Par HAND FREDERIC. Eleven original compositions for the classical Guitar composed in the eclectic style for which Frederic Hand has become well known. Written in standard notation only, some of these pieces allow for optional improvisatory sections (and Missing Her). The composer performs all of the compositions on an accompanying recording. Some pieces require retuning the sixth string to low D. …

Stringsets. Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Benjamin Britten's last completed composition, Welcome Ode was originally written for school choir and orchestra. The three movements - Jig, Roundel and Canon, here transcribed for strings (score and parts), form the Welcome Suite which ensembles familiar with Britten's earlier Simple Symphony will find equally challenging and rewarding./ Répertoire / Cordes

Seven popular songs from Frozen are featured in single-note melody lines that stay in one position in this songbook. Songs include: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? - Fixer Upper - For the First Time in Forever - In Summer - Let It Go - Love Is an Open Door - Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People. Includes lyrics and beautifully-written accompaniments. / Piano

Par DE HAAN JAN. Cyclist in Moscow 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, Cyclist in Moscow is suitable for smaller strengths, taking into account that it is important to divide parts evenly…

Par BERIO LUCIANO. The first of two piano duets from 1991, Canzonetta was written for the parents of Valentina Pagni, wife of Andrea Lucchesini. The latter would become Berio's 'pianist of choice,' with whom he worked closely on the major Sonata per pianoforte solo. This brief duet (duration under one minute) would appear on the album Piano Music of Luciano Berio, recorded by Lucchesini and Pagni.…

Par VILLETTE PIERRE. Composed by Pierre Villette, Ave Verum, Op. 3 is a Eucharistic hymn for SATB choral a cappella. Dedicated to the Chapel Master at Rouen Cathedral, Sir Canon Delestre, this piece is highly lyrical and melodious. Written in Latin, its tempo is quite slow (52) and it includes numerous harmonies as well as some short exchanges between the voices. The polytonal aspects are probably…

Par HAHN REYNALDO. Reynaldo Hahn 's Songs And Madrigals for three- and four-part choir. The time machine has no secrets for Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947). After plunging his contemporaries into the delights of Renaissance revelry with the ‘ Bal De Beatrice D'Este', the composer continued to explore the past with a tribute, in 1907, to Rameau (in the final drumroll of the ‘ Sonatine' for Pi…

Par PIGA DARIO. Sardinian flamenco guitar virtuoso, Dario Piga, delivers 18 intermediate to advanced exercises in this progressively arranged book addressing: arpegio, pulgar, picado, rasgueo, alzapua, and trémolo techniques. Dario himself studied in Spain with several prominent guitarists and singers, so is fluent with the authentic rhythms and techniques essential to effective flamenco guitar so…

For Soprano, Cello and Piano. Par WERNICK RICHARD. A new 14 1/2 minute chamber works written by Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wernick for Andre Emelianoff, who premiered it last December with Margaret Chalker and John Van Buskirk. The text, from the 2nd-century mystic Shimon bar Yochai, is in both English and Hebrew. 2 copies needed for performance. For college, conservatory, professional, librari…

Par BRUCH MAX. Thanks to the premiere performance by Joseph Joachim and to the release of the printed edition in 1868, Max Bruch's Violin Concerto #1 zipped onto the road to success and has never left it since. Yet from the preface of the 'BreitkopfUrtext' edition,one can infer how things looked like behind the dazzling facade. After the world premiere, the composer struggled for the definitive fo…