Half a dozen short pieces representing different animals: from Monkeys to Kangaroos. Front cover: John Newberry's 'Spider Monkeys 2011'. Half a dozen short pieces representing different animals: from Monkeys to Kangaroos. Front cover: John Newberry's 'Spider Monkeys 2011'.

for Piano solo-These twelve preludes for advanced pianists are in each of the major keys. They can be performed separately or complete optionally repeating the first prelude at the end to make a set of thirteen. They explore a wide range of moods and characters and a second set of preludes in minor or modal keys is planned for the future. Duration (complete): 23 minutes. These twelve preludes for advanced pianists are in each of the major keys. They can be performed separately or complete optionally repeating the first prelude at the end to make a set of thirteen. They explore a wide range of moods and characters and a second set of preludes in minor or modal keys is planned for the future. Duration (complete): 23 minutes.

Includes Circus Rock Sad Clown Acrobats Tightrope Walker Sentimental Serenade Trick Cyclist Dancing Dolls and Russian Galop. On the CD track 1 is a tuning note then each piece appears twice: first with and then without the solo line. Includes Circus Rock Sad Clown Acrobats Tightrope Walker Sentimental Serenade Trick Cyclist Dancing Dolls and Russian Galop. On the CD track 1 is a tuning note then each piece appears twice: first with and then without the solo line.

Grades 6-7-Beautifully presented and thoroughly readable 'modern' editions of the best of these pre-Baroque masterpieces. Carefully graded. It has often struck me as intriguing that The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (a collection of keyboard music spanning the period c.1562-1612) occupies a virtually non-existent place in the literature considered viable by pianists. Needless to say harpsichordists continue to hold the music in the highest esteem while a number of transcriptions for instruments and ensembles have been made available in more recent times. How can it be that this ancient heritage - which in keyboard music terms might be regarded as the equivalent to the DeadSea Scrolls - has hitherto seemed a no-go area for pianists? It is as if the first 'proper' keyboard music tumbled miraculously out of some parallel universe around Bach's time i.e. the first half of the 18th century. While our modern piano is perhaps as different from a virginal as a washing machine is from a mangle there are in fact a good many facets of virginal music which read across perfectly well to today's instruments. For this to be possible we need to take the time to look beyond peculiarities in translation which to a significant extent comes down to issues resulting from burgeoning notational practices. It also becomes necessary to re-imagine the music in light of what is possible as well as what is desirable. Problems with accessing the sound-world of pre-Baroque keyboard music can be overcome quite easily just as it is possible to become better in resonance with avant garde musical styles given appropriate immersion. Since the writing of the performance notes to The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book more than a century ago (by J.A. Fuller Maitland and W. Barclay Squire) the momentum generated by the Early Music Revival has brought about immeasurable insights into the intentions of Renaissance and Baroque composers. Performances on period instruments continue to reacquaint us with a bygone age and stimulate a healthy fascination for the

Four bassoons with pseudo big band sounds! Grade: 4 - 6 Four bassoons with pseudo big band sounds! Grade: 4 - 6

An acessible and enjoyable Sonatina by Philip White for Trumpet with Piano accompaniment. 'Philip White's Sonatina is a welcome addition to the Trumpet repertoire. Challenging yet not over-demanding this is an ideal work for the enterprising trumpeter who wants to display a range of skills. Stylistically accessible this is a piece for all audiences. I encourage all my students to play it.' - Professor James Watson

Eight pieces for Piano inspired by poems by Tristan Klingsor for Mesdemoiselles Jacqueline and Lucienne Rouché. Transcribed from the original work for Piano solo (1911). 1. Les Marionnettes A marionette is a string-operated puppet. Popular from as far back as Ancient Greece and increasingly the focus of entertainment during the Middle Ages and Renaissance period it has been proposed that the art of puppetry was the logical precursor to the appearance of live actors in the theatre. Stravinsky's ground-breaking ballet Petrushka which was completed in 1911 (the same year as Grovlez's L'Almanach incidentally) undoubtedly remains thebest-known evocation of a puppet. 2. Berceuse de la Poupée 'Lullaby for a doll' though a seemingly improbable starting point for a musical work functions beautifully next to the marionettes in Grovlez's magical image-rich world though I detect something faintly subversive bubbling under the surface of this sublime melody. 3. La Sarabande The 'Sarabande' is a stately dance in triple-time with a characteristic gentle emphasis on the second beat and was apparently first referenced in print in Central America during the 16th century (zarabanda). It rapidly grew in popularity over successive centuries especially within the Spanish colonies - and of course in Spain itself - where its reputation as having being 'invented in hell' (according to Cervantes) assured it a place in dance suites from Bach's time onwards. 4. Chanson du Chasseur 'Hunter's Song' is a rollicking rum-tee-tum piece of great insouciance and swagger. The 6/8 rhythms and horn-like proclamations ride delightfully roughshod throughout the music. 5. Les Ânes 'The Donkeys'. I presume Eee-orrr has the same connotation in French! - moreover the comical spirit of the music is not so far removed from Ibert's famous Le Petit Âne Blanc (Avec une tranquille

Music invoking a variety of styles emanating from the U.S.A. - The Banjo Mexican Dance Hoe Down Rondo Tropical Dance Summer Sea Caught in the Rain Pogo Stick Blues Circus Ragtime Waving Goodbye and Private Eye. Grade: 3 - 4

50 Melodies-All fifty tunes are well known - and here they are expertly arranged by an experienced player and teacher. This book is NOT a tutor but provides a vital and therapeutic part of tuition for the trumpet student. Grade: 3 - 5

6 Jazz Carols-A collection of original jazz arrangements based on traditional Christmas carols for elementary tenor saxophone with piano accompaniment. Grade: 1 - 3 A collection of original jazz arrangements based on traditional Christmas carols for elementary tenor saxophone with piano accompaniment. Grade: 1 - 3

In Classical Folk And Pop- These studies are original compositions graded for pupils in the grade 2-5 range of ability and are written in varying styles ranging from Folk and Classical to Jazz and Pop idioms. They are arranged in three sections and make use of the principal keys at each grade scales and arpeggios in these keys different kinds of phrasing articulation dynamic range register and notation leading to more complex patterns at grades 4-5.

Mozart wrote that the aim of sight reading was 'to play the piece so as to make believe that it had been composed by the one who plays it.' This series will help any keen pupil to achieve just that! A tuneful and enjoyable approach to Piano sight reading and folksong repertoire compiled and arranged by Laura Shur. Grade: 5

Flexible Sting Ensemble-This Sweet and Merry Month of May by William Byrd Jouissance Vous Donneray by Claudin de Sermisy and O Yes! Has Any Found a Lad? by Thomas Tomkins. Individual parts for all Spartan Press ensembles are available separately quickly and inexpensively. DO NOT PHOTOCOPY.

Seven lively pieces for players at grades 2 - 3. Each piece helps with specific technical points - eg: Dim Dragon uses pauses and explores diminished chords while Ornamental Dragon uses various trills and mordents etc but all within an entertaining framework. The piano accompaniment is of the same grade as the solo part encouraging pupils to play together. Grade: 2 - 3

Pre Book-An introduction to playing piano duet repertoire. Includes music games clapping rhythms rounds counting games and useful ideas for improvising and composing. See also 'Keys for Two' books 1 2 and 3. Grade: Pre grade1

The last in the series of brass Party Pieces set for grades 2 to 5 on the Oxford Examinations Syllabus. The solo part makes use of both tenor and bass clefs and the piano part has been kept fairly simple while allowing gifted pianists potential for improvisation. Swingin' Hornpipe Charlbury Charleston Blues Ragamuffin Boogie Daydreams Take it!. Grade: 2 - 5

Street-Wise is a fantastic book which contains nine jazzy duets for Flute and Clarinet composed by Terry Kenny. These original pieces for two are quite varied in style with Be-bop rock groove jazz and blues but are all most enjoyable to play together. Suitable for players working anywhere between grades 3 and 5 standard.

This edition is more user-friendly than the others currently available. The accompanying CD provides piano accompaniments as well as samples from recordings of the Neruda Haydn and Hummell concerti with kind permission of Hyperion Records and Crispian Steele-Perkins. J.G.B. Neruda (1711-1780) was typical of 18th century musicians travelling and studying in various parts of Eastern Europe and finally settling in Dresden (1750-1780) in the Electoral (chapel) orchestra where he was salaried as a violinist and occasional composer. This concerto was originally composed for a Corno da Caccia (hunting horn) presumed to be something of a hybrid between the natural hornand natural trumpet but has been borrowed by modern trumpet players and is now firmly fixed in the Classical trumpet repertoire. This edition is intended to be more user-friendly than the others currently available: there is a much easier (and dare I say more stylistic) piano accompaniment - any doubling of the solo part has been removed voicing simplified and my premise has been to imagine what it might have been before it was orchestrated rather than trying to cram in every last piece of orchestral detail. Suggested cuts have been indicated which give a short introduction to each movement perfect for auditions recitals or exams. However the bar numbers still tally with the longer original versions which are included should they be required. The dynamics and articulation which I have added incorporate the weight of opinion in current editions and recordings offering more guidance than 'scholarly' editions without being over-prescriptive. There is an appendix with suggested interpretation of trills. Listening to as many different recordings as possible is the best way to assimilate good trills. The accompanying CD provides piano accompaniments and observes the suggested cuts. See page 23 for full track listing. There is free software available online (eg. speedshifter on the ABRSM

Three Saxophone Quartet arrangements in big-band and boogie-woogie styles of Christmas Carols. Each carol features versatile instrumentation with optional parts allowing 2 altos and 2 tenors or the standard quartet of S.A.T.B. This edition includes the Full Score in C with 6 different parts. Grade: 4 - 6

Most piano tutors appear to be aimed at either nursery school children or at whizz kids rushing too quickly from section to section. This one is aimed at those who want to learn the piano at a steady pace. Even the best tutors tend to use over familiar repertoire - Mozart minuets Beethoven sonatinas and various Czerny exercises. My decision to write virtually all of the musical material in books 1 and 2 was not so much an ego trip as an attempt to lighten up the proceedings.