Carl Nielsen is now widely celebrated as Denmark’s greatest composer particularly for his symphonies which range from late Romantic explorations to more audacious neo-classicism in the later years. In the tone poem Pan and Syrinx Nielsen began to express some of his more adventurous harmonies and timbres which he then expressed more fully and in more abstract form in his masterpiece Fifth Sy…

Written originally in 1947 for the Russian Piano teacher Wladimir Horbowski, the manuscript for this piece has been missing from Henze's archives for many years before being rediscovered in 2003. Available here for the first time is Henze's Sonatina for solo Piano, edited by Christopher Tainton. The piece is in three contrasting movements, for solo Piano. / Piano

In the second half of his life Moeran greatly extended his sensibilities and his musical palate to include more energetic and vigorous rhythms harmonic colours and tonalities. In the Sonata for ViolonCello and Piano the listener will find grandeur in the first movement and an intricate rondo in the finale. It is a piece by a composer who has taken an expansive step beyond his immediate surrou…

All the Stones' Instruments from Stage to Studio-Rolling Stones Gear: All The Stones’ Instruments From Stage To Studio documents the band’s 50 year history as told through the instruments used by them. Crammed with facts this book features input from members of The Rolling Stones and their contemporaries as well as information on all of the songs recorded by the band including demo…

This book was written for the student who wants to learn to play flamenco Guitar correctly in the shortest time possible. A fanciful historical essay on the origins of the flamenco style begins this modest 32-page volume.Several of the most common techniques are used in the various introductory pieces including various forms of Rasgueados and the 4-note tremolo.Classical guitarists with 1-2 years…

Par MISSY HIGGINS. This collection brings together nine of Britten's previously unpublished songs, written over a period of 25 years from 1935 onwards. Many were originally intended to be part of song-cyles but were cut during the final revisions. This edition includes a helpful introduction and information regarding each song. This edition for High Voice and Piano. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédi…

These arrangements were written for string ensembles in primary and secondary schools music centres prep schools and for various ensembles at Charterhouse. They grew out of a need for playable yet musically challenging arrangements where maximum 'effect' is obtained by using naturally resonant keys and idiomatic bowings - and have been used and honed over many years. They also recognise the …

The Three Peaks - Die 3 Zinnen. Par DOSS THOMAS. The Three Peaks (Italian: Tre Cime di Lavaredo) are a prominent massif in the Dolomites on the border between the Italian provinces of Belluno in the south and South Tyrol in the north. The imposing rock formations formed over 200 million years ago and represent one of the most recognizable landmarks of the Dolomites and South Tyrol (I). Due to thei…

Cyril Ornadel and Kelvin Reynolds. A new ecological musical in two acts set 30 years into the future. The rivers and land are polluted and the children of the village have never seen a flower bee or sheep. Twelve lively musicalnumbers plus reprises by Cyril Ornadel composer of such famous West End musicals as ‘Pickwick’. Songs include ‘The Factory’ ‘Live For Today’ ‘Rainbow Valle…

With the new Urtext Primo series Wiener Urtext Edition intends to bridge the gap between studying a Piano method and taking additional lessons. Beginning with a performance level which is outlined by pieces such as Bach's Minuet in G (BWV Anh. 116) Mozart's Minuet in F (KV 5) or Schumann's Wilder Reiter (Op. 68/8) works by three different composers are selected for each volume in the series wi…