Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. The opera – “a kind of Alice in Wonderland, but for adults”, says Crimp – lasts just over an hour and is cast in seven scenes. It is scored for five voices (S-S-MS-CT-Bar) and…

Par TRUILLARD R.. French composer, Robert Truillard published his Rêverie in 1986. The work remains popular for intermediate clarinettists. With a typical performance lasting around 2 minutes and 46 seconds, Rêverie is in Ternary Form, with the 'B' section marked 'Scherzando' and containing a short cadenza passage. The solo Clarinet part makes use of variety in articulation, tempo, dynamics and ph…

As one of Hollywood's most memorable films, and perhaps the greatest screen adaptation of a novel ever, the 1939 Wizard Of Oz brought the words to music, entrenching the songs in popular culture and ensuring their timelessness. With this Easy Piano sheet music book, you can learn every song from the hit movie in simplified arrangements with selected fingering.There were other film adaptations of L…

An international star, Michael Jackson's music has dominated the charts for the past four decades.Jackson has been awarded 13 Grammys and 26 American Music Awards and is a breaker of multiple Guiness World Records. His 1982 album 'Thriller' remains the best-selling album of all time.The Easy Piano: Michael Jackson songbook features 17 hits from the 'King of Pop', including Bad, Beat It, Billie Jea…

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…

How practical! Towering masterpieces of choral music history are now appearing in handy and affordable scores to complement the substantial linen-bound complete edition volumes.The tried-and-tested musical text remains the same, whilst the Forewords have been revised and supplemented by an English translation. - The tried-and-tested content of the complete edition volumes now in affordable soft-co…

Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès and Philip Hensher's dazzlingly precocious chamber opera Powder Her Face propelled its composer to international attention after its premiere in 1995 and, with nearly 300 worldwide performances, remains one of the most frequently performed British operas of the last two decades. Charting the glamorous rise and seedy fall of the notorious socialite beauty Margaret, Duch…

Par SCHWAEN KURT. Katze, Schnee und Dudelsack, Zwölf Klavierstücke für Kinder (KSV 196) by Kurt Schwaen is a 10-minute work for solo piano. The twelve piano pieces were written between 15 November 1959 and 2 January 1960. Kurt Schwaen was an extremely productive composer whose style could be classified between Bartók, Stravinsky and Hindemith. Katze, Schnee und Dudelsack (\'Cat, Snow and Bagpipe\'…

Harmonica For Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play Harmonica faster than ever before. Popular songs will keep kids motivated, while the simple, easy-to-read page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method can be used in combination with a Harmonica teacher or parent. The price of the book includes access to audio play-along and demonstra…

Par CURNOW JAMES. What an excellent way to lift your beginning band up to a higher level of musicianship! This outstanding new work for the beginning band is perfect for that first festival experience or for any concert venue. With accents, staccato, and lots of dynamic and stylistic contrasts there is much to teach in this piece, and yet it remains accessible to the last exciting note. Be sure to…