Editor: Heinemann, Ernst-Guenter Towards the end of the 18th century, Clementi increasingly advocated the piano as the successor to the harpsichord. He composed expressly for the new instrument and in 1801 published a piano school. His interest in teaching is also shown by the 'Six progressive Sonatinas' op. 36 ' six sonatinas in ascending order of diffi culty, which are still extremely popular w…

A follow-up to the popular book Drumming the Easy Way! - The Beginner's Guide to Playing Drums for Students and Teachers (HL02500191), this second volume takes the intermediate drummer through the paces - from reading exercises to playing great grooves and fills. Concepts and rhythms are introduced one at a time, so growth is natural and easy. The book features clear and large musical print, inten…

Par . Edited by Ilaria Narici, Ricordi's Ausgewählte italienische Lieder (Essential Italian Art Songs) present songs from the 19th and 20th centuries. Available for high and low voice, Ausgewählte italienische Lieder is perfect for students, teachers and art song overs as the collection comes with biographical information, text translation in Italian, German and English, and recorded diction lesso…

Par FREEMAN ALEX. Alex Freeman found initial inspiration for his string quartet (2015) in a series of photographs a geologist friend showed him of en échelon veins in rock formations. The open strings punctuated with pizzicato unisons that begin the single-movement work call to mind something crystalline and shimmering, which is immediately infused with tumbling lyrical lines in something of a rap…

kleine Stücke für kleine Gitarren-Anfänger. Par RAK STEPAN. Stepàn Rak (1945) is a prominent Czech guitarist, composer and teacher. Minute Solos is a collection of short, musically inventive compositions for Guitar beginners. They are divided according to their character into the sections of Moods, Songs Without Words and Dances. Although not technically demanding, they represent a good introducti…

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par VON REZNICE EMIL NIKOLAUS. Emil Nikolaus V. Reznicek was born on May 4, 1860. Though he was originally destined for ajudicial career, his nature (that of a true musician)soon pointed him in the direction of music. As anorchestral conductor and a highly regarded musicteacher he made his mark in a number of cities, including Mannheim and Berlin. As a composer hesprang to f…

2-stimmige Kanons. Par SCHMITZ MANFRED. Canons are fun and at the same time also help develop the ability to listen and play along, thus making them an important enhancement to musical training. With 109 pop style melodies in two volumes Manfred Schmitz work provides comprehensive and diversified material which can be flexibly implemented in teaching single pupils, for group lessons and for ensemb…