The best in contemporary jazz from Europe. 430 pages of new, intriguing sounds from virtually every country in Europe. Available in C, Bb and Eb versions. Accurate, composer-approved charts plus sample bass lines, sample chord voicings, horn harmony lines, drum appendix, lyrics, and more! Over 100 of Europe's best jazz writers, including Claus Ogerman, Enrico Pieranunzi, Didier Lockwood, Amina Fig…

« Si les artistes rendent si rarement compte de leurs instants d'inspiration, la raison en est bien simple : c'est qu'à ces moments-là du processus créateur ils ne sont nullement présents par la conscience. Ils ne peuvent pas davantage s'épier psychologiquement au cours de la création elle-même qu'ils ne peuvent, par-dessus leur épaule, se regarder écrire. » Egon Schiele « Artists: Sometimes the b…

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The Notebook for Johann Christian Bach completes the collection of surviving instructional works from within the Bach family, following the highly praised Notebooks for Anna Magdalena and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Together, Bach?s Notebooks provide a fascinating glimpse into the domestic music academy of the Bach family home. They contain original compositions, exercises,…

This anthology contains 12 original works by composers of the Classical period, including pieces by Giordani, Haydn, JC Bach and Beethoven.The anthology covers a wide stylistic range of material and, as with the other volumes in the series, is ideal for any players interested in gaining an insight into the richness and variety of the Classical piano repertoire. The collection is accompanied by a C…

Par KLEYNJANS FRANCIS. C’est un beau voyage aux travers des tonalités que je vous propose avec ces deux pièces. La première Le chemin de croix expriment les 14 tableaux de la Passion du Christ par l’intermédiaire d’un simple arpège et de 14 tonalités différentes. Les 12 tonalités mineures qui débutent l’œuvre de façon parfaitement naturelle (ré, la, mi, si, fa#, do#, sol#, ré#, sib, fa, do, sol) …

Par GRAINGER PERCY ALDRIDGE. Between 1920 and 1940 Grainger published a loose series of piano transcriptions under the title of 'Free Settings of Favourite Melodies' in order to make a wide audience acquainted with the music of great composers. Five pieces that prove his feel of tone colours and his highly developed understanding of the piano and its possibilities, have been included in this volum…

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN /CIRONE ANTHONY J. Although many of the greatest composers from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods did not write for marimba, their works are still available and are perfectly suited for this instrument. Many of these works were written for violin and contain bowings and fingerings that assist in the stylistic interpretation for violin but do not apply to marimb…

Tonalité : G-Moll - Op.: 117, 2 -. Par REGER MAX. The facsimile edition of Max Reger’s Präludium and Fugue in G minor op. 117, 2 is meant for music lovers and violinists alike. Music enthusiasts also treasure the strongly expressive musical handwriting of Reger, with its colorful remarks, as an example of graphic individuality. The four-page facsimile, which is inserted loosely in the accompanying…

The twelve Capricci op. 25 by the cello virtuoso and composer Alfredo Piatti, who performed with the likes of Liszt and Mendelssohn Bartholdy, are a must for all advanced cello players. Sir Yehudi Menuhin compared them to the Cello Suites by J. S. Bach, referring to these two works as the 'Old and New Testament? of cello literature. Our Urtext edition of the Capricci (HN 746) - the first ever of i…

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Robert Schumann once described his lieder as a ”mirror image of his self”. This applies particularly to his compositions from Heinrich Heine's 'Buch der Lieder”. What began as a lyrical intermezzo, then developed into 'Dichterliebe”, a work with which Schumann identified the ardour of his love for Clara Wieck. This work still presents an enigma to performers- how Schumann in…