SKU: BT.DHP-1185965-070

ISBN 9789043154505. English-German-French-Dut ch.

Queen are known not only for their stylistic diversity, but also for their over-the-top theatrics during concerts and in videos. This helped give them the staying power to have hit songs for over twenty years! One of their biggest, instantly recognised hits is the rock-anthem We Are the Champions, written by Freddie Mercury. This monster hit is now available in an energetic string quartet arrangement by Anthony Gröger.

Queen is niet alleen gekend om hun muziek in diverse stijlen, maar ook om hun theatrale uitvoeringen tijdens concerten en in videoclips. Een van hun grootste hits is het rocknummer We Are the Champions, geschreven door Freddie Mercury. Deze monsterhit is nu beschikbaar in een meesleepend arrangement voor strijkkwartet bewerkt door Anthony Gröger.

Neben der stilistischen Vielseitigkeit ist das Theatralische und Pompöse eines der Erkennungsmerkmale der Musik von Queen und zwar offensichtlich durchaus im positiven Sinne, wie der zeitlose Erfolg ihrer Hits beweist! Ein Paradebeispiel dafu r ist die Rockhymne We Are the Champions aus der Feder von Freddie Mercury, die nun in einer mitrei�enden Streichquartettbearbeitun g von Anthony Gröger vorliegt.

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. Aujourdâ??hui, on ne compte plus le nombre de références ce titre dans les championnats sportifs mais également au cinéma, la télévision, dans des spots publicitaires etc. Anthony Gröger a ecrit un arrangement énergique de cet hymne rock pour quatuor cordes.

SKU: BR.EB-6705

ISBN 9790004169063. 9 x 12 inches. German.

Though a piano can always be included, it is not an essential requirement for the performance of these settings: in some of the carols, two violins or two flutes are quite sufficient, especially if voices are used as well. The following combinations are particularly suitable for domestic music-making, whether or not voices are included as well:one violin and piano,two violins and piano,two or three violins,violins and recorders,two concert (C) flutes (and an alto flute) and - as the ideal combination for shepherds' songs - flutes, violins, cello and piano.Performing groups and music schools have the advantage of a wider choice of forces and the possibility of varying the instrumentation within the individual carols and verses. Thus large and small combinations can alternate, strings and flutes can play in turn, and finally the piano can be used by itself or to reinforce other instrumental combinations, in which case the cello can be added, too.The pieces are graded in increasing order of difficulty; the first carols are chosen so that they can be mastered by violinists after as little as 4 to 6 months of learning their instrument. The choise and sequence of the carols in this book, and also their keys, were determined, amongst other factors, by their suitability for the start of violin tuition, both in first and in third position, so that these carols make an especially good supplement of Christmas music to the violin method of Fritz and Gottfried Scharlach (with its principle of starting with the third position). The progressively increasing difficulty of the carols has resulted, for example, in the three Advent carols (nos. 23-25) being placed later in the collection.The editor hopes that these carols will be much played and sung, and thus help to fill the Christmas season with joy and splendour.Fritz Scharlach, Salzburg, December 1972

Our beautiful Christmas carols, old and new, are presented here in settings, ranging from the easy to the more difficult, for various combinations of voices and instruments that may be available in domestic music-making or for a Christmas concert.

SKU: HL.50585879