The Best of Belwin Jazz: First Year Charts for Jazz Ensemble is a collection of twelve outstanding jazz ensemble arrangements for the young player. Each chart is written by experienced educational arrangers and composers in various styles and tempos: swing, Latin, ballad, waltz, holiday and pop.This collection is written for full instrumentation - five saxophones, three trumpets, three trombones, …

A valuable assortment of teacher/student duets in their original form written by teachers and composers during the 18th and 19th centuries. Arranged in order of difficulty, the student parts are limited to a single five-finger position and fall primarily within the grand staff reading range. Each book includes works by such composers as Diabelli, Gurlitt, Bercucci, Wohlfahrt, Berens and others.

for Ensemble. Par BERNHARD GANDER. take nine by Bernhard Gander is a 12-minute work for a 12-part ensemble scored for: BCl(Cl), CbCl, Cbsn(Bsn) – Hn, Tpt, Tba – Perc – Pf – Vln, Vla, Vlc, DB. The work is based on rhythms in 9/16 and 9/8 time, but also 8/16, 8/8, 10/16 and 10/8 beats, which may seem complex at first, but sounds transparent to the audience. The main musical inspirations of Bernhard …

EUNOIA, made up of the particles eu and noia which mean 'beautiful' and 'thinking', describes, in rhetoric, the goodwill a speaker elicits from listeners. This word which contains all five vowels is the name given to a young ensemble from Basle which consists of 4 instrumentalists from different instrument sections and a soprano, and it is the title of Mike Svoboda's 'Ballade' which was created on…

Par HANWAY TOM. An important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a comprehensive, scholarly treatise on the history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradition. Includes segments on tuning, pick preferences, and tablature reading followed by 101 jigs, slides, polkas, slip jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspeys, O'Carolan tunes, plus a speci…

Orlando di Lasso was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance known for his mature polyphonic style. Equally adept in many languages and both sacred and secular forms, his compositions remain a staple of the modern choral repertoire. This collection of French chansons includes five representative works and is an excellent value! Includes: Bonjour mon Coeur, Dessus le marche, Paisible doma…

Twenty-five great melodies as originally composed for piano solo. Titles: Belle of the Ball * The Bluebells of Scotland * Blue Tango * Bugler's Holiday * China Doll * Fiddle-Faddle * The First Day of Spring * Forgotten Dreams * The Girl in Satin * Jazz Legato * Jazz Pizzicato * The Penny-Whistle Song * The Phantom Regiment * Plink, Plank, Plunk! * Promenade * Sandpaper Ballet * Saraband * Serenata…

10 Contemporary Classical Guitar Solos. Par HAMMETT LARRY. In the author?s words this collection of 10 modern classical guitar pieces was composed to emulate the ?elusive graceful fragile subtle elegant stealthy qualities? of cats. Inspired by a rich tapestry of styles including classical flamenco jazz pop avant-garde Balkan and more generally?world music this book is perfect for anyone wishing to…

The Total Jazz Bassist is a complete jazz method, giving equal treatment to electric and double bass. Covering such styles as bebop, Latin, funk, and fusion, this book provides examples and lessons that will help you become a well-rounded bassist. You'll learn to develop walking bass lines, how to solo, bass lines and solo patterns for blues changes, major and minor two-five-one progressions, domi…

Par GREGSON EDWARD. The five song set the texts As I pass at dusk (Robert Kent), The day is gone (John Keats), Carol (C Day Lewis), Come live with me (C Day Lewis), and To my brother (Siegfried Sassoon). Also available for Mezzo-Soprano, or High Voice. / Musique contemporaine / Répertoire / Baryton et Piano