The great talent of Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) showed very early: At the age of 12, she published her first composition. Georges Bizet, a friend of the family, predicted her great future. After her successful debut as a pianist in Paris in 1877, she began busy concert activities as a solo pianist, chamber musician and conductor in many European countries as well as in the USA and Canada.Although…

Symphonic Series. Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. In partnership with Oxford University Press and authorized by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, this major new initiative brings the incredible catalog of Ralph Vaughan Williams to the wind band community, with scholarly transcriptions by leaders in wind band composition. Titles in the Symphonic Series come from treasured major orchestral works by…

Par NORMAN HUGHES. Un texte d'instruction pratique et concis sur dulcimer martelé. Ce livre contient des informations sur le réglage, jouant des techniques, des solos et même une section de référence sur la théorie de la musique ! / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Dulcimer (Cordes frappées)

Nelson-Messe. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. The 'Missa' in D minor, published here, the third of Haydn's six late masses, was written during the summer of 1798 between the two late oratorios. According to the dates given on Haydn's autograph score he completed the composition in less than eight weeks. The score bears no particular title, but in Haydn's manuscript thematic catalogue of his works he referr…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. The Dance Of The Jesters was composed as incidental music for the ballet The Snow Maidens. The ballet is not based on the Hans Christian Andersen story, but on a contemporary Russian fantasy-play Snegourochka. The Snow Maiden, daughter of Father Frost, falls in love with a human, Misgir, and plans to marry him. However, Misgir is already betrothed to Coupava. The Snow…

Fiddle And Accordion Music Of Quebec. Par HART LAURIE. Danse ce soir! Fiddle and Accordion Music of Quebec is a collection of 122 traditional and composed tunes by a wide variety of quebecois players and composers, the broadest and most informative collection of quebecois repertoire available to date. The text, in both French and English, gives extensive background information about the repertoire…

Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord. Par TRADITIONAL. Martin Luther (1483-1546) a réalisé en son temps la fusion entre chant sacré et chant traditionnel. L'une des plus anciennes attestations est l'hymne de saint Ambroise (vers 339-397), Veni redemptor gentium, traduit fin 1523par le Réformateur en cantique de l'Avent, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland. Jean-Sébastien Bach s'en est inspiré pour composer …

Par VAN DOREN THEO. Theo Van Doren was an Antwerp musician, violinist and composer who, despite many foreign offers, preferred to stay in his own Antwerp. He started his career as a musician in silent movies, then as a soloist, with his own string trio. Later he became solo violinist in the Flanders' Opera Orchestra and conductor. He worked with a.o. Strawinksy, Rubinstein, Stern, etc. He also tau…

Use this manuscript book when you need a deluxe, quality sheet for a special assignment or project but don't need the added cost or weight of premium paper. This outstanding book consists of 58 perforated tear-out sheets printed in black ink on cream-colored, regular-weight paper with ten wide-spaced staves per page. Includes an extensive chord chart, a transposition chart, and information on majo…

Frederico Mompou est considéré comme l'un des plus important compositeur catalan/espagnol du XXème siècle. Son oeuvre pour piano a dépassé les frontières et se place aux côtés de celles d'Albeniz, Granados, Falla et Turina, comptant ainsi parmi les incontournables de la musique contemporaine européenne. Ce livre vous propose une collection unique de piano solos de niveau intermédiaire. / Piano