Par BARGIELSKI ZBIGNIEW . After the first performance of my Fourth Quartet, in Salzburg in 1997, the artists of the excellent Hugo Wolf Quartett approached me with the appealing proposition that I write a new quartet. Rather problematic, however, proved to be the musicians’ delicate suggestion that I invest the work with elements of a more pungent expression and elements of folklore – ideally Poli…

Par HINDSON MATTHEW. Matthew Hindson's Rush for guitar and string quartet takes its influence from the music of Felix Mendelssohn. The fast and technically challenging passages found in the final movement of the Mendelssohn String Octet influenced Hindson's decision to compose a work for the Goldner String Quartet that is highly virtuosic in nature. Hindson remarks, 'it is much more the spirit of …

for String Orchestra Score and Parts. Par LONGFIELD ROBERT (Arr.). The Song of the Birds (El cant dels ocells) is a traditional Catalan Christmas carol. It was made famous by Pau (Pablo) Casals, who is considered one of the greatest cellists of all time. He was famous the world over and played for such notables as Queen Victoria, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. After Casals\' self-exile f…

Requiem. Par SUPPE FRANZ VON. Franz Suppè wrote his Requiem not as a humanistic or pantheistic lament for the dead, but as a work created on the basis of firm Christian and Catholic faith. The fact that Suppè succeeded in writing a Requiem which remains within the theological-liturgical bounds without sacrificing the values of an autonomous work of art is perhaps the greatest - although hitherto u…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH / JONES NATHAN (Arr.). Tchaikovsky composed his twelve character pieces for piano, The Seasons, while he was writing his popular ballet, Swan Lake. Each piece in The Seasons depicts a different month of the year in Russia. The original publication of September: The Hunt included an epigraph at the start of the piece-a small poem by Alexander Pushkin. This energetic arr…

Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) was an Italian composer, musicologist, and editor. Born in Venice, he studied in Berlin, Paris, and Bologna. He is perhaps best remembered for his work in editing historical Italian music, most notably Monteverdi's complete works, but he also composed prolifically, writing seventeen symphonies and several operatic stage works. Maschere Che Passano (Passing Mask…

Par CARRE SOPHIE. In Prends Ton Tempo , Sophie Carre has included all of the concepts that need to be acquired during the first years of music studies. Concepts such as reading intervals, sol and fa keys and reading different rhythms. These theoretical concepts are helpfully contextualised by a number of original songs and rhymes as well as by short musical segments. All of the essential concepts …

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher (Memories of a Dear Place) is a collection of three pieces for violin and piano. The first - Méditation - was written in Clarens in Switzerland in March 1878. Tchaikovsky originally intended it to be the slow movement of his violin concerto, but later replaced it with the more substantial Canzonetta and recast it for violin and piano. The other…

Le matin and Le soir were composed in 1895. The pieces feature contrasting sections, facile and flowing pianism, with cool and colorful endings. Both are excellent examples of Chaminade's charming and sensitive writing. This edition includes an analysis of the form as well as editorial fingering. / Piano Duo

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the Viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistfu…

Composed by Lloyd Larson. Sacred, Christmas. Lillenas Publishing Company #9780787763213. Published by Lillenas Publishing Company

Composed by Thomas Keesecker. Advent, Christmas, 21st Century. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

For piano. Method book. Published by Bernard Stein Music Company

By Nancy and Randall Faber. For Piano. Writing, sightreading, and ear-training activities. Level: 2A. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company

By Nancy and Randall Faber. For Piano. Writing, Sightreading, and ear-training activities. Level: 2B. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.

This edition: Revised. Method/Instruction; Piano - Schaum Method Supplement. Note Reading. Instructional book. With standard notation and instructional text. 36 pages. Schaum Publications, Inc. #00-EL00159A. Published by Schaum Publications, Inc.

(Something New Every Lesson) Written by John Thompson. Instructional book for piano. With introductory text, instructional text, instructional photos, illustrations, easy piano notation, fingerings and lyrics (on some songs). 79 pages. Published by Willis Music Company.

(for the Young Beginner). For piano. Faber Piano Adventures®. Written for ages 5 and 6, My First Piano Adventure captures the child's playful spirit. Fun-filled songs, rhythm games and technique activities develop beginning keyboard skills. Instructional and Method. Young Beginn…

(for the Young Beginner) Written by Nancy Faber, Randall Faber. Instructional book for piano. 64 pages. Published by The FJH Music Company.

(Leading To Mastery Of The Instrument) Written by John W. Schaum. Instructional book for piano. With fingerings, instructional text, illustrations and introductory text. 48 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

(Piano Solo). By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Norbert Müllemann. For Piano. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 35 pages. G. Henle #HN557. Published by G. Henle

Composed by Marilyn Lowe; Edwin E. Gordon. This edition: Student edition with CD. Children. Music Moves. Music Education. Book and CD. 64 pages. GIA Publications #6439. Published by GIA Publications

Written by Dennis Alexander, E. L. Lancaster, Gayle Kowalchyk, Martha Mier, Victoria Mcarthur. Instructional book for easy piano. With instructional text, easy piano notation, illustrations and instructional activities. 48 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

(Part One). For piano. Willis. Learn To Play. Instructional book (CD available separately). 39 pages. Willis Music #7259. Published by Willis Music

By Randall Faber, Nancy Faber. For Piano. Piano Adventures. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.
Level: Young Beginner - Skips on the Staff.

By Jane Bastien. (Very Young Pianist Library). Bastien Piano. Method. Level: Book A,1. Music Book. Size 232. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.