O Take My Hand, Dear Father. Par SILCHER FRIEDRICH. This celebrated song is based on a poem by Julie Hausmann (1826-1901), a Latvian teacher who was probably blind. The text draws on her personal experience and unshakeable faith in God, death and eternal life. The melody by Friedrich Silcher is written in a simple and delicate style but also draws on the grand romantic tradition of Wagner and Bruc…

Par GUILLOU JEAN. Jean Guillou, one of the most important organ composers of our time, studied with Marcel Dupré, Maurice Duruflé and Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Convervatoire. Following a several-year stay in Berlin (1958-63), he has been a titular organist at St. Eustache in Paris since 1963 and made appearances as a much sought-after concert organist and teacher of master classes. Written in…

This edition contains all of Janácek's works for violin and piano:the Sonata as well as the 'Romance and Dumka?, composed while he was still a student.Though probably written as early as 1914, Janácek's Sonata for Violin and Piano was revised several times before finally appearing in a definitive version in 1922.This new edition of the Sonata and the 'Romance? is based on the 'Complete Critical Ed…

Par DE HAAN JAN. The Music Factory was written to introduce beginner players to ensemble playing as early as possible. Thanks to the low grade of difficulty of this piece this it is possible to play in a ‘real band’ after only a few lessons. Because of the four-part instrumentation, The Music Factory is suitable for smaller strengths, taking into account that it is important to divide parts evenly…

Par RACHMANINOV SERGEI. Written when the composer was just 17 to 18 years of age, these romantic-styled pieces for piano trio were dedicated to 3 friends, Natalya, Lyudmila, and Vera Skalon. They feature a short passage that would later be used in Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto, beginning the 2nd movement. It is an especially nice, and playable, ensemble concert piece, technically within the re…

Polish composer Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) wrote brilliant piano music similar to the early-Romantic style of Chopin, Mendelssohn and Schumann. Written for advancing pianists, each etude is a study in drama, mood and expression as well as finger technique. Hinson's edition contains a biographical sketch of the composer, a discussion of his style, and a helpful performance analysis of each etude…

Par CANTELOUBE JOSEPH. Regrouped by Joseph Canteloube, this book is the second series from the set Chants D'Auvergne. This edition, written for Voice and Piano, contains lyrics in local dialect ; Occitan, with the French translation below. Some directives are given to obtain the correct pronunciation of the language. It features five songs: I. Pastourelle / The Shepherdess II. L'Antouènou (L'Antoi…

Par LUCIUK JULIUSZ. The Three Miniature Pieces for violin and piano were written in 1984. The composer dedicated them to his daughter Agnieszka, who performed them during her diploma cincert at the end of her studies at Cracow Music Academy. This work forms cycle, to be performed as a whole, although each of the pieces can also function independently. As a cycle, it has an inner logic, based on an…

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par FRANCK CESAR. Although Cesar Franck won many prizes during his student days his music was generally unrecognised by his contemporaries. His pieces were written in the romantic style whilst retaining a classical structure and his later compositions were referred to as 'cathedrals of sound'. Panis Angelicus is poetic and almost serene and this arrangement by Philip Sparke ret…

Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux was written for the Zagreb Biennale and first performed there by the orchestra and choir of Radio Zagreb, conducted by the composer and Slavko Zlatic on 9 May 1963. It is composed for 20-part choir and an orchestra similar to that of the Symphony of Psalms, though without the lower strings of the latter.Lutoslaswski has said that the general outline of the work came to…