by Mel Bay. For all guitars. Modern Guitar Method. All styles, solos & duets. Le...(+)
by Mel Bay. For all
guitars. Modern Guitar
Method. All styles, solos
& duets. Level: Multiple
Levels. Book. Method.
Size 8.75x11.75. 320
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Pub., Inc.
Sona
ta No. 6 Kharkiv for
guitar solo was composed
in 2021, in the end of
the COVID-19 lockdown. At
that time my family and I
were staying in our home
city of Kharkiv (also
known as Kharkov),
Ukraine for almost two
years. We considered that
pandemic period as a
disaster, but later have
realized that it actually
was a rather happy time,
because a war came to our
homeland just a few
months later. Since 2022
a considerable fraction
of the 1.5 millions of
Kharkiv citizens have
left their homes, those
who stayed have been
living under ceaseless
missile attacks, and many
have been killed. I would
like to dedicate this
Sonata to the frontier
city of Kharkiv and, most
of all, to its citizens
suffering from the
war. Yet, the music of
the Sonata does not have
any specific program.
Here I will give a brief
overview of its main
composition elements to
facilitate future
interpretations. The
first and fourth
movements of this Sonata
are based on the
interplay between the
twelve-tone principle and
the G-major tonal center,
natural for the guitar.
Namely, the first
movement is based on the
interaction of the
G-major triad Gâ??Bâ??D
of the open guitar
strings 2â??3â??4,
ascending motif 1
involving the notes
Eâ??F#â??Aâ??C#
(originally on the first
string), and descending
motif 2 using the notes
E-â??Câ??Bbâ??A-
(originally, on the bass
string 6). These elements
supplement each other to
almost make up twelve
tones (apart from the
missing F), and the
motifs alternate with
ostinato fragments where
each note in the G major
triad is step-by-step
moved by a semitone up or
down. The second
movement is a Scherzo
involving numerous
semitones in accented
chords and fast passages,
as well as chromatic
melodic motion in the
bass voice. It is almost
atonal in some fragments,
but has an overall tonal
center of A-minor. The
third movement is a
meditative Adagio based
on a theme composed
within hexatonic scale
Dâ??Eâ??Fâ??G#â??Aâ?
?B and ostinato chords
involving open bass
strings Eâ??Aâ??D and
semitone
Bâ??C. Finally, the
fourth movement is based
on the complete
twelve-tone theme
consisting of two phrases
including motifs 1 and 2
from the first movement:
Gâ??Fâ??Bbâ??Abâ??Câ
??Ebâ??D and
Eâ??Bâ??C#â??Aâ??F#.
This theme is presented
in its prime and
retrograde forms. There
are dialogues between the
first string, basses and
open middle strings,
similar to the first
movement. In the
culmination, the
twelve-tone theme is
performed using the
parallel motion of the
standard guitar G-major
chord with open middle
strings across twelve
positions. The Sonata
was premiered and
recorded (CD Naxos No.
8.574630) by the
prominent Ukrainian
guitarist Marko Topchii
who has also lived and
studied in Kharkiv. I am
extremely grateful to him
for the brilliant
performance of this
piece. I am greatly
indebted to Productions
dâ??Oz for keeping my
original notations in
places where these do not
conform to the
publisherâ??s style.
Violin - Beginning SKU: MB.30932M Duets and Ensemble, Saddle-stitched. Ke...(+)
Violin - Beginning
SKU: MB.30932M
Duets and Ensemble,
Saddle-stitched. Keyboard
Accompaniment.
Book/insert/online audio.
72 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#30932M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30932M).
ISBN
9781513466255. 8.75x11.75
inches.
First
Lessons Violin Duets
contains 47 violin duets
for beginning through
easy level performance.
Duet violin parts and a
piano accompaniment part
for all the tunes
presented in Mel Bay?s
First Lessons Violin are
included. This versatile
duet book works hand in
hand with First Lessons
Violin, Suzuki and other
violin methods. It is
useful for violin
classes, ensembles,
recitals, and
performances.This book
has accompanying online
audio of the duets. The
two violin parts are
split right and left so
that the violinist may
perform either part with
the recording by changing
the stereo balance.
Includes access to online
audio.
Arrangements of syllabus repertoire for lessons, practice and performance. Co...(+)
Arrangements of syllabus
repertoire for lessons,
practice and performance.
Composed by Richard
Mainwaring. Classical.
Score
and Parts. Trinity
College
London #TCL020345.
Published
by Trinity College London
Composed by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. Edited by Michael Elphinstone. Full sco...(+)
Composed by Joseph Bodin
de Boismortier. Edited by
Michael Elphinstone. Full
score and parts. Duration
c.36'. Published by
Edition HH Music
Publishers
(HH.HH429-FSP).
Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his day, Hahn...(+)
Having been considered as
a 'fashionable' and
'cliche' composer of his
day, Hahn's compositions
are possibly not as
well-known as they ought
to be. Sonata in C major
for Violin and Piano,
however, shatter these
prejudices held,
representing the engaging
diversity of the
composer's music.
Venezuelan-born Reynaldo
Hahn (1875-1947) entered
the Paris Conservatoire
at 10 years old. He
received a high standard
of musical education from
Decombes, Lavignac,
Dubois and Massenet,
before becoming a
prolific and versatile
composer himself, writing
works for all genres. For
Hahn, music was a magical
art and his compositions
often contain expressions
of his otherwise hidden
emotions and moods.
Sonata in C major
contains a variety of
different features,
making for a pleasant and
evocative piece for
advanced violinists.
by Phil Duncan. For Harmonica (Diatonic). method. All Styles. Level: Multiple Le...(+)
by Phil Duncan. For
Harmonica (Diatonic).
method. All Styles.
Level: Multiple Levels.
Book. Size 8.75x11.75.
112 pages. Published by
Mel Bay Publications,
Inc.
arranged by Simon Lasky. For Saxophone (All). solos. Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Classic. ...(+)
arranged by Simon Lasky.
For Saxophone (All).
solos. Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
Classic. Level:
Intermediate. Book. Size
9x12. 40 pages. Published
by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
(from Essercizii Musici) Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), edited ...(+)
(from Essercizii Musici)
Composed by Georg Philipp
Telemann (1681-1767),
edited by Waldemar Woehl.
Set of performance parts
for recorder (in C or in
F), oboe (or Violin or
Viola de gamba), piano
accompaniment and cello
(optional; ad lib basso
continuo). Urtext
edition. With standard
notation, introductory
text and piano
accompaniment. Text
language English, German
and French. 29 pages.
Published by C.F. Peters.
For Oboe. Classical (chamber). Includes a high-quality printed music score and a...(+)
For Oboe. Classical
(chamber). Includes a
high-quality printed
music score and a compact
disc containing a
complete performance with
soloist; then a second
version with the
accompaniment, minus the
soloist. Published by
Music Minus One.
(Voluntaries (without Pedal)). Edited by Alexander Schreiner. For Organ. Book; O...(+)
(Voluntaries (without
Pedal)). Edited by
Alexander Schreiner. For
Organ. Book; Organ -
Method or Collection;
Worship Resources.
Alfred's Classic
Editions. Sacred. 184
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
Piano seul [Partition] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
By Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). Edited by Maurice Hinson. For Piano. Piano Co...(+)
By Domenico Scarlatti
(1685-1757). Edited by
Maurice Hinson. For
Piano. Piano Collection.
Alfred Masterwork
Edition. Masterwork.
Intermediate / Early
Advanced (grade 4/5/6/6
). Book. 64 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
For Cello and Double Bass. Composed by Jean-Baptiste Breval. Edited by Tabea ...(+)
For Cello and Double
Bass.
Composed by Jean-Baptiste
Breval. Edited by Tabea
Umbreit. Henle Music
Folios.
Softcover. 24 pages. G.
Henle
#HN1480. Published by G.
Henle
Symphony No. 1 for Brass Quintet Quintette de Cuivres: 2 trompettes, Cor, trombone, tuba [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Avancé Cherry Classics
Brass Quintet - advanced SKU: CY.CC3002 Composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel ...(+)
Brass Quintet - advanced
SKU: CY.CC3002
Composed by Carl Philipp
Emanuel Bach. Arranged by
Justin Bland. Classical.
Score and parts. 63
pages. Cherry Classics
#3002. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC3002).
ISBN
9790530058220.
Symp
hony No. 1 for Brass
Quintet by C. P. E.
Bach, arranged by Justin
Bland C. P. E. Bach
was an innovator as an
early Classical era
composer, helping to
develop the sonata form
that was refined by
Haydn, Mozart and
Beethoven. Like his
father, Carl Phillip
Emanuel was prolific and
showed signs of true
genius.
Symphony
No. 1, in three movements
(fast-slow-fast),
originally in D major,
has been transposed down
a step to C by arranger
Justin
Bland.
This very
fine arrangement (the
entire work) of about 12
minutes in length is
appropriate for advanced
performers and can be the
cornerstone of a recital
program.
Instrum
entation: Trumpets (parts
in C and B-flat), Horn in
F, Trombone and Tuba.
21 pieces plus exercises for Trinity College London exams 2021-2023. Composed ...(+)
21 pieces plus exercises
for
Trinity College London
exams
2021-2023. Composed by
Various. Classical.
Textbook.
Trinity College London
#TCL020574. Published by
Trinity College London
For C instrument. Music Theory. All Styles. Difficulty: easy-medium. Fakebook. S...(+)
For C instrument. Music
Theory. All Styles.
Difficulty: easy-medium.
Fakebook. Standard
notation and chord names.
48 pages. Published by
Kevin Mayhew Publishers
For Recorder (alto) or Flute. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a ...(+)
For Recorder (alto) or
Flute. Includes a
high-quality printed
music score and a compact
disc containing a
complete performance with
soloist; then a second
version with the
accompaniment, minus the
soloist. Published by
Music Minus One.