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Afterthoughts of a Pianist/Teacher

A Collection of Essays and Interviews

par Donald Isler ...

“This is a book I would readily recommend to any performer, teacher, student, or lover of the piano,” says pianist and composer John Musto. Pianist and professor Lisa Yui writes, “Donald Isler’s collection of articles and interviews are delightful! They are written in the charming and breezy style of Huneker, Loesser, and Hough (three of the most esteemed writers on the piano and pianists), but ... En savoir plus

$4.85 CAD

“This is a book I would readily recommend to any performer, teacher, student, or lover of the piano,” says pianist and composer John Musto. Pianist and professor Lisa Yui writes, “Donald Isler’s collection of articles and interviews are delightful! They are written in the charming and breezy style of Huneker, Loesser, and Hough (three of the most esteemed writers on the piano and pianists), but
... En savoir plus
The 100 Greatest Composers and Their Musical Works

An Introduction to the Fascinating World of Classical Music

par Gary A. Smook ...

His fascinating exploration takes you inside the rich music and colorful lives of the world’s greatest classical composers. From Bach to Stravinsky and beyond, you will learn how the unique life stories of these gifted composers are reflected in the musical masterpieces that we enjoy to this day.Designed as an introductory book on classical music, this comprehensive collection presents ... En savoir plus

$12.59 CAD

His fascinating exploration takes you inside the rich music and colorful lives of the world’s greatest classical composers. From Bach to Stravinsky and beyond, you will learn how the unique life stories of these gifted composers are reflected in the musical masterpieces that we enjoy to this day.Designed as an introductory book on classical music, this comprehensive collection presents
... En savoir plus
The Prize Racket: 'I was charmed...' – Marian Keyes

par Isabel Rogers ...

Collections Livre 4 - The Stockwell Park Orchestra Series
With a huge reward on the line, the Stockwell Park Orchestra will need to play on a whole new scale to win big...After a brief and disastrous Resident Poet episode, Stockwell Park Orchestra is invited to take part in a TV competition for classical music. For a £50,000 prize some competitors are tempted to stretch the genre to ‘crossover’ and beyond.Can a full concert orchestra compete with jazz ... En savoir plus

$4.49 CAD

With a huge reward on the line, the Stockwell Park Orchestra will need to play on a whole new scale to win big...After a brief and disastrous Resident Poet episode, Stockwell Park Orchestra is invited to take part in a TV competition for classical music. For a £50,000 prize some competitors are tempted to stretch the genre to ‘crossover’ and beyond.Can a full concert orchestra compete with jazz
... En savoir plus
The Northern Silence

Journeys in Nordic Music and Culture

par Andrew Mellor ...

An essential exploration of Nordic composers and musicians, and the distinctive culture that continues to shape themOnce considered a musical backwater, the Nordic region is now a musical powerhouse. Conductors from Denmark and Finland dominate the British and American orchestral scene. Interest in the old masters Sibelius and Grieg is soaring and progressive pop artists like Björk continue to ... En savoir plus

$26.99 CAD

An essential exploration of Nordic composers and musicians, and the distinctive culture that continues to shape themOnce considered a musical backwater, the Nordic region is now a musical powerhouse. Conductors from Denmark and Finland dominate the British and American orchestral scene. Interest in the old masters Sibelius and Grieg is soaring and progressive pop artists like Björk continue to
... En savoir plus
The War on Music

Reclaiming the Twentieth Century

par John Mauceri ...

A prominent conductor explores how aesthetic criteria masked the political goals of countries during the three great wars of the past centuryThis book offers a major reassessment of classical music in the twentieth century. John Mauceri argues that the history of music during this span was shaped by three major wars of that century: World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.Probing why so few ... En savoir plus

$25.19 CAD

A prominent conductor explores how aesthetic criteria masked the political goals of countries during the three great wars of the past centuryThis book offers a major reassessment of classical music in the twentieth century. John Mauceri argues that the history of music during this span was shaped by three major wars of that century: World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.Probing why so few
... En savoir plus
Popular Classics for Classical Guitar Volume 1

Teach Yourself How to Play Classical Guitar Sheet Music (Free Audio Available)

par LearnToPlayMusic.com, Jason Waldron ...

Collections series Progressive
Teach yourself how to play classical guitar sheet music by the world’s greatest classical composers, carefully arranged for the classical guitar player.***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.***"As a fairly new classical guitar player I am finding this series […] extremely useful. […] contains numbers such as ... En savoir plus

$7.82 CAD

Teach yourself how to play classical guitar sheet music by the world’s greatest classical composers, carefully arranged for the classical guitar player.***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.***"As a fairly new classical guitar player I am finding this series […] extremely useful. […] contains numbers such as
... En savoir plus
Discover Early Music

par Lucien Jenkins ...

The Middle Ages began with the collapse of the Roman world. This left a military and political system in ruins but a cultural world-view largely intact. Artistically rich and varied in themselves, the medieval centuries also sparked both the artistic Renaissance and the religious Reformation that followed. Rich but musically lost? Buildings and statues endure, but how can we ever really know ... En savoir plus

$7.74 CAD

The Middle Ages began with the collapse of the Roman world. This left a military and political system in ruins but a cultural world-view largely intact. Artistically rich and varied in themselves, the medieval centuries also sparked both the artistic Renaissance and the religious Reformation that followed. Rich but musically lost? Buildings and statues endure, but how can we ever really know
... En savoir plus
Clair de Lune Easy Elementary Piano Sheet Music

par Claude Debussy ...

From Debussy's famous "Suite Bergamasque for Easy / Novice PianoEasy Note Style Sheet MusicLetter Names of Notes embedded in each Notehead!Quality Custom Made Original Sheet Music Arrangements ... En savoir plus

$3.59 CAD

From Debussy's famous "Suite Bergamasque for Easy / Novice PianoEasy Note Style Sheet MusicLetter Names of Notes embedded in each Notehead!Quality Custom Made Original Sheet Music Arrangements
... En savoir plus
The Lives and Times of the Great Composers

par Michael Steen ...

'A glorious plum-pudding of a book, to be consulted, with pleasure and profit, over and over again' Sir Jeremy IsaacsMichael Steen's 'Great Composers' was originally published in 2003. A lifetime's work and almost 1000 pages long, it has since become 'the' reference point and key read on the biographical backgrounds to classical music's biggest names.Authoritative and hugely detailed - but ... En savoir plus

$10.52 CAD

'A glorious plum-pudding of a book, to be consulted, with pleasure and profit, over and over again' Sir Jeremy IsaacsMichael Steen's 'Great Composers' was originally published in 2003. A lifetime's work and almost 1000 pages long, it has since become 'the' reference point and key read on the biographical backgrounds to classical music's biggest names.Authoritative and hugely detailed - but
... En savoir plus
Classical Guitar Lessons for Beginners

Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Video Available)

par LearnToPlayMusic.com, Brett Duncan ...

Collections series Progressive Beginner
Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy classical guitar lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free guitar videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***"Best teacher on paper! I’ve always wanted to learn how to play a guitar. It amazes ... En savoir plus

$7.82 CAD

Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy classical guitar lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free guitar videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***"Best teacher on paper! I’ve always wanted to learn how to play a guitar. It amazes
... En savoir plus
Canine Confessions

par Bernadette Griffin ...

Montreal in the 1970s. The Vietnam War is still sparking controversy. The second tide of feminism still washes in on women as Daisy, a flaxen-haired cocker spaniel, recounts in touching, albeit humorous, detail, the story of her life as it intersects with her humans. Through Daisy, we meet Harry and Monique, their three children, and significant others, and experience all of the turmoil swirling ... En savoir plus

$6.29 CAD

Montreal in the 1970s. The Vietnam War is still sparking controversy. The second tide of feminism still washes in on women as Daisy, a flaxen-haired cocker spaniel, recounts in touching, albeit humorous, detail, the story of her life as it intersects with her humans. Through Daisy, we meet Harry and Monique, their three children, and significant others, and experience all of the turmoil swirling
... En savoir plus
Puccini: His Life and Music

par Julian Haylock ...

Puccini is one of the most beloved of all opera composers La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot play to packed opera houses the world over. In his lifetime he achieved an international celebrity accorded to only a few, yet the critics were rarely impressed. He was nevertheless a creative artist of profound sensitivity and dramatic flair who developed a unique form of free-flowing opera ... En savoir plus

$11.05 CAD

Puccini is one of the most beloved of all opera composers La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot play to packed opera houses the world over. In his lifetime he achieved an international celebrity accorded to only a few, yet the critics were rarely impressed. He was nevertheless a creative artist of profound sensitivity and dramatic flair who developed a unique form of free-flowing opera
... En savoir plus
Lost Secrets of Master Musicians

A Window Into Genius

par David Jacobson ...

What were the “secret” techniques and musical insights that enabled performers such as Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, and Glenn Gould to achieve such unsurpassed levels of musical expression and technical skill? And, if we could rediscover this knowledge, how might this impact musical education and our understanding, creation and performance of classical ... En savoir plus

$11.05 CAD

What were the “secret” techniques and musical insights that enabled performers such as Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, and Glenn Gould to achieve such unsurpassed levels of musical expression and technical skill? And, if we could rediscover this knowledge, how might this impact musical education and our understanding, creation and performance of classical
... En savoir plus
The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music

par Robert Philip ...

An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from Corelli to Shostakovich, ... En savoir plus

$24.38 CAD

An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from Corelli to Shostakovich,
... En savoir plus
Classical Guitar Lessons for Kids - Book 1

How to Play Classical Guitar for Kids (Free Video Available)

par LearnToPlayMusic.com, Connie Bull ...

Illustré par James Stewart ...

Collections Livre 1 - Progressive Young Beginner
Teach how to play classical guitar for kids with our easy classical guitar lessons for kids.***Comes with online access to free classical guitar videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***"This book contains easy classical pieces for guitar and ... En savoir plus

$6.47 CAD

Teach how to play classical guitar for kids with our easy classical guitar lessons for kids.***Comes with online access to free classical guitar videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***"This book contains easy classical pieces for guitar and
... En savoir plus
Phillip Glass: First Classics 1968-1969

par Chester Music ...

Philip Glass, early protagonist of the Minimalist movement, studied with Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger. His first job, assisting Ravi Shankar on a film soundtrack, heralded the start of his own successful cinema career, and to date he has scored over fifty movies.First Classics contains five of Glass's ground-breaking works from the late 1960s. Performable by anything from solo to large group, with ... En savoir plus

$11.51 CAD

Philip Glass, early protagonist of the Minimalist movement, studied with Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger. His first job, assisting Ravi Shankar on a film soundtrack, heralded the start of his own successful cinema career, and to date he has scored over fifty movies.First Classics contains five of Glass's ground-breaking works from the late 1960s. Performable by anything from solo to large group, with
... En savoir plus
Continental Riff: 'A witty and irreverent musical romp' – Claire King

par Isabel Rogers ...

Collections Livre 3 - The Stockwell Park Orchestra Series
A continental tour of Europe doesn’t go quite as planned!When Stockwell Park Orchestra goes on tour to Europe, it proves a challenge for even the most efficient German logistical planner.A teenage stowaway, brass players falling in canals and a sabotaged timpani van are all in a day’s work for Ingrid Bauer of Note Perfect Tours, but even she can’t solve all the problems this week throws at her. ... En savoir plus

$4.49 CAD

A continental tour of Europe doesn’t go quite as planned!When Stockwell Park Orchestra goes on tour to Europe, it proves a challenge for even the most efficient German logistical planner.A teenage stowaway, brass players falling in canals and a sabotaged timpani van are all in a day’s work for Ingrid Bauer of Note Perfect Tours, but even she can’t solve all the problems this week throws at her.
... En savoir plus
Le Cas Mozart

par Michel Onfray, Didier Raymond ...

Collections series Sursum Corda
« Voilà pourquoi Mozart est paradoxalement voué au silence : parce qu’il dit mieux que tous. » Michel Onfray Ce court essai, à l’écriture ciselée, propose une vision décalée et impertinente du plus mythique des compositeurs. Partant essentiellement de l’opéra chez Mozart – le genre préféré du musicien, essentiel pour sa compréhension –, Didier Raymond démontre, à rebours des thèses musicologiques ... En savoir plus

$10.99 CAD

« Voilà pourquoi Mozart est paradoxalement voué au silence : parce qu’il dit mieux que tous. » Michel Onfray Ce court essai, à l’écriture ciselée, propose une vision décalée et impertinente du plus mythique des compositeurs. Partant essentiellement de l’opéra chez Mozart – le genre préféré du musicien, essentiel pour sa compréhension –, Didier Raymond démontre, à rebours des thèses musicologiques
... En savoir plus
The Art of the Fugue and A Musical Offering

par Johann Sebastian Bach ...

Collections series Dover Chamber Music Scores
Among Bach's last instrumental compositions are two splendid works that reflect his genius for working complex contrapuntal figures into an expressive, apparently seamless musical texture. The Art of the Fugue, composed ca. 1745–50, consists of nineteen canons and fugues that progressively illustrate the rich variety and complexity of fugal writing. This edition, reproduced directly from the ... En savoir plus

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Among Bach's last instrumental compositions are two splendid works that reflect his genius for working complex contrapuntal figures into an expressive, apparently seamless musical texture. The Art of the Fugue, composed ca. 1745–50, consists of nineteen canons and fugues that progressively illustrate the rich variety and complexity of fugal writing. This edition, reproduced directly from the
... En savoir plus
Classical Guitar Book in Open D Tuning

45 Classical Guitar Arrangements in DADF#AD Tuning with Tablature and Notes

par Brent C Robitaille ...

45 New Classical Guitar Arrangements in Open D TuningThe classical guitar book in open D guitar tuning presents a new, and I think, additional way of approaching classical guitar repertoire. Tuning to an open chord, in this case, DADF#AD can have its benefits. The most obvious is that a major chord can be played with a single finger, or in the key of D, with open strings.Every attempt has been ... En savoir plus

$10.07 CAD

45 New Classical Guitar Arrangements in Open D TuningThe classical guitar book in open D guitar tuning presents a new, and I think, additional way of approaching classical guitar repertoire. Tuning to an open chord, in this case, DADF#AD can have its benefits. The most obvious is that a major chord can be played with a single finger, or in the key of D, with open strings.Every attempt has been
... En savoir plus
Ludovico Einaudi: Islands (Solo Piano)

par Ludovico Einaudi ...

Islands contains the best of composer Ludovico Einaudi's works, such as I Giorni, Nuvole Bianche and Primavera, compiled for the first time into a single collection for solo Piano. Also included here are two brand new tracks, The Earth Prelude and High Heels, as well as two remixed versions of Lady Labyrinth and Eros.Einaudi is renowned for bringing classical music back into the mainstream, with ... En savoir plus

$12.95 CAD

Islands contains the best of composer Ludovico Einaudi's works, such as I Giorni, Nuvole Bianche and Primavera, compiled for the first time into a single collection for solo Piano. Also included here are two brand new tracks, The Earth Prelude and High Heels, as well as two remixed versions of Lady Labyrinth and Eros.Einaudi is renowned for bringing classical music back into the mainstream, with
... En savoir plus
Chopin - Selected Preludes (Songbook)

Lower Intermediate to Intermediate Level

par Frederic Chopin ...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Included in this selection are eight preludes appropriate for intermediate level pianists with audio recordings. Contents: Prelude in A Minor, Op. 28, No. 2 * Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 * Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6 * Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7 * Prelude in E Major, Op. 28, No. 9 * Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 * Prelude in C Minor, Op ... En savoir plus

$12.05 CAD

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Included in this selection are eight preludes appropriate for intermediate level pianists with audio recordings. Contents: Prelude in A Minor, Op. 28, No. 2 * Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 * Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6 * Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7 * Prelude in E Major, Op. 28, No. 9 * Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 * Prelude in C Minor, Op
... En savoir plus
Frederick Noad's Classical Guitar Treasury (Duets)

par Chester Music ...

Frederick Noad, author of the successful classical guitar tuition series Solo Guitar Playing Vol.1 and Vol.2, here presents the Classical Guitar Treasury for guitar duets.This unique collection of guitar music spans the late Renaissance to the late Classical period, including new and unusual repertoire as well as popular works and showpieces - Suitable for intermediate players.Songlist:- Allegro ... En savoir plus

$16.55 CAD

Frederick Noad, author of the successful classical guitar tuition series Solo Guitar Playing Vol.1 and Vol.2, here presents the Classical Guitar Treasury for guitar duets.This unique collection of guitar music spans the late Renaissance to the late Classical period, including new and unusual repertoire as well as popular works and showpieces - Suitable for intermediate players.Songlist:- Allegro
... En savoir plus
Jazz Etudes and Exercises for Classical Guitar

par Alexander Vinitsky ...

The accurate interpretation of swing rhythm is the most important element in jazz music. This collection of 7 jazz etudes and 11 exercises for solo guitar gives the student practice in playing this rhythmic pattern as well as working on other important skills. The etudes are written in notation only in different jazz styles: Swing, Latino, Bossa Nova, Blues, and Jazz Rock. These etudes develop the ... En savoir plus

$11.05 CAD

The accurate interpretation of swing rhythm is the most important element in jazz music. This collection of 7 jazz etudes and 11 exercises for solo guitar gives the student practice in playing this rhythmic pattern as well as working on other important skills. The etudes are written in notation only in different jazz styles: Swing, Latino, Bossa Nova, Blues, and Jazz Rock. These etudes develop the
... En savoir plus

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