07/31/2012

BOOSEY & HAWKES
Piano Concerto No.3

Sub-titled 'The Mysteries of Light’, the composer states that this work attempts to revive the ancient practice of writing music based on the structure of the Rosary. The most famous example of this is the collection of the Rosary (or Mystery) Sonatas for violin by Heinrich Biber, written in the ...

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06/07/2012

BOOSEY & HAWKES
La Grande Duchesse De Gerolstein

The Offenbach Edition Keck is created in collaboration with French musicologist Jean-Christophe Keck and other leading musicologists, biographers and collectors. Drawing on first editions and original manuscripts, these will be the first authoritative editions to reflect the composer's original ...

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06/07/2012

BOOSEY & HAWKES
Creep afore ye gang / The Shadows

Drawing upon a rich archive, the Boosey & Hawkes Choral Treasury presents a wealth of choral opportunities for choirs of all types and abilities wishing to explore new choral territories. A perfect resource for accessible and inspiring choral masterworks of the twentieth century and beyond, ...

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06/06/2012

SCHOTT MUSIC
The Classical Piano Method: Method Book 1

This new piano method is ideal for adults and young people looking to learn the piano from scratch, or for those returning to the piano after a substantial break from playing. As the learner, you will gain a traditional, classic technique, and will be introduced to interesting, varied and ...

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06/06/2012

SCHOTT MUSIC
Deux Préludes / Trois Pieces lyriques

Iridescent changes of time are the determining element in 'Poème érotique' of Cyril Scott's Deux Préludes composed in 1912. Amid the melodic flow of the violin, the piano undertakes sophisticated shifts of the bar accents, from swaying three-eight time to rhapsodic seven-eight time. The following ...

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06/06/2012

BOOSEY & HAWKES
Learn As You Play

Peter Wastall’s award-winning series of tutor books for woodwind and brass instruments, now available in revised and refreshed editions to instruct and inspire the next generation of musicians, guiding them from beginner level to Grade 3 standard. Divided into units that provide clear explanations ...

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06/06/2012

SCHOTT MUSIC
Belo Horizonte: 10 Concert Pieces for Guitar

Belo Horzonte, “Beautiful Horizon” is a guitar playbook for finger stylists and classical guitarists full of gorgeous sounding ballads and Bossa Novas, Among well-known pieces like “ Belo Horizonte” and “Ballade für Anna” (ballad fir Anna) from the German TV series “Anna” you will find numerous ...

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04/13/2012

SCHOTT MUSIC
Waltzes

With Weber's Invitation to the Dance Op. 65, the waltz developed into a great virtuoso form. This art dance was brought to perfection via Schubert and Chopin to Brahms's 'Love Song Waltzes'. Composers such as Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak or Grieg added elements from the folk music of their home ...

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04/13/2012

SCHOTT MUSIC
Liebesfreud - Liebesleid - Schön Rosmarin

The 'Old Viennese Dance Tunes', originally composed for violin and piano, are now published in an arrangement for piano duet for the first time. It is thanks to the Viennese charm of this music that the pieces have become well-known all over the world. The three-four time typical of Vienna requires ...

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04/13/2012

SCHOTT MUSIC
Pictures at an Exhibition

In 1874 Mussorgsky wrote his famous piano cycle inspired by an exhibition of pictures by his friend Viktor Hartmann. The resources of musical realism are used to describe the ten pictures in great detail; the interposed “Promenades” then reflect the subjective impressions and feelings of the visitor ...

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