SKU: HL.49044572
ISBN 9783795749248. German.
Here is something for everybody: The new 'Best of' anthology in this popular series contains more than 90 popular instrumental pieces such as waltzes, dances and marches from the realms of classical music, opera, operetta and folk music. The pieces have been beautifully arranged for keyboard (electric organ) and are easily playable. Practice and performance tips are provided throughout.
SKU: CY.CC3123
ISBN 9790530111017. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening) is a French song written by Claude Debussy in the Impressionist style. The work has been arranged for many instruments. This version for Trombone (or Euphonium) and Piano by Gordon Cherry is in the original key and in bass clef. The music is subtle and full of beautiful colors, giving an impression of peace, warm breezes, rose-colored sunsets and fields of wheat. This music is appropriate for intermediate level performers and is about 3 minutes in length.
SKU: BR.EB-8993
ISBN 9790004187227. 9 x 12 inches.
The three piano sonatas by Joachim Raff (1822-1882), representing his three main creative phases, occupy a special position among his more than 100 piano pieces. They reflect a significant compositional aspiration whereas Raff otherwise frequently leans towards the salon-music genre in his piano music. Raff composed the early sonata op. 14 in 1844 after his first works were positively evaluated and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy had encouraged him to venture a career as a composer. The Fantasie-Sonate [Fantasy Sonata] in d minor op. 168, Raff wrote in 1871 at the height of his fame as one of Germany's then most-played composers. Its dedication to Camille Saint-Saens shows his opposition to the rampant German disapproval of France and its music representatives in the wake of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/71. The second version of the sonata op. 14, composed in the fall of 1881, had only the opus number in common with the earlier version. In this late work Raff had created an entirely new sonata. ,,Beautifully presented on cream paper, with exceptional clarity and generous spacing. The Fantasie-Sonate in D minor Op. 168, in particular, is a masterpiece which manifests both considerable power and exquisite craftsmanship. (www.pianodao.com).