Par HILLBORG ANDERS. The music of Anders Hillborg’s virtuosic Tampere Raw for clarinet and piano alternates between two vividly different characters: one slowly flowing texture, composed completely intuitively, and one fast, fiercely rhythmical and pulsative texture, where the tone material for the most part is generated from permutations of prime-number series.  A thrilling addition to the reper…

Par ROTH. Daniel Roth 's Triptyque (hommage à Pierre Cochereau) for Organ. Daniel Roth was born in 1942 in Mulhouse, in France. He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire where he won first prizes in harmony, counterpoint, fugue, accompaniment, Organ and improvisation, going on to win prizes in international competitions, including the SACEM prize for Organ composition, and the first Grand Prix d…

20 Easy to Intermediate Pieces from four Centuries. Par NEUMANN EVA-MARIA (Arr.). Making music in a quartet uniquely nurtures young string players’ musical development, ensemble playing, listening to each other, and intonation. So, what could be more obvious than introducing the scoring of this genre, often referred to as chamber music’s supreme discipline, as early as possible. Indeed, composers…

The quartet in a minor is one of the chamber music works with which Schubert wanted to 'pave the way to the great symphony? in spring 1824. At the same time he was paving his way to a wider audience, as the 'Rosamunde? Quartet was the first and only string quartet that was not only publicly performed in Schubert's lifetime but also published in parts. It is fortunate for us that this was the case …

Par LAURIDSEN MORTEN. Four poems sharing a common motif of 'Night' provide the texts for my choral cycle Nocturnes, the American Choral Directors Association's commissioned work for its 2005 national convention. For Rilke's atmospheric 'Sa nuit d'ete,” several melodic themes are supported by dense, colorful harmonies in both the choral and piano parts, leading to a climactic section where all are …

John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course. 15 easy piano arrangements of popular showtunes to sing and play! All arrangements are only two pages long and include lyrics. *For students in the Easiest Course, this collection is best used after Part 2 or 3./ Recueil / Piano