PARTITIONS GRATUITES : PIANO SEUL
- A Simple Adagio

Celtic / Irish, Perfect binding, World. Sacred. Book and online audio. 108 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #31036M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Violin & basso continuo

SKU: HH.HH290-FAC

Composed by Carlo Zuccari. Edited by Christopher Hogwood. This edition: facsimile edition. Violin & Basso Continuo. Facsimile score. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH290-FAC. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH290-FAC).

ISBN 9790708092360.

The problems of ornamenting a slow movement were as apparent in the 18th century as they are to players today: even Charles Burney admitted that it was an area in which performers of great powers of execution often fail. Carlo Zuccari comes to the rescue with a dozen sample adagios printed with both the simple line and a decorated alternative; there are no written rules in his collection -- simply teaching by the direct method, and applicable to all melodic instruments (violin, flute, oboe, cello etc).

This facsimile edition contains a list of original misprints to be corrected and a full introduction.

Harp

SKU: UT.MAG-276

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Anna Pasetti. Saddle stitching. Magadis. Classical. Ut Orpheus #MAG 276. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.MAG-276).

ISBN 9790215326880. 9 x 12 inches.

Johannes Snoer is not one of the most remembered harpists today, but his didactic work was really important and can still be useful today.
For didactic purposes, he also published collections of simple pieces by great composers transcribed for harp.
Among his transcriptions there is the Adagio from Sonata n. 5 in C minor, op. 10 no. 1, by Ludwig van Beethoven, subject of this edition. The original musical text has been left unchanged, only the ornamentation has been written in full and the harp fingerings and indications relating to the movement of the pedals have been added. The work brings the dedication to Mr. H. Rutters, probably a relative of his wife Antoinette.

Viola

SKU: HL.48024561

Composed by Robin Holloway. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical. Softcover. 18 pages. Duration 1440 seconds. Boosey & Hawkes #M060134159. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024561).

ISBN 9781784543518. 0.078 inches.

This Sonata for Viola (unaccompanied) was written in 1999. The soloists C-string is tuned down a semitone for the entire piece, giving a duskier quality to the tone-colour, and setting up in the very first bar the characteristic melodic/harmonic shape that infiltrates all four movements. I - slowish and thoughtful - gradually expands this opening idea into cantilena and pattern, as prelude to II - Vivacissimo - played muted throughout, a tremolando tarantella, with contrasting section, chunky double-stops, alternating withsomething of a gigue. III - adagio - rhapsodic and quasi-improvisando, enclosing a simple self-contained melody, and linking into IV, where the gigue-like material from the scherzo provides the principal substance, expanding into an ardent cantabile, and calminginto the Coda not just the finale but, in its reminiscences of I, to the sonata as a whole.

SATB choir, keyboard accompaniment

SKU: GI.G-008778

Composed by Noel Goemanne. Children. Sacred. Octavo. GIA Publications #008778. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-008778).

UPC: 641151087788.

Tomas o Albinoni‚ Adagio has inspired this alluring choral adaptation by prolific composer No?´l Goemanne. Hints of this classic melody are found throughout the four-part texture. Beginning with a simple pulse in the keyboard, the men state the initial theme in unison and fifths. The vocal writing takes some interesting harmonic turns and contains wonderful solo passages. A keyboard interlude introduces a duet between soprano and tenor and leads us to a concluding homophonic choral section. Agnus Dei will also serve well as a concert performance piece.

Edited by Amy Appleby. Music Sales America. Baroque, Classical Period and World. Softcover collection (spiral bound). With fingerings (does not include words to the songs). 240 pages. Music Sales #AM967440. Published by Music Sales