SKU: PR.ECH2704
SKU: PR.ECH2705
SKU: PR.ECH2706
SKU: BA.BA11242-49
ISBN 9790006563630. 15 x 21 cm inches.
The acclaimed percussionist Christian Dierstein has joined forces with a research group at the Basel Academy of Music to examine the techniques of percussion playing from an innovative perspective. The main focus falls less on the instruments than on their sound producers: beaters, mallets, sticks, bows, specific manual techniques up to and including electronic pulse generators. This book describes all of them in detail and illustrates their range of application in carefully selected and annotated examples from the repertoire. Many essays by guest authors such as Nicolaus A. Huber, Steven Schick, Fritz Hauser and Bernhard Wulff relate the performance descriptions to ongoing aesthetic debates. They reveal that sound production and interaction with sound-generating objects have moved centre stage in contemporary composition and its expanded concepts of material and performance. The result is a comprehensive reference book for composers and performers that will also serve as a source of inspiration for future innovative approaches in percussion playing.The authorsChristian Dierstein completed his musical studies with Bernhard Wulff (Freiburg), Gaston Sylvestre (Paris) and Wassilios Papadopulus (Mannheim). A multiple prize-winner at music competitions, he has played percussion withEnsemble Recherchesince 1988 andTrio Accantosince 1994 together with Nic Hodges and Marcus Weiss. In addition he has been professor of percussion and contemporary chamber music at the Basel Academy of Music since 2001. Michel Roth is professor of composition and music theatre at the Basel Academy of Music and a member of its research department. As a composer he is a regular guest at music festivals, recently with a focus on music theatre. In 2017 Barenreiter published hisTechniques of Trombone Playingco-written with Mike Svoboda. This was awarded theBest Editionprize by the German Music Publishers Association in 2018.Jens Ruland studied percussion with Carlos Tarcha at the Cologne University of Music (2007-12) where he completed his performance and teaching degree with distinction. Since 2012 he has consolidated his studies with Christian Dierstein in Basel. He is a founding member ofhand werk(Cologne),232 percussion(Cologne),Ensemble New4Art(Switzerland) and the music theatre duoAkt-tkA(Spain and Switzerland).
SKU: HL.49044125
ISBN 9790001197595. 9.0x12.0x0.167 inches.
Playing in a duo is great fun for professional musicians and amateurs alike and can inspire creative music making. Bringing together the sounds of different string instruments extends the range of notes and volume of sound to be enjoyed by players and audiences, too. These pieces represent encounters between two people, with each of the nine compositions taking a specific moment or mood as its theme. Titles and indications of style and tempo will give performers ideas for interpretation, with markings relating to technique, articulation, bowing and fingerings offered for guidance. For players who would like to work out their own interpretation of these Dialogues, the second section of the book includes an unmarked score of the same pieces (with no indications of dynamics, fingerings, bowings, articulation or phrasing). This additional score is intended for use by instrumental teachers who wish to work with their pupils on marking up and arranging pieces of music for string instruments.These Dialogues are aimed at young people and adult musicians, too. They may be played as a cycle in the order given in this book, or else combined at will. Individual Dialogues may serve as useful teaching material, for student auditions or for inclusion in student concerts or chamber performances. Their musical content and brevity make these duets particularly suitable repertoire for youth music competitions. The overall duration of the set of Dialogues is about fifteen minutes.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14755
Hungarian.
Ãgnes Lakos writes the following about her four-volume piano tutor, enlivened with cheerful illustrations by Christina Diederich: A friendly piano tutor, without dry finger exercises, full of little masterpieces and colourful as a picture book! Piano playing can only be learnt with attractive, good quality works from the very beginning. J. S. Bach composed masterful character pieces for his children and his many pupils 18th-century piano tutors contained a selection of performance pieces, so that from their first encounter with the piano, learners could feel that they were performers. This is precisely what we are aiming at too. The piano pieces in the four volumesrepresent every stylistic period of music history. The numerous works for three or four hands can be performed together with the teacher or with another pupil. Ãgnes Lakos schreibt über ihre mit Christina Diederichs lustigen Bildern illustrierte vierbändige Klavierschule: Eine freundliche Klavierschule, ganz ohne trockene Fingerübungen, aber voll mit kleinen Meisterwerken, und sie ist bunt wie ein Märchenbuch! Das Klavierspiel kann man vom Anfang an nur an schönen und guten Werken erlernen. J. S. Bach komponierte für seine Kinder und zahlreiche Schüler meisterhafte Charakterstücke: Die Klavierschulen des 18. Jahrhunderts wählten Vortragsstücke aus, mit derenHilfe sich der Schüler vom ersten Kennenlernen an mit dem Klavier als Interpret fühlen konnte. Genau das ist auch unser Ziel. Die Klavierstücke der vier Hefte vertreten beinahealle Epochen der Musikgeschichte. Die zahlreichen Werke für drei oder vier Hände können mit dem Lehrenden oder den Mitschülern gemeinsam gespielt werden.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14756
