Par BIGI-DIS. Created by Dominique Bigi-dis, The C-E Songs is a set of twenty nine songs for really young children from two to six years old. Ideal for school use, they refer to important periods happening during the year such as autumn, school, winter, Christmas, summer and they are very easy to sing (with a small range and easy intervals). The book is also really attractive for children as the t…

2010/14. Par COULT TOM. This set of inventive and hugely contrasting Etudes for solo violin were written between 2010 and 2014, the last two as commissions from the London Sinfonietta. The final piece in this 8-minute collection is the most unusual: serene and meditative, it utilises a novel technique by which the player sustains hushed three-note chords. / Etudes et exercices / Etude / Violon

Historical information about Händel's Water Music Suites is limited, but certainly these works were intended for two, possibly three, parties given by King George I on the Thames River, London, between 1715 and 1736. Händel and his orchestra played on a barge. Since then the some twenty-two separate original pieces have been organized into three Suites and nicknamed 'Water Music?, each having a se…

Aulos I to a certain degree continues Orbán's easy piano pieces for children, which he composed for Ágnes Lakos's piano tutor and which Editio Musica Budapest published in a separate volume entitled Enchanted Forest in 2011 (Z14742). Yet on this occasion the composer took on something which was both significantly different and more than his earlier pieces for children. On the one hand, he did not …

Cantata for string orchestra and chorus. Triptych represents the concatenation and re-orchestration of two extant works. Movement I was commissioned with funds from The RVW Trust for the inaugural concert of the Choir of London conducted by Jeremy Summerly in Christ Church, Spitalfields on 18th December, 2004 - the work, premièred as Threnody, was subsequently toured by the Choir to Jerusalem and …

Par PIERNE. Written by Gabriel Pierné, Op. 3, No. 12 Cache-Cache is the twelfth of a set of fifteen pieces for Piano. It was composed in 1883 and is ideal for intermediate players. This lovely piece holds the name of the children's game “Hide and Seek”. Within the piece and after the introduction, right and left hands alternate the use of semiquavers going up and down continuously, the other hand …

Par BOBER MELODY. This collection of eight intermediate to late intermediate level piano solos is full of contrasts indeed! It is chock-full of student favorites which are also useful for recitals and festivals! Dreamland features a rather dramatic melody accompanied by arpeggiated left-hand chords. Set Sail! and Whirlwind Fantasy are lively and brisk tarantellas in 6/8 time. Straight River Rag is…

Ukulele Favorites From The Roaring Twenties. Par WHITCOMB IAN. This collection for ukulele brings back many favorite songs and ballads from the Roaring Twenties, plus several songs taken from the notebooks of Al Brown, an itinerant performer active in the period. These songs were featured in the motion pictures The Cat's Meow and Last Call. The music is presented in lead sheet form with melody lin…

Par MATHEOS CHRIS. Here is something for everyone, introducing students to many different styles of bass playing: rock 'n roll, blues, swing, funk, reggae, classical, alternative, country, be-bop, ska, bossa nova, heavy metal, gospel, two-hand tapping, etc. Examples focus on basic patterns, chord progressions, and playing with a band. The companion CD features all examples recorded with a professi…