Raymond Briggs' 'The Snowman' is a charming Christmas story about the adventures of a boy and his snowman who comes to life. A modern children's classic, the tale's popularity has been further enhanced by frequent television broadcasts of the award-winning illustrated film. Here the classic 'Walking In The Air', made popular by Aled Jones, is arranged for Voice and Piano in a French language versi…

Par TAYLOR LORNA. Cello part with pull-out piano accompaniment and alternative free backing tracks downloadable from www.cliftonedition.com/C322 Easy to follow, structured material to teach pupils whatever their age, 4th position and the process of shifting between 1st and 4th positions. These cello tunes have fairly easy but effective piano accompaniments. See also 'Taylor Made’ and ‘Tenor Clef’.…

A walking bass line, built on the blues scale, hints at jazz in the introduction of this fantastically fun arrangement of the traditional spiritual. Each of three verses develops further as the piece grows to its exciting final chords. An acoustic or electric bass part is included in the publication. / Choeur SAB

Par RIMEY-MEILLE JEAN-LUC. Concerto pour orchestre à cordes et percussion. Materiel en location. Le point de départ de cette pièce est de mêler différentes esthétiques musicales qui me sont chères comme le jazz, certaines musiques de compositeurs du XX eme siècle, ou encore certaines musiques de rock and de jazz (B.Bartok, S Reich, F.Zappa, P.Metheny, J.Cage, King Crimson ...), je souhaitais lui d…

Par JANACEK LEOS. With his third opera Jenufa Leoš Janácek succeeded in making his breakthrough as an operatic composer. Since the premiere of this moving story about the fate of the sexton and her stepdaughter Jenufa at the Brno National Theatre in 1904, it has become one of the composer's most frequently performed works. Janácek was the first to succeed in transforming everyday speech directly i…

Par MANTOVANI BRUNO. Contrary to what one might think, it is particularly difficult to write a solo or concertante work for an instrument that a person is very familiar with. Whenever I encounter this situation, I always feel a certain reserve or prudence, or even apprehension about leaning toward facility, in terms of gestures. Lack of objectivity can result in the imagination being more instrume…

Par SAL SALVADOR. This is an excellent technique study text. It is divided into two sections. The first, 'The Art of Single String Soloing,' presents concepts and ideas for improvisation. Chord relationships are explored in each key, phrasing and progressions are discussed and a wealth of single string studies are given. Part two, 'Jazz Single String Studies,' presents a thorough grounding in jazz…

In Search Of... Pharrell Williams is the fascinating account of one of the most revered singers and songwriters in the music business today. Working tirelessly to write and produce some of the biggest hits in the last 20 years before coming to the forefront as a singer and songwriter in the early 21st century, this is the story of a modern day musical genius.2013-14 was dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as …

Par HADERMANN JAN. Twins is a composition about two children, born at the same moment, growing up together yet with totally different characters. One twin is sensitive and introverted whilst the other is much more lively and energetic. This is reflected in the musical motifs of the piece. The quiet first melody which gains tension through continuous transposition is succeeded by the joyous rocking…