Compositori Italiani del XX secolo Vol. 1-• New volume of the Ricordi Instrumental Library series dedicated to the instrumental repertoire of the Twentieth Century. The series includes publications for piano violin/piano guitar and now cello/piano.• This anthology fills an editorial void by re-proposing a series of pieces that would otherwise be difficult if not downright impossible to find and yet have played a special role in the evolution of music for cello and piano in Italy.• The criteria adopted in choosing these pieces are: their musical value their interest from a piano teacher’s point of view and their ability to represent a given period in the history of Italian music and culture.

The celebrated and award-winning series continues with a selection of pieces in a wide range of styles and varieties chosen to give you a superb repertoire of music at an early stage.From well-known classical melodies andshowstoppers of the stage to jazz hits folk songs and film themes - the diversity of these accessible arrangements will provide vital early experience in all manner of performance styles. The music includes full accompanimentsfor Piano Keyboard or Guitar making this volume the perfect companion to A New Tune A Day Book 1. Furthermore a professionally produced audio CD packed with stunning recorded accompaniments and demonstrations willallow you to develop your confidence and skills at home as well as offering spectacular backing tracks for your showcase performances.Take your playing to a new level with this superb collection.Voted Best InShow at NAMM 2006 by Music Inc. Magazine.

Franz Schubert wrote his Arpeggione Sonata for piano and arpeggione, a hybrid instrument that was part guitar, part violoncello and fashionable at that time. Today, the piece has become a standard work for violoncello and piano, an instrumentation chosen for the present edition as well. For the few players of an arpeggione, a solo part is available at www.wiener-urtext.com [1]. The edition follows, for the most part, the text of Schubert's extant autograph. / Violoncelle Et Piano

Arrangements that are designed to be enjoyed in a number of settings. Companion books for violin and viola are available. Each offers the melody and harmony part along with piano accompaniment. Suggested uses are: solo cello withpiano accompaniment cello duets cello and violin duets trios with violin cello and viola duets and trios with viola.

This edition of the most popular of Eric Coates' compostions was published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Includes the Dambuster's March and 'By the Sleep Lagoon' (the famous theme tune to Desert Island Discs).All the pieces are arranged for Piano Solo except for Bird Songs At Eventide I Heard You Singing I Pitch My Lonely Caravan At Night Star Of God and The Green Hills O'Somerset which are arranged for Voice and Piano accompaniment.