Atmospheric settings of poems in Scottish and in English by William Soutar (1898-1943), a central figure in the Scottish literary renaissance: 'Scots Song' (6 mins), 'Ballad' (4 mins) and 'The Children' (6 mins). In this edition the first two songs are transposed into keys higher than the original - the last song remains in the original key. The ensemble accompaniment to 'Scots Song' is available …

An Extensive collection of reels, jigs, hornpipes and polkas from the French Canadian, Cape Breton, Scottish, Shetland, New England, and Southern Old Time Traditions arranged for the piano accordion. Written with the beginner as well as the advanced player in mind, the arrangements are complete with ornamentation, fingering, left hand notation and chord symbols. Appropriate for any G clef instrume…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. 55 sonates, 55 pianistes – Édition en 3 volumes: HN 1336 (volume I), HN 1338 (volume II), HN 1340 (volume III) 55 pianistes internationaux célèbres ont pu être convaincus de choisir chacun une sonate pour piano de Haydn, afin de la parrainer en lui conférant ses doigtés personnels – une sorte de «Who’s who» du monde contemporain du piano. Les Éditions G. Henle proposent ici…

Für Klavier. Par SMETANA BEDRICH. Smetana's piano sketch Macbeth, also known as Macbeth and the Witches, after William Shakespeare's tragedy, originated in 1859 while the composer was living in Sweden. Some scholars believe that it was meant to be scored for full orchestra. The work's dark and gloomy mood is connected with the death of Smetana's wife Katharina on 19 April 1859. Macbeth only appea…

Lasst uns erfreuen. La mélodie du cantique Lasst uns erfreuen est connue par toutes les communautés chrétiennes. Elle fut publiée pour la première fois dans le recueil Geistliche Kirchengesäng imprimé à Cologne, en 1623. La mélodie est attribuée à un compositeur anonyme. Dans les pays anglophones, cette mélodie est chantée sur le texte All creatures of our God and King (Vous, créatures du Seigneur…

This huge collection offers instrumentalists the chance to play 101 classical themes, including: Ave Maria · Bist du bei mir (You Are with Me) · Canon in D · Clair de Lune · Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy · 1812 Overture · Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade), First Movement Excerpt · The Flight of the Bumble Bee · Funeral March of a Marionette · Fur Elise · Gymnopedie No. 1 · Jesu, Joy of Man's Desir…

Huray Peter Le (Ed). Par HURAY PETER LE. Edited by Peter le Huray. A selection of pieces including works by Byrd, Bull and Gibbons newly transcribed with the original fingerings given in the ms. CONTENTS BEVIN, Edward (Prelude) BULL, John (Galliard; Miserere; Prelude; Prelude (attributed); Preludium; Why aske you? (attributed)) BYRD, William (Fortune) GIBBONS, Orlando (Italian Ground; Preludium; W…

Of Noblest Cities is intended for a choir of between 12 and about 40 voices, although it may also be given by just six singers, one to a part (SSATBB). The piece can be performed unaccompanied, if no suitable organ is available, simply by leaving approximately two crotchet beats of silence between the end of the last note of one verse and the beginning of the next. Underlying the melody is a simpl…

Facsimile of the autograph score in the British Library, London. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. The first performance of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” on 13 April 1742 in Dublin aroused unqualified rapture. A newspaper report a few days later declared that it combined “the Sublime, the Grand, and the Tender”. Its success has remained undiminished ever since, and the “Messiah” has taken…