Learning to read music is much like learning a language. There are three basic elements: listening, reading, and writing. This well-organized book provides step-by-step sequential lessons for developing these skills. Rhythm, note, and interval concepts are taught in the following way: first, hear and echo a short musical example - second, read and perform a notated exercise - and third, notate mus…

Perfect as a concert opener, closer, or show piece, this lovely example of Viennese opera is now available, for the first time, in a form accessible for the student musician. Many opportunities to work on articulations, slurs, and phrasing are provided. (2:00) / Orchestre A Cordes

Beethoven's four-movement Sonata in A-flat major op. 26 belongs to his most popular works. It is dedicated to Prince Lichnowsky, one of his most generous patrons and the dedicatee of, for example, the Grande Sonate pathétique op. 13 and Symphony No. 2 op. 35. The work's initial drafts date from 1800-01 - it was first published in March 1802. This demanding sonata is highly varied in its form: it b…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Earth, Water, Sun, Wind is a four movement work with the unifying theme of these four elements. The music varies from being purely descriptive of the movements’ titles to specific sound painting - Earth, for example, is pure music and non programmatic whereas Sun attempts to paint a specific sound picture. The Symphony as a whole concerns itself with man’s relationship with thes…

Aimed at guitarists who are mystified by scales and modes, The Ultimate-Guitar Scale Decoder displays only the most essential scales in practical and useful fingerings.This book includes an easy-to-understand primer on how to create scales and comes complete with a CD containing a musical example of each of the scales covered.Featured topics include reading tab, the chromatic scale, half steps and…

Based on Robert Schumann. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, Band II/3. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. The Fairy-Tale Narratives (Märchenerzählungen) for B-flat Clarinet (ad libitum Violin), Viola and Piano, Op. 132, belong to the few Schumann works that were composed, revised and published in a short time: composed in Düsseldorf, at beginning of October 1853, the new composition was already offered for publica…

The etudes by Chopin are usually described in two categories: as a 'compendium on knowledge of piano performance? or as 'small musical poems.? Both those definitions are correct, and do not exclude each other. The etudes will always remain an example of exeptional harmony between the instrumental and aesthetic-emotional aspects of a musical composition. / Piano

Orchestral version of 1785. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. The Seven Last Words Of Our Saviour On The Cross Hob. XX:1A - Orchestral version of 1785. Urtext from Joseph Haydn Werke, G. Henle Verlag Munich. Study score format 22. 5 x 16. 5 cm. The Barenreiter Urtext study scores are a prime example of how Barenreiter takes a musical text and transfers it into a practical format. The Barenreiter Urtext Study…

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The now-published volumes 9 and 10 have presented a special challenge, for particularly in the field of the chorale arrangements the transmissions are more complex than in any other group of works. This ties in with the crucial question of Bach?s authorship, which has been the subject of much controversy in the past. There were heated discussions about it even just prior…

for four male voices. Par BRYARS GAVIN. Glorious Hill may be performed by a male choir. Text by Pico della Mirandola (1463-1497) from De Hominis Dignitate. Glorious Hill was commissioned by the Hilliard Ensemble and first performed by them at its summer Festival of Voices in Lewes, Sussex, in August 1988. It was the first piece I wrote for the ensemble and I focused on the singers' unique abilit…