Par STRAVINSKY IGOR. Stravinsky had been a member of the Russian Orthodox Church since 1926. It may therefore seem peculiar that he would choose to write a concerted Latin mass. However, the choice of the traditional Latin text of the Catholic Mass was a practical one: the Russian Orthodox Church prohibited the use of instruments in services, and Stravinsky did not want to write an unaccompanied v…

One-act play by Peter Kien-In September 1942 Viktor Ullmann was interned in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt where he composed the opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis [The Emperor of Atlantis] on a libretto of Peter Kien a fellow prisoner in 1943.This opera was rehearsed by a chamber ensemble founded with the permission of the SS but its first performance was prohibited after the final rehear…

Par SHAIMAN MARC / WITTMAN SCOTT. Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, Some Like It Hot is the glorious, big, high-kicking (Associated Press) story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime. This smash h…

Par FRANCO STEFANO. 5 pièces pour piano boogie woogie and Rock ' n ' roll le terme Honky Tonk est né à la Nouvelle Orléans, à l'époque de la prohibition-ce terme indiqué usines de gin abusif et, plus tard, les locaux où ils ont bu enfumés qui gin et dansé au son du piano. Recevoir une autre prolongation de sens, piano de honky tonk est devenu le nom d'un style et une sonorité piano caractérisée pa…

Tejano – which means “Texan” in Spanish because this genre first gained notice there in the 1950s – is a wholly original American musical idiom that blends traditional polka-flavored rancheras and lilting reggae-paced cumbias with pop R&B and hip-hop. This collection contains P/V/G arrangements of 25 evergreens by A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings Selena and La Mafia: A…

Book I-The general plan of this method aims at a systematic rotation of playing fundamentals using new material in each case. Consequently eight or ten exercises are considered as a complete lesson including exercises for tone development articulation mechanism phrasing ensemble playing etc. I believe that this principle is sounder pedagogically than that of presenting many exercises of the…

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