Thematic books for creative piano lessons, with programmatic pieces by Burgmueller, Grieg, Schumann, Gurlitt, Gretchaninoff, Gubaidulina, Chatschaturian, Villa-Lobos, Szelenyi, Schoenmehl and many other composers. / Partition /

As a follow up to the popular Movie Favorites, this collection features hot movie themes arranged for full band or individual soloists (with optional accompaniment CD). In the student books, each song includes a page for the full band arrangement as well as a separate page for solo use.Includes: Pirates of the Caribbean - Mission: Impossible Theme - My Heart Will Go On - Zorro's Theme - Music from…

(Essential Elements for Band and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000)Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a uniso…

First to be published in the series was The Art of French Horn Playing by Philip Farkas, now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music at Indiana University. In 1956, when Summy-Birchard published Farkas's book, he was a solo horn player for the Chicago Symphony and had held similar positions with other orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and Kansas City Conservatory, D…

Pieces for Trinity College London Exams from 2023. Par . Graded books for Singing exams from 2023. Each book contains a selection of 12 accompanied songs for the grade as well as downloadable demo and accompaniment audio. The repertoire covers a varied range of styles and periods including musical theatre. Performance notes are included for all pieces in the book giving valuable insights, tips, an…

The Creative Impulse. Par MAIR MARILYNN. Marilynn Mair has enjoyed a long career as a world-renowned mandolinist, esteemed for over a thousand concert performances, more than two dozen recordings and 4 previous Mel Bay books, including the first two volumes of her series, The Complete Mandolinist. In Volume 3, Marilynn steps forward as a composer, presenting over 60 of her own pieces - nearly half…

30 of the best Grades 1-3 Songs selected by the major Examination Boards. Par PEGLER HEIDI. The Best Of Singing Grades 1-3 (High Voice) celebrates the wealth of exciting repertoire featured on the current ABRSM and Trinity College London singing syllabuses. As well as carefully selected range of classical, contemporary and folk songs, these books bring together some of the greatest jazz standards …

Each book in this series comes with a CD of complete professional performances, and includes matching custom arrangements in Easy Piano format. With these books you can: Listen to complete professional performances of each of the songs - Play the Easy Piano arrangements along with the performances - Sing along with the full performances - Play the Easy Piano arrangements as solos, without the disk…

Beginning intermediate LevelJazz Phrasing for Saxophone features ten melodic pieces which are easy to play, yet convey the essence of mainstream (Swing/Bebop/Bossa) jazz vocabulary. The pieces are catchy and melodic, demonstrating the use of sequence and voice-leading to make a musical statement.The book includes two play-along CDs (one for alto and one for tenor) featuring a world-class rhythm se…

Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton is a comprehensive and revealing biography which includes interviews with family members, musicians and producers who have worked with Dolly over the years. This new and fully updated edition includes a detailed section on the superstar's legendary performance at 2014's Glastonbury Festival.This book is a detailed assessment of her music as a singer and songwriter over t…