Puppet Show

Young composers often make their living with incidental music. Such was the case of Leonid Desyatnikov (*1955) who wrote in his early years a lot of music for puppet shows and dramatic performances. Later the author collected some pieces together forming the suite 'Reminiscences of the Theatre?, the title being of course a reminiscence of Robert Schumann's famous 'Album für die Jugend? (No 25). Desyatnikov's cycle - depicting a small entertaining theatrical revue - is addressed to young pianists. / Piano

?It?s time to play the music. It?s time to light the lights. It?s time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight.? These lyrics opened the Muppet Show which has been broadcast in over 100 countries around the world. The multi-talented Jim Henson was the creative inspiration for the show developing the characters providing some of the voices for the puppets and composed the theme song. Now you can bring the lights and music to your stage with this flexible arrangement in five parts with drum kit!

Inspire your students to make some noise with Teach and Play Balinese Gamelan!The six pieces in this book represent an exciting and varied selection of music from the island of Bali from a Balinese warrior dance and a traditional lullaby to rhythmic 'monkey' chanting and a shadow-puppet play. Each piece is broken down into clear and simple steps that show you how to build up the music gradually with your class. Combined with the accompanying DVD - which contains 60 short clips of the author and a group of KS3 students demonstrating all of the instruments and patterns to each piece - teaching and learning world music has neverbeen so easy or enjoyable.The six pieces are supplemented with valuable background information about the music and culture cross-curricular projects composing ideas advice on assessment and guidance on teaching whole-class world-music ensembles. The material in this book has been designed primarily for use with KS2 and KS3 classes but the addition of higher-ability parts for each piece means the book can be tailored easily to KS4 as well. It is not necessary to own authentic instruments to get the most out of this book as classroom alternatives are suggested and demonstrated. 'This series has been written by a genuine expert who has thorough knowledge of his subject and shares this with the reader in a lively enthusiastic and passionate way. I have never found any books before that are so clear in explaining the fundamentals of these world-music genres and doing so in a format based around practical relevant and achievable tasks is even more remarkable. I can see these books becoming one of those series that every music teacher will have either read or heard about in years to come.'Matt Allen Head of Music Chessington Community College Kingston

The story of Carnival is Lili's tale; the charming orphan happens upon a troupe of performers from a travelling circus and joins the act. The lame puppeteer Paul unwittingly hires her and she ends up performing with his puppets in a charming show that ends up as the circus' star attraction.

Par REINECKE CARL HEINRICH CARSTEN. Le présent volume contient une sélection d'oeuvres pour piano, avec des pièces pour enfants et des sonates modérément difficiles. Le style de Reinecke, qui d'un point de vue esthétique se classe dans le conservatisme, s'inspire des modèles classiques viennois, comme Haydn et Mozart. Parmi ses élèves, on compte Max Bruch, Edvard Grieg et Leoš Janácek. Malgré ses succès en tant que pianiste, compositeur et pédagogue, Carl Reinecke a subi le destin de nombreux grands musiciens et est aujourd'hui en grande partie tombé dans l'oubli. Afin de changer cela, ce volume a pour objectif de présenter un échantillon significatif des compositions pour piano d'un grand romantique allemand. / Niveau : Moyen à Avancé / Répertoire / Piano