If you're a jazz singer or instrumentalist and don't already have basic skills in jazz piano: now is the time! Piano skills are the gateway to understanding chords and progressions, checking lead sheets for accuracy, learning new tunes, arranging, writing your own tunes, becoming a better improviser and so on. This book outlines an easy step-by-step process that makes learning basic jazz piano eas…

After performing at many educational conferences like the TMEA and NYSSMA conferences, the creators of BARRAGE had many requests for printed, published versions of their music. Many young string players sent letters and e-mails asking that BARRAGE do something to help bring the 'cool element' to their school string program. In response, SWATH Publishing is pleased to be able to offer an exciting s…

This piece for Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon was premiered April 18th, 2012 in Istanbul by its commissioner, the Nis'tanbul Quartet, composed of Sibel Pensel, Aysegül Kirmanoglu, Patrick Peignier and Arthur Menrath. Armando Ghidoni's Swinging Counterpoint keeps all of its title's promises: flowing with the same naturalness, the same fluidity as Bach's, the counterpoint masterfully blends the …

Il y a très peu de gens qui ne sont pas familiers avec le Boléro de Maurice Ravel - c'est un fait saillant classique, un gem orchestrale d'unparalelled. Créé comme musique de ballet pour le danseur Ida Rubinstein en 1928, il est vite devenu populaire partout dans le monde, même si le compositeur français ne puisse pas comprendre son succès: ' J'ai écrit mais un chef-d'oeuvre : le Boléro. Malheureu…

Le mystère entretenu sur la vie de Nicolas Obouhow a renforcé le mythe autour du personnage et autour de cette manière de Grand Oeuvre qu'il n'a cessé de projeter : son Livre de Vie. Il appartient à l'un des courants qualifiés de `futuristes` au XXe siècle, mais sa singularité exceptionnelle le relie aux figures brûlantes de l'histoire de la musique. Ayant conçu, depuis le début du XXe siècle, un …

Arrangeur: Teil Buck. This volume consists of six rags composed by Scott Joplin, arranged for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (trio d'anches) by Teil Buck. The Maple Leaf Rag was first published in 1899 and as a result of its popularity, Joplin was from then on referred to as the 'King of Ragtime.' The Palm Leaf Rag was composed in 1903 while Joplin lived in St. Louis, Missouri and was composed at the …

Par DUPRE / BIOJOUT. Ayant toujours vécu à  Londres, Henry Purcell (1659-1698) servit les monarques anglais à  la Chapelle Royale de Westminster comme copiste puis comme organiste et compositeur. Son nom est notamment rattaché à  celui de la Reine Mary II, dont il célébra en musique le couronnement mais aussi les tristes funérailles. Outre ses Odes, Antiennes, Songs, Catches et autres à??uvres int…

This second book of solos is a direct continuation of the first. It takes students to a point where they can begin to tackle the standard sonata and concerto repertoire. The book is designed to cover many of the technical problems encountered by the intermediate horn player and later pieces introduce important techniques such as hand-stopping and the bass clef. As with book one, many pieces are o…