Classical Masterpieces

This book explores Improvising over Classical Music. The examples in the book were recorded by Spooky Actions, a New York based ensemble created by John Gunther and Bruce Arnold. Spooky Actions has produced a diverse set of recordings include the music of 20th century composers Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg and Olivier Messiaen; interpretations of Native American music Volume One and Volume Two, and well as a recording of Early Music from the 2nd century BC through the 1500’s. Their unique and compelling sound is being met with critical acclaim and widespread interest.

If you’ve ever felt compelled to play Flight of the Bumblebee on the 5-string banjo, this is the book for you! Challenging banjo transcriptions of classical masterpieces may seem like a humorous anachronism to some, but not for Italian master Claudio Parravicini, a conservatory graduate who, while majoring in French horn, always believed that the banjo was “a virtuoso instrument capable of enriching any musical genre.” In the author’s words, “I chose the classical pieces in this book on the basis of how they might advance right and left-hand banjo technique and even refine the player’s musical sensibility… Some pieces, like Flight of the Bumblebee will challenge your ability to play rapidly, while others like Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, are much slower, but will test your musical abilities in other ways.” The other pieces in the book are: Prelude No. 2 in C minor and Inventions No. 4 and No. 6 by J. S. Bach, Flight of the Bumblebee by Korsakov, Perpetual Motion and Carnival of Venice by Paganini, and Toccata for Piano or Harpsichord by Paradisi. Classical Masterpieces for Banjo is written in tablature only in standard G tuning [gDGBD] using three- finger banjo technique in the traditional, melodic and single-string style. Each selection is guaranteed to further your technique and delight your audience, or simply expand your vision of what is possible on the 5-string banjo.

Robert Schultz has transcribed this wonderful collection of the most famous orchestral, operatic, vocal, and chamber works for advanced piano. Included are works by Albinoni, Bach, Bellini, Faurí©, Massenet, Mozart, Pachelbel, Puccini, Saint-Saí‚ns, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and many others. Each piece is appropriate for concerts and recitals. Titles: * Adagio in G Minor (Tomaso Albinoni) * Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Johann Sebastian Bach) * Ave Maria (Giulio Caccini) * Ave Maria (Franz Schubert) * Canon in D (Johann Pachelbel) * Casta Diva from Norma (Vincenzo Bellini) * Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice (Christoph Willibald Glí_ck) * Eighteenth Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Sergei Rachmaninoff ) * Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni) * Kol Nidrei (Max Bruch) * La Mamma Morta from Andrea Chí©nier (Umberto Giordano) * Largo from Clavier Concerto No. 5 (Johann Sebastian Bach) * Meditation from Thaí¿s (Jules Massenet) * Minuet and Trio from String Quintet, Op. 13, No. 5 (Luigi Boccherini) * Mon Coeur S'orvre íó Ta Voix from Samson and Delilah (Camille Saint-Saí‚ns) * O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini) * Pavane (Gabriel Faurí©) * Polovetsian Dance from Prince Igor (Alexander Borodin) * Soave Sia Il Vento from Cosi Fan Tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) * The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Camille Saint-Saí‚ns) * Un Bel Di from Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini) * Valse Triste (Jean Sibelius) * Vocalise (Sergei Rachmaninoff) * Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

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Kalmus offers the complete parts to select masterworks for cello. Each volume includes major orchestral works that include standard audition repertoire and widely known difficult passages. These books are great for the student to practice and learn excerpts, or for the professional musician preparing for an audition. Volume three includes the cello parts to these great masterworks: * Holst's The Planets * Saint-Saens' The Carnival of the Animals * Vaughan Williams' Fantasie on a Theme of Tallis * de Falla's The Three-Cornered Hat * Dvořák's Serenade in E Major Kalmus Editions are primarily reprints of Urtext Editions, reasonably priced and readily available. They are a must for students, teachers, and performers.

(Guitar Solo). 25 songs of worship for solo guitar in standard notation and tablature, including: Amazing Grace * Be Thou My Vision * Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing * For the Beauty of the Earth * Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee * My Faith Looks up to Thee * Rock of Ages * What a Friend We Have in Jesus * and more.

This book of seven popular classical pieces in the form of bass duets introduces note combinations and intervals rarely heard in normal bass playing, as well as chords never thought to be playable on the bass guitar. These selections will broaden your sense of dynamics and enrich your phrasing and musicality. Written in standard notation and tab. Includes access to online audio.

This exciting edition contains 100 early intermediate selections in their original form, spanning the Baroque period to present day. The repertoire, which includes several minuets, folk dances, character pieces and much more, has been carefully graded and selected for student appeal by editor Lynn Freeman Olson.