The Best New Wedding Classics (Piano/Vocal/Chords and Piano Solo). By Jim Brickman. By Jim Brickman. Edited by Jeannette DeLisa. For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords and Piano Solo. Artist/Personality; Piano - Personality Book; Piano Supplemental; Piano/Vocal/Chords. Songbook (Piano/Vocal/Chords. Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). New Age. Intermediate; Late Intermediate. Songbook. Vocal melody, lyrics, piano accompaniment, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 68 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

39 of the Best Contemporary Instrumentals. By Various Composers. Piano Solo Songbook (Intermediate to advanced piano arrangements with no lyrics). Size 9x12 inches. 232 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

By Andrew D. Gordon. For Piano, Keyboards. This edition: Piano. Blues. Level: Beginner. Book With Cd. 50 pages. Published by ADG productions.

By Nathaniel Gunod and Lou Manzi. For Guitar. Guitar Method or Supplement. Acoustic; Fingerstyle. Book. 96 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

New Age Music for Piano. By Michael Scott. For Piano. Piano Collection. New Age Series. New Age. Level: Intermediate. Book. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

For drumset. Published by Alfred Publishing. (22677) ISBN 0739034758. Students, teachers and self-learners alike will enjoy this thorough, easy-to-use method. Following a set of warm-ups for the hands and feet, triplets, swing eighths and shuffle beats are introduced along with new time signatures like 6/8 and 12/8. Techniques such as the flam and drag are covered, plus more advanced rudiments and practical tips for building endurance.

Chamber Music harp

SKU: CF.H84

Composed by Marcel Tournier. Edited by Carl Swanson. Collection - Score. Carl Fischer Music #H84. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.H84).

ISBN 9781491165539. UPC: 680160924530.

Marce l Tournier (1879–1951) was one of the most important harpist/composers in the history of the harp. Over his long career, he added a significant catalogue of very beautiful works to the harp repertoire. Many of his solo works, almost one hundred, have been consistently in print since they were first published. But in recent years harpist Carl Swanson has discovered a treasure trove of pieces by Tournier heretofore unknown and unpublished. These include the Déchiffrages in this edition, as well as songs set for voice, harp, and string quartet, and ensemble arrangements of some of his most beloved works.All of the works that Carl Swanson found were in manuscript only. With the help of the great harpist Catherine Michel, he has put these pieces into playable form, and they are being published for the very first time. He and Catherine often had to re-notate passages to show clearly how they could be played, adding fingerings and musical nuances, tempos, pedals, and pedal diagrams.Tournier wrote these pieces when he was in his 20s, and before he became the impressionistic composer those familiar with his work know so well. They are written in the late nineteenth-century romantic style that was being taught at that time at the Paris Conservatory. They are beautiful short, intermediate level pieces by a first rate composer, and add much needed repertoire to that level of playing.
Marcel Tournier (1879–1951) was one of the most important harpist/composers in the history of the harp. He graduated from the Paris Conservatory with a first prize in harp in 1899. He also studied composition there and won a second prize in the prestigious Prix de Rome competition, as well as a first prize in the Rossini competition, another major composition competition of the day. From 1912 to 1948 he taught the harp class at the Paris Conservatory. But composition, and almost entirely, composition for the harp, was the main focus of his life. His published works, including many works for solo harp, a few for harp and other instruments, and several songs, number around one hundred pieces.In 2019, while researching Tournier for my edition MARCEL TOURNIER: 10 Pieces for Solo Harp, I discovered that there was a significant list of pieces by this composer that had never been published and were not included on any inventory of his music. Principal on this list were his déchiffrages (pronounced day-she-frahge, like the second syllable in the word garage).The word déchiffrage means sight-reading exercise, and that was their original purpose. Tournier numbered and dated these pieces, with dates ranging from 1900 to 1910, indicating that they were in all likelihood written for Alphonse Hasselmans’ class at the Paris Conservatory. Tournier was probably told how long to make each one, and how difficult. They range in length from two to four pages, with only one in the whole series extending to five, and from thirty to fifty-five measures, with only one extending to eight-five. The level of difficulty for the whole series is intermediate, with some at the easier end, and others at the middle or upper end.We don’t know if they were intended to test students trying to enter the harp class, or if they were used to test students in the class as they played their exams. The fact that they were never published means that students had to not only sight read them, but sight read them in manuscript form!I worked from digital images of the original manuscripts, which are in the private music library of a harpist in France. She had twenty-seven of these pieces, and this edition is the second in a series of three that will publish, for the first time, all of the ones that I have found thus far. The manuscripts themselves consist of little more than notes on the page: no pedals written in, no fingerings, few if any musical nuances and tempo markings, and no clear indication as to which hand plays which notes. These would have been difficult to sight read indeed! My collaborator Catherine Michel and I added musical nuances, fingerings, pedals and pedal diagrams, and tempo indications to put them into their current condition.At the time these were written, Tournier would have been in his twenties, having just graduated from the harp class himself (1899), and might still have been in the composition class. These are the earliest known pieces that he wrote, and they were written at the very beginning of a cultural revolution and upheaval in Paris that was to completely and profoundly alter musical composition. Tournier himself would eventually be caught up in this new way of composing. But not yet.All of the déchiffrages are written in the late romantic style that was being taught at that time at the Paris Conservatory. Each one is built on a clear musical idea, and the variety over the whole series makes them wonderful to listen to as well as to learn. They are also great technical lessons for intermediate level players.The obvious question is: Why didn’t Tournier publish these pieces, and why didn’t he list them on his own inventory of his music? Actually, four of them were published, with small changes, as his collection Four Preludes, Op. 16. These came from the ones that will be in volume three of this series from Carl Fischer. His first large piece, Theme and Variations, was published in 1908, and his two best known and frequently played pieces, Féerie and Au Matin, followed in 1912 and 1913 respectively. We can only speculate because there is so much still unknown about Tournier and about these unpublished pieces. He may have looked at them, fresh out of school as he was, as simply a way to make some quick money. The first several pieces that he did publish are much longer than any of the déchiffrages. So it could be that, because of their shorter length, as well as the earlier musical style that he was moving away from, he chose not to publish any more of them. We may never know the full story. But all these years later, more than a century after they were composed, we can listen to them for their own merits, and not measured against whatever else was going on at the time. The numbers on these pieces are the ones that Tournier assigned to them, and the gaps between some of the numbers suggest that there are perhaps thirty or more of these pieces still to be found, if they still exist. They will, in all likelihood, be found, as these were, in private collections of harp music, not in institutional libraries. We can only hope that more of them will be located in years to come.—Carl SwansonGlossary of French Musical TermsTournier was very precise about how he wanted his pieces played, and carefully communicated this with many musical indications. He used standard Italian words, but also used French words and phrases, and occasionally mixed both together. It is extremely important to observe and understand everything that he put on the page.Here is a list of the French words and phrases found in the pieces in this edition, with their translation.bien chanté well sung, melodiousdécidé firm, resolutediminu peu à peu becoming softer little by littleen diminuant becoming softeren riten. slowing downen se perdant dying awayGaiement gayly, lightlygracieusement gracefully, elegantlyLéger light, quickLent slowmarquez le chant emphasize the melodyModéré at a moderate tempopeu à peu animé more lively, little by littleplus lent slowerRetenu held backsans lenteur without slownesssans retinir without slowing downsec drily, abruptlysoutenu sustained, heldtrès arpegé very arpeggiatedTrès Modéré Very moderate tempoTrès peu retenu slightly held backTrès soutenu very sustainedun peu retenu slightly held back.

(New Age Piano Interpretations of Popular Classical Works). By Michael Scott. For Piano. Piano - Intermediate / Advanced Collection. New Age Series. New Age. Level: Intermediate. Book. 28 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Easy Piano Songbook. New Age and Adult Contemporary. SMP Level 4 (Intermediate). Songbook. 60 pages. Published by Hal Leonard songbook New Age and Adult Contemporary

Guitar Educational. Method. Softcover with CD. 192 pages. Wise Publications #AM1005202. Published by Wise Publications (HL.141140).

Composed by Michael Scott. Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. Composer Spotlight Series. Fall; New Age. Book. 24 pages. Alfred Music #00-ELM00015. Published by Alfred Music

Cello - intermediate to advanced

SKU: HL.49003452

Cello. Composed by Joachim Stutschewsky. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. 44 pages. Schott Music #ED1592. Published by Schott Music (HL.49003452).

ISBN 9790001033947. UPC: 073999352757. 9.0x12.0x0.16 inches. German - English - French.

3d to 6th positions without thumb positions. Moderately difficult.

By Gayle Kowalchyk. For Piano. Piano Suite. Recital Suite Series. Intermediate (grade 4/5). Sheet. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Compiled by Stephen Rekas. For Guitar (Classical). Solos. Contemporary. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 200 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

By Dan Fox and Dick Weissman. For Flute. Improvisation. All Styles. Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 116 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

(Intermediate Acoustic Guitar). Composed by Greg Horne. For Guitar. This edition: 2nd. Book; DVD; Guitar Method or Supplement; Method/Instruction. Complete Method. Acoustic. Intermediate. 96 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Nouvelle technique de la contrebasse, Vol. 4 is the fourth book of a method for Double Bass by Francois Rabbath. Following the three previous volumes, it can be used by upper beginners or intermediate players and requires some basic musical knowledge in theory and reading. It also includes a DVD and provides full explanations, including pictures for all the technical points in French, English, German and Spanish. This book is divided into five chapters: exercises, studies, scales and arpeggios, orchestral figures and pieces for solo Double Bass. In term of technical points, it features the different positions, the double chords, the pivot and some highlight on the bow and the wrist positions among others. This helpful method is definitely one of the most complete. It will help all Double Bass beginners to get the necessary basic skills. Born in Syria in 1931, Francois Rabbath has been playing the Double Bass from a really young age. He later settled in Paris when he was the main Double Bass accompaniment for renowned French artists including Edith Piaf, Georges Moustaki and Serge Gainsbourg. He recorded some CDs and DVDs, did some touring and was offered the possibility of writing his own Double Bass method in which he describes his ?crab technique?.

Intermediate Jazz Improvisation by George Bouchard. For any C, Eb, Bb, bass instrument or voice. This edition: New expaneded edition. Paperback. The BEST method for the Intermediate Jazz player.. Intermediate, advanced. Book and 3 CDs. 442 pages. Published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz

Chopin Preludes for the Intermediate Pianist with CD (with Performance CD). Composed by Jonathon Robbins. Edited by Jonathon Robbins. For piano solo. This edition: Paperback. Collection. Distinctive Masterworks series. Classical. Intermediate. Book and CD. Text Language: English. 48 pages. Published by Santorella Publications

An instructional and performance DVD for violinists of all ages. By Janice Tucker Rhoda. For Violin. Instructional video; performance video. Level: Intermediate. Instructional DVD. Duration 90 minutes. Published by Carl Fischer.

By Lorie Line. Piano Solo Personality. Classical, New Age. Softcover. 76 pages. Hal Leonard #TLP333. Published by Hal Leonard