Par DE HAAN JACOB. Utopia is the name of a book written by the English author Thomas More and was published in 1516. The title is a word thought up by More himself, after the Greek language, meaning 'Nowhereland' and leading to the invention of the words utopian scheme and utopian. Utopia pictured an ideal state on an island far from the inhabited world. This idea was the basis of the composition.…

Par CAFARO PASQUALE. Pasquale Cafaro, born in S. Pietro in Galantina in 1715; he was directed by his family to 'scientific' studies (science of law) but soon abandoned them for musical ones. He then entered the Conservatorio della Pietà de' Turchini as a son at the age of 18, almost as an adult. His main teacher was one of the greatest musicians of the 18th century, Leonardo Leo, who immediately r…

Cette oeuvre est une sorte de rêverie emplie de la nostalgie d'une enfance qui n'aurait jamais existé.Les interprètes devront, en toute simplicité, rendre le côté hypnotique et irréel, en évitant un jeu 'trop expressif'.Il est possible d'affiner ou même de modifier les nuances, les articulations ainsi que les tempi, tant que cela ne contredit pas l'esthétique de l'oeuvre. Dans la partie de piano, …

Par DOWLAND JOHN. During his lifetime John Dowland was one of the few English composers whose fame spread throughout Europe. He has never been entirely forgotten although his music was almost completely ignored during the whole of the eighteenth century and most of the nineteenth. The early twentieth century saw a dawning recognition among scholars and specialists of the rare quality of his work. …

Par CATTLEY SARAH. Written for baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Susie Allan to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the five Frances Cornford settings of A Square and Candle-Lighted Boat further enhance Sarah Cattley’s reputation as an exciting young composer acutely sensitive to the nuances of English poetry. In addition to familiar sources ranging from ‘a…

Really Easy Piano: Chart Hits - #4 Spring/Summer 2017 contains easy Piano arrangements for 21 recent releases from some of popular music's greatest artists including Bruno Mars, The XX, Clean Bandit, Zara Larsson and more.2 songs from Ed Sheeran's #1 album ÷ are featured, including Castle On The Hill and Shape Of You, as well as the hits Let Me Love You (DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber), So Good (Louis…

Frédéric Chopin spent his fifth summer at George Sand's country estate in Nohant in 1844. The time away from Paris gave the composer the necessary creative free space to produce the delicate Berceuse (lullaby) as well as the b minor sonata that year. The former is known for its dreamy, exquisite ambient sound - and yet it still numbers amongst Chopin's most fabricated works. It was originally inte…

Par SIEGMEISTER ELIE. A Musical Play with Wind Orchestra accompaniment. Text by Edward Mabley Also: Reduced Version S.A(Blues Singer).Bar.B Soli - SATB Chorus - 1(Picc).1.2.1 - 2.2.1.0 - 2perc - Cel ab lib - Pf - Db Score and Parts - Vocal Score also available (EP 6204) / Contemporain / Répertoire / Soprano

Par VARGAS ENRIQUE. The definitive, comprehensive explanation of both the harmonic and melodic aspects of flamenco! Flamenco Improvisation - Modal Improvisation and Melodic Construction in the Flamenco Environment by famed guitarist Enrique Vargas. Before delving into the more complex, polytonal, tetrachordal modal structures of flamenco, Volume 1 explores the melodic and harmonic aspects of the s…

Par LIEBMAN DAVID. Atonement commemorates the holiest day of the year in the Jewish faith, called Yom Kippur. On that day an individual repents for transgressions which may have occurred during the past year. Fasting and prayer are the activities which begin at sundown with the chanting of Kol Nidre and end twenty four hours later. I wrote the melodies for this piece on Yom Kippur, 1979. Part of t…