Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók?s Second String Quartet was composed ? with several long interruptions ? between 1915 and 1918, after he had spent several years almost solely devoted to collecting folk music. The melody and rhythms of the riotous middle movement ?Allegro, molto capriccioso? provide impressive testimony of how his research trips had taken him as far as North Africa. The first edition of th…

This brand new edition presents Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos, a progressive cycle of 153 studies for Piano, in a single volume for the first time. Designed to illustrate the musical and technical progressions suitable for beginner to advanced players, this complete collection is invaluable for every pianist. All six volumes of Mikrokosmos are presented here, exactly as the composer intended them. Fea…

Béla Bartók Improvisations sur des chants paysans hongrois op. 20 Editeur: László Somfai Doigtés: Dénes Várjon Après les «15 chants paysans hongrois» (HN 1404), les «Improvisations sur des chants paysans hongrois» sont la deuxième 'uvre de Bartók dont le titre évoque les chants paysans. Plus tard, Bartók qualifia lui-même de «limite absolue» la manière dont les mélodies populaires se trouvent, da…

Henrik Wiese once again draws on his wealth of experience as a flutist and pedagogue: with his book “The Piccolo & Alto Flute Audition“, he has compiled a total of 207 audition excerpts in a carefully edited and clearly arranged compendium. In alphabetical order, it contains standard passages from orchestral works of various genres throughout music history, both common and less frequently requeste…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. W. A. Mozart: Complete String Quintets With The Horn And Clarinet Quintets is a single volume study score containing all of Mozart 's standard instrumentation string quintets, from the Quintet in B-flat, K. 174 to the imposing Quintet in C, K. 515. Also included are the String Quintet in C Minor, K. 406; Quintet with Horn or Second Cello, K. 407; and Clarinet Quintet, …

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Works for Violin and Orchestra KV 2017, 211, 216, 218, 219, 261, 269 (261a), 373 Based on the Urtext of the 'New Mozart Edition', this new study score unites the five violin concertos and the 3 single movements for violin from the pen of Mozart in one thoroughly reliable study score. A new historical introduction by Gudula Schütz provides valuable additional information. …

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Nach BAND TIME Starter, das jungen Musikern schon nach wenigen Unterrichtsstunden ein Orchestererlebnis ermöglicht, hat der Komponist Jacob de Haan mit BAND TIME Expert eine Fortsetzung der erfolgreichen Spielbücher geliefert. Die Spielbücher eignen sich für das zweite Jahr im Vor- oder Jugendblasorchester und können parallel zum zweiten Teil der Instrumentalschule Hören, lesen …

Antonín Dvo?ák was a Czech composer. Following the nationalist example of Bed?ich Smetana, Dvo?ák frequently employed aspects, specifically rhythms,of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvo?ák's own style has been described as 'the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them'.The Pian…

Par BARTOK BELA. Parmi les nombreuses oeuvres composées par Bartók entre 1914 et 1918 à partir de musiques populaires hongroises et roumaines, ces trois pièces pour piano jouent un rôle particulier. Esquissées à l'origine pour le recueil des 15 Ungarische Bauernlieder (15 chansons paysannes hongroises, éd. Urtext HN 1404), elles sont restées ensuite pendant vingt ans à l'état de projet. Ce n'est q…