SKU: AP.49501
ISBN 9781470649821. UPC: 038081570600. English.
Take a journey on the Silk Road, the ancient trade route that linked the Far East with the Western world in this imaginative piece by Robert Sheldon. Exotic harmonies combine with driving rhythms and colorful percussion to create a soundscape of shifting sands and faraway lands. A solo alto saxophone references the sound of a Turkish sorna to open the piece, leading to the persistent rhythm and modal melodies. Finger cymbals, shakers, and hand drums help to represent the culture of this remote part of the world. (2:19) Correlated to Sound Innovations, Book 2, Level 3.
SKU: AP.49501S
ISBN 9781470649838. UPC: 038081570617. English.
SKU: BR.PB-5696
ISBN 9790004216330. 10.5 x 14 inches.
In this piece, the composer has employed the Zhong-hu (Alto Erhu) - the ancient instrument imported to China from Western Regions (the areas west of Yumenguan, including what is now Xinjiang and parts of Central Asia) - and Western symphony orchestra, incorporating elements of ethnic music of the Northwestern regions of China as well. This piece evokes the beautiful memories and fantasies associated with the cultural exchanges between the peoples of Central China and the Western region during the ancient times by describing the changing nuances of light, shadow and color at twilight on the Silk Road. (YANG Li-Qing).
SKU: PR.11441359S
UPC: 680160582341. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Commissione d by Music From China ensemble and Prism Saxophone Quartet, with a grant provided by the New York State Council on the Arts in 2008. Premiered in New York City, February 2009.Commissioned by Music From China ensemble and PRISM Saxophone Quartet, with a commissioning grant provided by the New York State Council on the Arts in 2008.The imagination of this music came from the figures in the murals carved in the Mogao Caves in the ancient city Dunhuang more than a thousand years ago. The name Dunhuang originally meant “prospering, flourishing.â€Â Lying at the western end of the Gansu Corridor in China, Dunhuang was very important in the Silk Road that carried new thoughts, ideas, arts and sciences to the East and West in the ancient time. The Mogao Grottoes were built and developed over 11 dynasties over more than 1,000 years (from the 4th to 14th centuries), with murals, sculptures, wooden cave buildings and books. It was really the heyday of the art of Dunhuang in the brilliant Tang Dynasty (618-907).  The murals depict rolling dance gestures, the flapping streamer lines, the flying melodies around the clouds, and the fiery rhythms in the sky! They show the high spirit and the strong power of the people and their society. All these impressions are translated into the textures of the two Chinese traditional instrumental parts with support from a set of percussion instruments, and the sound of a saxophone quartet. It’s mysterious, vivid, colorful and energetic, it brings us to dream of the ancient glory and yearn for the future...—Chen Yi.
SKU: BT.DHP-1145558-404
ISBN 9789043162050. Dutch.
PIANO LIFE: de uitgekiende methode voor pianoles én zelfstudie!
PIANO LIFE is een kant en klaar lesconcept voor de moderne pianoles. Maar ook wanneer je zonder docent aan de slag wilt, is dit boek uitermate geschikt. De methodebevat vele luister-, ritme-, improvisatie- en theorieoefeningen. Daarnaast kom je diverse traditionals tegen. Ook schreef componist Michiel Merkies nieuwe composities in diverse hedendaagse muziekstijlen. Op de online beschikbareaudiotracks worden veel van de nummers voorgespeeld. Dat is handig voor het instuderen. Maar nog leuker wordt het natuurlijk wanneer je meespeelt met de meespeeltrack. Op deze manier wordt pianospelen helemaal een swingendeaangelegenheid!< P>Aanvullend speelmateriaalBen je liefhebber van populaire pianomuziek maar zijn de boeken in deze stijl vaak te moeilijk? De aansluitende boeken PIANO SOLOS Volume 1 en 2 zijn de perfecte opstap. Met dezeboeken ontwikkel je je techniek en muzikale voordracht in deze pianostijl op een mooie manier verder.
SKU: HL.3710643
UPC: 697643111806. 16.0x16.0x0.054 inches.
Series Description: Masters started out as an assemblage of twelve rides - exquisite and laboriously hand-manufactured cymbals made of CuSn20 bronze to achieve superior sound ideals in various musical genres. In 2014, three crashes and two hats join the series to expand the unique Masters sound atmosphere to additional cymbal types. Masters integrate the experience of the decades long art of cymbal making with the inspirations of international top drummers. Size: 16-inches Weight: medium thin Volume: low to medium loud Stick Sound: silky, washy Intensity: very lively Sustain: medium long Bell Character: integrated Sound Character: Dark, warm, smoky. Medium wide range, complex mix. Buttery, soft feel with quick response. Rich, dark, mystical crash sound with tender clarity. Extremely lively cymbal for broad accents and crashes in intimate to semi-loud settings. Well suited for delicate ride patterns or mallet swells.
SKU: HL.3710647
UPC: 697643111820. 20.0x20.0x0.05 inches.
Series Description: Masters started out as an assemblage of twelve rides - exquisite and laboriously hand-manufactured cymbals made of CuSn20 bronze to achieve superior sound ideals in various musical genres. In 2014, three crashes and two hats join the series to expand the unique Masters sound atmosphere to additional cymbal types. Masters integrate the experience of the decades long art of cymbal making with the inspirations of international top drummers. Size: 20-inches Weight: medium thin Volume: low to medium loud Stick Sound: silky, washy Intensity: very lively Sustain: medium long Bell Character: integrated Sound Character: Dark, warm, smoky. Medium wide range, complex mix. Buttery, soft feel with quick response. Rich, dark, mystical crash sound with tender clarity. Extremely lively cymbal for broad accents and crashes in intimate to semi-loud settings. Well suited for delicate ride patterns or mallet swells.
