SKU: HL.48025388

UPC: 196288195405. 9.0x12.0x0.227 inches.

Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky's piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, she emerged as a virtuoso pianist and composer in the romantic tradition. She was associated with some of the great musicians of her day, including Balakirev and Auer. She performed in both Germany and the UK in the 1900s, but her career petered out after 1920. Following her graduation from the St Petersburg Conservatoire Kashperova became personally acquainted with the poet Yakov Polonsky and often attended his literary gatherings. When he died in 1898 Kashperova responded by setting his enchanting and mystical 'legend' To a Child in Answer to the Question: Where Do the Stars Come From? The baritone soloist takes the role of the father or grandfather who endeavours to answer the riddle posed in the title. He decides to relate 'a tale of old, an Eastern legend' which recounts how, long ago, the flowers would weep, so afraid were they of the dark. In response an archangel (soprano solo) descends to Earth and is so moved by the flowers’ anguished appeal, she gathers 'all their tears in chalice gold / And bears them up to God in Heav'n above'. The baritone narrates the final scene as the Almighty casts the tears across the firmament, thus creating the constellations. The child’s question is answered, and the peaceful domesticity of the opening scene returns.

SKU: BT.EMBZ1310

Hungarian.

Taken together, the ten volumes of the Virágos (Flowers) series comprise a large collection of over 1000 folk songs. In the 1920s, it was considered increasingly important in Hungarian musical life that young people should sing more Hungarian songs, rather than ones borrowed from abroad. This purpose was served by Lajos Bárdos's pocket-sized book 101 Hungarian Folk Songs, which was published at the end of the 1920s with a preface by Kodály. As Bárdos later said: 'It was not me but Szabolcsi and others, who claimed that this laid the foundations of the singing of folk songs by young people in the towns, and through them adults too.' Later, following the pattern of this volume,the Virágos series was launched, with the first two volumes published in 1952 and 1957, again edited by Lajos Bárdos. Subsequently, with contributions from outstanding specialists like Benjamin Rajeczky, György Deák Bárdos, Károly Mathia and others, the series grew within fifteen years to ten volumes.

SKU: FH.VC7

ISBN 978-1-55440-543-5.

This inaugural edition of the Cello Series offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring cellist. With an expansive representation of musical styles from all eras, this series addresses the need for a single collection of quality educational materials to foster musical development and instill appreciation of the richness and diversity of music written for cello. Supporting a balanced course of study, this series organizes repertoire into nine volumes from the Preparatory Level through Level 8. Each level offers music from a range of styles and compositional eras, including standard literature, new arrangements of familiar tunes, and music written for cellists, by cellists. These selections provide the flexibility to choose pedagogically appropriate material suited to each individual, and to motivate students to fully develop their musicianship and technique.
Level 7:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture - Rossini, Gioachino
Carmen: Prelude to act 1 - Bizet, Georges
Coriolan Overture, op. 62 - Beethoven, Ludwig van
Symphony No. 94 (Surprise), Hob. I:94: I,IV - Haydn, Franz Joseph
Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture - Glinka, Mikhail
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, op. 46: I,III,IV - Grieg, Edvard
Level 8:
Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61: I - Mendelssohn, Felix
Symphony No. 8, op. 88: I,IV - Dvorak, Antonin
The Nutcracker, op. 71: Russian Dance, Waltz of the Flowers, Pas de deux - Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), D 759: I,II - Schubert, Franz
Die Zauberfloete, K 620: Overture - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Symphony No. 40, K 550: I,IV - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Level 9:
Symphony No. 9, op. 125: II,IV - Beethoven, Ludwig van
Symphony No. 8, op. 93: III - Beethoven, Ludwig van
Serenade for Strings, op. 22: III,IV,V - Dvorak, Antonin
Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 83: III - Brahms, Johannes
Serenade for Strings, op. 48: I,II,III,IV - Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Symphony No. 4 (Italian), op. 90: I,IV - Mendelssohn, Felix
Symphony No. 3, op. 90: III,IV - Brahms, Johannes
Symphony No. 35 (Haffner), K 385: I,IV - Mozart, Wolfgang
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Level 10:
Group 1:
Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), op. 36: Variation 12 - Elgar, Edvard
Dichter und Bauer: Overture - Suppe, Franz von
Messa da Requiem: III - Verdi, Giuseppe
Guillame Tell: Overture - Rossini, Gioachino
Group 2:
Symphonie fantastique: II,III,V - Berlioz, Hector
Symphony No. 4, op. 36: I,II,IV - Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Symphony No. 5, op. 67: I,II,III - Beethoven, Ludwig van
Symphony No. 4, op. 98: I,II,III,IV - Brahms, Johannes
Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique), op. 74: I,II - Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Symphony No. 2, op. 73: I,II,IV - Brahms, Johannes
Associate:
Group 1:
Symphony No. 5, op. 100: I,II,III,IV - Prokofiev, Sergei
La mer: I,II - Debussy, Claude
The Bartered Bride: Overture - Smetana, Bed_ich
Symphony No. 5, op. 47: I,II,III - Shostakovich, Dmitri
Group 2:
Matthaus-Passion, BWV: Komm, suesses Kreutz - Bach, Johann Sebastian
Don Juan, op. 20 - Strauss, Richard
Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 - Strauss, Richard
Verklaerte Nach1, op. 4 - Schoenberg, Arnold.

SKU: HL.49045477

ISBN 9781495090219. UPC: 888680671648. 9.0x12.0x0.165 inches.

Pianist Lisa Moore has an extraordinary charisma and energy at her instrument, with a kind of musical laser focus that I find tremendously inspiring. I wanted to write her a set of pieces that would play to her wonderful range and character as a performer. So I decided to write pieces in the spirit of etudes: each focuses on a different type of playing or technique or pianistic color. There is one odd piece out: the 'dream,' which is in no way an etude. This 'dream' came about when I was looking after Lisa's petunias while she was away from home. Unfortunately, her petunias languished and died. Feeling very bad, I wrote a piece to commemorate the poor flowers that had perished in my care. The set of pieces as a whole is playful, energetic, and sometimes dark and contemplative. It is a work which reflects my deep admiration for Lisa's musicianship and playing. -Han Lash.

SKU: PR.144407660

UPC: 680160692835.

Judit h Tick (biographer of Ruth Crawford Seeger) asked me to write a piece in honor of Adrienne Fried Block (1921-2009), who was Amy Beach’s first great biographer. Judith pointed me to this passage from Amy Beach’s letters:“One of the sweetest of my recollections…was when I was ten… I met Edgar Rowland Sill, the poet. When he heard that I was the lucky possessor of absolute pitch, he asked me to go out with him in the spring mornings, and steal from the birds! Professor Sill, whose ear was true, had been collecting bird melodies. I shall always remember that first spring morning. The poet and I sat down behind a stone wall. It is a sweet memory of the kindlypoet, of California, of the spring flowers, of the unconscious birds…”Adrienne and Amy, the natural world they lived in, the professor, the artist, the historian they became, the tended garden of their lives. These are the ideas I have tried to explore in this piece. Some of the musical material is directly taken from Amy Beach’s famous piano piece A Hermit Thrush at Morn.

SKU: HL.14033258

ISBN 9780711991576. English(UK).

A delightful collection of seven songs with narration especially written for young children by Jennifer Porter, arranged by Alison Hedger. The songs follow the preparation of the garden, sowing seeds, discovering flowers, harvesting vegetables and picking fruit. Each song can be sung individually, or performed in sequence any time of year, as a mini-musical lasting approximately 20 minutes. Several of the songs are ideal for use in the autumn at harvest celebrations. If you need to license a school/youth theatre performance of this product, please use the online application form.

SKU: JF.MLAHB1090

UPC: 765844005146.

The eglantine is a sweetbriar wild rose of Europe and central Asia. It has small fragrant pink flowers. This image is portrayed in the musical score through use of andante tempo, mallets on suspended bells, and simple rhythms.

SKU: LO.99-3278L

UPC: 000308138740.

We all enjoy the beauty of Christmas—the music and candles, the greenery and crimson flowers, the holy symbols of the manger, and the star. These symbols are not merely decorations of the season. Their presence draws us into the story of Christmas each year, reminding us of the power, simplicity, and awesome significance of the birth of the Christ Child. Pepper Choplin explores these reflections of Christ through his distinctive musical style of memorable tunes and colorful harmonies, celebrating the Child in a thoughtful, jubilant, and accessible way for SATB or SAB choirs. Enrich your own Christmas Images of Adoration by joining together to reflect on the identity of this Child and all that He would become, both while on earth and throughout the following millennia! Performance time: approximately 35 minutes.

SKU: KV.3611824

ISBN 9781844172429.

A wonderful collection of piano classics featuring 50 world-famous classical compositions which must be an essential part of a pianist repertoire and which every pianist loves to play. With this one album you can treat yourself to hours of pleasure at the piano. Some titles from this Kevin Mayhew edition are Dreaming from Scenes of Childhood by Schumann; Ecossaise by Beethoven; To a Wild Rose by Edward MacDowell; Fountain Springs by Granados; Lullaby by Brahms; Solfeggietto by C.P.E. Bach; and many more including works by Mozart, Grieg, Chopin, Debussy, and others.