Moonplay is influenced by the tradition of inventions - studies using limited musical materials. Yi and yu - change and constancy - are the foundations of almost every musical form. And in abstract musical works play and wonder are the lifeblood of invention. Influences on Moonplay include J.S. Bach (invention) Béla Bartók (form) Astor Piazzolla (tango-esque rhythms and style) and Federico Garcia Lorca (text). SS/A . Kesselmann L

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from Trouble in Tahiti- From Leonard Bernstein's one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti. Arranged for unison treble choir and piano. English.

No. 3 Solomon Grundy-Mixed Voices. Page N

Piano Album. 11 Pieces from the TV series-Little did we know when we set out to make a television series based on the wonderful books by H. E. Bates that The Darling Buds of May would win the hearts of the entire British nation! To capture the public's imagination to such an extent is rare indeed and we have reflected many times since on the possible reasons for this phenomenon. Of course there are the evocative stories and the wonderful characters but perhaps more than anything else it is due to the Englishness of it all.We were anxious to reflect this in the music for the series basing it around the magic of the story and the romance of the Larkins themselves. This also meant allowing ourselves to be influenced by themusical styles popular in the 1950s and inspired by the unique beauty of our countryside. As Pop would say - Perfick!Pip Burley and Barrie Guard The Darling Buds Of May Piano Album contains 11 pieces from the well known TV series the The Darling Buds Of May . The music for the series was anxious to to reflect the evocative stories wonderful characters and the delicious Englishness of it all. The pieces allowed the composers to be influenced by the musical styles that were popular in the 1950s and were inpsired by the unique beauty of our countryside.

Volume 1 of this 2 volume set features Sonatas 1 to 5 and is part of Boosey & Hawkes excellent Authentic Edition. The music is clearly reproduced and includes some very helpful notes on these works from Prokofiev. This is a piano repertoire classic published in the Russian Piano Classics series. Authoritative editions beautifully produced with introductions and performance notes by Peter Donohoe and distinctive art covers.

The definitive edition (1987) of the piano teaching classic. Includes an introduction by the composer's son Peter Bartók.In 1945 Bela Bartok described 'Mikrokosmos' as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for 'didactic' purposes seeing them as a series of pieces in many different styles representing a small world or as the 'world of the little ones the children'. Stylistically Mikrokosmos reflects the influence of folk music on Bartók's life and the rhythms and harmonies employed create music that is as modern today as when the cycle was written.The 153 pieces making up 'Mikrokosmos' are divided into six volumes arranged according to technical and musicaldifficulty.The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 7) The Mikrokosmos is a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written with a didactic purpose. That is to give the piano pieces which can be used from the very beginning and then going on it is graded according to difficulties. The title Mikrokosmos can be interpreted as a series of pieces in many different styles representing a small world. This edition has been written in English French German and Hungarian.

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