Par ALLISON KEVIN. While one of a kind is a hard rating to achieve at Mel Bay Publications, Kevin Allison has done it with The Ceilidh Dance Book. A ceilidh is a traditional Scottish gathering where people share songs, stories, music, and dancing that is very much alive today. In Scotland, there are hundreds of ceilidh bands, each of which has their own trademark tune sets, making it possible for a man in a kilt to make a living as a performing musician. This book not only provides 85 Scottish tunes in sets as they might be used in a ceilidh event—it also offers detailed, beat-by-beat descriptions of the dance steps for twenty-four dances! From The Highland Scottish to The Mooncoin Jig, with this book in hand, you'll be able to both play in the band and step to the music with the locals. The kilt is optional. Arranged for mandolin or fiddle with suggested chord backup, in standard notation only. / Recueil / Mandoline et Violon

A New Edition Revised and Edited by the Composer. Par VILLA-LOBOS HEITOR. An exciting assortment of Piano works that are musically and technically rewarding as study pieces, and appealing in recital. The music is on a level with that of the 18th and 19th century masters. This edition has been edited by the composer. Contents: ALMA BRASILEIRA - CHOROS NO.5 BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS NO.4 - Suite 1. Preludio - Introdução - (Prelude) 2. Coral - Canto Do Sertão (Song of the Jungle) 3. Aria - Cantiga (Song) 4. Dansa - Miudinho (Dance) CAIXINHA DE MUSICA QUEBRADA (The Broken Little Music Box) CARNAVAL DAS CRIANCAS BRASILEIRAS - Suite 1. A Manhã Da Pierrete (Pierrette's Hands) 2. O Chicote Do Diabinho (The Devil's Whip) CICLO BRASILEIRO - Suite 1. Plantio Do Caboclo (Native Planting Songs) 2. Impressões Seresteiras (Mistrel Impressions) 3. Festa No Sertão (Jungle Festival) 4. Dansa Do Indio Branco (Dance of the White Indian) GUIA PRATICO - Album 1 - Five Pieces 1. Acordei De Madrugada (Dawn) 2. A Maré Encheu (Full Tide) 3. A Roseira (The Rose-Bush) 4. Manquinha (Little Lame Girl) 5. Na Corda Da Vióla (On the Strings of a Viola) GUIA PRATICO - Album 8 - Seven Pieces 1. O Limão (Oh, Lemon) 2. Carambola (Goodness!) 3. Pobre Céga (Poor Blind Woman) 4. Pai Francisco (Father Francisco) 5. Xô Passarinho! (Fly! Little Bird) 6. Sinh' Aninha (Farmers' Daughters) 7. Vestidinho Branco (Little White Dress) GUIA PRATICO - Album 9 - Six Pieces 1. Laranjeira Pequenina (The Little Orange Tree) 2. Pombinha, Rolinha (Little Dove, Tiny Dove) 3. O Ciranda, O Cirandinha (Circle Dance) 4. A Velha Que Tinha Nove Filhas (The Old Woman That Had Nine Daughters) 5. Constante (Constant) 6. O Castelo (The Castle) POEMA SINGELO (Simple Song) PROLE DO BEBE - #1 - Suite 1. Moreninha (The Little Paper Doll) 2. Mulatinha (The Little Rubber Doll) 3. O Polichinelo (Clown) SIMPLES COLETANEA - Three Pieces 1. Valsa Mistica (Valse Mystique) 2. Em Um Berço Encantado (Dans Un Berçeau Féerique) 3. Rhodante (Circle Dance) SUITE FLORAL - Op.97 - Three Pieces 1. Idilio Na Rede (Summer Idyll) 2. Uma Camponeza Cantadeira (A Singing Country Girl) 3. Alegria Na Horta (Joy In The Garden) / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Piano

From veteran educational writer and teacher Lloyd Conley comes this solid teaching piece for developing strings using a popular Early music dance form with strong intervals and great ensemble writing.

Character Etudes in 24 Keys. Par KEVEREN PHILLIP. Circles features 24 original character etudes by Phillip Keveren, representing all of the 12 major and minor keys. These brief solos range widely in emotion and each is absolutely delightful to play. The set was inspired by the calendar months from the viewpoint of someone living in the northern hemisphere (where Keveren grew up), therefore the C Major etude is also titled New Beginnings while F Major, the penultimate etude, is called Sleigh Bells. May be performed as a set, in selected keys, or individually./ Répertoire / Piano

Fiddle Tunes hongrois présente une collection de plus de 140 pièces pour violon solo tiré de la riche tradition de musique folklorique hongroise. Avec des airs couvrant une gamme de styles de Verbunkos, à Csárdás, à Magyar Nota, expérimenté populaire violoniste Chris Haigh fournit des notes sur toutes les pièces, en expliquant les aspects techniques du style de jeu. Le volume est accompagné d'un CD avec un enregistrement de tous les morceaux réalisés par Chris. Traductions en allemand et en français de tous les textes sont disponibles en téléchargements libres de pdf à partir du site Schott Music. Convient pour les joueurs de niveaux 3-8.Une partie de la série World Music best-seller, qui comprend également la musique de violon de l'Angleterre, Irlande, Ecosse, Europe de l'Est, l'Amérique, l'Argentine, l'Inde, la Chine et la Corée. / Violon

Par PUTZ MARCO. Arrows of Lightning (“Les flèches de l’éclair”) est une oeuvre en quatre mouvements du compositeur luxembourgeois Marco Pütz. Cette composition puise ses racines dans un recueil de chants et de poèmes améridiens anciens. Le titre de l’oeuvre est la traduction d’un vieux chant indien chanté avant la chasse, et généralement accompagné d’une danse, pour ensorceler les flèches afin qu’elles soient rapides comme l’éclair. Séduit par cette histoire, c'est donc tout naturellement que le compositeur décida de reprendre ce titre pour définir son oeuvre. 1. Rocking the Cradle (“Berceuse”)2. The Mystical Song (“Chant mystique”)3. Circle Dance (“Danse en cercle”)4. Battle Dance (“Danse de combat”)Si les thèmes des différents mouvements émanent pour l’essentiel de danses ou chants amérindiens, ils sont enrichis d’éléments thématiques issus de l’imaginaire du compositeur. Les Indiens d’Amérique, leur grande culture, leur manière de vivre en harmonie avec le milieu naturel ont toujours fasciné Marco Pütz. L’orchestration a été réalisée de manière à être également adaptée à des ensembles à effectif incomplet. Cependant, il est conseillé de couvrir toutes les voix de percussion. / Niveau : 2.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Complete lyrics and guitar chord shapes for over fifty classic David Bowie songs. All the songs have been arranged in their original keys. Includes for the first time, singles from every album, including Ashes To Ashes , Heroes , Life On Mars? , Let's Dance , Rebel Rebel , Space Oddity , Starman and The Man Who Sold The World . / Chant Et Guitare

Kevin Volans' String Quartet No. 9: Shiva Dances was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the Smith Quartet at the 2004 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.Kevin Volans (the composer) notes on the piece:In the past I have been interested in trying to go beyond historicism (1970s) beyond style(1980s) and beyond form (1990s) in my work. Looking back over the music of the twentiethcentury I was struck by the fact the nearlyall of it is extremely 'busy' almost cluttered. Italmost seemed that composers felt compelled to look industrious. In the new millennium Ithought it would be interesting to try and eliminate content. I also aspired to movingfrommusic (sound as art) to art (art as sound). This of course has already been done by a numberof composers (many from New York Phil Niblock and La Monte Young to name but two) butit was something I had never tried.AlthoughI found it annoying that the label 'minimalist' was given to my African-based work and fearing this would make the label stick I set out to write a piece which reflected my loveof minimal painting and architecture. The Japanesehave a term 'wabi' meaning 'voluntarypoverty' or 'emptiness' to describe their restrained minimal aesthetic an aesthetic which however pays greatest attention to the quality of material and fine detail. I like to think thatthelack of excessive pitch material in this piece reflects a kind of voluntary poverty.When Shiva is portrayed dancing (as Nataraj) He is depicted in a circle of flames crushing asmall figure the ego underfoot.You get theimpression He dances on the spot not movingaround at all. I like that.The piece is dedicated to Pablo Pascual Cilleruelo.

Released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin, 'Diamonds' is the ultimate greatest hits collection from Elton John. Kicking off with the still-stunning 'Your Song', it brings together all his landmark hits including 'Tiny Dancer', 'Rocket Man', 'Candle In The Wind', 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart', 'Sacrifice', 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight?' and many more. For the first time on an Elton hits collection it also features his duet with George Michael on the classic 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me'. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)