Par LEMMENS JACQUES-NICOLAS. Fanfare by Belgian composer Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, arranged for Clarinet Choir by Matt Johnston. Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823?1881) is a composer unfamiliar to most, unless you happen to be either an organist, or a Belgian (or a Belgian organist!). At the age of 26, he was appointed organ teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with two of his most accomplishe…

Par HAHN. Written for the Paris Conservatoire contest of 1903, Sarabande Et Thème Varie is a piece by Reynaldo Hahn for Clarinet and Piano. Quite challenging, this piece is perfect for advanced students and would work well for a contest or a recital. As the name mentions it, this work is composed with a main sarabande. It is dedicated to Charles Turban, a French clarinettist. Reynaldo Hahn was a n…

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Tchaikovsky is best known for his purely instrumental compositions. However, we must not underestimate him as a composer of operas. Many of his operas such as ¬Pique Dame and Eugene Onegin are still performed regularly throughout the world. Eugene Onegin (also called Jevgeny Onegin), composed in 1877-1878, was not called an opera by Tchaikovsky …

With this newly-edited, complete edition of the essential book of practice exercises, The Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises is intended to help pianists acquire essential technical and practical skills. The music and text have been updated with a sleek, modern design and the Download Card features audio demonstrations of every exercise.When Charles Hanon first published these sixty exercises in …

Soon after its composition in 1886, Camille Saint-Saëns asked Auguste Durand that Le Carnaval des animaux, which he thought of as a parodic fantasia, should only appear in print posthumously. He probably believed that this entertainment would tarnish the seriousness of the rest of his oeuvre. The Carnaval was therefore published in February 1922, two months after the composer's death. Nevertheless…

Gabriel Faure? a connu de?s sa sortie de l'e?cole Niedermeyer une intense activite? de musicien d'e?glise, Il tient notamment l'orgue de choeur de l'e?glise Saint Sulpice et remplace a? l'occasion Charles-Marie Widor au grand orgue, Puis, sollicite? par Camille Saint-Sae?ns, il est nomme? mai?tre de chapelle a? la Madeleine dont il devient par la suite l'organiste titulaire,Durant pre?s de 40 anne…

Par CORP RONALD. Among the UK's most noted choral composers and conductors, Ronald Corp does not hesitate to bring his own musical vision to a much-loved poem by the sixteenth-century lutenist songwriter and 'Doctor of Physick' Thomas Campion, following the example not only of Campion himself but also of Charles Wood and Hubert Parry. Eschewing the manner of Parry's resonant polyphony for a simple…

Par TEMPERLEY N.. Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music, Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present. For over fifty years he has sung, edited and composed carols each Christmas, and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstan…

6 Concert Pieces. Par GLADKIKH ANTON. Je me souviens bien de la génèse de la composition de ces pièces: je me suis assis au piano dans le conservatoire, qui était presque complètement vide à cette heure là... et j'ai improvisé les premiers accords de la première pièce. Après j'en ai écrit le thème. La musique retentissait bruyamment dans cette grande salle et je pouvais entendre son écho dans les …

Par CUI CESAR. Russian composer, Cesar Cui (1835-1918) was a member of 'The Five', a group of Russian composers dedicated to the production of a specifically Russian type of music. His 1916 composition for Flute and Piano, Scherzetto, also incorporates Russian characteristics. Cui composed for all genres, however, his style was often compared to Robert Schumann or Charles Gounod, rather than his R…