Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. The Romance for a melodic instrument and Piano was a very popular genre in French salon music of the nineteenth century. Saint-Saëns also wrote several such pieces for Violin, Cello, and Horn. His only Romance for Flute was composed in 1871, shortly after the Société nationale de musique had been founded. It was premiered in this new forum for Piano music and chamber works…

After a gestation period of more than 12 years, Black Sabbath 's nineteenth studio album, 13 , was finally released in June 2013. This songbook includes all the songs from the deluxe album, transcribed in standard notation and Guitar tablature, with chord symbols and chord diagrams. Complete with full lyrics. / Guitare

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) was America's most prominent nineteenth-century composer. Championed by Franz Liszt, he was one of the first U.S. composers to gain international recognition. A leading exponent of the Romantic tradition, he was a prolific composer for the Piano. This outstanding collection presents his best, most characteristic works, reprinted from original editions. They include: Wo…

In 1839 Friedrich August Kummer (1797-1879) wrote Violoncelloschule f³r den ersten Unterricht (Violoncello School for Preliminary Instruction), Op. 60. The method has remained a staple of teaching literature ever since. As an appendix to this work, Kummer composed several duets of increasing difficulty that can be paired with the topics and exercises learned in the lessons. As cello technique chan…

The so-called Köthener Trauermusik (Cöthen funeral music) was performed at the memorial service for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen on 24 March 1729. The history of reconstruction begins in the second half of the nineteenth century. In 1873 Wilhelm Rust, co-editor of the first Complete Bach Edition and subsequently Thomaskantor, established the fundamental relationship between the Köthener Trauerm…

Early Piano Music. Par STRAUSS RICHARD. These previously unpublished piano pieces will appear in print for the first time in three volumes. Volume I contains fairly short individual pieces (1872-83) of widely varying difficulty. Volume II will contain four Sonatinas in several movements and a Fantasia (1874), which is about as demanding as the Sonatinas of Kuhlau and Clementi or early pieces by Mo…

Par ZELENSKI WLADYSLAW. The Piano Sonata in G minor, op. 5, Wladyslaw Zelenski?s first important composition, was written in Kraków under the guidance of Franciszek Mirecki ? a conservative composer and teacher who was a pupil of Johann Nepomuk Hummel. It was probably Mirecki who brought about the publication of his 22-year-old pupil?s work by the esteemed Milan firm of Ricordi in 1859. That publi…

En entendant le premier trio, Robert Schumann a déclaré « Mendelssohn est le Mozart du 19ème siècle ! » Écrit dans le modèle romantique célèbre débordant du compositeur, ces deux pièces sont des incontournables du répertoire de musique de chambre. Les deux trios apparaissent ici pour la première fois dans une édition simple et accessible.

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The composer, pianist and piano teacher Leopold Ko?eluch (1747-1818) was one of the leading Czech musicians in 18th-century Vienna. His 50 sonatas for keyboard bear witness not only to the transition from the harpsichord or clavichord to the pianoforte, but also to the evolution of the classical sonata at the turn of the 19th century.Until now there have been few modern editions of this music. Our…

By Reno Brandoni. For classical guitar. Saddle- stitched. Book/DVD Set. 44 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc