Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) and George Gershwin (1898-1937), two of the best known figures in American music, were good friends and often played together. Heifetz had urged Gershwin to write a violin concerto for him, but unfortunately Gershwin died before the project got off the ground. These transcriptions by Heifetz are the next best thing. The five excerpts from Porgy and B…

This is the full score of Aheym for String Quartet, composed by Bryce Dessner, best known as the guitarist of The National, but also an acclaimed composer in his own right.Composed in 2009 for the Kronos Quartet for their performance in Brooklyn's Prospect Park for the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival, Aheym (meaning 'homeward' in Yiddish) was directly inspired by his grandmother's migration to Americ…

Par BULLA STEPHEN. No one brings ?jazzy? styles to the concert band better than Stephen Bulla! Your band will go crazy over this swingin? holiday treat! Rise Up Shepherd also makes a great ?encore? closer for School bands that normally play harder music, simply because it?s so much fun. The melody is passed all around the band letting everyone get a chance to ?swing? into the Christmas spirit. The…

Learn to Play 25 Classic Tunes. Par . This spiral-bound collection of familiar tunes spans cowboy songs of the Old West, folk songs of Appalachia, and the Great American Songbook. Author Maurice Tani includes written and video lessons for each song to help you play them in no time. Take these fun, approachable arrangements on your next adventure - whether that's singing along under the starry skie…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Tchaikovsky is one of the most reverred and remembered of Russian composers. His superb ballets, such as the famous Nutcracker, are full of beauty and wondrous melodies that perfectly compliment the graceful and elegant movements and energy of the dancers. This fabulous volume contains 40 pieces, extracts and exercises of ballet music for piano, all selected by Agda S…

The soundtrack to Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda?: Spirit Tracks is packed with melodic themes that sound great on the piano! With this officially licensed sheet music collection, pianists can dazzle friends and family by playing 22 familiar themes from the popular video game. The arrangements in this Easy Piano edition are moderately streamlined compared to those in the separately published Inter…

titles selected by Valérie Bime-Apparailly. Par . Following the tremendous success achieved over the past two decades by her method 'Je débute l?alto' (HA 09740 and HA 09758), Valérie Bime-Apparailly presents an anthology of easy pieces for viola and piano, the interpretation of which requires only knowledge of the first position. Completed by a CD which includes the piano accompaniment of each pi…