Par DUCOL BRUNO. Emprunté au fameux hymne de Mésomède de Crète, le titre de cet ouvrage fait écho au nom du quatuor Hélios (soleil), son dédicataire. Et bien au-delà de ce clin d’œil, toute cette composition s’inspire du « poïkilon » des Grecs, un terme désignant l’infinie variété des lumières et couleurs qui émanent du Soleil mais aussi d’autres divinités telle Aphrodite. Comme l’astre solaire, l…

Par HESKETH KENNETH. A Masque (short for Masquerade) has been defined by Historians as 'A revel in which Mummers or masked folk come with torches blazing into the festive hall and call upon the company to dance and dice' . The chaos of this dramatic dance is depicted in this Masque by Hesketh. The main theme is bravura and is often present, in the background. The form of the piece is a simple sche…

This collection presents a selection of Franz Schubert's works that will delight every pianist. In addition to the Longing Waltz and the popular Impromptu in E-flat major, the volume also contains arrangements of his best-known symphonies, chamber music works and songs. All pieces have an intermediate level of difficulty and have been supplemented with fingerings and metronome suggestions. The rea…

Quatre Tableaux Imaginaires. Par ROTELLA DIDIER. Pantomimes, pour piano à 4 mains et dispositif électronique stéréo, est pensé comme un rêve, une déambulation, un parcours initiatique se déroulant entre le moment où l’enfant doit aller dormir et celui où il se réveille. Ces rêves nocturnes, peuplés de personnages divers, fantastiques, grotesques, poétiques, ont une évolution constante, le faisant …

Par BALAZS ARPAD. Árpád Balázs (*1937) composed the first version of Rhapsody for Hungarian cimbalom and concert band in 2001; in 2021, on the encouragement by a Japanese marimba player he arranged the solo part for marimba, and therefore the opportunities for the work to be played have significantly widened. The Rhapsody follows the one-movement structure created by Franz Liszt. The beginning sol…

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hanc…

The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music, listen to the CD to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With the melody and lyrics included in the book, you may also choose to sing along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the …

SOLO TUNING See RM722 for Orchestral Tuning The 'Dragonetti Concerto' was first published in 1925 by Alphonse Leduc in Paris as No.23 of Edouard Nanny's 'Les Classiques de la Contrebasse'. For many years no one questioned its authenticity, but as more research into Dragonetti's original works for double bass was made, concerns began to arise. Many of Dragonetti manuscripts survive in the British …