The title The Merry Fiddler says it all: The collection continues the merry music-making tradition of Irish fiddlers as is maintained in pubs and at parties. Catchy rhythmic dances are juxtaposed with dreamy tunes. Coming with a play-along CD and piano accompaniment, the pieces are suitable for music lessons or just for music-making at home - alone or together with other musicians. Thanks to the i…

Saxophone study material that is aimed at musical expression and sound, instead of virtuosity is always in short supply. Most existing study books offer too little opportunity to apply the learned technique for its actual purpose - making music. These New Concert Studies meet the demand for teaching the art of making music. The book contains fifteen studies that put emphasis on interpretation and …

Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe are perhaps the most thrilling young duo performing today, offering adrenalized classical concerts that are revolutionizing the piano duo experience for the 21st century. Described as 'Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers transposed from the dance floor to the keyboard' (The Southampton Press) and 'the intense synchronization of genius' (ThirdCoast Digest), Greg and L…

Complementing Book 1 of Denes Agay's Learning To Play Piano , this new book makes music theory fun to learn! Using games and puzzles it illustrates the music theory lessons from Book 1 making them much more enjoyable for children to learn. Puzzles include a Crossword, 'Odd-one-out', 'Matching Pairs' and many other simple but intriguing games and brainteasers that teach while they entertain! By exp…

Follow-up to Anselma's New Bassoon Method, Book 1.Brings aspiring bassonists from Adam and Eve to Mozart. In this second book, we are already a bit closer to Mozart than to the apple tree - o)Completely revised and happily optimized edition, fully packed with great bassoon pieces.- Slow and steady wins the bassoon race! The beautiful little pieces are progressing slowly but continuously for an eff…

Par KREADER BARBARA / KERN FRED / REJINO MONA / KEVERE. Spanish language version of the best-selling piano method. From the very first lessons in Book 1, students are making music as they explore the piano keyboard through fun improvisation pieces called My Own Song. The beginning of the book introduces finger numbers, the black-key and white-key groups, and basic rhythm patterns. Directional read…

Seules quelques oeuvres de l'histoire de la musique peuvent se parer de l'attribut 'epoch-making'. Les sonates en trio de Corelli sont parmi eux. Avec sa Sonate da chiesa op. 1 et Sonate da camera op. 2, Corelli, en 1681 et 1685 respectivement, a jeté les bases d'un genre qui allait devenir le genre de musique de chambre autorité depuis presque 100 ans. C'est seulement en 1781 qu'il a été remplacé…

Par GRANGER ADAM. This 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs and slip-jigs, presented in Southern, Northern, Irish, Canadian, Texas and Old-time styles.There are 508 fiddle tunes referenced under 2500 titles and alternate titles. The titles ar…

Par RAYNER JONATHAN. The Music Factory is a comprehensive, innovative and practical music course, covering Key stage 3 of the National Curriculum and GCSE. The core of The Music Factory is a flexible Teacher Resource Book , containing 120 practical activities for classroom music-making. This book aims to provide teachers with a comprehensive source of ideas, approaches and starting points. Each of…

Arr. Timothy Johnson. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. “He alone has the secret of making me smile, and touching me to the bottom of my soul, ” said Mozart about “Papa” Haydn and his music. The “Surprise” Symphony (No. 94), incidentally written during the final year of Mozart’s short life, has become one of Haydn’s most memorable works. Since this symphony was written during the zenith of the Classical peri…