Revisit favorite arrangements, discover new ones, and inspire your jazz ensemble with sound and adventurous music to play. This new book recommends and analyzes 67 quality jazz arrangements recommended by eighteen of the foremost jazz experts in the field today.

Johannes Brahms foi um dos primeiros compositores a apreciar plenamente o potencial da viola, dando ao instrumento a oportunidade de brilhar na sua música de câmara. Embora as Duas Sonatas em Fá menor e Mi bemol maior de Brahms, Op.120, tenham sido originalmente escritas para clarinete e piano, são também muito apreciadas no repertório para viola. Ao examinar as versões para clarinete e viola das sonatas, Brahms parece ter tido uma consciência profunda do potencial de cada instrumento. Procurou intencionalmente ...

Organized into four main parts, this book first explores the mind-body connection and then separately discusses the mind, body, and soul of musicians, scholars, performers, and teachers of all voices and instruments. With terms, questions for reflection, and assignments at the end of each chapter, this book may be used as a textbook for a course or as a supplement to music lessons. Both novice and experienced performers alike will learn ways to meet career demands and reach their full potential.

Timothy Cheek’s Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire, with its accompanying audio, builds on the original pioneering work of 2001 that set “a new and very welcome high standard for teaching lyric diction,” according to Notes: The Journal of the Music Library Association.

This book familiarizes users with techniques needed to complete an Avid Media Composer | First project. Each Lesson and exercise will focus on a phase of the editing process, starting with organizing media, assembling a sequence, refining a sequence, creating titles and effects, and outputting your program so that others can view it.

The Human Voice by R.T. Trall is a book that explores the nature and power of the human voice. Trall delves into the physiology of the voice, explaining how it works and what makes it unique. He also discusses the emotional and psychological aspects of the voice, exploring how it can be used to convey a wide range of feelings and ideas.Throughout the book, Trall provides practical advice on how to improve one's voice, including exercises to strengthen the vocal cords and techniques for breathing and speaking. He also discusses the role of the voice in communication ...

Musical Tales, Phantasms, and Sketches is a book written by Elise Polko and published in 1876. The book is a collection of short stories, sketches, and anecdotes that are all related to music. The stories are based on real-life experiences of the author, who was a well-known pianist and composer in her time. The book is divided into three parts, each containing a different type of story. The first part, Musical Tales, includes stories about musicians and their lives. The second part, Phantasms, contains stories that are more imaginative and fantastical. The ...

Johannes Brahms è stato uno dei primi compositori ad apprezzare pienamente le potenzialità della viola, dando allo strumento la possibilità di brillare nella sua musica da camera. Sebbene le due Sonate in fa minore e in mi bemolle maggiore di Brahms, op. 120, siano state originariamente scritte per clarinetto e pianoforte, sono molto amate anche nel repertorio per viola. Esaminando le versioni per clarinetto e per viola delle sonate, sembra che Brahms fosse perfettamente consapevole del potenziale di ciascuno strumento. Egli cercò ...

Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished professor music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in her Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from Scarecrow Press), Tracy Heavner’s Saxophone Secrets provides advanced saxophonists with 60 performance secrets that will assist in their musical development. This work is the result of 30 years of personal teaching and performance experience. Heavner offers both intermediate players and advanced professionals a wide variety of techniques, which will greatly improve ...

Matthew Vaughn’s 2007 fantasy Stardust, based on the novel by acclaimed author Neil Gaiman,was one the highest grossing films in the UK. Aninstant hit with fans of fantasy and science-fiction films, Stardust features an all-star cast including Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Ian McKellan. The contemporary score was by rising British composer Ilan Eshkeri, andwon the International Film Music Critics Association award for ‘Best Original Score.’ Eshkeri was also named Best New Composer of 2007 and has been called “one of the most ...