During the visit to Brive-la-Gaillarde in 1940, Poulenc sketched a little piece for the children of his cousins: Sophie, Sylvie, Benoit, Florence and Delphine Périer, Yvan, Alain, Marie-Christine and Marguerite-Marie Villotte, and their two friends Marthe Bosredon and André Lecoeur. This took the form of a musical background to Jean de Brunhoff's popular illustrated children's story about Babar, a baby elephant whose mother is killed by a huntsman. Fortunately Babar meets a kind elderly lady who dresses him in a fine suit and gives him an impressive motor-car.However, Babar feels homesick for his forests, and is pleased when his cousins, Arthur and Celeste, find him and needs no persuasion to go home with them. Back in the forest, where the King of the Elephants has eaten a poisonous mushroom, Babar is elected to succeed as King. He marries Celeste, and the last we hear of him is thinking of a rosy future as he dreamily looks up at a marvellously star-filled sky.Poulenc's score, to which he returned and completed in 1945, is for a narrator and a Piano, so written that the individual sections offer the pianist a number of self-contained descriptive pieces, such as a Lullaby, a Reverie, a Galop, a Nocturne and so on. Indeed, some of Poulenc's finest Piano music is found in these charming pages.In 1962, Jean Françaix made an orchestral version, and Barbar has been enjoyed by children of all ages all over the world. An English translation of the text was made by Nelly Rieu.This particular edition is arranged for Narrator and Piano duet (1 Piano, 4 hands) and a separate insert with English translation is included. / Piano 4 Mains

Par MOLODYNSKA-WHEELER MARTA. The name of this collection reflects the diverse character and international provenance of the pieces. Each of them is a ?representative? of a different country and a different musical culture, and therefore provides an excellent opportunity for performers to face different musical genres. Poligrajki are intended for young pianists who want to improve their skills in the field of playing in a piano duo. When writing them, my aim was to create compositions where the technical and interpretation requirements will be well-suited for the abilities of piano students in music schools and will constitute a teaching material referring to the theoretical knowledge of the stylistic differences across the countries. I hope the performers will enjoy Poligrajki and that their sounds will reach every corner of the world! Marta Molodynska-Wheeler / Date parution : 2022-12-12/ Recueil / Piano 4 Mains

La collection s agrandit et vous propose une selection de8 grands thèmes de la musique classique. Le principe reste inchangé, des adaptation 4 mains niveaux 3 à 5 ans de piano avec sur le CD les parties séparées enregistrées de façon à pouvoir répéter seul sa partie avant de jouer en duo. / Piano 4 Mains / Partition

8 superbes duo. Partitions pour piano 4 mains + CD de play-along. Le CD vous permet de travailler seul l'une des deux parties. / Piano Duo