Blue Flugel

SKU: HL.49007657

ISBN 9790001082143. UPC: 073999875928. 9.0x12.0x0.121 inches.

2 wind instruments in Bb or Eb (clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, flugelhorns) and piano.

SKU: HL.49007661

ISBN 9790001082181. 9.0x12.0x0.065 inches.

2 wind instruments in Bb or Eb (clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, flugelhorns) and piano.

SKU: HL.49018099

ISBN 9790001158428. UPC: 884088567347. 8.25x11.75x0.457 inches. Latin - German.

On letting go(Concerning the selection of the texts) In the selection of the texts, I have allowed myself to be motivated and inspired by the concept of 'letting go'. This appears to me to be one of the essential aspects of dying, but also of life itself. We humans cling far too strongly to successful achievements, whether they have to do with material or ideal values, or relationships of all kinds. We cannot and do not want to let go, almost as if our life depended on it. As we will have to practise the art of letting go at the latest during our hour of death, perhaps we could already make a start on this while we are still alive. Tagore describes this farewell with very simple but strikingly vivid imagery: 'I will return the key of my door'. I have set this text for tenor solo. Here I imagine, and have correspondingly noted in a certain passage of the score, that the protagonist finds himself as though 'in an ocean' of voices in which he is however not drowning, but immersing himself in complete relaxation. The phenomenon of letting go is described even more simply and tersely in Psalm 90, verse 12: 'So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom'. This cannot be expressed more plainly.I have begun the requiem with a solo boy's voice singing the beginning of this psalm on a single note, the note A. This in effect says it all. The work comes full circle at the culmination with a repeat of the psalm which subsequently leads into a resplendent 'lux aeterna'. The intermediate texts of the Requiem which highlight the phenomenon of letting go in the widest spectrum of colours originate on the one hand from the Latin liturgy of the Messa da Requiem (In Paradisum, Libera me, Requiem aeternam, Mors stupebit) and on the other hand from poems by Joseph von Eichendorff, Hermann Hesse, Rabindranath Tagore and Rainer Maria Rilke.All texts have a distinctive positive element in common and view death as being an organic process within the great system of the universe, for example when Hermann Hesse writes: 'Entreiss dich, Seele, nun der Zeit, entreiss dich deinen Sorgen und mache dich zum Flug bereit in den ersehnten Morgen' ['Tear yourself way , o soul, from time, tear yourself away from your sorrows and prepare yourself to fly away into the long-awaited morning'] and later: 'Und die Seele unbewacht will in freien Flugen schweben, um im Zauberkreis der Nacht tief und tausendfach zu leben' ['And the unfettered soul strives to soar in free flight to live in the magic sphere of the night, deep and thousandfold']. Or Joseph von Eichendorff whose text evokes a distant song in his lines: 'Und meine Seele spannte weit ihre Flugel aus. Flog durch die stillen Lande, als floge sie nach Haus' ['And my soul spread its wings wide. Flew through the still country as if homeward bound.']Here a strong romantically tinged occidental resonance can be detected which is however also accompanied by a universal spirit going far beyond all cultures and religions. In the beginning was the sound Long before any sort of word or meaningful phrase was uttered by vocal chords, sounds, vibrations and tones already existed. This brings us back to the music. Both during my years of study and at subsequent periods, I had been an active participant in the world of contemporary music, both as percussionist and also as conductor and composer. My early scores had a somewhat adventurous appearance, filled with an abundance of small black dots: no rhythm could be too complicated, no register too extreme and no harmony too dissonant. I devoted myself intensely to the handling of different parameters which in serial music coexist in total equality: I also studied aleatory principles and so-called minimal music.I subsequently emigrated and took up residence in Spain from where I embarked on numerous travels over the years to India, Africa and South America. I spent repeated periods during this time as a resident in non-European countries. This meant that the currents of contemporary music swept past me vaguely and at a great distance. What I instead absorbed during this period were other completely new cultures in which I attempted to immerse myself as intensively as possible.I learned foreign languages and came into contact with musicians of all classes and styles who had a different cultural heritage than my own: I was intoxicated with the diversity of artistic potential.Nevertheless, the further I distanced myself from my own Western musical heritage, the more this returned insistently in my consciousness.The scene can be imagined of sitting somewhere in the middle of the Brazilian jungle surrounded by the wailing of Indians and out of the blue being provided with the opportunity to hear Beethoven's late string quartets: this can be a heart-wrenching experience, akin to an identity crisis. This type of experience can also be described as cathartic. Whatever the circumstances, my 'renewed' occupation with the 'old' country would not permit me to return to the point at which I as an audacious young student had maltreated the musical parameters of so-called contemporary music. A completely different approach would be necessary: an extremely careful approach, inching my way gradually back into the Western world: an approach which would welcome tradition back into the fold, attempt to unfurl the petals and gently infuse this tradition with a breath of contemporary life.Although I am aware that I will not unleash a revolution or scandal with this approach, I am nevertheless confident as, with the musical vocabulary of this Requiem, I am travelling in an orbit in which no ballast or complex structures will be transported or intimated: on the contrary, I have attempted to form the message of the texts in music with the naivety of a 'homecomer'. Harald WeissColonia de San PedroMarch 2009.

SKU: HL.44001233

ISBN 9789043112710. UPC: 073999689259. International (more than one language).

This exciting book with CD accompaniment featuring real musicians, covering many styles of light music including swing, country, rumba, slow rock, disco, mambo, cha-cha and rock. This book can be used together with a keyboard or piano (book available separately) for a concert performance or as a short audition item.

Met Master Swop is het 'swoppen' op niveau geblazen voor diegenen die meesterschap nastreven in verschillende swing- en popstijlen. Het is wederom een tegelijkertijd leerzaam en leuk boek vol afwisseling. Zoals alle SWOP-boeken:met een door een live-band ingespeelde cd en een afzonderlijk verkrijgbaar begeleidingsboek voor keyboard/piano, inclusief de akkoorden voor gitaar en basgitaar.

Die zehn abwechslungsreichen Stucke in Master Swop in verschiedenen Unterhaltungsmusik- Stilarten sind ebenso zum Uben wie auch zum Vortragen geeignet. Die Begleitungen sind von einer echten Band auf der beiliegenden CD eingespielt. Wer lieber mit einem Pianisten oder Keyboarder auftritt, kann die Begleitungen in einem separaten Buch erwerben.

L'unione delle parole Swing e Pop ha dato il nome a questo stile musicale dinamico e tonificante: lo Swop. Questa equazione funziona altrettanto bene nel jazz e nel blues, nel rock e nella musica pop. Per scoprire, migliorare e perfezionare questo nuovo genere musicale, la collezione Swop si articola in sette raccolte distinte. Da Very Easy Swop a Work Swop (per creare un vero gruppo), lasciatevi guidare dall'accompagnamento musicale affidato ad un gruppo di professionisti.

SKU: BT.DHP-1033457-400

ISBN 9789043118033. International.

This fantastic new book explores a wide range of pieces and playingstyles based on many types of light and popular music. Theplay-along CD features ‘live’ musicians so ensuring a truly polishedperformance. The book can also be used to play together with akeyboard or guitar to make the works suitable for concertperformances.

Voor alle fans van de Swing & Pop = SWOP-serie presenteert Fons van Gorp een boek met twaalf fantastische ‘swops’. Op de begeleidings-cd is een swingende band te horen die voor ongekend speelplezier in de woonkamer zorgt!

Dieses Buch macht junge Musiker mit zahlreichen Stilen und Spielweisen der Unterhaltungsmusik vertraut. Mit den Aufnahmen der mitgelieferten Begleit-CD geht das Musizieren fast von selbst.Die Stücke dieses Buches können auch zusammen mit einem Pianisten, Keyboarder oder Gitarristen aufgeführt werden.

L’unione delle parole Swing e Pop ha dato il nome a questo stile musicale dinamico e tonificante: lo Swop. Questa equazione funziona altrettanto bene nel jazz e nel blues, nel rock e nella musica pop. Per scoprire, migliorare e perfezionare questo nuovo genere musicale, la collezione Swop si articola in sette raccolte distinte. Da Very Easy Swop a Work Swop (per creare un vero gruppo), lasciatevi guidare dall’accompagnamento musicale affidato ad un gruppo di professionisti.