SKU: HL.48181468
UPC: 888680842420. 9x12 inches.
“Maurice Hauchard (1870-1957) was a French violinist and composer. As a minor composer, often in the shadow of his contemporary, Maurice Ravel, much of Hauchard's music is not widely known. However, his Methodical Study of Positions for Violin remains popular to improve violinist's technique. As an excellent, versatile musician Hauchard loved his art and remains one of the greatest contributors to music education. The fourth volume of Methodical Study of Positions addresses the sixth and seventh positions in detail, through exercises which enable progression using intervals, scales, arpeggios, chromaticism and varying rhythms. All violinists should seek to purchase this Hauchard study series to ensure technical progression to a high level.&rdquo.
SKU: HL.48186510
UPC: 888680871437. 10.25x13.25 inches.
“Melodic Studies is the third in a series of three volumes of studies for the Violin. Compiled in 1878 by Auguste Samie, the studies allow students to work on basic technical concepts, such as articulation, bowing and rhythm. The 15 exercises in Melodic Studies each helpfully contain a title indicating the focus of the exercise, followed by clear instructions regarding technique. Moreover, this edition of 60 Studies is revised and annotated by Georges Catherine, popular contemporary violinist and arranger. Edits by Catherine include bowing marks, fingerings, articulation, dynamics and performance directions. Containing input by two prolific figures of the Violin, Melodic Studies is an obligatory guide for beginners of the instrument. &rdquo.
SKU: HL.48186508
UPC: 888680871284. 9.0x12.0x0.112 inches.
“Études Mignonnes (or Cute Studies) is the first in a series of three volumes of studies for the Violin. Compiled in 1878 by Auguste Samie, the études allow students to work on basic technical concepts, such as bowing and sound production. The 20 studies in Études Mignonnes each helpfully contain a title indicating the focus of the exercise, followed by clear instructions regarding technique. Moreover, this edition of Soixante Études is revised and annotated by Georges Catherine, popular contemporary violinist and arranger. Edits by Catherine include bowing marks, fingerings, articulation, dynamics and performance directions. Including input by two prolific players of the Violin, Études Mignonnes is an obligatory guide for beginners of the instrument. â€.
SKU: GI.G-10604
ISBN 9781622776153.
This advanced orchestral conducting resource features concise discussions of advanced technical and interpretive issues for 44 major orchestral works that all conductors will perform during their careers. The brief discussions that precede each score cover the full range of issues encountered in real conducting situations, and the accompanying online videos show Maestro Itkin demonstrating the techniques for each excerpt. All music examples have been faithfully reproduced from original scores, and Maestro Itkin has also arranged each excerpt for string quintet, ideal for the conducting class setting. With nearly a thousand performances to his credit, acclaimed conductor David Itkin shares the knowledge he has acquired over his decades in the profession. The Conductor’s Craft is for both up-and-coming conductors and seasoned professionals alike, equally beneficial for personal study or for use in a classroom or ensemble setting.  This volume is a real breakthrough aid for anyone studying or teaching conducting at any level. Written by David Itkin, a most distinguished and experienced conductor and teacher, it concentrates on all the vital techniques in the teaching of the craft. The accompanying video recordings also make this volume unique. This addition to the material for teaching conducting is truly revolutionary, and the selection of examples gets successfully to the point of each subject discussed. —Samuel Adler   Composer, conductor, author   Professor Emeritus, The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music The Conductor’s Craft outlines a detailed plan and method for executing conductor training in advanced conducting studios. Itkin’s book is also an excellent reference for any teacher who instructs advanced students in a collegiate orchestral conducting program, as well as for up-and-coming professionals who are studying for a career in the field. Perhaps most important, an individual conductor can manage their own self-study with Maestro Itkin’s clear statements and explanations of the technical issues presented with each excerpt. This book gives individual conductor’s freedom to explore choices and alternatives to fix tricky passages in the provided musical examples. I love the book and will be using it in my studio. —Julius P. Williams   Artistic director and conductor, Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra   President of the International Conductors Guild How refreshing to review a conducting book that deals with specificity of gesture as it relates to the music rather than mere concepts. Bravo to Maestro David Itkin for holding the aspiring conductor to task on issues of score study, execution, and style! —Mark Gibson   Director of Orchestral Studies, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati   Author of The Beat Stops Here.
SKU: GI.G-10603
ISBN 9781622776146.
SKU: BR.EB-9408
ISBN 9790004188828. 9 x 12 inches.
Helmut Lachenmann wrote his Toccatina for the volume Studien zum Spielen Neuer Musik fur Violine (EB 8356) edited by Igor Ozim and published by Breitkopf & Hartel in 1986. No one could foresee back then that this Etude for violin solo would take on an active life of its own. The piece was first seen as a model of new string techniques, as David Alberman explained in his 1998 essay Beyond the Conventional, published in the journal The Strad. But in the meantime, Lachenmann's Toccatina, which truly does abound in unusual techniques, appears increasingly often on the programs of international festivals of contemporary music. This does justice to the work, which is, in effect, a delicate, fragile and introverted recital piece. Its title contains the word toccare (Italian for to touch); the composer took this definition literally and transposed it impressively into his piece. CDs : ensemble phorminx CD WER 6682 2 Aisha Orazbayeva (violin) CD NONCLASSICAL NONCLSS013 Melise Mellinger (violin) CD Montaigne Auvidis MO 782075 Mariette Leners (violin) CD WERGO WER 6682 2 Eric Rynes (violin) CD Albany Records TROY1614 Bibliography : Reudenbach , Michael: TOCCATINA. Eine Erinnerung, in: auf (-) und zuhoren. 14 essayistische Reflexionen uber die Musik und die Person Helmut Lachenmanns, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Jahn, Hofheim: Wolke 2005, pp. 55-64.
SKU: FH.WCE1
ISBN 978-1-55440-588-6.
This new series offers a sequenced approach to the study of clarinet from the beginner to advanced levels. With a progressive collection of Repertoire, Etudes, Recordings, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique, the Clarinet Series, 2014 Edition provides complete support for teachers and students at every level of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to a wealth of music from the earliest works for clarinet to accompanied and unaccompanied contemporary compositions. Students will explore some of the most definitive solo pieces written for clarinet, along with popular folk tunes, Klezmer melodies, Classical solos, and contemporary compositions that incorporate traditional and extended techniques.Level 7:De Hebriden, op. 26: Overture - Felix MendelssohnSymphony No. 39, K 543: II, III, IV - Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSymphony No. 5, op. 64: I, II - Pyotr Il'yich TchaikovskySymphony No. 2, op. 36: II - Ludwig van BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 2, op. 18: II - Sergei RachmaninoffSymphony No. 6 (Pastoral), op. 68: I - Ludwig van BeethovenLevel 8:Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No. 8, Polovtsian Dance No. 17 - Aleksandr BorodinIl barbiere di Siviglia: Overture - Gioachino RossiniSymphony No. 4 (Italian), op. 90: IV - Felix MendelssohnSymphony No. 4, op. 98: II - Johannes BrahmsOuverture zu Offenbach's Orpheus in der Unterwelt - Carl BinderSymphony No. 8 (Unfinished), D 759: II - Franz SchubertSymphonie fantastique: III - Hector BerliozLevel 9:Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral), op. 68 : I, II, III - Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No. 3, op. 90: I, II - Johannes BrahmsSymphony No. 4, op. 60: II - Ludwig van BeethovenSemiramide: Overture - Gioachino RossiniSymphony No. 3 (Scottish), op. 56: II - Felix MendelssohnPrelude a l'apres midi d'un faune - Claude DebussySymphony no. 9, op. 125: II - Ludwig van BeethovenLevel 10:Symphony No. 2, op. 27: III - Sergei RachmaninoffViolin Concerto, op. 61: II - Ludwig van BeethovenIncidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61: Scherzo - Felix MendelssohnSymphony No. 1, op. 39: I, III - Jean SibeliusVariations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a: Variation II, Variation IV, Variation V - Johannes BrahmsSymphony No. 8, op. 93: III - Ludwig van BeethovenSheherazade, op. 35: II, III, IV - Nicolai Rimsky-KorsakovAssociate: B_, A, C Clarinet:Capriccio espagnole, op. 34: I, III, IV - Nicolai Rimsky-KorsakovDances of Galanta - Zoltan KodalyPini di Roma: III - Ottorino RespighiSuite de l'oiseau de feu: Variation de l'oiseau de feu - Igor StravinskySymphony No. 6 (Pathetique), op. 74: I - Pyotr Il'yich TchaikovskySymphony No. 9, op. 70: II, III - Dmitri ShostakovichDon Juan, op. 20 - Richard StraussSymphonie fantastique: V - Hector BerliozPeter and the Wolf, op. 67: Nervoso - Sergei ProkofievPrince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No. 17 - Aleksandr BorodinAssociate: E_ Clarinet:Symphony no. 5, op 100: IV - Sergei ProkofievTill Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28 - Richard StraussSymphony no. 5, op. 47: II - Dmitri ShostakovichSymphonie fantastique: V - Hector BerliozBolero - Maurice RavelAssociate: Bass Clarinet:Les Huguenots: Trio from act 5 - Giacomo MeyerbeerViolin Concerto no. 1, op. 77: II - Dmitri ShostakovichGrand Canyon Suite: III - Ferde GrofeDon Quixote, op. 35: Sancho Panza, Variation X - Richard Strauss.
SKU: FH.WC7
ISBN 978-1-55440-583-1.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14223
English-German-Hungarian.
Publication of György Kurtág's string chamber music is a long-awaited event: his chamber music master courses and the recording made by the Orlando Trio have aroused considerable interest in these works worldwide. The first three volumes contain pieces for violin (Z. 14220), for viola (Z. 14221) and for string trio (Z. 14223). As our title - Signs, Games and Messages - suggests, they include compositions of varying length written for different types of occasion: musical 'letters', tributes and playful experiments in instrumental technique.Die Herausgabe von György Kurtágs Kammermusik für Streicher stellt ein lang ersehntes Ereignis dar: Die von ihm veranstalteten Meisterkurse und die Schallplattenaufnahme desOrlando Trios lösten gegenüber diesen Werken weltweites Interesse aus. Zunächst erscheinen drei Hefte, die Stücke für Violine (Z. 14220), für Bratsche (Z. 14221) und für Streichtrio (Z. 14223). Wie auch ihr Titel - Zeichen, Spiele und Botschaften - erahnen lässt, finden sich in ihnen Kompositionen unterschiedlichen Ausmasses und zu verschiedenen Anlässen: musikalische ‚Briefe', Hommagen und instrumententechnische Spielereien.
SKU: CA.2780400
ISBN 9790007167790.
Today Monteverdi's Selva morale et spirituale (1641) stands entirely in the shadow of his famous Vespers 1610. The editions from 1610 and 1641 both include music for the Mass and Vespers, but each of these collections was composed under much different circumstances during Monteverdi's lifetime. If the works of 1610 are a bold combination of traditional compositional techniques and avant garde music, which were intended by this weary Court Composer at Mantua as an application portfolio for a new job, the 1641 collection is the only church music by the mature Monteverdi which was published after almost thirty years in his position as Music Director of St. Mark's Cathedral: the latter, a kind of best of collection from his many years of experience as a church musician. In Venice the composer had not only a fabulous, but a large ensemble at his disposal (finally, about 35 singers, alone)! The combination of soloistic and weighty tutti sections makes a big effect in this music, it makes the music, with its clearly defined sections and, for the most part homophonic choral passages more easily performable than the Vespers for today's choirs. The new edition, comprised initially of three volumes, also includes those works from the Selva Morale (a Mass and two Magnificats) which have already been published by Carus, as well as all further liturgical compositions for use in the church. Volume III, Motetti, Salve Regina, Himini, contains compositions for 1 to 3 voices and basso continuo, some with two violins (the psalms are included in both the Salmi I and Salmi II volumes). The edition is based on the methods employed in the much acclaimed Carus edition of the Vespers: * It contains a detailed foreword with suggestions for notation, scoring and for the liturgical use of individual compositions. * For the present edition four of the five surviving printed copies, as well as contemporary manuscript were consulted. Facsimiles illustrate special characteristics of the edtion of 1641. A Critical Report makes clear all of the editorial decisions made in the edition. * All of the pieces are printed untransposed and using the original note values. * All of the pieces are available in single editions with complete performance material. * Vocal scores of all works with obbligato instruments facilitate rehearsal. * Instrumental parts for collaparte accompaniment of tutti-sections (including text underlay).