Motet after Friedrich Ruckert. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. At first described as a 'religious song' by Schumann, the motet 'Verzweifle nicht' could be heard with organ accompaniment for the first time on 4 July 1850 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the University's St. Pauli choral society in Leipzig. He wrote the organ version specifically for this performance for he had originally planned an …

Now it's your chance to swing along with the greatest composers of the Romantic era! This book and CD pack features 12 favourite Romantic works, with a difference - exciting, inventive arrangements by Mark Armstrong that make them appealing and fun for all ages. The CD features live jazz trio backing tracks, complete with full instrumental performances of each track. Also included on the CD are pr…

Par LISZT FRANZ. Liszt Separate Editions are published with scholarly authenticity and are based on the New Liszt Edition. Their musical scores and presentation correspond to the complete edition, yet their extent is far smaller and they cost much less than the larger volumes of the full set. Liszt Separate Editions provide the same quality as the complete edition, while also fully meeting practic…

Featuring songs about whisky and wine- coffee and tea- beer and ale, these 85 great songs will put you in the perfect mood for a pint or a mug of your favourite beverage, giving you some amazingly appropriate songs to sing at the same time. So whatever your music taste, this book will ensure you Sing, Drink And Be Merry.These 85 songs are arranged with melody line, full lyrics and chord symbols, w…

More great teaching material at the same level as the first volume. Over 30 songs in each volume with no song duplicated between voice types. A student could easily begin either in The First Book or The First Book Part II, or the books may be used concurrently. / Baryton

String Quartet No. 4. Par BARRY GERALD. The title of Barry’s fourth string quartet refers to a Kafka story of the same name about a trapeze artist who is happy only when aloft. This is striking music, full of fragility, beauty, outbursts and to finish, an unexpected hymn sung by the quartet./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Three Movements For Improvising Oboe, Soprano Sax, Viola, Cello. Par LIEBMAN DAVID. It is natural as we age to contemplate the finality of passing on, if not personally, then certainly as an effect from others around you whom have left this space. Having to endure the passing of family and friends is of course very trying. This is especially true when the perception is that someone 'passed before …

Par BJARNASON DANIEL. Daníel Bjarnason’s Brothers is an opera in three acts. The 100-minute work, with a libretto by Kerstin Perski, is based on the screenplay of the same name by Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen. Commissioned by the Danish National Opera / Den Jyske Opera, the opera follows a miliary officer after he returns home from the war in Afghanistan, finding that his relationship wit…

2 Exemplare zur Auffuhrung notig. Par ZIMMERMANN BERND ALOIS. In January 1964 Bernd Alois Zimmermann interrupted the completion of his opera Die Soldaten [The Soldiers] in order to rearrange his orchestral work Dialoge for two pianos. Monologe resulting therefrom takes up the original material but develops it towards a different direction: Zimmermann‘s collage technique based on quotations extends…

Kantate Zum 1. Advent. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. The Advent cantata Machet die Tore weit has long been one of the most frequently performed of Telemann’s sacred works. Among the copies of this cantata which have been handed down is a copy by J. S. Bach which bears testimony to the high respect he paid to his then more celebrated colleague from Hamburg: It is a copy of the score in the hand of th…