Prague also named ‘The Golden City’ has been the cultural and administrative capital city of the Czech Republic for thousands of years. The city is beautifully situated on the river Moldau. Every year millions of tourists visit Prague. It is one of the most popular cities of Eastern Europe. With it's mysterious little squares dark alley ways and cobblestone streets the ‘City of the 100 Towers’ is a unique mixture of architecture dominated by monumental buildings numerous churches and the oldest castle of Europe. The Bohemian capital city remains timeless. Visit the fort and be amazed at the lovely views over the Charles Bridge. Spend your time carefully browsing through the little stalls filled with paintings photos jewelery and hand-decorated products accompanied by the sounds of the street musicians in the background. Notice the famous 15 th century astronomical clock that indicates the time every hour with a parade of the twelve apostles. When composing this piece it was Jan Bosveld’s intention to depict the atmosphere of this metropolitan city with over one million inhabitants rather than to create a fairly literal musical portrait. One of the many other names of Prague is ‘The City of the Clocks’. This can be heard throughout the piece depicted by the tubular bells. The piece consists of three movements (slow-fast-slow) and was written in a rhapsodic format. Jan Bosveld was commissioned to write ‘The Golden City’ by the Dutch Music Lend and Information Centre (MUI) a department of the library for the province of Gelderland in Arnhem the Netherlands.

This hymn was commissioned by ?Antwerpen 93?. And this city on the banks of the river Schelde has been nominated ?Cultural Capital of Europe? for 1993. The work-group ?animatie? took the initiative and commissioned a hymn which -as the finale to a grand open-air event on 27th March- was premièred by hundreds of musicians from all over Europe. Philippe Langlet (France) was the conductor at this majestic occasion.Musically speaking the piece can no doubt be labeled easy. Indeed it is meant to represent a hymn playable by all in different instrumental combinations. Consequently a variable instrumentation was chosen and a type of music which by native is easily accessible anduncomplicated.The conductor is free -in the instrumentation- to score this piece according to his own taste. It is perhaps advisable to use the sharp brass in the forte parts in order to make the range in the sound of the orchestra as colouful as possible. The percussion parts are not absolutely essential so that the hymn can also be performed without percussion.

This collection of 14 original waltzes tangos and dances for piano accordion is representative of the many sights and sounds of Europe. The special features of this book are simply the many flavors of each and every song. Eachtune has its own story to tell. As you play ?An Old French Town ? imagine walking through narrow streets with old buildings and people playing music on the streets. ?Morning in Paris? was in the author?s head the morning hisfamily took a boat ride on the Seine River. Similarly all of the other songs are about places the composer visited and things he and his family did while visiting Europe

François Glorieux was born in Belgium in 1932 and acclaimed throughout Europe the USA Latin America Canada Japan China the Middle East and Africa. He is one of the most widely accomplished and versatile musicians traveling the international circuit today: pianist composer conductor commentator entertainer honorary professor of chamber music at the Royal Music Conservatory of Ghent and guest professor at Yale University (USA). His particular art was the rare one of improvisation presented in five languages. Glorieux practices all musical styles and has been highly considered by great artists such as André Cluytens Arthur Rubinstein Yves Nat Hiroyuki Iwaki EnriqueJorda Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos but also Michael Jackson Stan Kenton Stéphane Grappelli Paul McCartney Toots Thielemans Jacky Collins Annie Girardot Dionne Warwick A.C. Jobim and so on. François Glorieux was born in Belgium in 1932 and acclaimed throughout Europe the USA Latin America Canada Japan China the Middle East and Africa. He is one of the most widely accomplished and versatile musicians traveling the international circuit today: pianist composer conductor commentator entertainer honorary professor of chamber music at the Royal Music Conservatory of Ghent and guest professor at Yale University (USA). His particular art was the rare one of improvisation presented in five languages. Glorieux practices all musical styles and has been highly considered by great artists such as André Cluytens Arthur Rubinstein Yves Nat Hiroyuki Iwaki EnriqueJorda Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos but also Michael Jackson Stan Kenton Stéphane Grappelli Paul McCartney Toots Thielemans Jacky Collins Annie Girardot Dionne Warwick A.C. Jobim and so on.

The Yiddish word â??Klezmerâ?? has been derived from the Old Hebrew words â??Kleyâ?? (tool instrument) and â??Zemerâ?? (song singing making music).Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe.Yiddish musicians (Klezmorim) were regularly invited to come and play at Yiddish weddings as well as several other Jewish celebrations and festive occasions. Despite its close connection with traditional Eastern European folk music Klezmer music has succeeded in preserving its distinctive Jewish character. â??Klezmer Discoveryâ?? is a voyage of discovery through the richly varied music of the Jewish people from Eastern Europe.The introduction consists of anumber of motives from different traditional melodies (a Mitzve Tenzel and Lâ??cha Dodi) followed by a melody in 3/8th time (Kandelâ??s Hora). This dance melody originally came from Bessarabia (present-day Moldavia) and was taken along to America by Jewish musicians round 1900. Subsequently â??Der Terk in Amerikaâ?? a composition by famous clarinet player Naftule Brandwein can be heard. A number of fast cheerful dance melodies (bulgars) form the finale of â??Klezmer Discoveryâ?? (Lebedyk un Freylekh Lomir sich iberbetn and Sherele).

The Yiddish word ‘Klezmer’ has been derived from the Old Hebrew words ‘Kley’ (tool instrument) and ‘Zemer’ (song singing making music).Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe.Yiddish musicians (Klezmorim) were regularly invited to come and play at Yiddish weddings as well as several other Jewish celebrations and festive occasions. Despite its close connection with traditional Eastern European folk music Klezmer music has succeeded in preserving its distinctive Jewish character. ‘Klezmer Discovery’ is a voyage of discovery through the richly varied music of the Jewish people from Eastern Europe.The introduction consists of anumber of motives from different traditional melodies (a Mitzve Tenzel and L’cha Dodi) followed by a melody in 3/8th time (Kandel’s Hora). This dance melody originally came from Bessarabia (present-day Moldavia) and was taken along to America by Jewish musicians round 1900. Subsequently ‘Der Terk in Amerika’ a composition by famous clarinet player Naftule Brandwein can be heard. A number of fast cheerful dance melodies (bulgars) form the finale of ‘Klezmer Discovery’ (Lebedyk un Freylekh Lomir sich iberbetn and Sherele).

14 Accordion Solos On European Melodies. Par FAZIO JAMES. Cette collection de 14 original valse, tangos et danses pour piano accordéon est représentant de nombreux monuments et les sons de l'Europe. Chaque chanson a sa propre histoire à raconter. ' A Little Town Called Mulhausen ' a été écrite en l'honneur du titulaire d'un petit café en Allemagne. De même, toutes les autres chansons sont sur les lieux du compositeur visités et les choses, lui et sa famille a fait tout en visitant l'Europe. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / European - Solos / Recueil / Accordéon ou Clavier

Whether you’re a seasoned traveler or making your first trip to Europe to study or work as a musician this book will simplify your life. The Handbook For American Musicians Overseas describes details ofunderstanding the different European music school systems finding and getting into a school and adjusting to a new country.A dictionary of contemporary music terms gives you the musical vocabulary that you’ll need inFrench German and Italian on a daily basis. Whether you’re going to work or study music in Europe this book is going to make life easier.

Par DUFOURT HUGUES. Devenu sourd à l'âge de quarante-six ans, Goya a réalisé vers 1820 de mystérieuses fresques appelées Pinturas negras sur les murs de sa maison de campagne madrilène, la Quinta del Sordo. C'est sur ces 'tableaux noirs' que s'appuie la composition de La Maison du Sourd pour flûte et orchestre. Goya fut le premier artiste de son époque à refuser toute utilité publique et sociale à l'art. Il renonce aux fonctions d'embellissement et de transfiguration qui avaient été traditionnellement dévolues à la peinture et va jusqu'à rejeter l'idée même des règles de l'art. Goya a frayé une voie nouvelle en peinture, qu'il oriente de la réalité au rêve. En faisant de la peinture une sorte de sténographie des pulsions, Goya invente le style de l'esquisse. Goya reçut sans doute de Tiepolo le secret de son art. Celui-ci apprit à Goya l'univers enchanté, lumineux qui caractérise la culture de l'Europe pastorale de l'Europe du rococo. Il lui transmit les moyens techniques propres à rendre la texture des songes : précision, économie et légèreté de la touche, fraîcheur de la palette, limpidité cristalline du coloris, intensité lumineuse de la gamme chromatique. Tiepolo embrasse les nuées - ses fresques de plafond sont des prodiges perspectifs d'architecture feinte, avec des ciels mauves, des nuages rosés, argentés ou gris bleutés, qui se détachent d'un fond bleu azur ou vert pâle. Tiepolo accomplit la synthèse de toute la tradition décorative vénitienne qu'il transfigure dans des atmosphères insaisissables. Il s'échappe aussi dans l'univers intimiste de l'élégie mélancolique, parfois teintée d'amertume, qu'il confie à des petites toiles de chevalet, à des dessins et des eaux-fortes. Les Vari Capricci, gravés en 1740 et publiés par ses fils en 1775, les Scherzi di fantasia, série de vingt-quatre estampes qu'il exécute entre 1739 et 1757, découvrent un monde inquiétant qui annonce la violence sourde et la sombre irrationalité des Caprices de Goya. Goya avait commencé à peindre de vastes paysages lumineux, avec des bleus célestes et des verts juteux, sur les murs de sa maison de campagne qu'il avait achetée en 1819, aux portes de Madrid. Il vivait avec une femme encore jeune et séparée de son mari, la belle Leocadia Weiss - la Manola qui ouvre le cycle des peintures murales de la Quinta del Sordo -, et sa petite Rosario que l'on présume être la fille du peintre. Comment ces vastes paysages, d'une grandiose sérénité, composés à la manière du monde radieux de Tiepolo, ont-ils pu être ensevelis sous des alluvions de noir dense, de gris, de brun et de jaune terreux, qui sont celles des Peintures noires ? Nul ne le sait. Seules subsistent quelques tristes évidences : la lutte fratricide, la sauvagerie des instincts, les espoirs réduits à néant, la vie mutilée, la mort imminente. Ici, deux hommes déjà à demi enlisés dans les sables mouvants s'assomment à coups de gourdins. Là, une frise de sorcières accroupies, terrifiées, couvant un feu mauvais, acclament le Grand Bouc. Assise au fond, à droite, la Manola assiste impassible à la scène. Tout proche, c'est le Sabbat. Ailleurs, Asmodée : le démon du plaisir impur, le vol de la volupté fauché par une décharge de fusil. Judith et Holopherne : la vengeance féminine, la violence du désir inassouvi. Plus loin, deux femmes rient d'un homme à gorge déployée. Les Parques tranchent le fil de la vie. Saturne dévore ses fils. Un chien nage à contre-courant. On s'accorde à penser que les Peintures noires sont le geste d'amertume et de désespoir d'un homme qui voit l'Espagne sombrer définitivement dans le despotisme et la réaction. Mais il y a plus. Goya est le premier peintre du monstrueux et de l'abject. Il décrit la condition de misère d'une humanité qui recule d'horreur devant la mort, mais la préfère encore à la vie, dans la régression et le dégoût de soi. La folie des hommes tient moins à leur impuissance à s'émanciper qu'à leur refus de l'autonomie. Goya n'a jamais renoncé au rationalisme des Lumières ni aux thèmes de réflexion universalistes. Mais pour lui, la fin de l'art n'est plus de plaire et d'instruire, mais de témoigner d'un rapport essentiel de l'homme à lui-même, jusque dans la révélation de l'inéducable. Dans ma propre 'Maison du Sourd', j'ai évoqué, en première partie de l'oeuvre, ce rêve luministe, ce rideau de lumière qui évoque l'intensité et l'espace du monde radieux de Tiepolo, et dont le large panorama avait formé la toile de fond du premier projet des peintures murales de la Maison du Sourd. C'est une très longue plage suspensive où le soliste n'intervient pas. La seconde partie, qui laisse libre cours à la stridence de l'expression subjective, est au contraire dominée par le mélisme tourmenté et replié sur lui-même de la flûte. L'orchestre libère de l'énergie en même temps qu'il en accumule, à la manière d'une spirale qui ne cesse de se contracter et de se replier sur elle-même, jusqu'à l'étranglement final. Hugues Dufourt / Niveau : Difficile / contemporain / Répertoire / Flûte Traversière Solo

The Yiddish word ‘Klezmer’ has been derived from the Old Hebrew words ‘Kley’ (tool instrument) and ‘Zemer’ (song singing making music).Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe.Yiddish musicians (Klezmorim) were regularly invited to come and play at Yiddish weddings as well as several other Jewish celebrations and festive occasions. Despite its close connection with traditional Eastern European folk music Klezmer music has succeeded in preserving its distinctive Jewish character. ‘Klezmer Discovery’ is a voyage of discovery through the richly varied music of the Jewish people from Eastern Europe.The introduction consists of a number of motives from differenttraditional melodies (a Mitzve Tenzel and L’cha Dodi) followed by a melody in 3/8th time (Kandel’s Hora). This dance melody originally came from Bessarabia (present-day Moldavia) and was taken along to America by Jewish musicians round 1900. Subsequently ‘Der Terk in Amerika’ a composition by famous clarinet player Naftule Brandwein can be heard. A number of fast cheerful dance melodies (bulgars) form the finale of ‘Klezmer Discovery’ (Lebedyk un Freylekh Lomir sich iberbetn and Sherele).

La richesse du continent européen provient de la grande pluralité des traditions et c?est sur cette pluralité que l?Europe du futur doit être construite. Cet hymne a été composé sous la Présidence autrichienne de l?Union européenne au cours du premier semestre 2006. The Spirit of Youth est dédié à la jeunesse européenne architecte de la paix et de la solidarité dans l?Europe unifiée de demain.

This hymn was commissioned by ?Antwerpen 93?. And this city on the banks of the river Schelde has been nominated ?Cultural Capital of Europe? for 1993. The work-group ?animatie? took the initiative and commissioned a hymn which -as the finale to a grand open-air event on 27th March- was premièred by hundreds of musicians from all over Europe. Philippe Langlet (France) was the conductor at this majestic occasion.Musically speaking the piece can no doubt be labeled easy. Indeed it is meant to represent a hymn playable by all in different instrumental combinations. Consequently a variable instrumentation was chosen and a type of music which by native is easily accessible anduncomplicated.The conductor is free -in the instrumentation- to score this piece according to his own taste. It is perhaps advisable to use the sharp brass in the forte parts in order to make the range in the sound of the orchestra as colouful as possible. The percussion parts are not absolutely essential so that the hymn can also be performed without percussion.

Prague also named ‘The Golden City’ has been the cultural and administrative capital city of the Czech Republic for thousands of years. The city is beautifully situated on the river Moldau. Every year millions of tourists visit Prague. It is one of the most popular cities of Eastern Europe. With it's mysterious little squares dark alley ways and cobblestone streets the ‘City of the 100 Towers’ is a unique mixture of architecture dominated by monumental buildings numerous churches and the oldest castle of Europe. The Bohemian capital city remains timeless. Visit the fort and be amazed at the lovely views over the Charles Bridge. Spend your time carefully browsing through the little stalls filled with paintings photos jewelery and hand-decorated products accompanied by the sounds of the street musicians in the background. Notice the famous 15 th century astronomical clock that indicates the time every hour with a parade of the twelve apostles. When composing this piece it was Jan Bosveld’s intention to depict the atmosphere of this metropolitan city with over one million inhabitants rather than to create a fairly literal musical portrait. One of the many other names of Prague is ‘The City of the Clocks’. This can be heard throughout the piece depicted by the tubular bells. The piece consists of three movements (slow-fast-slow) and was written in a rhapsodic format. Jan Bosveld was commissioned to write ‘The Golden City’ by the Dutch Music Lend and Information Centre (MUI) a department of the library for the province of Gelderland in Arnhem the Netherlands.

Gypsy Jazz sets off on an exotic tour of folk culture concentrating on Eastern Europe. Adventurous violinists will travel as far afield as Hungary Turkey Russia and Romania and bring back an interesting and exciting bag of musical souvenirs. For the developing violinist this music opens up a world of contrast and colour shade and style. These pieces with their flavour of gypsy/folk and cafe music call for a flamboyant heart-on-sleeve style of playing.Gypsy Jazz Intermediate Level is a fantastic book introducing styles from across Europe with pieces for Violin with Piano Accompaniment which have been selected edited and arranged byPolly Waterfield and Timothy Kraemer. With accessible piano accompaniments the seven contrasting pieces in this book are a must for all violinists.The solo violin part is also included on a separate insert.