Par BARTOK BELA. Bartok's 'String Quartet No. 5' was commissioned by the formidable Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, leading patron of chamber music in the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century. Bartok is alleged to have composed the work in a one-month span of isolation in 1934, and it received its premiere in Washington, D.C. by the Kolisch Quartet in 1935. The String Quartet No. 5 was published…

Par HYUNG-KI JOO RICHARD. Hyung-ki Joo composed his first string quartet for the graduation concert during his last term at the Yehudi Menuhin School in 1990. In it, he pays tribute to six different artists from music, painting and literature: Henry Purcell, Samuel Beckett, Ludwig van Beethoven, Edvard Munch, Johann Sebastian Bach and Arnold Schönberg. This edition is the set of parts. For the st…

Par GIULIANI MAURO. Mauro Giuliani's publication of his Sonata op.15 within the first few years of his arrival in Vienna met the standards of the sophisticated Viennese public and, with one stroke, profiled the guitar as an instrument and himself as a composer. Thus was born the three movement Sonata in C. This new edition will be of great interest to guitarists as, to this day, it remains unique …

Edna Mae Burnam's popular Step-By-Step method provides students with an opportunity to learn the Piano in a unique and charming way, with each lesson presented in a logical order and at a manageable pace.This comprehensive all-in-one edition of the first volume in the series features lessons, solos, and theory exercises. This version includes material from the Step By Step method, the Write It Rig…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Universal Edition has done violinists an enormous service by republishing violin virtuoso and teacher Leopold Auer’s arrangements of great works for violin and piano, available for the first time in decades. With beautiful new covers, these editions are a welcome addition to the repertoire/ Répertoire / Violon et Piano

Par PART ARVO. 'In principio' takes its words from the Gospel of John 1:1-14 and puts them into a five-movement form. This work, as in all of Pärt's music, is governed by a strict formal design, with the clarity of the musical structure corresponding to that of the Latin text. The first movement (vv. 1-5) and the fifth (v. 14) are limited to two opposing formal elements: a static, syllabically art…

Small Format Version of this terrific Harmonica tutor! Learn to play Harmonica with this great book, CD and Harmonica package. Step-by-step pictures take you from the first day exercises to playing along with a backing track, Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick your Harmonica. A proven look and learn course, using clear pic…

Par WEBERN ANTON. Anton Webern's late instrumental works have always been admired as examples of a systematic, innovative application of twelve-tone technique. From our perspective today, however, the reliance on older models of form and movement-structure, though of course never intended by Webern as a form of 'restoration,' seems equally important. How closely these aspects are interrelated can …

Five-part arrangements for junior string ensembles. Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. Strings of the World 2 is challenging step up from the first volume (UE 38057) which was for beginners. This new volume introduces lively pieces in Aleksey Igudesman’s inimitable style that will stretch intermediate young players. Parts are also provided for the less advanced and the pieces can be performed with any combina…