A rare work for the Lute-based Theorbo. Below is the programme note from the composer.In July 1998 I decided that I would use a theorbo in Havoc a piece I was writing for the 1999 Proms (premiere September 8th 1999). Since my knowledge of the instrument was negligible I contacted David (The Orbo) Miller and appealed for help since I knew he would be playing in the Proms piece. He kindly and with admirable patience showed me how the instrument worked and I began writing groundwork as a technical exercise - hence one meaning of the title. The other is that it is a set of variations over a ground bass.Since the theorbo possesses eight diapason bass strings - whichare plucked like those of a harp not stopped with the left and - it seemed sensible to use these for the ground bass which consists simply of a rising eight-note scale using all diapason strings in turn. This ground is stated at the beginning and developed through 16 variations. Nos 1 to 7 are straightforward except that some of them compress the ground into itself. Nos 8 to 16 are in stretto: they are gradually overlapped with each other the new ground beginning one note earlier each time. The climax of the piece comes at variations 10 to 11; variations 12 to 14 bring it gradually down to earth; no. 15 is quiet and puts the decorated ground in relaxed canon with itself (in octaves using the top and bottom strings of the instrument). Variation 16 strips the ground of decoration putting tight scrunchy chords over it and the piece ends with the lowest diapason string (G) a quiet raspberry ripple of the other seven diapason strings and a final harmonic G to tell us that our little journey is over. I hope you enjoy the scenery.Giles Swayne

Guitar Tablature Edition. Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Guitar Tablature Edition can be viewed as either a supplement to the popular Introduction to the Lute: for Lute and Guitar Players or as a standalone edition of 16th-century lute tablatures reset in guitar tab. Play from beautifully-typeset scores, music by John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Vicenzo Galilei (father of the famous astronomer), and many others, including vihuela composers, Narváez and Milán. Together, this collection provides in guitar tab a beautiful and extensive overview of music for the Renaissance lute. TUNING: To get Renaissance lute tuning on a guitar, all you need to do is tune the 3rd string, G, down one semitone to F♯.That's it. Then just read the tab as normal. This edition is in guitar tablature. There is a separate edition in lute tablature, Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Lute Tablature Edition. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Classique / Date parution : 2019-05-27/ Tablatures / Luth

Cette Méthode de Luth Baroque peut vous donner les bases techniques et musicales nécessaires à l’obtention d’une structure assez solide et complète du jeu du luth baroque. Et c’est là tout l’enjeu et le défi de l’écriture de cet ouvrage : donner, au plus grand nombre de passionnés, l’opportunité de s’exprimer à travers le luth baroque, et ce, indépendamment de leur niveau d’apprentissage. Notre livre est destiné non seulement à celui qui n’a jamais joué d’un instrument de musique, mais aussi au guitariste avisé qui veut s’initier aux mystères du luth baroque ! Mode d’emploi Notre Méthode de Luth Baroque est divisée en trois parties. La première partie, plutôt théorique, aidera à mieux comprendre la façon de jouer la musique écrite pour le luth baroque. Nous avons jugé indispensable d’avoir des connaissances élémentaires de solfège occidental mais aussi de la tablature (forme de notation musicale spécifique au luth). Ces connaissances, insuffisantes si étudiées de manière isolée, ont été enrichies d’un lexique des pièces instrumentales ainsi que de biographies de la plupart des compositeurs de musique pour luth baroque à 11 et 13 chœurs. En deuxième partie, nous avons dédié tout un chapitre à l’étude de la technique et de la production sonore du luth. Riche en photos et détails de toutes les étapes techniques que nous devrons franchir, ce chapitre est, sans aucun doute, le plus important de toute notre Méthode pour bien comprendre l’univers sonore du luth baroque ! Ensuite, nous vous proposons 21 exercices, tous d’un niveau élémentaire, mais progressifs, accompagnés de plusieurs pièces de musique. Vous allez d’abord jouer des mélodies pour ensuite ajouter les basses, et seulement après commencer à jouer les ornements. En troisième partie, nous avons choisi près de 250 pièces pour luth baroque à 11 et 13 chœurs. Ces pièces, divisées en trois niveaux, sont d’un degré de difficulté qui s’échelonne du niveau « débutant », « moyen » à « avancé ». Nous avons, tout comme à l’époque baroque, séparé ces pièces selon leurs tonalités et leur nom. Aussi, nous n’avons choisi que très peu de tonalités différentes, afin que le luthiste débutant puisse travailler l’essentiel de son instrument, au lieu de perdre son temps à essayer de s’accorder tout le temps et de jouer des morceaux bien trop complexes pour son niveau. Il n’y a pas de mauvaise musique mais, parfois, il y a de mauvais musiciens ! Faire de la musique n’est simplement pas jouer des notes et réaliser quelques acrobaties, souvent sans intérêt. Un musicien « mûr » se plaît le plus souvent à jouer une simple mélodie et à jouir des merveilles sonores de son instrument ! Nous espérons que cette méthode pourra aider ceux qui n’ont pas accès à un professeur (même si nous leur conseillons d’aller en voir un le plus régulièrement possible), mais aussi tous les professeurs n’ayant pas suffisamment de matériel pour faire travailler, d’une manière systématique, leurs élèves. Bon courage à tous ! Miguel Yisrael - formerly Miguel Serdoura, now carrying the surname of his mother - was born in Lisbon, where he began his musical and artistic career, earning his Diploma in Classical Guitar in 1994. In 1995, he moved to Paris, where he studied the lute with Claire Antonini in the Early Music Department of the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris - CNR. He also took part in several master classes in his discipline, with Rolf Lislevand and other prestigious artists. From 1999 to 2004, he completed his musical education at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland with the grand maestro Hopkinson Smith. As a soloist, Miguel Yisrael has given recitals in France, Portugal, United-Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, China and USA. In 2000, he took part in a television documentary devoted to the lutenist Hopkinson Smith, broadcast by Arte, Mezzo, Classica, RTBF and TSR. He currently lives and teaches baroque and renaissance lute in Paris, where he gives frequent concerts/lectures in the framework of the “Musicien au Musée” program of the Musée de la Musique - Cité de la Musique in Paris. Miguel Yisrael performs on lutes built by Cezar Mateus, Princeton, USA, and with strings from Mimmo Peruffo, Vicenza, Italy. He recorded his first solo CD for the Dutch Label Brilliant Classics in 2008.

fur Flote Streichorchester Klavier Harfe & Schlagzeug-Jindrich Feld (1925-2007).Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra Piano Harp and Percussions.The Flute Concerto by Jindrich Feld (1925-2007) belongs among the most frequently performed compositions of its author.It was created in 1954 in close cooperation with the Czech Philharmony flutist Lutobor Hlavsa and its first interpreter was the famous French flutist Jean Pierre Rampal.The Orchestra arrangement is very special; the solo Flute is accompanied by Strings Piano Harp and Percussions. The Piano part of the concerto was prepared by the composer himself and it is now published in its fourth edition. The pocketversion of the musical score was printed in 1960.

Play Alongs for Flute - selected pieces from Bach to Satie - provides the opportunity to play well-known pieces from the Baroque to the Romantic era with accompaniments on the enclosed CD, each presented as a performance to listen to followed by a version to play along to, as well as original pieces from the flautist's repertoire. There are also arrangements of famous works by Haydn, Amadeus Mozart, Schubert, Satie and many more. Live recordings of string instruments, flute piano and guitar will further encourage young musicians to play in ensembles. - 21 well-known melodies from the Baroque to the Romantic era including famous works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Satie and more - Moderately difficult arrangements for flute lessons and ensemble playing at home - Live recordings on the CD (with string instruments, guitar, flute and piano) as full versions to listen to and play-along versions on the same track / Flûte

From Vivaldi's Spring to Dvorák's famous 'From the New World' theme, this book and play along CD offers flautists the chance to play gems of the classical music repertoire that are not too technically challenging for the beginner to intermediate player. Easy arrangements of famous works, along with selected pieces originally written for the flute are included, each presented as a demonstration performance for listening and again as a 'minus one' version for playing along. Live recordings of chamber ensembles, string instruments, guitar, harp and piano will also encourage young musicians to play in ensembles. - 16 well-known melodies from Vivaldi's Spring to Dvorák's famous 'From the New World' theme - Easy arrangements for first flute lessons and ensemble playing at home - Live recordings on the CD (with string instruments, guitar, zither and piano) as full versions to listen to and play-along versions on the same track / Flûte

Music Minus One Flute-A charming program of easy familiar classics orchestrated for a full symphony orchestra and minus the solo melody part your flute. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance in split-channel stereo with the soloist on the right channel and a second performance in full stereo minus the soloist. Includes: J.S. Bach - Air on a G String Beethoven - Minuet in G major Schumann - Träumerei Schubert - Serenata Raff - Cavatine Mozart - Minuet Divertimento Godard - Berceeuse Dvorak - Humoresque Brahms - Hungarian Dance. Accompaniment: Stuttgart Festival Orchestra Conductor: Emil Kahn

Score and Parts-Arranged for Flute and Piano from the original work for Flute and String Orchestra by Mark Starr.

André Jolivet (1905-1974) composed Chant de Linos for the Solo de Concours at the Paris Conservatoire in 1944. Initially written for Flute Harp and String Trio this version contains the scores for the Flute and the Piano. This piece is quite difficult to execute but will stand out in a competition or a recital. Inspired from what is called a Chant de Linos a threnody (or lament to the dead) in the Greek antiquity this piece is also about Linos son of Apollo. A good music player Linos taught Orpheus the Lyre and was killed by Heracles for criticising him too much. André Jolivet is a Frenchcomposer who was really inspired by the Antiquity and had a strong interest for atonality. He also wrote many chamber music pieces eleven concertos some orchestral and some vocal music.

Yamamoto Perpetuo was written by Michael Nyman for solo Violin in 1993 to a commission by fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto for his show that year in Paris. Following its success Nyman added a second Violin Viola and Celloto the solo line and turned it into his String Quartet No.4. This arrangement by Andy Findon for solo Flute restores the work as a stand-alone piece for one player in eleven sections drawing additionally upon material fromthe quartet version.

Sir Edward Elgar was born in Worcester in 1857. Until the outstanding success of the 'Enigma' Variations in 1899 he was considered a 'provincial' composer - and a largely self taught one at that.In the earlier part of Elgar's career as a composer he wrote several short pieces which became very popular indeed. Chanson de nuit is one such the second of a pair (Chanson de Matin the other being) which carried his name far and wide before his larger orchestra works appeared. It was published in several versions at once: for string orchestra for small orchestra for violin and piano and so on - so it is almost impossible to say with any degree of certainty which was theoriginal version. This arrangement makes a useful addition to the repertoire for flute.

Easy to Intermediate Level / G. Schirmer Instrumental Library-An ideal collection for a student performing in a contest or recital for the first time. Contents: Gavotte from the French Suite No. 5 BWV 816 (J.S. Bach) · Minuet from the Notebook for Anna MagdalenaBach (J.S. Bach) · Scotch Dance WoO 23 (Beethoven) · Sonatina (Beethoven) · Aria of the Shepherd from La liberazione de Ruggiero (Caccini) · Berceuse from the DollySuite (Fauré) · Tambourine from Iphigénie en Aulide (Gluck) · Allegro from the String Quartet in F Major Op. 74 No. 2 (Haydn) · Minuet from the Symphony No. 89 in FMajor (Haydn) · The Entertainer (Joplin) · Musette (Leclair) · Andante Espressivo Op. 58 No. 1 (Mendelssohn) · Gymnopédie (Satie) ·Andantino (Schubert) · Minuet (Schubert) · Romanze Op. 94 (Schumann). The book also includes access to online audio recordings of Piano accompaniments for each piece for download orstreaming.

The Chinese character su has the meaning of tracing back to the source or recalling ancient times. SU was inspired by the distinctive qualities of the ancient Chinese q'in a seven-string plucking instrument similar to the zither.

Music Minus One Flute-From the Italian master of Baroque music comes this collection of three magnificent flute concerti. The F-major concerto taken from Vivaldi's Opus 10 collection is particularly notable as in it Vivaldi slightly reworked his legendary RV442 treble recorder concerto using an accompaniment of muted strings throughout. All three of these are perfect for any flutist with a flair for the Baroque. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance in split-channel stereo with the soloist on the right channel and a second performance in full stereo minus the soloist. Performed by Vaclave Sykora flute Accompaniment: Czech SymphonyChamber Orchestra Conductor: Mario Klemens

Michael Jackson - Instrumental Solos (Flute). By Michael Jackson. For Flute (Flute). Instrumental Folio. Softcover with CD. 28 pages. Alfred Music #37178. Published by Alfred Music (HL.119495).ISBN 0739077953. 9x12 inches.CDs with fully orchestrated accompaniment tracks are the hallmark of these instrumental collections. Each book contains a carefully edited part that is appropriate for the Level 2-3 instrumentalist. The CDs include a demo track with a live instrumental performance, followed by a play-along track. Songs include: Beat It - Billie Jean - Black or White - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Human Nature - I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Man in the Mirror - She's Out of My Life - Thriller - The Way You Make Me Feel - You Are Not Alone.The woodwinds and brass books are compatible with each other and can be played together or as solos- the strings books are compatible with each other, but not with the woodwinds and brass instrument editions. / Flûte