Arr. Philip Sparke. Par HOLST GUSTAV. Christina Rossetti wrote the words to this famous Christmas carol in 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem. They were set to music by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) for inclusion in the first edition (1906) of The English Hymnal, edited by his life-long friend, Ralph Vaughan Williams. Philip Sparke has carefully arra…

From La Damnation De Faust. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. Arrangeur: Georges Moreau / Niveau : 6-7 / Musique contemporaine / Répertoire / Clarinette en Mib, 2 Clarinettes en Sib et Clarine

Flute and Piano. Par LOPEZ ALAIN. Le vent emporte les feuilles jaunies tombées sur les trottoirs, les cafés rentrent tables et chaises... J'évoque ici une balade automnale qu'il est bien difficile de faire tranquillement à Paris. Comment prendre son temps dans cette ville avec tant de rues à traverser (phrases musicales de 3 mesures), tant de voitures ou de bus à esquiver (départs des phrases musi…

Organ Music on American Hymn Tunes. Par . The familiar hymns that James J. Stanley has chosen for this collection are of American origin, come primarily from the 19th century, and remain favorites in nearly every hymnal. As usual, Stanley employs a very creative approach to his hymn settings, sometimes coming at a tune with a different perspective than is usually expected. This allows the performe…

Giuseppe Di Girolamo, who was born in Palermo (Italy), began as a young man to play the guitar in pop and rock bands, for which he also composed the music. Later, his interest began to turn more and more towards the classical guitar. At present, he teaches guitar at the Schlossgymnasium in Künzelsau, the Music School in Krautheim and the Freie Schule Anne-Sophie in Künzelsau, Germany. / Guitare

La méthode de la puissance vocale, voix masculine et féminine, tous les styles. avec 1 DVD et 4 CD en anglaisTexte (en italien), avec 1 DVD et 4 CD (version originale), est la méthode puissance vocale, visant à la fois la voix masculine et féminine sont reconnues et appréciées dans le monde entier par des étudiants et des artistes. Parmi eux, les membres du légendaire groupe The Police. Stewart Co…

Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. When Berlioz won the Prix de Rome in 1830 he had already composed several major works such as the Symphonie Fantastique. Indeed, he became the essential French romantic composer. The Hungarian March is taken from the fourth act of The Damnation of Faust, a dramatic legend composed in 1846 and sometimes performed in the form of an opera. Previoiusly Berlioz had given it the sub-…

Les oeuvres tardives de musique de chambre de Johannes Brahms comptent à coup sûr parmi les pages les plus merveilleuses jamais écrites pour la clarinette. Si Brahms, dans les dernières années de sa vie, semble avoir éprouvé une certaine lassitude de la composition, sa rencontre en 1891 avec Richard Mühlfeld, clarinettiste solo de la chapelle de la cour de Meinigen, qui l'enthousiasma par la beaut…

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Far from being an isolated work in Camille Saint-Saens’ production, Le Retour de Virginie (Virginia’s Return) belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of the competition for the Prix de Rome that was established in 1803 then cancelled following the events of May 1968. It had been for more than a century and a half, the most co…

Motet. Par PACHELBEL JOHANN. Nun danket alle Gott (Now thank we all our God) Motet Pachelbel's choral works excel in the magnificence and festive splendour of their tonal effect, but at no point do they depart from an easy singable style. Simplicity of harmonic texture and voice leading is a characteristic of Pachelbel's art generally, but it asserts itself especially in these vocal compositions. …