Par HERMANSEN AGE. Gatens basuner (“The Trombones in the street”), originally entitled “Til gamle Hauge”, was written in 1958. Shortly before Norway’s National Day (May 17th), the band in which the composer played the Euphonium, purchased four trombones. At that time, trombones was not very common in Norwegian amateur bands. To honor the new instruments, and the four players who started practicing…

Stylish arrangements of selected highlights from the leading 20th century composer. Par BARTOK BELA. The Boosey and Hawkes Bartók Edition showcases brand new stylish arrangements of highlights from the leading twentieth century composer for developing musicians to learn and enjoy. The Romanian Folk Dances were originally written in 1915 as a suite of six short piano pieces, which Bartók subsequen…

The Second Book Of Trumpet Solos is for the player who already has a firm grasp of basic technique and is keen to develop their skills further. The pieces are arranged in order of increasing technical difficulty, and the ground they cover is equivalent to Associated Board Grades 5-7. There is a tremendous variety of pieces here including works by Brahms, Joplin, Elgar and a couple of John Wallace …

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Bach ’s Harpsichord concerti, extremely popular among pianists, are presumably reworkings of pieces originally written for the Violin. Bach, however, succeeded in transferring the diverse idiosyncrasies of Violin technique to the keyboard with such ingenuity that most of today’s pianists also include these concerti in their standard repertoire. The first concerto in d mi…

Originals and arrangements of jazz, blues and rag pieces. Carefully leveled to ensure attainable goals - crucial in motivating students. / Piano

Rythmes et notes. Par JOLLET JEAN-CLEMENT. Ces Nouveaux Jeux sont une alternative à la série des Jeux de rythmes et jeux de clés, dans une progression étalée sur quatre niveaux au lieu de trois pour le Cycle II. La démarche pédagogique d'approfondissement de la lecture en différentes clés, ainsi que de la lecture de rythmes est à la fois musicale et ludique, au profit d'une solide assimilation tec…

Originals and arrangements of jazz, blues and rag pieces. Carefully leveled to ensure attainable goals - crucial in motivating students. / Piano

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. A fabulous composition by Austrian composer and innovator of the romantic art songs (or lieder), Franz Schubert. Fantaisie In F Minor isn't the most popular of Schubert's works but is often regarded as one of his finest in terms of both character and style. It is passionate, melancholy and the simple, repeated tune carries a weight of sadness. Originally for Piano four-hands Je…

This compilation containing 16 easy duets for clarinet or other instruments in the same key are based on the 12-bar blues, one of the cornerstones of modern popular music of northamerican origin. The duets feature grooves and riffs characteristic of different styles for the players to get familiar with the most essential basic vocabulary of jazz, swing, rock, funk, boogie and other genres.Duets #1…

You Raise Me Up , written by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland and Irish novelist Brendan Graham, achieved its unique success mainly through being recorded by so many artists - around 150 of them to date. Originally intended as an instrumental entitled 'Silent Story' Løvland's melody only acquired lyrics after the Norwegian composer invited Graham - whose novels he knew - to turn it into a song for Sec…