The famous Golliwogg's Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Children's Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908.The style corresponds to that of ragtime, a dance which was in vogue around the turn of the century. In the middle section, he parodies several times the beginning of the opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner with w…

Gaspare Spontini, composer and conductor, was celebrated for his operas in the late 1700s and early 1800s, although he also composed several pieces of vocal chamber music at the same time. The chamber repertoire was composed with the amateur performer in mind: the tessitura of his melodies falls mostly within the medium/high range and does not call for any special techniques. This does not, howeve…

François Rabbath was born into a musical family in Aleppo, Syria, in 1931. Self-taught, he discovered the Double Bass at the age of thirteen. After moving with his family to Beirut in 1946, he played in a quartet with his brothers in restaurants and hotels. At the age of twenty-two, with the encouragement of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and pianist José Iturbi, he developed an original approach to the…

Born in South Africa, but now an Irish citizen, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of experiences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to South Africa to study traditional music, his own involvement with the New Simplicity movement, his collection of contemporary art and African textiles, friendships with composers like Morton Feldman a…

Par APOSTOLIDIS KATHARINA. A coloring and activity book to help children between 5 and 11 years to learn notes and rests. Included are small learning steps and various creative works, puzzles and games of dice with several possibilities to repeat. Beginning with quarters, there are two possible directions: either to the slower notes (half, dotted half and whole notes) or to the faster notes (eight…

Kantate Zum Sonntag Laetare. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. A cantata from the annual cycle “Musicalisches Lob Gottes” [1744], which celebrates Laetare [the third Sunday before Easter] – “rejoice” – with a jubilant opening chorus. According to Telemann’s notes, it can be performed in several different combinations of parts. The opening chorus is also in the “Biblische Sprüche” [see p. 12]. / Date par…

Get a complete jazz-rock Piano workout as you develop your rhythmic feel, dexterity, hand coordination and voicing skills as you work through the fun, authentic examples in Jazz-Rock Piano Chops: Firing Up Your Technique.The pieces in Jazz-Rock Piano Chops: Firing Up Your Technique will help you use your jazz-rock Piano technique in a musical, stylistically effective way. Each music sample is reco…

Par FREEMANTLE MARK E.. With decades of experience on the mandocello and even more on the mandolin and guitar, the author presents a comprehensive and progressive approach to learning to play this versatile instrument.Written entirely in bass clef?the logical clef for an instrument with the same low-to-high CGDA tuning as an orchestral cello?the book starts with basic technique and music theory an…

Par MUIR SAMANTHA. Pieces 1 to 5 were written between 2019 and 2021 as part of my PhD portfolio “New Works for Classical Ukulele”. The final piece, The Fantastic Mr Flea, was composed in 2024. The pieces explore a variety of techniques commonly associated with the classical guitar, but with the over-riding aim of demonstrating how they might be applied and adapted to create unique and challenging…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Octet in F major Op. post. 166 D 803 for Clarinet (in B-flat), Bassoon, Horn, Violin (2), Viola, Violincello, Double Bass “I have done little new by way of lieder. In compensation I have tried my hand at several instrumental things, for I have composed two quartets for Violins, Viola and Violincello [A minor, D 804; D minor, D 810] and an octet [F major, D 803] and will write y…