Par LIDDELL CLAIRE. This 96-page book has been prompted by the many people who have come to the author with the common wail I can play the piano - a bit of Mozart and even an easy Chopin waltz - but I can't harmonise anything by ear when my friends ask me, or even when I'm alone. But anyone can - YOU CAN. This practical guide to improvisation is aimed at all those who have a beginner's knowledge o…

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…

Par ANGELOU STAVROS. Stavros Angelou is an active, prolific composer from Greece, who has published his first two collections for guitar. The first one, featured here, is a collection of 5 etudes for the solo guitar, for professional or diploma level guitarists. Each etude contains new ideas: aesthetically, musically, as well as technically. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Etude / Guitare

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…

7 Stücke für Klavier solo / 7 Pieces for Solo Piano. Par LINNEMANN MARIA. In her new piano publication, the composer Maria Linnemann revisits a whole series of memories. The birth of a child in her immediate family provided the impetus for the composition of two pieces, including the eponymous In Your Garden of Life. A number of pieces reflect on various aspects of the relationship between two peo…