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Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy: 12 Sonatas, Vol. 2: Sonatas 5-8 for piano or harpsichord
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Instrumental Duet Harpsichord,Instrumental Duet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU:…
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Instrumental Duet Harpsichord,Instrumental Duet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.534717 Composed by Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy. Classical,Concert,Folk,Holiday,Patriotic,Standards. Score and parts. 52 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #6359163. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.534717). SONATA NO. 5 IN E FLAT MAJOR I. Allegro II. Presto ORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDINGCD 2SONATA NO. 6 IN D MINOR I. Cantabile II. Allegro SONATA NO. 7 IN B FLAT MAJOR I. Allegro II. Andante III. PrestoSONATA NO. 8 IN A MINOR I [Allegro]. II. Minuetto e Trio The composer and harpsichordist Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy was born in Paris in 1744, and died in 1824 in Villers-sur-Mer in Normandie. She married Jacques Brillon de Jouy 22 years her senior,and had two daughters, Cunégonde and Aldegonde, Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy had a salon in Passy whose guests included the violinist Jean-Pierre Pagin and cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini. Benjamin Franklin was also a frequent vistor and Madame Brillon has an extensive correspondence with him, including the period after his stay in Paris during the American Revolution .Many of her compositions were purchased in 1957 by the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, in honor of this friendship.In 2021, French Pianist Nicolas Horvath recorded a landmark CD for Grand Piano (GP872-73) of Brillon’s keyboard noatas with extensive notes by Aliette de Laleu, Deborah Hayes and Nicolas Horvath and Christine de Pas The keyboard sonatas published here are intended to document this reocrding.The twelve numbered sonatas, marked “Troisième Recueil de Sonates pour le pianoforte ou clavecin avec accompagnement d’un viiolon ad libitumâ€, are in the hand of a copyist and are contained in a bound volume labeled as her Troisième Recueil (‘Third Collection’) and dedicated to Mesdemoiselles Brillon. Evidently the composer at some point chose these 12 sonatas to be copied as a sampling of her work for her two daughters. The manuscript is in the collection of the American Philosopical Society in Philadelphia.
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Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy: 12 Sonatas, Vol. 2: Sonatas 5-8 for piano or harpsichord
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Vignettes - 5 Late-Intermediate Impressionist Piano Pieces that Prepare for Maurice Ravel
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1490673 Composed by Nicole Elyse Di…
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1490673 Composed by Nicole Elyse DiPaolo. 20th Century,Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 18 pages. Nicole Elyse DiPaolo #1067479. Published by Nicole Elyse DiPaolo (A0.1490673). Vignettes is a set of 5 short (2 or 3-page) late-intermediate piano pieces that introduce unique aspects of Maurice Ravel's piano writing that students tend to find challenging. Given that Ravel himself wrote very little at the intermediate level for solo piano (except the recently rediscovered Prelude in A minor), I saw a great need for appropriate Ravel-preparatory repertoire.Notes on the Pieces in Vignettes1. Réminiscences d’EspagneThis work is an homage to Maurice Ravel's Habañera-styled pieces. It introduces techniques that Ravel frequently uses but that less-than-advanced students rarely encounter in repertoire at their level: numerous hand and arm crossings, 3-against-4 polyrhythms as evident in the habañera, very high registers, dissonances like German 7th chords and diminished thirds, and Spanish-flavored modal writing, to name a few. This piece also recalls my time as a cruise ship duo pianist aboard the ms Maasdam, which visited five ports in Spain.2. Le jardin des papillons (The Butterfly Garden)Le jardin des papillons is an homage to Maurice Ravel's piano writing as shown in pieces including the Sonatine, Le tombeau de Couperin, and others. It introduces techniques that Ravel frequently uses but that less-than-advanced students rarely encounter in repertoire at their level: sometimes-awkward hand and arm crossings, extended tertian chords (9th/11th/13th voicings), whole tone sonorities, and some modal writing, to name a few, while still maintaining a clarity of voicing that students will find in Ravel's own music.3. Le jardin englouti (The Sunken Garden)Le jardin englouti is an homage to Maurice Ravel's minuets (like the middle movement of the Sonatine and the minuet from Le tombeau de Couperin). This piece was inspired by the Sunken Garden, a former landmark on the Indiana University campus that sat across the street from the practice building in which I taught dozens of piano students, coached numerous singers, and learned piles of solo and collaborative repertoire before moving away in 2019. The Biology Building greenhouse now sits on the former Sunken Garden site.4. Point PeléePoint Pelée is an homage to Maurice Ravel's toccata-style movements, like the finale of the Sonatine or the toccata from Le tombeau de Couperin. This piece can be programmed with Le jardin des papillons and Le jardin englouti to form a three-movement suite that roughly corresponds to the Sonatine. This movement was inspired by Point Pelée National Park, in Ontario, Canada, a frequent roosting spot for monarch butterflies making the long migration from Canada to southern Mexico. In this piece I tried to capture the flutters of the roosting monarchs' wings as they'd settle into the trees at night and venture out across Lake Erie after resting. You can find more information on the park here: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/on/pelee/nature/faune-wildlife/monarque-monarch5. À la manière d'une PavaneÀ la manière d'une Pavane is an homage to Maurice Ravel's piano writing as shown in his Pavane pour une infante défunte and the Pavane from the Mother Goose suite. It combines Baroque-reminiscent polyphony with the clarity and delicacy of articulation required more widely in the Ravel repertoire.
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Meditation
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Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1269423 Composed by Jules Emile Fre…
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Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1269423 Composed by Jules Emile Frederic (dp) Massenet. Arranged by Sérgio Matias da Cunha. 19th Century,Instructional,Opera,Religious,Spiritual. Score. 2 pages. Sérgio Matias da Cunha #861944. Published by Sérgio Matias da Cunha (A0.1269423). Arranjo claro e objetivo, apresentando marcações de cifra, dedilhado, sinais de expressão e linhas de oitava buscando a maior fidelidade com a versão original através das notas mais marcantes e caracterÃsticas desta maravilhosa obra musical, visando o melhor resultado com simplicidade e harmonia. Arpejos prolongados para além de uma oitava, envolvendo notas entre “ré1 e re#3†na clave de Fá, distribuÃdas sobre os respectivos acordes de maneira contÃnua e relativamente padronizada através de sequências de colcheias. Encontre mais partituras como essa, colando o nome do arranjador (Sérgio Matias da Cunha) na barra de pesquisa. ATENÇÃO: Compre os quatro volumes do “Curso de Teclado Primeiros Toques†no site https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ colando o código na barra de pesquisa. Volume1 (A0.1314018) Volume2 (A0.1314021) Volume3 (A0.1314023) Volume4 (A0.1314028).
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Arpeggi-oh no! ( Piano )
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1280581 By Guillaume Turco. By Guil…
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1280581 By Guillaume Turco. By Guillaume Turco. Classical,Instructional,Romantic Period. Score. 6 pages. Guillaume Turco #871993. Published by Guillaume Turco (A0.1280581). Arpeggioh-no! Is a challenging but fun étude that focuses on arpeggios and dexterity without compromising musicality. A beautiful way to build skills while creating delightful music. Fill your space with a mix of chords and modulations sometimes classical, sometimes exotic. This is the Piano version. Arpeggioh-no! Est une étude stimulante qui met l'emphase sur les arpèges et la dextérité sans compromettre la musicalité. Une façon agréable de bâtir vos aptitudes tout en faisant de la musique. Remplissez votre espace avec un mélange d'accord et de modulations à caractère parfois classique, parfois exotique. Ceci est la version pour Piano.
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My Ordinary Life
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1431528 By The Living Tombstone. By…
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1431528 By The Living Tombstone. By Samuel Haft and Yoav Landau. Arranged by Marco D. Contemporary,Film/TV,Pop,Rock,Video Game. Score. 8 pages. Marco D #1012004. Published by Marco D (A0.1431528). ¡Descubre la emoción de My Ordinary Life de The Living Tombstone con esta partitura para piano y archivo MIDI! Captura cada detalle de la canción original y disfruta de la flexibilidad de personalizar tu experiencia musical. Tanto si eres un pianista experimentado como si estás empezando, esta partitura y archivo MIDI te ofrecen la oportunidad de disfrutar y aprender una canción memorable. Añade emoción a tu repertorio musical con My Ordinary Life de The Living Tombstone hoy mismo.Discover the excitement of My Ordinary Life by The Living Tombstone with this piano sheet music and MIDI file! Capture every detail of the original song and enjoy the flexibility to customize your musical experience. Whether you're an experienced pianist or just starting out, this sheet music and MIDI file offer you the opportunity to enjoy and learn a memorable song. Add excitement to your musical repertoire with My Ordinary Life by The Living Tombstone today.このピアノ楽譜とMIDIファイルで、「My Ordinary Life」の興奮を見つけましょう！オリジナル曲のすべての詳細を捉え、音楽体験をカスタマイズする柔軟性を楽しんでください。経験豊富なピアニストであろうと、初心者であろうと、この楽譜とMIDIファイルは、記憶に残る曲を楽しんで学ぶ機会を提供します。「My Ordinary Life」を今日、音楽レパートリーに追加しましょう。.
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Happy Holidays Piano Solo Album Level 3
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.504015 By Various. By Christmas Songs & Tradi…
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.504015 By Various. By Christmas Songs & Traditional Songs. Arranged by Catia Lee. Children,Christmas,Holiday,Traditional,Video Game. Score. 16 pages. Published by Catia Lee (A0.504015). 8 pieces for piano solo with illustrations to paint. it includes Christmas songs and traditional songs a perfect gift for Christmas. Au clair de la lune, Amazing grace, Frère Jacques, Jingle Bells, Minuet, Ode to joy, Silent Night, Tetris theme.
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Happy Holidays Piano Solo Album Level 2
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.504014 By Various. By Christmas Songs & Tradi…
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.504014 By Various. By Christmas Songs & Traditional Songs. Arranged by Catia Lee. Children,Christmas,Holiday,Traditional,Video Game. Score. 16 pages. Published by Catia Lee (A0.504014). 8 pieces for piano solo with illustrations to paint. it includes Christmas songs and traditional songs a perfect gift for Christmas. Au clair de la lune, Amazing grace, Frère Jacques, Jingle Bells, Minuet, Ode to joy, Silent Night, Tetris theme.
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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 15 (as played by Víkingur Ólafsson) for piano
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1370523 By Johann Sebastian Bach an…
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1370523 By Johann Sebastian Bach and VÃkingur Ólafsson. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Flavio Regis Cunha. Baroque,Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 4 pages. Flavio Regis Cunha #954867. Published by Flavio Regis Cunha (A0.1370523). J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 15 (as played by VÃkingur Ólafsson) for pianoAdvanced Intermediate. Format: Concert, 9 x 12 inches. 3 pages. PLUS: Engraved and Published with Urtext Kapellmeister Music Fonts.🎹 Unlock the Soul of Bach's Masterpiece! 🎶Calling all piano enthusiasts and maestros alike! 🌟 Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 15, as played by the virtuoso VÃkingur Ólafsson. 🎵✨ Why You'll Love This Sheet Music:1ï¸âƒ£ **Masterful Interpretation:** VÃkingur Ólafsson's emotive rendition captured on sheet music for your piano pleasure.2ï¸âƒ£ **Precision in Every Note:** Meticulously transcribed to ensure an authentic and enriching musical experience.3ï¸âƒ£ **Express Your Artistry:** Whether you're a seasoned pianist or a budding artist, this sheet music lets you express your musical soul.🌈 Unleash Your Passion for Music:Transform your playing into a breathtaking journey. Feel the resonance of each note as you bring Bach's genius to life on your piano. 🚀🎠Limited-Time Offer:Order now and receive exclusive access to a video tutorial by VÃkingur Ólafsson himself, offering insights into the nuances of this captivating variation.👉 Don't miss out on this opportunity to elevate your musicality! Order your sheet music now and let the Goldberg Variations become a masterpiece under your fingertips. 🎹✨🌟 Elevate your artistry – Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 15 awaits you! 🌟Celebrated for his visionary interpretations of J.S. Bach, VÃkingur Ólafsson, one of the greatest pianists and musical minds of today, now embraces Bach’s monumental Goldberg Variations. Ólafsson devotes his entire next season to touring the work globally across six continents, while October 2023 marks the anticipated album release on Deutsche Grammophon. “I have dreamed of recording this work for 25 years,†says the Icelandic pianist. The album follows Ólafsson’s hugely successful DG recording of works by the composer, Johann Sebastian Bach (2018), which won BBC Music magazine’s Album of the Year, Opus Klassik’s Solo Recital award, numerous other recording of the year accolades and led to him being named Gramophone magazine’s Artist of the Year. Now Ólafsson brings his unique musical vision, and an affecting, meticulous recorded sound to Bach’s masterpiece. It marks the first time Ólafsson records a complete work and he begins with one of the most demanding in the piano repertoire. Ólafsson dedicates his 2023-24 season to a Goldberg Variations world tour, performing the work across six continents throughout the year. He brings Bach’s masterpiece to major concert halls including London’s Southbank Centre, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, Philharmonie de Paris, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Philharmonie Berlin, Harpa Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, LA’s Walt Disney Hall, Sala São Paulo, Shanghai Symphony Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, KKL Luzern, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Mupa Budapest and Teatro Colón, to name a few. “The Goldberg Variations contain some of the most virtuosic keyboard music ever written, some of the most astonishingly brilliant uses of counterpoint in the repertoire and countless instances of exalted poetry, abstract contemplation and deep pathos – all within immaculately shaped structures of formal perfection. In 30 variations, built on the humble harmonic framework of a simple, graceful aria, Bach turns limited material into boundless variety like no one before or since. He is the greatest keyboard virtuoso of his time.†comments VÃkingur Ólafsson.
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Debussy Inconnu: Album of works for the piano by Claude Debussy completed by Robert Orledge, Vol. 2
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Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Claude Debussy/Ro…
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Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Claude Debussy/Robert Orledge. 20th Century, Impressionistic, Repertoire. Score. 76 pages. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
Contains Le Roi Lear: Prélude,Première Fanfare, and La Mort de Cordélia,Toomai des éléphants, Rodrigue et Chimène: Prélude à l’acte 1p. Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien: La Passion , and No-ja-li ou Le Palais du Silence<br> <br> From Robert Orledge's notes:<br> <br> My interest in the wonderful music of Claude Debussy began in the 1980s when I researched and published a book with Cambridge University Press entitled Debussy and the Theatre. During the course of my studies in Paris, I was amazed to discover that Debussy planned over 50 theatrical works but only finished two of these entirely by himself (the opera Pelléas et Mélisande in 1893–1902 and the ballet Jeux for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1912–13). Of the rest, many were never started musically (like Siddartha and Orphée-roi with the Oriental scholar Victor Segalen, 1907); some had a few tantalising sketches (like the Edgar Allan Poe opera Le Diable dans le beffroi, 1902–03); some were half-finished (like his other Poe opera La Chute de la Maison Usher, 1908–17); while others were musically complete but had their orchestrations completed by other composers (like Khamma, by Charles Koechlin, 1912–13; or Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien and La Boîte à joujoux by his ‘angel of corrections’ [‘l’ange des Corrections’] André Caplet in 1911 and 1919 respectively).<br> <br> For it has to be admitted that what some scholars call Debussy’s ‘compulsive achievement’ could equally well be viewed as laziness, especially as far as the minute detail required for calligraphing his orchestral scores was concerned. It was as if creating the music itself was of greater importance than controlling its final sound, even if Debussy was an imaginative orchestrator when he found the time and energy to do it. It also seems true that Debussy also preferred inventing ideas to turning them into complete pieces. However, despite the lack of detail in many of his sketches (missing clefs, key signatures, dynamics, phrasing, etc.) the notes themselves are surprisingly accurate, whether or not they can be compared with a later draft. Thus, a large number of sketches exist for his Chinese ballet No-ja-li ou Le Palais du Silence and it is not too difficult to see which parts of Georges de Feure’s 1913 scenario (see below) inspired which ideas. But Debussy hardly made any attempt to join them together after the first few bars.<br> <br> It was usually up to his publisher, Jacques Durand, to find solutions when Debussy risked a breach of contract. Debussy was supposed to supervise the orchestrations completed by others, but this supervision was usually very light and restricted to quiet, sensitive moments in which problems were easier to spot. Far from jealously guarding every one of his created notes, as Ravel did, Debussy once even went as far as to ask Koechlin to ‘write a ballet for him that he would sign’ on 26 March 1914 when he was hard-pressed to fulfil his lucrative contract for No-ja-li with André Charlot at the Alhambra Theatre in London. In the end, Debussy (through Durand) sent Charlot the symphonic suite Printemps instead, whose orchestration had been completed by Henri Busser in the Spring of 1912.<br> <br> So, when I was offered early retirement as Professor of Music at Liverpool University in 2004, I seized the opportunity it would give me to spend time trying to reconstruct some of Debussy’s lost potential masterpieces from his existing sketches and drafts—then orchestrating them in Debussy’s style when this was appropriate. I had begun this mission in 2001 with the most promising project, the missing parts of Scene 2 of La Chute de la Maison Usher and the sheer joy it gave me at every stage persuaded me to tackle other projects, especially when Debussy experts were unable to identify exactly where I took over from Debussy (and vice versa) in Usher.
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Claude Debussy/Robert Orledge
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Debussy Inconnu: Album of works for the piano by Claude Debussy completed by Robert Orledge, Vol. 2
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Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
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