'It's never right to play Ragtime fast.?(Scott Joplin)Most listeners associate 'ragtime? with the music of Scott Joplin, one of the earliest African-American composers to straddle the divide between classical and popular music. It was Joplin who brought this musical style to the pinnacle of perfection.The term 'ragtime? stems from 'ragged time? and describes the contrast between the sprightly sync…

Par COURT DOUGLAS. Celebrate the spirit of youth! TAKE CENTER STAGE is a fresh, exciting new offering from Curnow Music Press. The energetic opening and first theme supported by an invigorating rhythmic undercurrent perfectly balance the 'cantabile' middle section. They lead relentlessly to the exhilarating conclusion. As always Douglas Court's music includes enjoyable parts for every player in th…

Easter Fantasy. Par BILKES MICHAEL. Fantasia di Pasqua is a fantasy in which traditional Easter melodies have been used. The work is written for brass band with a separate brass quartet which, since this music is often performed in churches, the composer suggests should be positioned on a gallery. This creates a double choir effect and perfectly fits the Renaissance-like style. Each of the melodie…

Par MANN JANE. This system concentrates on the particular fingers which play simultaneously in each hand providing anchor points to improve coordination and speed up the learning process. Using just five scale and four arpeggio patterns throughout, memorising is quick, easy, and secure, and correct fingering guaranteed every time! Even if you don't read music notation this illustrated method works…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Prepared from the composer's autograph manuscript, Brian Newbould's authoritative new performing edition of Schubert's celebratory 'Magnificat' brings this little-known masterpiece to light. A short, perfectly crafted setting, written by the young composer in 1815, it provides the ideal concert opener or partner to other more extended concert works. A vocal score is also availa…

Par BUXTEHUDE DIETRICH. This setting of Luther’s hymn perfectly typifies the basic concept of a chorale cantata as Buxtehude probably envisaged it. The first two verses are set, line by line, in a four-part homophonic texture. The two violins add interludes to the chorale, and lead in a kind of ritornello to the next verse. In the third and last verse Buxtehude departs from this model as the violi…

Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. The opera – “a kind of Alice in Wonderland, but for adults”, says Crimp – lasts just over an hour and is cast in seven scenes. It is scored for five voices (S-S-MS-CT-Bar) and…

La poursuite de la perfection technique est un voyage sans fin. Beaucoup de routines de pratique et d'exercices peuvent être fastidieuses, rendant la progression de la technique, difficile et frustrante. L'accent mis sur ce DVD extrême des Techniques de cueillette est de fournir des concepts amusants, mélodiques et intéressants pour améliorer votre technique de cueillette tout en augmentant vos co…

Oratorio in three acts. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Saul was given its first performance under Handel's direction at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 16 January 1739. The original libretto (dated 1738) refers to the work as ; an Oratorio or Sacred Drama. This libretto was written by Charles Jennens (1700& 1770), a wealthy amateur writer from Gopsall, Leicestershire. A letter of 28 July 1735 from…

Par SNIDERO JIM. Exact transcription, as played by Dennis Irwin, plus 21 simple bass lead sheets.See and hear how a well known bass player phrases and articulates and comp for the soloist on the mp3 CD.Play along with one of todays finest, swinging New York rhythm sections: Mike LeDonne on piano, Dennis Irwin on bass, and Kenny Washington on drums. Use the book/CD sets for private lessons, for se…