A great introduction to the world of Violin playing for the complete beginner. Full-color photos and diagrams explain all the essential techniques in first position. Learn to read music with easy to understand music theory including note values, scales and key signatures. Play along with the high quality backing tracks which feature contemporary and well-known melodies in a variety of styles inclu…

Piano Accompaniment. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT / MAHLER GUSTAV. It is rare in music pedagogy that something truly revolutionary comes along. Progressive Repertoire is the first English language method for beginning Double Bass to incorporate the innovative division of the Bass fingerboard into six positions, developed by renowned French bassist François Rabbath in his three volume Nouvelle Technique de …

From Vivaldi's Spring to Dvorák's famous 'From the New World' theme, this book and play along CD offers flautists the chance to play gems of the classical music repertoire that are not too technically challenging for the beginner to intermediate player. Easy arrangements of famous works, along with selected pieces originally written for the flute are included, each presented as a demonstration per…

As Recorded By Bob Brookmeyer And The New Art Orchestra. Par MULLIGAN GERRY. Celebration, a 4-movement suite, was written for and premiered by Gerry Mulligan at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany in 1994. Recorded by Bob Brookmeyer and the New Art Orchestra on New Works (Challenge CHR 70066), featuring Scott Robinson, baritone sax. 'The good will and beautiful playing of the …

Solo for Euphonium and Brass Band. Par OLSEN VADSTEN OYSTEIN. “Song for Frances” is a classic love ballad, written for concert band and brass band, with a soloist on euphonium. The piece always has the soloist in focus and gives him plenty of room to show off, both a warm sound and technical skills. In the first part of “Song for Frances”, the basic melody is clearly presented, while the rest of t…

Par MAUS FRANK. With his diverse musical activities and venues, Frank Maus (1937–2022) was an institution in the musical life of the cosmopolitan city of Berlin. Born in Haan near Solingen, he worked as a solo repetiteur at the Vienna State Opera, after studying in Cologne, and from 1966 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin before being appointed to a professorship for repertoire in the singing and music t…

New Complete Edition With Teaching Notes. Par KABALEVSKY DIMITRI. A new edition of this children's classic, published complete by Boosey and Hawkes for the first time. Contains teaching notes by the internationally acclaimed pianist and teacher John York. The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 4). / Niveau : Facile à Moyen / Répertoire / Piano

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist, arranger and composer. His piano sonatas are now published by Schott Music for the first time. The present sonata was written in the 1990s and is a technically demanding piece. Suitable for pianists looking for works between modern and jazz music which sound like highly skilled, yet notated improvisation. / P…

Three brief movements from Handel's most famous and most frequently performed work have been set in B-flat for your beginners without the need for accidentals. It is a joy to be able to offer first-hand sections of this revered classic (2:15) / Concert Band

This classic Schirmer edition has been enhanced with a companion CD. Each of the eight movements is recorded three times. First is a beautiful performance for listening, followed by a Primo only recording, and then a Secondo only recording for play-along practice. / Piano 4 Mains