SKU: HL.44002126

UPC: 073999296112.

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.

SKU: HL.49019039

ISBN 9790001172806. UPC: 841886015456. 9.0x12.0x0.102 inches.

The present work 'Pantomime' by Paul Hindemith, now available as a separate edition for the first time, comes from his opera 'Cardillac', performed in 1926 for the first time, a musical setting of the mysterious crime story about the goldsmith of the same name from the novella 'Das Fraulein von Scuderi' by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Act I of the opera contains a mimed scene, accompanied by two solo flutes and orchestra. The present edition contains the dialogue of the flutes, rich in gesture, and the reduced orchestra version as piano version. The expressive dialogue of the equal solo flutes is reminiscent of the characteristic music of the silent film. Our separate edition shall make the piece known among flutists and add to the contemporary flute repertoire.

SKU: HL.49045271

ISBN 9790001173179. UPC: 841886030138. 9.0x12.0x0.071 inches.

Sinuhe the Egyptian is a historical novel written in 1945 by the Finnish author Mika Waltari (* 19. SeptemberHelsinki). He was one of the best known authors in Finland and his works were translated into 30 languages. 1908 in Helsinki, 26. August 1979 also in This is the story of the adventures of the doctor SinuheCrete and other regions of the known world at that time. who lived from 1390 to 1335 B.C. who was initially the personal physician at the court of the Pharaoh Akhenaten before subsequently visiting Babylon, Waltari was inspired by the Ancient Egyptian text The Story of Sinuhe which is considered to be one of the earliest literary works (20th century B.C.). The author additionally undertook comprehensive historical studies, and the novel with its extensive cultural history and customs of the Orient in pre-Christian times became a worldwide success. The novel also gained recognition among Egyptologists. Sinuhe the Egyptian was in turn an inspiration for the composer Olli Mustonen to create a work for the archaic instrument the oboe. The original version of this two-movement piece additionally fulfilled the composer s wish to dedicate a composition to his wife Sole who is also an oboist.The current version for flute was written for the Danish flutist Janne Thomsen.