Format : Score
SKU: FG.55011-320-6
ISBN 9790550113206.
Guitar sonata A Walk to the Mysterious Woods (2012-13) is so far the most extensive of the works Kai Nieminen has written for his own instrument, the guitar. The sonata features virtuosic and delicate timbre which is typical of Nieminen's musical idiom and which requires both technical and poetic skill of the performer. The music invokes a fairytale-like scene of nature with its references to Finnish mythology. Kai Nieminen's guitar sonata is in four movements which follow each other attacca. The form of the work resembles the traditional sonata form: exposition (A Walk with Birdsong) - development (Along the Brook and Song(s) from the Arctic) - recapitulation (Return). The dark chords of the beginning, the pressing silence and the icy-sounding harmony created by the E flat bass line evoke an image of a winter forest. As if following birdsong, the music carries the listener through various landscapes and moods. Birdsong takes the listener to a brook, which then carries the traveller to the ancient Sami joik, a traditional form of chant, and allows him or her to bask in the serenity of natural beauty in a moment where the past and present meet.
SKU: BT.DHP-1165681-140
English-German-French-Dutch.
A cantastoria or Bänkelsänger German for busker was a travelling musician who made music in streets and squares, together with his colleagues. Die Bänkelsängerlieder (buskers songs) originally stem from the seventeenth century. Robert van Beringen, who is known for his attractive arrangements of classical melodies, created a colourful transcription for wind band based on this characteristic music. Een cantastoria of Bänkelsänger Duits voor straatzanger was een rondreizende muzikant die samen met zijn collega’s musiceerde in straten en op pleinen. Die Bänkelsängerlieder stammen oorspronkelijk uit de zeventiende eeuw. Robert van Beringen, die bekendstaat om zijn fraaie arrangementen van klassieke melodieën, maakte van deze karakteristieke muziek een kleurrijke transcriptie voor blaasorkest. Ein Cantastoria“ oder Bänkelsänger war ein reisender Musiker, der auf den Straßen und Plätzen zusammen mit seinen Kollegen Musik machte. Die Bänkelsängerlieder stammen ursprünglich aus dem 17. Jahrhundert. Robert van Beringen, der für seine attraktiven Arrangements klassischer Melodien bekannt ist, hat eine abwechslungsreiche Bearbeitung dieser charakteristischen Musik für Blasorchester geschaffen. Un cantastoria ou Bänkelsänger allemand pour chanteur des rues était un musicien de voyage qui faisait de la musique dans les rues et places, en compagnie de ses collègues. Die Bänkelsängerlieder (chansons des artistes de rue) viennent du XVIIe siècle. Robert van Beringen, connu pour ses arrangements attractifs de mélodies classiques, a créé une transcription musicale pour orchestre d’harmonie basée sur cette musique typique. Van Beringen, noto per i suoi eccelsi riadattamenti di arie classiche, si è questa volta cimentato in una variopinta trascrizione per banda di soli fiati della musica tipica dei cantastorie, riuscendo sorprendentemente a tener vivo l’arcano fascino delle busker song.
SKU: BT.DHP-1165681-120
A cantastoria or Bänkelsänger German for busker was a travelling musician who made music in streets and squares, together with his colleagues. Die Bänkelsängerlieder (buskers songs) originally stem from the seventeenth century. Robert van Beringen, who is known for his attractive arrangements of classical melodies, created a colourful transcription for wind band based on this characteristic music. Een cantastoria of Bänkelsänger Duits voor straatzanger was een rondreizende muzikant die samen met zijn collega’s musiceerde in straten en op pleinen. Die Bänkelsängerlieder stammen oorspronkelijk uit de zeventiende eeuw. Robert van Beringen, die bekendstaat om zijn fraaie arrangementen van klassieke melodieën, maakte van deze karakteristieke muziek een kleurrijke transcriptie voor blaasorkest. Ein Cantastoria“ oder Bänkelsänger war ein reisender Musiker, der auf den Straßen und Plätzen zusammen mit seinen Kollegen Musik machte. Die Bänkelsängerlieder stammen ursprünglich aus dem 17. Jahrhundert. Robert van Beringen, der für seine attraktiven Arrangements klassischer Melodien bekannt ist, hat eine abwechslungsreiche Bearbeitung dieser charakteristischen Musik für Blasorchester geschaffen. Un cantastoria ou Bänkelsänger allemand pour chanteur des rues était un musicien de voyage qui faisait de la musique dans les rues et places, en compagnie de ses collègues. Die Bänkelsängerlieder (chansons des artistes de rue) viennent du XVIIe siècle. Robert van Beringen, connu pour ses arrangements attractifs de mélodies classiques, a créé une transcription musicale pour orchestre d’harmonie basée sur cette musique typique.
SKU: HL.49002680
ISBN 9780901938039. English.
Ballet an its Music traces the influence of the outstanding personalities in the world of ballet from the seventeenth century to the present day. The development of dance-technique and ballet music is followed from the courtly and peasant dances of the High Renaissance through to contemporary productions. The author deals in detail not only with the great choreographers, past and present, but also with the composers whose names are especially linked with ballet and who have made a significant contribution to music for the dance. She combines a historical narrative with a perceptive treatment of world-famous Schools and Companies. Ballet and its Music is copiously illustrated with photographs and engravings. A special feature of the book is the collection of music extracts from many famous ballets, arranged for piano solo, which will make it particularly attractive to the student an amateur musician. Althrough primarily intended for young people embarking on a study of ballet, the wealth of information contained in this book will make it a stimulating and invaluable guide for readers of all ages.
SKU: BT.DHP-1165681-020
SKU: BT.DHP-1165681-010
SKU: HH.HH556-FSP
ISBN 9790708185710.
The ‘divertissement’ Psiché, a ten-movement suite for violin and basso continuo by Michele Mascitti (1663/4–1760), the Neapolitan violinist who did more than anyone else to acclimatize the Italian sonata to a French setting, is unique among his works in having a programmatic basis. It depicts episodes from the famous romantic story of Psyche and Cupid as related in the Latin novel generally known by the name The Golden Ass by the second-century author Apuleius. At the same time, this is Mascitti’s most overt homage to his adoptive country, since several movements in it go further in the direction of the French style than anything else from his pen. It expresses among other things Cupid’s rage at Psyche’s discovery of his identity, her airborne travel powered by the winds and the tenderness between the two lovers after their reconciliation. This is a very original and immediately attractive work.
