SKU: HL.14026911
ISBN 9788759887943. English.
My Spring Diary (Min Forårsdagbog) - Piano Pieces Vol. 2 by Karl Aage Rasmussen . Programme note In this, the second volume of My Spring Diary, which depicts the progress of the day from afternoon to night, the technical difficulties are generally greater than in vol. 1, and all the pieces are for piano solo. Freer use is made of the various types of notation which were introduced in the first volume. The 8 th piece (“Day’s End”) uses towards the end the type of notation called “open form”. The piece is a kind of musical resumé of the whole collection – elements of the earlier pieces reappear and at the end of the piecethe performer can exercise control over the way in which these elements are combined. The sequence of the individual groups is free, and it is not obligatory to play all of them. The only limitation is that the arrows within the individual groups must be followed and that the piece should end with the short passage marked “conclusion”. .
SKU: BT.DHP-1125346-401
ISBN 9789043142335. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Piano Accompaniment for Tango Diary: The twelve tangos for two violins form a link between the sophisticated tangos by Astor Piazzolla and the popular traditional tango. Klavierbegleitung zu den zwölf Tangos fu?r zwei Violinen (DHP 1125247-400), die ein Bindeglied zwischen den anspruchsvollen Tangos von Astor Piazolla und populären traditionellen Tangos bilden. Accompagnement piano pour Tango Diary qui est une introduction l??univers expressif et passionné du tango. Ces douze duos pour violon forment un lien entre les compositions sophistiquées d??Astor Piazolla et les tangos populaires traditionnels.
SKU: ST.Y272
ISBN 9790220222849.
1. Arrival Dream 2. Snow Squalls 3. It Happens 4. East Wind 5. A Clearer Memory The contrasting aspects of nature are a major theme in the work of Rhian Samuel, and in her song cycle Spring Diary for baritone and piano she responds passionately to its vernal magic. Beginning in dream and ending in memory, the five movements of the collection are a dramatic response to the turning season in Wales, conveyed through the fine detail of its characteristic weather and landscape as observed by the poet Anne Stevenson. Premiered at London's City University, Spring Diary is excellent material for graduate singers and pianists, who will draw inspiration from its vivid and assured word-setting and substantial and evocative keyboard part.
SKU: PR.114408750
UPC: 680160013289. 8.5 x 11 inches.
This work was commissioned by the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library for the dedication of the new Music Room and made possible in part through the funds from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and Meet the Composer-Arizona. Diary of a Journey was composed between July and September 1995 for the group Arpeggio. During the early summer of 1995, my wife and I took a vacation to Prague and Budapest. It was the first trip for both of us to these former Iron Curtain capitals. The train ride through the beautiful country-side, the dilapidated small villages and towns, the magnificent architecture and the feeling of grandeur in the two major cities left an indelible impression on me. I longed to write some kind of an essay about it. Diary of a Journey is the result of some of these thoughts, which were sketched (musically) as we visited each place. There are four 'snapshots' or movements which do not portray a specific scene, but rather try to capture the impressions I gathered from the people we observed and met, and the many awe-inspiring experiences we had. Throughout the journey, I felt that people were clinging to a tenacious hope for a better future, no matter how long it will take to realize it. In the first movement each player portrays a struggle against all odds, and with great energy and even wit tries to overcome the obstacles, ending on one serene high note as a resting point after all the conflict. The second 'snapshot' tries to capture the deep faith of a newly regained religiosity. It is chant-like, and uses as its basic melodic material a famous Czech hymn, penned by the great religious reformer John Huss. This movement is played very freely, without bar-lines and with the hymn shining through the fervent chanting. The third movement is a kind of 'demonic' scherzo. Fast and furious, the three instruments vie with one another in a true perpetual motion frenzy, which is at times relieved by short, more pastoral melodic fragments. A rather wild ending should leave everyone breathless. Finally, in the fourth 'snapshot' the instruments play a bit more as a team, meaning that is that there is more melody with accompaniment, and more imitative music giving the impression of a group effort. The energy is still at a high level but long lyrical lines abound, accompanied and interrupted at times by undulating fast notes still depicting the struggle against the blight which any visitor notices all around these countries, yet also showing the determination of the people to conquer adversity. --Samuel Adler.
SKU: BR.BV-285
ISBN 9783765102851. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. German.
Blooming JoyFlowers played an important role in the lives of people of the 19th century - picking them, binding them to wreaths, giving them as messages of friendship and love, using them to ornament a room or clothing, belonged to the forms of general sociability. It is within this context that Clara Schumann's flower diaries can be viewed: The first of the series was created in 1854, the year of Robert Schumann's admission to the Endenich mental institution, and was intended to share her inner and outer life with the initially personally unavailable invalid. In 1857, the meanwhile nearly 40-year-old Clara Schumann began her last flower diary, barely a year and a half after her husband's death. It reflects the travel stops of the pianist who was by now increasingly concertizing throughout central Europe and England, as well as her relationships with close friends, including especially the young Johannes Brahms who had presented her with the little volume expressly for her collections and annotations. The facsimiled diary pages of the exemplar preserved in the Staatsbibliothek Berlin are supplemented by biographical and botanical comments.
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.
SKU: HL.48024497
ISBN 9781784544003. 3.5x6.75x0.312 inches.
The best-selling diary returns for 2019 with a user-friendly portrait format, extra space for weekend appointments, and birthdays of hundreds of famous people in the world of music. Listings of important musical events from 100, 50 and 25 years ago and forthcoming anniversaries up to 2024 are included, alongside a mini-directory of concert halls, opera houses, festivals, organisations and recording companies, plus a special article on Serge Prokofieff to mark the centenary of The Love for Three Oranges. The cover design for 2019 includes an excerpt from Waltz (1876) by Jacques Offenbach, marking the bicentenary of the composer's birth.
SKU: BA.BA06869-01
ISBN 9790260109599. 34 x 27 cm inches. Text Language: Czech, German, English. Preface: Zahrádka, Jirí.
Even though Janacek’s song drama „The Diary of One Who Disappeared” is scored for chamber ensemble, the composer’s operatic experience is clearly detectable. This work appears in the series “Complete Critical Works of Leos Janacek” (vol. B/6), edited by Jirí Zahrádka. The volume includes an expanded preface (compared with the performing edition, BA09575) and a separate edition of the song texts. The beautiful engraving matches that of the performing edition. During recent years the author of the poems has been identified as Josef Kalda, and we know that the muse of all of Janacek’s late works was Kamila Stösslová. “That’s why there is so much ardent feeling in this work” (letter of 24 July 1924) . “… With this work I constantly thought of you! You were this Žofka to me!“ (letter of 24 December 1927). The renowned editor’s research uncovered several new findings.
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What can I expect from a Barenreiter Urtext edition?
MUSICOLOGICALLY SOUND - 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 ... AND PRACTICAL - Page-turns, fold-out pages, and cues where you need them - A well-presented layout and a user-friendly format - Excellent print quality - Superior paper and binding
SKU: HL.48025331
ISBN 9781784548322. UPC: 196288175513. 3.5x6.75x0.407 inches.
The best-selling diary returns for 2024 with a user-friendly portrait format, extra space for weekend appointments, and birthdays ofhundreds of famous people in the world of music. Listings of important musical events from 100, 50 and 25 years ago and forthcoming anniversaries up to 2029 are included, alongside a mini-directory of concert halls, opera houses, festivals, organisations and recording companies, plus a special article by Paul Driver celebrating the work of composers Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle in their 90th anniversary year. The cover design for 2024 includes an excerpt from Benedictus from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (1999) by Karl Jenkins, marking the composer's 80th birthday.
SKU: HL.14037611
ISBN 9781849385442. UPC: 884088572396. 8.5x11.75x0.248 inches.
Notes From a Diary was jointly commissioned by Thorunn Osk Marinosdottir and the Hebrides Ensemble with financial support from Musica Nova, the Ministry of Culture in Iceland, NESTA and the Scottish Arts Council.Itwas first performed on 3 June 2005 by Thorunn Osk Marinosdottir (viola) and Kristinn Orn Kristinsson (piano) at the Ymir Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland as part of the International Viola Congress.
SKU: FJ.B1482S
English.
'Twas the week before Christmas and all through Santa's workshop were busy elves. Among them is Leon, an ornery elf who turns to his diary to cope with each difficult day. Combining humor ous prose with favorite carols, this creative holiday work will be the best gift your audience ever received! From wooden soldiers who break rank and fight to defective reindeer harnesses that accidentally come with cowbells, this work is sure to delight! Perfect to feature an administrator or student as narrator. Easy to put together and fun to perform!
About FJH Starter Series
Introduction to Beginning Band - Ideal for the first several months of instruction. These pieces are a comfortable length for students (about a half page of music) and are playable with as few as five instruments. All instruments are limited to a 6-note diatonic range. Several supplemental exercises are included to help teach different elements of each piece. Grade .5
SKU: HL.48025333
ISBN 9781784548346. UPC: 196288175537. 3.5x6.75x0.407 inches.
SKU: HL.48025332
ISBN 9781784548339. UPC: 196288175520. 3.5x6.75x0.405 inches.
SKU: HL.14043133
Annelies is the first adaptation of the diary of Annelies 'Anne' Frank into a large-scale Choral work. It brings to life the diary written by Frank between 1942 and 1944 when she and her family lived in hiding at the back of an Amsterdam warehouse. This Vocal score is for Kyrie , the eighth movement from Annelies and is composed for SATB chorus with Piano reduction.
SKU: HL.14042802
These short pieces are inspired by the extraordinary piano music of the little known Yorkshire composer William Baines. Baines died in 1922 at the age of 23 but left behind a substantial catalogue of over 150 works. Likened to that of Scriabin, Baines’ piano music is sensuous, highly coloured and quite unlike anything being written by his British contemporaries. Shadows (Volume I) are reflections on episodes from Baines’ life and diary entries, each piece incorporating a chord, a gesture or a figuration from one of Baines’ solo piano works. It was particularly fitting that the set received its premiere in Yorkshire inthe fabulous surroundings of Ripon Cathedral.
These short pieces are inspired by the extraordinary piano music of the little known Yorkshire composer William Baines. Baines died in 1922 at the age of 23 but left behind a substantial catalogue of over 150 works. Likened to that of Scriabin, Baines’ piano music is sensuous, highly coloured and quite unlike anything being written by his British contemporaries. Shadows (Volume I) are reflections on episodes from Baines’ life and diary entries, each piece incorporating a chord, a gesture or a figuration from one of Baines’ solo piano works. It was particularly fitting that the set received its premiere inYorkshire in the fabulous surroundings of Ripon Cathedral.
