This book represents nothing less than the magnum opus of a jazz-rock master of synthesizer technique. Creative Synthesizer Technique is a unique addition to the Mel Bay keyboard bookshelf both for its content and writing style. Holzman begins with an overview of the building blocks of sound as found on most synthesizers and then through a series of hands-on ???Try This??? projects shows you how to use those blocks creatively. Each phase of synthesis is illustrated by a series of 43 downloadable audio tracks. Throughout the author integrates synthesizer techniques with genuine musical ideas providing images of his professional stage setup as well as a minimal equipment layout for home hobbyists. Additional information is shared in the author???s notes footnotes and a generous glossary. His ???Additional Thoughts on Performance??? are filled with helpful suggestions for better soloing. Holzman has toured extensively with trumpet legend Miles Davis and British rocker Steven Wilson: he brings his 35 years of performance and synthesizer knowledge to bear in this outstanding book. Includes access to online audio.

Johannes Brahms’ late Piano works in the form of the two editions HN 36 (paperbound) and 37 (clothbound) have been a cornerstone of the Henle catalogue ever since the early 1950s. In 2011 the volume with Pianopieces (HN 6014) was published in the new Brahms Complete Edition an edition of these important works that reflected the latest in scholarly research. Having already published single volumes of the Urtext editions ofopus numbers 76 79 and 116 119 with the up-to-date musical text in the Complete Edition Henle are now rounding off this Brahms project by publishing the revised volume of collected works available as a classicpaperbound clothbound or handy study edition. An open invitation to all those who wish to immerse themselves in Brahms’ fascinating Piano cosmos.