Par ALOIGI HAYES ANTONELLA. collana Curci Young facili duetti in prima posizione per violinisti in erba.I, II corso. Il percorso iniziato con 'La favola di Alighiero' continua con questa raccolta di duetti in prima posizione che presentano un repertorio - brani originali e celebri, melodie classipopolari - scelto anzitutto in funzione di un apprendimento progressivo, con difficoltà tecnico-ritmich…

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…

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…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This stately concert opener was originally written by Jan Van der Roost for a special event in which six respected wind orchestras (two Belgian and four Dutch) of different composition (two symphonic bands, two fanfare bands and two brass bands) were featured during six concerts. Each evening brought forth a performance by a symphonic band, a fanfare, and brass band, so that…

Barlow (Ed.). Par PLAYFORD JOHN. Playford's The Dancing Master is the classic compendium of English country dance tunes. First published in 1651 it went through eighteen editions in almost 80 years. In its day it was the most popular collection of its kind and engendered numerous imitations. The tunes selected by Playford and his successors were taken from many sources and demonstrate the extraord…

Kantate. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The Vienna Musicians’ Society, a pension fund for the widows and orphans of professional musicians, asked Mozart, among others, to compose a choral work for performance at their benefit concert series. Presumably it was due not just to the pressure of a deadline, but also for the chance to have the music of the torso of the great C minor Mass, K. 427, performe…

for Baritone and Piano. Par PHILIPS JULIAN. Swift Partitions by Julian Philips is a 13-minute set of songs for baritone and piano. This setting of eight short poems by American poet Emily Dickinson, each exploring her relationship to the sea, is not narrative, but instead alternates philosophical meditations on the sea (Songs 1, 3, 5 8) with more immediate \'encounters\': a surreal walk with the s…

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…

Par SCHROEDER HERMANN. Concerto da chiesa' is the last organ work by Hermann Schroeder (1904-1984). It was composed a few months before his death. The premiere was performed by Clemens Ganz, then organist at the Cathedral of Cologne, in memory of the esteemed teacher and college colleague. The work marks the end of a tirelessly prolific life with more than one hundred organ works of various charac…

Pour Précéder La Péri. Par DUKAS PAUL. In den Werken des französischen Komponisten Paul Dukas (1865-1935) ist stilistisch die Bewunderung für Wagner sowie für den französischen Impressionismus spürbar, woraus sich ein interessanter, seltener Stilmix ergibt. Das Ballett La Péri enthält immense dynamische Abstufungen und fordert die Musiker dementsprechend stark. Die populäre Fanfare, welche dem Wer…