Leichte Kavallerie. Par VON SUPPE FRANZ. Although he was born in Split, Croatia, of Belgian descent, Franz von Suppé’s nationality is defined less by his actual descendents than by the country and city where he lived and worked and had the great majority of his success, the Austrian capital, Vienna. It was here where, with assistance from the Johan Strausses and Franz Lehar, he helped to assure Vi…

Par KILAR. 'The Pianist'' is a story of W adys aw Szpilman, pianist and composer who lived in Warsaw during the war and escaped from train to Auschwitz. ''It is my most personal movie'' - said Roman Pola ski. ''The Pianist'' won a main prize ''Golden Palm'' at Cannes Festival as well and was awarded in 7 categories by ''Cesar'' in France including music). Roman Pola ski and Wojciech Kilar has met …

Par COLLECTIF. En interrogeant la musique à travers un large champ de recherche, qui va des théories psychanalytiques au bouclage du temps dans un parcours « proto-narratif » tel que la biologie contemporaine en relève les traces dans le fonctionnement cérébral, Michel Imberty a ouvert un espace considérable à l'interprétation des faits musicaux, et ses écrits interrogent aussi bien le musicologue…

With no fewer than 50 blues licks and riffs inspired by the greatest blues musicians ever to have lived such as Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan and BB King, the 50 Rhythmiques Blues A La Guitare is ideal for any budding blues guitarist.Not only this, playing these riffs and licks is so enjoyable, that you will be learning techniques and theory simultaneously.…

The 'Essential Composer Series' published for Piano by Minstrel Press and distributed by Santorella Publications features the original works from some of the greatest composers that ever lived. The selections have been carefully chosen to give the user a source of essential core literature from that specific composer. This transcribed series by Avis Fedge Romm has only had minor editing when seen …

St. Michael. Par BOURGEOIS LOUIS. The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c. 1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and, commissioned by John Calvin, he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. After completing about a hundred one-part psalms, he made some four-part arrangements, which were denounced and even resulted in his imprisonment for a day. Later, Bourg…

St. Michael. Par BOURGEOIS LOUIS. The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c. 1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and, commissioned by John Calvin, he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. After completing about a hundred one-part psalms, he made some four-part arrangements, which were denounced and even resulted in his imprisonment for a day. Later, Bourg…

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…

Manon Lescaut is the fi rst volume of the series 'The operas of Giacomo Puccini? - Critical Edition - in collaboration with Archivio storico Ricordi and Fondazione Simonetta Puccini. It makes available the three main versions of the opera that have survived in various sources: an 1893 version, with the original Act I finale, the fi rst version of Manon's Act IV aria, and the uncut version of the f…