Par MARTIN MATTHEW. This powerful work takes a well-known hymn tune from the Mainz Gesangbuch of 1661 (Stabat Mater) as its musical starting point, interweaving it through different textures and variations alongside the plainsong solemn tone Salve Regina. The work, which was written specially for The Sixteen, is through-composed but divided into three sections: Silence, Love; Grief, Patience; Pass…

Oratorio for Solo Tenor, Solo Violin, SATB, Children's Choir and Orchestra of Strings, Harp and Perc. Par ROTH ALEC. Alec Roth’s The Traveller is an oratorio for solo tenor, solo violin, SATB choir, children’s choir and an orchestra of strings, harp and percussion. In addition to writing six new poems for the piece, Vikram Seth has made English translations of twenty Indian texts from a rich varie…

Par GARCIA JOSE MAURICIO NUNES. Garcia, born in 1767 in Rio de Janeiro, and priest and music director at the cathedral there, is still hardly known. Among his spiritual works are four settings of the Mass for the Dead. The present „Missa dos Defunktos“ was commissioned by the Portuguese King Dom Joao VI in the memory of Queen Maria I, who died in 1816. The composition, in the key of D minor, shows…

Starting where his Serious Jazz Practice Book left off, guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists, showing how to become a better improviser by melodically mastering the individual chords used in jazz, how they connect with each other, and how they are used in various song forms. Sections of the 200-page book focus on all the possible uses and harmonic…

Par LOPEZ DE ARENOSA E.. Los nuevos medios tecnológicos nos ofrecen una posibilidad apasionante de hacer práctica y fácil la realización activa de los ejercicios musicales dándoles su auténtico sentido y función. Hacer música desde un principio sin que ello suponga dificulta atractivo, es la búsqueda que todos los maestros hacemos cada día. ¡¡Diviértete, cantando y percutiendo!! Este libro acompañ…

2. Streichquartett. Par FELDMANN WALTER. Der Komposition von absences [« fragmenté »] gingen verschiedene Überlegungen voraus: zum einen das Projekt „approches: « H II » linéaires“ über einen Text von Anne-Marie Albiach, woraus das noch unentwickelte Grundmaterial entnommen wurde, zumanderen die Suche nach einem Fragmentkonzept, das – entgegen meiner früheren Auffassung von willkürlicher Aufsplitt…

Ce volume de la série The Best Of pour guitare, propose une sélection de 26 pièces qui représentent le fleuron de la production du compositeur et guitariste espagnol Emilio Pujol. La sélection comprend des titres célèbres - comme l'étude El abejorro, ou l'émouvant Canto de otoño, dédié par le musicien à son frère défunt, ou encore Trois Morceaux espagnols, qui s'inscrivent dans le sillage de la va…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Der Serienname First Class spricht für sich: Einerseits sind die Werke in dieser Serie für das erste Zusammenspiel geschrieben, andererseits sind sie bei aller Einfachkeit doch sehr gut komponiert, also einfach 'Klasse'! Die Serie First Class bietet durch ihr spezielles Konzept unendlich Möglichkeiten des Zusammenspiels. Die Art und Weise der Instrumentierung ermöglicht, mit zwe…

Pieces, exercises and tips for the beginner. This step-by-step tutor can be used by beginners of all ages and is suitable for use either with a teacher or by self-learners, taking you from your very first lesson up to the standard required to begin Trinity College London’s Electronic Keyboard exams (Initial level). Each stage introduces a mixture of keyboard functions, playing techniques and music…

One of the most important pop songs of all time, this award-winning classic brought together some of the biggest names in the recording industry at that time for famine relief. Now, for the 25th Anniversary of the song, the recording industry's biggest new stars have come together to raise funds for Haiti. This will be a powerful and inspirational message for our time! This carefully crafted arran…