Par LEIVISKA HELVI. Finnish composer Helvi Leiviskä (1902-1982) created a broad-based output of orchestral works, solo songs and chamber music. Her style could be described as moderate modernism, deriving influences from multiple sources such as late Romanticism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Existentialism and Neo-Classicism. Leiviskä's output is characterised by philosophical and religious themes, i…

Take the lead and enjoy playing along to your favourite TV tracks. The book contains carefully selected and edited top line arrangements and chord symbols. The CD contains full backing tracks professionally arranged and recorded, and full demonstration tracks to help you learn the pieces. Take The Lead is an integrated series. In each edition all the songs are in the same concert pitch key, so the…

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the audio to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio is available online for download or streaming, and it i…

The musicals of the West End are among some of the most captivating in the world. This volume contains thirty hit songs from the most successful of London's stage musicals. Arranged from the original cast recordings for Piano, Voice and Guitar, complete with lyrics and chord symbols. This series has been bound so that the pages lie flat when you are playing making it easier to read. / Piano/Vocal/…

Par KAPUSTIN NIKOLAI. Nikolai Kapustin is considered a pioneer of the Soviet jazz scene. His music combines typical idioms of jazz with classical forms. The Trio op. 86 for flute, violoncello and piano from 1998 is one of the most popular chamber music works by Kapustin. He recorded it himself together with Alexander Zagorinsky and Alexander Korneev. / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Flûte Travers…

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer u…

This unique book and CD will give you the tools you need to transform the music that you read into the way it should sound when played. Written music offers the notes, but it may not completely tell you how to perform them. Playing the blues in an authentic manner requires specific techniques that are difficult to notate. However, it can be achieved by combining note reading along with listening t…

Argentinian Tango and Folk Tunes for Piano presents a collection of beautiful pieces arranged for solo piano drawn from the rich tradition of Argentinean music. Highly regarded performer, author and teacher Julian Rowlands provides notes on all of the pieces, explaining their background and history. The volume is accompanied by a CD with a recording of all tunes. German and French translations of …

The finest Christmas carols in special easy, jazzy arrangements - making these pieces sound fresh and interesting again. With improvisations written out in full and chord symbols for individual improvisation. All the music for piano accompaniment is included on the CD as PDF files that can be printed out with professional quality. Playbacks on the CD recorded by a live band guarantee just the righ…

This short piece (which also exists in versions for violin or bassoon and piano) was created for the 'Blues' project of the Dutch pianist Marcel Worms. The title maybe alludes to the fact that such a busy artist has to spend a lot of time on the road between performances. However, the composition is, by no means, melancholy. It rather is a lively piece playing with thirds mainly in a high register…