In 1848, after finishing an album of little piano pieces for his daughter Marie, Schumann devised the plan of compiling a 'children's album?. Since then the resultant collection of 43 pieces has enjoyed unparalleled success. Schumann's 'Album for the Young? is now presented in an Urtext edition which meets the needs of performers. In addition to the famous 'Advice to Young Musicians?(in German, En…

The six pieces in this little suite were written between 1893 and 1896. They were inspired by Hélène Bardac, the daughter of a singer with whom he was friends. The girl was born in 1892 and called 'Dolly? on account of her small, delicate figure. The pieces, composed mainly for her birthday or the New Year, reflect the world as experienced by the growing child, from a lullaby to a temperamental da…

Recueil Piano. Par FAURE GABRIEL. Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) composed the Dolly Suite to mark the birthday and other events in the life of the daughter of the composer's mistress. Suitable for intermediate to advanced pianists, Dolly is an enjoyable piece for Piano. Faure began receiving high quality musical instruction from age 10 at the Niedermeyer School. He eventually became a Piano pupil of Ca…

America has, for hundreds of years, been a country built on tradition, the most powerful of which may be the hope that their children might have a better life. Father/daughter songwriting team Laurie and Larry Hochman have created a tribute to the American dream that connects the past, present and future, framed with the treasured America the Beautiful. Ideal for schools and community concerts for…

ABC
Across 110th Street
Adore
After The Love Has Gone
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Ain't No Sunshine
Ain't Nobody
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Ain't That A Bitch
Ain't That Peculiar
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Always And Forever
Always Be My Baby
Another Sad Love Song

Par LUCIUK JULIUSZ. The Three Miniature Pieces for violin and piano were written in 1984. The composer dedicated them to his daughter Agnieszka, who performed them during her diploma cincert at the end of her studies at Cracow Music Academy. This work forms cycle, to be performed as a whole, although each of the pieces can also function independently. As a cycle, it has an inner logic, based on an…

Arr. Herman Oldenstijl. Par TRADITIONAL. This lovely Scottish hymn, also known as The Lord’s My Shepherd, first appeared in 1929 in the Scottish songbook Northern Psalter, where it was incorrectly credited to David Grant, an Aberdeen businessman and amateur musician. It was, in fact, composed by Jessie Irvine the daughter of the parish minister at Crimond. This arrangement will be a musical jewel …

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par NESSLER VICTOR E.. Farewell Song has been taken from Der Trompetervon Säckingen by Victor E. Nessler (1841-1890). Thisopera tells the sentimental story of a plain musicianwho is eventually allowed to marry the daughter ofa baron. From the first performance in 1884, thisopera was well liked - not so much because of thestory but because of its musical features. Impressivet…

from Children's Corner. Par BIRTEL WOLFGANG. The famous Golliwogg’s Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Children’s Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908. The style corresponds to that of ragtime, a dance which was in vogue around the turn of the century. In the middle section, he parodies several times the beginning of the ope…

Par STEPHENSON JOSEPHINE. Josephine Stephenson est une compositrice, arrangeuse, chanteuse et instrumentiste franco-britannique. Une “combinaison envoûtante de dissonance et de douceur cantabile” (Bachtrack), sa musique est commandée par des institutions telles que la BBC, Radio France, le Wigmore Hall, l’Arcal Lyrique, Kings Place, Spitalfields Music et Nonclassical, et diffusée sur France Musiqu…