In 1878 Dvorák was commissioned to write something along the lines of Brahms’s “Hungarian Dances” but using the sounds of his native country. The resulting eight “Slavonic Dances” led to his international breakthrough. “Furiant” “polka” “soudeská”: all are written with consummate mastery and dazzling formal sophistication. Although the “Slavonic Dances” also became popular in orchestral arrangement they were originally written for piano four-hands. Yet the musical text Dvorák released for publication was anything but ideal. Now to honor the centennial of his death we are presenting his original version with a detailed commentary on the work’s sources and editorial problems.The fingering always a delicate matter in duet playing has been entrusted to Andreas Groethuysen with results that will prove a boon to performers everywhere.? In 1878 Dvorák was commissioned to write something along the lines of Brahms’s “Hungarian Dances” but using the sounds of his native country. The resulting eight “ Slavonic Dances ” led to hisinternational breakthrough. “ Furiant ” “ polka ” “ soudeská ”: all are written with consummate mastery and dazzling formal sophistication. Although the “ Slavonic Dances ” also became popularin orchestral arrangement they were originally written for Piano four-hands. Yet the musical text Dvorák released for publication was anything but ideal. Now to honour the centennial of his death we are presenting hisoriginal version with a detailed commentary on the work’s sources and editorial problems. The fingering always a delicate matter in duet playing has been entrusted to Andreas Groethuysen with results that will prove a boon toperformers everywhere.

Italian/English. Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci was his first opera to be performed. The text by the composer is based on one of the cases encountered by Leoncavallo's father a police magistrate in Naples. The actual case concerned amiddle-aged actor who murdered his unfaithful wife. Leoncavallo sets his sordid subject matter to melodic material of high quality and great variety. The heart-rending aria 'Ridi Pagliaccio sul tuo amore infranto!' (Laugh and bemerry though your love betrayed you) has become the most famous number from the opera.

Jazz Play-Along Volume 35-For use with all Bb Eb and C instruments the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. FOR STUDY each tune includes a split track with: · Melody cue with proper style and inflection · Professional rhythm tracks · Choruses for soloing · Removable bass part · Removable piano part. FOR PERFORMANCE each tune also has: · An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) · Additional choruses for soloing. Includes 10 songs: Angel Eyes · Bag's Groove · Bessie's Blues · Chitlins Con Carne · Good Morning Heartache · High Fly · Mercy Mercy Mercy · Night Train · Sugar · Sweet Georgia Bright . For use with all Bb Eb and C instruments the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. FOR STUDY each tune includes a split track with: · Melody cue with proper style and inflection · Professional rhythm tracks · Choruses for soloing · Removable bass part · Removable piano part. FOR PERFORMANCE each tune also has: · An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) · Additional choruses for soloing. Includes 10 songs: Angel Eyes · Bag's Groove · Bessie's Blues · Chitlins Con Carne · Good Morning Heartache · High Fly · Mercy Mercy Mercy · Night Train · Sugar · Sweet Georgia Bright .

Let us raise a song to God that He is glorious and mighty awesome in beauty and greatly to be praised - our King our Majesty. Marty Hamby's masterful rendition will be meaningful to your singers and congregation. Availableseparately: SATB CD Accompaniment Trax Orchestration. Duration: ca. 3:50.

English Only. Translated by Blatt. Otto Nicolai became one of the few 'one-hit wonders' among classical composers. Although some of his operas had success during his lifetime it is really only his final opera The Merry Wives of Windsor that has become a repertory item but with its storyline wit and an abundance of memorable tunes it is not difficult to understand why. It was a rousing success from its first performance on March 9 1849 and the bubbly overture is still especially popular. The drama takes place in three acts to a libretto by Hermann von Mosenthal the English version being by Josef Blatt.

Undercurrents provides an electrifying virtuosic showcase for the whole ensemble - featuring a series of solos duets and trios as well as highlighting the various chamber sections within the band. The music was inspired by watching schools of fish and flocks of birds perpetually moving with the ocean currents and air currents. Every once in a while a single solo shape will appear - or two or three - they dance apart for a moment and then are drawn back into the ensemble. Commissioned by the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy Victoria BC this is a powerful tour-de-force from beginning to end. Dur: c. 6:30Undercurrents provides an electrifying virtuosic showcase for the whole ensemble - featuring a series of solos duets and trios as well as highlighting the various chamber sections within the band. The music was inspired by watching schools of fish and flocks of birds perpetually moving with the ocean currents and air currents. Every once in a while a single solo shape will appear - or two or three - they dance apart for a moment and then are drawn back into the ensemble. Commissioned by the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy Victoria BC this is a powerful tour-de-force from beginning to end. Dur: c. 6:30.

Guitar Play-Along Volume 32-Guitar Play-Along Vol. 32. The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! Songs: Bad Habit ú Come Out and Play ú Gone Away ú Gotta Get Away ú Hit That ú The Kids Aren't Alright ú Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) ú Self Esteem. Guitar Play-Along Vol. 32. The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! Songs: Bad Habit · Come Out and Play · Gone Away · Gotta Get Away · Hit That · The Kids Aren't Alright · Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) · Self Esteem.

Worship Band Play-Along Volume 4-The Worship Band Play-Along series is a flexible and innovative tool for worship leaders and bands. Each volume offers five separate correlated book/CD packs: Keyboard Guitar Bass Drumset and Vocal. Bands can use the printedmusic and chord charts to play live together and members can rehearse at home with the CD tracks. Worship leaders without a band can play/sing along with the CD for a fuller sound. The eight songs in each volume follow a similartheme for easy set selection and the straight-forward arrangements are perfect for bands of any level. The CDs are playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo withoutchanging pitch to learn the songs at their own pace. Volume 4 includes: Beautiful One God of All He Is Exalted In Christ Alone Lord Most High Lord Reign in Me We Want to See JesusLifted High Worthy Is the Lamb.The Worship Band Play-Along series is a flexible and innovative tool for worship leaders and bands. Each volume offers five separate correlated book/CD packs: Keyboard Guitar Bass Drumset and Vocal. Bands can use the printed music and chord charts to play live together and members can rehearse at home with the CD tracks. Worship leaders without a band can play/sing along with the CD for a fuller sound. The eight songs in each volume follow a similar theme for easy set selection and the straight-forward arrangements are perfect for bands of any level. The CDs are playable on any CD player and also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recordingto any tempo without changing pitch to learn the songs at their own pace. Volume 4 includes: Beautiful One; God of All; He Is Exalted; In Christ Alone; Lord Most High; Lord Reign in Me; We Want to See Jesus Lifted High; Worthy Is the Lamb.

Ten lyric arias with recorded accompaniments (Robert L. Larsen pianist). Edited by Robert L. Larsen and Richard Walters. With historical notes plot synopses and translations (by Martha Gerhart) for study. Contents: Aprite Un Po' Quegli · Deh Vieni Alla Finestra · Der Vogelfanger Bin Ich Ja · Donne Mie La Fate a Tanti · Ein Madchen Oder Weibchen · Fin Ch'han Dal Vino · Hai Gia Vinta La Causa · Non Piu Andrai · Non Siate Ritrosi · Se Vuol Ballare. Mozart Arias for Baritone or Bass with piano accompaniment and companion CD of recorded accompaniments with Robert L. Larson on piano. Edited by Robert L. Larson and Richard Walters. Includes Se Vuol Ballare (Le Nozze Di Figaro) Fin Ch'han Dal Vino (Don Giovanni) and Donne Mie La Fate A Tanti (Cosi Fan Tutte) .

Written for Michael Hasel (piccolo) and Marion Reinhardt (contrabassoon) both players from the Berlin Philharmonic this trio for the most unlikely of musical partners is a substantial work in both length and emotional utterance.This newly-released edition includes parts for flute (or piccolo) bassoon (or contrabassoon) and piano. No need to worry if you don't have one instrument or the other available as the composer advises that any combination of thethree players would be suitable for performance.Written for Michael Hasel (piccolo) and Marion Reinhardt (contrabassoon) both players from the Berlin Philharmonic this trio for the most unlikely of musical partners is a substantial work in both length and emotional utterance.This newly-released edition includes parts for flute (or piccolo) bassoon (or contrabassoon) and piano. No need to worry if you don't have one instrument or the other available as the composer advises that any combination of thethree players would be suitable for performance.

Now for the first time Henle publishes an urtext edition of this famous violin concerto (it is also the first German edition). The detailed preface provides exhaustive information on the work's genesis and sources. Ernst Schliephake has sought the advice of Ruggiero Ricci for the fingering and bowing marks and Johannes Umbreit has revised the composer's estimable piano reduction to make it more playable and to meet the main requirement of an urtext edition: maximum fidelity to the original orchestral score.?An authoritative urtext edition of Saint-Saens' Violin Concerto No.3 Op.61 for Violin with Piano reduction. Edited by Peter Jost.

Five Incantations for the Piano by Giacinto Scelsi who some consider as the Charles Ives of Italy . These pieces like much of Scelsi's work reflect his interest in Indian mysticism and Islam. They were composed in 1953 and are dedicated to French surrealist poet Henri Michaux.

This work is shorter than the other violin sonatas and a few of its parts and suggested themes were used in organ and other earlier pieces.

Windependence - Artist Level (Grade 5) Ride is a high-velocity piece inspired by a landscape-blurring car ride down a country road in Pennsylvania. Beginning and ending in the same key to symbolize goingfrom one home to another Ride zooms through harmonic and metric changes in between to take listeners and musicians for a ride before building to a furious climax. (3:30)Symphonic Band (score & parts). Hazo Sr

Composed in Vienna in 1838 along with several other shorter pieces Schumann’s Arabesque has found a permanent place in the general piano repertoire. It may owe its lightness and grace to Schumann’s urge to rise up and become the favorite composer of all the ladies of Vienna. As a result the Arabesque is a prime example of entertainment music in the best sense of the word. The musical text of this new edition has been thoroughly revised and provided with an informative preface and editorial notes.Schumann’s Arabesque in C Op.18 is a delightful and sincere work and though often a favourite of the virtuosi is much loved among amateur pianists. This piece is full of character unfolding with a light and skippingtheme which later develops to evoke a pastoral and nostalgic tone. Available here is a highly authoritative Urtext edition of the score which presents and accurate realisation of the composer’s original intentions asedited with critical commentaries by Enrst Herttrich and finger by Walther Lampe.

The perfect introduction to concert literature for the younger choir. Filled with opportunities for teaching musical concepts your choir will enjoy this expressive original.

This rousing Polonaise which is preceded by a nocturne-like Andante was originally a work for piano and orchestra. It was written at the same time as Chopin’s two piano concertos in e minor and f minor and breathes the same fresh youthful spirit. Since the orchestral part is subordinate and fulfills only an accompanying function the Polonaise lends itself brilliantly to performance as a solo piano piece and indeed is almost always performed as such in today’s concert halls. In this spirit – and following the first editions – our Urtext edition is laid out not as a piano reduction (with two piano systems) but contains only the solo part at those few passages where thesolo piano rests the orchestral accompaniment is reproduced in small print. Henle Urtext Edition completed by Ewald Zimmermann.

Comprehensive and easily understood this essential Mel Bay resource is arranged in photo notation and chord diagram form for maximum ease of use by mandolinists of all playing levels. Correct left-hand positions are pictured for each chord as is proper right-hand picking position. Major minor seventh diminished augmented and ninth chords are shown in photo notation and chord diagram: major seventh sixth minor sixth seventh augmented fifth and seventh diminished fifth chords are shown in diagram form only. Tuning of the mandolin is also shown. A chart summarizing movable chord patterns completes the book. Includes access to online video. Video duration 125 minutes. Comprehensive and easily understood this essential Mel Bay resource is arranged in photo notation and chord diagram form for maximum ease of use by mandolinists of all playing levels. Correct left-hand positions are picturedfor each chord as is proper right-hand picking position. Major minor seventh diminished augmented and ninth chords are shown in photo notation and chord diagram form; major seventh sixth minor sixth seventh augmentedfifth and seventh diminished fifth chords are shown in diagram form only. Tuning of the mandolin is also shown. A chart summarizing movable chord patterns completes the book. Includes access to online video. Videoduration 125 minutes.

The African-American spiritual Down in the River to Pray forms the basis for this creative and dramatic work for mature ensembles. Opening with a tender chorale-like statement the piece evolves throughout with variations in mood and intensity ultimately building to a majestic and powerful conclusion. Dur: 5:20 The African-American spiritual Down in the River to Pray forms the basis for this creative and dramatic work for mature ensembles. Opening with a tender chorale-like statement the piece evolves throughout with variations in mood and intensity ultimately building to a majestic and powerful conclusion. Dur: 5:20.

Fanny Crosby's text comes alive when paired with the beloved HYFRYDOL tune making for a spectacular Easter morning anthem. Available separately: SATB ChoirTrax CD. Reproducible Handbell part available as a Printed Edition and asa digital download. Bells used: 35 (3 octaves). Duration: ca. 3:20.