Piano

SKU: PR.RL23130

Selected pieces for music instruction. With Standard notation. Robert Lienau Edition #RL23130. Published by Robert Lienau Edition (PR.RL23130).

By Carol Barratt. For Piano. Classical, Folk, Country. 40 pages. Published by Music Sales

Mastering the Middle Register of the Clarinet. Southern Music. Instruction. Softcover. 28 pages. Southern Music Company #B588. Published by Southern Music Company

(Reduction for 2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Composed by Robert Schumann. Arranged by Ernst Herttrich. For Piano, Piano Duet. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. G. Henle #HN1139. Published by G. Henle

(28 Guitar Solos). By Flavio Henrique Medeiros and Carlos de Lemos Almada. For Guitar (Classical). Solos. Bill's Music Shelf. Classic. Intermediate. Book. 136 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

For String Orchestra. By Georges Bizet. Arranged by Roy Phillippe. String orchestra. This edition: complete set. Carl Fischer Performance Series for String Orchestra - Concert String Orchestra. Classical. Level: Medium Easy/Medium. Score and parts. 17 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.

Choral SSA Choir and Piano

SKU: CF.CM9718

Composed by Meredith Tompkins. 8 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 23 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9718. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9718).

ISBN 9781491160978. UPC: 680160919574. Key: D major. English. Manmohan Ghose.

Manmohan Ghose was a professor, poet, and brilliant scholar from Eastern India in the late 19th century. He was educated in London, and was one of the first poets originally from India to publish poetry in English. A Lament is one of his earliest published poems; it progresses with vivid, scenic language from lullaby to permanent goodbye. Much later in life, Manmohan experienced a series of family tragedies that gave him a unique perspective on grief. After returning to India to mourn his father's death and eventually the passing of his wife, he never again made it back to England as he had wished to before his own death. The text of this piece has been paired with a mixolydian modal structure and a blend of musical elements designed to invoke a nostalgic, dream-like atmosphere. In the words of the composer: I like to think of this piece as a metaphorical hall of mirrors. The original 'image' of the melody becomes the source for multiple echoes and imitations that blossom into layers of polyphonic movement. As a nod to the poet's birth place, notes reminiscent of the kan-swar grace note technique of Hindustani classical music add ornamental interest to the piano and voices. This piece functions as an excellent educational introduction or further study into the concept of modes. When presenting this piece to a choir, directors may find it helpful to identify G as the tonal center and follow up with an explanation that G mixolydian has the same key signature as the key of C, because it naturally has no sharps or flats.
Manmohan Ghose was a professor, poet, and brilliant scholar from Eastern India in the late 19th century. He was educated in London, and was one of the first poets originally from India to publish poetry in English. “A Lament” is one of his earliest published poems; it progresses with vivid, scenic language from lullaby to permanent goodbye. Much later in life, Manmohan experienced a series of family tragedies that gave him a unique perspective on grief. After returning to India to mourn his father’s death and eventually the passing of his wife, he never again made it back to England as he had wished to before his own death. The text of this piece has been paired with a mixolydian modal structure and a blend of musical elements designed to invoke a nostalgic, dream-like atmosphere. In the words of the composer: “I like to think of this piece as a metaphorical hall of mirrors. The original ‘image’ of the melody becomes the source for multiple echoes and imitations that blossom into layers of polyphonic movement.” As a nod to the poet’s birth place, notes reminiscent of the kan-swar grace note technique of Hindustani classical music add ornamental interest to the piano and voices. This piece functions as an excellent educational introduction or further study into the concept of modes. When presenting this piece to a choir, directors may find it helpful to identify G as the tonal center and follow up with an explanation that G mixolydian has the same key signature as the key of C, because it naturally has no sharps or flats.

Orchestra and Cobla

SKU: BO.B.3260

Composed by Josep Ma Ruera. Instrumental Sets. Duration 40:52. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (BO.B.3260).

ISBN 9788480207584.

English comments:
Empuries is the result of the interest Ruera showed throughout his life for the culture and music of ancient Greece. As he himself writes in the introduction to the composition: The motives behind this work were inspired by contemplating and analysing the melos of ancient Greece. The few melodies that have been discovered from those far-off times inspired the composer of Empuries to create this work, conceived with the Greek modal system in mind, and adapted to modern instruments and tastes. The tetrachord and pentachords of these forms are the very bases of this work. The descending drift of the cadence, the harmonic priority of the upper and lower notes of the tetrachords and the displacement of these chords to different acoustic levels, make it impossible to specify the classic concept of a set tonality which, within the improvised musical working of the piece, leads to a naturally intertonal or atonal piece of music. Empuries came to light in 1971, when it won group A of the Ciutat de Barcelona prize. But one must, in fact, go back to the 1930s to find its true origins. Ruera made his first foray into the theme of ancient Greece with the sardana, Empuries, la grega, with which he won first prize in the Jocs Florals in Girona, in 1931. Shortly afterwards, he wrote a piece of organ music entitled Bucolics, in the Greek modal style, which was destroyed during the Spanish civil war. Ruera continued to work on the theme and in 1936 he presented his work Tres moviments simfonics, for a big band, inspired by the ancient Greek modes, at the XIV International Festival of the ISCM held in Barcelona. The work was chosen to debut in the festival's opening concert on 19 April 1936 at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Barcelona. In 1959, Ruera won the Pau Casals Prize at the Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana, held at the Sorbonne in Paris, for his work, Empuries: poema per a cobla i orquestra, which would later become the fourth movement of Empuries. Nine years later, in 1968, Barcelona City Orchestra, conducted by Antoni Ros Marba, gave the first ever performance of the symphonic poem Pastoral, written to be the first movement of Empuries, in Granollers. The final step was when he finally completed the work, won the Ciutat de Barcelona prize, opened in Granollers on 2 May 1976 and recorded it for the Columbia de Barcelona label in 1977. Anna Maria Piera

Comentarios del Espanol:
La obra Empuries es fruto del interes que el maestro Ruera demostro a lo largo de su vida por la cultura y la musica de la antigua Grecia. Como el mismo escribe en la cabecera de la composicion: Los motivos generadores de esta obra estan inspirados en la contemplacion y en el analisis del melos de la antigua Grecia. Las pocas melodias que hasta el momento se han podido descubrir de aquellos tiempos remotos sugieren al autor de Empuries la realizacion de esta obra, concebida pensando en el sistema modal griego, adaptado a los instrumentos y gustos modernos. Los tetracordes y pentacordes de dichas modalidades son las celulas en las que se basa la obra. El sentido descendiente de la cadencia, la prioridad armonica de la notas extremas de los tetracordes y el desplazamiento de estos acordes a varias alturas acusticas, hacen que no sea posible precisar el clasico concepto de una tonalidad determinada y que lleven, dentro del funcionamiento contrapuntistico, a una musica naturalmente intertonal o atonal. Empuries vio la luz en el ano 1971, ganando el Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, grupo A, pero en realidad tenemos que retroceder hasta los anos 30 para encontrar sus verdaderos origenes. La primera incursion en el tema de la antigua Gracia la hizo con la sardana Empuries, la grega, con la que gano el primer premio en los Jocs Florals de Gerona del ano 1931. Poco despues escribio una pieza para organo titulada Bucolics, en el estilo modal griego, que fue destruida durante la Guerra Civil espanola. Ruera continuo trabajando en el tema y en el ano 1936 presento su obra Tres moviments simfonics, en version para gran banda, inspirada en las antiguas modalidades griegas, en el XIV Festival Internacional de la SIMC que se celebro en Barcelona. La obra fue escogida para ser estrenada en el concierto inaugural de dicho festival, el 19 de abril de 1936, en el Palacio de Bellas Artes de Barcelona. En el 1959, Ruera gano el Premio Pau Casals en los Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana celebrados en la Sorbona de Paris con la obra Empuries: poema per a cobla i orquestra, que sera con el paso del tiempo el cuarto movimiento de Empuries. Nueve anos mas tarde, en 1968, la Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona, bajo la direccion de Antoni Ros Marba, interpreto en Granollers la primera audicion del poema sinfonico Pastoral, pensado como primer movimiento de Empuries. El ultimo eslabon fue terminar definitivamente la obra, ganar el Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, estrenarla en Granollers el 2 de mayo de 1976 y grabarla para la casa discografica Columbia de Barcelona, en 1977.

Flute

SKU: HL.48185332

Composed by Peter Wastall. Leduc. Classical. Softcover. 64 pages. Alphonse Leduc #AL28832. Published by Alphonse Leduc (HL.48185332).

UPC: 888680789640. 8.5x11.0x0.18 inches.

“A comprehensive study for beginners, Apprendre en Jouant de la Flûte includes a well-illustrated introduction to hand positioning and lip placement on the instrument. Moreover, the well-explained and progressive chapters ensure complete understanding of Flute playing. Composer Peter Wastall is musical advisor at Boosey and Hawkes, the largest classical music publisher in the world. As a passionate wind player himself, his award-winning series 'Learn As You Play' has been the benchmark to his career. It has since been translated into many languages, including French, and Apprendre en Jouant de la Flûte remains popular to this day. ”.

Piano

SKU: HL.49046364

Neuausgabe in Einem Band German. Composed by Bernd Frank. Piano Collection. Classical. Softcover Audio Online. 132 pages. Schott Music #SPL1105. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046364).

UPC: 840126901856.

The book is aimed at pianists who are looking for style-typical rhythmic-harmonic accompaniment patterns. In this combined new edition a wealth of patterns are presented in the following areas: Waltz, Ragtime, Country & Western, Foxtrot, Charleston, Tango, Rumba, Beguin, Swing, Shuffle, Chachacha, Mambo, La Bamba , Samba, Bossa Nova, Lambada, Boogie Woogie, Rhythm & Blues, Rock'n'Roll, Rock Five-Four, Seven-Four, Funk, Jazz Rock, Reggae, Salsa, Rap / Hip Hop, Techno. Each style is explained with an introduction to the style's history and evolution, analysis and exercises, so that the pianist learns to translate the patterns into different musical situations. With audio recordings for download.

Piano - Grade 1

SKU: BT.MUSUMP19861

Composed by Georges Roy. Method. Book Only. 68 pages. Union Musical Ediciones #MUSUMP19861. Published by Union Musical Ediciones (BT.MUSUMP19861).

Spanish.

This is a comprehensive method and guide to the various styles of Jazz Piano, as written by Georges Roy. The styles covered in this book include: boogie-woogie, blues, ragtime, fox-trot, slow, rock 'n roll, charlestón, pasodoble, tango, vals, cha-cha-cha, bolero, samba, rumba, baiao, calypso, mambo, and more... A fantastic introduction to Jazz Piano, particularly for the already learning classical pianist wishing to branch into jazz.