SKU: HL.48180335
UPC: 888680796396. 9.0x12.0x0.152 inches.
Like a technical encyclopedia for the clarinet, Progressive and Melodic Studies Volume 2 provides a detailed guide to establishing high standard technique on the instrument. Jeanjean's compilation covers all aspects, from quick semiquaver studies to melodic minor etudes, making the book a must buy for all clarinetists. As a noted virtuoso clarinet player himself, Jeanjean's understanding of the practice of technical elements is second to none. Progressive and Melodic Studies for Clarinet Volume 2 supplies steady development from beginning to end, and with titles in five languages, this Paul Jeanjean study book cannot be missed.
SKU: BT.EMBZ20004A
English-German-Hungari an.
Supplementary Volume 16 of the New Liszt Edition contains free arrangements and technical exercises. In the first section can be found early versions of three arrangements. The first consists of the first and intermediary versions of a transcription of Die Rose, a song Schubert composed to a poem by Schlegel. The arrangement of the second movement of Berlioz's Harold Symphony also draws on literary inspiration: Lord Byron's (1788-1824) narrative poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812-18) was a literary experience Liszt shared with Berlioz. The fantasy on themes from Bellini's opera La sonnambula [The Sleepwalker] (here the first version of 1842, and the second version dating from the following decade are given) is important in music history because it was while he worked on this (and other operatic fantasies) that Liszt developed a new concept of the form, which took shape in more complex and more concentrated fantasies than before. Particularly interesting material can be found in the appendix. In addition to sketches and drafts for arrangements of Spanish themes, there are three sources published here for the first time, which shed light on technical aspects of Liszt's piano teaching. These are three sets of exercises: the first written by Liszt himself for Valérie Boissier in 1832; the second a copy in an unidentified hand from the same period or slightly later; and finally the third which was noted down in 1871 by Henri Maréchal in Rome based on the composer's dictation. This latest volume of the New Liszt Edition includes a detailed preface in German, English, and Hungarian containing new research findings, together with five manuscript facsimiles and critical notes. Simultaneously with the cloth-bound Complete Edition, a practical paperback version has been published, the contents of which are identical to those of the hardcover edition, minus the inclusion of critical notes.
SKU: HL.48186516
UPC: 888680866570. 10.5x13.5x0.267 inches.
In two volumes, Hyacinthe Klose (1808-1880), a virtuoso wind player of his day, provides detailed, progressive exercises and studies for the Saxophone. Complete Method for all Saxophones is essential to all saxophonists seeking to improve their technique on the instrument. Klose's second volume gives focus to the technique of the instrument, including phrasing, intervals, scales, chromaticism, ornamentation, accidentals, breath control, articulation, dynamics and performance directions, among other musical aspects. Moreover, Complete Method for all Saxophones contains technical studies to ensure adequate comprehension of a range of techniques. It is stated in the introduction that this Klose series was compiled as a response to the considerable evolution of the instrument at the time. With detailed notes in French and English, and with the book being adaptable to any Saxophone, Complete Method for all Saxophones is versatile and crucial to the progress of any Saxophone player..
SKU: BT.EMBZ20085
English-Hungarian.
Bartók's Mikrokosmos has been one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire for 80 years - and yet it is also far more than a classical piano primer. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition - from Imitation and Inversion, Ostinato, and Free Variations, concerning compositional technique, to mood pieces and pieces with programmatic ideas such as Notturno, Boating, From the Diary of a Fly, or the famous Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. Mikrokosmos first appeared in 1940 in six volumes. Based on volume 40 of the Bartók CompleteEdition published in 2020(Z. 15040), the present Urtext edition offers the series gathered in three volumes. This edition includes Bartók's preface, exercises, and notes written for the first edition. Furthermore, it also features a preface and comments by the editor, which not only discuss the genesis and the compositional sources but also provide performers, teachers and pupils alike, with authentic and detailed information about Bartók's notation and the specific performing problems of Mikrokosmos.
