Par DUNCAN CRAIG. Il s'agit d'une collection de douze pièces sacrées du répertoire classique, arrangé pour alto solo avec accompagnement au piano. Record favoris comme le Canon de Pachelbel, Jesu, Joy of Man désirant et Ave Maria sont inclus. La partie d'Alto est un niveau intermédiaire, avec une utilisation occasionnelle de la troisième position. Cette collection offre une source précieuse de solos qui peut être utilisé dans une variété de circonstances de performance. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Sacred - Solos / Recueil / Alto

Chaconne. Par LERDAHL FRED. Chaconne (2016), for string quartet, was commissioned by the Daedalus Quartet to celebrate its 15th anniversary. The commission was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Helen F. Whitaker Fund, and Aaron Copland Fund for Music. My music has a substantial history with Daedalus. I composed the Third String Quartet (2008) for them, and subsequently they performed my three string quartets on several occasions and recorded them brilliantly on Bridge Records (Bridge 9352: Music of Fred Lerdahl, vol. 3). Chaconne is in one movement lasting 19 minutes. It is effectively my fourth string quartet. Quartets 1-3 form a unified cycle lasting 70 minutes. When I finished the cycle, I thought I would never write again for the medium; yet I could not resist the opportunity of working again with Daedalus. The issue was how to compose another string quartet unrelated to the earlier cycle. The solution came from my solo cello piece There and Back Again (2010), which was based on a four-bar variation pattern from a 17th-century chaconne. Unlike the asymmetrical phrases and expanding variations of much of my music, the chaconne form requires symmetrical phrases and strictly periodic variations. I wished to work again with these symmetries but on a larger scale. Chaconne also differs in character and expression from the three-quartet cycle. The cycle is inward and intense, a kind of psychological excavation. Chaconne is, for the most part, transparent and playful. Many of its textures emerge from little canons, not completely unlike the rounds that children sing. Any composer who writes in chaconne form (one thinks above all of the last movement of Bach’s D minor violin partita and the finale of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony) is confronted with the challenge of how to create a larger form out of a constantly repeating pattern. My Chaconne grows from paired antecedent-consequent phrases, each variation lasting eight bars. The 50 variations group into three large rotations, forming three arcs of tension and relaxation, with subtle parallel connections across the rotations. Notwithstanding my attraction to chaconne form, I purposefully disguised its symmetries and periodicities in order to build an overall dramatic shape. Fred Lerdahl/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

as performed by Queen. Par MERCURY FREDDIE. Emmené par le charismatique Freddie Mercury, le groupe Queen a marqué et marquera encore de nombreuses générations. We Are the Champions connaît un immense succès dès sa sortie, en 1977. Aujourd’hui, on ne compte plus le nombre de références à ce titre dans les championnats sportifs mais également au cinéma, à la télévision, dans des spots publicitaires etc. Anthony Gröger a ecrit un arrangement énergique de cet hymne rock pour quatuor à cordes. / Niveau : Facile à Intermédiaire / Pop and rock / Date parution : 1905-07-10/ Recueil / Quatuor à Cordes

Par TROJAHN MANFRED. Seit längerem setzt sich Manfred Trojahn kompositorisch mit Texten auseinander, die „das Scheitern des Künstlers aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven' reflektieren. Vor allem „Le Ceneri di Gramsci' von Pier Paolo Pasolini und „Ein Brief' von Hugo von Hofmannsthal bilden den geistigen, die gleichnamigen Kompositionen Trojahns den ästhetischen und klangsprachlichen Hintergrund des V. Streichquartetts. Es wurde für das Kuss Quartett geschrieben. In drei Sätzen komponierte Trojahn eine expressive Musik mit zum Teil schroffen Kontrasten, in der sich polyphone und blockartige Strukturen gegenüberstehen und ein dichtes, vom Hörer nachvollziehbares Netz motivischer Verbindungen geschaffenwird./ Répertoire / 2 Violons, Alto et Violoncelle

2-stimmige Kanons. Par SCHMITZ MANFRED. Canons are fun and at the same time also help develop the ability to listen and play along, thus making them an important enhancement to musical training. With 109 pop style melodies in two volumes Manfred Schmitz work provides comprehensive and diversified material which can be flexibly implemented in teaching single pupils, for group lessons and for ensemble classes. The instruments violin, viola, violoncello and flute can thus stay „among themselves“ or play music together in all imaginable instrumental combinations. 2 part: 23 MINI-Canons – from the very start - 37 Canons – for the progressing demands This collection is particularly well-suited for the playing together ofpupil and teacher, but it also works well in group lessons. A collection of canons for the first learning steps on the instrument as well as for more advanced levels of learning. Through the universal versions for viola, cello and flute, different instruments can also play together. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Contemporary - Solos / Recueil / Alto

Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. FOR THE STUDENT This material is part of the worldwide Suzuki Method of teaching. Companion recordings should be used with these publications. In addition, there are viola part books that go along with this material. FOR THE TEACHER In order to be an effective Suzuki teacher, a great deal ongoing education is required. Your national Suzuki association provides this for its membership. Teachers are encouraged to become members of their national Suzuki associations and maintain a teacher training schedule, in order to remain current, via institutes, short-term programs and long-term programs. You are also encouraged to join the International SuzukiAssociation. FOR THE PARENT Credentials are essential for any teacher you choose. We recommend you to ask your teacher for his credentials, especially those relating to traning in the Suzuki Method. The Suzuki Method should be a positive one, where there exists a wonderful, fostering relationship between child, parent and teacher. So choosing the right teacher is of the utmost importance. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Pédagogie / Méthode / Alto et Accompagnement Piano

Manfred Trojahn ont amplement dimensionné quatuor avec piano en quatre mouvements d'une durée d'env. 40 minutes a été composé et développé en plusieurs étapes.Les mouvements intérieurs, un Vivace caractérisé par des rythmes lombards et de la vitalité et un adagio de rêve ont été écrits dans l'année Mozart 2005. En 2008, les mouvements extérieurs ont été achevés.L'ouverture Adagio 'Zerbrochenes Lied' est une lamentation d'imposer des morts tandis que le Finale, une profonde, se déplaçant 'Wanderlied', a été consacrée à un ami Trojahn et compositeur Wilhelm Killmayer à l'occasion de son 60e anniversaire.De cette façon, les travaux de Trojahn s'inscrit dans la tradition des quatuors de Mozart pour piano de deux, mais ajoute un élément biographique.C'est un grand, travail musicalement exigeant mais gratifiant pour les musiciens ambitieux. / Violon, Violoncelle, Alto Et Piano

Par SCHMITZ MANFRED. 10 appealing concert pieces for violin, viola, cello or flute and piano in the style of ?RAPsody? from ?Pop Music for Violin and Piano?. The accompanying CD provides the piano accompaniment in two different tempos: a comfortable one for practicing and a brighter one for performance. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Classic - Solos / Recueil / Alto

Miller Rag - Boogie For Strings - Jazz Invention - Passacaglia In Jazz - Birthday Serenade. Par SCHMITZ MANFRED. Five quartets at an intermediate level that offer a welcome change to classical literature. / Pop & rock / Répertoire / Quatuor