Par SZATHMARY ZSIGMOND. In ancient times, language and music were already regarded as an inseparable unit. Homer's epic poems, for example, were sung, and in the highly developed art of rhetoric, words were used to communicate reason, while music spoke to the soul. Since Monteverdi's time, musical delineation of text has become even more important: rhetoric terms such as 'exclamatio”, 'saltus duri…

A great introduction to the world of Keyboard. Explains how to play major, minor and seventh chords and five-finger position melodies. Learn to read music with easy to understand music theory including note values, scales, accidentals, major and minor key signatures, staccato and legato. Play along with the high quality backing tracks which feature contemporary and well-known melodies in a variety…

Classical – Expression of value for something noble in art and science, but also as a designation for an era –in descriptions of music history since the 19th century the term is used to designate the “Viennese Classical” period, that is, the works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. The present postcard series, in high quality four-color prints presents portraits and autographs of these composers [inc…

This arrangement of the well-known violin sonata is based on the volume of the 'Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leo? Janácek? (Series E/1-2).The Israeli clarinetist Shirley Brill, who teaches at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, has arranged the work for her instrument with a sensitive ear for the sound quality of the original composition. Her version displays the specific potenti…

Two of the Russian composer's most popular works, reproduced directly from authoritative standard editions. Notable for lyricism, opulent color, striking harmonic innovations. Now these staples of the orchestral repertoire are available to musicians and music lovers in this attractive, high-quality edition.

Ninety-six tear-out pages attached to a heavy cover sheet to assist in easier writing. All sheets are printed on both sides and punched for three-ring binders. Printed in black ink on regular-weight, white paper. / All Styles - Manuscript / Recueil / Tout Instrument

Par SANDOR JARDANYI. Frigyes Sándor (1905-1979), violinist, teacher and conductor. His six-volume Violin tutor was published between 1949 and 1959, and has remained popular ever since. One reason for its popularity - in addition to its methodological concept - maybe the fact that from the very beginning learners are given high quality musical material on which to master the basic elements of violi…

The new CD edition of The Easy Piano Collection: Chopin Gold features a fine selection of the most famous masterpieces by Frederic Chopin. Every piece has been composed for or arranged for easy Piano and all accompanied by high quality demonstration performances on a specially commissioned music CD. Learning to play these classic compositions has never been easier to do. These books use the same n…

Par ASCH GLENN / REINER DAVID. For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a unique opportunity for a creative and personal statement as a musician. This book presents a broad sampling of the styles of major jazz violinists, from blues to bebop, from …

Song Cycle. Par SEIBER MATYAS. This substantial cycle was written for the tenor Peter Pears, and first performed by him in 1953 at the Royal Festival Hall, London, with the distinguished pianist Noel Mewton-Wood. It follws the example of Britten's Serenade in setting a variety of poets, and the set is framed by settings of the same words by Goethe in translation by Louis MacNeice, the unifying fac…