This book presents North and South Indian music in staff notation to whet the appetite of discerning western violin players. The melodies begin at around Grade 4 level, progressing to GCSE and A level music performance material. The explanation of North and South Indian music comes with a variety of ragas and compositions from both systems. Candida Connolly provides an informative introduction to …

Facsimile of the autograph score from the National Archive of the Richard Wagner Foundation Bayreuth. Par WAGNER RICHARD. Knowledge, pity, redemption: Richard Wagner took up these major themes in “Parsifal”, the music drama that he completed 13 months before his death and referred to as his “most conciliatory work”. Already celebrated for its compositional technique and mystical sonorities at the …

Instrument : celloNombre de Pages : 8This tribute piece was commissioned as a birthday surprise to Michael Berman. The first performance was given by Raphael Wallfisch at a private event in 2004 at the Palace of Westminster. Although entirely unbarred the music is fully notated, both rhythmically and melodically. The B flat-B motif derived from the work's title (i.e. H-B in German notation) featur…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Britten began composing his Quatre chansons francaises in June 1928 and had finished the full score by August of that year, before his 15th birthday. The songs reflect the impact of his lessons with Frank Bridge, which had begun in the autumn of 1927, and he dedicated the work, which was among the most ambitious of his compositions at this time, to his parents, on the occasio…

Par TER-HOVHANISIAN ARTHUR. Réunies et annotées par Arthur Ter-Hovhanisian Ce livre contient des études et des exercices qui ont été composés par d'éminents interprètes et pédagogues tels que Iampolski, Mostras, Pitkuss, Rabinovitch, Sapojnikov... Le but de ce travail est de réunir en une suite logique et en un seul livre une partie de ces exercices et de ces études, que j' ai révisés et annotés…

Today is Fuzzy Monster's birthday! As Gaby, Theo, Daffodil, and other neighborhood friends prepare for a surprise party, our colorful cast of characters learns many important life lessons. After a cheerful opening theme song, eight scenes and unison songs focus on good judgment, kindness, courage, perseverance, responsibility, self-discipline, integrity, and respect. A few optional stage puppets w…

Kantate Zum 2. Osterfesttag. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The composition of this parody was begun in 1718 and completed with the final version in 1731. The original work [the basis of the parody] was 'Der Himmel lacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück', which was a cantata for the birthday of Count Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen [1718, BWV 66a], with a text by Christian Friedrich Hunold, alias Menantes./ Réper…

This comprehensive collection contains the most well-known, best-loved pieces of music that every pianist should have in their reperptoire.You'll find classical favourites, famous film themes, laid-back jazz, chart hits, wedding music Christmas classics and handy must-haves like 'Auld Lang Syne' and 'Happy Birthday To You', all organised into themed sections for navigation.With everything from Moz…

New Liszt Edition III Vol. 1. Par LISZT FRANZ. Composed in 1834, Liszt's Grand duo is based on material from three pieces from the first book (op. 19b) of Mendelssohn's Songs without Words (no. 1 in E major, no. 6 in G minor, and no. 3 in A major). While Liszt made an almost literal transcription of the first piece, he gave the second and third pieces a much freer arrangement, in the style of conc…

In Disney's animated short film Frozen Fever, Elsa gives Anna a birthday party, but mayhem results when Elsa gets a cold. No worries, the team behind the original Frozen soundtrack gives us this fresh and upbeat song to mark the occasion, sure to liven up classrooms and concerts worldwide! / Choeur SAB