Easy Baroque Pieces for Classical Guitar is an outstanding introduction for the beginner to intermediate guitarist to the music of the Baroque period. Jerry Willard explains the intricacies of Baroque ornamentation (including trills, mordents and notes inégale in an easy-to-understand way, and performs each piece on the accompanying audio CD. Includes standard notation and tab. / Guitare et Guitare Tablatures

Whether for lessons or the first little concerts - 'Easy Concert Pieces' for guitar contains easy and well-known solo pieces, carefully selected according to technical and musical demands: Vol. 1 easy, Vol. 2 intermediate. Apart from original guitar pieces by Aguado, Mertz, Diabelli, Carulli, Sor, or Carcassi, this edition also contains easily playable arrangements of classical masterpieces such as Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons', Handel's 'Fireworks Music', Mozart's 'Magic Flute' or Verdi's 'Chorus of Hebrew Slaves'. The arrangements want to provide access to the masterpieces of concert literature and encourage the joy of classical music. All pieces are recorded on the accompanying CD. / Guitare

A proven source of graded duets for both the student and teacher of brass and woodwind instruments. Each volume contains works from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods, folk songs and traditional tunes, and a selection of original compositions by Keith Snell in a variety of styles. A useful source of repertoire. Contains: Allegro (Handel) * Andante (Telemann) * Andantino (Diabelli) * Appalachian Folk Song (American Traditional) * Aria (Speer) * Ballad (Tennessee Folk Tune) (Traditional) * Chorale (Speer) * Concert Duet in Four Movements (Snell) * Elizabethan Dance (Farnaby) * Etude (Snell) * Gavotte (Handel) * March (Anonymous) * March from Judas Maccabeus (Handel) * Minuet (Handel) * Mourish Dance (Susato) * Musette from English Suite No. 2 (Bach) * New England Chanty (American Traditional) * Old Tin Cans (American Folk Song) * Processional (Snell) * Renaissance Dance (Anonymous) * Ronde (Susato) * Toccata (Snell) * Waltz (Snell) * Wildwood Flower (American Folk Song).

A proven source of graded duets for both the student and teacher of brass and woodwind instruments. Each volume contains works from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods, folk songs and traditional tunes, and a selection of original compositions by Keith Snell in a variety of styles. A useful source of repertoire. Contains: Adagio (Mozart) * Allegretto (Haydn) * Bouree (Telemann) * Concert Duet in Three Movements (Snell) * Dance (Snell) * Daniel Cowper (English Country Dance) * English Folk Tune (Traditional) * The Hunters of Kentucky (American Traditional) * Intrada (Graupner) * Legend (Snell) * March (Anonymous) * Minuet in G (Bach) * The Music Box (Snell) * Norwegian Folk Song (Traditional) * Red River Valley (American Traditional) * Scottish Folk Song (Traditional) * Sea Shanty (American Traditional) * Serenade (Turk) * Three German Dances (Haydn).

Gary Lanier's arrangement of this cross text is warm inviting and accessible. Easy voice leadings and creative harmonies make this a winner. Duration: ca. 3:35.

'Klassik für Kinder' wants to introduce clarinet pupils to the beauty of Baroque, Classical and Romantic concert literature. Cautiously, not only original clarinet literature was taken up, but catchy tunes and themes from the opera (The Freeshooter, The Magic Flute and others) and the concert hall (Four Seasons, Capriccio Italy, Reverie and others) were used as well. The edition starts with a piece from the Renaissance period, followed by the great composers of the Baroque, European Classical and Romantic eras and completed by several discoveries off the common concert programmes (Blasius, Reinagel, Sullivan). Four centuries of music history which will make the pupils enjoy classical music. The pieces are presented in easy arrangements and can be mastered after about two years of tuition, with the three-line octave being left out. Contenu - V. Haussmann: Tanz und Nachtanz - M.A. Charpentier: Prélude from: Te Deum - H. Purcell: Trumpet Tune - A. Vivaldi: Allegro from: Autumn - G.P. Telemann: Largo - C. Graupner: Air - G.F. Händel: Bourrée from: Royal Firworks Music - Anonym: Menuett from: Notebook fro Anna Magdalena Bach - J. Haydn: St. Anthony Choral - W.A. Mozart: It rings out so joyful from: The Magic Flute - M.-F. Blasius: Grazioso - J. Reinagle: Allegro und Andante from: Sonatine G-Dur - L.v. Beethoven: German Dance - C. M.v. Weber: Through the woods, through the pastures from: Der Freischütz - F. Schubert: Entr’acte from: Rosamunde - F. Mendelssohn: Andante from: Symphony No. 4 (Italian) - R. Schumann: Rêverie from: Scenes from Childhood - J.F. Kranz: Valse lente - J. Strauss: Waltz No. 4 from: Echoes of the Rhine Loreley - P.I. Tschaikowsky: Capriccio Italien - A. Dvořak: Humoresque - A.Sullivan: Hornpipe from: Ruddigore - E. Grieg: Solveig's Song from: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 - E. Humperdinck: Evening Pryer from: Hansel and Gretel - E. MacDowell: To a wild rose - A. Gretchaninoff: A dark day from: Brimborions - M. Ravel: Boléro editor: Warnecke, Ulrike illustration: Schuermann, Andreas piano setting: Birtel, Wolfgang

for Flute Strings and Basso continuo-Full score Flute solo and String parts available as HM265.Antonio Vivaldi (1678 1741) ?was sprightly and highly inventive and he filled almost half the world with his concertos? wrote Quantz in a brief appreciation of Vivaldi a generation later. It was only by chance that this Flute Concerto In D which was preserved anonymously in Schwerin truly half a world away from Venice has been identified as a composition by Vivaldi. Easy to perform this concerto radiates musical freshness and high spirits.

?Enjoy the Organ? presents attractive organ pieces from the 18th and 19th centuries that are manageable on smaller instruments and even with little practice time lead to impressive results. These pieces are intended primarily for the amateur organist but can also be of interest to the professional who can use these as a starting point for improvisation.Volume 1 includes among other pieces: Luigi Cherubini ?Sonata in F major?; Louis-Claude Daquin ?Le coucou?; Johann Christian Gotthilf Tag ?Organ Symphony in C major?; Anonymous ?Variations on ?La Gayta??; Carl Czerny ?Prelude in F major op. 698.1?A collection of easy concert pieces for theorganMainly for amateur church musicians and organistsManageable on smaller instrumentsLeads to impressive results

Wie Schön Leuchtet Der Morgenstern (How Bright And Fair The Morning Star) BWV 1. Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day.The cantata ? Wie Schön Leuchtet Der Morgenstern? BWV 1 was written for 25 March 1725 when the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary coincided with Palm Sunday. It forms the conclusion of Bach?s cantata cycle of 1724/25.The anonymous librettist retained the outer verses 1 and 7 of Philipp Nicolai?s text (1599) which is assigned to the feast of Epiphany according to old tradition but was also sung at the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary. Verses 2 to 6 form the basis for the Tenor and Bassrecitatives and the Soprano and Tenor arias.Bach?s composition has a particularly festive brilliance with his use of 2 Horns 2 Oboes Da Caccia and the two concertante solo Violins. The Violins? lively figurations clearly reflect an image of the shining morning star.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition.- Original German text with English singing translation.- Idiomatic and easy-to-play Piano reduction.- Performance material (BA10001) vocal score (BA10001-90) & study score (TP1001) available for sale.

Easy Piano Pieces for Children (36)-The 'Keyboard Crocodile' is actually quite harmless. This friendly beast crawls colourfully and playfully amidst these piano pieces from all over the world chosen from among the easiest pieces of all times.It won't wag its tail at the 'Funeral of Max the Turtle' or snarl at 'Carefree Jack'. This delightful little reptile quickly finds its way into the hearts of all children beginning to play the piano. The only thing the 'Keyboard Crocodile' would like to sink its teeth into are boring piano albums for beginners! Anonymous: Early French DanceBach J. S.: MusetteBartók: SorrowBatschinskaja: The Old Cuckoo-ClockBeethoven:German DanceBurgmüller: ArabesqueDuncombe: Fanfare MinuetFux: Almost a CanonGillock: FiestaGillock: The Swinging SiouxGraupner: BourréeGretschaninow: Riding on the Hobby HorseGurlitt C.: Night JourneyGurlitt C.: The Little RascalGurlitt C.: Theme and VariationHaydn: 2 German DancesHaydn: Gipsy DanceKabalewskij: DanceKodály: Children's DanceLefeld: Little MouseLöhlein: BallettoMartin: Boogie No. 1Mozart: MinuetMozart Leop.: BourlesqeSchubert: EcossaiseSchumann: Hide and SeekSchumann: Soldier's MarchSchwerdtner: The Funeral of Max the TurtleSchwertberger: Samba in SixthsSeifert: Little PieceTakács: Glider FlightTakács: Pien-TshungTürk: Carefree JackTürk: Echo in the CastleVanhal: AllegrettoWitthauerTürk: Gavotte

This is volume 3 (Renaissance Dances) from our series of arrangements for recorder quartets. The pieces are sorted according to their difficulty from easy to medium.   Contents (for SATB unless otherwise stated):   Pavane et Galliarde - Pierre Phalèse   Dantze und Galliarden - Erasmus Widmann   Vier Tänze - Tilman Susato (1 for AATB)   Tanzfolgen - Michael Praetorius (1for SSAT)   Drei Tänze - Claude Gervaise   Sechs Tänze - Pièrre Attaingnant (2 for AATB)   Diferencias sobre la Pavana Italiana - Antonio de Cabezón   Pavane and Galiardo - William Byrd   Courante - Giles Farnaby   Courante 'Barafostus' Dream' - Anonymous   Scottische Tänze - Jame Lauder (1 for SAAT)