30 Duos De 4 Siècles Différents. The most recent volume in the popular Violinissimo series contains 30 duets of medium difficulty. The original compositions date from four centuries, from the Baroque to the modern era. Violin Duets provide an attractive mixture of popular compositions and lesser known original works which are worth discovering. This anthology in the series is not only a valuable addition to violin lessons, but also a real treasure trove of attractive works for every violinist./ Recueil / 2 Violons

Original works from the Renaissance to the Romantic era. This collection features a wide selection of original works from the Renaissance, Baroque and Modern eras arranged for two violins. Focusing on easy repertoire Duets for Fun will provide hours of enjoyment for aspiring musicians wishing to discover new material as well as develop their playing. This collection is ideal for use as teaching material, or for playing at home or in a concert with a friend. This title was previously published as 'Duo-Schatzkiste' (A Treasure Chest of Duos). DUETS FOR FUN - press reviews: 'End each lesson with a duo as a treat!' - STRINGENDO/ Recueil / 2 Violons

This collection features a wide selection of original works from the Renaissance, Baroque and Modern eras arranged for two violins. Focusing on easy repertoire Duets for Fun will provide hours of enjoyment for aspiring musicians wishing to discover new material as well as develop their playing.This collection is ideal for use as teaching material, or for playing at home or in a concert with a friend. / 2 Violons

Easy pieces to play together. Duets for Fun contains original compositions from the Renaissance, Baroque and Modern eras. The band is aimed at recorder players who have sound basic knowledge. As supporting repertoire, the pieces train the sense of style and the interpretation of the music of the different eras. All aspects of duo playing are supported, such as voice leading, sound balancing, and intonation. These original pieces are also very well suited for concerts, auditions and competitions. / Niveau : Facile à Intermédiaire / Recueil / 2 Flûtes à Bec

Duet For Flûte And Alto Saxophone (Or Clarinet) From The Pirates Of Penzance. Par ARTHUR SULLIVAN SIR. The Pirates of Penzance (Les Pirates de Penzance) est sans doute la plus célèbre opérette du compositeur Gilbert et du librettiste Sullivan. L’oeuvre fut créée simultanément en Angleterre et aux États-Unis, fin décembre 1879, pour sécuriser les droits d’auteur dans les deux pays. Le succès fut immédiat. Après être restée à l’affiche pendant plus de trois mois à New York, l’opérette s’est installée à l’Opéra Comique de Londres, en 1880, pour 363 représentations. Ruth, la gouvernante du jeune Frédéric, est chargée de faire en sorte qu’il devienne pilote des mers. Hélas, Ruth, un tantinet dure d’oreille, confond les termes pilote et pirate, et met Frédéric en apprentissagechez une bande de charmants pirates orphelins. À ses vingt et un ans, il est libéré de son contrat d’apprentissage et peut réintégrer un modèle de société respectable avec pour obligation de dénoncer ses anciens compagnons. Ruth révèle alors que Frédéric est né une année bissextile, un 29 février : il n’a donc en réalité que cinq ans ! Il restera donc apprenti pirate jusqu’à son vingt et unième anniversaire. Entre temps, Frédéric s’éprend de Mabel, une des nombreuses filles du Major-Général Stanley. L’opérette touche à sa fin et les quiproquos s’enchaînent. Les pirates, le Major-Général et toutes ses filles se côtoient dans une joyeuse cacophonie à laquelle un sergent de police timoré réussit à mettre un terme en invoquant la loyauté envers la reine Victoria. Et tout le monde cède. Vers la fin de l’Acte II, Frédéric et Mabel chantent un duo d’amour d’une beauté envoûtante, “Ah, leave me not to pine alone and desolate” (“Ah, ne me laisse pas languir et désespérer”). Philip Sparke en a réalisé un arrangement pour Flûte Traversière et Saxophone Alto (ou Clarinette). / Niveau : 2 / Classique / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie et Flûte Traversière, Sax

SOLO TUNING See RM722 for Orchestral Tuning The 'Dragonetti Concerto' was first published in 1925 by Alphonse Leduc in Paris as No.23 of Edouard Nanny's 'Les Classiques de la Contrebasse'. For many years no one questioned its authenticity, but as more research into Dragonetti's original works for double bass was made, concerns began to arise. Many of Dragonetti manuscripts survive in the British Library, thanks to Vincent Novello who donated them in 1849, three years after Dragonetti's death and on Novello's retirement to Italy, but there is no original manuscript for this work. As bassists began to edit and perform a wide range of Dragonetti's works it became clear that this concerto bore little resemblance to any of his other pieces. The work does, however, have many similarities to Nanny's Concerto for double bass, also to his other solo works and even studies from his Method. Eventually most people came to the conclusion that this work is not an original work by the great Venetian bassist but is by Edouard Nanny, and in the style of the late 18th-century. Having said that, this is still a charming and evocative work which has much player and audience appeal and is very easy on the ears. Many of the challenges for the soloist are technical and, almost a century after its first publication, it is still as popular as ever. Published in 1925, the first movement was performed at London's Wigmore Hall on 15 April the following year by Victor Watson (double bass) and Sidney Crooke (piano), and was described a 'Contrabass Concerto by Dragonetti-Nanny. ERRATA: Piano part: page 8 (1st movement), bar 87 - final chord of bar in right hand should be D/E/G# - a dominant 7th chord in A major Edouard Nanny was an important French double bassist and teacher, also composing and transcribing many works for double bass. He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 24 March 1872 and he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Professor Verrimst, also teaching there from 1920-1940. He performed often as a soloist, also working as an orchestral bassist with many orchestras such as the Paris Symphony Orchestra, Concerts Lamoureux and the Orchestra de l'Opera Comique, and in 1901 he founded the Henry Casadeus Society of Old Instruments, chaired by Camille Saint-Saens, and intended to revive the works from the past centuries. Nanny's Method for double bass is still in print, over 90 years since its first publication and both volumes contain a wealth of excellent technical studies and exercises which are as relevant today as they were in the 1920s. His other volumes of studies are mostly out of print and Recital Music plan to reprint some of his orginal works for double bass, transcriptions and educational music to keep alive the name of Edouard Nanny into the 21st-century. Edouard Nanny died in Paris in 1942.

New Liszt Edition III Vol. 1. Par LISZT FRANZ. Composed in 1834, Liszt's Grand duo is based on material from three pieces from the first book (op. 19b) of Mendelssohn's Songs without Words (no. 1 in E major, no. 6 in G minor, and no. 3 in A major). While Liszt made an almost literal transcription of the first piece, he gave the second and third pieces a much freer arrangement, in the style of concert paraphrases. The large-scale concert piece was premiered by Liszt and Chopin on Christmas Day 1834 in a salon in Paris. The Grand duo was not published in Liszt's lifetime, and has survived as a draft. Schubert's Fantasy in C major (also known as the 'Wanderer' Fantasy) was a defining musical experience for the young Liszt. He arranged this masterpiece of Romantic piano literature for piano and orchestra in 1851, at the beginning of his Weimar period, and it was premiered by Julius Egghard in Vienna in December of that year. By 1855, Liszt had transcribed this arrangement for two pianos, because it was played on 22 October 1855 at a concert held in Weimar in honour of his birthday. With the version for piano and orchestra, Liszt attuned the fantasy to the requirements of the concert hall, reinforcing the orchestral effects inherent in Schubert's composition. His aim with the two-piano version was to achieve a similarly grand effect in spaces too small for an orchestra. The arrangement for piano and orchestra appeared in print in 1857, followed by the two-piano version in 1862. This volume comes complete with a detailed preface in English, German, and Hungarian containing new research findings, several manuscript facsimiles, and a critical report in English. / Date parution : 2023-03-11/ Répertoire / 2 Pianos