Have fun playing the Cello. Par . The second lesson book in the trailblazing new Koeppen Cello Method, putting the emphasis on having fun with your cello! Taking a playful and effective approach to learning the cello, the Koeppen Cello Method breaks new ground, sprucing up the usual Baroque and Classical repertoire by adding pieces in popular styles: rock, bossa nova, reggae, swing and more! Exciting pieces and exercises in these styles illustrate specific musical concepts and techniques, whilst teacher-pupil duets feature throughout, encouraging strong ensemble skills right from the get-go. Structured in an easy and understandable way, the Koeppen Cello Method lays the foundation for a solid technical and musical training. There is a core Lesson Book and a supplementary Tune Book at each level. All books are accompanied by audio tracks which will help motivate and inspire. For players from around the age of 10 right up to adult learners. / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Méthode / Violoncelle

extrait de la musique de scène pour « Le Voyageur sans bagages »-A previously unreleased piece by Francis Poulenc published with permission from the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris and Benoît Seringe secretary of the Association des amis de Francis Poulenc [Association of the Friends of Francis Poulenc]. Le Voyageur sans bagage [The Traveller Without Luggage] which had been premiered in 1937 with music by Darius Milhaud was reprised on 1 April 1944 at the Théâtre de la Michodière; Francis Poulenc was asked to compose new stage music. The entire unpublished score lay undiscovered until Bérengère del’Épine a librarian at the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris announced the existence of a manuscript in the Association de la Régie Théâtrale collection. Poulenc finalised the score between 19 and 21 March 1944. It contains nine songs all written for a small instrumental ensemble including Oboe Clarinet Cello and Piano. However at the end of the manuscript the composer echoes the second song – Lent [Slow] – and creates another version for Cello and Piano; curiously the original version of the song has not been erased in the manuscript. Poulenc seems to suggest that we consider the piece for Cello and Piano that we have published here as a different piece of music. It was premiered on Wednesday 23 January 2013 by Marc Coppey accompanied by Jean-François Heisser in the organ auditorium of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) during the symposium for the fiftieth anniversary of Poulenc’s death. Given in a dramatic context some elements allow us to get an idea of the character of the piece which Benoît Seringe Poulenc’s beneficiary judiciously chose to name Souvenirs. The main character of Anouilh’s play Gaston is suffering from amnesia at the end of World

Par NEWTON ABBY. Aujourd'hui le violoncelle est habituellement considéré comme un instrument classique, mais la fin XVIIe au début du XIXe siècle, il a été utilisé dans des ensembles folkloriques à fournir des rythmes faibles, conduites danse tunes et à rendre haunting airs écossais. Au sein de la Renaissance de la musique folklorique du passé quarante ans il y a eu un mouvement petit mais dédié à restaurer la richesse unique du violoncelle à la musique traditionnelle et Newton Abby a été à l'avant-garde de ce mouvement. Abby a été profondément impliqué avec la musique écossaise depuis, voyageant à et d'effectuer, en Ecosse, plusieurs fois. Les airs, les planxties et les bobines, cet ouvrage proviennent de sources traditionnelles et contemporaines, y compris le violoneux du XVIIIe siècle Neil Gow, harper Turlough O'Carolan, Daithi Sproule, David Hornung, Alasdair Fraser, Ronnie Aimes et autres. Tous les 19 de la mélodie sont écrites pour violoncelle solo avec corde symboles inclus sur la plupart des airs pour un instrument d'accompagnement. Le texte comprend également des notes de l'auteur sur l'origine de chaque morceau. La co... / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Scottish - Transcribed Solos / Recueil / Violoncelle

Par WILSON MARK / WOOD PAUL. StringTastic Beginners is the first in a fun new series designed to teach through playing, for violin, viola, cello and double bass, fully integrated so that all instruments can play and learn together. Each book contains over 40 imaginative pieces to steadily establish a secure playing technique and build confidence, from complete beginner to Initial Grade level. As well as being a fully integrated series, the first 20 tunes are presented as duets to accommodate multiple stages of progress, ideal for individual tuition as well as group and classroom settings. Every piece is supported by an exciting backing track to transport you into its unique sound world, in addition to piano-only audio for practice. Plus, the teacher?s book provides the complete piano accompaniments which work with any combination of instrumental parts. / Date parution : 2021-12-09/ Recueil / Violoncelle

Traditional Tunes For Cello From Scotland And Ireland. Par NEWTON ABBY. This is the second popular book of beautiful Celtic tunes compiled and arranged for the cello by Abby Newton. Most of the tunes in this collection are from her recent recordings, Castles Kirks and Caves and Ferintosh. The book is organized in three parts: Tunes, Sets, and Duos. The first part, Tunes, contains an assortment of twenty-eight tunes culled mostly from the well know Scottish and Irish traditional tune books including collections by Capt. Simon Fraser, Patrick McDonald, Niel Gow and James Oswald. The second part, Sets, consists of several tunes played in succession. Part three, Duos, includes two part scores (with treble and bass lines) that come mainly from James Oswald's Airs for the Seasons and Burke Thumoth's Collection of Scots and Irish Tunes 1745. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Celtic/Irish - Solos / Recueil / Violoncelle

Par FEASTER HALLEY. New cello students nearly always start in first position aided by finger tapes or guides for accurate finger placement. As they advance, they are expected to learn to shift out of first position, but the focus is on the movement of the shift rather than on note locations or pitch accuracy.In this book, author and versatile cellist Halley Feaster introduces a step-by-step approach to understanding each position, leading to thorough comprehension of the cello fingerboard and a more confident and well-rounded player.Together with its engaging video component, Cello Position Handbook shows advanced beginners and intermediate students what notes are available in each of 12 positions. Short exercises and excerpts are provided for practice in each location, ultimately enabling fluid performance without excessive shifting.On completion of this volume, students will be familiar with what notes are available in each position and be able to move comfortably between them while expanding their repertoires. Includes access to online video. / Date parution : 2022-06-08/ Etude / Violoncelle

'Superduets for cello' provides a wonderful new repertoire of original and entertaining duets for beginner cellists. It can be started as soon as pupils have mastered basic playing technique and learned octave scales in keys D and G major. Encouraging rhythmic confidence and listening skills and exploring a wide range of techniques sound effects and movements Mary Cohen's 'Superduets' are tailor-made for players at the very earliest stages of learning. These delightful pieces serve as a unique introduction to the joys of social music-making and help pupils to develop the invaluable skills required for ensemble playing at an early stage.The cello books are alsocompatible with the violin books opening up possibilities for mixed ensemble playing

Superduets 2 provides a wonderful new repertoire of original and entertaining duets for established-beginner cellists. It is designed to build on techniques that have been learned in Superduets 1. Consolidating skills such as rhythmic confidence and aural perception and exploring a wide range of techniques sound effects and movements Mary Cohen's 'Superduets' are tailor-made for players at the very earliest stages of learning. These delightful pieces serve as a unique introduction to the joys of social music-making and help pupils to develop the invaluable skills required for ensemble playing at an early stage. The Cello books are alsocompatible with the Violin books opening up possibilities for mixed ensemble playing.

Written by Gabriel Yared composer to the scores for The English Patient Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr Ripley this folio of 22 original Cello pieces has been designed to inspire andencourage duettists especially teacher/pupil collaborations.The idea grew out of composer Gabriel Yared’s own learning experience which suggested a need for one part to be written for the experienced teacher and anotherfor the developing novice.The duets themselves progress from beginner to advanced levels gradually addressing new technical problems as they go as well as providing varied and stimulating music to play.Theaccompanying CD includes a full recording of each duet as well as two alternative playalong versions each giving prominence to one part or the other.The publication comes with individual parts completing a package thatwas developed composed and produced as a completely original way of learning cello duets.

Par DUFOURT HUGUES. Dawn Flight est le titre d'une toile que le graveur et peintre britannique Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) réalisa en 1959. Sa formation scientifique - chimie, géologie - son habileté mathématique furent un atout considérable dans ses recherches de matières et de couleurs, qui peuvent atteindre des tons fluorescents. Hayter, qui fut l'une des premières figures du mouvement surréaliste, s'engagea à New York sur les voies de l'abstraction, aux côtés de Pollock, Rothko, Baziotes, Matta, Motherwell, De Kooning, Riopelle. Il est reconnu comme celui qui a révolutionné les techniques de la gravure au cours du XXe siècle. Il inventa le procédé qui permet d'obtenir plusieurs couleurs sur une même plaque en un seul passage. Rentré en 1950 à Paris, il expérimente de nouvelles techniques de gravure: empreintes, utilisation de l'acide sur le métal et surtout le burin multipointe. Il poursuit une recherche sur l'émergence des formes, sur la transparence, l'interférence, la vibration, les moires. Ses toiles intensifient la couleur, le dynamisme gestuel, et s'attachent sur la fin à capter les jeux de lumière à la surface de l'eau. Dawn Flight est construit sur un éventail d'obliques divergentes, remontant la diagonale, illustrant ainsi le paradoxe d'un flux ascendant, aspiré par le haut. La forme étirée et allongée des stries, la torsion intime de la trame, la tension paradoxale des entrelacs donnent le sentiment d'une réalité élémentaire, de l'aurore d'un monde. La production de Hayter à cette époque - Perseïdes, Poissons volants, Vague, Ixion, Cascade, Mérou, Méduse, Night - montre d'étranges associations de bleu et de noir, d'orange, de jaune transparent, de bleu et de vert. Frank Stella et Donald Judd comptent parmi les artistes qui ont le plus radicalement récusé l'idée d'un procès formateur de l'art, évacuant l'idée même de nécessité intérieure, voire de composition formelle. Transparence, profondeur, épaisseur, rayonnement ne seraient que des catégories factices tirées d'une illusion d'intériorité et l'idée même de progression structurée ne serait que l'effet d'une tyrannie du dedans. Qu'en est-il du quatuor qui fut la construction par excellence de l'intériorité, l'exemple même d'une logique compositionnelle épurée et réduite à la forme essentielle d'un développement ? Ecrire un quatuor après Donald Judd est-il encore possible ? Car il ne suffit pas de se confronter à l'histoire d'un genre, mais à la question de sa possibilité. L'idée même d'un dynamisme des voix a-t-elle encore un sens ? Et celle d'un tout dont les parties sont solidaires ? On n'osera même plus parler de texture, car il s'agit encore d'une forme interne, de l'expression d'une cohérence intérieure. Ecrire un quatuor pourrait signifier le retour à une réflexion sur les formes fondamentales du mouvement - comme l'attraction, la répulsion, l'inclusion ou la pénétration. Ou encore sur ce que signifient des gestes comme briser, couper, déchirer ou fendre. Ce serait aussi revenir sur ce qu'est une interférence de fluctuations, sur la plasticité, ou au contraire la tension désordonnée. A moins de supprimer le quatuor, il faut bien convenir qu'il est à l'image du tissu, d'une continuité ininterrompue, d'un entrelacs de fils et qu'il s'agit de l'oeuvre humaine par excellence: écrire un quatuor c'est renouer le fil. Froisser, tordre, déplier, déployer, dérouler, tels sont les exigences primordiales du quatuor, que l'on dit parfois soyeux ou moiré. Judd et ses contemporains ont rendu caduque l'idée qu'une oeuvre puisse formuler et suivre des règles explicites, assurer la conservation d'une forme dans une certaine série de transformations. Dans cette vue, la pensée musicale serait alors rendue à un état d'instabilité, de glissement perpétuel. Mais elle pourrait alors trouver peut-être de nouveaux schémas de connexion, et attribuer un sens original à l'idée de processus orienté, en lui donnant la forme d'un devenir global et unique, sans répétitions. La musique récente sait susciter l'émergence de propriétés inédites et s'absorber dans la réalité supérieure qu'elle suscite: elle n'est pas tant l'imagination des possibles que l'articulation des moments de l'expérience. Revenir à Hayter, ce serait se concentrer sur une topologie concrète d'intervalles et de liaisons, penser la musique comme flux, modulation, émergence perpétuelle, lumière illocalisable, masse en essor ou tournoiement sans prise. Ce sont là quelques bonnes raisons d'écrire un quatuor. Hugues Dufourt / contemporain / Date parution : 2008-06-24/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven completed his String Quartet Op.135 at Wasserdorf Castle in Gneixenhof, where he sought to recuperate with his nephew Karl after the latter?s failed suicide attempt in summer 1826. It stands out among his late quartets owing to the often cheerful, almost pastoral character of its four movements. Since Beethoven?s death it has often been interpreted as an attempt to take wise and positive stock of the mishaps that had befallen him in the preceding years regarding his life situation, family and health. This interpretation is strongly suggested by the final movement, ?Der schwer gefasste Entschluss? (The Difficult Decision), with its motto ?Must it be? It must be! It must be!? The editing of this quartet proved especially complex, for the authentic sources were reworked at various stages by the composer. By judiciously assessing them, editor Jonathan Del Mar has managed to clarify many anomalies found in previous editions. - Beethoven?s final string quartet with many new readings - Introduction by Misha Donat (Eng/Ger), editor?s foreword by Jonathan Del Mar (Eng/Ger) and a scrupulous, separately published Critical Commentary (Eng) / Date parution : 2022-07-30/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Impressions On Beethoven's Harp Quartet. Par AMANTI LUCIO. When Cuarteto Casals approached me with the idea of illuminating Beethoven´s quartets anew, you can imagine the many thoughts and feelings that where going through my mind: what a joy, what a great honor… What an intriguing head-scratcher! How can you possibly shine a new light on something that is already perfect? Weeks, months went by in search of a common ground between the Master and myself until I finally found it in the realization that a word lays “hidden” in the St. John’s hymn that gave musical notes their original name: ‘Re, Sol, Ut, Io’ (D, G, C, B in English music notation) Perfect! “Resolutio” in Latin means both the resolution of a problem and the re-solution: a re-blend of many elements that will eventually coagulate to make something new. There was finally the melodic and a rhythmical canvas for my piece. On this canvas I wrote the story of a funny little contest, played on a sunny Mediterranean square, between street musicians and Cuarteto Casals just minutes before they are about to go on stage to perform Beethoven´s “Harp Quartet”. After all the characters, each in his own way, had the chance to tell their story, a gentle rain starts to fall, dissolving (Re-solving) again the music sheet to eventually leave us with just a white piece of paper for somebody else to continue the Work. (Lucio Franco Amanti) / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / 2 Violons, Alto et Violoncelle

This separate edition of the first suite for Cello solo by Johann Sebastian Bach contains the musical text of the well-regarded Wiener Urtext edition with all six Cello suites of Bach by Ulrich Leisinger. Thanks to new findings Leisinger managed to re-evaluate the sources which did not leave the structure of the musical text and the associated delicate problem of the slurs untouched. His re-evaluation gave reasons for a stronger freedom from the manuscript copy of Anna Magdalena Bach which had always been cited as main source until then despite its being very unreliable with regard to the articulation; thus the new edition leads to moreconvincing solutions. This separate edition is the perfect starting point to study Bach's suites for Cello solo in class and provides amateurs with a technically accessible masterpiece in Cello literature.

Original Version - Edition for Cello and Piano. Schumann?s Cello Concerto Rediscovered. In her first Urtext edition for Edition Peters, internationally renowned cellist Josephine Knight reveals Robert Schumann?s original version of his Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 ? a piece he actually called a ?Concertstück? ? removing generations of inauthentic editorial interventions. This is the only available modern scholarly edition of the work as Schumann originally conceived it, and restores the text from October 1850, based on the composer?s manuscript held in the Biblioteka Jagiello?ska in Kraków. It is presented in a beautifully printed edition for cello with Schumann?s original piano reduction. Matching orchestral material is also available from the publisher. Only modern Urtext edition based on Schumann?s original 1850 manuscript Many new corrections and clarifications, especially to the cello part Scholarly preface detailing history of the work and this edition by editor Josephine Knight, Piatti Professor of Cello at the Royal Academy of Music London Cello Part contains Josephine Knight's fingering and bowing suggestions Critical Commentary Matching orchestral material available separately from Edition Peters Recording of the Concertstück featuring Josephine Knight available from Dutton Robert Schumann?s tragic last years have mired many of his greatest works in unnecessary doubt. The story of the suppression of his Violin Concerto by well-meaning friends is relatively well-known. Few, however, know that the version of the Cello Concerto that is routinely heard today is so far from Schumann?s original conception of the work ? not only in details of phrasing and articulation, but also featuring a different ending with a bold final flourish from the cello. Composed in a burst of inspiration in two weeks in October 1850 shortly after he and Clara had moved to Düsseldorf, Schumann (who in 1850 was still in good health) never heard the piece performed. In an effort to promote a performance of the work, he gave the score to the cellist Robert Emil Bockmühl. Bockmühl made revisions that Schumann resisted, and the hoped-for performance never happened. Schumann?s health failed and he died aged just 46 in 1856. The Concerto, in an already substantially revised form, was premiered in 1860 but it was not given significant recognition until it was championed by Pablo Casals in the 20th century by which time (and since) the text for the work had accreted additions and alterations from generations of soloists. Now Josephine Knight, Piatti Professor of Cello at the Royal Academy of Music, London has returned to the original 1850 manuscript of the work, which is in the Biblioteka Jagiello?ska in Kraków, to reveal Schumann?s original thoughts for the first time in a modern Urtext edition. The edition reflects Schumann?s original conception of the work as a Concertstück and restores Schumann?s musical text, free of posthumous interventions. It is presented in a beautifully printed edition for cello, with Schumann?s original piano reduction. Matching orchestral material is also available from the publisher. ?My ultimate wish,? says the editor, ?is to give performers both access to, and confidence that they are playing from, an edition which is a true representation of the piece in its original form, no matter how much more difficult this might be. I found that incorporating the changes enabled the piece to take on a completely different character ? one that is lighter and happier, even ?cheerful?, as Schumann himself described the work.?

A Must-Have Collection of Well-Known Songs Including Many Cello Features-If you've been learning to play the cello for a little while you're probably eager to put those new skills to work and play some familiar songs. The First 50 Songs You Should Play on the Cello includes a wide variety of favorite songs from pop hits and movie themes to folk songs and classical melodies several of which originally featured cello! Titles include: Air (Air on the G String) · All of Me · All You Need Is Love · Circle of Life · Fight Song · God Bless America® · Hallelujah · Hello · I Will Always Love You · Let It Go · Roar · Satin Doll · See You Again · Shake It Off · Shallow · Stand by Me · Summertime · The Swan (Le Cygne) · This Is Me · What a Wonderful World · andmore!