Studies play an important role in musical instrument training.Gerhard Mantel's new edition Etüden üben (Practising studies) (3 volumes) complements his previous successful book Cello üben' (ED 8714).The basics of cello technique are worked on in selected studies, with the focus being not only on the ability to learn a technically and musically oriented text within a reasonable time but also on the…

Auld Lang Syne. Par TRADITIONAL. This traditional melody is known worldwide as a song of farewell. Jan Van der Roost treated it as an anthem in this splendid arrangement. The melody is brought to us in whole or in part by various instruments and is surrounded by logical yet original - sometimes surprising - chords that dare to fluctuate. After a broad tutti, the ensemble begins to die out. The pie…

Par CAVALLI FRANCESCO. In 1662, Cavalli’s career was at its zenith. The two dozen operas he had written for Venice had helped establish Venice as the world’s first operatic superpower. “Scipione Affricano” (Venice 1664), Cavalli’s first opera after returning from France, was one of his most successful compositions. In a period that valued new works over familiar ones, “Scipione” was one of a handf…

Intended for both working guitarists and those who play strictly for the enjoyment of great music, this collection of Spanish favorites for guitar will add something special to any party or social gathering. Including such popular pieces as 'Malagueña,' 'Asturias (Leyenda),' Francisco Tárrega's 'Recuerdos de la Alhambra,' 'Lágrima,' and the famous E minor 'Romance de España,' this edition will pro…

Description Double bass drum technique has transcended the realm of heavy metal drumming and is now a mainstay in drum set music at-large. Famed Brazilian drummer Aquiles Priester has compiled 100 different exercises and patterns to both strengthen fundamentals in double bass drum technique and expand the creativity of drummers who employ double bass drum technique. Includes audio of each examp…

Intended for both working guitarists and those who play strictly for the enjoyment of great music, this collection of Renaissance favorites transcribed for guitar will add something special to any party or social gathering. Including popular pieces such as John Dowland's 'Orlando Sleepeth,' 'Tarleton's Riserrectione,' and 'Mrs. Winter's Jump,' Luis de Milán's 'Pavan I' and 'Pavan III,' and Luis de…

Par REID ELLEN. Tiresias, the Blind Prophet of Thebes, is on a walk, and along comes Orlando, the title character from Virginia Woolf's novel. Orlando, who is of noble birth, has only recently been changed - inexplicably - during seven mysterious days of unbroken sleep - from a man to a woman, and is crossing this plane heading from Constantinople back to England, his homeland. Tiresias assumes th…

Dans le début des années 1700, des chorals de Bach enchanté les auditeurs avec leurs harmonies inventives, le chromatisme, le mouvement contrapuntique, et les changements de centre tonal. Depuis ce temps, les étudiants en musique du monde entier ont étudié les chorals comme un parangon de 'pratique courante' l'harmonie et la voix principale. Et en vertu de leur beauté sublime, les musiciens contin…