Song Cycle. Par SEIBER MATYAS. This substantial cycle was written for the tenor Peter Pears, and first performed by him in 1953 at the Royal Festival Hall, London, with the distinguished pianist Noel Mewton-Wood. It follws the example of Britten's Serenade in setting a variety of poets, and the set is framed by settings of the same words by Goethe in translation by Louis MacNeice, the unifying fac…

Johannes Brahms:The Works for one Instrument and PianoJohannes Brahms' compositions for one instrument and piano have been standards in chamber music literature ever since their inception. These works were written with specific performers in mind and Brahms worked closely with them when refining the final texts. Nevertheless, we rarely approach the music taking into consideration the possibilities…

Take the lead and enjoy playing along to your favourite tracks from 'Grease'. The book contains carefully selected and edited top line arrangements and chord symbols. The CD contains full backing tracks professionally arranged and recorded, and full demonstration tracks to help you learn the pieces. Take The Lead is an integrated series. In each edition all the songs are in the same concert pitch …

Par HUGHES DAVID. This is part of a series of inter-related instrumental workbooks for keyboard, guitar, bass guitar and percussion. Planned so that concepts are carefully introduced, consolidated and extended, this is the last of three workbooks each containing twenty-five units. They support and complement the teacher's resource through an innovative approach that encourages a creative attitude …

Par FISHER CHRISTOPHER / KNERR HAGUE JULIE. Piano Safari for the Older Student employs the same exemplary pedagogy used in the highly regarded series for children but has been strategically modified to include more sophisticated themes. It moves at an accelerated pace and is recommended for students age ten through adult. Repertoire and Technique contains newly composed pieces alongside favourite…

Dvorák's 'Slavonic Rhapsodies? op. 45 were composed in 1878 and issued by the publisher Simrock, Berlin the following year. These three independent orchestral works (in D major, G minor and A-flat major) were published with the same opus number and mark the beginning of his so-called Slavonic period.The 'Slavonic Rhapsody? op. 45/1 in D major now appears in an Urtext edition. The editor has made u…

Cloudy, With A Chance Of Linear Thunder 'Round The Drums is for beginner to intermediate players. 'Linear' simply refers to the fact that no two surfaces are struck together at the same time.The linear patterns in this book are designed to be played on a standard four-piece set: Bass, Snare, Small Tom Tom (S. T. T.) and Large Tom Tom (L. T. T.). Extra Tom Toms and Cymbals can also be incorporated …

Der Erlkönig, or 'The Elf King,' is based on Johann Goethe's late 18th-century poem of the same name in which a father and his young son ride home on horseback one dark and eerie night. The father tries to calm the increasingly fearful son by explaining everything the boy reports as simply leaves rustling in the wind or willows moving in the fog. Nonetheless, the father rides faster and faster hom…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Created during the First World War, Maurice Ravel's composition 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' casts a longing look at the past while at the same time being full to the brim with traces of modern music. Each of the six movements is dedicated to friends who died in battle. In 1919 Ravel arranged four of these movements for large orchestra by skilfully borrowing melodic lines and colour…