Composed by Wissam Abboud. Saddle-stitched, Method. Mastering the Classical Guitar. Style. Book and online audio. 72 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30683M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Piano 4 Hands

SKU: BR.EB-6735

Piano Lessons by Anton Diabelli. Composed by Anton Diabelli. Edited by Heinz Walter. Solo instruments; Softcover. Edition Breitkopf. Classical period. Score. 20 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 6735. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-6735).

ISBN 9790004169377. 9 x 12 inches.

This series of easy piano pieces for teaching purposes presents pupils in the early and early-middle stages with a careful selection from well-known and less-known compositions by important masters. The individual volumes are deliberately kept small in compass, since it is more stimulating for children if the literature used for instruction is changed frequently. Amongst the numerous piano works of the composer, pianist and music publisher Anton Diabelli there are some instructional works for piano duet (four hands at one piano) that have retained their freshness and value to this day as the Melodie Studies, op. 149. These attractive short pieces will still appeal to today's piano-playing young people. In the original version, the secondo part is designed for the teacher. In the present edition, this part has been rearranged in such a manner that it, too, lies within the capacities of the student. Heinz Walter, Salzburg, Fall 1974.

SKU: GI.G-9968

Theory and Practice for Middle School General Music. Composed by Frank Abrahams. Music Education. 222 pages. GIA Publications #9968. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9968).

ISBN 9781622774500.

This book serves to be a road-map for today’s music educators who are tasked with promoting and fulfilling a rich arts curriculum, while still understanding and incorporating the realities and skill sets required in current and future job markets. Aligning Music to STEM challenges teachers and administrators to rethink the structure of traditional music education, as well as encourages universities to reimagine how they train music educators. It motivates schools and universities to explore their curricula designs and how ideas and lesson plans are being differentiated to promote the integration of STEM in the music classroom. This text outlines ways that we can carefully redesign curricula and explore new approaches that aim to provide students with new opportunities to problem-solve, create, collaborate, and experience the world. Abrahams concludes that as current educators, it is our responsibility to promote new ideas for teaching and learning that lead students to a successful, creative life. —Jamie Sokolowski     Vice Principal, Molin Middle School     Newburyport, Massachusetts Frank Abrahams is Associate Dean and Professor of Music Education at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey. His most current research centers on aligning music instruction to STEM. These are described in his books Planning Instruction in Music and Becoming Musical, co-authored with Ryan John and published by GIA. With Paul Head, he is the author of Case Studies in Music Education, published by GIA, and the Oxford Handbook of Choral Pedagogy (Oxford University Press).

Low Brass I (Bassoon I, Euph Trombone ) - Multiple Levels

SKU: XC.WB2247

A Modular Approach to Fundamental Development. Composed by Carol Brittin Chambers and Tyler Arcari. Method. The Complete Warm-Up for Band. Method Book. Excelcia Music Publishing #WB2247. Published by Excelcia Music Publishing (XC.WB2247).

ISBN 9781644021545. 9 x 12 inches.

The Complete Warm-Up For Band is the quintessential method for preparing your ensemble for rehearsal & performance. Created by well-known Composers and Music Educators Carol Brittin Chambers & Tyler Arcari, The Complete Warm-Up for Band creates an easy to use system that can be implemented with any amount of time, while still accomplishing a well-balanced and complete warm-up. The book is structured in 6 modules that explore and reinforce fundamentals in 12 major keys and some minor keys: Body Module (Breathing & Stretching) -Tone Module (Long Tones & Flexibility) – Scale Module (Scale Patterns, Progressions & Third Patterns) – Technical Module (Articulations & Technical Etudes) – Rhythm Module (Rhythm Studies & Technical Rhythm Etudes) and finally the Ensemble Module which includes 40 Chorales in all 12 major keys and numerous minor keys. Whether you have 2 minutes or 20 minutes The Complete Warm-Up for Band has everything you need for a well-balanced and complete start to any rehearsal or performance!

Piano

SKU: PA.H07957

Fur Klavier. Composed by Luboš Fišer. Stapled. Performance score. With Text Language: Czech/German/English. Editio Baerenreiter Praha #H07957_00. Published by Editio Baerenreiter Praha (PA.H07957).

ISBN 9790260104464. 31 x 23.5 cm inches.

Piano Sonata No. 3 was written in 1960 during the composer's studies at HAMU (Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) under Emil Hlobil. The first half of the 1960s was the period during which Fiser's musical language underwent fundamental change as he rapidly cultivated his own, distinctive style, established in Fifteen Prints after Durer's Apocalypse. This sonata thus also includes several essential traits which shift his compositional development further. The work has two movements, however, its internal structure abandons traditional form. The piece is divided into several short, mutually contrasting sections, whereby the distinctions between the adjacent parts are emphasised by the thematic and chordal treatment. These contrasts are also supported by the chosen dynamics, tempo and other expressional means. The harmony is largely based on traditional chords or their condensed form while, in certain passages, we will nevertheless come across semitone clusters or fourth chords. The melody is still chiefly diatonic; at times Fiser uses chromatic sequences. These new elements in Sonata No. 3 indicate an attempt to simplify his writing and ensure greatest transparency and impact. This endeavour became a basic characteristic of Fiser's compositions from the mid-1960s onwards.

The sonata originally bore the postscript Fantasia, which was subsequently taken out by the composer. It was first performed by Ales Bilek in 1961. The new setting for this piece is based on the single edition to date (Panton, 1967); only with regard to a few inconsistencies in the score was it necessary to consult the composer's manuscript (kept at the National Museum - Czech Museum of Music).

Composed by Otto Langey (1851-1922). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For trombone. Method Book. Beginner to advanced. Coil bound booklet. Published by Cherry Classics

Guitar Technique. By Julio S. Sagreras. Hal Leonard Guitar Method. Size 9x12 inches. 32 pages. Published by Ricordi.

Piano/Keyboard

SKU: HL.327506

By Various. Easy Piano Songbook. Pop. Softcover. 192 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.327506).

ISBN 9781540081520. UPC: 888680989743. 9.0x12.0x0.416 inches.

If you're anxious to put those piano lessons to work, here are 50 calming pieces to play while you continue your studies! Songs are arranged for easy piano with lyrics and include: Bella's Lullaby • Blowin' in the Wind • Brian's Song • Chariots of Fire • (They Long to Be) Close to You • Dawn • Fields of Gold • Gabriel's Oboe • Imagine • Longer • Mia & Sebastian's Theme • New York State of Mind • Over the Rainbow • Tears in Heaven • Time After Time • The Wind Beneath My Wings • Yesterday • You've Got a Friend • and more!

About First 50

You've been taking lessons, you've got a few chords under your belt, and you're ready to buy a songbook. Now what? Hal Leonard has the answers in its First 50 series. The First 50 series steers new players in the right direction. These books contain easy to intermediate arrangements for must-know songs. Each arrangement is simple and streamlined, yet still captures the essence of the tune.

SKU: HL.49000521

Leben - Werke - Dokumente. Composed by Johann Peter Vogel. This edition: Hardback/Hard Cover. Book. Edition Schott. Classical. 357 pages. Schott Music #ATL6239. Published by Schott Music (HL.49000521).

ISBN 9783254002396. UPC: 884088599966. 5.5x8.75x1.29 inches. German.

The image of Hans Pfitzer, unlike that of his fellow composers Mahler, Strauss or Schoenberg, still is under a veneer of myth-making: Benevolent biographers stylized him as a national fighter, the last romantic or the other-worldly loner while critics generalized individual negative traits and regarded him as a querulous person and misanthropist, a reactionary and conservative. In fact, his thinking and music-making were rooted in the 19th century, and it is only today that the independence and originality of his works seem to be noticed much clearer from an evolved historical perspective. Based on the meticulous studies of all sources, the author draws an understanding as well as critical and differentiated picture of Pfitzner and, looking beyond the main work 'Palestrina', turns the reader's gaze to a multi-faceted oeuvre.

Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Contrabass, Contrabassoon, English Horn, Flute 1, Flute 2, Harp, Horn 1, Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Percussion 4, Piccolo and more.

SKU: PR.11641139L

Composed by Lowell Liebermann. Large Score. Duration 15 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-41139L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11641139L).

UPC: 680160682126.

Barcarolles for a Sinking City was inspired by the city of Venice, a place that has long held the fascination of artists, writers and composers, and which I have been lucky enough to visit on several occasions. Sadly it seems that future generations may not be so lucky: in addition to the city's slow sinking and recently discovered tilting, studies predict that if global warming and the resultant rise of ocean levels is unabated, the entire city (as well as many other coastal cities around the globe) will be under water by 2100.   I. Funeral Gondola The late, cryptic piano works of Franz Liszt made a profound impression on me as a young composer, among them two works he entitled La Lugubre Gondola (usually translated as The Funeral Gondola ) which were said to be a premonition of Wagner's death in Venice, his coffin transported through the canals in a black gondola. These late pieces of Liszt acquired even greater significance to me after I spent two summers in Bayreuth under the patronage of Friedelind Wagner, the granddaughter of Wagner and great-granddaughter of Liszt. This movement is a meditation on Wagner, Liszt, Venice and its own evanescence. II. Barcarolle/Quodlibet The Quodlibet (Latin for what pleases) is a musical form dating back to the 15th century where many disparate melodies are juxtaposed. Popular in the Renaissance, sacred and secular melodies were combined, often to comical effect due to the resultant incongruity of the words. The form was considered the ultimate test of a composer's mastery of counterpoint. The most famous Quodlibet is without doubt the final Variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations. As a form the Quodlibet is less common in more recent music, although examples can be found in the works of Kurt Weill and David Del Tredici.   My own Barcarolle/Quodlibet was inspired by the (perhaps apocryphal) story of the funeral where musicians were asked to play a Bach Choral, but due to miscommunication played instead the Bacarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann. Here, the Bach Choral Allen Menschen mussen sterben (All Men Must Die) is heard in the strings pizzicato, with a tempo indication In slow motion. The alto line of the Bach suggests a phrase from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Alle Menchen werden Bruder) heard in the muted trombone. Before long, the famous tune from Offenbach's opera is heard, followed by quotations from iconic Barcarolles by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Faure, as well as two Venetian popular songs and more Beethoven.   III. Barcarola/Ostinato/Carillon An ostinato is a repeated musical figure, and carillon is Italian for music box. This movement references the obsolete genre of salon pieces that imitated music boxes: such works by composers like Liadov and Gretchaninov used to be a mainstay of pianists' encore repertoire. This movement is however much darker in conception than those pleasant trifles. Utilizing the full battery of percussion, the carefully notated temporal slowing of the ostinato becomes overwhelmed by a poignant chorale melody before this box is snapped shut.   IV. Barcarolle Oubliee (Forgotten Barcarolle) Marked limpido (still) the final movement begins with the sound of rain produced by a percussion instrument called (appropriately) a rain stick. Halting phrases in the harp coalesce into the accompaniment for a plangent melody heard in the clarinet. The central Adagio of this movement leads to a shattering climax, before the opening phrases return and dissipate into nothingness.