Arrangeur: Hartmut Schick. Par DVORAK ANTONIN. When Antonín Dvorák started composing his String Quartet No. 10 in late 1878, none of his quartets had yet been performed. However this new work, deliberately cast in the 'Slavonic” style, quickly achieved international renown and has remained among one of the most popular string quartets by Dvorák. The authoritative Dvorák scholar Hartmut Schick has…

You'll find 70 pieces in this collection all for manuals only. They are short (none more than two pages) and easily played.

Composed at about the same time as the 'Grande Sonate pathétique? op. 13 (BA 10851), the two op. 14 sonatas are among the easiest Beethoven ever wrote and an indispensable part of piano lessons. Their lyrical, almost chamber-like textures and moderate difficulty make them an ideal introduction to the rich legacy of Beethoven's sonatas. Jonathan Del Mar, a scholar second to none in his knowledge of…

After the 1841 premiere which was anything but promising Schumann did not deal with his Fourth Symphony and put the finishing touches to it until 10 years later. One of its most remarkable features is its structure the individual movements – none of which is really completed – shall follow each other without a break thus leading to a great one-movement structure.The work is pervaded…

C-Bass Instruments-This CD (including music booklet) has not especially been worked out for the use in musical education. It is on the contrary an audio CD which has been recorded for sale as a trio CD under my name. Mixing the recordings at the studio however gave us the idea to offer this CD Legal Paradizer also as a play along CD. For this reason I have never taken a pedagogic approach to t…

Iain Farrington's Bluesday for solo Organ. Composed in 2010. Dedicated to Robert Houssart. 'Judging by this bunch of new public­ations the year 2010 was a busy one for British composers of organ music though quite why it has taken six or seven years for almost all of this music to appear remains unexplained. And if one were asked to guess the most recent work in terms of 'modem language' it wou…

Adventures in the Ukulele World. Par BELOFF JIM. When Billboard Associate Publisher, Jim Beloff purchased his first ukulele at the Rose Bowl Flea Market in 1992, there were no ukulele songbook collections on the market-none-just a few vintage instructional books. As an already-accomplished guitarist, this frustrated Jim, who had fallen in love instantly with this little instrument. Sensing that th…

This joyful Stevie Wonder classic celebrates music and the universal joy it brings to all people. Not a jazz piece but paying tribute to jazz greats such as Duke Ellington this piece is skillfully arranged for less experiencedsingers; yet it loses none of the power delight and pure fun of the original.Available separately: 3-Part Mixed 2-Part and VoiceTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 3:15

A unique collection of exciting and varied music suitable for the early grades. None of the pieces in this book have been chosen purely for their educational value they have also been selected on their individual purely musical strengths. The book is more than a selection of performable pieces for each piece is roughly graded and varied in its demands so that any player who works through the …