SKU: HL.49003135

ISBN 9780946535132. UPC: 884088991623. 8.25x11.75x0.436 inches. English.

This anthology of 72 music examples, consisting of the Teacher's Manual, Pupil's Questions, Music Book and two recordings on CD or cassettes, is intended to provide comprehensive resource materials for the listening component of the GCSE music syllabuses. The extracts have been selected especially to illustrate the periods, styles and rudiments of music encompassed within the syllabuses, and the four components of the publication produced to ensure maximum assistance to the teacher in the classroom. Selected contents: MUSIC IN THE LATE RENAISSANCE O quam gloriosum est regnum * T. Morley: MUSIC IN THE BAROQUE ERA: H. Purcell: Hark, each tree (from Ode for St Cecilia's Day) * A. Vivaldi: Second Allegro (from Op. 3 No. 11) * G.F. Handel: Lascia ch'io * J.S. Bach: Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag (BWV 629) * F. Couperin: Le Petit-Rein MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC PERIOD: F. Schubert: Am Meer (from Schwanengesang) * H. Berlioz: Un Bal (from Symphonie fantastique) * F. Chopin: Mazurka (Op. 7 No. 5) * R. Schumann: Fantasiestuck (Op. 73 No. 1) * R. Wagner: Prelude (to Tristan and Isolde) * R. Strauss: Epilog (from Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche) * MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: B. Bartok: Third movement (from Sonata for two Pianos and Percussion) * K. Stockhausen: Zyklus * C. Berberian: Stripsody * JAZZ AND POP: F. Molton: Peace in the Valley * Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang: Jazz Me Blues * The Platters: Only You * E. Fitzgerald: Mack the Knife * S. Getz and A. Gilberto: The Girl From Ipanema and more.

SKU: HL.49045386

ISBN 9781847614193. UPC: 888680671457. 9.0x12.0x0.25 inches. English.

The 50 most popular classical pieces in easy arrangements. This new collection presents 50 popular classical pieces in easy arrangements for piano. Taking the concept of the 'playlist' from the world of digital music streaming this book presents a carefully chosen collection of the world's favorite classical pieces for today's student and amateur musicians. Featuring many of the most popular works from the classical repertoire, this offers hours of enjoyable music making. Contents: Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5 (Mahler) • Air, BWV 1068 (Bach) • Piano Concerto No. 23, Andante (Mozart) • The Blue Danube (J Strauss II) • Canon (Pachelbel) • Clair de Lune (Debussy) • Chanson de Matin (Elgar) • Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Verdi) • The Dance of the Little Swans (Tchaikovsky) • Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck) • Danse Macabre (Saint-Saens) • The Pearl Fishers' Duet (Bizet) • Emperor Concerto, 2nd mvt. (Beethoven) • Flower Duet (Delibes) • Gavotte (Grieg) • Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie) • Habanera (Bizet) • Halleluja Chorus (Handel) • Hornpipe, Water Music (Handel) • Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 3 (Schubert) • Intermezzo (Mascagni) • Jerusalem (Parry) • Jupiter (Holst) • Intermezzo (Sibelius) • Liebestraume No. 3 (Liszt) • Menuet (Ravel) • Menuetto, Symphony No. 104 (Haydn) • Meditation (Massenet) • Morning (Grieg) • Ode to Joy (Beethoven) • Nessun Dorma (Puccini) • Nimrod (Elgar) • Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin) • Non piu andrai (Mozart) • O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini) • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky) • Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Debussy) • Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) • Spring, from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi) • Symphony No. 1, 4th mvt. (Brahms) • The Old Castle (Mussorgsky) • The Swan (Saint-Saens) • The Trout (Schubert) • Traumerei (Schumann) • Toreador Song (Bizet) • Violin Concerto, Andante (Mendelssohn) • Vltava (Smetana) • Waltz from Coppelia (Delibes) • When I Am Laid in Earth (Purcell) • Waltz in A-flat, Op. 39, No. 15 (Brahms).