La Musique

SKU: HL.14043216

ISBN 9781783056200. English.

Michael Nyman's Musique A Grande Vitesse (MGV) translates as ‘high speed music’ and was commissioned by the Festival de Lille for the inauguration of the TGV North EuropeanParis-Lille line in 1993.

This piece of sheet music runs continuously, but was conceived as an abstract, imaginary journey; or rather five inter-connected journeys, each ending with a slow, mainly stepwise melody which isonly heard in its 'genuine' form when the piece reaches its destination.

Thematic 'transformation' is a key to MGV as a whole. Throughout the piece ideas - rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, motivic, textural -constantly change their identity as they pass through different musical 'environments'.

The opening bars establish both a recurrent rhythmic principle - 9, 11, or 13-beat rhythmic cycles heard against a regular 8 - and aharmonic process - chord sequences (mainly over C and E) which have the note E in common. (Coincidentally, MGV begins in C and ends in E). A later scalic, syncopated figure (again first heard over C, E and A)begins the second section, featuring Brass, in D flat.

The topography of MGV should be experienced without reference to planning, description or timetables. Its tempo changes and unpredictable slowings downbear no logical relation to the high speed of the Paris-Lille journey, while the temptation to treat MGV as a concerto grosso, with the Michael Nyman band as the ripeno, was resisted: more suitably theband (amplified in live performance) lays down the tracks on which MGV runs.

SKU: HL.48182287

UPC: 888680840129. 10.5x13.25x0.097 inches.

Marcel Mihalovici: Musique nocturne Op.87 (Clarinet & Piano).

SKU: HL.48184542

Ils Font de la Musique, 2 is a well-illustrated, fun workbook for children. Containing a series of practical and aesthetically-pleasing activities, the exercise book enhances enjoyable learning and progression in music theory. Ils Font de la Musique is colourful, creative, easy to follow, and provides a high quality start to music. Moreover, by using comparative imagery to represent sizes of instruments and shapes of notes, and the use of imaginative lyrics to convey rhythm, Ils Font de la Musique book is ideal and essential to young beginners showing an aptitude for music..

SKU: HL.14011259

9.25x12.0x0.463 inches.

Debutants? Tous styles? Cette Methode est pour vous! Toutes les facettes du piano. Accords, arpeges, accompagnement, salsa, bossa, blues, reggae, funk, musique de film, etc. De nombreux exemples rhythmiques, clairs et simples, de vrais morceaux du repertoire francais et international. Un CD sur lequel figure chacun des morceaux de cet ouvrage... A vous de Jouer!