Par ADLER-MCKEAN JACK. This book on the tuba is a companion for composers and players alike, deepening their understanding of this somewhat neglected family of instruments. It gives tuba players an opportunity to master and employ new performance techniques on their instrument, particularly in contemporary music. Jack Adler-McKean offers helpful instruction in various tuning mechanisms, resonance…

This diverse collection of 42 etudes for the advancing trombone student contains the most essential studies providing challenges and repertoire to develop tone, technical facility, range, flexibility, and musical concepts. Selected, edited, and arranged by Tom Brantley, the book includes core etudes from Arban, Fink, Shuebruk, and Rochut, among others. Everything the developing trombone player nee…

This collection of sheet music by the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius features 24 of his most enjoyable and influential pieces, all newly-arranged especially for this volume. The tonal innovations and idiosyncratic compositional style of this hugely prolific composer truly does illustrate the genuine Joy Of Sibelius.The pieces by Sibelius included in this collection exhibit the influences tha…

Music played an enormous role in the works of William Shakespeare, while his own sonnets, poems and soliloquies have provided continuing inspiration for many composers through the years. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, inspired by the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in 2016, is an exciting anthology of choral works that are settings of Shakespeare's words. For choirs of all types …

Par COLERIDGE-TAYLOR SAMUEL. The period of composition (ca. 1893) for the Suite de Pièces for violin and piano or violin and organ was especially productive for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) in the realm of chamber music. Unpublished works include a piano quintet, clarinet sonata, nonet, piano trio, and a piano sonata. It is notable that the different versions of the Suite for piano and orga…

Par MACKWORTH-YOUNG LUCINDA. This book teaches people how to play the piano by ear. Suitable for beginners through to experienced pianists, you will learn to: - Pick out tunes and harmonise them - Improvise with an array of keys and chord patterns - Accompany songs in a range of styles - Understand how music works from the inside out - Work through timeless favourites, folk, film, Christmas and co…

The text of Susanni is a translation of Martin Luther's hymn of 1535, Vom Himmel hoch . The music is based loosely upon the well-known chorale melody, which, at times, is quoted in full in both voices and organ. Except where indicated, singers should adopt a legato style, especially in the repeated quaver patterns. In the bars which appear to be in compound time, conductors should beat in crotchet…

Par STANLEY YATES. En Mode is a set of twenty-two easy character pieces for guitar with a light contemporary flavor, 'in the style of...,' that provide early students with a wider range of musical genres than is usually possible with traditional 'accessible' repertoire. Some of the pieces are grouped into suites appropriate for performance. The pieces are presented in progressive order of difficul…

Here is an outstanding collection of graded solos for players of all standards. These pieces are complete in themselves and require no piano accompaniment. One hundred popular pieces, arranged by Robin De Smet, span a wide range of popular and famous light classical music. Featured pieces include As Long As He Needs Me and Yellow Submarine . / Trompette

lyric. The OperAria repertoire collection for all voice genres that was successfully launched last year has produced lyrical soprano progeny: From Adele to Zerbinetta, from Pamina to Mimi and Ellen Orford - the first two (of altogether four) soprano volumes contain a representative sampling of important arias from the multifaceted lyrical repertoire. Classical audition arias can be found there, ju…