Inspired by his life-long interest in chant and choral music, Paul Mealor's De profundis pushes the boundaries of the human voice in a style synonymous with Russian orthodox music. In spring 2012 this piece sparked the 'Bass Hunter' competition - a world-wide talent search for the lowest human voice in existence. The note, an 'E' (329 Hertz), is six notes below the lowest note ever written for a c…

Series: Stefan Grossman's Early Masters of American Blues GuitarCategory: Guitar Method or SupplementFormat: Book and CDInstrument: GuitarThe Early Masters of American Blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern blues. Stefan Grossman, noted roots-blues guitarist and musicologist, has compiled this fascinating collection of 16 songs, transcribed exactly as perfor…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Earth, Water, Sun, Wind is a four movement work with the unifying theme of these four elements. The music varies from being purely descriptive of the movements’ titles to specific sound painting - Earth, for example, is pure music and non programmatic whereas Sun attempts to paint a specific sound picture. The Symphony as a whole concerns itself with man’s relationship with thes…

Remember fighting off the Sandman, desperately struggling to stay awake at the chance that you might catch a glimpse of Saint Nick. Every rustle or bump made you jolt from your quilted pod and race to the living room where the lit tree posed, draped in soft light. Still no Santa!It took all your energy to climb back into bed with your eyelids drawn and your body heavy. Tucked back in as best as yo…

THE OPERA FROM LETS MAKE AN OPERA. AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE INSTRUMENTATION : SOLOISTS, CHOIR, STRING QUARTET, PIANO (4-HÄNDIG) AND PERCUSSION VERSION : VOCAL/PIANO SCORE DESCRIPTION : THIS OPERA IS THE FINAL SECTION OF THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE CALLED LETS MAKE AN OPERA. THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS IS IN THE FORM OF A PLAY AND ILLUSTRATES THE PREPARATION AND REHEARSAL OF AN OP…

Auld Lang Syne. Par TRADITIONAL. This traditional melody is known worldwide as a song of farewell. Jan Van der Roost treated it as an anthem in this splendid arrangement. The melody is brought to us in whole or in part by various instruments and is surrounded by logical yet original - sometimes surprising - chords that dare to fluctuate. After a broad tutti, the ensemble begins to die out. The pie…

E-Dur. Par ZELTER CARL FRIEDRICH. may also be sung a whole tone lower/ Répertoire / Choeur TTBB

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. In its various reconstructed and completed version, Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Mark Passion BWV 247 occupies a fixed place in the pre-Easter concert repertoire. As the third of what were originally five Passions, not only was it the latest to be written, it is also the most enigmatic of the known Good Friday works composed by the Kantor of the Thomasschule. The fundamen…

Par SWIFT TAYLOR. Playing Taylor Swift hits can be super easy! These piano arrangements feature simple right-hand melody parts with letter names inside each note along with basic left-hand chord diagrams. Just play the melody, or play both the melody and the chords. We've even included lyrics so you can sing along, too! This collection features 22 songs from Taylor's whole career through Lover, in…

Par CASABLANCAS BENET. Albumblatt für Arriaga, commissioned by the Trio Arriaga and lasting some 7:30 minutes, is the composer's fourth contribution to the classical violin, cello and piano ensemble, for which he has a special esteem. The work was written in homage to the composer Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, and at the same time as a token of gratitude and admiration for the Trio Arriaga, to whose me…