SKU: UT.MAG-293

ISBN 9790215328341. 9 x 12 inches.

John Stanleyâ??s 30 Voluntaries (translatable as preludes), published in three collections as opp. 5, 6 and 7, are among the best known organ works of the 18th century. These free-style compositions were received with great appreciation by his contemporaries; the first volume, published in 1748, immediately achieved canonical status and encouraged other composers to write similar collections. The pieces, of easy to medium difficulty, are for manuals (alternatively, they can also be played on the harpsichord) and comprise two movements, slow and fast, many of which are characterized by a certain rhythmic energy and richness of color, expressed through the use of solo registers such as cornet and trumpet, with multiple echo effects, here adapted and transformed into piano, forte, and playing near the sound board effect, limiting, or rather modifying, their results.

SKU: CY.CC3048

ISBN 9790530110232. 8.5 x 11 in inches.

This glorious piece of music is now available for traditional Brass Trio. A perfect piece for a wedding voluntary in a large church or cathedral. This version of about 2 minutes in length, beautifully arranged by Bruce Dunn, is in D major and has parts for Trumpet in C or B-Flat, Horn and Trombone or Euphonium. For advanced intermediate performers. Baroque ornamentation may be added to embellish the music.

SKU: HF.FH-2215

ISBN 9790203422150. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.

Einleitung (2. Akt) und Triumphmarsch aus Aida (G. Verdi); Choral St. Antoni (J.Haydn), Trompetenstuck (L.Mozart), Trumpet Voluntary (J.Stanley), Rigaudon (J.-J. Mouret).

SKU: ST.MB96

ISBN 9790220223853.

This volume is the first of two intended to extend the coverage of keyboard music in Musica Britannica comprehensively into the first quarter of the 17th century. (The other, MB102, includes material from the two virginal books in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.) The present edition contains music by anonymous and a dozen or so named composers, including the complete keyboard works of Nicholas Carleton, the surviving twenty 'Miserere' canons by Thomas Woodson, and the anonymous 'Pretty ways for young beginners to look on'. The 77 complete pieces are organised by genre, including preludes, plainsong settings, voluntaries, dances and character pieces. Drawing on 22 manuscripts which mostly also transmit music by Byrd and other noted virginalists, this residue of music from these sources shows great diversity and a pleasing level of technical skill and musical interest, sufficient to enhance our wider view of English Renaissance music.