Classical guitarists---both students and professional performers---require the same high-quality editions that their pianist colleagues have come to expect from Alfred Music. Our Classical Guitar Masterworks Editions continue the Alfred Music tradition of providing carefully edited, beautifully presented music for practice and performance. This edition of J. S. Bach's masterpieces for solo violin,…

Beginning intermediate LevelJazz Phrasing for Saxophone features ten melodic pieces which are easy to play, yet convey the essence of mainstream (Swing/Bebop/Bossa) jazz vocabulary. The pieces are catchy and melodic, demonstrating the use of sequence and voice-leading to make a musical statement.The book includes two play-along CDs (one for alto and one for tenor) featuring a world-class rhythm se…

From his work with The Impressions through his classic soundtrack for Superfly, Curtis Mayfield helped shape and define the sound of classic Soul music. While most people knew him as a brilliant songwriter and soul singer, Curtis's gentle guitar style quietly influenced an entire generation of guitarists, specifically the famous Jimi Hendrix, whose ballad style was highly influenced by Curtis Mayf…

Bartók taught piano at the Music Academy in Budapest from 1907 to 1934. In his first years as a professor the Budapest music publishers Rozsnyai and Rózsavölgyi commissioned him to prepare so-called instructive editions (including suggestions, commentaries and fingerings for the performer) of several classics of the piano repertoire, altogether more than two thousand pages of music. Following Bach…

Methode Progressive. Par BIME-APPARAILLY. An educationalist of renown, Viola player Valerie Bime-Apparailly (born in 1962 in Bordeaux) is the author of numerous beginner methods for string instruments that have met with unflagging success. The second volume of the series Je Debute L'Alto once again takes up the challenge of the first collection: to combine precision with the pleasure of playing. T…

Opening with an optional solo voice stating the simple yet profound message, this anthem then flows into an elegant choral offering of reflective praise, and concludes with a seamless quotation of 'Lo, How a Rose.' This song has been recorded time and again by leading Christian artists, making it a modern classic. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

TWV 51:a1 A minor, 51:D9 D major, 51:g1 G minor. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Three Concertos for Violin A minor TWV 51: a1; D major TWV 51: D9; G minor TWV 51: g1 No fewer than twenty-five violin concertos by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) have come down to us over the years - presumably only a fraction of his total output in this geme. But even this corpus, though reduced by time, reveals tha…

Par ARMAN HOWARD. Howard Arman, director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions of his choir in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du fröhliche [O, you joyful], St…