Originally a runaway 1935 RKO musical hit on the big screen starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers, Top Hat is now a critically acclaimed theatre production featuring Summer Strallen (Meg Giry in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies) and Tom Chambers (Winner of Strictly Come Dancing ). Accompanying the Top Hat world premiere in London's West End, Wise Publications are proud to present the match…

A young man once climbed onto the stage at a Frank Zappa concert to ask how Zappa used his Wah-Wah pedal. The young man was later identified as world-famous guitarist Jimi Hendrix who, along with Eric Clapton, Larry Carlton and Jimmy Page, was soon using the Wah-Wah effect intensively in his own work. Still used by current Guitar heroes such as Slash, Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett, the pedal produces…

Rédigé en l'honneur de Mandy Miller et ses chanteurs dans Lochgelly, en Ecosse, ce morceau sert l'unisson comme un hommage à tous les enfants qui affichent la joie, de chaleur et de la fierté quand on chante. Bien que d'une composition originale, les rythmes reflètent les traditions folkloriques écossaises. Une excellente sélection d'enseigner le phrasé, les lignes mélodiques, et chant à l'unisson…

Books talk to each other' - Umberto Eco's statement could just as easily apply to music, as Les Citations for Oboe, Harpsichord, Double Bass and Percussion by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) brilliantly proves. Written in 1991, the score was reworked by the composer for the Festival d'Auvers-sur-Oise, where the new version premiered in June 2010. The origin of this work goes back to For Aldeburgh 85.…

The easiest ukulele method ever for kids ages 5 and up. This fun method teaches you to play songs on the ukulele right away. The accompanying online audio and video always lets you see demonstrations and hear how the music should sound on any computer or handheld device. Three irresistible ukulele experts guide students along---a clever, classical dog, one cool jazz cat, and a friendly alligator w…

Cours de ukulélé de l'enfant de l'Alfred est une méthode amusante qui vous apprend à jouer des chansons au ukulélé tout de suite. Avec un CD d'accompagnement qui permet de toujours vous entendez comment la musique doit sonner et accompagné d'un DVD qui dispose d'un instructeur en direct, chaque leçon est expliquée dans un langage simple qui est facile à comprendre. De plus, vous obtenez d'apprendr…

Mathias Rüegg and the Vienna Art Orchestra. Par RUEGG MATHIAS. Celebrating Rüegg’s life as an amazingly prolific jazz arranger and orchestrator, Universal Edition has just released A Centenary Journey, a compilation of the great charts by Rüegg in notated score form. A rarity in published music, these jazz scores “unlock the secrets” to phenomenal performances, echoing the evolution of jazz itself…

The Guitar Sessions series features songbooks centered around detailed instructional video lessons that teach how to play rock 'n' roll's greatest songs, shown step-by-step by knowledgeable guitar-slinging hosts who then perform the music in its entirety. With Led Zeppelin: Acoustic Sessions, you'll learn riff by riff how to play all of Jimmy Page's guitar parts in Led Zeppelin's most classic acou…

Composed in 1809-10, Beethoven's Sonata op. 81a expresses his very personal feelings. He titled its three movements 'Das Lebewohl? (The Farewell), 'Die Abwesenheit? (The Absence) and 'Das Wiedersehn? (The Return) in reference to the hasty departure of his good friend and patron Archduke Rudolph of Austria who fled Vienna with the imperial family on 4 May 1809 to escape Napoleon's approaching troop…

P/V/G arrangements of five tunes from the latest installment in Pixar's adored Toy Story franchise. Features a special 8-page section of great full-colour images from the film! / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)