SKU: HL.49019006

ISBN 9790001174619. 9.0x12.0x0.075 inches.

With his piano cycle Pictures at an Exhibition from 1874, Mussorgsky created a classic example of programme music. Based on the paintings of his deceased friend Viktor Hartmann, he also composed the lyrical serenade 'Il vecchio castello' (The Old Castle), among others. Hartmann's picture shows a medieval Italian castle with a singing troubadour who accompanies himself on the lute. In Maurice Ravel's subsequent famous orchestral version, the beautiful, melancholy melody was played by the alto saxophone. Accompaniment, prelude and interludes are reminiscent of playing a medieval hurdy-gurdy with its pervading drone bass. Therein lies the continuity of the piece, thereabove lies the quiet romance with its melancholy character - the unrequited love of the troubadour. This separate edition now gives all saxophonists the opportunity to play the piece with piano accompaniment.

SKU: HL.44002170

UPC: 073999172249.

The concert band and brass band music of Philip Sparke is played and loved by musicians throughout the world, with most of his compositions being standard concert repertoire. In this book he has selected seven of his best-known works and presented the complete, unedited 1st part for each of the main instrument groups with a play-along CD concert band backing. Now everyone can play with some of the world's leading concert bands in the privacy of their own homes. Includes seven pieces: Hanover Festival * To a New Dawn * Portrait of a City * Time Remembered - Elegy for Band * Kaleidoscope - 5 Variations on the Brugg Song * The White Rose * and The Year of the Dragon.