The Faber Graded Rock and Pop Series: Vocals Songbook - Grades 4-5 provides the perfect resource for the budding rock and pop musician. Specially arranged to follow the parameters for Grades 4 and 5 as set out by Trinity for the 'own choice song” option in their Rock and Pop exams, each song also includes handy hints and tips and a fantastic sound-alike backing track suitable for practice, perform…

26 Waltzes, Polkas and Quadrilles. Waltz King Johann Strauss was one of Vienna's great musical masters of the 19th century. This collection presents easy to intermediate solo piano transcriptions of his most famous music, including: Artist's Life ú The Beautiful Blue Danube ú Cagliostro Waltzes ú Carnival in Rome Polka ú Die Fledermaus Quadrille ú Emperor Waltz ú Kiss Waltz ú Pizzicato-Polka ú Ros…

A modern sequel to the music of the Romantic era. The first movement hints at the chromatic of 'Tristan?- cantilena lines convey a mournful scene. It is succeeded by a brilliant scherzo with the cryptic title 'Erste fremde Szene? (First Foreign/Unknown Scene - one is invited to solve this riddle), while the third movement, with its singing quality, is related to the first. The final movement, a 'Z…

Par BOULANGER LILI. The brevity of Lili Boulanger's life (1893-1918) does not obsecure its substantial achievements. With the cantata 'Faust et Helene' (1913) she became the first woman to win the Prix De Rome, and several large projects, including 'D'un Matin De Printemps' and its companion piece 'D'un Soir Triste', both in various scorings, followed during the last five years of her life. 'D'un …

A tuneful way to introduce students to the lyrical style and rollicking feel of traditional Scottish/Irish music. The 'Air' is the melody from Gilderoy and is set with a contemporary harmonic palette that concludes with an exciting climax before transitioning to the jig. 'The Jig of Slurs' is a traditional Irish dance with a melody and feel that is infectious! (2:30) 'Air and Jig? correlates to Bo…

Dominick DiOrio has chosen the vivid and striking poetry of Amy Lowell for this powerful work. Lowell's poetry explores the awakening of one's passions by the arrival of a before-absent lover. DiOrio paints this internal exultation with glissandi in the voices, richly-harmonized chords and high chromatic ululations of a solo soprano. This was the first prize winner of the Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble…

Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger’s string quartets, his string quintet and his nonet for winds and strings were often performed and were very successful works during his lifetime. Their density, but also the delicateness of the scherzo movements are in the tradition of Schumann and Mendelssohn and these traits are combined with Rheinberger’s sense for the clear, defined structure of the …