Né à Montréal en 1893, Gilles Amiot grandit au Québec dans une famille aisée. Il entre à l'école dentaire de l'Université Laval de Montréal en 1911 et obtient son diplôme en 1915. Pendant ses années d'université, Gilles participe à de nombreux concours musicaux sur les ondes de la radio canadienne. Bon pianiste et improvisateur, il accompagne par ailleurs les films muets présentés dans un cinéma d…

Tonalité : D-Dur -. Par HASSE JOHANN ADOLF. This is a very effective setting of the Marian antiphon for Easter was probably composed in Dresden. The piece consists of two practically identically outer movements which frame an expressive, but restrained alto aria. / Hymnes et chorals / Répertoire / Solo A, Choeur SATB, 2 Hautbois, 2 Cors, 2 Violons

Altblockflötenspielheft mit Ensemblespiel. Par VOSS RICHARD. MEIN LUSTIGES ALTBLOCKFLÖTENBUCH ist ein progressiv geordnetes Spielheft für das erste Jahr auf der Altblockflöte. Es bietet in 72 Liedern und Melodien ein breites Spektrum unterschiedlichster musikalischer Stilrichtungen: von internationalerFolklore über Blockflötenoriginale aus verschiedenen Epochen bis hin zu Bearbeitungen bekannter K…

Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. This treasury of 38 works for solo piano, spanning forty years of Brahms' long and prolific life, includes the famous 'Edward' ballade; two capriccios; seven Hungarian Dances in the composer's own transcriptions for solo piano; six intermezzos; three rhapsodies; the complete sixteen waltzes, op. 39; Sonata no. 3, the best known and most mature of Brahms' three piano sonatas; a…

Ce titre m'est venu après les images de ces grandes métropoles américaines sous la neige en hiver. Les rues sont recouvertes de neige dans des proportions importantes, les contraintes liées à cette situation sont certaines mais le mouvement des populations, la vie quotidienne semblent se dérouler normalement, avec calme. Une apparente « nonchalance » proche de la danse et un certain « swing » se d…

Par DOBRZYNSKI IGNACY FELIKS. Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski wrote eight nocturnes for piano. Five of them were published in 1833–1834 in two books as Opp. 21 and 24, while the remainder appeared in various occasional collections issued much later. The Nocturne in A major was written in 1846 and belongs to the group of works composed by Dobrzynski during his tour of German cities. That tour was designed…

Cherubini owes his fame as a church composer primarily to the 'Requiem in C minor? of 1817. It was held in extraordinarily high esteem by such composers as Beethoven and Schumann and served as a model for early 19th-century Requiem settings. Dispensing entirely with solo voices, it captivates with its rigorous formal concentration and its restrained use of musical resources in both choir and orche…

Following Dittersdorf (HN 759) and Hoffmeister (HN 721), Johann Baptist Vanhal and his sole double-bass concerto add a further highlight to the classical bass literature in our catalogue. The virtuoso work was transmitted only in a copy of a part owned by the famous double-bass player Johannes Sperger (1750-1812) and found in his estate, which raises a few questions on account of the many later ad…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Musiker und Dirigenten kennen das Problem, wie langweilig und uninteressant das Einspielen einerseits manchmal sein kann, wie wichtig tonbildende Übungen andererseits aber sind, um das Niveau eines Orchesters stetig zu steigern. Tone Studies for Band ist Teil der Reihe Essentials of Musicianship, dem idealen Übungsmaterial für jede Art von Bläserensembles. Die Übungen wurden alle…

This catchy pop hit from Meghan Trainor took the charts by storm in 2014. Featuring a Tuba/Bass section solo (with cues), this solidly scored and great sounding chart by Mike Story will be 'no treble' to put together quickly. / Marching Band