Par LANGER MANFRED. This composition integrates choral warm-up exercises with situations and scenes which can occur during these warm-ups. 15 different characters and scenes, portrayed by the choir, ranging from “conductor, ” to “not in the mood, ” to “coloratura singer, ” right up to “naturally, already warmed up” are portrayed, some as solos, some with small groups of singers. The succession of …

James Rae offers fourteen fascinating flute studies in many different styles, from Rock and Ragtime, through Jazz and Tango, to Classical and Folk. They can be played purely as a solo for personal study or as a duet which makes them eminently suitable for concerts.Both the solo and duet parts are of intermediate to advanced standard and, although the duet part is primarily for accompaniment, there…

This new collection of folk songs - 'Laula kultani' (Finnish for 'Sing, my sweetheart') - offers choirs attractive literature to expand their repertoires and to perform concerts for many different occasions. The creative choral director has many possibilities for performing this music: thus instruments can be added, or - if there are difficulties due to pronouncing a foreign language - a small ens…

The mastery of scales and scale patterns has long been established as the best way to improve technical abilities on all instruments. The Complete Scale Compendium focuses on what is most common in the study of classical music: core major and minor scales, as well as chromatic, pentatonic, whole-tone, and blues scales. Students will learn the construction of these scales while practicing unique pa…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. With final chorus 'An die Freude' (Ode to Joy) Between 1996 and 2000 Bärenreiter published scholarly-critical editions of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies edited by the first class musicologist Jonathan Del Mar. The editorial process was a huge undertaking because of the complex source situation regarding Beethoven's Symphonies culminating in the Choral Symphony which came dow…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This fantastic opener opens with a soft and lyrical middle section follows on the powerful opening fanfare which, if the technical equipment is available, can be used as background music for a spoken text or presentation. The finale is distinctly rhythmical in character, and develops into a somewhat unusual ending. Here, the composer piles ten different notes on top of each …

Par MAUERSBERGER RUDOLF. Rudolf Mauersberger, the cantor of the Dresden Kreuzkirche, shaped his Christvesper in the Christmas tradition of the “Erzgebirge” in Saxony. The work underwent a long period of gestation and first attained its final form in 1963. The entire church is used for a performance: On the altar the Christmas story from Luke is presented, in four different corners of the church th…

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…

Par ROSSINI GIOACHINO. Rossini's popular overture is now available with complete performance material on sale. It is newly edited based on the forthcoming volume of the 'Works of Gioachino Rossini' (BA10506). This scholarly-critical practical edition contains almost two works in one as Rossini composed this overture firstly for his opera 'Aureliano in Palmira' and then also used it in 'The Barber …

Par COHEN MARY. Ideal for the Grade 3-4 violinist, Mary Cohen's 'Nifty Shifts!' is specially designed to kick-start position changing. Featuring lots of well-known tunes and technical tips - including the use of a guide finger, preparation strategies, melodic fragments to play in different keys and positions and by ear. There are also handy technical exercises in the form of 'Fingerobics' and 'Gli…