Scored For String Quartet. Commissioned by the New Arts String Quartet first performed in Tokyo November 1996.Quoting Tanaka: The title Metal Strings suggests speed metal rock music which I have been listening to a lotin recent years. I find an explosive energy in its music that people of today thirst for. Previously I have explored solid speedy and metallic sound in pieces such as 'Wave Mechanics' (1994) 'Wave Mechanics II' (1994) and'Metalic Crystal' (1994-95). This idea has been extended and developed in my string quartet Metal Strings.Score only edition separate parts are also available on sale.

In The Violin Concerto Op. 64 and Chamber Music For Strings. Par BROWN CLIVE. Mendelssohn' s Violin Concerto op. 64, is a key work of the 19th century, adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David, who worked closely with the composer during its composition and played it at the première- the 'child prodigy' Joseph Joachim- and Hubert Léonard, a young Belgian virtuoso about whom little is known. As proof sheets for the Violin Concerto in E minor were long considered lost, it could be described as somewhat of a sensation when proofs for the solo violin part resurfaced together with a letter from Mendelssohn to Léonard. The letter informs us that the composer invited Léonard to his home in Frankfurt in order to make his acquaintance. It was already known that Mendelssohn had given proof sheets to David- now we know that he also gave some to Léonard. The recently discovered proofs reveal how Léonard played the concerto with Mendelssohn on that memorable evening in February 1845. Besides containing bowing marks and fingering, they also show how Léonard executed shifts of position and where he employed open strings. Furthermore modifications made to dynamic markings and additional legato bowing are shown. It is safe to assume that all of this was done with Mendelssohn' s approval. That the young violinist made a positive impression on the composer is confirmed in the latter' s correspondence following their joint performance. Mendelssohn is full of praise for Léonard' s playing and offers to lend his support in finding employment in Germany. This revised edition of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (only the orchestral parts remain unchanged) includes a separate booklet on performance practice. The editor, Clive Brown, is an acknowledged expert on Romantic performance practice. - New source situation owing to recently rediscovered proofs - Revised Urtext edition - With a separate booklet on performance practice (Eng/Ger)/ Livre / Livre

Improv Lessons and Tips for the Contemporary Player. Par WOOD MARK / GILLESPIE ROBERT. Here is the chance to enter the new world of playing today's music while learning to express your own music through improvisation. Don't be afraid! Rockin' Strings is going to teach you how to create your own melodies one step at a time. Play along with the accompanying audio tracks. They will make you sound like a star as you begin to progress through the book, exploring additional keys and rhythms while improvising - all in the style of popular music. Play by yourself, with your teacher, your friends, and your school orchestra. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK , amulti-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. Here is the chance to enter the new world of playing today's music while learning to express your own music through improvisation. Don't be afraid! Rockin' Strings is going to teach you how to create your own melodies one step at a time. Play along with the accompanying audio tracks. They will make you sound like a star as you begin to progress through the book, exploring additional keys and rhythms while improvising and ndash - all in the style of popular music. Play by yourself, with your teacher, your friends, and your school orchestra. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audiofiles include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. / Pédagogie / Méthode / Alto

Music from the Full Length Feature Production. Par HARLINE LEIGH / SMITH PAUL J.. Ten selections from the 1940 Walt Disney film which was presented in Multiplane Technicolor in arrangements for piano, voice and guitar. Songs: Give a Little Whistle - Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me) - Honest John - I've Got No Strings - Jiminy Cricket - Little Wooden Head - Monstro the Whale - Three Cheers for Anything - Turn on the Old Music Box - When You Wish upon a Star. Ten selections from the 1940 Walt Disney film which was presented in Multiplane Technicolor in arrangements for piano, voice and guitar. Songs: Give a Little Whistle - Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me) - Honest John - I've Got No Strings - Jiminy Cricket - Little Wooden Head - Monstro the Whale - Three Cheers for Anything - Turn on the Old Music Box - When You Wish upon a Star. / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

D Position-Written by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instruments this exciting new comprehensive string method includes many 'new directions ' including equal integration of all instruments and a tetrachord-based approach to support proper development of the left hand. Discover the abundance of assessment opportunities attention to bow control and the incredible music that will surely motivate your students! Introducing all four strings on each instrument from the outset of the book New Directions For Strings will help develop muscle coordination for both left-hand and bow arm skills. The structure provides a systematic introductionof duets rounds and ensemble music for the development of aural skills while incorporating the National Standards throughout. Features:Based on more than 100 years of combined teaching experience! Written by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instruments! Supplemental music by Soon Hee Newbold and Elliot Del Borgo Includes 2 Play-Along CDs with each student book!

Quoting Nyman: This Concerto was composed during the winter of 1994/95 for Elisabeth Chojnacka who gave the first performance with the Michael Nyman String Orchestra on 29th April 1995 in the Queen Elizabeth Hall London. Itshistory is eccentric and cumulative. I had met Elisabeth in Paris about a year earlier while I was working on the soundtrack for Diane Kurys' film A la Folie (Six Days Six Nights). I was attempting to persuade her to play mysolo piece The Convertibility of Lute Strings (1992) but she expressed a passion only for tangos. As luck would have it one of the cues of the Kurys score was what I fondly called a tango. Elisabeth showed interest in this andI subsequently turned it in to a harpsichord solo. Sadly during the writing of the piece my friend the composer Tim Souster died tragically. Elisabeth's enthusiasm for Tango for Tim encouraged me to write the Concerto forher.The Concerto is shaped as a very simple ABA form - the outer sections derived from The Convertibility for Lute Strings enfold an elaborated version of Tango for Tim. After the first performance Elisabeth decreed thatthe true potential of the Concerto could only be fulfilled by the addition of a cadenza. This was duly composed in the summer of 1995 - a toccata derived from harmonies first heard in the immediate post-Tango for Tim Convertibility material. (Elisabeth subsequently ordained that the cadenza could also have a life outside the Concerto as a concert piece if it had a few extensions added. Hence - inevitably the title of the piece - ElisabethGets Her Way.Duration c. 22mins.

Strings contient Ensemble neuf quatre-partie des pièces pour ensembles à cordes débutants, tous sont en première position et augmenter progressivement au niveau de difficulté. Les modèles ont été doigtés rester simple. La partie de piano offre un grand soutien et est un ajout bienvenu musicale. Strings contient Ensemble, les deux bien connus et des pièces nouvellement écrites, dans différents styles excitant! Cet ensemble contient deux parties premier violon, deux pièces de second violon, alto d'une partie, une partie troisième violon (alto), une partie de violoncelle (contrebasse) et un score (accompagnement au piano). / Ensemble A Cordes / 28 pages / niveau : 2 / Set (Conducteur et parties séparées)

Written by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instruments this exciting new comprehensive string method includes many 'new directions ' including equal integration of all instruments and a tetrachord-based approach to support proper development of the left hand. Discover the abundance of assessment opportunities attention to bow control and the incredible music that will surely motivate your students! Introducing all four strings on each instrument from the outset of the book New Directions For Strings will help develop muscle coordination for both left-hand and bow arm skills. The structure provides a systematic introductionof duets rounds and ensemble music for the development of aural skills while incorporating the National Standards throughout. Features:Based on more than 100 years of combined teaching experience! Written by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instruments! Supplemental music by Soon Hee Newbold and Elliot Del Borgo Includes 2 Play-Along CDs with each student book!

Bryce Dessner's Music for Wood and Strings for Percussion Quartet.Music for Wood and Strings was commissioned by Carnegie Hall. The World Premiere was given by So Percus­sion in Zankel Hall Carnegie Hall NewYork City on November 23 2013.

Written by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instruments this exciting new comprehensive string method includes many 'new directions ' including equal integration of all instruments and a tetrachord-based approach to support proper development of the left hand. Discover the abundance of assessment opportunities attention to bow control and the incredible music that will surely motivate your students! Introducing all four strings on each instrument from the outset of the book New Directions For Strings will help develop muscle coordination for both left-hand and bow arm skills. The structure provides a systematic introductionof duets rounds and ensemble music for the development of aural skills while incorporating the National Standards throughout. Features:Based on more than 100 years of combined teaching experience! Written by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instruments! Supplemental music by Soon Hee Newbold and Elliot Del Borgo Includes 2 Play-Along CDs with each student book!

For solo bassoon and twelve solo strings. Commissioned by Radio France for Pascal Gallois and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. World première in Paris Maison de la Radio under the baton of Kirill Karabits on November 2 2002.The twelve solo strings are to be amplified and projected via four loudspeakers. The piece can also be performed acoustically substituting the acoustic screen for one of gauze creating the illusion of an invisible string ensemble.Instrumentation:Solo Bassoon7 Violins2 Violas2 CellosDouble Bass.