such as 'alla turca” or he coaxes exotic rhythms out of certain works wit…

Par ARMAN HOWARD. Howard Arman, director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions of his choir in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du fröhliche [O, you joyful], St…

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. When the librettist Paolo Rolli and George Frideric Handel composed an Italian opera about Scipio's conquest of the Iberian port city of Carthago Nova in 1726, these events from 209 BC were already almost two thousand years in the past. Research on the critical edition of the opera “Scipione” in the Halle Handel Edition suggests that the librettist and composer had so…

Rhapsodie. Par JANACEK LEOS. The rhapsody for orchestra “Taras Bulba” is the most important and on account of its genesis the most interesting of the three programmatic orchestral works the composer wrote between 1914 and 1920. All three of these works were responses to the contemporary social and political context: “The Fiddler’s Child” was an indictment of the state of society, “Taras Bulba” was…

Par CATTLEY SARAH. Written for baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Susie Allan to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the five Frances Cornford settings of A Square and Candle-Lighted Boat further enhance Sarah Cattley’s reputation as an exciting young composer acutely sensitive to the nuances of English poetry. In addition to familiar sources ranging from ‘a…

Tonalité : F-Dur - Horn, Paul (Arr.) -. Par PLATTI GIOVANNI BENEDETTO. The first edition of a Missa in F by Giovanni Platti [ca. 1690–1763] is a rarity. Platti served at the Court of the Counts of Schönborn-Wiesentheid, and during his more than 40 years of service at the Court he worked for more than five masters and each of them knew how to make use of his musical abilities. Thus, in addition to …

The music of small forms was what the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) focused on.In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the position of organist in Paris; later he not only worked as a church musician but also as a teacher. In the summer of 1887 Fauré wrote his Pavane Op. 50, originally intended for a concert providing light entertainm…

An extended instructional book for the cajon by Matthias Philipzen, who has intensely worked with the instrument for 15 years and is known in the scene as a clinician and musician. This book addresses beginners, advanced learners and professionals and is as well geared for music or instrumental instruction. Apart from numerous styles, it presents tips and tricks for the use of the cajon as well as…

Double Bass

SKU: BT.YE0007

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.