Piano Transcriptions from French and Italian Operas

This volume spanning the composer's output from 1835 to 1879 presents a selection of his paraphrases and fantasies on operas written chiefly in the French and Italian traditions. His masterful transcriptions and fantasies reveal his exceptional ability to transform the essence of an operatic theme into unforgettable music for the piano. Selected and with an introduction by Charles Suttoni. Published in association with the American Liszt Society.

This volume includes 'Ma Mere L'oye' (Mother Goose) 'Valse Nobles Et Sentimentales' and Ravel's own piano transcription of his world-famous 'La Valse'. Intermediate and advanced pianists will welcome this superb compilation of piano classics reproduced from authoritative French scores.

Alexis Ffrench isn?t afraid of fusing his music with weighty issues. For years, the pioneering pianist has used his music to highlight mental health, discuss diversity and challenge the classical world to be more inclusive. Truth is his most powerful and political to date, and also his most optimistic. ?I imagined what the world would look like if everybody had the opportunity to ask themselves the questions ?who am I?? and ?what is my purpose in the world?? and what we, as a human race, could create and change together.? Featuring Alexis? signature piano

SOLO TUNING See RM722 for Orchestral Tuning The 'Dragonetti Concerto' was first published in 1925 by Alphonse Leduc in Paris as No.23 of Edouard Nanny's 'Les Classiques de la Contrebasse'. For many years no one questioned its authenticity, but as more research into Dragonetti's original works for double bass was made, concerns began to arise. Many of Dragonetti manuscripts survive in the British Library, thanks to Vincent Novello who donated them in 1849, three years after Dragonetti's death and on Novello's retirement to Italy, but there is no original manuscript for this work. As bassists began to edit and perform a wide range of Dragonetti's works it became clear that this concerto bore little resemblance to any of his other pieces. The work does, however, have many similarities to Nanny's Concerto for double bass, also to his other solo works and even studies from his Method. Eventually most people came to the conclusion that this work is not an original work by the great Venetian bassist but is by Edouard Nanny, and in the style of the late 18th-century. Having said that, this is still a charming and evocative work which has much player and audience appeal and is very easy on the ears. Many of the challenges for the soloist are technical and, almost a century after its first publication, it is still as popular as ever. Published in 1925, the first movement was performed at London's Wigmore Hall on 15 April the following year by Victor Watson (double bass) and Sidney Crooke (piano), and was described a 'Contrabass Concerto by Dragonetti-Nanny. ERRATA: Piano part: page 8 (1st movement), bar 87 - final chord of bar in right hand should be D/E/G# - a dominant 7th chord in A major Edouard Nanny was an important French double bassist and teacher, also composing and transcribing many works for double bass. He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 24 March 1872 and he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Professor Verrimst, also teaching there from 1920-1940. He performed often as a soloist, also working as an orchestral bassist with many orchestras such as the Paris Symphony Orchestra, Concerts Lamoureux and the Orchestra de l'Opera Comique, and in 1901 he founded the Henry Casadeus Society of Old Instruments, chaired by Camille Saint-Saens, and intended to revive the works from the past centuries. Nanny's Method for double bass is still in print, over 90 years since its first publication and both volumes contain a wealth of excellent technical studies and exercises which are as relevant today as they were in the 1920s. His other volumes of studies are mostly out of print and Recital Music plan to reprint some of his orginal works for double bass, transcriptions and educational music to keep alive the name of Edouard Nanny into the 21st-century. Edouard Nanny died in Paris in 1942.

The French superstar with a recording career that stretches from the mid-seventies to the present day. Clayderman's romantic Piano solos and irresistible melodies have enchanted audiences and Piano fans for many years and thisbook of Piano solos features his best-loved melodies as well as transcriptions of of his own reworkings of popular classics. Includes Don't Cry For Me Argentina and All By Myself.This book is specially producedwith Lay-Flat pages that are designed to sit easily at the Piano.

Par HART LAURIE. Danse ce soir! Fiddle and Accordion Music of Quebec is a collection of 122 traditional and composed tunes by a wide variety of quebecois players and composers, the broadest and most informative collection of quebecois repertoire available to date. The text, in both French and English, gives extensive background information about the repertoire and history of instrumental dance music in Quebec, an analysis of the fiddle, accordion, guitar and piano style, and biographies of the musicians. Historical, stylistic and discographic information is offered for all of the tunes, which have been carefully transcribed complete with ornaments and guitar/piano chords. The book includes maps, photos, a bibliography, indexes, lists of organizations festivals and music camps, and an extensive discussion of piano accompaniment, including three full piano transcriptions. Appropriate for the beginner or accomplished player on any instrument, for the folklorist and musicologist, and for the listener or dancer who wants to learn more about the beautiful and varied traditional music of Quebec. The companion CD offers ensemble renditions of 32 tunes from the book, for a total of 60 minutes. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Canadian - Songbooks / Recueil / Violon

Fiddle And Accordion Music Of Quebec-Danse ce soir! Fiddle and Accordion Music of Quebec is a collection of 122 traditional and composed tunes by a wide variety of quebecois players and composers the broadest and most informative collection of quebecois repertoireavailable to date. The text in both French and English gives extensive background information about the repertoire and history of instrumental dance music in Quebec an analysis of the fiddle accordion guitar and piano style and biographies of the musicians. Historical stylistic and discographic information is offered for all of the tunes which have been carefully transcribed complete with ornaments and guitar/piano chords. The book includes maps photos a bibliography indexes list of organizations festivals and music camps and an extensive discussion of piano accompaniment including three full piano transcriptions. Appropriate for the beginner or accomplished playeron any instrument for the folklorist and musicologist and for the listener or dancer who wants to learn more about the beautiful and varied traditional music of Quebec. The companion CD (Sold Separately) offers ensemblerenditions of 32 tunes from the book for a total of 60 minutes.

Complete guitar tablature and standard notation transcriptions of all the songs from the album including melody line lyrics guitar boxes & chord symbols. Includes guitar tablature explanation in English French German andItalian.

from 'Pictures at an Exhibition'-The Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) was self-educated to a large extent but went on to become one of the 'Mighty Five' which also included Balakirev Cui Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov. Today he is considered the innovator of Russian music par excellence. He composed Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874 inspired by ten pictures produced by his then recently deceased friend the Russian architect and artist Victor Hartmann. The French composer Maurice Ravel made an orchestration of Mussorgsky's composition in 1922 which is now more well-known and more performed than the original Piano suite. For his transcription of Pictures at an Exhibition TohruTakahashi made use of the original Piano composition by Mussorgsky. The Great Gate of Kiev issued here separately is probably the best known melody from this classical masterpiece.