A song and dance extravaganza based on the music of Duke Ellington. 21 songs including: Satin Doll * Mood Indigo * Take the "A" Train * Caravan * I'm Beginning to See the Light.
Technic Today, Part One is a companion book designed to reinforce the technical aspect of the basic method Band Today, Part One, of the Contemporary Band Course. The natural progression of the materials makes Technic Today an ideal supplement to any intermediate band method.
The six Ecossaises by Ludwig van Beethoven are arranged here by Ferruccio Busoni. This musical form features a variety of rhythms and significant dynamic contrasts.
This edition, edited by Dr. Hans Bischoff and translated by Alexander Lipsky includes a three-page preface with a table of embellishments. Inside are Inventions I-XV, and Sinfonias I-XV.
Friedrich Burgmüller, (1806--1874) was a German pianist and composer. This collection of technical works includes: Confidence * The Pearls * The Shepherd's Return * The Gypsies * The Spring * Light-hearted Maiden * Lullaby * Agitato * Matin Bell * Velocity * Serenade * Awakening in the Wood * The Storm * Lay of the Gondolier * Les Sylphes * Parting * March * At the Spinningwheel.
The original, unedited, unsimplified version of one of Debussy's most popular piano works. This ethereal, flowing section of Suite Bergamasque is diatonic and displays a conventional harmonic vocabulary in D-flat major. The title, Clair de lune, suggests a relationship to Paul Verlaine's eponymous poem, describing a vision of long-dead dancers in the moonlight. The music transmits the otherworldly, transparent, and impalpable qualities of the ...
Carl Czerny (1791--1857) was an Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. Today he is best remembered for his volumes of études for the piano. Czerny's music was greatly influenced by his teachers, Clementi, Hummel, Salieri and Beethoven. This book contains Czerny's Opus 740 (Book 1), The Art of Finger Dexterity, " Exercises 1-8.
Hans Bischoff (1852--1889) was a German concert pianist and well-regarded music editor, who continues to be respected for his thorough research, attention to detail, and careful consideration of source materials. This newly engraved edition of the Six Partitas, BWV 825--830 is based on Bischoff's analysis of the original 1731 engraving and of other manuscripts and secondary sources. Bischoff's footnotes and prefatory commentary have been prese...
This excellent 1949 Artur Schnabel edition of the famous "Pathetique" sonata features footnotes in English, Spanish, Italian, German and French. There are also fingering, dynamic, and performance suggestions by the editor.
