Folk Strings is a collection of folk melodies from around the world arranged for strings. Unlike classical music, which normally has an authentic version, folk music often exists in many versions, with differences in the melody or lyrics. Sometimes several countries lay claim to a melody because a group of people moved to a new country and took their music with them. Most folk songs were sung and …

Par LISZT FRANZ. Unrivaled as a virtuoso pianist Liszt was a composer of daring originality. In a long and prolific career, he produced over 400 works for piano, best known and loved are the Hungarian Rhapsodies. Reproduced directly from an authoritative Russian edition. Unrivaled as a virtuoso pianist Liszt was a composer of daring originality. In a long and prolific career, he produced over 400 …

From the classics to the hits of today, these timeless tunes are now available as easy arrangements for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Horn in F, and Trombone. All wind instrument arrangements are fully compatible and can be successfully performed as ensembles or solos. A fully orchestrated accompaniment CD is provided, featuring each song as a live performance demo track followed …

Hardly any cycle of piano pieces can match the magnetic attraction of Chopin's '24 Préludes?, published in 1839. Schumann called them 'sketches, beginnings of études, [...] ruins, stray eagles pinions, all disorder and wild confusion?. Christoph Flamm has critically reevaluated the sources, bringing to light new readings of this well-known musical text. Hardy Rittner, a hammerklavier specialist an…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Utopia is the name of a book written by the English author Thomas More and was published in 1516. The title is a word thought up by More himself, after the Greek language, meaning 'Nowhereland' and leading to the invention of the words utopian scheme and utopian. Utopia pictured an ideal state on an island far from the inhabited world. This idea was the basis of the composition.…

Par SHEPPARD JOHN. Edited by Nicholas Sandon Taverner and Tye are the predominant influences in these works. The 6-part Mass Cantate is taken from the Oxford partbooks. The source for The Western Wind Mass, The Frences Mass, the Mass Be not afraid, and the Plainsong Mass for a Mean, all in four parts, is the so-called 'Gyffard' partbooks (British Library Add. MSS 17802-5), which are now known to h…

Par CHARPENTIER MARC-ANTOINE. Through the well-known first theme of its opening Prelude , Charpentier's spectacular Te Deum has become the best-known of all French baroque grands motets. Prepared by the distinguished French baroque scholar Lionel Sawkins from the composer's original manuscript, this is the first authoritative performing edition of the work. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Répertoire / …

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