Terry Riley, most commonly associated with the minimalist and experimental schools of music, draws influence from a vast number of sources, including jazz and Indian classical music. In turn, his influence on contemporary composers and music in general is enormous, and with this collection of his Piano Works, you can learn a selection of his fascinating, hypnotic and simply stunning compositions f…

Tonalité : Es-Dur - Horn, Paul (Arr.) -. Par BIBER HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ. Stylistically, this anonymous sonata for scordatura violin, which has been preserved in the holdings of the Dresden Court Orchestra, points to the southern German-Austrian school of violin, and it shows the high level of the art of violin playing in Germany in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A contemporary, handwritte…

For The Left Het For Piano et Orchestra. Par RAVEL MAURICE. In 1929 Paul Wittgenstein, a pianist and war veteran who lost his right arm in the Great War, commissioned Maurice Ravel to write a concerto for him to perform. The result was one of Ravel's most thrilling compositions and, for Wittgenstein, the most important of the many works he commissioned over the course of his career. This scholarly…

Archduke. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. By the time Beethoven completed the ?Archduke? Trio in 1811 he had been working on it for several years. In April 1814 he could finally give the work its première together with Ignaz Schuppanzigh and Joseph Linke, this being Beethoven?s last public appearance as a pianist. He dedicated the piece to his friend, pupil and patron, Archduke Rudolph of Austria. Today…

Janácek, Leos Taras Bulba Rhapsody for Orchestra Symphonic rhapsody in a study score edition This study score is based on the 'Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leo' Janácek'. The principal source is the first edition, but the editor has also consulted the handwritten sources and extant proofs. The edition opens with a new Foreword by Jirí Zahrádka. ' 20th century repertoire piece now a…

Edward Elgar's Salut d'amour is one of those pieces by the British composer that has a particularly haunting melody. Composed in 1888 for his future wife Caroline Alice Roberts, the work became an enormous success early on. Notes in the surviving autographs for the versions for Violin and Piano (HN 1188), Violoncello and Piano (HN 1189) and Piano solo show that Elgar had intended making arrangemen…

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Two of Saint-Saens most popular works appear together in this affordable volume. First composed in a song form Danse Macabre was later rewritten as a symphonic poem. It is important to remember that risque music was considered more daring and controversial than today and audiences at its 1875 debut were resistant to its unconventional charms, but it eventually became a cro…

Par HORNE GREG. Greg Horne, auteur de la méthode complète de la guitare acoustique et Stacy Phillips, un des DOBRO avant tout le monde ! artistes-interprètes et des éducateurs, ont fait équipe pour créer la ressource ultime pour les guitaristes acoustiques prête à l'étape jusqu'à un vel de musicalité. Devenir un musicien acoustique en demande par apprendre à jouer de la mandoline, ukulélé, dulcime…

Vol. 2: 18Th Century Handwritten Sources/ Répertoire / Clavecin

Par HASSE JOHANN ADOLF. With the exception of his opera sinfonia, the present first edition of the Six Violin Sonatas by Johann Adolf Hasse is the only instrumental work by this composer whose authorship can be verified through his handwritten entries in a manuscript copy. The composer gave these pieces a profile completely tailored to the instrument, a fact which places them in sharp contrast to …