with optional combinations of instruments - mit variabler Besetzung. The volumes of the Ad libitum series contain duos, trios and quartets of easy, medium and advanced levels of difficulty, which are playable with various combinations of instruments. Ad libitum Family Edition volumes are recommended mainly for families or groups of friends where at least three people play an instrument. Each of th…

Description Instrumental Playalong: Irish Favourites - Clarinet Solo arrangements of 31 Irish favourites with great-sounding CD accompaniment. Includes: Danny Boy I Once Loved a Lass The Little Beggarman The Minstrel Boy My Wild Irish Rose The Wearing of the Green Songlist A Nation Once Again [Davis, Thomas] Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms [Moore, Thomas] Black Velvet Band …

Par LE GENDRE DOMINIQUE. Four Arms, Two Necks is a setting of a 17th century anonymous poem. The timelessness of the words in the love poem struck me and I set it to music, later dedicating the song to two friends, Anda and Bill Winters, in celebration of a wedding anniversary. Orpheus is from William Shakespeare’s play The Life of King Henry VIII. Between 1996-2000, I composed and produced the mu…

Will Todd's Jazz Missa Brevis gives new life to the sung Latin Mass texts in an accessible, short setting which embraces a variety of jazz styles, from the swinging jazz waltz Kyrie to the up-beat Latin-groove Gloria. The smooth jazz ballad Sanctus, 7/8 Benedictus and soulful Agnus Dei complete this inspiring Mass setting. Underpinned by Todd's characteristic jazz harmonies and melodic craftsmansh…

Edgar Knecht is a jazz pianist who has created his own unique style. His début CD, 'Good Morning Lilofee? (with four-piece combo), conquered the clubs and earned him invitations to international festivals. His treatment of the original melodies is refreshingly different from standard jazz arrangements: It is characterized by a free perception of the tunes, varied rhythms as well as unconventional …

Based on Robert Schumann. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, Band II/3. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. The Fairy-Tale Narratives (Märchenerzählungen) for B-flat Clarinet (ad libitum Violin), Viola and Piano, Op. 132, belong to the few Schumann works that were composed, revised and published in a short time: composed in Düsseldorf, at beginning of October 1853, the new composition was already offered for publica…

Method for Alto Saxophone. Par KASTELEIN / MICHIEL OLDENKAMP. This exciting and forward looking series takes brass and woodwind teaching into the 21st Century. The three method books form the basis of this series. Each book has an accompanying CD containing play-along tracks performed by internationally renowned performers providing a great incentive to practise. Additional solo material is provid…

Method for Baritone / Euphonium TC. Par KASTELEIN / MICHIEL OLDENKAMP. This exciting and forward looking series takes brass and woodwind teaching into the 21st Century. The three method books form the basis of this series. Each book has an accompanying CD containing play-along tracks performed by internationally renowned performers providing a great incentive to practise. Additional solo material …

Composer and violinist János Lavotta (1764-1820), as a member - together with János Bihari and Antal Csermák - of the ''virtuoso trio'' who played a great role in the history of Hungarian music, was one of the pioneers of verbunkos music. Although his violin duos op. 49 must have also been used for playing music at home, they show the composer's clear educational intent, since the fourteen consecu…