Eight Preludes, Op. 34

SKU: UT.HS-327

ISBN 9790215327900. 9 x 12 inches.

In 1716, François Couperin published in Paris L’Art de Toucher le Clavecin, that brief and famous method containing eight Preludes, all extraordinarily beautiful, as well as technically very useful. Less than fifty years later, in 1762 in Madrid, Padre Antonio Soler published through Joachin Ibarra a weighty treatise of 272 pages (Llave de la Modulacion), which includes – in the tenth and final chapter – eight Preludes for keyboard instrument
This kind of Prelude, according to what emerges from the thorny and at times ambiguous language of Padre Soler, while maintaining its undoubted basic executive value, stands on the one hand as a study of composition and on the other as an exercise in improvisation. Both these categories are more than pertinent to the period in which this work was conceived and to its aesthetics. In this sense, the term arbitri itself, so widely used in the musical text, is perhaps the most representative of a type of training that is actually centred more on practice procedure than on merely theoretical study.

SKU: HL.14043165

9.0x12.0x0.082 inches.

Patrick Hawes' Two Angel Preludes , scored for solo Piano. ' Cherubim : This piano prelude aims to create a sense of weightlessness and tranquillity whilst at the same time having momentum and energy. Like the Seraphim, the Cherubim are ceaseless in prayer, and the repeated note figurations are designed to enhance this image.' ' Seraphim : The triple meter and lilting melody in this piece for solo piano combine to create a sense of quiet joy as the Seraphim perpetually pray to the heavenly Father.' - Patrick Hawes.

SKU: HL.14037363

Eight Chorale Preludes For Organ by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. Edited by Walter Emery.

SKU: A7.ALEA1073

ABOUT THE COMPOSER: Jan Vicar, born on May 5, 1949 in Olomouc, studied accordion at the Conservatory in Ostrava, music and Czech at the Philosophical Faculty of Palacky University in Olomouc, and composition at the Janacek Academy of Performing Arts in Brno and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He specializes in musicology and composition. He served as editor-in-chief of the leading Czech music journal Hudebni rozhledy (Music Review, 1986-1989). His fifth book, Imprints: Essays on Czech Music and Aesthetics (2005), was published in English. He is a professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, and head of the Musicology Department of Palacky University in Olomouc. As a Fulbright/CIES scholar-in-residence, he lectured at eight universities in the United States (1998-1999). As a visiting professor, he taught composition and music theory at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama (2005). He is the author of circa sixty diverse compositions - from orchestral pieces to cyclic works for children's choirs. ABOUT THE WORK: The Phantasms/Preludes, composed in 2001 with revisions by the composer in 2006, are a stunning set of twelve short character pieces for solo piano, with a total duration of approximately 34 minutes. The titles of the individual Preludes are shown below. The set has been recorded by pianist Daniel Wiesner (with the composer at the piano for No. 9: Bad Day), and is available from the Czech label Radioservis.

SKU: SU.28100090

Eight Trombones [5 tenor, 3 bass] Duration: 20' Composed: 2018 Published by: Distributed Composer.

SKU: CY.CC2971

ISBN 9790530057902.

The Eight Little Fugues, each originally paired with preludes are often performed in churches because of their technical ease and brevity. They have finally been attributed to Bach by most scholars after a number of years of doubt. They are less technically difficult than the full-blown fugues of Bach, but still equally full of beauty and commanding mastery.
They are all less than 3 minutes in length with four in major keys and four in minor, appropriate for moderately advanced performers.
These may be performed in a quartet or choir setting with multiple performers on a part.

SKU: BT.EMBZ1879

Bach's pedagogical pieces, which even his sons practised, especially Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel, are still used throughout the course of learning the piano today. These eighteen preludes have been grouped and published in one volume ever since the Ferruccio Busoni edition at the beginning of the 20th century, although current scholarship questions the authorship of some of the works.Through his work as teacher and editor, Lajos Hernádi has supplied the eighteen preludes with performance indications. This edition, already familiar to the Hungarian public, is now available to students of music in a new form.

SKU: BA.BA10845

ISBN 9790006505623. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Preface: Denis Herlin.

‘Once again the French musicologist Denis Herlin, who mastered the harpsichord under the tutelage of such keyboard legends as Kenneth Gilbert and Huguette Dreyfus, has presented an exemplary edition of a classic from the harpsichord repertoire.’ (Jury of the German Music Edition Prize on BA 10844)

Bärenrei ter presents Book II of Couperin’s “Pièces de clavecin”, first published in 1717, In addition the eight preludes and one allemande from his treatise “L’Art de toucher le clavecin” are included in the appendix. For the first time Denis Herlin has evaluated the many later impressions of the original print, most of which he unearthed himself in international libraries. By preserving the essential features of the original print while largely dispensing with disruptive page-turns within the pieces, the volume brings modern performers close to the special sound of this music. Rounding off this pioneering new edition are an extensive Foreword, notes on historical performance practice, a comprehensive glossary, facsimile pages and a detailed Critical Commentary.

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- A reliable musical text based on all available sources
- A description of the sources
- Information on the genesis and history of the work
- Valuable notes on performance practice
- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions

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- Page-turns, fold-out pages, and cues where you need them
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SKU: GI.G-7990

UPC: 785147799061.

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