SKU: HL.49044494

ISBN 9790001191241. UPC: 841886019577. 9.0x12.0x0.158 inches. Katharina Drees.

An absolute must for modern cello lessons: Hot Cello is a varied mixture of pieces from pop, rock, blues and jazz music. Volume 1 is very easy and limited to the first position. Students are gradually introduced to technical and musical problems. The second part is intended for the teacher or advanced students. The pieces in Volume 2 are musically and technically more demanding and assume an ability to play in 1st-4th position. All pieces are included on the accompanying CD.

SKU: HL.49044495

ISBN 9790001191258. UPC: 841886019584. 9.0x12.0x0.187 inches. Katharina Drees.

An absolute must for modern cello lessons: Hot Cello is a varied mixture of pieces from pop, rock, blues and jazz music. Volume 1 is very easy and limited to the first position. Students are gradually introduced to technical and musical problems. The second part is intended for the teacher or advanced students. The pieces in Volume 2 are musically and technically more demanding and assume an ability to play in 1st-4th position. All pieces are included on the accompanying CD.

SKU: HL.49044586

ISBN 9783795749330. UPC: 841886023543. German - English - French.

13 pieces of easy to intermediate standard ideal for lessons and concerts. As well as popular Baroque sonatas by the likes of Vivaldi and de Fesch, there are also some charming, lesser-known compositions by Lanzetti and Zocarini. Also included are Classical sonatas by J. C. F. Bach, Stephen Paxton and Beethoven alongside pieces from the Romantic era including Mendelssohn's Song Without Words Op. 109, Faure's Sicilienne Op. 79 as well as two little pieces by Goltermann.

SKU: HL.49008410

ISBN 9790001131384. UPC: 073999352238. 8.25x11.75x0.125 inches.

Shchedrin's oeuvre spans nearly every musical genre, and it is hardly surprising that an output of such versatility contains some rather remarkable instrumental combinations, for example Music from afar for 2 bass recorders, or Balalaika for a solo violin playing pizzicato throughout. This predilection for the unusual leads the composer in Parabola concertante with its basically subdued and contemplative mood to add a charcteristic counterpoint by contrasting the accompanying string orchestra with timpani. The piece was composed for master virtuoso Mstislav Rostropovitch, who played the solo part in the first performance at the International Cello Festival in Kronberg. Cello, string orchestra, and timpani. Piano reduction with solo part.

SKU: HL.49045784

ISBN 9790001163231. UPC: 841886029897. 9.0x12.0x0.071 inches.

The Schott Student Edition presents motivational teaching repertoire in five levels, from easy to advanced. These editions feature easy-to-read printing along with tips and suggestions from highly experienced music educators. The Serenade & Valse by the relatively unknown composer Marie Dare is an attractive addition to the repertoire in the first years of study (Level 2) and can be played entirely in first position. The Gavotte op. 112 by Sebastian Lee is a multi-faceted work for intermediate students (Level 3). Musically the Gavotte offers the possibility to present different characters. The piano part is intentionally simple and is limited to a supporting accompaniment.

SKU: HL.49045660

ISBN 9790001192187. UPC: 841886019911. 9.0x12.0x0.056 inches.

The famous Golliwogg's Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Childrens Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908. The style corresponds to that of ragtime, a dance which was in vogue around the turn of the century. In the middle section, he parodies several times the beginning of the opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner with whom Debussy had a rather ambiguous relationship. The present arrangement now allows musicians to play the popular movement in a version for melodic instrument with accompaniment.

SKU: HL.49033212

ISBN 9790001135894. UPC: 073999282085. 9.0x12.0x0.132 inches.

This Piano Trio Passacaglia is the 'junior' companion piece to my Cello Concerto Dunkle Saiten [Dark Strings], or more precisely to the concerto's large-dimensional introductory section with the indication 'Feierlich, schreitend' [solemnly, striding]. What in the Cello concerto then inescapably culminates in a catastrophe remains in this composition ostensibly largely conflict-free. This is in fact perhaps one of my most peaceful and conflict-free compositions; it consists of half an hour of almost exclusively tonal progressions. Here, passacaglia (stepping dance!) is taken literally: the step progressions themselves become the subject of the work. This also includes pausing, not being able to progress, feeling one's way, stumbling and taking compulsive steps forward.As familiar as the harmonic surface of the structure appears, for me the natural adaptation of the musical flow was new to a similar degree. This is my attempt to produce a linear tonal band (a horizontal) exclusively with the aid of harmonic - i.e. vertical - progressions.- Jorg Widmann.

SKU: HL.49019626

ISBN 9790001193252. UPC: 888680071165. 9.0x12.0x0.2 inches.

'El-Metfarn ageen' is the first piece by the young Egyptian composer and percussionist Mohamed Saad Basha published by Schott Music.In the Egyptian colloquial language, 'El-Metfarnageen' refers to a person who, strongly influenced by the Western way of living, has almost forgotten his/her true origin. As a consequence, the piece's musical motifs critically examine the influence of Western culture in North Africa while at the same time emphasizing the origins of Egypt's own musical culture shaped over millennia.'El-Metfarnagee n' was commissioned by the world-famous Bibliotheca Alexandrina and performed for the first time in its historic rooms.

SKU: HL.49044276

ISBN 9781627219761. UPC: 888680084318. 9.0x12.0x0.059 inches.