Das Liederspiel. Par HUMPERDINCK ENGELBERT. When Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel was premiered on 23 December 1893 in Weimar conducted by Richard Strauss, the work could look back on an extensive history of origin. Humperdinck’s younger sister Adelheid Wette (born in 1858) had displayed a great interest in literature in her youth and written a variety of poems for special occasions. In 1888, she wrote a fairy tale entitled Schneewittchen [Snow White] and her brother supplied some songs for this piece. Further fairy tale collaborations followed which were customarily performed within the family circle, and the first draft of the Hänsel und Gretel was begun in 1890. Adelheid’s husband would be celebrating his 34th birthday on 16 May of this year and his wife intended to surprise him with a performance of her version of this fairy tale. Her brother was allotted the task of composing the accompanying songs and, a month before the birthday, she wrote a letter to him in Mainz where Engelbert Humperdinck was among other activities working as an editor for the Schott publishing house, ordering a “very pretty folkloric” Tanzlied [Dance song], a Waldlied [Forest song] (or Echolied [Echo song]), a Schlummerlied [Lullaby] and a Kickericki-Lied [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] from her “dear sugar-sweet little brother... Engel-Bärtchen [angel beard]”. She enclosed the corresponding verses with the letter and “for fun” also provided her own invented melody for the Schlummerlied and rhythmic suggestions for the Tanzlied. Humperdinck went straight to work and, as related in an entry in his diary, was already able to play the songs to the director of the publishing house, Dr Ludwig Strecker, by 19 April. This was the history of origin of the four songs published for the first time edited in form of their original versions in this edition Brüderchen komm’ tanz’ mit mir, Wer ruft mir im Walde doch alles nach, In den Zweigen die Vögelein und Tirelireli! ‘s ist nicht mehr früh “for two children’s voices and piano accompaniment” (see manuscript1). In his reply letter to his sister in which the fair copy of the songs were enclosed, Humperdinck wrote: “As you see, the pitch of the melodies is not too high and I have incorporated your melodies. Let me know soon whether you like the little songs. By the way, the ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ can also be sung on one note (E flat) instead of on the four notes of the chord.” The first performance of the song-play was held as planned within the family circle with Wettes’ two eldest daughters in the two principle roles. Spurred on by the success of the family performance, initial plans were forged to adapt the song-play into a singspiel with numerous musical numbers and rhymed dialogues; Hermann Wette participated in a draft of the text. The particell of this singspiel had been completed by Christmas 1890. Hugo Wolf and a few others however advised the composer to extend the singspiel into a through-composed fairy tale opera. Humperdinck followed this advice and worked on what he ironically termed as a “Kinderstubenweihfestspiel“ [sacred festive play for the nursery] during the next two summers in Bayreuth. Tanzliedchen [Dance song] and Morgenweckruf [Cock-a-doodle-doo song] were eventually included in the opera in a modified form. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / 2 Voix et Piano

Pièces vocales de la comédie musicale gagnante de prix Tony y compris Godspeed Titanic (Sail sur), la proposition et encore plus pleine couleur photos de production, arrière-plan pour le spectacle et le synopsis. Musique et paroles de Maury Yeston. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG) / 128 pages / Partition

Arrangeur: Vasco Hexel. Par SNOW PATROL. Snow Patrol 's Up To Now is not a greatest hits album but rather a collection of the band's best-loved songs encompassing their fiteen year musical career. Arranged here for Piano, Voice and Guitar are a selection of tracks spanning four studio albums, also including the brand new track for this album Just Say Yes and Signal Fire from the Spiderman 3 soundtrack. Featuring songs such as On/Off from their early lesser-known album When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up - Run (recently a big single for Leona Lewis) and Chocolate from the highly acclaimed Final Straw - the massive hit Chasing Cars from their fourth album Eyes Open - through to Crack The Shutters and Take Back The City from the recent A Hundred Million Suns - this collection of songs is a must have for all Snow Patrol fans. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Rép International / Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

Si vous voulez jouer de la guitare blues tel B.B. King, Freddie King, Eric Clapton ou Buddy Guy, alors cette leçon particuliére est pour vous. En commencent par les premier plan blues, Fred Sokolow les plans et backup des guitaristes blues modernes. Vous travaillerez les plans pour les solos, les patterns et gammes, comment improviser sur des classiques tels que Stormy Monday, Everyday I Have The Blues, Killing Floor, Baby Please Don't Go, comment commencer et finir une mélodie... 80 minutes, en anglais, livret de partitions (tablatures) inclus. / Guitare

Par CAENS. Thierry Caens' Short Studies In The Keys for Trumpet. I am very happy that Hamelle is publishing the collection I have been planning to produce for several years. This collection includes works written or arranged for myself, as well as a representative selection of my own compositions (original works or arrangements). It should be of interest to all kinds of groupings, from the most standard (Trumpet and Piano, Trumpet and Organ, Trumpet and Orchestra, Wind Quintet, Trombone Quartet) to the most unusual (Cornet and Brass Quintet, large Brass Ensembles, Trumpet and Trombone with Organ), and it of course also includes teaching material(studies, exercises, competition pieces). My concern has been to present useful new pieces, but above all to awaken and develop the musical sense of brass instrumentalists. & Thierry Caens/ Etude / Trompette

All those special songs that make your favourite girlie-movie moments so absolutely unforgettable, arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar for you to enjoy again and again! 31 timeless songs from the greatest chick-flicks have assembled here in one unique songbook. From loveable comedies like Bridget Jones and Pretty Woman to classic films of the heart including Ghost and The Bodyguard , you can relive those wonderful moments of pure nostalgia through these stunning songs. Just what a girl wants! / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG) (Avec Grille D'Accords)

Par WENIGER PETER. This CD (including music booklet) has not especially been worked out for the use in musical education. It is, on the contrary, an audio CD which has been recorded for sale as a trio CD under my name. Mixing the recordings at the studio, however, gave us the idea to offer this CD Legal Paradizer also as a play along CD. For this reason I have never taken a pedagogic approach to the musical conception of the pieces performed, which, in my opinion, is exactly what makes these recordings so unique. The structure of none of the pieces is, for instance, as simple as that of the tunes on some other play along CDs. Therefore, I have taken the liberty of adding a short explanationand/or comment on every piece meant to make it easier for you to follow the road map of the tunes. Additionally I have explained some stylistic features to help you interprete the individual pieces. Working with my students has shown me how much fun it can be to also offer groove and funk oriented music on a CD to play along. In most of the pieces you do not necessarily have to follow the changes; you should rather develop simple ideas in time. A real strong emphasis is here placed on the term groove./ Recueil / Instruments en Sib

This collection contains 55 notable works by some of the world's best-known composers in the classical tradition. Spanning over 250 years, from Bach to Rachmaninoff, players can enjoy an inspiring journey through the history of classical music whilst learning to play these celebrated compositions. Short biographies are included for selected composers, allowing players to gain further insight into their lives and works.All the pieces in this book have been arranged in Easy Piano format in a considered and thoughtful fashion, retaining as much of the original musical substance as possible.Everybody's Favorite Easy Piano Pieces contains Massenet's Meditation from Thais, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Holst's Jupiter from The Planets, Debussy's Clair De Lune, Handel's The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba, Grieg's Morning from Peer Gynt, Schubert's Death And The Maiden and many more of the greatest classical pieces ever composed. / Piano

E-Z Play Today #24. It's super easy to read our patented E-Z Play notation with the note name in the note head, and the songs in this collection are also easy to play, as they include only 3 chords. Includes 45 songs: All About That Bass - Closer to Free - Evil Ways - For What It's Worth - Get Back - Hold My Hand - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Kiss - Love Me Do - Mustang Sally - Old Time Rock and Roll - Route 66 - Sweet Caroline - What I Got - and more. It's super easy to read our patented E-Z Play notation with the note name in the note head, and the songs in this collection are also easy to play, as they include only 3 chords. Includes 45 songs: 'All About That Bass', 'Closer to Free', 'Evil Ways', 'For What It's Worth', 'Get Back', 'Hold My Hand', 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For', 'Kiss', 'Love Me Do', 'Mustang Sally', 'Old Time Rock and Roll', 'Route 66', 'Sweet Caroline', 'What I Got' and more. / Pop and rock / Recueil / Piano, Clavier ou Orgue