Archduke. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. By the time Beethoven completed the ?Archduke? Trio in 1811 he had been working on it for several years. In April 1814 he could finally give the work its première together with Ignaz Schuppanzigh and Joseph Linke, this being Beethoven?s last public appearance as a pianist. He dedicated the piece to his friend, pupil and patron, Archduke Rudolph of Austria. Today…

Robert Shelton a rencontré Bob Dylan quand la jeune chanteuse est arrivée à New York. Il est devenu un ami de Dylan, champion, et critique. Ce livre, publié en 1986, a été saluée comme la biographie définitive non autorisée de cette mauvaise humeur, le génie passionné et son monde. Dylan donnait accès Shelton à ses parents, Abe et Beatty Zimmerman - lesquels aucun autre journaliste n'a jamais inte…

Based upon Meadowlands. Par DEL BORGO ELLIOT. En 1934, le compositeur russe Lev Knipper (1898-1974) conclut sa Symphonie n° 4 par le chant Poljushko Polje (Plaine, ma plaine) sur un texte du poète Viktor Goussef. Depuis, cet air est devenu un des plus célèbres chants du patrimoine traditionnel russe. Elliot del Borgo s’en est également inspiré pour la composition de son tableau musical Scenes of R…

Par GASIENIEC MIROSLAW. The first version of the Sonata for violin and piano was written in the autumn of 2008, when I had the opportunity to work with the violinist Robert Bachara, who was pursuing his doctoral studies at Wroclaw Music Academy. A few years later, around the turn of 2016, I revised the musical material, made some changes and shortened the work. It was then that Dr Jacek Ropski, a …

A musical tour for young players. Par RAE JAMES. Although written for beginners (Grade 0-2), James Rae's 'City Snapshots”, for clarinet(s) and piano manages, even at this level, to capture the essence of music from around the world. Amongst the twelve pieces, we find a waltz in Viennese style that could have been written by Johann Strauss himself, a dreamy blues from Manhattan, a Cossack Dance f…

Christmas fiddlers can draw on a rich and varied repertoire. This collection spans seven centuries, from the boisterous medieval Song of the Ass to contemporary tunes like Sleigh ride, taking in such traditional carols as Away in a manger and O little town of Bethlehem along the way. There is music in The Christmas Fiddler from England, Wales, France, Germany and North America.Of course Christmas …

Par SIMPER CALEB. SATB and organ Caleb Simper (1857-1942) was for many years amongst the most performed of living composers by virtue of his anthems and services, which were 'sung throughout the civilised world'. To complement his ever popular voluntaries for the church year (still available from Stainer and Bell), five of his anthems are here reissued in a new edition by Simper's biographer, Chri…

The tunes in the New Orleans Jazz Styles series are written for piano students of intermediate level. Gillock believed that every student's musical education should include experiences in a variety of popular stylings, including jazz, as a recurring phase of their study. Students should be encouraged to deviate from the written notes with their own improvisations, for spontaneity is an essential i…