10 songs carefully selected and arranged for first-year instrumentalists. Even novices will sound great! Audio demonstration tracks featuring real instruments are available via download to help you hear how the song should sound. Once you've mastered the notes, download the backing tracks to play along with the band! Songs include: Angels We Have Heard on High • Christ Was Born on Christmas Day • Come, All Ye Shepherds • Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus • Good Christian Men, Rejoice • Jingle Bells • Jolly Old St. Nicholas • Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming • On Christmas Night • Up on the Housetop.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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Timeless Treasures features thirteen easy musical gems in the first position for viola and piano – written by famous and less famous composers from the past centures, including Brahms, Mozart, Martini, Handel, Schumann, and more. On the CD, there is a complete demo version of each piece, as well as a play-along version. The accompaniments are played in a musical way so skills that are necessary for playing together are featured. MORE»
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Henri Vieuxtemps was a remarkably productive composer who wrote seven violin concertos, concert etudes, two viola sonatas and a dozen or so chamber works, yet the bulk of his output consists of works for violin and piano. Vieuxtemps's favorite musical form was the then-fashionable fantasy on themes from well-known operas, of which he left us quite a number. The Romance originally composed for violin and piano is based on a theme from Stanislaw Moniuszko's national opera Halka (Jontek's famous aria 'Szumia jodly na gór szcycie' [The firs sough on the mountain top.]). The present edition is based on Zdzislaw Jahnke's 1952 edition. This work gives the player the opportunity to display a beautiful tone and proficiency in both the left and right hand; it is also a marvelous exercise in rubato playing.
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Schubert's seminal chamber composition, the Piano Quintet in A major, D667, commonly known as “The Trout” or “Die Forelle,” is certainly one of the greatest pieces of music ever penned. Its rich textures and lovely melody create an unforgettable musical experience. Its celebration of nature's beauty stems from a summer trip in the Austrian Alps which inspired the young Schubert to rework a song into this complex chamber-piece. Composed of five alternating movements, “The Trout” uses unique orchestration (substituting a double bass for the second violin) and gives special emphasis to the piano as well. But all the instruments take an equal role, and this may also be a reason for the piece's eternal popularity. “The Trout” instantly brings to mind the calm serenity of the summer mountain air, and its sparkling melody and gentle poignancy leave a particularly happy feeling in both player and listener. It is a joy-filled piece but at the same time is filled with a serene quality that makes it one of the most exhilarating pieces for any musician to play, and one of the most important compositions for any musician to learn. This Music Minus One edition gives you that opportunity, in the comfort of your own home. Contains a high-quality printed solo part with informative liner notes, and digitally remastered compact disc with accompaniments, indexed for ease of practice.
Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano; The Classic String Quartet
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Solo arrangements of 14 fabulous Sondheim tunes, complete with CD accompaniment: Anyone Can Whistle • Being Alive • Broadway Baby • Children Will Listen • Comedy Tonight • Good Thing Going • Johanna • Losing My Mind • Not a Day Goes By • Not While I'm Around • Old Friends • Pretty Women • Send in the Clowns • Sunday.
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Six Country Dances is an anthology of tunes from Playford's 'The English Dancing Master' selected and arranged by Richard Rodney Bennett. Playford's collection was first published in 1651 and contained 535 popular tunes for country dancing. Richard Rodney Bennett's skillful and inspired arrangements are perfect for intermediate standard players, adding as they do a contemporary slant to these classics of the English folk repertoire. This edition is for viola and piano. MORE»
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Two inspiring works written by Edward Elgar, and arranged for viola by Alan Arnold with simple piano accompaniment.
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For viola and basso continuo (harpsichord, piano). MORE»
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Easy pieces, progressively arranged. On Open Strings • Primulas veris • Serenata • Prayer • Air • Unconcerned • Carillon • Variations on “God save the Queen” • On the waves • Farandole MORE»
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