Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. In 1908 Vaughan Williams composed the Nocturnes for baritone and orchestra - each a setting of his favourite poet Walt Whitman - though these works were believed to be unfinished. The manuscript of an earlier Nocturne, a fully orchestrated setting of Whispers of Heavenly Death, came to light in 2000. Now, Faber Music is proud to announce the publication of the Three Noc…

Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. A powerful new work for beginning band! The words “exciting” and “accessible” don’t always go together in the band literature field, but Timothy Johnson’s new composition honoring Zebulon Pike’s historic exploration brings these words together with masterful style. Your young band students will love playing this forceful and mysterious music. Don’t forget the cross-curricular …

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for String Quartet. Par DE ABREU ZEQUINHA. The Brazilian classic was popular in the United States during the 1940s with artists such as Ethel Smith, the Andrews Sisters, and Carmen Miranda. More recently, it was performed at the closing ceremonies of the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. James Kazik's masterful arrangement for string quartet captures all the fun and energy of the original in a format that …

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Prelude and Fugue in C major from The Well-tempered Clavier includes the printed score, a written masterclass from international concert pianist Daniel Grimwood, in which he considers how to approach the playing of baroque harpsichord music on the piano, a biography of the composer and a short history of the music – all illustrated in full colour. more than the score… i…

Par FIELD JOHN. Nocturne No. 5 includes the printed score, a written masterclass from international concert pianist Daniel Grimwood, in which he considers how to approach this classic from the Irish composer who invented the nocturne, a biography of the composer and a short history of the music – all illustrated in full colour. more than the score… is a series of classic piano music, covering muc…

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Reverie from Scenes from Childhood includes the printed score, a written masterclass from international concert pianist Daniel Grimwood, in which he considers how to interpret the Romantic language of Schumann’s piano music, a biography of the composer and a short history of the music – all illustrated in full colour. more than the score… is a series of classic piano music, c…

Par SATIE ERIK. Gnossienne No. 3 includes the printed score, a written masterclass from international concert pianist and teacher Joanna MacGregor, in which she guides us through the idiosyncratic sound-world of Satie, a biography of the composer and a short history of the music – all illustrated in full colour. more than the score… is a series of classic piano music, covering much of the essenti…