101 Classical Themes for Trumpet


Book Description

(Instrumental Folio). This huge collection offers instrumentalists the chance to play 101 classical themes, including: Ave Maria * Bist du bei mir (You Are with Me) * Canon in D * Clair de Lune * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy * 1812 Overture * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade"), First Movement Excerpt * The Flight of the Bumble Bee * Funeral March of a Marionette * Fur Elise * Gymnopedie No. 1 * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Lullaby * Minuet in G * Ode to Joy * Piano Sonata in C * Pie Jesu * Rondeau * Theme from Swan Lake * Wedding March * William Tell Overture * and many more.




John Kinyon's Basic Training Course, Bk 2


Book Description

A unique beginning band method which is equally effective for individual instruction, classes of like instruments, and mixed ensembles.




John Kinyon's Basic Training Course, Book 2


Book Description

A unique beginning band method which is equally effective for individual instruction, classes of like instruments, and mixed ensembles.




101 Classical Themes for Tenor Sax


Book Description

(Instrumental Folio). This huge collection offers instrumentalists the chance to play 101 classical themes, including: Ave Maria (J.S. Bach/C. Gounod) * Ave Maria (Schubert) * Bist du bei mir (You Are with Me) (Stozel) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Clair de Lune (Debussy) * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky) * 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("Serenade") (Mozart) * The Flight of the Bumble Bee (Rimsky-Korsakov) * Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) * Fur Elise (Beethoven) * Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach) * Lullaby (Brahms) * Minuet in G (Bach) * Ode to Joy (Beethoven) * Piano Sonata in C Major (Mozart) * Pie Jesu (Faure) * Rondeau (Mouret) * Theme from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) * Wedding March (Mendelssohn) * William Tell Overture (Rossini) * and many more.







The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music


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For the beginner or the devotee—it's everything the classical music buff needs to know. The major composers from Bach and Bartok to Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky Significant performers from Maurice Andre and Leornard Bernstein to Georg Solti and Yo Yo Ma The landmark works from Appalachian Spring to Don Juan A concise history of classical music A deconstruction of the art form The language of classical music Valuable resources for the Curious Listener




The Penguin Companion to Classical Music


Book Description

This superbly authoratitive new work provides a comprehensive A-Z guide to some 1000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a vast range of composers, as well as looking at such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Throught Griffiths skilfully blends lightly worn scholarship with personal insight, whether examining the emotional colouring that different musical keys achieve or charting the rise and development of the symphony.










All Music Guide to Classical Music


Book Description

Offering comprehensive coverage of classical music, this guide surveys more than eleven thousand albums and presents biographies of five hundred composers and eight hundred performers, as well as twenty-three essays on forms, eras, and genres of classical music. Original.