Make the silence talk'La Muette knew how to make the silence talk like no one', writes Djavann in his book (La Muette, © Flammarion 2008). Those words deeply touched me for they express one of the most beautiful metaphors in music. Through the lines of discourse, beyond words, I was listening to the silence of 'La Muette'. A rare and intense listening which joins the same internal listening I use when I'm writing my score. I was listening to La Muette, I decided to write a new piece to make the silent voice of La Muette told by Chahdortt Djavann sound through music. Choosing the extracts The text put in music is composed of short extracts from Djavann's story. I focused on this woman's portrait, who conquers her freedom through silence in which she forms a strong love relationship with her niece Fatemeh on the one hand, and the Uncle on the other hand. 'She had made her silence become her art of living, her freedom' writes Djavann. The extremely dramatic tension, the flow of the singing in Persian language, and the oppression in relation to the Iranian context are trying to underline the independent beauty of that woman who resists and exists without a voice. Story A young 15 years old Iranian girl named Fatemeh is in jail. Waiting for her death sentence, she writes the story of her aunt on a small notebook, 'so that someone remembers La Muette and myself'. The young teenager was raised by her aunt who becomes mute because she decided to stop talking on a dark day of her own childhood when she was interrogated, never to tell THE truth. An aunt whose silence makes even more fascinating, haughty, with an insolent look, cigarette at her lips, bare-footed and without any scarf on her head. 'La Muette' had made her silence become her art of living, her freedom. Around her, women start to talk, even considering her mad, for only a mad person could act this way. Fatemeh loves her mute aunt unconditionally, that is how she wants to become a woman, by being like her, fascinated by her silence and her excesses. La Muette embodies a figure of Freedom and makes us remember that in some countries, the woman who won't be submissive risks capital punishment. She will be hung. Following this beautiful text by Chahdortt Djavann, 'La Muette', a powerful text, stiff, tensed, without any lyricism nor compromises, which takes place in Iran under the Mollahs' regime. Persian: Phonological material / Compositional material Djavann's story is written in French. I asked Baharé Khadjé-Nouri to translate the text into Persian, and worked with her on pronunciation, accentuation, metric and the structure of the language, and I thank her again for that. I spent a long time having some people reading me the text in Persian and through listening I immersed myself in that sound universe. From this linguistic material, the beginning of the piece starts with the constitution of a tank of sound objects which will constitute parts of the compositional material. To compose the phonological tank, I worked on writing the pronunciation that lies at the origin of every possible vocal composition, writing the tone as well as the 'percussive - resounding' aspects of phonemes, multiple uses of fricative consonants or sibilants. Finally I used the vocal treatment of the phoneme through modes of play in relation to sprechsang: sing -inspire, or -expire, -blow, -chanting, -whispering, -spitting, -speaking. But a purely phonetic analysis of the vocal structures composing the sung part would reduce the word to its mere phonetic entity. The phonological material then constituted a compositional material by giving to the sung word its semantic entity. Form of the piece To strip the drama off every narrative element, at least of the discursive and linear character of the story, I first re-organized parts of the text extracted from the whole book in an order fitting the form I wanted to give to the piece (except for the beginning and ending which are kept in their linear forms). I imagined Fatemeh in jail, whose memories bounced between the four walls of her cell: recurring musical material, re-injected in an obsessive way, disjointed and contrasted, continuously modified each time, bouncing from one sequence to the next in another state. The piece is divided into 5 sequences, between each of them is an instrumental interlude with a voice-off, the voice of the present in the cell that contrasts with the singing voice of the sequence, evocation of memories of La Muette (sequence 1: preamble, sequence 2: portrait of La Muette, sequence 3: La Muette and Fatemeh, sequence 4: La Muette and the Uncle, sequence 5: epilogue). Electroacoustic setupFor this piece, I wrote the electroacoustic parts myself at the same time I was writing the instrumental parts. The electroacoustic setup is here considered as a whole instrument, an instrument added to the 12 others electroacoustic instruments and to Donatienne's voice. The electroacoustic sounds are divided into three types: - Samples from the singer's voice and instruments of the TM+ ensemble transformed - The narrator's voice Baharé Khadjé-Nouri in Persian, original version or transformed - Extra-musical sounds As for the synchronization between the acoustic and the electroacoustic scores, we will use for the first time an innovative application developed by Frédéric Bevilacqua and Bruno Zamborlin, not to follow the moves as we did it in StreicherKreis (my string quartet created in November 2008), but to follow the voice and orchestra. Thus, we will be using an 'audio-following', which constituted a first. This setup of recognition and following will allow the synchronization between instrumental and electroacoustic scores in a musical and precise way. Concerning the interactivity between performers and device, it will all be in real-time. Characteristics of the musicians' sound will 'interpret' what comes out of the speakers. The musicians will define the settings of the sound transformations, in terms of space, transposition, tone or length. This new piece expresses a message through the choice of subject that goes beyond strictly music. For me, it is important that both the composer and writer can invest their work into problematics which they're confronted to because they are immediate witnesses. / Soprano Et Percussions

Par LE GARS MARC. Dans la continuité des Paysages Celtiques, cette série de recueils vous propose, cette fois, en duo de guitares, d'autres voyages en pays celtes. De thèmes traditionnels tirés de chansons, ballades ou airs de danse aux pièces originales illustrant terres de légendes, historiettes et autres souvenirs d'enfance, ces pages vous invitent à un voyage musical, des pays de Bretagne en Galice, de Cornouailles en Ecosse et du pays de Galles en Irlande... Kanaouenn da luskellat Ce thème est en réalité celui de Jan-Petit qui danse, emprunté à une ronde occitane (!) En 1643 Jan-Petit prend la tête d'une révolte de miséreux et finit roué en place publique... De là à en faire une berceuse il n'y avait qu'un pas... de danse. Spancill Hill Comme beaucoup d'émigrants partis en Californie lors de la ruée vers l'or de 1848, le héros de cette chanson revient en rêve à Spancill Hill, en Irlande, là où il a laissé fiancée, parents, maison et amis... I dreamt I held and kissed her as in the days of yore She said: Johnny you're only joking like many's the time before The cock he crew in the morning he crew both loud and shrill And I awoke in Calivornia, many miles from Spancill Hill... (J'ai rêvé que je l'appelais et l'embrassais comme au temps jadis Elle disait : Johnny tu es encore en train de plaisanter, comme d'habitude ! Le coq chante à l'aurore, il chante haut et fort et je m'éveille en Californie à des lieues de Spancill Hill...) Law ar lan y môr Un garçon rencontre une jeune fille en bas, sur le rivage... I met a fair young maid, down by the seashore I asked for a little kiss, down by the seashore I got a little kiss, down by the seashore One day I shall marry her, down by the seashor... (J'ai rencontré une jeune fille en bas sur le rivage Je lui ai demandé un baiser, en bas sur le rivage J'ai eu un petit baiser, en bas sur le rivage Un jour je l'épouserai, en bas sur le rivage...) An Alar'ch Entre 1341 et 1364, la Bretagne connaît une période sanglante lors des guerres de succession. Cette chanson populaire tirée du Barzaz-Breizh (recueil de chants bretons publié au XIXe siècle par Théodore Hersart de La Villemarqué) raconte l'arrivée triomphale du Duc Jean de Monfort et la reconquête du trône de Bretagne... Eicho de dar queridiña En Galice, la formation traditionnelle rassemble gaïtas (cornemuses), zanfonas (vielles à roue), pandeiras (sorte de grand tambour de basque) et bombos (grosses caisses). J'ai été séduit par le caractère original et malicieux de cette petite pièce populaire en forme de valse... Marée noire Voici une évocation de la première marée noire qui atteint les Côtes d'Armor à la fin des années 60 avec le naufrage du 'Torrey Canyon'. J'avais 13 ans et nous lancions des pierres aux oiseaux pour les empêcher de se poser.. Pen ar Stang (ou 'Penn ar stank' le bout de l'étang en breton) C'est le nom d'une rue près du site de Brélévenez à Lannion, la rue du collège, des copains et des randonnées à vélo... Les Sept Îles Situées au large de Perros-Guirec, les sept îles représentent la plus importante réserve d'oiseaux du littoral français, une colonie de phoques gris y a élu domicile - avec un peu de chance on peut les voir se prélasser au soleil... Le Pardon de Guingamp Après la procession et les rites religieux, voici le concours de danses traditionnelles et les bagads : la musique des bombardes et des binious sur fond de fête foraine, peine à couvrir le bruit des pas de danse sur les planches de l'estrade... / classique / Répertoire / 2 Guitares

Arrangeur: Cho-Liang Lin. Over the wonderfully enjoyably years of conducting, there have been so many fine encounters with the Mozart Violin Concertos - mostly with very gifted players like Menuhin, Oistrakh, Stern and, more recently, Cho-Liang (Jimmy) Lin. There have, however, been instances (only a few, I'm pleased to say) when I've come, in the performances, to dread the onslaught of those cadenzas, which sound like a send up of Paganini, or belong to the wrong century with a plethora of double-stopping lasting too long, venturing into tonalities Mozart would not have recognized. After several performances with Jimmy came a request from him for suitable cadenzas that showed off the solo violin while commenting on Mozart's music he had just played. They worked, and Sony asked us to record them all and, with the welcome inclusion of Jaime Laredo, all the rest of Mozart's violin and orchestra repertoire. This led to in an invitation from Schott to have the cadenzas published, and this is the result. / Classique / Recueil / Violon

Par BERG ALBAN. Having circulated a piano score of his opera Wozzeck, Berg was asked to assemble a few excerpts ('bruchstücke,' or fragments) for an international music festival, as staging constraints made performance of the entire opera impossible. In great haste, Berg assembled the Drei Bruchstücke in time for rehearsals, and the ensuing premiere was a great success./ Répertoire / Soprano, Orchestre et Chœur d'Enfants ad lib

Easy Piano Selections. Par BARLOW ABIGAIL. Inspired by the popular Netflix series, Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear asked, What if Bridgerton was a musical' They composed 15 original songs in 6 weeks, live in real time on social media, attracting a massive international fanbase, with over two million followers and over 36 million likes on TikTok alone! The full album was released in September 2021 and soared to #1 on iTunes within 1.5 hours of its release. Barlow and Bear are performing at concerts and music events around the world and were just nominated for a Grammy® for their work! Our folio features 12 tracks arranged for easy piano with lyrics. The arrangements were carefully approved by Emily Bear herself, ensuring they are true to the spirit of what she played on the original recording. The book also includes photos and an introduction on the story of the musical's creation. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 2022-03-15/ Recueil / Piano

When Beethoven visited the director of music at the cathedral in Linz, Franz Xaver Glöggl, in autumn 1812, the latter asked his guest to 'compose socalled Equali for 4 trombones for All Souls' Day [2 November]?. Beethoven readily complied - and it was to be his own funeral music. For in 1827 the Equali were sung in an arrangement for male choir as a 'dirge for Beethoven's funeral procession?. The original instrumental version is today a core work in the trombonist's repertoire. Our Urtext edition is based on the musical text in the Beethoven Complete Edition and contains a score and single parts (both in the original C and in modern bass clef). / 4 Trombones

Beautiful Airs and Ballads of the British Isles. Par GONZALEZ RAYMOND. This fingerstyle guitar collection features 20 engaging lyrical tunes from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales plus three original pieces by accomplished guitarist, trumpeter and composer William A. Bay, president, and editor-in-chief at Mel Bay Publications. Tasked with writing intermediate-level arrangements in either standard or dropped-D tuning, guitarist/arranger Raymond Gonzalez displays uncommon music rethinking skills while preserving the plaintive and lilting nature of these enduring melodies. Unique to these settings, you will find sparse, open-chord harmonies accentuated by double hammer-ons and pull-offs, and the odd harmonic mixed with normal tones within a melodic line— all reminiscent of gentle waves washing up against a rocky island shore. Conceived to be played on either steel or nylon-string guitar, these pieces are written in both standard notation and tablature. Includes online access to the author’s own audio recordings. / Niveau : Moyen-Difficile / Recueil / Guitare

from vol. 1-13. Par BENTZON NIELS VIGGO. All I do is write down what comes. Sometimes a huge amount comes, at other times nothing at all. I?m not in control.' That is how Niels Viggo Bentzon described his own process of composing when I once asked him how he had planned and composed this enormous work. 'They are almost frozen improvisations, and when I?ve written it down, I don?t do very much more with it. If it?s good or bad is something other people must decide.' I have never forgotten these sentences. For precisely this statement, that 'other people must decide what is good or bad', is what gave me the idea for this recording. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Recueil / Piano

for electric guitar, 2 violas and cello. Par BRYARS GAVIN. I had written the Cadman Requiem in 1989 for the Hilliard Ensemble in memory of my friend and sound engineer Bill Cadman, who was killed in the Lockerbie air crash. His death affected me very deeply and, pending a recording of this piece, Manfred Eicher asked if I might like to develop an instrumental work from this, using the same instrumentation for accompaniment and retaining the same opening bars as part of a new ECM album. The piece is 'after' the Requiem therefore in the musical sense of being based on it, in the chronological sense of following on from it, and in the spiritual sense of representing that state which remains after mourning is (technically) over. I wrote the piece in Venice in September 1990 and finished it in Oslo on the day of the recording, where I added the electric guitar of Bill Frisell. This, I felt, blended particularly well with low strings (2 violas and cello). Coincidentally, having used certain distortion effects on the guitar, we found that we were recording on the twentieth anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix. Within the music I use one or two modified extracts from the Cadman Requiem itself, and from its common source Invention of Tradition, for which Bill Cadman had done the sound design. The piece is dedicated to the two Bills (Cadman and Frisell)./ Répertoire / Guitare Electrique, 2 Altos et Violoncelle

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. I have created various Blues riffs and has transposed them into all 12 keys along with backing tracks to practice with giving you the student a fun way of learning how to play in all keys. We all learned how to play our scales in all 12 keys so I have taken that concept and applied it to learning to play the Blues so that you can try to become equally adept at playing in as many keys as possible. I have heard from teachers who have used my ?100 Ultimate Blues Riffs? book who will only allow a student to move on to the next riff once they have mastered playing the riff they are working on in all 12 keys, certainly a great but challenging musical exercise. Each of the riffs are either 2 or 4 measures in length that are notated and recorded around the cycle of 4th.s Also, there is a notation page whereby the riff is being used in a 12 bar blues progression so that you can see how to apply the riff to a real world situation. Each riff has been recorded 4 times: 1. Piano with rhythm tracks recorded around the cycle of 4th.s 2. Rhythm tracks recorded around the cycle of 4th.s to practice with 3. Piano with rhythm tracks recorded in a 12 bar blues progression in a designated key. 4. Rhythm tracks recorded in a 12 bar blues progression in the same key. Reasons for practicing in all 12 keys. Often a singer cannot reach certain notes in the key that you have learned the song in, therefore you will probably be asked to change the key of the song which you can do with confidence knowing all 12 keys. Having the knowledge of playing in all 12 keys, it will then become easier to learn new songs, whatever key they are in. Blues often use the keys of C, F, G, Bb, Eb, Guitar music often uses the keys of E, A, D, by learning as many keys as possible will enable you to adapt to the musical situation you are playing in. Taking riffs, chord progressions etc. through all 12 keys is a great ear training tool relying on your ears to play in keys that you are not used to before the muscle memory sets in. Practicing in all 12 keys is a great exercise for the brain, it is obviously hard work but the more you do it the benefits will become apparent. By practicing in all 12 keys you will start to see various musical patterns evolve that will help you speed up the process of learning music. It is my hope that as you practice playing in the various keys you will eventually not need the music and be able to transpose in your head. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Etude / Piano

Expand and develop your sweep picking technique with these expertly crafted practice routines from Danny Gill!One of the most frequently asked questions in the field of guitar education is 'What do I practice?' This excellent DVD series provides lessons and pieces of music exclusively written for practicing essential guitar techniques. By combining the technique lessons with the music and learning the piece from start to finish, you will not only improve your ability, but also get a sense of achievement and fun from practicing. / Guitare

Solo for Oboe or Violin. Par BACRI NICOLAS. The title only appears frivolous to those who have lived little. With the passage of time, the seasons that pass, the differences in quantity and quality of light, of temperature and weather, become of ever greater importance in the meaning of our individual existence. This transformation follows the path of our lives and often mimes in front of our very own eyes, incredulous and wondrous, events that we can only experience once in a lifetime: our birth, our blossoming, our aging and our death. Such a subject could well take up ten years of my life. This was the case. Nevertheless, everything started very innocently with a proposition from my friend François Leleux to write him a double concerto that he could play with Natalia Gutman, initially named ‘Musica Concertante’. It was with this second proposition from François for another double concerto, this time with Lisa Batiashvili, that the idea came to me for a cycle of four concertos with, each time, a different instrument from the string quartet to join the oboe. The automnal colours of the cello are a perfect match for the retrospective nature of the first completed concerto in the cycle. ‘concerto nostalgico, l’automne’, whilst the love and the first child of the Leleux-Batiashvili couple could only bring Spring to mind, hence the ‘Concerto amoroso, le printemps’, was born. When Jean-Marc Bador asked me to be an associate of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris for two years, it was quite naturally that I thought of completing this cycle for François Leleux, with winter ‘Concerto tenebroso’, created in January 2010 with Lise berthaud playing the viola. All that remained was for me to conclude, with a work that reunited all four protagonsits. It was summer, the ‘Concerto luminoso’, which took on this role’./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Expand and develop your string picking technique with Danny Gill! One of the most frequently asked questions in the field of guitar education is 'What do I practice?' This excellent DVD series provides lessons and pieces of music exclusively written for practicing essential guitar techniques. By combining the technique lessons with the music and learning the piece from start to finish, you will not only improve your ability, but also get a sense of achievement and fun from practicing. Danny Gill is a former pupil of Joe Satriani, and co-author of the Musicians Institute Rock Guitar series. His songs have appeared on TV shows including 'The Osbournes' and film sound tracks such as 'Insomnia' and 'Under Siege'. / Guitare / Dvd

Plus de 200 chansons de blues de la vingtaine d'années à aujourd'hui sont inclus dans cette édition deluxe. De nombreux artistes représentant une grande variété de styles et comprend des photographies rares. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG) / 192 pages / Partition