Par JANACEK LEOS. This Urtext edition of Janácek's works includes lesser-known piano pieces and miniatures from his late years. They complete our picture of Janácek the piano composer, best known for the cycles 'On an Overgrown Path” and 'In the Mists”. The late miniatures, entered in the album of Kamila Stösslová, reveal his compositional style at its most concise. The editor Ondrej Pivoda, the c…

This work brings me as much pleasure as if I were writinga major symphony... This washow Dvorak communicated to his publisher Simrock the joy he felt while workingonopus 75a (Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola), and he immediately set aboutreworkingit for violin and piano, giving it a new title, Romantic Pieces. The four shortmovementsfully evoke the atmosphere of home music-making for which it …

This is an artistic collection of over thirty Piano miniatures by gifted American-Armenian composer Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee. With variations on familiar melodies and nursery rhymes included among Rahbee’s original teaching pieces these miniatures serve to help expand the student’s grasp of sound and texture along with rhythmic and harmonic concepts. Use your imagination to create your very…

14 Miniatures for Descant Recorder Solo by Hans-Martin Linde Contents:   - Dance movement   - A king of song   - Playing with lines five beats in a bar   - Little fantasy   - To and fro   - Contemplative piece   - 'Greensleeves' heard in the distance   - A king of march   - Unfamiliar paths   - Light as a feather   - Playing quavers with no time signature   - In Baroque style   - Tarantella   - …

This is the second volume of Modern Piano miniatures by American-Armenian composer Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee and is intended for Intermediate to early Advanced pianists. The natural musicality present in this tremendous collection of studies demands the same kind of careful attention that we expect from the standard canon of repertoire. These teaching pieces follow in the modern tradition of pedag…

Selim Palmgren (1878-1951) was a Finnish composer pianist and conductor whose talents often led to him being compared to Chopin. He studied in Helsinki and Berlin before touring successfully as a concert pianistacross Scandinavia and the United States. He later held posts as a Professor of Composition on both sides of the Atlantic. He was one of the last members of the Romantic movement but s…

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Composer Showcase Intermediate Level-Mona Rejino has created a wonderful collection of six Piano solos in the style of the Keyboard works of the masters. It is designed to provide a link between early level method books and intermediate masterwork repertoire. The pieces in this collection will help students become familiar with the characteristics and sounds of wo…

These original contemporary compositions feature a wide variety of delightful images and moods and students of all ages will sure to enjoy this artistic collection of Late-Elementary/Early-Intermediate piano solos. All of the pieces are designed to be a pathway to the standard literature. Contents include: Peaceful Valley; Snowfall Over Mt. Fuji; The Gladiator; Air in the Baroque Style; Spanis…

Ce nouveau livre vient combler précédente vide causé par la sélection limitée de livres de l'étude pour travailler sur son et de la technique. Ce livre contient 17 fantastique ' études de performance ', par les compositeurs dont Martin Ellerby, Allen Vizzutti et Philip Sparke, qui se développent sonore et technique tout en fournissant un environnement riche pour l'étude du style. Le CD de démo acc…

Ces compositions abordent progressivement les principaux éléments du langage tango en les isolant et les répétant dans un premier temps pour ensuite les articuler en une syntaxe plus élaborée à mesure que la durée et la forme des compositions gagnent en ampleur. S'inspirant de la faune autochtone d'Argentine et de leur puissance évocatrice, elles sont pensées comme des duos pour piano et instrum…

Ces compositions abordent progressivement les principaux éléments du langage tango en les isolant et les répétant dans un premier temps pour ensuite les articuler en une syntaxe plus élaborée à mesure que la durée et la forme des compositions gagnent en ampleur. S'inspirant de la faune autochtone d'Argentine et de leur puissance évocatrice, elles sont pensées comme des duos pour piano et instrum…

Davies's feeling for the potency and bravura of the clarinet goes back to works of the 1960s; his concerto for the instrument is predictably a big ranging piece in two linked movements. The first fast with a brief slowintroduction has the soloist in propulsive melodic flights slipping over into florid runs but it is a virtuoso piece for the orchestra especially for the marimba and pair of ho…