SKU: HL.48185468
UPC: 888680837679. 9.0x12.0x0.156 inches.
Born in Tunisia in 1952, Christian Lauba has been a prominent contemporary composer, winning many prizes since his graduation from the Conservatory of Bordeaux during the mid-1980s. Lauba is particularly noted for his compositions and teaching guides for the Saxophone, such as Nine Studies for Saxophones. Composed betweem 1992 and 1994, Nine Studies for Saxophones won Lauba the SACEM prize in composition. The second volume, for Soprano and Tenor Saxophones contains the fifth, sixth and seventh studies; 1) Tadj, 2) Gyn, and 3) Vir. Nine Studies for Saxophones is very modern in style, exploiting extended techniques of the Saxophone to the maximum. These include articulation, modes, complex rhythms, ornamentation, tonality, harmonics, vibrato, resonance and flutter tonguing, among other aspects. With modern classical music becoming more and more prominent within the genre, Lauba's Nine Studies for Saxophones is essential to all saxophonists..
SKU: AP.K04527
ISBN 9780769257594. UPC: 029156099607. 9x12 inches. English. Kopprasch.
Sixty selected studies for horn written by C. Kopprasch.
SKU: FP.FHC15
ISBN 979-0-57050-130-4.
Himself the master of writing the progressive yet playable study, Cuthburt Harris was the ideal judge when compiling this masterful series of graded studies by the great masters including Czerny, Chopin, Bertini, Heller and Lemoine. Includes exercises targeting all areas of phrasing, style, touch, agility and independence of the fingers, as well as scales and chords.
SKU: HL.48184724
UPC: 888680841614. 9.0x12.0x0.264 inches.
Six studies, Op. 5 is a set of studies for Organ by Jeanne Demessieux, with a preface by Marcel Dupre. For upper-intermediate and above players, these studies were conceived to help the progression of the player, to enable them to acquire the necessary skills and to maintain their high level. Each study focuses on a special aspect and uses both hands and feet : 1. E minor: Alternating toes-tend 2. B major: Alternating thirds 3. F sharp major: Alternating sixths 4. F major: Alternating chords 5. E major: Repeated notes 6. C sharp minor: octaves Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968) was a French organist, pianist, composer and pedagogue. She studied Organ with Marcel Dupre and was the main organist at La Madeleine in Paris..
SKU: HL.48182624
UPC: 888680834548. 9.0x12.0x0.08 inches.
Born in 1928, French composer and teacher, Jean Aubain studied with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1955, he won the Premier Prix de Rome and his since composed many other prolific works, including Three Studies for Percussion and Piano. Composed in 1968, Three Studies for Percussion and Piano is made up of three movements; 1) Variations, 2) Scherzo, and 3) Final. With a typical performance lasting around seven minutes, Aubain's piece includes use of Timpani, Xylophone, Temple-Block, Tom-Toms, Vibraphone and Cymbals, as well as other Percussion instruments. For all advanced percussionists seeking solo performance repertoire, Aubain's Three Studies for Percussion and Piano is essential..
SKU: BR.BG-780
ISBN 9790004131541. 9 x 12 inches. German / English.
The series Studies for Playing Contemporary Music for ... offers a collection of short contemporary pieces for the resp. Solo instrument. The series addresses musicians who are particularly interested in contemporary music and seek ways of becoming familiar with this domain. Many pieces were written especially for these collections. The editors have especially stressed that the contributions should, on the one hand, correspond to the personality of the composer and, on the other hand, treat definite technical and musical problems. Meanwhile, several have made it into the repertoire of solo literature. Other pieces have been drawn from larger works. Particular on the notation of the respective pieces are contained in the comments. There the instructions of the editor for the instrumental realization as well as, if necessary, the composers' own explanations are given.
SKU: BT.FORFCW13
These 12 studies for piano by the great composer of children's piano music Walter Carroll, come with explanatory notes and offer the ideal method of improving the technique of the player of grade 2-3 standard.