Par RAE JAMES. James Rae is the man who put fun into woodwind and brass teaching. His many compositions, especially in the jazz and blues idioms, have often featured on examination syllabuses. Recent years have seen his publications of easy flexible ensembles for younger players and now he turns his attention to the wind band. In his new series “The Concert Band Collection”, he has written excit…

In Search Of... Pharrell Williams is the fascinating account of one of the most revered singers and songwriters in the music business today. Working tirelessly to write and produce some of the biggest hits in the last 20 years before coming to the forefront as a singer and songwriter in the early 21st century, this is the story of a modern day musical genius.2013-14 was dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as …

Captivating Classics From Argentina. Par GARDEL CARLOS. In 'Tango Saxophone Duets”, Diego Collati has collaborated with saxophonist Mario Cerra to provide new arrangements of Carlos Gardel's music. These duets can be played by a pair of alto saxes or by alto and tenor. Gardel, who died tragically young in an air accident in 1935, is credited as the man who made the tango internationally popular a…

Horn, Paul (Arr.) - Mh 837. Par HAYDN JOHANN MICHAEL. The Missa sub titulo Sti. Leopoldi pro festo Innocentium MH 837, written for the choir boys of the Salzburg Cathedral, was the last completed work of Johann Michael Haydn. Haydn composed more than thirty works to Latin and German settings for his “beloved choir boys” in a scoring for two or three treble voices. The composition of the Leopoldi-M…

Par WILLIAMS ANTHONY. This is a collection of original piano pieces written by real, living composers who eat breakfast, get tired and irritable, laugh at jokes and have favourite things. Using their imagination and with a love for piano music, they have captured a little bit of what makes them who they are within some inspired pieces and left these as a set of musical fingerprints for you to play…

A collection of songs by the hottest bands of recent years, all presented in full bass tab with a CD of backing tracks that sound just like the bands themselves!. From the power-disco of Bloc Party and Arctic Monkeys, to the ramshakle pop perfection of The Magic Numbers and Elbow, this is a veritable 'who's who' of guitar bands for the new rock generation. Parental advisory - explicit lyrics. / Ni…

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…

Horn, Paul (Arr.) - Mh 837. Par HAYDN JOHANN MICHAEL. The Missa sub titulo Sti. Leopoldi pro festo Innocentium MH 837, written for the choir boys of the Salzburg Cathedral, was the last completed work of Johann Michael Haydn. Haydn composed more than thirty works to Latin and German settings for his “beloved choir boys” in a scoring for two or three treble voices. The composition of the Leopoldi-M…

Excerpts from Movement 1. Par MOZART / STEPHEN BULLA. Mozart belongs to everyone! The experience of actually playing Mozart's music makes him real and more than just a name we associate with old music. Stephen Bulla's arrangement of the first movement of what may arguably be Mozart's greatest symphony has a great deal of authenticity. Much more than many 'just the tune' type transcription/ arrange…

Par HIMES WILLIAM. And now for something completely different! Who but William Himes would think of deconstructing and the reconstructing the 'birthday' song into this amazingly creative overture? And, who else could do it so well? The cognitive and the affective domains are both in for a treat as you prepare this intriguing new work for performance. Be sure to hear the CD demo and look closely at…