SKU: AP.1-ADV7648

UPC: 805095076486. English.

These saxophone quartets are available together with a play-along CD, offering every musician of the quartet the possibility of working on his part at home---in addition to quartet rehearsals. The written parts do not include the phrasings of the improvisations on the CD, which is meant to induce the students to imitate those phrasings. Imitation is an essential step on the students' way to learning how to phrase in jazz. These solos are by no means obligatory. The notated chords serve as a basis for those who wish to improvise and create their own solos.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7638

UPC: 805095076387. English.

Frequently, one is in search of a suitable ensemble piece where each member can present himself with a playable solo part. Welcome to New Orleans offers you and your musicians this possibility. Using a fast swing rhythm, the author describes in this composition the modern and the old New Orleans and its colorful history. Due to its compatibility---available are editions for saxophone, clarinet, and brass quartet---this piece enables you to put together your own small New Orleans band, e.g. consisting of a clarinet, a trumpet, a tenor saxophone, and a trombone. That's almost like playing music in the good old times!

SKU: HL.49045875

The Catalan composer and vihuela player Luis de Milan (1500-1561) ranks among the most important composers of the Spanish Renaissance. His collection El Maestro from 1536 was the first publication of vihuela music in music history (the vihuela is a predecessor of the guitar). The six pavans contained therein are typical examples of the stately processional dance. According to the etymological derivation of'pavo' (Spanish/Latin: 'peacock'), this characteristic bird call which can be performed freely and naturalistically by the saxophoneplayer can sometimes be heard in this 'peacock's dance'. World premiere: 15.2.2017 Ballhaus Berlin, with Domiki Wollenweber (cor anglais) and the saxophone quartet CLAIR OBSCUR. Also published by Schott: a version for alto saxophone (cor anglais) and organ (ED 21260).

SKU: AP.1-ADV7452

UPC: 805095074529. English.

Each movement (sold separately) of this suite presents an authentic Latin musical form. This ballad, replete with luscious harmonies and singing melodic lines, stars alto and soprano saxophones telling the story of a romantic interlude. The music weaves, twists, turns and jumps, culminating in a rewarding resolution.

SKU: FG.042-08429-8

ISBN 979-0-042-08429-8.

This two-movement work, inspired bythe skills of the Rascher Quartet, is conceived as a constant interplay between four saxophones and a single percussionist. Bright percussion timbres such as vibraphone, campane, crotales and tambourine are used to complement the soloistic, contrapuntal character of the saxwriting. Meditative and virtuosic passages alternate and seemingly contradictory forces are reconciled. The melancholy and grotesque, the lyrical and dramatic all find expression here.

SKU: M7.RSC-60215

English.

The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy comes from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, which is itself taken from his ballet of the same name. The original story comes from Alexandre Dumas pere's version of Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the King of Mice. The first performance took place in St. Petersburg in 1892.