Arabesque No. 1

SKU: HL.14016411

8.25x11.75x0.156 inches.

Composer's Note:

In writing these pieces I had in mind certain difficulties which worry most organists from time to time; and in order to combine, as it were, business with pleasure I thought it worthwhile to concentrate upon one aspect of organ technique in each piece, even at the risk of making them a little more difficult than others in this series.

In Procession the main difficulty lies in the pedals Arabesque, on the other hand could hardly have had a simpler pedal part: its object is to exercise the left hand in producing a smooth, running semi-quaver pattern Pageant with its cross-rhythms, is designed to produce well-disciplinedhands and feet that can, when required, work in conflicting rhythms.

I have kept the registration schemes as simple and straightforward as possible.

SKU: BU.EBR-A029

ISBN 9790560150994. 8.58 x 12.48 inches.

La collection ANACROUSE offre aux pianistes novices et confirmés un large choix d’œuvres classiques, allant de la Renaissance à l’époque moderne.

Proposer tout à la fois des « incontournables » du répertoire classique et des pièces de compositeurs parfois oubliés, toutes d’une valeur pédagogique indéniable, tels sont les objectifs que nous nous sommes fixés. Chaque pièce, vendue à l’unité, a fait l’objet d’un travail éditorial attentif, tant sur le plan de l’établissement du texte musical que de sa gravure, afin de garantir aux musiciens les conditions indispensables aux plaisirs tirés du commerce fréquent de ces œuvres.

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Claude Debussy compose ses deux arabesques en 1888. Ces compositions font parties de la première période de son développement de l’écriture pianistique. L’avenir d’un nouveau langage se révèle dans ces pièces, par l’usage d’une conception moderne de la courbe mélodique, harmoniquement immobile. Cette conception caractérise la substance principale de l’idée d’une arabesque, si chère à Debussy.
L’arabesque n°1 revendique une forme ternaire de même que l’arabesque n°2. La première arabesque en mi majeur comporte des triolets déliés qui semblent suggérer l’évolution de son langage musical dans le traitement des arpèges et dans la facilité d’utiliser les modulations.
Dès son entrée dans le répertoire, la pièce prit une place constante dans la musique vivante. D’après Léon Vallas, sa «  souplesse fait songer à la brillante légèreté des ballets de Delibes ». Alfred Hitchkook nous fait entendre l’arabesque n°1 dans la scène du dîner dans le film « Les oiseaux ».
La première arabesque est à l’égal d’une pièce littéraire. Cette pièce exprime à demi teinte une ardeur raffinée et réservée des sens, comme un tableau impressionniste.
Amateurs de peintures de Seurat ou de Monnet, l’Arabesque n°1 vous fera découvrir l’univers à demi mot du premier grand musicien impressionniste qu’est Claude Debussy.

SKU: BO.B.3288

ISBN 9790350303760.

English comments:
ARABESQUE: Is a subtle and smooth movement of a virtuous disposition based on fast uses of triplets. These oscillate weaving a parabolic picture within a romantic atmosphere. The music disappears gently and mysteriously. PRELUDIANDO: Is the adaptation for piano of the famous prelude of the III Partita for solo violin by J. S. Bach. Staccato and legato, vigour and softness freely run through the Prelude which is integrated through a dramatic pedal before its end. Recording: Columna Musica.

Comentarios del Espanol:
ARABESQUE Es un sutil y escurridizo movimiento de caracter virtuosistico basado en rapidas figuraciones de seisillos. Estos oscilan tejiendo un dibujo parabolico dentro de una atmosfera romantica. La musica desaparece suave y misteriosamente. PRELUDIANDO Es la transformacion pianistica del celebre preludio de la III Partita para violin solo de J. S. Bach. Staccato y legato, vigor y suavidad recorren libremente el Preludio que se instalara en un dramatico pedal antes de su conclusion. Grabacion: Columna Musica.

SKU: SA.10128

8.25 x 11 inches.

This is a beautifully digitized reprint of Debussy's early gem first published in 1891, from the 1912 revised and re-engraved score. In contrast so many on-demand scores now available, this one comes complete with all the pages and the images have been checked to make sure it is highly readable. The score is beautifully printed on large size (9 x 12) off-white stock with a quality cover, all saddle-stitched in the traditional sheet music binding. As with all PLP scores a percentage of each sale is donated to the amazing online archive of free music scores and recordings, IMSLP - Petrucci Music Library.

SKU: HL.14030016

ISBN 9788759852385. English.

Work for Solo Piano dating from 1916.

SKU: FP.FZZ07

ISBN 979-0-57050-328-5.

Forsyth's Modern Wind Music is a series of volumes containing exciting and challenging, but not unduly difficult, works by talented English composers of current or recent vintage for recital, study or recreation. Each volume includes three works with piano, one unaccompanied piece, and one piece for two or more players of the instrument. In this volume for clarinet John Casken's 'Taerset' takes its title from Tarset in Northumberland, inspired by a holiday there, while Julia Usher's 'Subsequent Darkness' is inspired by a game of chess. The solo work is a capricious 'Arabesque' by Richard Orton, who also contributes a quartet for clarinets that plays on diaphragm articulation. David Ellis's 'Berceuse' is an extended lullaby, but not without its troubled dreams.

SKU: HL.14027924

UPC: 884088876432. 10.5x14.0x0.03 inches.

Composed in 1992.

SKU: HL.14024607

8.25x11.75x0.045 inches.

In the past two decades years, American composer Philip Glass has become a prominent and unique figure in the international music world. Writing operas, orchestral and choral works and music for film, theatre, dance and The Philip Glass Ensemble (which has toured over fifty cities worldwide), Glass has brought his creative vision to a diverse and ever growing audience.

SKU: LM.29338

ISBN 9790230993388.

KUHNAU : Praeludium - BASTEAU : Cheveux au vent - MAC DOWELL : To a wild rose - BASTEAU : Du bout des doigts - GOUNOD : Tarentelle - BASTEAU : Tarentelle - SATIE : Gnossienne n. 2 - BASTEAU : Au fil du temps - KULHAU : Extrait de 4 variations sur un theme de Rossini - BASTEAU : Square - WEBER : Valse - BASTEAU : Valse - BURGMULLER : L'Harmonie des anges Op.100 n. 21 - BASTEAU : Arabesque - HAYDN : Final - BASTEAU : Galop.

SKU: IS.VC6068EM

ISBN 9790365060689.

Charles Camilleri (1931 - 2009) was a Maltese composer. As a teenager, he composed a number of works based on folk music and legends of his native Malta. He moved from his early influences by Maltese folk music to a musical form in which nothing is fixed and his compositions evolve from themselves with a sense of fluency and inevitability. He composed over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and solo instruments. Camilleri's work has been performed throughout the world and his research of folk music and improvisation, the influences of the sounds of Africa and Asia, together with the academic study of European music, helped him create a universal style. Camilleri is recognized in Malta as one of the major composers of his generation. He died on 3 January 2009 at the age of 77. His funeral took place two days later at Naxxar, his long-time town of residence. Flags across Malta were flown at half-mast in tribute to him. Just like Bach's 6 suites for cello solo, these 6 arabesques are composed of a number of distinct movements which follow the suite principle. The melodies in these 6 arabesques are influenced by Mediterranean folk music.