 ... more information | Diehl, Marcia: Celtic Tunes for Recorder. This book was conceived to provide the player with tunes well within the comfort range of the recorder and written in manageable keys. The beautiful melodies and spirited dance tunes in this book was carefully selected from the O'Neill and Roche volumes both for their playability and to reflect the spirit of the people of Celtic lands. Guitar chords included. |  ... more information | Piazzolla, Astor: Histoire du Tango for Flute and Guitar. Histoire Du Tango is an exciting and lively work, composed by Astor Piazzolla for Flute and Guitar. This piece will provide an enjoyable challenge for accomplished flautists and guitarists alike. The work is divided into four movements: Bordel 1900: The tango was born in Buenos-Aires in 1882. It was first played on the guitar and the flute. The piano was added later, followed by the bandoneon. It is music full of charm and vivacity, that gives the impression of the good spirits and volubility of the French, Italian and Spanish women who lived in these brothels, enticing the policemen, thieves, sailors and hoodlums who visited them. The tango is cheerful. Cafe 1930: This is a different era of the tango. People no longer danced to it, as in the 1900s and became satisfied by just listening, which allowed for a more musical and romantic evolution. This was a radical transformation. The tango became slower, more melancholic, and incorporated new harmonies. Tango orchestras were made up of two violins, two bandoneons, a piano and a double bass. Sometimes it was sung. Night-Club 1960: A new evolution was witnessed during this period, in which international exchange increased considerably. Brazil and Argentina met in Buenos-Aires - bossa nova and the new tango were "same battle". The public flocked to the nightclubs to listen earnestly to the new tango - a revolution and profound disruption of certain forms of old tango. Concert d'Aujourd'hui: Certain concepts join tango music with contemporary music, such as recollections by Bartok, Stravinsky and several others on a tango base. This is today's tango, the tango of the future... |
 ... more information | A New Tune a Day - Performance Pieces for Alto Saxophone (w/CD). The Performance Pieces books are inspiring collections of favorite melodies, clearly presented with a play-along CD for the advanced beginner. These pieces have been chosen and arranged to build a repertoire for performance and for fun, and include well-known classical melodies, showstoppers, jazz hits, folk songs, popular tunes, and film & TV themes. Complete with chord symbols for accompaniment on piano, keyboard or guitar, these volumes are the perfect companion to the A New Tune a Day instruction books. |  ... more information | Forty Little Pieces in Progressive Order for Beginner Flutists (with Piano Accompaniment & 2 CDs). NEW! This new edition of the classic Forty Little Pieces includes an accompaniment CD. The collection consists of pieces transcribed and adapted for flute and piano by Louis Moyse and presented in progressive order for beginner flautists. It includes some outstanding works by the great masters including: Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann. |
 ... more information | Finzi, Gerald: Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 23. The five pieces in this collection quickly entered the standard repertoire of the clarinet after their publication in 1945. The difficulty of these pieces varies greatly: the RCM lists selections of these in three different grades (2, 6, and 9). Finzi’s writing skillfully captures the diversity of timbres possible on the clarinet, often contrasting the woody low register with the bright upper end and juxtaposing extreme dynamics. A clarinet top seller! Find out more on our blog! |  ... more information | Holcombe, Bill: Three Jazz Showpieces for Piccolo & Piano (w/CD). Three flashy pieces for piccolo and piano -- well suited for encores, or even as a feature number. |
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