SKU: HL.49041721

ISBN 9783254083753. German.

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) was a celebrated figure in the European music scene in his own lifetime. Warmly welcomed and recommended by Liszt and highly esteemed by Brahms and Tchaikovsky, he took the concert halls by storm with his compositions, influenced by the late-Romantic spirit and advancing as far as musical Impressionism, such the Piano Concerto, the music of Ibsen's Peer Gynt and numerous songs. His Lyrical Pieces delighted all piano-playing music lovers.Grieg had studied at the Leipzig Conservatoire and once called himself 'musically speaking, entirely German'. After his return to his home country, he listened with rapt attention to the songs and dances of the Norwegian farmers and developed his characteristic style on the basis of this music. To him, that was not only a musical, but also a political issue. Grieg, a master of poetry in music, was both an active democrat and a patriot, his ideals being justice and humanity.

SKU: FG.55011-552-1

ISBN 9790550115521.

In Olli Koskelin's 7 Haiku for flute and guitar the haiku gets three different interpretations: intertwined with the composed version the performers improvise it and read it out loud. The texts of haiku are included in English and in Finnish.

Duration: c. 15'
This product is a B4 sized folder with two copies of the performance score (loose pages).

Olli Koskelin's (born 16 April 1955) compositional output reflects a wide range of interests. The vast area covered by his style encompasses the neo-impressionism of the piano work Courbures (1989) to the post-expressionist echoes of his Music for String Quartet (1981) as well as the breakneck virtuosity of his clarinet piece Exalte (1985/1991) and the rich romantic textures of his orchestral piece ... like a planet silently breathing... (1993). He often uses the overtone series like the French spectral composers and avoids dramatic culmination. Soft harmonics, tranquil arching melodies, a leisurely rhythmical pulse and a coherence of mood are in evidence in his later works as in Uurre (1997) for chamber ensemble, Miniatures (1997) for string quartet and Circles within for 19 solo strings.

SKU: BT.MI0403

Italian.

Questo metodo si rivolge a tutti i pianisti e tastieristi principianti che hanno voglia di divertirsi da subito. Con non meno di 50 brani facili per pianoforte e quindi accessibili a tutti, ognuno potr non solo divertirsi, ma anche fare notevoli progressi. In effetti il piacere di suonarli permette di superare le difficolt incontrate nell’esecuzione. Questi 50 brani propongono accompagnamenti semplici in cui la mano sinistra suona essenzialmente il basso, mentre la mano destra esegue la melodia, su ritmi facili da riprodurre. Sono comunque brani molto melodiosi e gradevoli da sentire e da suonare. Ogni brano potr inoltre essere interpretato su una base musicalecorrispondente, dando in questo modo al pianista principiante l’impressione di essere in mezzo ad un gruppo, con altri musicisti. Sul disco dati allegato al metodo, troverete quindi 50 basi musicali (a due velocit diverse) sotto forma di file audio nonché i 50 brani ripresi in video per mostrarvi come suonarli.

SKU: BR.OB-5399-23

ISBN 9790004338377. 10 x 12.5 inches.

The three symphonic sketches La Mer are, after Prelude a Lapresmidi dun faune, no doubt Debussys most frequently performed orchestral work. This success derives in part from its formal resemblance to a symphony, which had already been noted by the composers contemporaries, and in part from its sound, which was associated from the very start with the shimmer and iridescence of Impressionism.Peter Jost takes all major sources into consideration. Ultimately, the musical text of his Urtext edition is based on a copy of the second edition of the score, published in 1909, in which the composer incorporated his experiences as auditor and conductor into a last authorized version. After the cool reception given La Mer at its world premiere, Debussy revised the work and conducted the extraordinarily successful performances of it in early 1908 in Paris,London and Rome.

SKU: BR.OB-5399-15

ISBN 9790004338346. 10 x 12.5 inches.

The three symphonic sketches La Mer are, after Prelude a Lapresmidi dun faune, no doubt Debussys most frequently performed orchestral work. This success derives in part from its formal resemblance to a symphony, which had already been noted by the composers contemporaries, and in part from its sound, which was associated from the very start with the shimmer and iridescence of Impressionism.Peter Jost takes all major sources into consideration. Ultimately, the musical text of his Urtext edition is based on a copy of the second edition of the score, published in 1909, in which the composer incorporated his experiences as auditor and conductor into a last authorized version. After the cool reception given La Mer at its world premiere, Debussy revised the work and conducted the extraordinarily successful performances of it in early 1908 in Paris,London and Rome.