Par BARNES JAMES. Risoluto is a music term of Italian derivation, first appearing in the mid 1700s. A great many musical terms such as this are in Italian, because many of the important composers from the Renaissance to the Baroque were from the geographic area known today as Italy and spoke some form of Italian. Consequently, performance markings in their published music, widely disseminated thro…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The idea behind this work was to create an opening piece, something to start a concert in an unusual way. The title is a portmanteau word derived from madrigal. The work indeed begins in Renaissance mood however gradually tries to shake of its modal start and, by contrasting different instrumental families, the work changes into modern clothes. Why not add a little Renaissance s…

Hob XXI:3. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Joseph Haydn's oratorio 'The Seasons' was composed directly after the first successful performances of 'The Creation'. 'The Seasons' has been greatly overshadowed by 'The Creation' for a long time and yet this work has far greater changes of style between popular Singspiel and great oratorio than 'The Creation'. 'The Seasons' continues to impress and remains part …

 Les 5 pièces pour piano à 4 mains ont été écrites comme un cadeau de naissance à mon fils, Sébastien en 1999, Elles ont pour soucis principal de faire participer les deux exécutants à parts égales, ce qui n'est souvent pas le cas dans des pièces écrites à 4 mains, où bien souvent une partie est conçue pour le professeur et l'autre pour l'élève,L'écriture se rapproche du style néo-classique avec d…

Par SMITH GAIL. Educateur piano chevronné Gail Smith offre cette méthode de piano début-niveau employant l ' Evangile, Noël et airs sacrés. Volume de ce commence par une introduction à l'éducation élémentaire note de lecture sur le piano. Un bref dictionnaire des termes musicaux et Encyclopédie de base corde de piano sont inclus. Arrangements et exercices soigneusement séquencés permettent à l ' é…

A Step-by-Step and Song-by-Song Guide for Absolute Beginners. Par . Learn how to play guitar with this effective guitar method successfully used by thousands of busy New Yorkers in their classes at New York City Guitar School. You'll learn the fundamentals of guitar with this motivating step-by-step comprehensive course for beginners which covers all the basics of guitar playing, and includes deta…

Kantate Zum Fest Mariae Reinigung. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Setting in E minor. A new edition of the version for solo soprano by Bach, which can hold a place alongside the version for bass solo. Bach originally composed the cantata for the Feast of Purification for a solo bass in the key of C minor [CV 31. 082/00]. Since its scoring for only one solo voice made it easily adaptable for performanc…

Hip Licks for Guitar is designed to helpguitarists develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on the horn. Think of Hip Licks for Guitar as a musical reference book, like a dictionary of great licks in all twelve keys, available when you need it. You can open the book to any page and just start playing. …

L'idée de cette méthode est née il y a plusieurs années, lors de nos nombreux échanges. Notre complémentarité et nos valeurs pédagogiques communes nous ont amenées à vouloir partager cette expérience. C'est aussi une façon de rendre hommage à nos professeurs respectifs, qui nous ont tant apporté. Ceci n'est pas une méthode' Il s'agit simplement de notre vision actuelle de l'enseignement, en const…

Elegy For Band. Par SPARKE PHILIP. The initial idea was for a millennium piece, which it is, but rather than add to the many celebratory pieces that have understandably been written to salute the 3rd millennium, Philip Sparke thought it would perhaps be appropriate to think about the aspects of life that are constantly with us (such as faith and philosophy) rather than the exciting changes that th…