The second String Quartet by Joan Tower is a short but complex work addressing thoughts of death and loss written in memory of an old friend. The piece was commissioned by and is dedicated to the Tokyo String Quartet who firstperformed the piece in February 2002 at the 92nd Street Y New York City.Further inspired by the events in New York on September 11th 2001 the writing contains high sust…

Sadie Harrison's Three Dances For Diana Nemorensis for solo Viola.Composed and published 2013.Duration: 6 minutes. Three Dances is based on the Greco-Romano tripartite representation of Diana-Selene-Hecate known as Diana Nemorensis. I: Diana'She carries a quiver on her shoulder and overtops all the other goddesses as she walks'Virgil Aeneid 1. 494 ff. II: Hecate'Hecate whose name is howled by n…

The musical appeal of the Blues, as they began to be heard in the early twentieth century, was so infectious that musicians with open minds and ears were drawn to it as soon as they heard it. And that appeal crossed the racial and ethnic divides that characterized American society. So it was, that even before African American guitarists were recorded playing fingerstyle blues guitar, their white n…

These settings were written to a commission from the Southern Cathedrals Festival and first performed in Salisbury Cathedral on 24 July 1976 by choirs of Salisbury Winchester and Chichester Cathedrals with the Phillip Jones BrassEnsemble conducted by Richard Seal.Pied BeautyThe rhythmic elasticity and freedom of the poem matches the vividness of its images and the freshness of the poetic languag…

The Real Book you know and love has now been updated to include backing tracks for 240 songs on one convenient USB flash drive stick! The play-along CDs alone are worth $100 so this is an amazing package price! The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the …

The Worlds greatest fake book is the world’s first great legal anthology of over 200 jazz compositions – created by and for Jazz Players. Everything considered essential to recreating a tune has been included with the composers approval. / Instrumental Music / Recueil / Saxophone

Vocal score. Par LEDGER PHILIP. Ce livre présente 60 des meilleurs madrigaux pour SATB, choisi parmi les centaines de candidats possibles. Les grands compositeurs du genre sont représentés chacun par plusieurs madrigaux et les moindres chiffres par un ou plusieurs. / Date parution : 2013-07-20/ Recueil / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

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The Daily Ukulele contains a super collection of 366 well-known songs arranged for ukulele from the 1950s through today.All songs feature melody, lyrics and ukulele chord grids in uke-friendly keys. A special 'Ukulele 101? section, chord chart, and vintage ukulele-themed photos makes the experiences of learning new songs much more fun and exciting.This Songbook contains a piece of sheet music for …