Brahms had already announced his ?retirement' from composition when in the spring of 1894 he played chamber music with the cellist Robert Hausmann and the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. This encounter apparently renewed his enthusiasm for Mühlfeld's much admired playing and inspired him to write two clarinet sonatas in the summer of the same year. Brahms conceived an alternate version of the works…

Pianoreduction for 2 Pianos. Par SALIERI ANTONIO / CARLI BALLOL. / Répertoire / Piano et Orchestre

12 Pieces for String Ensemble. Par SPECKERT GEORGE A.. In this edition George Speckert has depicted an entire menagerie of small animals in 12 movements. Framed by an overture and epilogue, ten animals/species make an appearance. These easy little character pieces can be played in any order by two violins, viola and cello, either one or more to a part. It is a fun-to-play collection especially sui…

Par TIPPETT MICHAEL SIR. Like Robert Schumann who often favoured the horn, Sir Michael Tippett who died on 8 January 1998 makes full use of the instrument‘s tonal possibilities in this work. He translated the Romantic genre of horn quartet into a modern tonal language: 'All movements contain characteristic calls and triad arpeggios. Sometimes the call itself is the theme, as in the fugue. Sometime…

Pièce inédite de Francis Poulenc, publiée avec l'autorisation de la Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris et de Benoît Seringe, secrétaire de l'Association des Amis de Francis Poulenc. Le 1er avril 1944, Le Voyageur sans bagage d'Anouilh, qui avait été créé en 1937 avec de la musique de Darius Milhaud, est repris au Théâtre de la Michodière. Francis Poulenc a été sollicité afin d'écrire une…

The movie musical that starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen that featured the songs of Irving Berlin. A successful song-and-dance pair become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont Inn of their former commanding general.

ADAM Adolphe : Le Postillon de Longjumeau (Couplets du Postillon) - ADAM Adolphe : Le Postillon de Longjumeau (Grand air de St Phar) - BAZIN François : Maître Pathelin (Romance de Charlot) - BOIELDIEU François Adrien : La Dame blanche (Air de Georges) - BOIELDIEU François Adrien : La Dame blanche (Cavatine de Georges) - DAVID Félicien : Lalla-Roukh (Romance de Noureddin) - GOUNOD Charles : Le Méde…

Par SCHUMANN CLARA. Clara Schumann (née Wieck) was undoubtedly the most important female pianist of the 19th century. As a young child she toured Europe as a prodigy: her entire career as a celebrated piano virtuoso spanned more than 60 years. Equally important, but less well known, is the composer Clara Schumann, who published her Opus 1 at the age of eleven. Despite the domestic duties expected …

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. Blackbeard and his crew of ruffian freebooters, aboard the ship Queen Anne’s Revenge, were the terrors of the Atlantic and the Caribbean in the early 18th century. Composer James L. Hosay captures those turbulent times in music with his vivid and exciting new tone poem, SWORDS AGAINST THE SEA. This presents an excellent opportunity for cross-curriculum teaching with history. SW…

8 years on from their last release, French electronic duo Daft Punk have now unleashed their fourth and what is, so far, their most successful studio album to date, Random Access Memories . The sheet music in this songbook, including the hit single Get Lucky , has been expertly arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. Listen to Get Lucky : The album pays tribute to the late 1970s and early 1980s era …