Par BRUCH MAX. Thanks to the premiere performance by Joseph Joachim and to the release of the printed edition in 1868, Max Bruch's Violin Concerto #1 zipped onto the road to success and has never left it since. Yet from the preface of the 'BreitkopfUrtext' edition,one can infer how things looked like behind the dazzling facade. After the world premiere, the composer struggled for the definitive fo…

Par LUFFARELLI PAOLA. Raccolta di facili composizioni per 2 chitarreSeconda edizione, riveduta e ampliata con CD. 32 semplici brani, originali e trascritti, il cui scopo è quello di fornire a giovani musicisti, allo stesso livello di studio, la possibilità di suonare insieme.Il volume è corredato da diteggiature accurate per entrambe le mani./ Recueil / 2 Guitares

On the opera stage, the tenor is often the most eminent protagonist. Whether as ardent lover or tragic hero, he is in the limelight to show lyrical sensitivity, sonorous euphony and smoothness, a maximum of nuances. The vocal range creates high expectations and provides an extraordinary aura.The three volumes for tenor represent the grand finale of the most comprehensive collection of repertoire f…

De sa carrière, on sait qu'elle a commencé en 1981 et qu'après plus de 10 millions d'albums vendus Jean-Jacques Goldman s'est imposé comme l'un des rares artistes emblématiques de la chanson française. De ses compositions évoquant tour à tour l'amour, la solitude, la fuite du temps, mais aussi la fraternité et la tolérance, on sait qu'elles ne cessent de susciter un engouement peu banal. On sait o…

Par BOGUNIA ADAM. As a tuba teacher in primary and secondary schools of music and a lecturer on the Instrumental Department of Cracow Academy of Music for many years, I have encountered considerable difficulty in acquiring sheet music for this instrument. Hence I have prepared my own exercises, studies and arrangements suitable for teaching the tuba to pupils and students. Some of that material is…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Four Noble Truths are the most basic expression of the teaching of Buddha and therefore still form the guidelines for Buddhists to this day. The four truths are Dukkha, which describes times of major stress in our lives - birth, aging, desire and death; Samudaya which describes those parts of our life that induce stress, feeling, craving, desire; Nirodha which tells us how t…

Kleine Credomesse. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Im Sommer 1774 schrieb Mozart in unmittelbarer zeitlicher Nachbarschaft zwei Messen, die Missa brevis in F KV 192 und die Missa brevis in D KV 194. Beiden Kompositionen eigen ist eine jeweils mehr oder weniger stark ausgeprägte Neigung zur kontrapunktischen Schreibweise. Dabei versucht Mozart die althergebrachten polyphonen Techniken mit einer modern…

The movie musical that starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen that featured the songs of Irving Berlin. A successful song-and-dance pair become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont Inn of their former commanding general.

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the Viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistfu…

Fantasy Suite. Par HOSAY JAMES L.. This challenging and uniquely rewarding composition will be of special interest to the director who seeks “something different”. The pre-Columbian Mayan civilization is in many ways a great mystery to modern scholars. Their amazingly advanced mastery of mathematics, geometry and astronomy was remarkable indeed. But one of the most interesting aspects of ancient M…