Bass - Grade Elementary SKU: AP.12-0571543030 The Fully Integrated Str...(+)
Bass - Grade Elementary
SKU:
AP.12-0571543030
The Fully Integrated
String Series with Over
60 Fun Pieces Ideal for
Individual and Group
Teaching. Composed by
Mark Wilson and Paul
Wood. Method/Instruction;
String Series.
Stringtastic. Book and
Digital Download. 104
pages. Faber Music
#12-0571543030. Published
by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571543030).
ISBN 9780571543038.
English.
Stringtast
ic Book 2: Double Bass
teaches through playing
in an engaging
exploration of musical
styles. Part of the fully
integrated Stringtastic
series in which violin,
viola, cello, and double
bass can all learn and
play together in any
combination.
Learn as you play
through the world of
Stringtastic, with 62
imaginative pieces that
have been specifically
designed to establish a
secure playing technique
and build confidence one
step at a time. Following
on from Stringtastic Book
1, this book takes the
student from Grade 1
(Early Elementary) to
Grade 2 (Elementary)
level. Featuring
equal-level duets for all
instruments, the pieces
are ideal for individual
and group tuition as well
as flexible ensemble and
classroom settings.
Every piece is
supported by an exciting
backing track plus a
piano-only track for
practice---all available
to download. The
Stringtastic Book 2:
Teacher's Accompaniment
book provides the
complete piano score
which works with any
combination of the
instrumental parts.
Mark Wilson and
Paul Wood have developed
an engaging and
accessible new series of
string-playing method
books… The
presentation will appeal
to young learners, and
the careful,
well-conceived pedagogy
will thrill their
teachers! Furthermore,
the Stringtastic
integrated approach gives
proper deference to the
social aspect of
music-making by allowing
violinists, violists,
cellists, and bassists to
play together from the
start. I look forward to
sharing this method with
my young students and
colleagues in early music
education.
-- Dr.
Mark Elliot Bergman,
Director of Strings and
Orchestral Studies,
Sheridan College.
Double bass SKU: BA.BA10418-85 Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Edited by Jona...(+)
Double bass
SKU:
BA.BA10418-85
Composed by Antonin
Dvorak. Edited by
Jonathan Del Mar. This
edition: urtext edition.
Stapled. Barenreiter
Urtext. Single part. Opus
88. 12 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA10418_85. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA10418-85).
ISBN
9790006564699. 32.5 x
25.5 cm inches. Key: G
major.
Mendelssohn'
s Violin Concerto op. 64,
is a key work of the 19th
century, adhering to the
classical style of
Beethoven while pointing
the way to the romantic
ethos of Brahms. It has
long been known that
Mendelssohn performed the
work with three soloists
in succession: Ferdinand
David, who worked closely
with the composer during
its composition and
played it at the
premiere; the 'child
prodigy' Joseph Joachim;
and Hubert Leonard, a
young Belgian virtuoso
about whom little is
known.
As proof
sheets for the Violin
Concerto in E minor were
long considered lost, it
could be described as
somewhat of a sensation
when proofs for the solo
violin part resurfaced
together with a letter
from Mendelssohn to
Leonard.
The
letter informs us that
the composer invited
Leonard to his home in
Frankfurt in order to
make his acquaintance. It
was already known that
Mendelssohn had given
proof sheets to David;
now we know that he also
gave some to
Leonard.
The
recently discovered
proofs reveal how Leonard
played the concerto with
Mendelssohn on that
memorable evening in
February 1845. Besides
containing bowing marks
and fingering, they also
show how Leonard executed
shifts of position and
where he employed open
strings. Furthermore
modifications made to
dynamic markings and
additional legato bowing
are shown.
It is
safe to assume that all
of this was done with
Mendelssohn's approval.
That the young violinist
made a positive
impression on the
composer is confirmed in
the latter's
correspondence following
their joint performance.
Mendelssohn is full of
praise for Leonard's
playing and offers to
lend his support in
finding employment in
Germany.
This
revised edition of the
Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto (only the
orchestral parts remain
unchanged) includes a
separate booklet on
performance practice.
The editor, Clive
Brown, is an acknowledged
expert on Romantic
performance
practice.
About
Barenreiter Urtext
Orchestral
Parts
Why musicians
love to play from
Bärenreiter Urtext
Orchestral
Parts
- Urtext
editions as close as
possible to the
composerâ€â„Â
¢s intentions - With
alternate versions in
full score and parts
- Orchestral parts in an
enlarged format of 25.5cm
x 32.5cm - With
cues, rehearsal letters,
and page turns where
players need them -
Clearly presented divisi
passages so that players
know exactly what they
have to play -
High-quality paper with a
slight yellow tinge which
does not glare under
lights and is thick
enough that reverse pages
do not shine
through
Double Bass SKU: HL.14021087 Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
HL.14021087
Composed
by John McCabe. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. 8
pages. Music Sales
#NOV955163. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14021087).
8.25x12.0x0.059
inches.
John
McCabe's
Pueblo
for solo Double
Bass. Duration: approx. 7
minutes.
Pueblo
is an off-shoot of a
series of compositions
inspired by desert
country, and it was
commissioned by Leon
Bosch with the aid of
funds provided by North
West Arts. The piece is
continous, falling into
several sections, and is
largeley based on the
high circling motif heard
at the start and referred
to again in the harmonics
at the close.
It is
prefaced by the following
quotation from Scenes in
American Deserta by
Reyner Banham, published
by Thames and
Hudson:
'Clouds, high and
flat, were now building
up in thesky, the wind
was settling to silent
calm, the weather was
very cold, and the stream
through the center of the
pueblo was almost frozen
across, the Indians
chipping out ice to melt
down for water.'
The aim in writing
the piece was to express
in musical terms a
response to the vivid
picture of a scene
relating to life in the
American desert conveyed
by Reyner Banham's text.
Although not numbered
among other Desert works,
this belongs to this
family of compositions,
along with another Banham
setting, written for the
King's Singers, Scenes In
America Deserta. -
John
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