SKU: MB.30963

ISBN 9781513468204. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This exceptional collection of 41 truly beautiful airs and ballads from the British Isles offers both well-known tunes by the prolific blind Irish harpist, Turlough O�??Carolan and rarely heard melodies by anonymous composers; all have stood the test of time. Arranged for soprano or tenor recorder, these include O�??Carolan�??s classically influenced �??Lord Inchiquin�?� and �??Eleanor Plunkett�?� as well as �??O Gentle Dove�?� and �??Cuckoo Dear�?��?? both examples of the strong tradition of song in Wales. Among other tunes, the haunting modal melodies of �??The Dark Slender Boy�?� and �??Enchanted Valley�?� express the melancholic heart and soul of the British Isles.

A few of these songs have taken on a life of their own in modern times. �??Bonny at Morn�?�, a popular traditional tune of northern England and Scotland, was arranged for soprano voice and harp by the 20th century British composer, Benjamin Britten. �??The Skye Boat Song�?� originally recounted Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuart�??s journey to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the historic Battle of Culloden. Later, the song evolved into a lilting lullaby and was more recently used as the theme song for the popular Outlander television series.

Departing slightly from recorder notation practice, author Marcia Diehl has judiciously arranged these melodies complete with spare slur markings to aid the amateur player in authentically and musically rendering these tunes.

SKU: HL.50605252

ISBN 9781705171196. UPC: 196288086833. 12.0x9.0x0.427 inches.

This publication is designed to raise interest in contemporary music and create a personal relationship with unconventional forms ofmusic and music-making among the age group most receptive to these, that is, elementary school children. The pieces featured in it are in widely differing styles and by composers of different age groups and levels of recognition: Janos Bali, Adam Kondor, Gabor Kosa, Gyorgy Kurtag Jr., Csaba Lauran, Dora Petery, Vera Ronkos, Laszlo Sary, Andras Soos, Mate Szigeti and Peter Tornyai. Although 'creativity' plays a central role, this volume is not intended for training professional composers. It serves merely to encourage children to engage in the life-giving and pleasurable activities of listening to and forming sounds.

SKU: GI.G-M601

ISBN 9781579996840. English.

Enable your students to extend their musical horizons with this culturally diverse collection of solo pieces. Included are such favorites as “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” “The Entertainer,” “The Irish Washerwoman,” “Everybody Loves Saturday Night,” “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” and “Tumbalalaika.” This collection is the perfect way to provide technical and musical challenges to young students ready to move out to the center of the stage and perform solo. Exemplary models on the included CD can motivate students to practice with enthusiasm and intensity and to reach for the highest levels of musical performance. Accompaniments performed by first-call Los Angles studio musicians provide authentic contexts for real-world music experiences. A self-directed component to any course of music instruction is almost certain to maintain interest, increase practice time, and improve performance skills vital to the instrumental ensemble. Do It! Solo and Onstage coordinates with Do It! Play Recorder Books 1and 2 and can enhance any beginning recorder course.

SKU: GI.G-M585

English.

This major band method by James O. Frosethhas it all:* Artist performers set musical standards in sound with more than 80 great performanceson CD for every instrument, and one CD lasts for the entire book! Performers include Michael Henoch (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Randall Hawes, Jeffrey Zook, Sharon Sparrow, Kevin Good (Detroit Symphony Orchestra), Albert Blaser (Cleveland State University), Brian Bowman (Duquesne University), Timothy McAllister (Crane School of Music, SUNY at Potsdam), Steve Houghton (LA percussion recording artist and clinician), Donald Sinta, Richard Beene, Bryan Kennedy, Debra Chodacki, Fritz Kaenzig (University of Michigan), Kristin Beene (Toledo Symphony Orchestra), and Jean Moorehead Libs (Plymouth Symphony Orchestra).* Professional studio backgrounds capture the rich diversity of American music culture with a repertoire of American, Latin American, African, European, and Far Eastern styles.* Music of other times includes 12th-century conductus, 15th-century Dance of the Bouffons, 16th-century French branle, 18th- and 19th-century folk songs and dances, 1940s and '50s jazz, blues, and rock-and-roll.* The repertoire and recorded contexts are motivating, informative, and entirely musical.* Every song includes text, providing information about phrasing, rhythm, style, affect, emotion, history, and culture.* A unique Rhythmic Pattern Dictionary allows students to “look it up” and “listen up.”* An individualized format allows students to progress at different rates with a “themeand-variation” format.* Ear training and improvisation are integral parts of the lesson format.* A 550+ page teacher's resource edition and musical score provides options galore, including a double CD with “listen and play” exercises for group instruction, supplementary exercises for technical development, and resource material for improvisation and composition. All the resources needed for teaching to the National Standards for Music are provided. (Coordinates with rhythm flashcards)* Book 2 features innovative but optional use of world percussion instruments, as developed by percussion educator Steve Houghton.

SKU: LM.25340

ISBN 9790230953405.

TRADITIONNEL : Se Canto - Il etait un petit homme - O Saint Hubert - Lost Love, You will plough and I will sow, How was I to know ? - C'est la Mere Michel - Air du Languedoc - Le Carillonneur - Adieux, Amis - Aux marches du palais - Adieu foulards - The three sea captains - Farandole - Yankee Doodle - She'll be comin' round the mountain - Oh! Susanna - Little Brown Jug - ANONYME : Greensleeves - ARBEAU : Belle qui tient ma vie - BOURGOIN : Danse pour ma fille - Melodie pour Melody - BOURTAYRE : Adieu, Monsieur le Professeur - Gentleman cambrioleur - CHARPENTIER : Te Deum - CHOPIN : Tristesse - DUTEIL : La Langue de chez nous - Tarentelle - GIOARDANO : Caro mio ben - GRETRY : Air du XVIIIe siecle - KAEMPFERT : Strangers in the Night - LULLY : Menuet du Bourgeois Gentilhomme - MOZART : Berceuse - SUSATO : Allemande I et II - TCHAIKOVSKY : Valse de la Belle au Bois dormant - WEATHERLY : Roses de Picardie.

SKU: BA.BVK01903

ISBN 9783761819036. 30.5 x 23.5 cm inches. Illustrations: Heiki Prange.

The Barenreiter series Mein Instrument (My Instrument) is designed for students who want to obtain further information on the instrument they have chosen to learn.

Each picture book offers a large variety of facts and information regarding the history of an instrument, its functions, its technical aspects, its relation to other instruments and its theoretical basics. The book ends with details about great composers and players.

These books are ideal as gifts for students who are beginning with an instrument and for anybody who is interested in the history and function of musical instruments. Now books about Violin, Piano, Guitar, Recorder, Flute, Clarinet and Trumpet have already been released.