30Th Anniversary Edition. Par WAYNE ERBSEN. On the 30th anniversary of the publication of the original book, Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus, Wayne Erbsen has completely rewritten this banjo classic, and now it's even better! Clear and humorous instruction. Includes: 'Cluck Old Hen,' 'Poor Wayfaring Stranger, 'Sugar Hill,' 'Shady Grove,' 'Little Birdie,' 'Darlin' Corey,' 'Will Bill Jones,' 'Rain …

Par KABALEVSKY DIMITRI. This item is for sale in Belgium and France only! The notable revival of interest in the works of Dmitri Kabalevsky is a cause for celebration, and to mark this, Editions le Chant du Monde presents a collection of previously unpublished works from one of the great Russian composers of the twentieth century, restored from the family archives by the composer's daughter, Maria…

Igor Stravinsky was still three years away from the incendiary premiere of his ballet The Firebird in Paris when he wrote the Pastorale from which this Alleluia has been adapted. The Pastorale was originally scored as a songwithout words for Soprano and Piano and dedicated to his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov’s daughter Nadia. Stravinsky himself transcribed it several times over several decades for…

Shaw’s works number more than three hundred published pieces of which this church anthem With A Voice of Singing is an enduring favourite. Scored with a quotation from Vaughan Williams’s ‘For All theSaints’ the piece has fanfare like chords and Choral parts alternating unison phrases with straightforward harmonies. The upward modulations add to the piece’s effect…

Le premier cahier des Vexierbilder (1991) (Vexierbild se traduirait par attrape , rébus ) exploitait l'idée d'image trompeuse, de référent décalé, se concentrant autour d'un matériau délibérément appauvri. Dans ces trois nouvelles pièces, la musique cherche à se construire autour d'un geste, d'une figuration systématique, d'une forme coupant court à tout développement.

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With a melody by Rolf Lovland Brendan Graham was struggling to find a lyric and a theme that was sensitive enough for Rolf's gorgeous tune. Brendan's daughter was leaving home for a year's study in Sydney her first time away from home for such a spell. The night before she left Brendan sat on the side of her bed like he had done so many times when she was a child telling stories and singing he…

The Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra is Alexander Glazunov's last work- since its first performance in 1934 it has become part of the standard saxophone repertoire.The sole surviving autograph manuscript is the hand-written dedication score given by Glazunov to Sigurd Raschèr (Raschèr was the founder and leader of the well-known and innovative Raschèr Saxophone Quartet).This score contain…

Menotti's 'The Medium' is something of a cautionary tale which had its genesis in a séance attended by the composer himself. The plot of the libretto (by Menotti himself) runs as follows: Living in conditions of near-squalor Baba poses as a medium with her daughter Monica posing as ghosts from the beyond. She takes in Toby a mute as a lodger but distrusts him. The business continues until du…

from Children's Corner-The famous Golliwogg's Cakewalk is the final part of Debussy's Children's Corner series consisting of 6 miniatures for Piano which he wrote for his daughter in 1906-1908.The Ragtime style refers to the dance which came into fashion around the turn of the century. In the middle part the composer parodies the beginning of the opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner seve…

Par SZYMANOWSKI KAROL. (VII) The Polish idiom appeared in Szymanowskis music in 1920, foreshadowing the beginning of a new period of creativity, later called nationalistic. Before this idiom was realised and such compositions typical of the Polish style as the ballet Harnasie, the Mazurkas, Stabat Mater, Fourth Symphony and Second Violin Concerto had been written, the change in musical thinking an…