SKU: FP.FLH01

ISBN 979-0-57050-179-3.

Fourteen pieces in modern idiom evoking a lovely Spring afternoon. Suggested grade 1.

SKU: BR.EB-9412

ISBN 9790004188866. 9 x 12 inches.

Joachim Raff's 12 piano pieces Fruhlingsboten op. 55, originating in 1852/53, mark a new creative start in his compositional oeuvre, in which the composer left behind his previously written and published piano works. The title of the work, translated as Heralds of Spring, is multilayered: It refers not only to spring in nature as expressed in the headings of the first two pieces, Winterruhe [Hibernation] and Fruhlingsnahen [Spring's Approach], but the words Heralds of Spring also indicate love's spring, the blossoming of love for his future wife, the actress Doris Genast. This appears in the headings of the pieces as of no. 3, sketching the path of an imaginary couple approaching union via various annoyances. And ultimately, Raff saw in his new piano work the harbingers of his future works, created under happy circumstances. In Fruhlingsboten Raff repeatedly demonstrates his ability to adapt idioms and compositional techniques from works by Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and others. The pieces do nonetheless possess their own thoroughly original diction with a character spectrum just as diverse as their stylistic piano design. Mahlert's new edition, as beautifully presented as ever from this publisher, is exemplary, and can easily be recommended to advanced pianists with a love of nineteenth-century repertoire. Superb.(Andrew Eales, Pianodao).

SKU: FJ.E1134

UPC: 241444419632. English.

Appropriately named, this colorful piece is a tone poem that evokes the earth awakening to spring. The lush harmonies exploit the full range of the keyboard with frequent modulations to new keys. The thematic material is seamlessly woven into both parts. Often the primo and secondo hands are very close to each other. The composer includes short phrases above the staff such as swaying branches, fragrant rain, and flowers blooming plus others to depict the various sense of spring. Good piece for an experienced duet team.

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SKU: HL.14026911

ISBN 9788759887943. English.

My Spring Diary (Min Forårsdagbog) - Piano Pieces Vol. 2 by Karl Aage Rasmussen . Programme note In this, the second volume of My Spring Diary, which depicts the progress of the day from afternoon to night, the technical difficulties are generally greater than in vol. 1, and all the pieces are for piano solo. Freer use is made of the various types of notation which were introduced in the first volume. The 8 th piece (“Day’s End”) uses towards the end the type of notation called “open form”. The piece is a kind of musical resumé of the whole collection – elements of the earlier pieces reappear and at the end of the piecethe performer can exercise control over the way in which these elements are combined. The sequence of the individual groups is free, and it is not obligatory to play all of them. The only limitation is that the arrows within the individual groups must be followed and that the piece should end with the short passage marked “conclusion”.  .

SKU: HL.49008417

ISBN 9790001131650. 9.0x12.0x0.193 inches.

This Spring music forms part of the cycle The Seasons, a collection for piano containing the previously published pieces Balta ainava (White Landscape) and Rudens musika (Autumn music). Nature in all its shapes and the relationship of humans to Nature play an important role in Vask's works. Many of his works have programmatic titles associated with this theme, such as landscapes of burnt earth and music for migrating birds.

SKU: HL.285972

ISBN 9781540039538. UPC: 888680892463. 9.0x12.0x0.834 inches.

The ultimate collection for jazz keyboardists to learn 40 Evans classics with exact note-for-note transcriptions. Includes: Alice in Wonderland • Autumn Leaves • Bill's Hit Tune • Blue in Green • Days of Wine and Roses • Emily • Everything Happens to Me • Five • For Nenette • How About You? • How My Heart Sings • I Loves You, Porgy • It Could Happen to You • Just You, Just Me • Letter to Evan • My Foolish Heart • My Funny Valentine • My Romance • Nardis • Night and Day • One for Helen • Peace Piece • Peri's Scope • Quiet Now • Re: Person I Knew • Skating in Central Park • A Sleepin' Bee • Some Other Time • Stella by Starlight • Song from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) • 34 Skidoo • Time Remembered • The Touch of Your Lips • Turn Out the Stars • Very Early • Waltz for Debby • What Kind of Fool Am I? • Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me) • You Go to My Head • You Must Believe in Spring • and more. Spiral bound.