Par HARRIS PAUL. Now more than ever, the ability to sight-read fluently is an essential part of the training of musicians of any instrument. This workbook is designed to help young musicians overcome the nerves that often cause sight-reading problems, by giving them thorough technical grounding as well as confidence boosting strategies. This book is designed especially for bassoon players working …

Brahms completed his Cello Sonata op. 99 during the productive summer of 1886. The first public performance took place in Vienna on 24 November of the same year. Robert Hausmann played the cello part and the composer himself was his partner at the piano. Even though the work was generally received positively, it took some years until it was fully appreciated and gained its irrevocable place in the…

This clear, comprehensive Corey Dozier Wall Chart includes four movable scale diagrams for each scale on the 5-string Bass. Learning and practicing these scales will allow you to play the correct notes when creating Bass lines and will provide you with a solid musical foundation. Ideal for display in your bedroom or practice room, this chart will help you to develop the muscle memory needed to shr…

Par CATTLEY SARAH. Written for baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Susie Allan to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the five Frances Cornford settings of A Square and Candle-Lighted Boat further enhance Sarah Cattley’s reputation as an exciting young composer acutely sensitive to the nuances of English poetry. In addition to familiar sources ranging from ‘a…

Ein Oratorium Nach Worten Des Alten Testaments. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Nur ein Jahr vor seinem Tod erzielte Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy mit seinem Oratorium 'Elias' einen Erfolg, der ihn bis heute zu einem der beliebtesten Oratorienkomponisten gemacht hat. Von packender Dramatik und gleichzeitig von einer Innigkeit des Gottvertrauens, wie sie zu Mendelssohns Lebzeiten durchaus nicht mehr…

Kim Perlak, Curator Developed by the Berklee Guitar Department Faculty. Par . Become a more musical guitar player! This book will help you learn and use chords, scales, and other building blocks of music from a guitarist's perspective. It applies concepts of music theory directly to your instrument, using the time-honored teaching approaches of the Berklee Guitar Department. These applications fac…

Here is the treasured song from The Wizard of Oz arranged for elementary level piano solo with a teacher duet and lyrics included. / Piano

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. An unabridged republication of this work, orginally published by C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger in 1906. The symphony dates from the composer's prolific period of 1903-4. The work incorporates 'portraits' of Alma in the first movement and of children playing in a diabolical Scherzo- some say, a musical prediction of the tragedy that was to strike the Mahler family within three years./ R…

Passionskantate. Par HOMILIUS GOTTFRIED AUGUST. He was without argument our greatest church composer, wrote the lexicographer E. L. Gerber a few years after Homilius's death in 1785. As a result of the destruction of the Kreuzkirche during the Seven Years War, the longtime Kreuzkantor, a pupil of Bach, performed his professional musical duties primarily at the Frauenkirche in Dresden. The Passions…

Partly based on the hymn tune Laudate Dominum. Par DE HAAN JACOB. This work is based on a well-known myth about the city of Zwolle in the Netherlands. In the waters surrounding Zwolle lived a dragon that regularly emerged. Time and time again he threatened to destroy the city with his fiery breath if he was not given a living sacrifice. The archangel, Michael, who manifested himself as a young kni…