24 acrobatic pieces for young pianists.-Topsy-turvy Tunes is a unique collection of Carol Barratt's compositional wizardry that will amuse and amaze young pianists. Each piece hat to be played in an unusual way - with hands crossed with the music upside down or in unfamiliar positions and rhythms. Both entertaining and challenging Topsy-turvy Tunes will develop many aspects of piano techniques especially independence of hands articulation and familiarity with the keyboard. And above all they're fun!Piano. Barratt C

The title of these five musical timepieces refers to the 18th century clockmaker John Harrison whose struggle to develop the first reliable navigational chronometer is related in Dava Sobel's book Longitude. The work continues the composer's preoccupation with time and the idea of musical mechanisms. Piano. Birtwistle H.

SATB. Schields V

Sechs Stücke-Piano. Prokofiev S

SS/A . Smith G T.

Traditional British-SS/A . Hatfield S

Theme from Song of Tears-Jenkins' famous tunes arranged for piano by Christopher Norton. Piano. Jenkins K

Passacaglia for piano was composed by Aaron Copland during his student days with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the early 1920's. The work is dedicated to Mlle. Boulanger. In its eight variations on an eight measure theme in G-sharp there is an emphasis on architectural structure which reflects Boulanger's insistence on disciplined writing. Passacaglia is one of the earliest works to demonstrate traits of the composer's mature style. For Piano solo.

This is a fantastic work in the concert repertoire for Solo Viola with its lyrical integrity and virtuosic passages this truly is an exciting Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. This version is for Viola with Piano reduction. The solo viola part is also included on a separate insert and has been edited by William Primrose.

American Folk Song-This familiar song is set with very simple ideas which complement and support the motion of the beautiful melody. The accompanying voices can be learned quickly for they sing like melodies and progress by step. Mary Goetze 's Shenandoah for SSA Choir. This a cappella setting of the American folk song is popular in concerts contests and festivals. Accompanying voices move mostly by step and sing like melodies unto themselves making the piece easy to learn and highly effective.

Piece by Piece 1 & 2 - Graded pieces in attractive contrasting styles following on from Right from the Start. Includes traditional melodies tunes from the classical repertoire and original jazzier numbers.The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 1). 24 simple melodies for the elementary Violin student selected and arranged by Sheila Nelson. A super selection of well-known melodies that will inspire confidence including tunes by Arthur Sullivan and Tchaikovsky. This is the solo violin part only.

Tetratunes allows young players to learn note reading in blocks of four step-wise notes on each string. This system develops physical skills slightly ahead of note-reading.These books are a real find for those of us who do group teaching .... a wonderful book for multilevel teaching.Strings Magazine 1995. Piano Accompaniment. Nelson S.

The vocal score to Elgar's Coronation Ode Op. 44 for Soprano Contralto Tenor and Bass soloists chorus and presented here with piano accompaniment.

Psalm 100-SATB. Kesselmann L

Piano Narrator. Tschaikowsky P

Simple Song- Unison treble voices.

from Pulcinella-The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8). Introduzione - Minuetto and Finale - Scherzo - Serenata - Tarantella Gavotta con due Variazioni Igor Stravinsky's Suite Italienne arranged for violin and piano by the composer and Samuel Dushkin. The Suite is made up of 6 attractive movements - written in Stravinsky's Neoclassical style of composition. It is suitable for advanced players. Many string players will be familiar with 'Suite Italienne' which Stravinsky wrote in collaboration with leading performers of the time. This version was arranged for violin by the composer himself in collaboration with Samuel Dushkin in 1933.

Period repertoire specially selected by the world famous teacher Sheila Nelson. Includes a wide spectrum of composers from the well known to less familiar names and a lively variety of unaccompanied solo pieces and duets. A progressive selection of fifteen popular and celebrated works from the Classical period for the confident Violin soloist. A wide variety of pieces have been chosen from the great works of Haydn Mozart Schubert and Beethoven that demonstrate the elegance and symmetry of the Classical approach with pieces thatr challenge all manner of technique and authentic style. Generous and detailed performance notes are included by the distinguished and world-renowned Violin teacher Sheila M. Nelson.

String Quartet Percussion (cassette). Yanov-yanovsky

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 musical difficulty. 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.