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…

A travers 200 nouvelles histoires inédites, Laurent Charliot vous propose de découvrir dans ce deuxième tome de Rock Stories de nouveaux faits divers, drames, rumeurs ou petits potins qui ont forgé la légende du rock. Un livre où l?on découvre que, lors de sa première audition, Elvis Presley s?était vu conseillé de rester chauffeur plutôt que d?essayer d?être chanteur. Que la première chanson de l…

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…

Description This volume contains a pair of works originally written for piano by Ravel, and later orchestrated by him. Le Tombeau De Couperin is a four-piece suite written between 1914 and 1917, dedicated to close friends who died in World War I. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales pays homage to the work of Franz Schubert. These eight uninterrupted Waltzes abound in Schubertian characteristics.…

Fassung für Sinfonieorchester. Par FAURE GABRIEL. Version for symphony orchestra: 60 min; Church version: 35 min Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, Op. 48 for SATB and Piano. Version for Symphony orchestra. The Requiem of Gabriel Fauré is undoubtedly the most important opus among the sacred works of this French master. Beginning with the first performances during the composer?s lifetime, it is one of those …