Christmas round the world brings together carols from five countries, in settings which explore the vivid national characteristics of each country through the ages. Ideal for both string orchestra and quartet use, the arrangements exploit all the techniques and colours of the school or amateur ensemble. There is plenty of melodic interest for the inner parts and cello, while jazz, Latin-American and medieval music provide the inspiration for the up-beat accompaniments. The beginners' line (suitable for violin, viola and cello) allows everyone to join in the fun of festive music making at Christmas. / Ensemble Music / Recueil / Violon, Violoncelle, Alto et Contrebasse

Par DUCKETT RICHARD / LOANE CORMAC. Team Woodwind is firmly established as the best-selling series of woodwind tutors. It presents a flexible course which can be tailored to suit each student, ideal for individual, group and class tuition - including the ABRSM music medals. The books in the series contain plenty of carefully graded music in a wide range of styles, from Baroque and Classical eras to film, folk, jazz and Latin American. The Team Series encourages ensemble playing with varied repertoire for both orchestral and brass band instruments and develops instrument-related aural skills, improvisation and composition. Included are scales and arpeggios and a CD comprising of over 70 backing tracks to make every student feel like a star performer. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using Team Woodwind to play in ensembles with students using Team Brass, Team Percussion, Team Recorder and Team Strings. / Niveau : 1 / Recueil / Flûte Traversière

Le répertoire complet de musique traditionnelle pour violon est maintenant à votre portée! Avec ce grand choix de recueils vous pourrez recréer l’ambiance de votre propre “ceilidh”, des danses folkloriques, du club de jazz, ou des cafés-concerts comme à Sarajévo. Certains de ces morceaux de musique sont connus, d’autres sont plus exotiques, mais tous sont absolument authentiques et leurs arrangements sont faits sans compromis, mais ce qu’il y a de plus important, c’est qu’ils vous donneront énormément de plaisir.Contenu:Red-Haired Boy (Jigs, Reels & Hornpipes)The Bridal (Jigs, Reels & Hornpipes)Paragon Rag (Jazz, Blues & Ragtime)On the Balcony (Sevdah Fiddler)De'il among the Tailors (The Ceilidh Collection)Staten Island (The Ceilidh Collection)Mrs McLeod's Reel (The Ceilidh Collection)Little Sadie (American Fiddler)Blackberry Blossom (American Fiddler)Watkin's Ale (Early Music Fiddler)Song of the Ghetto (Travelling Fiddler)Away in a Manger (Christmas Fiddler)Deck the hall with boughs of holly (Christmas Fiddler)Freylechs from Warsaw (Klezmer Fiddler)Glwysen (Celtic Fiddler)Nyth y Gwcw (Celtic Fiddler)Clear the tracks! (Viennese Fiddler)Quizas, quizas, quizas (Latin-American Fiddler)La Cumparsita (Tango Fiddler) / Violon / Boosey & Hawkes

Miguel Alcdzar was born in Mexico City on April 26 1942. He followed a professional career which involved activities in the fields of performance, pedagogy, musicology and composition. He gave the first performances of the Concertino by Blas Galindo, with the composer himself conducting the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the Concierto of Manuel Ponce, in its original version, the Concerto of Michael Horvit, which was dedicated to Alcázar, the Concierto of Enrique Santos, with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, and the 24 Preludios of Ponce. His recorded output includes music for baroque guitar of music in the manuscript 1560 in the Biblioteca Nacional, works by Bach and Weiss for lute, as well as unpublished music by Ponce and other Latin-American composers. Alcázar has been a faculty member of the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, where he received his degree with honors in 1972, and later at the University of Veracruz. His publications of Mexican music were published by the Liga de Compositores de Mexico, the University of Veracruz, Tecla Editions of London and Editions Orphée. miguel.jpg (6157 bytes)The 12 Preludios were written by Miguel Alcázar as the result of his first two trips to the Soviet Union. During the first trip, in November-December of 1983, he met Nikita Koshkin during the presentation of Alcázar's work at the Union of Composers in Moscow. A few days later, he promised to write something for him, as a way of commemorating the beginning of their friendship, if Alcázar would write also something for Koshkin. Both agreed upon this and when Alcázar went back to the Soviet Union, for the International Music Festival held in May of 1984, Koshkin gave him The Elves, a suite in five movements. The composition of the 12 Preludios was started during the Christmas vacation of 1984 and terminated by mid-January of 1985. Both works, The Elves and the 12 Preludios were premiered by Alcázar at the Ponce Hall of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City on March 15 of 1988.