SKU: HL.14006046
ISBN 9781847727633. 11.75x8.25x0.19 inches.
The conservation of rainforests is a world issue of concern to us all. Through the study and performance of this musical, children can actively learn about the vital preservation process, which is needed to save these regions from destruction and over-exploitation. The Emerald Crown is the term given to the luscious green canopy that covers the Amazonian rainforest. Under attack from profit-hungry developers, the jungle richness and tranquillity is protected in this story by its animals, led by the 'rapper' Toucan and the 'Amazon Aristocrat' Jaguar. Debbie Campbell's witty verses and catchy songs are complemented by Tim Stevens' captivating illustrations, which bring the jungle and animal characters alive, making The Emerald Crown an excellent resource for classroom activity as well as performances. Ideal for primary and lower secondary schools (Key Stages 2 - 3). Published in association with the World Wide Fund for Nature: income from the sale and performance of this work benefits the WWF.
SKU: BT.EMBZ20017A
English-German-Hungarian.
In 1845 Franz Liszt embarked on a project to compose an Italian opera based on Lord Byron’s tragedy, Sardanapalus (1821). It was central to his ambition to attain status as a major European composer, with premieres variously planned for Milan, Vienna, Paris and London. But he abandoned it half way through, and the music he completed has lain silently for 170 years. Liszt’s difficulty in obtaining a libretto meant that composition only began in April 1850. He completed virtually all the music for Act 1 in an annotated piano-vocal score of 111 pages, contained within his N4 music ‘sketch book’. The unnamed librettist was an Italian poet and political prisoner, seemingly living under house arrest, and a close acquaintance of Cristina Belgiojoso. His libretto survives as underlay in the N4 sketchbook and has been critically reconstructed and translated. Sardanapalo is Liszt’s only mature opera. While he consistently referred to it in French, as Sardanapale, the published title of the Italian opera would almost certainly have used the Italian name, hence this forms the title of the first edition. There are three solo roles and a chorus of concubines. The manuscript was previously thought to be fragmentary and partially illegible, but it was finally deciphered to international acclaim in March 2017. Liszt’s score offers a richly melodic style, with elements from Bellini and Verdi alongside glimmers of Wagner and the symphonic poems ahead: a unique mixture of Italianate pastiche and mid-century harmonic innovation. It remains quintessentially Lisztian. The opera sets Byron’s tragedy about war and peace in ancient Assyria: the last King, effeminate in his tastes, is drawn to wine, concubines and feasts more than politics and war: his subjects find him dishonourable (a ‘man queen’) and military rebels seek to overthrow him, but are pardoned, for the King rejects the ‘deceit of glory’ built on others’ suffering: this leads only to a larger uprising, the Euphrates floods its banks, destroying the castle’s main defensive wall, and defeat is inevitable: the King sends his family away and orders that he be burned alive with his lover, amid scents and spices in a grand inferno. As Byron put it: ‘not a mere pillar formed of cloud and flame, but a light to lessen ages.’ For his part, Liszt told a friend that his finale ‘will even aim to set fire to the entire audience!’ This critical edition includes a detailed study on the genesis of Liszt’s Sardanapalo in English, German, and Hungarian, the libretto in the original Italian as well as in English, German, and Hungarian translation, several facsimile pages of Liszt’s manuscript, and a detailed Critical Report.
SKU: HL.49015510
ISBN 9783795753733. 8.5x10.75x0.84 inches. German.
Diese Sammlung der schonsten Volkslieder aus acht Jahrhunderten vermittelt ein eindrucksvolles Bild von der Vielfalt des Volksliedes im deutschsprachigen Raum. Der aufwandig ausgestattete Band ist nicht nur ein Fest fur die Augen, sondern ladt alle zum frohlichen Singen ein, die Freude am Volkslied haben. Alle Liedsatze enthalten die Melodie in der Oberstimme und sind so eingerichtet, dass sie auch mit Sopranblockflote spielbar sind. Harmoniesymbole ermoglichen eine Begleitung durch Gitarre und Akkordeon. Die Klavierbegleitung ist gut spielbar und geeignet, Sanger zu begleiten. Chorleiter konnen dem Satz leicht noch eine zweite (Begleit-)Stimme entnehmen. Mit zahlreichen Farbfotos.
SKU: BT.MUSAM92045
ISBN 9780711941755.
Some of the most memorable, poignant, shocking or side-splitting film moments are captured in this specially selected anthology of silver-screen songs for Piano, Voice and Guitar. From classic movies such as CasablancaandGrease to modern-day masterpieces like Donnie Darko and Moulin Rouge, a great film song is often so much more than just a soundtrack, with many of the songs featured here becoming huge chart-topping hitsintheir own right!Whether you're looking for that tear-jerking ballad, sensational show-stopper or vintage heart-warmer, you'll find that magical movie-song right here.