SKU: HL.14043856
ISBN 9781849385626.
Raymond Briggs' charming Christmas story about the adventures of a boy and the snowman that comes to life is a modern children's classic. The tales popularity has been further enhanced by frequent television broadcasts of theaward-winning cartoon film The Snowman.
In this suite for Violin and Piano, composer Howard Blake recreated the story in music based on the scenes from the film. The music includes the hit songWalking In The Air.
SKU: HL.49019369
ISBN 9790001189705. UPC: 888680930141.
'Songs Without Words' - that's what Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) called his lyrical piano pieces, romantic miniatures in which the composer wanted to 'sing' on the keyboard instrument. With them, he invented an entirely new form of chamber music playing in the 19th century. These 'Songs' are also perfectly suitable for duet playing: for a melodic instrument with piano accompaniment. The 'Song Without Words' Op 30/3 is a rewarding lyrical solo piece.
SKU: HL.14003914
8.25x11.75x0.058 inches.
Benedictus is a work of depth and feeling that some listeners claim 'out-Elgars Elgar.'Composer, conductor and educator Alexander MacKenzie is perhaps best known for his Choral works and his works inspired by Scottish melodies and themes, as in this well-known work Benedictus . Benedictus is extracted from Benedictus is a work of depth and feeling that some listeners claim 'out-Elgars Elgar.'Composer, conductor and educator Alexander MacKenzie is perhaps best known for his Choral works and his works inspired by Scottish melodies and themes, as in this well-known work Benedictus . Benedictus is extracted from Six Pieces for Violin and is dedicated to Lady Halle. During hislifetime - 1847 to 1935 - MacKenzie's programmatic Scottish-inflected work was extremely popular, and he is regarded as one of those who set the scene for the British musical renaissance of the late 19th century. and is dedicated to Lady Halle. During his lifetime - 1847 to 1935 - MacKenzie's programmatic Scottish-inflected work was extremely popular, and he is regarded as one of those who set the scene for the British musical renaissance of the late 19th century.
SKU: HL.14030977
ISBN 9788759862148.
Work for Violin and Piano dating from 1999. The composer writes: 'Sieben Sehnsuchte was written in 1999 for David Alberman and Rolf Hind. As the title suggests, it is in seven movements - each more insanely difficult and bothersome than the other. All sorts of possible and impossible playing techniques have been used, and the performers have to both whistle and sing. However, it is not the intention that the slightly more unusual sound should be heard as effects. Everything is supposed to fuse together into something that is in itself a little opera - a 'chamber piece'. It was written in a period when I was waiting impatiently for the libretto for Under the Sky, and I see it as a meeting (or seven meetings) between two people - two instruments - longing for each other; longing to merge together. The piece is a kind of sister work to Roses are Falling.'.
SKU: HL.14041762
9.0x12.0x0.071 inches.
'Romance for violin and piano is a short, reflective piece that exploits the lyrical qualities inherent in the combination. Originally written for a very young but talented violinist, Romance travels through numerous moods andcolours within a continuous musical development of the opening material. At first gentle and reflective with increasing dramatic outbursts outlined by the violin sforzandi and parallel sixths in the piano writing, numerous shortsolo passages in both instruments culminate in a fiery climax. Quickly subsiding into the calmer yet now more melancholy strains of the earlier stages of the piece, the ending is somewhat incomplete. This seems to suggest acontinuous turn of events alluded to in the music.' - Helen GrimeBorn in 1981, Helen studied oboe with JohnAnderson and composition with Julian Anderson and Edwin Roxburgh at the Royal College of Music. She graduated from the BMus course with First Class Honours and completed her Masters with Distinction in 2004. From 2005-07, Helenwas a Legal & General Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music. In 2003 she won a British Composer Award for her Oboe Concerto, and was awarded the intercollegiate Theodore Holland Composition Prize in 2003 as well as allthe major composition prizes in the RCM. In 2008 she was awarded a Leonard Bernstein Fellowship to study at the Tanglewood Music Center where she studied with John Harbison, Michael Gandolfi, Shulamit Ran and Augusta Read Thomas.Helen has had works commissioned by some of the most established performers and organisations including ENO, London Symphony Orchestra, BCMG, Britten Sinfonia, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center.Conductors who have performed her work include Daniel Harding, Oliver Knussen, Pierre Boulez and Yan Pascal Tortelier. Helen is the 2010 recipient of the Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund and Associate Composer of The Halle from the.
SKU: HL.48186456
UPC: 888680828677. 0.022 inches.
Composer and conductor Eugene Bozza (1905-1991) was a pupil of Henri Busser and Henri Rabaud at the Conservatoire de Paris, and received the first Prix de Rome in 1934. It was during his stay the Villa Medici that he wrote his Aria Pour Saxophone Alto Et Piano ? an adaptation of the third movement of Johan Sebastian Bach?s Organ Pastorale in F Major BWV 590, which was to tour the world. This nostalgia-imbued melody, which expands over a regular meter, has, in turn, been the subject of numerous transcriptions, first for clarinet, then for Violin (or Flute) and Piano. Editions Leduc have chosen to republish this last version, with the added bonus of an audio version that should be of valuable assistance to all musicians!.
SKU: HL.14030032
ISBN 9788759851265. 8.25x11.75x0.177 inches.
Composed in 1917, Tanz-Idylle is part five of a set of six pieces for Violin and Piano by Sibelius. A delightful pastoral dance that presents a fascinating melodic challenge to the accomplished Violin player. The piece includes a separate Violin part and Piano score.
SKU: BT.AL-0855
English.
The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.103 was written in 1958 and is yet another superb orchestral work by Edmund Rubbra. Typically, this is a work that calls more on musicality than on virtuosity, although Rubbra knewthe violin well for having long partnered his wife and for having long played in a trio with William Pleeth. Rubbra's familiarity with the instrument certainly helped him avoiding technical ‘tricks’ and concentrating his creativeenergies more on an inward-looking solo part than an outward-dashing virtuosic one!This is an arrangement for Solo Violin with Piano Accompaniment. The solo violin part is also included on a separate insert.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14935
Hungarian-English-German-French.
It's an unforgettable experience to go on stage for the first time and win applause with your playing. This album encourages children to make a first appearance and gives effective help in doing so. It brings together pieces that can be used to achieve real success they comprise easy arrangements of favorite works by Dowland, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Weber, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms. The CD enclosed with the publication includes recordings of the piano accompaniment for each piece and a full performance by noted Hungarian musicians. This CD makes practice at home easier and gives assistance with performance style as well. The publication offers numerouspieces of advice to young violinists, including how to get ready for a concert, how to control stage fright, and how to be confident on stage. In addition, it has features some charming illustrations by Edit Szalma. It’s an unforgettable experience to go on stage for the first time and win applause with your playing. This album encourages children to make a first appearance and gives effective help in doing so. It brings together pieces that can earn realsuccess: easy arrangements of favorite works by Dowland, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Weber, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Anton Rubinstein and Brahms. The CD enclosed with the publication includes recordings of the piano accompaniment for eachpiece and a full performance by noted Hungarian musicians. So the disc makes practice at home easier and gives assistance with performance style as well. The publication offers numerous pieces of advice to young violinists, including: how to getready for a concert, how to control stage fright, and how to be confident on stage. In addition, some charming illustrations by Edit Szalma are included.Es ist ein unvergessliches Erlebnis, wenn wir zum ersten Mal das Podium betreten und mit unserem Spiel Erfolg ernten. Dieses Album möchte die Kinder zu ihren ersten Auftritten ermuntern und ihnen dazu eine effektive Hilfestellung bieten. Es enthält deshalb lauter Stücke, mit denen man wirklich erfolgreich sein kann: leichte Transkriptionen der beliebtesten Werke von Dowland, Vivaldi, Händel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Weber, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Anton Rubinstein und Brahms. Auf der CD-Beilage des Albums sind - von namhaften ungarischen Interpreten vorgetragen - die Klavierbegleitung sämtlicher Stücke und deren vollständige Fassung zu hören.
SKU: LM.26850
ISBN 9790230968508.
In the Emilie's Eyes - For a blue note - You miss her - Ballad for Jodie - I prefer the Blue - To sing for heaven - He would like that - Michel lives in USA - Romantic tune - The End for Eddy - I'll be in the show - Ongobongo's star - Ernie is coming back - Modernesk - Just for Babe.
SKU: BT.DHP-1196148-404
ISBN 9789043157230. English-German-French-Dutch.
Since the revival of Klezmer in the 1990s, the style has enjoyed a continued popularity. Hey Klezmorim! presents 16 new pieces of music from the pen of Joachim Johow, inspired by traditional Yiddish music. This edition is especially aimed at violinists who wish to be accompanied on the piano. It therefore also contains easy-to-play piano accompaniment parts while play-along recordings are available online. Additional demo recordings that encourage you to develop your own personal Klezmer playing style should help you to enjoy this unmistakable and diverse music!Sinds de revival van klezmer in de jaren negentig is deze muziekstijl onophoudelijk populair gebleven. Hey Klezmorim! presenteert zestien fraaie nieuwe muziekstukken van de hand van Joachim Johow, die zich heeft laten inspireren door traditionele Jiddische muziek. Deze uitgave is bedoeld voor violisten die graag op de piano worden begeleid. Ze bevat eenvoudig speelbare pianobegeleidingen, en online zijn ook meespeelopnamen beschikbaar, plus demo-opnamen die de muzikant een idee geven van de samenklank én hem of haar aanmoedigen een eigen klezmerspeelstijl te ontwikkelen. Een bundel vol afwisselende muziek die veel speelvreugde zal opleveren!Seit seinem Revival in den 90er-Jahren des vergangenen Jahrhunderts erfreut sich der Klezmer-Musikstil einer ungebrochenen Beliebtheit. Hey Klezmorim! präsentiert 16 neue Musikstücke aus der Feder von Joachim Johow, die an die traditionelle jiddische Musik anknüpfen. Die Ausgabe wendet sich besonders an Geiger, die sich gerne am Klavier begleiten lassen möchten, und enthält daher gut spielbare Klavierbegleitungen als Notentext sowie in online verfügbaren Play-along-Aufnahmen. Zusätzliche Demo-Aufnahmen sollen dazu anregen, einen eigenen, persönlichen Klezmer-Spielstil zu entwickeln. Viel Freude mit dieser unverwechselbaren, abwechslungsreichen Musik!La musique klezmer jouit d’une popularité sans faille depuis son renouveau dans les années 90. Hey Klezmorim! présente 16 nouveaux morceaux de la plume de Joachim Johow, inspirés de la musique traditionnelle yiddish. Cette édition s’adresse tout particulièrement aux violonistes désireux de jouer avec un accompagnement de piano. De ce fait, elle comprend des accompagnements de piano faciles jouer, la fois sous forme de partitions et sous forme d’enregistrements en ligne. D’autres enregistrements de démonstration sont également disponibles sur le site, afin d’encourager les musiciens développer leur style personnel de klezmer. Nous vous souhaitons beaucoup de plaisir jouer cette musique aux accents variés, unique en son genre !
SKU: HL.50487758
ISBN 9790080140987. 9.0x12.0x0.31 inches. Hungarian, English, German.
Violin ABC is the perfect volume for pupils to familiarize themselves with the instrument, basic musical elements, and the sensation of moving naturally while playing. Its editors comprise renowned Hungarian experts in the field of violin pedagogy, and their aim was to create a publication that allows children to have a joyous first encounter with the violin. Violin ABC helps students learn to have calm, relaxed posture and movements through playful illustrations. That way, those who want to play the violin can get a worthwhile introduction to the basics of the violin repertoire through various folk songs and beautiful music examples.The legendary violinist, Yehudi Menuhin (1916 - 1999), had this to say about the publication: ''I am delighted to see a work on the teaching of the violin stress the importance of the preparation of our body and limbs, of our minds and our soul, independently of the instrument itself. I have always said that, ideally, I would like the preparation to be so complete and thorough and enjoyable, that when a child first picks up a violin and a bow, it will draw a clean sound.')' - Yehudi Menuhin (1916 - 1999).
SKU: BT.AMP-345-400
ISBN 9789043138635. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Philip Sparke’s Starter Solos is the first volume of a progressive series of books that takes the young wind player from beginner to accomplished musician. Specifically tailored for each instrument, this collection of 20 solos starts with pieces based on only a handful of notes and carefully introduces new musical elements, such as articulation, dynamics and key signatures, in a structured progression to speed the learning process. The books provide invaluable additional material to complement any teaching method.Starter Solos comes with a play-along CD. The advantages of playing either with piano or CD accompaniment are that the beginning player can nowexperience the important aspects of ensemble playing from their earliest lessons, thus developing the essential skills of listening while they play and maintaining strict tempo, which is not always a factor when playing alone. Philip Sparke’s Starter Solos is het eerste deel van een serie boeken met muziek voor jonge blazers. Deze bundel van twintig solo’s begint met stukken die op een handvol noten zijn gebaseerd. Nieuwe muzikale elementen (articulatie, dynamiek,enz.) worden op een doordachte, gestructureerde manier toegevoegd. Dit studiemateriaal vult elke leermethode aan en is steeds toegesneden op het betreffende instrument.Uitgave met cd: De voordelen van het spelen met begeleiding - hetzij op de piano,hetzij op de cd - zijn dat de beginnende speler de belangrijke aspecten van het ensemblespel kan ervaren vanaf de eerste lessen en essentiële vaardigheden kan aanleren: het luisteren tijdens het spelen en het handhaven van een strak tempo. Bij hetalleen spelen komen deze factoren minder aan de orde.Das frühe Lernstadium ist, neben einem guten Lehrer im Unterricht, für jedes Instrument zweifellos das Wichtigste. Von großer Bedeutung ist aber auch motivierendes Lehrmaterial.Für diese zwei Solobücher beriet sich Philip Sparke mit vielen Lehrern, wie man am besten neue Noten einführt und zugleich einen Rahmen schafft, in den sich neue musikalische Elemente in sinnvoller Reihenfolge einfügen lassen. Unterstützt von diesenSoli und Etüden in drei verschiedenen Schwierigkeitsstufen können Instrumentalschüler schnell zu richtigen Musikern heranreifen. Jedes Buch ist genau auf die Bedürfnisse und Anforderungen des einzelnen Instrumentes zugeschnitten. STARTER SOLOS und SKILFUL SOLOS können dank der im Buch und auf der CD enthaltenen Begleitungen auch gut alleine oder mit einem Pianisten einstudiert und aufgeführt werden. Der Vorteil dabei ist, dass Anfänger so nicht nur die wichtigsten Aspekte desEnsemblespiels erfahren sondern auch von Anfang an die Fähigkeit entwickeln, zu hören während sie spielen und das Tempo zu halten.
Inhalt: Follow me •Best Foot Forward •Folk Song •My Homeland •Missing You •Russian Winter •On a Carousel •Rush Hou •A Dynamic Start •Short but Sweet •Ballad •London Bridge •Summer Breezes •Modal Melody •Toon Tune •In a Balloon •Yankee Doodle •SadSong •Count Me In •Ragtime March
SKU: HL.978474
ISBN 9781638871361. UPC: 196288090922. 9.0x12.0x0.102 inches.
This one of a kind album pairs two of the most performed Ave Maria's for violin and piano, meticulously edited by Jascha Heifetz' protege, Endre Granat. The first of these is Schubert's melody, which was originally composed as a setting of a song from Walter Scott's popular narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, titled, “Ellen's Third Song” (Ellens dritter Gesang). The opening words and refrain of Ellen's song, namely “Ave Maria” (Latin for “Hail Mary”), may have led to the idea of adapting Schubert's melody as a setting for the full text of the traditional Roman Catholic prayer. The Latin version of the song is now so frequently used with Schubert's melody that it has led to the misconception that he originally wrote the melody as a setting for the “Ave Maria.” The second Ave Maria in this collection was created when Gounod famously improvised the melody over the background of J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, from The Well-Tempered Clavier. Gounod's beatiful improvisation was transcribed by his future father-in-law Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, which was published with the Bach keyboard accompaniment in 1835 under the title “Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach.” Alongside Schubert's version, the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria has become a fixture at funerals, wedding masses, and quinceañeras. Both works have been recorded hundreds of times during the twentieth century.
SKU: CF.B3475
ISBN 9781491162026. UPC: 680160920709.
This work for violin and piano by Martin Bresnick is a play on the words suite and bittersweet. Each of the four movements is based on a Yiddish folk song, which in English translate to On the Road, My Resting Place, Black Cat, and Dona, Dona. Each of the four pieces is primarily based on a Jewish folk song, but re-envisions them in a modern context, akin to Bartok and Kodaly. The composer noted, I found it a very challenging, yet touching way to remain in contact with some part of my own past that I don't usually reveal. The title references the difficult (bitter) and pleasant (sweet) aspects of experiencing the tumultuous history of a people through their folk music.This work for violin and piano by Martin Bresnick is a play on the words suite and bittersweet. Each of the four movements is based on a Yiddish folk song, which in English translate to On the Road, My Resting Place, Black Cat, and Dona, Dona. Each of the four pieces is primarily based on a Jewish folk song, but re-envisions them in a modern context, akin to Bartok and Kodaly. The composer noted, “I found it a very challenging, yet touching way to remain in contact with some part of my own past that I don’t usually reveal.†The title references the difficult (bitter) and pleasant (sweet) aspects of experiencing the tumultuous history of a people through their folk music.
SKU: BT.EMBZ1527
English-German-Hungarian.
This volume contains transcriptions of folksongs extracted from Bartók's world-renowned pedagogical piano series, For Children. In 2015 we launched this series to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the composer's death. This involved reissuing previous publications, and publishing some additional new transcriptions that fulfill the strict aesthetic demands of the earlier ones. We trust that these publications will allow us to introduce still more music students to the world of one of the great geniuses of 20th-century music.
SKU: PR.164002390
UPC: 680160038091.
I became interested in the work of Plato through my friend and collaborator, the writer and philosopher Paul Woodruff. Paul's new translation, with Alexander Nehamas, of the Symposium gave me insights into ancient Greek ways of thinking about Love, Beauty, and Wisdom -- and managed to keep the earthy, and often bawdy side of it all in full view. But their new translation of Plato's later dialogue Phaedrus went even further: the beauty of the speeches is breathtaking, and the discourse itself is enough to keep one awake at night. Basically the Great Speech of Socrates in the Phaedrus dialogue has to do with the place of Eros in the world, and with the conflict in the soul between fleshly pleasure and philosophic discovery. I will not attempt to encapsulate this brilliant discourse in a program note: suffice it to say that reading it gave rise to my two-sided work for clarinet, violin, and piano, Phaedrus. The first movement represents the Philosophic life, and is thus subtitled Apollo's Lyre (Invocation and Hymn). It begins with an unaccompanied melody for the clarinet, which (after a pair of harp-like flourishes for the piano, expands into an accompanied canon. The voices in the dialogue (clarinet and violin) follow each other by a prescribed number of beats, but the music is totally devoid of any meter at all. The piano, representing the lyre, accompanies this lyric love-feast with repeated strummed chords. The canon has three large sections, and ends with violin echoing the unaccompanied clarinet invocation as the sound of the lyre fades. The second movement, called Dionysus' Dream-Orgy (Ritual Dance) presents, after a brief introduction, another kind of unmetered music. Rather than long lyric flights of philosophic song, however, this time we hear a unison dance of unbridled energy and sensual transport. The piece soon forms itself into a loose arch form, with contrasting metered dance sections divided by the unison unmetered orgy tune. Midway through the movement, Apollo's melody returns from the first movement, but it is a temporary reminiscence. The orgiastic dance returns, reaches a climax, and ends with a stomping of feet. While Plato asserts that a proper balance between lust and reason is necessary in all men, he (naturally) gives the nod to Philosophy as the better choice in which to live. Not so in my music: the two sides are meant to coexist and to complement each other. No sides are taken. Phaedrus was commissioned of the Verdehr Trio by Michigan State University. It is dedicated to the Vedehr Trio with great affection and admiration.
SKU: PR.144407050
UPC: 680160655519. 9 x 12 inches.
Celebrating 30 years, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society commissioned a work of 20-25 minutes for violin and piano from James Primosch, University of Pennsylvania professor of music. Primosch had originally thought to create a new sonata, but what developed is more appropriately a set of five character pieces, two of which were directly inspired by poems. Five Poems was premiered in May, 2016, and Primosch's thoughts are recorded at his website: https://jamesprimosch.com/2016/05/10/five-poems-premiere/.Upon receiving a commission from the Philadelphia Chamber MusicSociety for a violin and piano piece in honor of its 30th anniversary, myplan was to write a sonata, a term suggesting a relatively abstractdiscourse. But as the piece developed, the movements struck me ascharacter pieces rather than music employing a more “symphonicâ€approach. When specific poems started to attach themselves in my mindwith two of the movements, the overall title Five Poems became clear.The title of the second movement is a line from Susan Stewart’s“Descentâ€, which deals with Aeneas’s visit to the underworld. The musicis alternately fiercely driving and quite still, though tense. RobertFrost’s Nothing Gold Can Stay summons fleet scale passages framinglyrical counterpoint. The remaining movements do not refer to specificpoems, but have titles reflecting their expressive tone. Dreamscape ismusing with an improvisatory violin line over shifting pairs of pianochords. Nightsong is a bluesy lullaby that turns highly dramatic.Vision begins with a closely argued struggle but breaks through tosomething spacious and clear.
SKU: FG.55011-785-3
ISBN 9790550117853.
Fennica Gehrman the music publisher pays tribute to its composers with this 20th-anniversary collection of commissions for violin and piano. Stringendo - Contemporary works for violin and piano (2022) is a collection of ten pieces, which vary greatly as regards their genesis. That by Harri Wessman is playful and exhilarating; Mikko Heiniö wrote his on Women's Day, while the duets by Kalevi Aho and Matthew Whittall are tributes to the late Jaakko Kuusisto. Einojuhani Rautavaara is also represented, in an arrangement for violin and piano of his plaintive, melodic Sydämeni laulu (The Song of my Heart). The title of Lotta Wennäkoski's work, Vestige, is a fitting symbol for the whole collection.Short introductions to the pieces by their composers are included in the collection in English, Finnish, and Swedish.ContentsKalevi Aho (b. 1949): Le Tombeau de J. K.Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016): Sydämeni laulu - Song of my heartMikko Heiniö (b.1948): Naisten päivä - Women's DayJyrki Linjama (b. 1962): De Profundis ILotta Wennäkoski (b. 1970): VestigeMatthew Whittall (b.1975): Waiting to hearOlli Kortekangas (b. 1955): CapricciettoHarri Wessman (b.1949): GiocosoVeli-Matti Puumala (b. 1965): Édera IVKimmo Hakola (b.1958): A Double Jubilee.
SKU: HL.51481346
ISBN 9790201813462. UPC: 888680925031. 9.25x12.0x0.066 inches.
When composing his Spanish Dances (HN 1370), the composer and violin virtuoso Sarasate united existing material - folk songs and songs by well-known composers - with his own uniquely charming musical language. The two Dances op. 22, “Romanza andaluza†and “JotaNavarra,†were completed in 1878 during Sarasate's first concert tour through Scandinavia. After their initial performances, the lyrical “Romanza†soon outstripped its brilliant sister piece in popularity, and thereafter it was one of Sarasate's compositions that he played most often himself. Since then, this piece has lost nothing of its charm, and it is now available as a stand-alone edition in the Henle catalogue.
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SKU: HL.48014302
UPC: 073999949827. 9.0x12.0x0.129 inches.
Gasa is a Korean word meaning simply Song-Words and is the name of a Korean narrative art song. It is sung by a woman and is accompanied by a bamboo flute, the Taegum and an hourglass drum, the Changgo. In Gasa the violin part is modeled on the character of the voice which contrasts such opposites as purity and courseness, near and far, light and dark. ''Gasa exists in space. It takes no heed of time- each moment exists in space and that space is unending. Within this (space) however, there exists a dramatic development.AE (Isang Yun) In Gasa Yun combines his central-tone technique with twelve note tone-fields.