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Logical, step-by-step progression; In-depth study of musical fundamentals; A wide variety of material from folksongs to symphonic repertoire; Practice Tips and Written ExercisesAuthor: Karen Suzanne SmithsonISBN-10: 1517339510ISBN-13: 9781517339517Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2015Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.22d

(Southern Music Woodwind). One of the gems of Baroque flute repertoire. Features newly engraved flute part, edited by Sir James Galway.Author: Johann Joachim QuantzISBN-10: 1581065825ISBN-13: 9781581065824Publisher: Southern Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2017Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.50d

(Southern Music Woodwind). This newly engraved and edited collection of the classic 22 Woodwind Quintets features a first-ever full score and parts for B-flat clarinet and F horn. Every title in this new edition has been revised by Charles Neidich.Author: Albert AndraudISBN-10: 1581062028ISBN-13: 9781581062021Publisher:...

(Southern Music Brass). Eric Ewazen is a prolific composer whose works are becoming standard repertoire for not only trumpet players but also for brass quintets, soloists, and wind ensembles alike. Ewazen wrote the Sonata for Trumpet and Piano for the International Trumpet Guild in...

(Southern Music Brass). A volume of calisthenic exercises compiled to assist in the muscle development used in the playing the trombone. Exercises are broken into four sections: (1) Attack and tone placement; (2) Slow Slurs; (3) Flexibility; (4) Scales and Arpeggios.Author: Robert MarstellerISBN-10: 158106070XISBN-13:...

Orchestra Folio is a collection of elementary orchestra arrangements with free online mp3 accompaniment tracks. The collection is written for strings and winds (orchestra) but some arrangements can also be use with smaller groups (strings only or winds only).Author: Larry E. NewmanISBN-10: 1548484059ISBN-13: 9781548484057Publisher:...

The Moldau (Vltava) is the second tone poem in a set of six from Ma Vlast (My Homeland). The best description is from the composer himself, "The composition describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the two small springs, the Cold and Warm...

La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) is one act comic opera first performed in Venice on May 9, 1812. Although the opera is only rarely performed today, the sinfonia (overture) has remained a concert favorite from the outset and is programed often. The...

Composed in 1783 for Antonin Kraft, cellist in the court orchestra of Prince Esterhazy, Haydn's D major cello concerto for cello is more relaxed than its predecessor composed nearly two decades before. Though some authorities considered its authenticity questionable, this was disproved with the...

L'apprenti sorcier - also widely known as The Sorcerer's Apprentice - is a symphonic poem originally subtitled as "Scherzo after a Ballad by Goethe". Inspired by Goethe's poem of the same name, Dukas' musical depiction closely follows the narrative of the original tale. Because...

There have been several orchestrations of Bach's famous organ masterwork over the years, including some by notable conductors such as Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy, Rene Leibowitz, Andrew Davis plus a couple by composers: Ottorino Respighi and the one offered here by the Russian Aleksandr...

Bach composed the first version of this piece in 1723 using the key of E-flat major for the Christmas Vespers in Leipzig which contained several Christmas texts. Over the years he removed the Christmas-specific texts to make it suitable for year-round performance and transposied...

Elgar's Serenade for Strings is a youthful work full of charm and elegance. Completed in 1892, it is most likely a reworking of a suite Elgar had written some years earlier and has been a long-standing favorite of string orchestras and audiences worldwide ever...

Verdi's operas are most often represented in the concert hall today by their overtures or 'sinfonias' with very good reason. A number of them are symphonic gems in their own right. The operas he composed for the Paris stage give us another view of...

Verdi's operas are most often represented in the concert hall by their overtures or 'sinfonias' with very good reason. A number of them are symphonic gems in their own right. The operas he composed for the Paris stage give us another view of his...

First heard with the opera's premiere on August 3, 1829 in Paris' Theatre de l'Academie Royale de Musique, Rossini's classic overture has been popular ever since even though the opera itself is only rarely performed today. Despite its tremendous popularity, this overture has not...

The Carnival Overture, Op.92 - second of the set of three concert overtures originally entitled as "Nature, Life and Love", followed fast on the heels of its predecessor. Work started on July 28 and the piece was completed on September 12 of 1891. The...

This famous overure is often not credited to the person who actually composed it, the Vienna conductor Carl Binder (1816-1860). It was composed for a Vienna production of Offenbach's operetta and incorporates a some of the more well-known tunes, including the very popular Galop...

Started in 1867 and first conceived of as an oratorio, Camille Saint-Sa ns completed his most famous opera Samson et Dalila in 1877 with the encouragement of Franz Liszt. It was Liszt who arranged to have the opera staged in Weimar. The story focuses...

Easily the most popular of the collection of overtures produced by Suppe for this operettas, the one for the 1866 Die Leichte Kavallerie entered the concert repertoire soon after its premiere. The study score offered here is a thoroughly-researched and beautifully engraved new edition...

First composed in 1869, Tchaikovsky's popular overture-fantasia was premiered in Moscow on March 16, 1870 with the Russian Musical Society under the baton of Nikolay Rubinstein. The composer expanded the work later that year, which was the first version published (1871, Berlin) and this...

Percy Grainger, much like his contemporary Bela Bartok, was intensely interested in folk music and became a member of the English Folk-Song Society soon after his arrival in London in the first decade of the 20th century. He produced numerous works based upon folk...

Percy Grainger, like his contemporary Bela Bartok, was intensely interested in folk music and became a member of the English Folk-Song Society soon after his arrival in London in the first decade of the 20th century. He produced numerous works based upon folk music...

Probably the most famous march in history, Stars and Stripes Forever was composed on Christmas Day 1896 while Sousa was traveling aboard the SS Teutonic bound for New York. In his autobiography, Sousa wites that he imagined the music while at sea and set...

The first of four late tone poems inspired by "Bouquet", a collection of ballads by Karel Jaromir Erben based upon Czech folklore, The Water Goblin was composed from January 6 to February 11 of 1896. The folk legend concerns a horrific tale about a...

Dvorak composed this deservedly popular work 1878 shortly after the premiere of his opera The Cunning Peasant. Scored for a 'harmonie' ensemble of 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns and contrabassoon, with an cello and string bass added to support the bass...

Johann Pachelbel's beloved Canon, the first movement of the Canon and Gigue in D major, was completely unknown until its publication in a 1918 article in the German periodical Archiv f r Musikwissenschaft. The first complete score and parts, edited by Max Seiffert, appeared...

Inspired by the painting by the Swiss artist Arnold Bklin, Rachmaninoff composed his symphonic poem in the spring of 1909, completing it while on tour in Dresden just two weeks before the premiere - given in Moscow on 1 May 1909 with the composer...

Debussy's one-act ballet, or 'Po me dans ', was given its first performance by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes on May 15, 1913 with scenery by L on Bakst; Vaslav Nijinsky was the featured dancer and Pierre Monteux conducted. Despite the exquisitely-crafted score, the ballet's...

Composed in 1855-56, Liszt's "Symphony to Dante's 'Divina Commedia'" is programmatic work depicting Dante's journey through hell and purgatory. It was quite advanced for its era, employing many new orchestral colors and daring harmonic schemes. The work's disastrous premiere, given under the composer's direction...

Die Ideale is the penultimate work of the revolutionary series of thirteen tone poems Liszt composed for orchestra. It was originally intended to be the final one, since the final symphonic poem followed more than two decades after this work's completion and premiere -...

The eleventh in Liszt's series of thirteen tone poems for orchestra, Hunnenschlacht or 'Battle of the Huns' - composed from 1855-57 - was inspired by a painting of the same title by Wilhelm von Kaulbach which portrayed the legendary Battle of the Catalaunian Plains...

The sixth of the revolutionary series of thirteen tone poems for orchestra, Liszt's Mazeppa was inspired by the French version of Lord Byron's famous poem by Victor Hugo. Composed from 1851-54, it was given its premiere in Weimar on 16 April 1854 with the...

The second of four tone poems for orchestra inspired by those of Franz Liszt, Phaeton was composed in 1873 and like its predecessor is named after a figure in Greek mythology. The tragic tale concerns Phaeton, the son of Helios (the Sun God) and...

Only about a tenth of Mozart's works were printed during his lifetime, the rest having been published without the benefit of his supervision. This long-awaited edition of the autograph score offers a rare opportunity to see Mozart's violin concertos according to the composer's intentions....

(Music Minus One). Tchaikovsky's soaring, magnificent violin concerto is one of the summits of the literature and one which every aspiring virtuoso needs to learn. Highly recommended, it is truly inspiring music in the great Russian Romantic tradition. Contains a printed score and access...

Medtner's outstanding one-movement concerto was composed from 1914 to 1917 and given its premiere at a special concert in Moscow on May 12, 1918, featuring the composer as piano soloist and Serge Koussevitzky as conductor. For the first time, this work is now available...

Grainger's extraordinary work, subtitled "music to an imaginary ballet", was prompted by a request from the English conductor Thomas Beecham to compose a ballet score for the Diaghilev company. The commission never materialized, but Grainger nevertheless proceeded to create a his most adventuresome work...

Newly edited and engraved. The composer considered an orchestral suite from his great ballet, but never got around to extracting it. An unknown editor compiled the first version, which was issued by Jurgenson in 1900. The Soviet state publishers produced their own version in...

Great for teachers to play with their students or any Horn and Tuba player to play on their own Includes duets for: 1. Bist du bei mir - Bach 2. Allegro assai - Beethoven 3. Prelude No. 7 - Chopin 4. Drink to Me...

Written by Euphoniumist Harold T. Brasch, this book is divided into three parts: I. The Euphonium 1. The 3-valve low brasses 2. False tones 3. The fourth valve 4. The compensating 4-valve euphonium 5. Additional alternates 6. Pedal register II. Unusual Valve Expertise 7....

This book is comprised of fifty famous classical themes that are important for students to know. Chord changes are included for teacher provided accompaniments. Additionally, the teacher may supply dynamic, articulation and phrase markings as the teacher feels appropriate. A must have book for...

This book is comprised of fifty famous classical themes that are important for students to know. Chord changes are included for teacher provided accompaniments. The range and technical challenges are suitable for the student trumpet player. Songs include: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,...

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert...

This volume contains the six string symphonies (Wq 182) commissioned by Baron van Swieten.Author: Sarah Adams, Carl Philipp Emanuel BachISBN-10: 1500632449ISBN-13: 9781500632441Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/24/2014Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.19d

The book contains full scores to five Sousa marches for modern band instruments. These were originally published without scores or condensed scores. The marches in this first volume are: The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Pathfinder of Panama, The Gallant Seventh, The Glory of...

Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book 2 continues your student's musical journey by teaching with a complete review of Book 1, and a segmented presentation of new concepts while introducing ensemble playing. Following the unique Sound Innovations organization, the band method contains levels, each...

Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book 2 continues your student's musical journey by teaching with a complete review of Book 1, and a segmented presentation of new concepts while introducing ensemble playing. Following the unique Sound Innovations organization, the band method contains levels, each...

(Scroll below for a sample video/audio of three of the etudes) Music, like any written language, has limitless power. But to fully appreciate music's hidden secrets of notation, theory, and structure and "open the world" for young learners, sightreading is an essential skill and...

C.P.E. Bach's Symphony in E Minor was first published for strings (Wq 177) and later revised with added horns, flutes, and oboes (Wq 178). This volume also includes an eighteenth-century arrangement for solo keyboard (Wq 122/3).Author: Ekkehard KruegerISBN-10: 1718755627ISBN-13: 9781718755628Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...