Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. ‘Toccata Festiva’ was commissioned in 1994 by the Dutch Brass Band Championships. The wind band version was made a year later by the composer himself. Historically speaking, the toccata is considered to be one of the first independent instrumental forms for keyboard instruments. Originally the toccata was typically more or less improvised, later this musical form was given a…

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 PACHELBEL JOHANN. Nun danket alle Gott (Now thank we all our God) Motet Pachelbel's choral works excel in the magnificence and festive splendour of their tonal effect, but at no point do they depart from an easy singable style. Simplicity of harmonic texture and voice leading is a characteristic of Pachelbel's art generally, but it asserts itself especially in these vocal compositions. They ar…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. ‘Toccata Festiva’ was commissioned in 1994 by the Dutch Brass Band Championships. The wind band version was made a year later by the composer himself. Historically speaking, the toccata is considered to be one of the first independent instrumental forms for keyboard instruments. Originally the toccata was typically more or less improvised, later this musical form was given a…

Pour Quintette de Vents. Par TOMASI HENRI. French composer and conductor, Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) published Five Secular and Sacred Dances for Wind Quintet in 1963. As with his other wind compositions, Five Secular and Sacred Dances was well-received by audiences. Tomasi was born in Marseille, but his Father and Mother were originally from La Casinca in Corsica. Despite being pressured into music…

Par MAY IMELDA. A Lick and a Promise is the debut poetry collection of one of Ireland’s most famed female musicians, Imelda May. Following the release of her first poetry EP Slip Of The Tongue in 2020, this collection contains 100 poems, including two each from both her father and young daughter. Using the themes of Breast, Below, Blood, Eyes, Tongue and Temple, the poems are written in May’s abso…

Three Movements For Improvising Oboe, Soprano Sax, Viola, Cello. Par LIEBMAN DAVID. It is natural as we age to contemplate the finality of passing on, if not personally, then certainly as an effect from others around you whom have left this space. Having to endure the passing of family and friends is of course very trying. This is especially true when the perception is that someone 'passed before …

Concerto no. 2 in c minor op. 18 for Piano and Orchestra. Par RACHMANINOV SERGEI. Rachmaninoff's legendary Opus 18, often lovingly referred to as Rach 2,” is for many the epitome of the Romantic piano concerto. Following its acclaimed premiere in Moscow in 1901, it proved to be a show-stopper around the globe, finally helping cement Rachmaninoff's international reputation as a composer. To this da…

G-Dur. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The G major mass of Mozart followed a very special type of mass pattern, namely, that of the 'Missa pastoralis'. In Mozart's time it was a widespread type of mass, especially in Bohemia and Italy, in which melodies and rhythms like those familiar from pastoral Christmas music were frequently found. The themes in this type of mass are song-like and often make use…

Composed by Various. Piano Solo Songbook. Pop, Standards. Softcover. 208 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Composed by Joe Hisaishi. Studio Ghibli Songs. Anime, Studio Ghibli. Score and part. Yamaha Music Media #GTW01100681. Published by Yamaha Music Media

Arranged by Sean O\'Loughlin. Pop Specials for Strings. Pop, Tv. Softcover. Duration 100 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard

Score with Separate Pull-Out Parts. By Various. String Duet. Pop. Softcover. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

10 Movie Selections. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Piano Solo Songbook. Movies. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard

Composed by John Williams. Piano Solo Composer Collection. Softcover. 184 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(Over 100 Favorites for Piano and Sing-Along (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)). Composed by various composers and arrangers. For Guitar; Keyboard; Piano; Voice. This edition: Hardcover Piano/Vocal/Guitar Book and DVD-ROM. Book; DVD; P/V/C Mixed Folio; Piano/Vocal/Chords; Sing-Along. Christma…

Composed by Various. For Piano. Easy Piano Songbook. Softcover. 138 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Guitar Tab Method. Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. With guitar tablature. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Written by Nancy Faber, Randall Faber. For piano. Format: instructional book. With introductory text, instructional text, musical examples, illustrations and performance notes. Instructional. This level introduces cross-hand arpeggios and the full major scale in the keys of C, G,…

Performed by The Beatles. Piano/Vocal/Chords (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9.5x12.7 inches. 896 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Composed by Various. Traditional Pop, Broadway and Vocal Standards. Songbook (softcover). With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 576 pages. Published by Hal Leonard