Born in South Africa, but now an Irish citizen, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of experiences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to South Africa to study traditional music, his own involvement with the New Simplicity movement, his collection of contemporary art and African textiles, friendships with composers like Morton Feldman a…

Par TIPPETT MICHAEL SIR. Like Robert Schumann who often favoured the horn, Sir Michael Tippett who died on 8 January 1998 makes full use of the instrument‘s tonal possibilities in this work. He translated the Romantic genre of horn quartet into a modern tonal language: 'All movements contain characteristic calls and triad arpeggios. Sometimes the call itself is the theme, as in the fugue. Sometime…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Three Klezmer Miniatures is Philip Sparke’s third work based on traditional Jewish klezmer melodies, after Shalom! and A Klezmer Karnival. Klezmer music originated in the ’shtetl‘ (villages) and the ghettos of Eastern Europe, where itinerant Jewish troubadours, known as ’klezmorim‘, had performed at celebrations, particularly weddings, since the early Middle Ages. In Three Klezm…

A Modern Music Production Course That Makes Basic Music Technology Fun! A perfect approach for students with a passion for music outside of traditional programs, Alfred's Music Tech 101 Teacher's Handbook correlates to Alfred's Music Tech 101 which covers the basics of music technology without heavy technical reading, using plain-English explanations. No musical experience is required, and classro…

With Online Audio. A unique collection of traditional Northumbrian music arranged for fingerstyle guitar. Selections include Salmon Tails Up the Water: Johnny Armstrong: Jimmy Allen: Felton Lonnen: Sir John Fenwick: Bonny Gallowgate Lad: Buy Broom Besoms: Elsie Marley: Sweet Hesleyside: Chevy Chase: Lea Riggs: Noble Squire Dacre: Dolia: Are You My Hinny Burd: and more. Each piece is written in sta…

This new collection of folk songs - 'Laula kultani' (Finnish for 'Sing, my sweetheart') - offers choirs attractive literature to expand their repertoires and to perform concerts for many different occasions. The creative choral director has many possibilities for performing this music: thus instruments can be added, or - if there are difficulties due to pronouncing a foreign language - a small ens…

Traditional. Par GRAEF FRIEDEMANN. This collection of pieces for saxophone and organ or piano is designed for use in concert performances as well as for church services and other ceremonies. It contains the traditional American spirituals extended by composed introductions and endings, or interludes and written solos. The notated solos here are the results of more than ten years of personal experi…

Scottish Folk Songs- Traditional folk songs from Scotland- Arranged for 1-2 voices and piano- Complete with play-along CDScottish Folk Songs is a collection of 30 traditional tunes arranged for 1 or 2 voices and piano. Put together by the highly regarded singer and arranger Philip Lawson, the volume contains well-known songs such as Auld Lang Syne and Loch Lomond, as well as many lesser known piec…

A Jazzy Christmas Book 2 is the great follow up to the popular A Jazzy Christmas Book 1 for solo Piano, containing a further 13 jazz arrangements of more of your favourite Christmas classics.This book is the next instalment in the series for the pianist who is tired of the same old arrangements of traditional seasonal songs that have been heard and played many times before. This songbook includes …

Par VANDE GINSTE STEPHANE. On January 1st, 2016, Stephane Vande Ginste had an extraordinary intention: he planned to compose a 1-minute piece for piano every single day for the whole year. The result is an impressive collection of piano miniatures which - although contemporary - result in a variety of musical styles: apart from some experimental pieces, there are jazzy- and poppy pieces, more trad…