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The Composer Portraits series offers unique and original monographs on individual composers. Text and music introductions written by experts are combined with carefully chosen selections of newly-engraved music to give a concise but informed overview of the life and work of each composer. This...

“On Organ Playing” is a classic treatise on playing the organ specially designed for young or new players, with chapters on everything from learning the basic principles to mastering advanced techniques and beyond. Written in simple, plain language and profusely illustrated, this is a timeless...

This collection of 34 hymns, two with variations, is separated into five groups: treasured hymns with a story; pentatonic hymns; hymns by women composers; gospel, ragtime, patriotic and jazz hymns; variations of hymns. Some favorites include "At the Cross", "How Great Thou Art", "Amazing Grace", "Joy to the World", and many others.

More Easy Classics to Moderns is a sequel to the widely popular first volume, presenting 148 pieces by masters from the Baroque to the Modern period. As a result of the extended period of music history covered in this volume, beginner Pianists of all ages will discover material suited to their particular...

It's Easy To Play Pub Songs is a superb collection of 21 old-time pub favourites. This superb collection provides beautiful, simplified arrangements which are suitable for either the beginner pianist, or the more advanced player struggling to stay upright on their bar stool. Song List: -...

101 Pub Favourites for Buskers gives the melody line, lyrics and chords for a huge selection for songs guaranteed to raise the spirits of pub goers. From the riotous, bawdy and hilarious to the thoughtful, celebratory or fun, there is sure to be something in this collection to make your performance...

This 1921 classic by a renowned organ builder provides organists and all those interested in the instrument with a guide to its numerous stops, among them bassoon, bass tuba, cymbal, double trumpet, oboe, piccolo, viola da gamba, and xylophone. The text supplies various names of each stop in different...

Mozart's masterpiece Oiseaux, si tous les ans was composed in 1777. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) was an extraordinarily prolific and seminal composer during the Classical era. He displayed astonishing musical ability from a very early age, composing and playing competently when just five...

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...

Manuel De Falla: Music for Guitar includes authentic arrangements of works by Manuel De Falla for guitar solo and duet. Songlist: From Love The magician (El Amor Bruno): - The Fisherman’s Story (Romance Del Pescador) - Song Of The Willo’ The Wisp (Canción Del Fuego Fatuo) From...

Since its first performance at the Avignon Festival in 1976, Robert Wilson and Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach has passed into both theatrical and musical history, redefining opera by circumventing conventional techniques of narrative and representation. This is the first typeset and...

This volume contains a vintage article on the subject of Italian organ music, being a detailed history of its origins and development with reference to notable players and composers. “Italian Organ Music” will appeal to those with a love of this fabulous instrument, and it is not to be missed...

This compilation of easy-to-play ragtime favorites features 24 rollicking melodies by "The Big Three" of ragtime—Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Joseph Lamb—plus pieces by Eubie Blake, Tom Turpin, and other artists. Popular tunes include "Maple Leaf Rag," "The Entertainer," and "Tiger Rag." Novices...

The Juliet Letters is a song sequence for String Quartet and Voice written by Elvis Costello and performed with The Brodsky Quartet. Written in response to an article detailing the discovery that a Veronese academic had been replying to letters addressed to 'Juliet Capulet', the delicate and...