European chants de Noël et des suggestions pour les paramètres de la fêtes. Cette collection réunit à la demande de pièces de danse en classe d'enseignement qui ne sont pas trop ambitieux, mais qui sont de bonne qualité. La collection s'adresse aux élèves junior et l'école secondaire, mais les pièces peuvent aussi servir à des niveaux plus avancés et à l'extérieur de l'école. Danses simples adapté…

Par LAURINDO ALMEIDA. This collection presents guitar duets by Laurindo Almeida and musical friends plus related photographs of historical interest. Features Radames Gnattali, 'Pixinguinho' (Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho - 'Father of the Samba'), Heitor Villa-Lobos, Charlie Byrd, Ernesto Nazareth, and 'Garoto' (Anibal Augusto Sardinha). In addition to music from Brazil this collection addresses a v…

This is a challenging set of three lessons presenting a variety of tunes from string band rags to classic rags to novelty instrumentals. The three audio CDs give 3 full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction. LESSON ONE: Two New Orleans standards are presented in this lesson. Both are played in the key of C with a style that combines an alternating bass with single-string runs and cou…

Par TIPPETT MICHAEL SIR. Like Robert Schumann who often favoured the horn, Sir Michael Tippett who died on 8 January 1998 makes full use of the instrument‘s tonal possibilities in this work. He translated the Romantic genre of horn quartet into a modern tonal language: “All movements contain characteristic calls and triad arpeggios. Sometimes the call itself is the theme, as in the fugue. Sometime…

The new RSL Classical Piano syllabus aims to reflect the widening tastes of young people, positioning itself at the forefront of the vast array of music available to pianists, encompassing the rich heritage of music from the Baroque right through to the modern day and emerging composers. The repertoire strikes a balance between a radical redesign and maintaining a recognisable structure, and stick…

For Orchestra. Par AYRES RICHARD. Détails de la formation instrumentale: 2(pic).0.1.Eb Clarinette b Clarinette 1.c Basson-4.4(1.pic Trompette 2.pic Trompette , Eb Trompette ).1.b Trombone 1-timp.2perc(almgl, tub. bells, crots, glsp, xyl, tri, clash cym, 2 large wooden boxes, wood and saw, carpenter's metal hammer and nail) - hp.pno-str(14.12.10.8.6) - Durée: 25' - Format: DIN A4/ Répertoire / Orch…

Acte de Ballet. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Rameau Io RCT 45 (Vocal Score) In Rameau's operatic oeuvre, 'Io' is certainly the work shrouded in the most mystery: the acte de ballet has survived only in the form of a copy of the score and parts which was made by a collector from the generation after Rameau from the autograph that now is lost. Although the copy seems to have been used, presumably for …

Par WEDGWOOD PAM. Do you love listening to Classic FM? Do you wish you'd had the opportunity to learn to play the Piano yourself, or that you'd carried on with your Piano lessons as a child? This all-in-one piano tutor has the answer! Organised into progressive lessons, it introduces Piano technique and music reading in an interesting and approachable way. There is a wealth of music to enjoy and a…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Tchaikovsky is best known for his purely instrumental compositions. However, we must not underestimate him as a composer of operas. Many of his operas such as ¬Pique Dame and Eugene Onegin are still performed regularly throughout the world. Eugene Onegin (also called Jevgeny Onegin), composed in 1877-1878, was not called an opera by Tchaikovsky himself, but “lyric sce…