The third book in the Listen To The World series contains an exciting selection of Piano pieces covering all grades written in response to Mark Tanner's frequent trips abroad as a concert pianist and ABRSM examiner.'Intriguing sounds emanate from all around us - the noises of the elements animals and people going about their everyday business. There are exotic evocations and some ancient symbolism in the mix too alongside a little humour here and there to lighten the mood. In this book music is to be heard reverberating through the spectacular Spanish Alpujarra Mountains emerging from an age-old mirror and to commemorate Ground Zero inNew York.' - Mark Tanner

German and Dutch Music-The Schott Recorder Consort Anthology presents a wealth of music from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Although the bulk of the collection is laid out for a variety of four-part ensembles there are also duets and trios as well as five- and six-part pieces.The repertoire includes both original instrumental works and transcriptions of vocal pieces. There are lively and stately dances fantasias and arrangements of expressive madrigals catchy chansons and more restrained religious pieces; all are chosen for their effective realization by recorder consorts. 136 Renaissance pieces with notes on sources editorial technique and interpretation. Volume I contains avaluable introduction to the series and to the art of consort playing. 2-6 recorders: Descant Treble Tenor Bass in various combinations.

Pro Vocal, volume 28 Sing eight showstoppers with a professional band! Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition, the Pro Vocal series is for you! The book contains the lyrics, melody, and chord symbols for eight classic songs. The CD contains demos foening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD, but it is also enhanced for PC and Mac computer users so you can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo! Perfect for home rehearsal, parties,ions, corporate events, and gigs without a backup band. / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Voix

Musiktheorie to Go! Kann überall hin mit und ist immer dabei: Der NotencheckerMusik-Theorie.Ein kleiner Fächer (Maße ca. 8.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm) mit 70 doppelt bedruckten Blättern auf denen jeweils auf der Vorder- & Rückseite verschiedene Theoriethemendargestellt bzw. erklärt werden. Ein Deck- und Rückblatt aus Hartkarton sorgt für dienötige Stabilität. Zusammengehalten wird das Ganze durch eine robusteAluminiumschraube.Die Themen sind z.B. das Notensystem; die C-Dur-Tonleiter im Notensystem vomzweigestrichenem h (h'') bis hinunter zum Kontra-H; Notation; Notenwerte;Rhythmik; Taktarten; verschiedeneTonleitern und -arten; Stimmbereiche (z.B.Tenor Alt Sopran etc.); musikalische Fachbegriffe (Dal Segno Coda etc.) undSymbole (z.B. Fermate); Vortragsbezeichnungen (z.B. Andante Presto); Aufbau von3- bis 7-Klängen und Standard-Voicings (Akkorde mit Optionstönen); Pentatonik;Intervalle; Kirchentonleitern und noch mehr...

An important new work by one of the UK's leading young composers. Based on one of Sir Malcolm Arnold's most haunting melodies: the theme from 'Whistle Down the Wind'. The composer describes it as a series of scenes in search of the tune which is heard in all its glorious beauty towards the end.

Uses: General Thanksgiving Scripture: Genesis 1:1: Psalm 24:1-2: Psalm 66:1 This sparkling original is refreshingly innovative. With a text that focuses on the beauty of creation this anthem is especially well-suited for Spring services but could also find a home during the Thanksgiving season. The optional instruments allow directors to explore fresh new acoustic sounds in their service planning. Wonderful! Parts (gtr bass) available as a digital download.

The Curse of the Mermaid tells the story of a greedy and wealthy fisherman wanting to make money in any way possible. When his business starts to fail he puts the blame on the mermaids. One day the fisherman kills a mermaid who casts a spell on him shortly before she disappears into the water.The composition is in the form of a symphonic poem starting slow and then mysteriously opening up revealing a fantastic colourful world of sounds and motion. There are various moments during the piece where the composer includes broad and beautiful melodic material as well as surprising effects and great rhythmical interest. This is a challenging but great piecefor concerts or contests!

Each songbook in the Big Book series provides musicians of all ability levels with a big list - usually 40 or more titles per book - of the very best songs from a favorite musical genre. The holidays are just around the corner, and there is no better way to celebrate than with these Big Book classic Christmas tunes. Titles include All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth * Christmases with You * Deck the Hall * The First Noel * God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen * Grown-Up Christmas List * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Joy to the World * Mary, Did You Know' * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Santa Baby * Silent Night * The Twelve Days of Christmas * What Child is This * Winter Wonderland * and many more.

Violin Play-Along Volume 9-The Violin Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music listen to the CD to hear how the violin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With themelody and lyrics included in the book you may also choose to sing along. Chord symbols are provided should you wish to elaborate on the melody. The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac and PC users canadjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! This volume includes the songs: Boot Scootin' Boogie ? Born to Fly ? Chattahoochee ? Friends in Low Places ? Guitars Cadillacs ? What Hurts theMost ? Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under' ? Wide Open Spaces.

A musical for Infants-'Don't you want to share together?' 'No!' is the resounding reply from the squabbling farmyard animals . . . until St Francis teaches them his message of love and forgiveness. This simple tuneful musical for Key Stage 1children includes a joyful Nativity finale where the new-found friends proclaim the Christmas message and 'Sing a Song of Love'. The production is the ideal length for this age group and has easy speaking parts for 10 maincharacters. There is some opportunity for solo singing and dancing while the choir is dressed as trees to form the background scenery of the play! The Free CD includes a demo of all the songs with backing tracks.

Schnee - Ten Canons For Nine Instruments was composed by Hans Abrahamsen in 2006-08. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk for 'Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik 2008' with support from Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung and The Danish Arts Council. Dedicated to Harry Vogt and Ensemble Recherche. Programme Note: In the beginning of the 90s I arranged some of J.S. Bach’s canons for ensemble – in total seven single standing works from his entire life span. I became totally absorbed into this music and arranged them with the intention of the music being repeated many many times as a kind of minimal music. Obviously I didn’t know which durations Bach had in mind but by listening to his canons in this way a profound new moving world of circular time was opened to me.Depending on the perspective on these canons the music and its time can stand still or move either backwards or forwards.In my own work an ongoing idea has persisted of at some point writing a work consisting of a number of canonical movements that would explore this universe of time. And when I was offered the commission for Ensemble Recherche and Wittener Tage it felt as the right time to do this.In Schnee a few simple and fundamental musical questions are explored. What is a Vorsatz? And what is a Nachsatz? Can a phrase be answering? Or questioning?The guideline or rule for the canons is very simple: We start out with an answering Vorsatz followed by a questioning Nachsatz. Throughout the time of the piece these two are intertwined more and more as more and more dicht geführt canons until at the end they are interchanged. Now the question and then the answer. The two canons are identical like a painting in two versions but with different colors. And where the first one does not include the space the second one does as well as containing more

This is a must-have collectors' item - an extraordinary matching folio to the recording of the first-ever live radio broadcast by SRV and Double Trouble from April 1 1980. 10 songs including: They Call Me Guitar Hurricane · Tin Pan Alley · Love Struck Baby · Live Another Day · and more.

Johannes Brahms:The Works for one Instrument and PianoJohannes Brahms' compositions for one instrument and piano have been standards in chamber music literature ever since their inception. These works were written with specific performers in mind and Brahms worked closely with them when refining the final texts. Nevertheless, we rarely approach the music taking into consideration the possibilities of the instruments for which Brahms wrote or the performing practices of the individual players who first performed these compositions, including Brahms himself.The New Urtext EditionsBärenreiter's pioneering new scholarly-critical editions of Brahms' works for one instrument and piano are edited by a team of musicologists who are also performers. They offer today's musicians not just a reliable musical text based on all known sources, but also a comprehensive approach to the works, which aims to place them in their historical context and to elucidate the complex of meanings that the composer wished his notation to convey to performers.In addition to the musical text these editions offer an informative Introduction laying out the genesis, publication history and reception of the works. At the same time there is a complete list of the sources, an explanation of the editorial procedures and a Critical Commentary. Also, each volume contains a detailed discussion of specific performing practice issues raised by individual works.An integral part of Bärenreiter's Brahms publication complex is a text booklet which approaches general performance practice issues of the 19th century with regard to e.g. tempo, rubato, rhythmic flexibility and articulation. Furthermore musicians will find valuable information concerning vibrato, portamento and bowing. Last but not least characteristics of Brahms' own piano playing as well as that of his circle and contemporaries are discussed.The violin and viola sonata editions come not only with an Urtext part freed from all editorial emendations, but also with an additional part including fingering and bowing based on the practices of Joseph Joachim and his colleagues. These markings especially draw on publications of the sonatas edited by Joachim's pupils Leopold Auer and Ossip Schnirlin as well as those by Brahms' associate Franz Kneisel. A similar approach has been used for the violoncello sonatas, drawing on performance markings by Robert Hausmann (for whom Brahms wrote the Sonata in F major), Hugo Becker, with whom Brahms performed it, and Julius Klengel who was also close to his circle.Bärenreiter's new Brahms complex also importantly brings two neglected works back into the player's hands, namely the splendid versions of the op. 120 sonatas, originally written for viola or clarinet and piano. Brahms' arrangements for violin and piano unaccountably disappeared from the standard repertoire early in the 20th century. In these versions Brahms did not simply adjust the solo part for the violin, he made many alterations to the piano part, casting thought-provoking light on the clarinet and viola versions.- A pioneering set of Urtext editions- String editions include an Urtext solo part and a second part with fingering as well as performance markings- Each edition offers a preface on performance practice aspects pertaining to the respective works- A separate text booklet includes pioneering texts on general issues of performance practice in the 19th century as well as on specific issues with regard to Johannes Brahms' chamber music / Violon Et Piano