Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had…

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had…

Par GRIEG EDVARD. Of Grieg ’s three Violin sonatas, the great C-minor Sonata op. 45 is the best known today. And unjustly so, because the two early sonatas are captivating in their joy to play and their fresh, youthful tone. And what is more, they can also be played by advanced students due to their somewhat lesser technical demands. Written in 1867, the G-major Violin Sonata op. 13, palpably draw…

Par . « Argentinian Folk Tunes for Accordion » est un recueil de superbes pièces pour accordéon et accompagnement en accords, qui puise dans la riche tradition de la musique argentine. L\'interprète, auteur et pédagogue de renom Ros Stephen fournit des indications sur tous les morceaux ainsi que des commentaires sur leur histoire. Un CD avec l\'enregistrement de toutes les mélodies est joint au vo…

Par ALTHOUSE JAY. This volume of best-loved folk songs for solo voice and piano contains fourteen memorable works arranged by three of Alfred Music's top writers: Jay Althouse, Mark Hayes and Ruth Elaine Schram. Includes 'Camptown Races,' 'Follow the Drinking Gourd' and more! / Instrumental Music, Miscellaneous, Songbooks, Voca / Recueil / Voix Moyennes, Voix Hautes et Piano

Ecossais Folk Tunes présente une collection de belles pièces pour piano solo tirées de la riche tradition de musique folklorique écossaise. Auteur expérimenté et arrangeur Barrie Carson-Turner présente des notes sur toutes les pièces, en expliquant leur origine et leur histoire. Le volume est accompagné d'un CD avec un enregistrement de tous les airs. Traductions de tous les textes allemands et fr…

Antonín Dvo?ák was a Czech composer. Following the nationalist example of Bed?ich Smetana, Dvo?ák frequently employed aspects, specifically rhythms,of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvo?ák's own style has been described as 'the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them'.The Pian…