Par MAHLER GUSTAV. The Song of the Earth , composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler’s best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the very end, Mahler continued to refine the extremely differentiated instrumentation, as is evident in numerous retouchings in the autograph score and engraver’s model. It is therefore …

Par TANGUAY JAMES. Here's a book you'll be pulling off the shelf for many Christmases to come. A Celtic Recorder Christmas is a treasury of 24 Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English holiday carols suitable for both soprano and tenor instruments. Simple duets for two recorders, a round for three, and arrangements for solo recorder with guitar chords are all printed on a large, easy to read staff and la…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. This piece was inspired by the composer watching his young son, Benny, playing ‘soldiers’ with his collection of teddy bears - how appropriate!But it made him think of the many character pieces which take the form of a ‘toy march’, the most notable examples being by Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Leon Jessel. Parade of the Clockwork Soldiers is in the form of a ‘patrol’ (starting and en…

Based on popular songs and with easy-to-follow text and diagrams, this excellent course assumes no prior knowledge of keyboards or music yet right from the beginning, you will be playing arrangements which include a complete rhythm section with full sounding chords, bass and drums. Book 2 includes 'Love Me Tender', 'Sailing', 'Take Me Home Country Roads', 'For Once In My Life' plus instrumental ef…

Cesar Franck's Sonata for Piano and Violin is one of the most treasured works in the violin repertoire, a masterpiece of cyclic form with a gracefulness and expressive force almost paradigmatic for the age of musical Romanticism. This work was composed in 1886 and was dedicated to the Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe.Franck's correspondence proves that he was directly involved in the pr…

Contains A Wide Range Of Tunes Particularly Suitable For The Fiddle But Equally Suitable For Most Other Instruments. Includes 100 Jigs, Reels, Polkas, And Slides, Such As Cooley's, Wise Maid, Lucky Penny, Old Pigeon In The Gate, Wind That Shakes The Barley, Kiss Me Kate, No Name, Free And Easy, And Many More Favorites And Rarities. / Chant Et Guitare

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par REGER MAX. During his short lifetime Max Reger (1873-1916) was a prolific composer with many of his best known works being composed for organ. The ten chorale preludes in this selection are from his set of Thirty Short Chorale Preludes Op. 135a composed as short voluntaries for liturgical use rather than for recitals in these arrangements Philip Sparke has kept this in mind…

Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. Troika Rushing is one of many popular traditional folk songs that exist in Russia. Though not all Russian folk songs are in the minor key, man of them are, including this one. All of the wind instruments take their turn in playing the melody making it enjoyable for all to play. / Niveau : 1.5 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Flute Et Piano - Resonateur. Par ROTARU DOINA. Romanian composer, Doina Rotaru (b. 1951) is best known for her orchestral and chamber works. Rotaru studied at the Bucharest Conservatoire and has won many prizes for her compositions. Legende is no exception to her success. Currently, Rotaru is professor at the Music Academy in Bucharest and a prominent composer, with her works being performed all o…

Couperin, François
Concerts Royaux for one or two Treble Instruments, Bass Viol, Bassoon and Harpsichord
- First separate Urtext edition of the “Concerts royaux” for chamber ensemble, based on the pioneering new edition of Book III of the “Pièces de clavecin” (BA 10846)
- Preserves essential features of the original notation as well as Couperin’s original embellishment signs
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