Par ALEXANIAN DIRAN. The Classic Treatise on Cello Theory and Practice. An unabridged republication of Diran Alexanian's 1922 classic, Traite Theorique et Pratique du Violoncelle, this volume represents one of the most thorough explorations of cello playing and technique in the literature. It reprints the orginal dual-language edition, featuring French and English instruction side by side on the page, complemented by numerous photographs, diagrams, and music examples. Student and growing professionals alike will find it superb compendium of instruction. / Pédagogie / Livre / Livre Musical

Restart Cello guides returning players through 12 specially selected tracks to bring them successfully back up to speed with the Cello at their own enjoyable pace. With additional exercises, tips and theory reminders, latent cellists will find the learning curve engaging and rewarding yet flexible, with special focus paid to common issues such as tone, bowing technique and left hand dexterity. The Restart series of books are written by specialist practising teachers for people rediscovering the joy of playing music again. Each title comes complete with an accompanying CD of popular and classical backing tracks and online support materials. / Violoncelle

Have Fun Playing The Cello. Par KOEPPEN GABRIEL. The Koeppen Cello Method consists of 3 progressive method books, each with a supplementary tune book, and lays the foundation for a solid technical and musical training. Structured in an easy and understandable way and full of fun rhythmic exercises and popular styles, it is aimed at young people and adults. All books are accompanied by a CD which will help motivate and inspire. / Méthode / Recueil / 3 Violoncelles et Piano ad lib

Par TIN CHRISTOPHER. The well-known melody from the video game Civilization IV is exquisitely captured in this G major string orchestra arrangement by Robert Longfield. Based on a Swahili translation of the Lord\'s Prayer, this arrangement is simplified enough to make it accessible while retaining the intricate rhythms of the original. Your students will love playing this infectious tune, which was the first piece of video game music to receive a Grammy! / Date parution : 2022-09-14/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Cordes

Born in South Africa, but now an Irish citizen, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of experiences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to South Africa to study traditional music, his own involvement with the New Simplicity movement, his collection of contemporary art and African textiles, friendships with composers like Morton Feldman and Gerald Barry, as well as a love of virtuoso piano music which he performs, broadcasts and records. While having an easily recognised, unique voice, Volans' music resists compartmentalisation. He is as comfortable working in conventional genres as embarking on innovative collaborations with artists of other disciplines.String Quartet #1 (White Man Sleeps) was written for the Kronos Quartet and was first performed by them in July 1986, London.The title 'White Man Sleeps' comes from a moment in nyanga Panpipe music where the performers leave off playing their loud pipes for a few cycles and dance only to the sound of their ankle rattles, to let the white landowner sleep - for a minute or two.'In composing this piece I drew from the following sources: the first movement owes something to the style of Basotho concertina music - the second and fourth movements are drawn from traditional Nyungwe music played by Makina Chirenje and his Nyanga panpipe group at Nsava, Tete, Mozambique, recorded and transcribed by Andrew Tracey (to be found in an article entitled 'The nyanga Panpipe dance' in African Music, Vol.5, #1 (1971) - the third movement derives from the San bow music (recorded by Tony Traill of the University of Witwatersrand) and from Basotho lesiba music, transcribed by myself - in the fifth movement I added my own invented folklore. My approach to the original music was anything but purist - it is played in Western tuning, filtered, slowed down by a few 'time-octaves?, cast into non-African metres (like the 13-beat pattern of the first dance) and redistributed between the players in several ways. I also used interlocking techniques where they were absent in the original models and vice versa' - Kevin VolansDuration 24 minutes. Parts available: CH61205. / Quatuor A Cordes (Conducteur)

For String Quartet Volume 1. Par BACH JOHANN-SEBASTIAN. The idea for these arrangements came to me whilst listening to the Hagen Quartet's beautiful recording of the fugues that form part of Haydn's 'Sun Quartets', Op. 20. The spirit and influence of J.S. Bach, in particular his Well Tempered Clavier, Book II, courses through these three miraculous Haydn fugues. Like the viol consort, the string quartet suits this kind of composition (the fugue), with all four instruments sufficiently similar in character to each other to match the extraordinary unity and economy of the counterpoint. A string quartet playing Bach fugues is a good example of a harmonious relationship between form andcontent: just as there is a unifying principle behind the construction of the four string instruments, so there is (usually) a single theme or subject that unifies the construction of a four-part fugue. Thus the form enacts the content, telling you something about the text and message within. Apart from Haydn's and a handful of other composers' wondrous creations, there's little fugal writing for string quartet, at least in comparison with the abundance of other forms. This was another reason to make these arrangements. The quartet offers a melodic independence impossible to achieve on a single instrument. And I believe the technical and interpretative challenges posed by this repertoire and ndash - lightness of sound and rhythmic fluidity, for example - will be very valuable to quartets seeking the holy grail: a unified sound. Perhaps the simplest and most compelling reason for this work is that I just love this music more than I can say. These dazzling pieces, mostly fast, bright and in major keys, show Bach at his most playful, funny and mischievous, composing for an instrument rarely associated with these qualities. And so I'm very happy to offer string quartets these little know fugues, written by my favourite composer - a violinist and violist himself, but above all a / Classique / Date parution : 2018-05-04/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Divertissement Plus violoncelle, la suite de Divertissement pour violoncelle, est destiné aux élèves de violoncelle seconde année. Comme précédemment, un véritable orchestre joue avec vous sur le CD d'accompagnement. Beaucoup de titres montrent que plusieurs instruments de musique peut vous joindre, par exemple un hautbois, une flûte ou parmi d'autres. Vous pouvez facilement dire en regardant les titres et les magnifiques illustrations dont les instruments de s'attendre. / Violoncelle / 24 pages / niveau : Facile / Partition + Cd