SKU: GI.G-10606
ISBN 9781622776177.
This advanced orchestral conducting resource features concise discussions of advanced technical and interpretive issues for 44 major orchestral works that all conductors will perform during their careers. The brief discussions that precede each score cover the full range of issues encountered in real conducting situations, and the accompanying online videos show Maestro Itkin demonstrating the techniques for each excerpt. All music examples have been faithfully reproduced from original scores, and Maestro Itkin has also arranged each excerpt for string quintet, ideal for the conducting class setting. With nearly a thousand performances to his credit, acclaimed conductor David Itkin shares the knowledge he has acquired over his decades in the profession. The Conductor’s Craft is for both up-and-coming conductors and seasoned professionals alike, equally beneficial for personal study or for use in a classroom or ensemble setting.  This volume is a real breakthrough aid for anyone studying or teaching conducting at any level. Written by David Itkin, a most distinguished and experienced conductor and teacher, it concentrates on all the vital techniques in the teaching of the craft. The accompanying video recordings also make this volume unique. This addition to the material for teaching conducting is truly revolutionary, and the selection of examples gets successfully to the point of each subject discussed. —Samuel Adler   Composer, conductor, author   Professor Emeritus, The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music The Conductor’s Craft outlines a detailed plan and method for executing conductor training in advanced conducting studios. Itkin’s book is also an excellent reference for any teacher who instructs advanced students in a collegiate orchestral conducting program, as well as for up-and-coming professionals who are studying for a career in the field. Perhaps most important, an individual conductor can manage their own self-study with Maestro Itkin’s clear statements and explanations of the technical issues presented with each excerpt. This book gives individual conductor’s freedom to explore choices and alternatives to fix tricky passages in the provided musical examples. I love the book and will be using it in my studio. —Julius P. Williams   Artistic director and conductor, Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra   President of the International Conductors Guild How refreshing to review a conducting book that deals with specificity of gesture as it relates to the music rather than mere concepts. Bravo to Maestro David Itkin for holding the aspiring conductor to task on issues of score study, execution, and style! —Mark Gibson   Director of Orchestral Studies, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati   Author of The Beat Stops Here.
SKU: BT.DHP-1023166-015
Diverse landen in Europa passeren in dit stuk de revue: België, Nederland, Griekenland, Noorwegen, Frankrijk, Engeland, Italië en Duitsland. De componist geeft in de muziek diverse kenmerken en karakteristieke klanken van elk vandeze landen weer. Little Europe: een boeiende en afwisselende compositie.Lit tle Europe führt uns musikalisch durch acht europäische Länder: Belgien, Holland, Griechenland, Norwegen, Frankreich, England, Italien und Deutschland. Johan Nijs ist es in diesem Stück gelungen, die musikalischen, kulturellen und landschaftlichen Besonderheiten jedes Landes hervorzuheben und gleichzeitig zu zeigen, wie durch das gegenseitige Kennen lernen der Nationen Europa zusammenwächst und ehemals große Unterschiede und Grenzen plötzlich überwindbar und klein werden. Ein vielseitiges Stück, das spielerisch an die Musik verschiedener Länder heranführt.Ave c Little Europe (Petite Europe), découvrez l’Europe en miniature ! Vous visiterez la Belgique, les Pays-Bas, la Grèce, la Norvège, la France, l’Angleterre, l’Italie et l’Allemagne. Un excellent moyen de se familiariser avec les traditions et les musiques de ces pays, mais aussi de découvrir, gr ce aux multiples couleurs sonores, les paysages variés et uniques qui font la richesse de notre continent.
SKU: BT.DHP-1196181-120
English-German-French- Dutch.
Cittaslow is an international network of more than 220 towns in 30 countries. Its members are towns where people are still finding themselves reminiscing over the old times; towns that are rich in theatres, squares, cafés, restaurants and spiritual places; towns with untouched landscapes and charming craftsman where people are still able to recognize the slow course of the seasons, and respect their authentic products, true taste as well as their health. The Hymn of Cittaslow, which was commissioned by the organisation itself, is entirely inspired by their commitment to the preservation of the member towns. The tempo is naturally ‘slow', and the themes somehow soundfamiliar. On the one hand, the music emanates peace and quiet, but it also sounds grand in its lyricism, thereby reflecting the beauty of the Cittaslow towns. Cittaslow is een internationaal netwerk van meer dan 220 gemeenten verspreid over 30 landen. De aangesloten plaatsen zijn gemeenten waar mensen nieuwsgierig zijn naar vroeger, waar een rijke schakering aan theaters, pleinen, cafés, restaurants en spirituele plekken te vinden is, met een ongerept landschap en innemende ambachtslieden, waar mensen de langzame tred van de seizoenen nog herkennen en hun authentieke producten, ware smaak en gezondheid eerbiedigen. De Hymn of Cittaslow, in opdracht van deze organisatie gecomponeerd, is helemaal ge nspireerd op deze gedachte. Het tempo is uiteraard 'slow' en de thema's zijn herkenbaar. De muziek ademt enerzijds rust, maarklinkt ook groots in haar lyriek, die de schoonheid van de Cittaslow-gemeenten weerspiegelt. Cittaslow ist ein internationales Netzwerk, dem mehr als 220 Städte in 30 Ländern angehören. Zu den Mitgliedern gehören Städte, in denen die Vergangenheit noch sehr lebendig und spürbar ist: Städte, die reich an Theatern, Plätzen, Cafés, Restaurants und spirituellen Orten sind. Städte mit unberührten Landschaften und bezauberndem Handwerk, wo man immer noch den langsamen Lauf der Jahreszeiten wahrnehmen sowie authentische und gesunde Produkte mit ihrem ursprünglichen Geschmack genießen kann. Die Hymn of Cittaslow wurde von der Organisation selbst in Auftrag gegeben und ist ganz von dem Engagement ihrer Mitgliedsstädte inspiriert, die sich dafür einsetzen, dieVergangenheit zu bewahren. Das Tempo ist natürlich langsam“ und die Themen klingen irgendwie vertraut. Einerseits strahlt die Musik Ruhe und Frieden aus, andererseits klingt sie großartig lyrisch und spiegelt damit die Schönheit der Cittaslow-Städte wider. Cittaslow est un réseau international de plus de 220 villes dans 30 pays. Ses membres sont des villes dont les habitants se souviennent encore de l’ancien temps ; des villes qui jouissent de nombreux thé tres, cafés, restaurants, esplanades et lieux spirituels ; des villes offrant des environnements intacts et des magasins d’artisanat attrayants, des villes où les gens sont encore conscients du lent changement des saisons et respectent des produits authentiques, des saveurs traditionnelles et l’importance d’une bonne santé. Commande de cette organisation, Hymn de Cittaslow s’inspire entièrement de son engagement préserver ses villes membres. Le tempo de cettepièce est lent et les thèmes ont un petit air familier. La musique dégage une sensation de paix et de tranquillité, mais son lyrisme lui confère un caractère grandiose qui reflète la beauté des villes de Cittaslow.
SKU: PR.111402850
ISBN 9781491132005. UPC: 680160680627. What the Living Do by Maria Howe.
The poetry of Marie Howe has a special place in Ricky Ian Gordon’s heart and mind, both haunting and soothing. WITHOUT MUSIC is a five-movement work in which Howe’s words and Gordon’s music together give voice to longterm grieving for a loved one lost to AIDS. The work was commissioned by Music Academy of the West for their 2019 Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winners’ Recital Tour.For a long time, I have been in dialogue with the poems of Marie Howe. Some poets speak so directly to you that they become a second voice inside you. I have so many of her poems memorized, and I speak them so often because at certain moments I know she will say it better than me.Many I have set or tried to set and felt dissatisfied and put them away. Marie’s poems are so plain spoken, you want them to feel, if you are taking the trouble to set them to music, that the songs are plain spoken as well... because it would be criminal to set Marie’s poems in a way that obscures the words and makes them feel distant or remote.I first heard Kelsey Lauritano in a Master Class that Stephanie Blythe was giving at Juilliard. I was bowled over by her poise, the beauty of her voice, her engagement with her body and her connection to text. She is a real artist through and through. I wanted to create a cycle for her where it felt like she was talking to the audience in the most intimate way possible. I wanted to be able to see her heart.These five poems are from Marie’s book, “What the Living Do,†the book which was published eight years after her brother Johnny died at 28 from AIDS. The book is impossibly beautiful, as clear as a spring in a remote forest... the poems simply tell the story of Johnny’s illness and Marie’s relationship with it, and him... as Marie would put it, they are “how some of it happened.â€I lost my partner Jeffrey Grossi to AIDS in 1996, so needless to say, this book, and Marie’s poems were balm for me... one of the myriad ways I got through an excruciating time, as Jeffrey’s death followed practically, the death of my entire community. I feel bad, and even awkward, that this is still so much a part of my story, but it is. Is it PTSD, or just, not wanting to forget? I don’t know. But these songs are steeped in that time.
SKU: HL.48185765
UPC: 888680832568. 9.0x12.0x0.175 inches.
Conceived for Piano beginners who have already been introduced to music reading, Piano Discoveries - Level 4, Traveller follows up on Piano Discoveries - Level 3 A & B, Adventurer. Seventh of a series of eight, it familiarises the young Pianist to more complex melodies and rhythms, to minor chords and minor tonalities and to the techniques of playing. This volume uses the same characters as the previous books, who evolve through new illustrations to guide the young pianists. Le Voyage magique is the translation and adaptation by Stephane Blet of the American series Piano Discoveries by Janet Vogt and Leon Bates. The pedagogy of this book has been studied to be quite close to the language of children, in order to develop their interest and concentration. A CD is provided to accompany the player while learning with Le Voyage magique, offering some small melodic pieces to develop a musical ear. Janet Vogt is an American Pianist, professor at the College-Conservatory of Music. She also composed pieces for Keyboards, for Choirs, and some pop music. Leon Bates (born 1949) is a renowned American Pianist who performed with the New York Symphony, the Cleveland Symphony and many others. He is also a professor and participated to the conception of this method. Stephane Blet is an international Solo Pianist who decided to focus on the composition of pieces and on teaching. He is currently professor in the Ecole Normale de Musique ?Alfred Cortot?..
SKU: M7.VHR-3672
ISBN 9783864341496. German.
The series 'Unterwegs mit der Querflöte' (Out and About With the Flute) is for children from the age of 5 learning to play the flute in one-to-one lessons or in pairs. The main aim has been to keep the book as concise as possible and to leave out any information which doesn't directly concern the pupil. The key features: - Simple explanations - easy for children from the age of 5 to follow - Four icons show what to do - without any fancy words - Playing duets and from memory right from the start - for holistic music-making - Ample additional material - numerous pieces, piano accompaniments and exercises together with the complete teacher's book and a parent's supplement are available online free of charge at: www.holzschuh-verlag.de/u nterwegs Volume 3 - Vorhang auf (Curtain Up) rounds off the basic flautistic training by extending the range of notes to e^3. An important aspect is becoming acquainted with and understanding the chromatic scale and also enharmonic change. The pupil is familiarised with all the names of the notes and has no difficulty in telling them apart. Once the pupil has completed Volume 3, he will have covered everything he needs to enable him to play the flute thoughtfully on his own.
SKU: BT.MUSMS0339
Spanish.
Nues tro método, con sus 50 hermosos solos de bajo, permite a todos los que desean estudiar el bajo divertirse siendo por un instante «lead» dentro de una banda.
Algo a lo queaspiran los bajistas cualquiera que sea su nivel... Queremos brindarle un panorama interesante y por tanto nuestros solos son variados por su tonalidad, su naturaleza (mayor o menor) por su interpretación (binaria oternaria), su densidad o la riqueza de su fraseo. Un capítulo preliminar le presenta brevemente las herramientas imprescindibles que uno debe conocer (escalas y efectos de toque) para entender bien los 50 solos deestemétodo, y poder desarrollarlos y ampliarlos, y hasta crear otros de su propia cosecha.
El DVD vídeo le permite oír y visualizar los 50 solos de bajo pormenorizados, a velocidadnormal y luego más lenta, para que pueda elegir los buenos ademanes y las mejores digitaciones, y así tocar a compás. El CD mp3 por su parte abarca el mismo número de playbacks que de solos, o sea 50playbacks tocados en dos aires diferentes: el aire deseado (velocidad real) y el aire de trabajo (lento). Dichos playbacks son de larga duración y lo hemos hecho adrede (4 o 5 minutos cada uno ¡o sea más de 7horas de música en total!) para que pueda disponer de todo el tiempo necesario para trabajar en las mejores condiciones posibles.
SKU: BT.SLB-00106100
English-French.
The famous Marthe Morhange Motchane method can still be considered an authority. However, it has become necessary to take into account the evolution of pedagogy. This new edition offers both teachers and students a more modern andattractive method without altering any of the qualities of the original.Réà dition du volume 1, abondamment illustrée et dans un découpage par leçon plus adapté aux jeunes enfants. Préface d' Alfred Cortot.Méthode d'initiation la pratique du piano, en deux volumes, destinée aux enfants. L'apprentissage a été détaillé en séquence de travail hebdomadaire afin de familiariser le jeune élève certaines habitudes de travail. Chaque jour, et ce dès les premières leçons, l'élève sera attentif l'adaptation de la main au clavier, la musicalité et l'augmentation de sa capacité de concentration. Le second volume consolide les acquis et introduit la gamme par tons, l'exploration systématique des intervalles, et donne un aperçu des lois del'harmonie.
SKU: TM.05400SET
Transposed: Cl 1+2, Bass Cl in Bb, Tpt 1+2, Trbn 1+2 in Bass Clef. Movement names: Allegro confuoco, Alla siciliare, Lento con molto espressione, Allegro di molto.
SKU: TM.05931SET
Movement names: Allegro confuoco, Alla siciliare, Lento con molto espressione, Allegro di molto.
SKU: CA.3116207
ISBN 9790007242336. Language: German/English.
The cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity. Ah! I see now, as I to the wedding bidden, BWV 162 was first performed on 25 October 1716 in the Castle church at Weimar. During the first year in his position as Thomaskantor, Bach made a revival performance of the cantata on 10 October 1723. For this Leipzig version he added an additional obbligato voice in the first movement and in the final chorale he added a Corno da tirarsi, which played colla-parte with the soprano. However, we do not know what this mysterious instrument looked like. For performances today we recommend using a trumpet or a slide trumpet. The cantata begins not with an introductory chorus, but rather with a sonorous bass aria with a string accompaniment and obbligato trumpet. The following movements, movement 2 through 5, are also performed by vocal soloists. The third movement, a soprano aria, presents a peculiarity: the obbligato wind parts were not contained in the original version of this cantata. Our edition offers a reconstruction for the flute, made by the famous Bach interpreter and expert, Masaaki Suzuki. Score available separately - see item CA.3116200.
SKU: PR.41641465L
UPC: 680160614332. 11 x 14 inches.
2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 3 F Horns, 2 Bb Trumpets, 2 Tenor Trombones, Tuba, 3 Percussion, Percussion I: Snare Drum, Triangle, Sizzle Cymbal, Mark Tree, 2 Timpani, Percussion II: Tom-tom, Glockenspiel, Suspended Cymbal, Xylophone, Mark Tree, Duck Call, Triangle, Percussion III: Bass Drum, Triangle, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Vibraphone (no motor), Solo Piano, Strings.
SKU: GI.G-MBCL
English.
For the teacher of instrumental music classes, individual differences among students are inevitable. Unfortunately, the lack of flexible materials frequently forces teachers to adopt a quasi-instructional procedure best described as lockstep, where all students in the class rehearse each exercise until the slow members of the class succeed or until the teacher gives up. The Individualized Instructor was designed with the expectation that students are different. With this method, high-, average-, and low-achieving students in a class are able to progress simultaneously at their own rate according to their interest and ability. In addition, the flexibility of the instructional format often allows twelve or more students to perform different musical material simultaneously, thereby eliminating the “follow the leader†approach to music learning. All study materials in the series are musical. Nonmusical exercises are excluded in favor of folk song literature, musical rounds, and musical ensembles. Furthermore, The Individualized Instructor encourages students to think about their music: to analyze unfamiliar material, generalize previously learned concepts and skills, and synthesize all elements into a musically proficient performance. In addition, this series develops many fundamentals (tonality, phrasing, tempo, and musical style) through the use of the singing voice. Singing best provides the “musical†experience that, subsequently, can be applied to the development of musically sensitive instrumental performance. Books 1, 2, and 3 and the supplementary books ensure that these fundamental ideas are carried well beyond the first year of instruction.
SKU: BT.DV-12124
SKU: TM.03866SC
Soli in set.
SKU: HL.50483515
6.75x10.5 inches.
SKU: HL.48188489
UPC: 888680870027. 9.0x12.0x0.135 inches.
Composed between 1973 and 1976, Ainsi la nuit for string quartet is one of the most important works of its genre, by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), a French composer. Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation for the Juilliard Quartet, Ainsi la nuit is based on a series of studies, lasts 18 minutes and is divided into 7 sections: 1. Nocturne 2. Miroir d'espace 3. Litanies 4. Litanies II 5. Constellations 6. Nocturne II 7. Temps suspendu Built on single hexachords, it also use the octatonic mode and focus on harmonies, contrasts and oppositions of register. This is the study score of the piece. Parts can be purchased separately.