Boosey & Hawkes

Bernstein often used the octatonic scale, also very popular in jazz music, as a basis for his compositions. Inspired by Chopin's mazurkas, Bernstein originally composed these 'Variations' for recorder...

Previously unpublished, Bernstein's Variations on an Octatonic Scale was originally composed for recorder and cello in 1988-89 in Key West. Available in the original version, or in a transcription for...

Der Titel des Werkes ist ebenfalls der Name einer jahrhundertalten usbekischen Stadt, die bereits in deiner Geschichte der Reisen Marco Polos erwähnt wird. Das Werk trägt den Untertitel Chanson d'amou...

From the time of Copland's first visit to Mexico City in 1932, when his friend Carlos Chávez took him out a nightclub called El Salón México, Copland wanted to compose a piece about the unusual dance...

Spielpartitur - 3 Exemplare

All artistic Paris knows Madame Amos, a great patron of contemporary painting, of art in general and music in particular. Her collection of paintings and objects d'art is world famous. Her interest an...

Michael Daugherty about Raise the Roof:Raise the Roof is inspired by the construction of grand architectural wonders such as the Notre Dame Cathedral (1345) in Paris and the EmpireStateBuilding (1931)...

The pieces in this book can all be taught from memory to beginners, their object being to encourage freedom of movement over the piano and to give a sound knowledge of locality.They should give relief...

Klavierdirektion und Stimmen

The Four Hymns are in similar vein to the Five Mystical Songs (1911) although on a smaller and more intimate scale. Together with the Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis these form a succession of wo...