In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the parlor was a room set aside for particular functions. Before the advent of the radio, it was the place where formal presentations were staged, including amateur and semi-professional concerts. This classical guitar solo collection for the intermediate to advanced player offers nine engaging and lyrical European and North American favorites of this bygone era. All of the solos are presented in standard notation only and played on authentic reproductions of period instruments on the book?s online companion recording. Author Joseph Mayes plays works by well-known guitarist-composers Carulli, Coste and Giuliani as well as the lesser-known but deserving ?Kathleen Mavoureen?Romanza? by Frederick N. Crouch arranged by Charles de Janon, and Felix Arndt?s ?Nola,? one of the era?s most popular ragtime piano themes, here transcribed and arranged by William Foden and the author. Includes access to online audio.

For All The Saints was written as a processional hymn by Anglican bishop William Walsham How. It is sung to the melody 'Sarum' which is written by Victorian composer Joseph Barnby. Douglas Smith has arranged this piece for two B flat trumpet/cornet a trombone/baritone/horn in F and a trombone/baritone with optional tuba.

Par WILLIAMS II JOSEPH V.. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Guitare et Flûte Traversière

As part of the Mel Bay Encyclopedia Series the purpose of this book is to offer fiddlers direct access to the gems of the genre. Composers represented in this volume span a three hundred year period including works by: PatrickMacDonald Adam Craig Capt. Charles Duff Simon Fraser Robert and Joseph Lowe Robert MacIntosh William Marshall and J. Scott Skinner. Ms. Rideout's original compositions are also included. The tunes are listed in order bykey signature to enable the fiddler to put sets together for performance competition or session playing. This book contains extra marches and strathspeys unique to Scottish fiddling. The end of the book is dedicated to solonumbers consisting of piobaireachd (pibroch) and slow airs. The Scottish Fiddle Encyclopedia is an essential tune book for musicians interested in developing a deeper appreciation for genuine traditional Scottish fiddle music.

These words of this carol, full of colours and rich in symbolism, are from the Cherry Tree Carol , a popular folk carol telling a legend which goes back at least as far as the Coventry Mystery Plays. The piece received its first two performances on the same day, by Robinson College Choir and Clare College Choir, in Cambridge, and was later recorded by Robinson College Choir, conducted by Timothy Brown. The main tune should have an easy-going lilt, which turns into light, sprightly dancing for the refrain. An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Jeremy Thurlow is a composer, writer and pianist. His music has been described as 'seductive, innovative, full of freshness' by Henri Dutilleux. It has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Rolf Hind, the BBC Singers, Endymion, Carmen Elektra, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Matthew Schellhorn and Sequitur (New York), among others. In 2007 he won the George Butterworth Award for new composition. As a musicologist he writes on French music in the twentieth century. His book on composer Henri Dutilleux is published in French by Millénaire III, and he has written and broadcast on the music of Messiaen and many other 20th-century composers, frequently appearing on Radio 3's CD Review. / Choeur SATB

This mass known as the Theresienmesse was the fourth of six masses which Handel had been commissioned to write by Prince Nicolaus II in celebration of the name day of his wife Princess Maria Hermenegild (Handel wrote one each year for six years). This work composed in 1799 is for SATB soli SATB chorus with organ/piano accompaniment.Edited and with keyboard reduction by William Herrmann.

Here is something new for women's voices from the compositional team of Paul Williams and Joseph Martin. There is a gentle beauty in the poetic descriptions of God's creative majesty. The music seems to float effortlessly fromphrase to phrase and the entry of “Holy Holy Holy” lends a spirit of pure worship to this evocative anthem. Showcase your women with this gorgeous new octavo – God Who Made the World.

Glittering with energy and jubilant affirmation A Psalm of Praise is a glorious choice for almost anytime! Quoting the classic hymn Praise to the Lord the Almighty adds to the appeal and the trumpet descant lends a festive touch. Exciting!