In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music. / Quatuor A Cordes

Par CASABLANCAS BENET. Shade and Darkness, lasting some 12:30 minutes, was co-commissioned by the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical and the Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada. The work is inspired by Turner's famous painting of the same name, subtitled 'The Night Before the Flood', although this does not imply any programmatic or even less descriptive intention, beyond the compo…

Principles of Jazz Bass Line Construction. Par ISRAELS CHUCK. All jazz bassists recognize the pivotal role that the Bill Evans Trio played in creating a new model for the bass’ function in jazz. In this book, Chuck Israels (one of Bill’s long-time bassists) has created a masterpiece of explaining what that revolution consists of. Among other crucial concepts, he shows how the bass can both lay dow…

Par HUDSON ROBERT. These studies have been written to provide trumpeters with a wide variety of musical and technical challenges progressively arranged from beginner to more advanced levels. Each study forms a complete musical statement, the whole collection encompassing Classical, Jazz, Funk, Rock and other traditional and popular styles. / Répertoire d'Examen / Etude / Trompette

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER. Ahoy Sing For The Mary Rose is a fantastic songbook of sea shanties that takes the singer on a trip across the oceans and centuries. Ahoy Sing for the Mary Rose is a celebration of King Henry VIII famous warship, the Mary Rose, written superbly by Alexander L'Estrange This fantastic songbook includes sheet music for Soprano, Alto Voice, Tenor and Bass voices, as well as u…

A Gaelic Blessing is a simple and catchy piece by Craig McLeish. This piece will be particularly useful for school, junior and community choirs, and a tuneful introduction to singing simple contrapuntal lines. The second soprano part repeats the tune at bar 33 and should dominate here - the first sopranos and altos should support appropriately. Ease and beauty of tone should be of paramount import…

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par FRANCK CESAR. Although Cesar Franck won many prizes during his student days his music was generally unrecognised by his contemporaries. His pieces were written in the romantic style whilst retaining a classical structure and his later compositions were referred to as 'cathedrals of sound'. Panis Angelicus is poetic and almost serene and this arrangement by Philip Sparke ret…