Par ACKROYD POPPY. Sketches is a collection of acoustic solo piano arrangements of ten pieces selected from Poppy Ackroyd's first three studio albums. These are Poppy's own transcriptions of pieces she has played live at concerts for years and which have evolved over time. At the time of recording Sketches, the compositions were not yet notated. When transcribing them, Poppy made the decision to m…

Par CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO MARIO. Born into a family that had lived in Florence since the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) entertained only a distant relationship with the music he heard at synagogue. It was only when he discovered Schelemo, a rhapsody for cello and orchestra written in 1916 by Ernest Bloch, that he began to understand what ' Jewish mus…

a cura di Federico Maria Sardelli. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Among Vivaldi’s many flute and recorder concertos, two, both for transverse flute, were known until a few years ago only in incomplete form: RV 431 and 432. Both are written in the comfortable and expressive key of E minor, are transmitted inautograph manuscripts and lack their second movement (RV 432 also lacks its third movement). The seemi…

The idea behind this book is to provide the progressive guitarist with a comprehensive overview of chordal structures on the guitar fingerboard. Starting with triads, then working through 7th and 9th chords and further extensions, chord substitution relationships and practical examples over standard chord progression, the book presents a chordal concept based on logic rather than just memorized sh…

Abracadabra Recorder livre 7, premiers morceaux pour flûte à bec soprano, est idéal pour les enfants qui sont prêts à passer de bec soprano aux aigus. Il commence avec des morceaux de trois notes et se déplace progressivement à travers un répertoire plus difficile de morceaux de neuf notes, tels que Swing Low, Sweet Chariot et I Saw Three Ships. / Flûte A Bec

Par BURTON KEN. British composer Ken Burton uses the writing of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), the black American son of emancipated slaves, in his 3-minute work A Prayer. The text of the three verses is bitter-sweet, filled with hope and sadness, and the music combines with this to make a rhythmically simple reflective evening hymn. Burton draws on Spiritual, Gospel and Blues to write a piece …

The full collection compiled to celebrate the first 1000 UK #1 singles, in a special presentation slipcase. These two huge anthologies are packed with your very favourite hits from across the decades, from Elvis to the Spice Girls. Over 100 number ones from years passed are featured in this unmissable selection, all presented in Piano, Voice and Guitar arrangements. Slipcase contains 1x AM91903 an…

The guitar lessons of Julio Sagreras are among the most universally used collections of guitar music and represent a milestone in didactic guitar literature. This book, which includes the first three volumes of the original six-volume series, is an ideal introduction to classical guitar playing as well as to Latin American guitar music. Text written in English and Spanish with French and German tr…