Osakan. Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Apollo est une marche de concert qui s'inscrit dans la tradition des grandes marches. Les thémes sont amples et superbement colorés, le trio est particuliérement expressif. Apollo s'ouvre en mode mineur, mais leclimat musical se coule rapidement dans une facture majeure évoquant la joie et l'allégresse de cette marche captivante. / Niveau : 3 / Marche de concert /…

Par STEWART CRANFORD PAUL. This book celebrates the vibrant musical culture of Cape Breton Island. It gives a refreshing glimpse into a rooted, community-based, living tradition. Fiddle tunes from more than seventy-five contemporary composers are presented together with Scottish and Cape Breton music from earlier centuries. Compiled as a part of Cranford Publications Cape Breton Musical Heritage S…

This anonymous sextet arrangement of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto was highly popular in Vienna during the composer's lifetime.We know this from at least two sets of handwritten parts which were then in circulation.No piano part has been handed down- indeed, the original sets of parts probably omitted the piano.The soloist presumably studied his part from the first edition of the solo part, pu…

Rockschool Piano is the essential syllabus for any aspiring contemporary pianists. Building on Rockschool's long standing tradition of industry relevant, musically rigorous syllabi, the Grade 4 book has been designed to provide both teacher and student with a diverse range of repertoire, a truly innovative range of supporting tests and a vast array of backing tracks and audio examples.The six piec…

Par DUNCAN CRAIG. Celtic Gems contains 103 of the most played and loved melodies from the Celtic tradition including 40 reels, 40 jigs, 10 slip jigs, 3 strathspeys, 2 Irish hornpipes and 8 airs and waltzes. Tunes of similar style are grouped with melodies that work well in sets, or medleys. Stylistic bowing and ornament ideas as well as suggested chord changes are included to give options in inter…

Arr. Sijtse Wagenmakers. Par EVERS HARM. En l'honneur de Harm Evers, nous vous recommandons High Spirits, une marche pétillante qui s'inscrit dans la tradition des grandes marches. High Spirits apportera une touche de vivacité à tout programme de concert - pour le plus grand plaisir du public. / Niveau : 3 / Musique pour célébration / Répertoire / Orchestre d'Accordéons

'La Mer?, which is an impressionistic work through and through, was composed between 1903-1905. Debussy however refined this work up until at least 1913. These corrections are found in a score which Debussy gave to his wife as a present for her private library in 1913.The new scholarly-critical edition draws on several important sources previously unavailable to musicologists, resulting in an arra…

Le recueil All Time Klezmers s'inspire des danses et des chants juifs joués par les klezmorim : de la beauté lyrique de la Hora à l'exubérance du Freilach. On y percoit également l'influence de la musique traditionnelle israélienne dans l'esprit de Giora Feidman. Certaines pièces possèdent une deuxième voix optionnelle qui peut être utilisée pour jouer en duo ou pour varier le contexte thématique …

Par NORRIS JEREMY. After the Jazz Suite for Flute and Piano (ED 20922), this Jazz Suite ventures still further into the realms of jazz idiom and many passages – such as the Cadenza in Daydream and the final Allegretto section of the Variations – even resemble Bebop improvisations. The underlying formal structures, in particular ternary form and variations, are nevertheless firmly rooted in the cla…

Par SCHAARS PETER KLEINE. Dancescriptions combines many styles derived from pop music with techniques from classical composition. The styles are not the focal point; the true musical definition comes from the interpretation of the transition passages. After the statement of a rhythmic and melodic cell the music is developed from the thematic material in the appropriate style - soul music, disco, m…