With this newly-edited, complete edition of the essential book of practice exercises, The Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises is intended to help pianists acquire essential technical and practical skills. The music and text have been updated with a sleek, modern design and the Download Card features audio demonstrations of every exercise.When Charles Hanon first published these sixty exercises in …

Soon after its composition in 1886, Camille Saint-Saëns asked Auguste Durand that Le Carnaval des animaux, which he thought of as a parodic fantasia, should only appear in print posthumously. He probably believed that this entertainment would tarnish the seriousness of the rest of his oeuvre. The Carnaval was therefore published in February 1922, two months after the composer's death. Nevertheless…

Gabriel Faure? a connu de?s sa sortie de l'e?cole Niedermeyer une intense activite? de musicien d'e?glise, Il tient notamment l'orgue de choeur de l'e?glise Saint Sulpice et remplace a? l'occasion Charles-Marie Widor au grand orgue, Puis, sollicite? par Camille Saint-Sae?ns, il est nomme? mai?tre de chapelle a? la Madeleine dont il devient par la suite l'organiste titulaire,Durant pre?s de 40 anne…

Par CORP RONALD. Among the UK's most noted choral composers and conductors, Ronald Corp does not hesitate to bring his own musical vision to a much-loved poem by the sixteenth-century lutenist songwriter and 'Doctor of Physick' Thomas Campion, following the example not only of Campion himself but also of Charles Wood and Hubert Parry. Eschewing the manner of Parry's resonant polyphony for a simple…

Par TEMPERLEY N.. Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music, Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present. For over fifty years he has sung, edited and composed carols each Christmas, and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstan…

6 Concert Pieces. Par GLADKIKH ANTON. Je me souviens bien de la génèse de la composition de ces pièces: je me suis assis au piano dans le conservatoire, qui était presque complètement vide à cette heure là... et j'ai improvisé les premiers accords de la première pièce. Après j'en ai écrit le thème. La musique retentissait bruyamment dans cette grande salle et je pouvais entendre son écho dans les …

Par CUI CESAR. Russian composer, Cesar Cui (1835-1918) was a member of 'The Five', a group of Russian composers dedicated to the production of a specifically Russian type of music. His 1916 composition for Flute and Piano, Scherzetto, also incorporates Russian characteristics. Cui composed for all genres, however, his style was often compared to Robert Schumann or Charles Gounod, rather than his R…

Description Instrumental Playalong: Irish Favourites - Clarinet Solo arrangements of 31 Irish favourites with great-sounding CD accompaniment. Includes: Danny Boy I Once Loved a Lass The Little Beggarman The Minstrel Boy My Wild Irish Rose The Wearing of the Green Songlist A Nation Once Again [Davis, Thomas] Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms [Moore, Thomas] Black Velvet Band …

Par SANTIN KELLIE / CLARK CHERYL. Creative Saxophone Improvising est le troisième livre de la série et mène l'étudiant vers l'improvisation et idiomatiques couramment en utilisant un éventail de compétences et de techniques. Le livre comprend 16 nouvelles pièces dans une gamme de styles contemporains, présentés chacun avec des exercices d'échauffement, des échelles, et des idées en solo ou en vari…

Par SANTIN KELLIE / CLARK CHERYL. L'accent sur ??les styles de jazz et de pop Lance des riffs et stylistiquement adapté et lèche Couvre tous les doigtés importants Comprend play-along CD avec les meilleurs musiciens Présentation fraîche et élégante Progression claire et systématique Pour les débutants de tous âges Enseigne en référence au jazz et les styles de musique contemporaine à travers P…