Written for the 100th Anniversary Celebration of. Par WILLIAMS JOHN. John Williams has written ceremonial music for many major events and ceremonies but of all these occasional pieces Summon the Heroes is the most elaborate and musically complex. It was composed for the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996 and performed at the opening ceremony. As with all of John Williams?s ceremonial compositions this …

Par COHEN JONATHAN. Cohen's compositions for flute ensembles, ranging from duets through large choirs, are well known and frequently performed. Less familiar than his flute chamber music is a treasure chest of gems for mixed wind trio, mostly written for the Fortunata Trio. Playdates, Book I introduces three of these short, charming works: Stalking the Wild Catnip Mouse, I'm Skipping, Even If Ever…

Performance Score and Parts. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. This scholarly-critical edition is based on all the known sources, whether printed or handwritten, that have come down to us for these frequently played pieces. By closely scrutinizing the source material, the editor has arrived at interesting findings that considerably differ from earlier editions of these works. Rather than taking as her principa…

12 Concertos For Violin, Strings And Basso Continuo. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Antonio Vivaldi's twelve concertos op. 4 known by the name of 'La Stravaganza” were first mentioned as a collection of 'Concerti a 4” in the 1711 Foreword of 'L'Estro Armonico” op. 3. Their publication had to wait until 1716, when Estienne Roger issued them in two volumes of six concertos each. However, unlike the original a…

For Solo Piano. Par LISZT FRANZ. Beethoven Symphonies Nos 6-9 transcribed for solo piano by Franz Liszt. The collection also contains engrossing pieces of background information, including a facsimile of Liszt's handwritten French preface to his Beethoven transcriptions (along with its English translation). Suitable for advanced pianists. Beethoven Symphonies Nos 6-9 transcribed for solo piano by …

The Legendary Series: Clarinet is a beautifully presented, limited edition book containing 100 great pieces, specially arranged for Clarinet. Expertly bringing together Clarinet music ranging from Mozart and Berlioz through the 1940s big bands to Klezmer, traditional jazz and popular music, The Legendary Series: Clarinet is a lavish and permanent addition to the bookshelf of any clarinet lover. Al…

Par ROSSINI GIOACHINO. Taken from Bärenreiter’s first volume in the “Works of Gioachino Rossini”, this brilliant chamber music composition for winds belongs to a little known genre of Rossini ’s output. “ Andante, e Tema con Variazioni ” was allegedly written in Bologna in 1812. Rossini deftly sculpts the theme to fit each instrument i. e. all players take their turn with the tuneful theme. This p…

Designed to Build the Vocabulary and Confidence of the Drumset Soloist. Par HOUGHTON STEVE. Soloing is often neglected in the drumset player's routine. The Drumset Soloist was written to provide you with the practice material to approach any drumset solo, in any style, with ease. You will quickly build the vocabulary and confidence in soloing as the book progresses through many musical styles. Tec…

Variants surrounding a tune by John Scofield. Par TURNAGE MARK-ANTHONY. The work is based on a tune called The Nag written by the jazz guitarist/composer John Scofield, of whom I have long been a fan and with whom I worked closely when writing Blood on the Floor (Mark-Anthony Turnage) ‘The grim frenzy, the waste and the futility of war are all embedded in Silent Cities’ (The Times)/ Répertoire / O…

He is remembered in the United States primarily for the rather banal repetitions of Bolero, but Maurice Ravel wrote a great deal of music more worthy of celebration: ballets like Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) and Daphnis et Chloe; orchestral and piano works like Pavane pour une Infante Defunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) and the Rapsodie Espagnole; operas like L'Enfant et les Sortileges (The Child…