Extrait De Má Vlast. Par SMETANA BEDRICH. The first four symphonic poems from Smetana's six-part cycle Má vlast (My Country) were written in 1874-75 and arranged for piano duet shortly after the completion of the fourth part, From Bohemia's Woods and Fields. All six parts were issued for the first time by the publisher Urbánek, beginning with the piano duet arrangements (1879-80). The score of Fr…

Par REINECKE CARL HEINRICH CARSTEN. Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) was a highly respected German pianist, composer, and conductor. During his lifetime, he was known as the standard-setting performer of Mozart's Piano works, and was also the earliest-born pianist to be recorded in any format, having made recordings in 1904 at the age of 80. His 6 Miniatur-Sonatinen (6 Miniature Sonatinas, Op. 136) were …

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par FRANCK CESAR. Although Cesar Franck won many prizes during his student days his music was generally unrecognised by his contemporaries. His pieces were written in the romantic style whilst retaining a classical structure and his later compositions were referred to as 'cathedrals of sound'. Panis Angelicus is poetic and almost serene and this arrangement by Philip Sparke ret…

Mendelssohn produced an early work for Organ in 1837, but it was a London music publishing firm who commissioned the first of his mature Organ works. The second half of the commissioned pieces are published in this volume. Mendelssohn himself saved all his manuscripts and they have survived in libraries in Berlin and Krakow, providing the subtitle of this book.Eleven movements are included here, a…

400 Exercises include 45 Musical Studies in Positions 1 through 5. Par TUCKER RHODA JANICE. Written by Janice Tucker Rhoda, author of the popular ABCs of Strings method, the Complete Technique For Viola series is designed for advanced beginners to upper level students wishing to learn or improve their left hand and right arm bow skills. Starting in first position, and proceeding carefully through …

In order to help the many guitarists that are fond of the baroque music, but neither own a baroque guitar, nor baroque lute, nor a theorbe, it was necessary to write this book. The 'suite française? dances (allemande, courante, sarabande, minuet, gavotte, bourree, passacaille, chaconne, gigue?) are initialy presented in a whole, then, for each of them, we are lead to discover first the origin most…

Miguel Alcdzar was born in Mexico City on April 26 1942. He followed a professional career which involved activities in the fields of performance, pedagogy, musicology and composition. He gave the first performances of the Concertino by Blas Galindo, with the composer himself conducting the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the Concierto of Manuel Ponce, in its original version, the Concerto …

Mary Cohen's Superseries grade 1-2. Par COHEN MARY. An irresistible collection of tunes for beginner violinists (UK grades 1-2). Written and arranged by the UK's leading string pedagogue Mary Cohen, creator of a wide range of imaginative teaching publications including 'Superstart' Here are over 40 tunes in styles children will love including nursery rhymes (London Bridge), rounds (Frère Jacques),…

Nelson-Messe. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. The 'Missa' in D minor, published here, the third of Haydn's six late masses, was written during the summer of 1798 between the two late oratorios. According to the dates given on Haydn's autograph score he completed the composition in less than eight weeks. The score bears no particular title, but in Haydn's manuscript thematic catalogue of his works he referr…

FOR FOUR hORNS. Par KOCSAR MIKLOS. The noted Hungarian composer Miklós Kocsár (b. 1933) composed his Echoes series consisting of four pieces during the 1980s and 1990s. Written for one, two, three, and four horns respectively, each work effectively exploits the rich palette of sounds from horn ensembles of different sizes./ Répertoire / 4 Cors