This superbly edited selection of nearly three hundred of Chopin's letters the first to be published in English vividly reveals the composer as man and artist. The tone of the letters is exuberantly engaging. Their contents offer rare glimpses into Chopin's childhood environment his mind and character his tragic love for George Sand the origins of many of his compositions the various musical influences which shaped his creative ideas and habits and the artistic circles in which he moved.Chopin’s Letter have been collected by Henryk Opienski and translated with preface and editorial notes by E.L. Voynich.

from Mary Poppins Returns. Have you ever lost something you loved? A toy, a book, a favorite memento? Leave it to Mary Poppins to tell you about the metaphorical space where the things you've lost and loved are waiting anxiously for your return. Not a dry eye will be left in your audience when it is revealed, at the end of the song, the thing for which the Banks children have been pining with all their hearts.

Melody/Lyrics/Chords-Over 50 songs to strum and sing on your ukulele including: Against the Wind · Baby Blue · Boulevard of Broken Dreams · Catch the Wind · Crazy Little Thing Called Love · Drift Away · Every Rose Has Its Thorn · Hey Soul Sister · Ho Hey · I Will Wait · Island in the Sun · Listen to the Music · Lyin' Eyes · No Rain · Patience · Rhythm of Love · She Talks to Angels · Shelter from the Storm · To Be with You · Upside Down · Wild Horses · and more.

This book presents 375 of J.S. Bach's surviving chorale harmonizations with singable English translations of the original German text by choral conductor Henry S. Drinker. Printed in an easy-to-read format this edition wasdesigned to facilitate both analysis of Bach's musical genius in voice leading and renewed performance of these works by congregations. It is hoped that this user-friendly edition will inspire students and congregations alike totake a fresh look at this priceless musical treasure. Today they remain some of the finest examples of voice leading and harmonic movement making them appropriate study material for any student of music theory and harmony.Chorales are also the root of traditional hymnody especially from the Lutheran tradition. The chorales were originally text and melody sung a cappella and were for congregational singing. Chorales were set in four parts forchoir use and are still appropriate for performance in worship services today. Many of the melodies will be familiar to those who sing traditional hymns. Choirs will love singing these beautifully written settings.

Durkle Bandrydge is the name of the composers imaginary world but it could very well be anyones invisible dream world with a different name. In this very versatile suite by Bruce Fraser 8 characters are featured each with its ownpeculiarities making Durkle Bandrydge such a colourful place. Do these characters differ that much from us? That is for you to find out! In the last part all characters come together in a special way.Durkle Bandrydge exists at the end ofyour street. It is invisible to humans but Durkle Bandrygators can watch us with great interest. The music will introduce you to some of the characters who live in this unusual place. The parts: Somnanbulyss who is a giant trollguarding the entrance to Durkle Bandryde. At least he is supposed to but he tends to sleep most of the time. His music is therefore very slow moving and sleepy. Long Gwysteen is a tall mysterious and somehow sophisticated character who walls around with a shell on his back. His music glides along rather gracefully. Squelfitch is a rather unpleasant and smelly character who lives in a bog which is why his music sounds rather slimy and a bit like trying to walkthrough quicksand. Perfydlia is a meddling old woman who gossips about everybody and squeals with sudden delight at the small exciting bits of tittletattle about others in the village. In the music you can hear her sudden little squealsof delight. Maryann Lovely is a beautiful young lady graceful gorgeous absolutely devine and her music is obviously just the same. Thistledoo Nicely is a lively character who spends and spends and spends with her credit card buying the latest fashion and never worries about having to pay the bills. Her music reflects her excitement when shopping and het ‘happy go lucky’ approach to life. Marsyn Edginton is the Lord of the manor the richest man in town the‘big cheese’ the man with all the power and of course the biggest house. He is very grand and his music like he could be a king. Jimmy McScotsmyn is a red haired scotsman wearing tartan cap. He misses his home country terribly and eatslots of shortbread oatcakes scotch eggs porridge and drinks an enormous amount of Scotch Wisky which helps him to have fond memories of the kind of music he would like to dance to when he was a younger man. His favourite dance is a Jig andthis is the music he remembers. Grand March of the Durkle Bandrydgators. We hope that you have enjoyed meeting these characters from Drukle Bandrydge and would invite you to listen to all the villagers now march along in a grand parade -it is a pity that you can not see them what is a wonderful sight. If you listen carefully you will hear the melodies which belong to the characters as they march past. Oh what a grand spectacle!

Durkle Bandrydge is the name of the composers imaginary world but it could very well be anyones invisible dream world with a different name. In this very versatile suite by Bruce Fraser 8 characters are featured each with its ownpeculiarities making Durkle Bandrydge such a colourful place. Do these characters differ that much from us? That is for you to find out! In the last part all characters come together in a special way.Durkle Bandrydge exists at the end ofyour street. It is invisible to humans but Durkle Bandrygators can watch us with great interest. The music will introduce you to some of the characters who live in this unusual place. The parts: Somnanbulyss who is a giant trollguarding the entrance to Durkle Bandryde. At least he is supposed to but he tends to sleep most of the time. His music is therefore very slow moving and sleepy. Long Gwysteen is a tall mysterious and somehow sophisticated character who walls around with a shell on his back. His music glides along rather gracefully. Squelfitch is a rather unpleasant and smelly character who lives in a bog which is why his music sounds rather slimy and a bit like trying to walkthrough quicksand. Perfydlia is a meddling old woman who gossips about everybody and squeals with sudden delight at the small exciting bits of tittletattle about others in the village. In the music you can hear her sudden little squealsof delight. Maryann Lovely is a beautiful young lady graceful gorgeous absolutely devine and her music is obviously just the same. Thistledoo Nicely is a lively character who spends and spends and spends with her credit card buying the latest fashion and never worries about having to pay the bills. Her music reflects her excitement when shopping and het ‘happy go lucky’ approach to life. Marsyn Edginton is the Lord of the manor the richest man in town the‘big cheese’ the man with all the power and of course the biggest house. He is very grand and his music like he could be a king. Jimmy McScotsmyn is a red haired scotsman wearing tartan cap. He misses his home country terribly and eatslots of shortbread oatcakes scotch eggs porridge and drinks an enormous amount of Scotch Wisky which helps him to have fond memories of the kind of music he would like to dance to when he was a younger man. His favourite dance is a Jig andthis is the music he remembers. Grand March of the Durkle Bandrydgators. We hope that you have enjoyed meeting these characters from Drukle Bandrydge and would invite you to listen to all the villagers now march along in a grand parade -it is a pity that you can not see them what is a wonderful sight. If you listen carefully you will hear the melodies which belong to the characters as they march past. Oh what a grand spectacle!

Patron of lovers and bridesmaids-La composition était à l?origine un cadeau de Noël pour Valentin le fils cadet du compositeur. Valentin est aussi le saint patron des amoureux. Il aurait été un pauvre prêtre connu pour sa guérison d?une fille aveugle et aurait offert des fleurs de son jardin à ceux nécessitant de l?aide et du réconfort. Le jour de la Saint-Valentin est célébré depuis le XIVe siècle reconnu surtout comme une célébration annuelle du jour le plus romantique. Cette ?uvre est en style de choral avec une touche de romance !

Patron of lovers and bridesmaids-La composition était à l?origine un cadeau de Noël pour Valentin le fils cadet du compositeur. Valentin est aussi le saint patron des amoureux. Il aurait été un pauvre prêtre connu pour sa guérison d?une fille aveugle et aurait offert des fleurs de son jardin à ceux nécessitant de l?aide et du réconfort. Le jour de la Saint-Valentin est célébré depuis le XIVe siècle reconnu surtout comme une célébration annuelle du jour le plus romantique. Cette ?uvre est en style de choral avec une touche de romance !

Jack Brymer premièred this work originally called 'Sopsonare' in 1973 at the American School at St. John's Wood playing on Michael Krein's Selmer soprano saxophone. This Sonata the first composition for saxophone by Colin Cowles was inspired by the acquisition of a soprano saxophone whilst teaching in Hemel Hempstead in the early 1970s. Although having played on a simple system soprano as a boy (an instrument borrowed from and taught him by his father) this re-introduction to the instrument was to kindle a life-long love of the complete saxophone family and the composition of an almost endless 'library' of works for it at all levels. It was also at a time whenthe composers had made recent acquaintance with the eminent saxophonist Peter Ripper and had been introduced to the saxophone quartet by the recently formed London Saxophone Quartet whose leader Paul Harvey was to play this Sonata and the Elegy for Soprano Saxophone and String Orchestra. He in fact premiered the latter work which Jack Brymer then played in public on a number of occasions. It was recorded by Peter Ripper with the composer at the piano at the BBC Maida Vale Studios. It is a totally non-esoteric work but like so much of the composer's music it is fun and approachable bearing repetition without becoming tedious. The composer has always favoured the Bb saxophones (soprano and tenor) which is reflected by his output. Of particular note are: • Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra• In Memoriam for Tenor Saxophone and String Orchestra• Sonata for Tenor Saxophone and Piano • Three Bala Sketches for Tenor Saxophone and Piano. This Sonata for Soprano Saxophone and Piano and the Elegy for Soprano Saxophone and Strings are particular favourites of the composer.

Par PURCELL HENRY. Thomas Adès's four Purcell arrangements, Four Songs, for medium voice and piano are ideal repertoire for recitals. The collection is comprised of two of Purcell’s Tempest songs ‘Come Unto these Yellow Sands’ and ‘Full Fathom Five’, alongside the much-loved ‘An Evening Hymn’ and ‘By Beauteous Softness’. The whole collection lasts around 12 minutes. Adès described Purcell’s manner of setting English text as ‘magnificent’ remarking that ‘the way that emotion, the rhythm of the words, is rendered into music is incomparably natural and powerful.’ All of these qualities are evident in these realisations, which should prove an invaluable addition to the repertoire. / Vocal Music / Répertoire / Voix Moyennes, Voix et Piano

36 Original Piano Pieces Instrument : piano Nombre de Pages : 72 The music teacher and pianist Monika Twelsiek adds a new selection of piano works around the subject of Night and Dreams to the Piano Classics series. At any time, the night was a theme in literature, art and music. 'Night' and 'Dream' are emotional images which evoke vastly different emotions in different people. The night is a place of peace and security, of longing and love, of secrets, imagination and dreams. But night also means strangeness, loneliness, fear, danger and crime. The collection 'Night and Dreams' with works from the Romantic piano literature to new contemporary sounds tries to capture all of these nightly emotions. Apart from a plethora of folk-song-like lullabies, numerous fantastic dream pieces and descriptions of dangerous night scenes have been added to the collection. An alluring mixture of imagination and reality, for advanced piano pupils and lovers of piano music. Content : P. Zilcher: Lullaby, op. 93/4 - G. Nevada: A Little Dreamy - A. Gretchaninoff: Lullaby, op. 98 - C. Gurlitt: 4 Reverie, op. 210 - R. Volkmann: Night Song, op. 17 - R. Schumann: Lullaby, op. 124 - J. Senfter: Lullaby - F. Burgmüller: Lullaby, op. 109 - P. Tschaikowsky: Sweet Reverie, op. 39 - R. Fuchs: Lullaby, op. 32 - E. Satie: Lullaby - K.-H. Pick: Sleeping Beauty is Sleeping - H. Regner: Phantasmagoria - B. Heller: Evening Flower - G. Nevada: When Paris Dreams - J. Turina: The Village Sleeps - E. Pütz: Sleep Well Blues - J. Kember: Midnight Blue - G. Nevada: Starry Dome - E. Grieg: Lullaby, op. 38 - A. Gretchaninoff: Bed Time, op. 109 - Nightly Event, op. 115 - K. Slavicky: The Evil Dream - B. Martinu: The Cats' Procession in the Solstice Night - R. Schumann: Reverie, op. 15 - Child Falling Asleep, op. 20 - A. Rubinstein: The Night, op. 44/1 - L. He: Lullaby - E. Pütz: Night of Love - J. Field: Nocturne B major, op. 9/2 - Nocturne E major, op. 72/1 - E. Grieg: Notturno, op. 54 - C. Debussy: Reverie - W. Killmayer: Nocturne III - P. Hindemith: Fantastic Duet of Two Trees at the Window, op. 15