SKU: HL.48025036
UPC: 196288020813.
The piece was commissioned by a colleague Brett Dean of the Berliner Philharmoniker, the violist Walter Kussner, as part of a CD project with works for solo viola in 1998/99. Since then, the composer himself has played it himself countless times in concerts andlectures. Here it is now in a congenial adaptation for cello. The title Intimate Decisions comes from a painting by Dean's wife, theAustralian painter Heather Betts, and indicates the private nature of the music. According to Dean, writing a piece for a solo string instrument was strangely similar to writing a personal letter or an intense conversation with a close friend. The piece begins with a short series of individual intervals of a rather intangible character, followed by a more emphatic motif of a minor sixth and minor ninth, and later a chain of harmonies whirring down the lower strings. The various developing characters go through an increasingly decisive, ultimately dramatic conversation, in rhapsodic alternation with flighty virtuosity, but also calm and delicacy, only to fade away like an echo at the end.
SKU: HL.224731
ISBN 9781495090325. UPC: 888680671761. 9.0x12.0x0.312 inches.
Instrumentalists will love this jam-packed collection of 101 timeless pop songs! Songs include: Another Brick in the Wall • Billie Jean • Dust in the Wind • Easy • Free Bird • Girls Just Want to Have Fun • Hey Jude • I'm a Believer • Jessie's Girl • Lean on Me • The Lion Sleeps Tonight • Livin' on a Prayer • My Girl • Piano Man • Pour Some Sugar on Me • Reeling in the Years • Stand by Me • Sweet Home Alabama • Take Me Home, Country Roads • With or Without You • You Really Got Me • and more.
SKU: BT.9781408114629
ISBN 9781408114629. English.
Now in a third edition, Abracadabra Cello has a fresh, contemporary new look and is the perfect book for pupil and teachers.This title offers an identical selection of repertoire to the other booksin the Abracadabra Strings series, so they can be used in any combination for group or whole class lessons and mixed ensemble performances. Used alone, they remain ideal for individual tuition.With tunes you know andwant to play, carefully graded in 20 learning steps, this new edition of the popular tutor also includes duets, trios and teacher's parts. Clear fingering and bowing diagrams and concise theory explanations help to teachthefundamentals of the instrument, and each new technical aspect is reinforced by several pieces using that particular technique.Abracadabra Cello now also includes two CDs of performance and backing tracks, featuringselected orchestral backings.
SKU: FH.VC8
ISBN 978-1-55440-544-2.
This inaugural edition of the Cello Series offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring cellist. With an expansive representation of musical styles from all eras, this series addresses the need for a single collection of quality educational materials to foster musical development and instill appreciation of the richness and diversity of music written for cello. Supporting a balanced course of study, this series organizes repertoire into nine volumes from the Preparatory Level through Level 8. Each level offers music from a range of styles and compositional eras, including standard literature, new arrangements of familiar tunes, and music written for cellists, by cellists. These selections provide the flexibility to choose pedagogically appropriate material suited to each individual, and to motivate students to fully develop their musicianship and technique.Preparatory Level:Etude in C Major - Schroeder, CarlStroll Along - Anonymous arr. Samuel ApplebaumEtude in C Major - Romberg, Bernhard HeinrichClimbing the Scale - Hewitt-Jones, AnitaEtude in C Major - Kummer, Friedrich AugustMy Pony - Slovenian folk song arr. Francis GrantLevel 1:The Willow Tree - Grant, FrancisEtude in C Major - Hohmann, Christian-HeinrichTravelling Along - Hewitt-Jones, AnitaThe Train - Legg, PatUp and Down Again - Dancla, Charles arr. Samuel ApplebaumEtude in G Major - Dotzauer, FriedrichEtude in C Major - Romberg, Bernhard HeinrichEtude in G Major, op. 101, no. 9 - Lee, SebastianLevel 2:Etude in D Major - Kummer, Friedrich AugustEtude in B flat Major, op. 70, no. 16 - Lee, SebastianPhrygian Frolic - Legg, PatMartele March - Hewitt-Jones, AnitaPachyderm Parade - Mooney, RickEtude in G Minor - Romberg, Bernhard HeinrichEtude in C Major - Werner, JosefLevel 3:Etude in A Major - Dotzauer, FriedrichSpiccato Race - Hewitt-Jones, AnitaEtude in G Major, op. 30, no. 6 - Brueckner, OskarEtude in C Major - Borschitzky, Johann FrancisEtude in B flat Major - Tabb, Richard ValentineEtude in G Major - Kummer, Friedrich AugustEtude in F Major - Matz, RudolfFire Stations - Legg, PatEtude in F Major - Feuillard, Louis R.Level 4:Etude in G Minor, op. 70, no. 24 - Lee, SebastianEtude in C Major - Tabb, Richard ValentineEtude in D Major - Matz, RudolfCalypso - Legg, PatI Was a Teenage Monster - Mooney, RickSuo-Gan (A Welsh Lullaby) - Welsh folk song Arr. Rick MooneyEtude in D Minor - Werner, JosephEtude in G Major, op. 31, no. 12 - Schroeder, CarlEtude in C Major - Feuillard, Louis R.Spinner's Waltz - Hewitt-Jones, Anita.
SKU: HL.49044838
ISBN 9790220134418. UPC: 841886027602. 9.0x12.0x0.067 inches.
Vier Seiten for violoncello is an attempt to present an event that in reality takes about two seconds in extreme slow motion, thus making even the micromovements visible or audible beyond the straight line of motion.When I composed the piece, the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna came to my mind again and again - an accident which was shown on TV in slow motion again and again until it became unbearable. The fast motion of the car immediately before the crash into a concrete wall, a motion which was no longer purposeful but out of control and which had the car pulled to and fro and from side to side, was followed by that crash. In this extreme slow motion, it is no longer shown as a crash but as the fast telescoping of carbon fibre, metal and human body parts.After this crash, as a postlude so to speak, everything suddenly slowed down, tyres and automotive particles floating in the air, the torso of the vehicle swinging until the motion stopped. It was not until this moment that I realized that the whole presentation of the incident had been accompanied by paralyzing silence.- Thomas LarcherVier Seiten is a response to Ayrton Senna's fatal car accident, portrayed in slow motion, as it was repeatedly shown on television at the time. In this poignant work, a violent fast section represents the crash, followed by a long epilogue, reflecting the apparent stillness of the immediate aftermath.
