Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Premiered in 2018, the 90-minute opera Lessons in Love and Violence delves into the dark and turbulent events of Edward II's life and death. George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's third collaboration, it unfolds as a taut slow burning arch of seven tableaux. This work boasts particularly rich string textures, and is coloured by basset horn and cimbalom together with a pair of harp…

Par CASABLANCAS BENET. Albumblatt für Arriaga, commissioned by the Trio Arriaga and lasting some 7:30 minutes, is the composer's fourth contribution to the classical violin, cello and piano ensemble, for which he has a special esteem. The work was written in homage to the composer Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, and at the same time as a token of gratitude and admiration for the Trio Arriaga, to whose me…

King Arthur (Arr. Laurie). Par PURCELL HENRY. King Arthur was the only one of Purcell's professionally produced operas to have been designed as a semi-opera - the others were all adaptations of earlier plays. Dryden made a real attempt to integrate the music into the drama, but since he ascribed to the dramatic conventions of the period which virtually confined music to allegorical or supernatural…

Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack. Par HURWITZ / PASEK / PAUL. The romantic musical comedy-drama film La La Land, written and directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, is an anticipated 2017 Oscars front-runner. With music written by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, this selection of songs from the original movie is arranged for piano and voice with gu…

And I Love Her is a beautiful, lilting ballad from the McCartney/Lennon partnership. Its use of major and minor keys, as well as a complete key change in the final verse, gives it a sense of drama that can create the perfect climax in a choral program. This arrangement has been specially crafted for SSA choir with piano accompaniment. / Choeur SSA Et Piano

Par DE HAAN JACOB. This composition is based on a passacaglia theme, in which artistic perfection, symphonic drama and oriental melody lines play a role. The passacaglia is originally a dance made up of a series of variations above a bass line constantly present as an ostinato. It is not in this sense that the 'Symphonic Variations' are in the passacaglia form but in the sense of the open form of …

Par FLIGHT JAMES. A Short Sonata is a work written at around Grade 8 standard for Euphonium and Piano. In each of the work's three movements, different qualities of the instrument are utilised and explored. In the first movement, an Allegro in 6/8 time, these qualities are the instrument's general agility, and its ability to play fast-moveing melodies in a way that drives the music forward. Throug…

Suite pour violoncelle et piano. Par LAKS SIMON. Simon Laks (1901-1983), who moved from Warsaw to Paris in 1926 at the age of 25, belonged to the large group of composers from Central and Eastern European countries who went down in 20th-century music history as the „École de Paris“. Slavic temperament amalgamated in their music with French esprit, the folklore of their native countries combined wi…

Par HORNBACH / BERND NONNWEILER. Bereits zwei Monate nach der Uraufführung von Schillers Drama Die Jungfrau von Orléans erschien Zumsteegs Vertonung der ersten Strophe von Johannas Abschiedsmonolog für Singstimme und Klavier. Wenige Wochen später verstarb der Komponist, ohne die Vertonung der weiteren Strophen abschließen zu können. Bald darauf wurde auch die von Leopold C. Reinicke verfasste Gita…

(Version for Piano Four-Hands). Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Edited by Einar Steen-Nøkleberg and Ernst-Gunter Heinemann. Arranged by Edvard Grieg. For Piano Four Hands, Piano Duet (PIANO FOR 2 PLAYERS). Henle Music Folios. Softcover. G. Henle #HN1243. Published by G. He…

Tragedie Opera (Drama heroique) in 3 Akten. Pariser Fassung 1774 (franzosisch/deutsch). Klavierauszug nach dem Urtext der Gluck-Gesamtausgabe. By Christoph Willibald von Gluck. Edited by Finscher, Ludwig;Sommer, Jurgen. For 2 Soprano solo, Tenor solo, Mixed Choir-Ball, 2 Flute, 2…

Dramma per musica in tre atti. Klavierauszug nach dem Urtext der Hallischen H0ndel-Ausgabe (italienisch/deutsch). By George Frideric Handel. Edited by Siegfried Flesch. Arranged by Kroupova, Olga;T!Pel, Michael. For soprano solo (3), mezzo-soprano solo, alto solo, tenor solo, bas…

By Roger Ames. Edited by James Jordan. For Piano. Music Education. Instructional. Text language: English. 72 pages. Published by GIA Publications.

Lyrisches Marchen in drei Akten. By Antonin Dvorak. Edited by Solc, Karel. Text: Kvapil, Jaroslav. Op. 114. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA9510 90)

Symphony Themes, Opera Gems and Classical Favorites. Arranged by Nancy Faber and Randall Faber. Faber Piano Adventures®. Softcover. 80 pages. Faber Piano Adventures #FF3032. Published by Faber Piano Adventures

By Buddy Greene. Edited by Mark Lowry. Arranged by Jack Schrader. For SATB choir. Contemporary. All-Time Best Selling Choral. Christmas, Devotion, Contemporary Gospel and Sacred. Choral octavo. Published by Hope Publishing Company

Composed by Randall Thompson (1899-1984). Church Opera. Score. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.0622).

(1993-94). Composed by Rebecca Saunders (1967-). Peters Contemporary Library. Modern. Score. Composed 1993-94; First Performance: 25 May 1994, Velte-Saal, Musikhochschule, Karls. Duration 00:10:00. Edition Peters #EP7502. Published by Edition Peters

(Op. 100, 105, 109 Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 2088). By Johann Friedrich BurgmÌ_ller. Edited by Louis Oesterle. Piano Collection. Softcover. 108 pages. G. Schirmer #2088. Published by G. Schirmer

By Andrea Bocelli. P/V/C. Adult Contemporary and Contemporary Vocal. Songbook. With vocal melody, lyrics, piano accompaniment, chord names, guitar chord diagrams and translations. 216 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Larsen. For Soprano and Piano. Published by Oxford University Press.

9 Pieces for Late Intermediate Pianists. By Melody Bober. For Piano. Piano Collection. Level: Late Intermediate. Book. 32 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Featuring: You'll Be Back / Helpless / My Shot / Dear Theodosia / It's Quiet Uptown / One Last Time. Composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980-). Arranged by Jerry Brubaker. Full Orchestra; Part(s); Score. Pop Concert Full Orchestra. Broadway. 214 pages. Published by Alfred Music