A Comprehensive Method Book for Years Two, Three, and Beyond. Edited by Marguerite Wilder. Habits of a Successful Musician. Music Education. Method book. 72 pages. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9143).

Composed by Various. Edited by Yuri Maizels. Southern Music. Etude, Instruction. Softcover. 52 pages. Southern Music Company #B581. Published by Southern Music Company

Oboe

SKU: HL.49044074

For solo oboe. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Woodwind Solo. Softcover. Composed 2002. 12 pages. Duration 8'. Schott Music #ED13220. Published by Schott Music (HL.49044074).

ISBN 9790220134586. UPC: 841886021976. 9.0x12.0x0.075 inches.

Stimulated by my love of automata, this work for solo oboe takes its name from the invention of Wolfgang von Kempelen, who in the late eighteenth century constructed an extraordinary mechanical man powered by clockwork, dressed in a stylish Turkish costume and capable of playing chess. The chess player turned out to be a fraud but sparked many other thinkers and inventors to pondering what the possibilities of automation might be. In Hesketh's highly virtuosic work, the through-composed melody is subjected to a series of distortions by pulleys, cams, gears and cranks. There are also the onomatopoeic effects of winding up and whirring noises that add to the air of the mechanical.

(15 Easy Solos for Contest and Performance). Arranged by Philip Sparke. For Oboe (Oboe). Instrumental Folio. Grade 2. Softcover with CD. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard