Bienvenue dans le délirant zodiaque de l'opéra, où les barytons ascendant martin ne s'entendent pas toujours avec les ténors ascendant U.S.A ou les sopranos ascendant colorature. Vous y découvrirez les basses manoeuvres des agents, les auditions truquées, les vices cachés des professeurs ou des librettistes, tout en apprenant à lire un contrat entre les lignes, au gré d'un dictionnaire fantaisiste…

Par APOSTOLIDIS KATHARINA. A coloring and activity book to help children learn the names of treble clef notes with fun and lively pictures. Included are small learning steps and various creative works, puzzles and games. The book begins with the notes of the C major scale. It is possible to start at any other page also with sharps and flats. Every note is connected to an animal or a symbol which s…

Par SCARLATTI / GILBERT. The third volume of this series of 12 Sonatas, this book contains the Sonatas K. 104 to K. 155. Composed by Domenico Scarlatti, this edition by the harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert regroups the 555 sonatas arranged for Piano. Based on the two sets of books discovered in Venice and in Parma, this edition still contains some of the annotations initially suggested by Kirkpatric…

Par COURT DOUGLAS. Conductors of beginning bands are always looking for fresh material that will be fun for the band while the students continue sharpening their playing skills. You and your students will certainly have a great time with this new Grade 1 piece by Douglas Court. Cast in a relaxed “island” style, it’s a great way to help young musicians understand the need for smooth tonguing and pl…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Tchaikovsky is best known for his purely instrumental compositions. However, we must not underestimate him as a composer of operas. Many of his operas such as ¬Pique Dame and Eugene Onegin are still performed regularly throughout the world. Eugene Onegin (also called Jevgeny Onegin), composed in 1877-1878, was not called an opera by Tchaikovsky himself, but “lyric sce…

  Prélude #1Ecrite à 6/8 et dédiée à Stephen Tharp, cette pièce est une douce et mélancolique cantilène, Prélude #2Ce Prélude, d'écriture contrapuntique (ABA), nous fait entendre une mélodie confiée au Cromorne et accompagnée par des fonds doux, / Orgue

The Books of 1726-7 and 1741. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. This is the first complete edition of the keyboard works of Jean-Philippe Rameau to incorporate all the printed collections of harpsichord music published under his supervision as well as his clavier arrangement of Les Indes Galantes. It also includes many new insights into performance practice (e. g. the handling of repeat signs in the origi…

Par FISHER KATHERINE. The Advancing Pianist: Technique Book 1 contains technical exercises in major and minor keys up to two sharps and two flats. The technical patterns presented are: Two and Three Octave Scales; Blocked and Broken Chord Inversions; Blocked and Arpeggiated; Chord Progressions; Two Octave Arpeggios; Hanon Exercises and Variations; Harmonic 6ths; Trills; Double 3rds; Octave Scales;…

8 Easy To Intermediate Play-Alongs Of Well-Known Pieces From Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall And Brittany. Par DIVERS AUTEURS (ARR.MARTIN TOURISH). Martin Tourish is an accordionist, composer and musicologist from Co. Donegal, now based in Dublin. Celtic music is in his blood, for his ancestors were noted collectors of dance music manuscripts dating back to the 19th century. With many recording…