The Hungarian Rhapsody no. 10, published in 1853, is based on a composition by Béni Egressy. At that time, the Hungarian national composer directed one of the most famous so-called gypsy bands. When Liszt toured Hungary in the spring of 1846, Egressy wrote a piece to welcome him to Pest. Liszt expressed his gratitude by performing it there several times – albeit, as reported in the press, “in his very own way”. This was probably the start of Liszt's fundamental reworking from which the Hungarian Rhapsody no. 10 emerged over several intermediate stages, as always in the very finest “style hongrois”: A simple rhythmic motif becomes the starting point for a magnificent intensification with interspersed recitatives and cadenzas up to the highly virtuoso stringendo finale. For this Urtext edition, which takes into account the surviving autograph for the first time, it was again possible to recruit two outstanding Liszt specialists: Mária Eckhardt for the preface and Vincenzo Maltempo for the fingerings.
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The A-major Sonata D 664 preserves a little mystery: to the present day, it is still not entirely clear whether it came into being in 1825 or if it was already composed six years earlier. Its stylistic proximity to the “Trout Quintet” D 667, which was almost certainly composed in the autumn of 1819, speaks for the latter. There is no doubt, however, about the sonata's enduring popularity, which it owes to its cheerful tone and presumably also to its manageable length: it has only three movements, without the usual scherzo or minuet.
The so-called “little A-major Sonata” – in contrast to the “large” sonata in the same key – presents only moderate technical challenges, so that it can also be easily mastered by amateurs. The fingerings by the renowned Schubert interpreter Martin Helmchen offer ideal assistance. Since no manuscripts have been preserved, the Urtext edition from G. Henle Publishers is based on the posthumous first edition of 1829. All resulting questions about the musical text are discussed in the comments section of the edition.
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Isaac Albéniz understood his “Iberia Suite” as “Spanish music with a universal touch”. He succeeded perfectly with the colourful piano cycle, even though at the end, plagued by serious illness, he had to struggle to finish it. Claude Debussy wrote of “Iberia”: “One closes one's eyes and is bedazzled by the sheer wealth of invention in this music!” To be sure, closing one's eyes only works to a limited extent when you place this late-Romantic masterpiece, the four books of which are united here in Henle Urtext quality in a single edition, on the music stand. The pianistic challenge grows with the number of pages. Thus, all who want to be carried away by Albéniz's rhythmic and sound-painting effects, his instrumental depictions of land and people and his superb interweaving of Spanish folk music and European concert repertoire will find what they are looking for.
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Your favorite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along series! With this book with online audio, piano and keyboard players will be able to practice and perform with professional-sounding accompaniments. Containing eight songs, the book features new engravings, with a separate vocal staff, plus guitar frames, so players and their friends can sing or strum along. The audio features two tracks for each tune: a full performance for listening, and a separate backing track that lets players take the lead on keyboard. The high-quality, sound-alike accompaniments exactly match the printed music. 8 songs, including: Dancing Through Life • Defying Gravity • For Good • I Couldn't Be Happier • I'm Not That Girl • Popular • What Is This Feeling? • The Wizard and I.
The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Nine songs from the hit Disney Channel Original Movie: Bop to the Top • Breaking Free • Get'cha Head in the Game • I Can't Take My Eyes off of You • Start of Something New • Stick to the Status Quo • We're All in This Together • What I've Been Looking For • When There Was Me and You.
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Includes melody lines, lyrics and chord symbols for 200 songs recorded by the King of Rock N' Roll: Ain't That Loving You Baby • All Shook Up • Always on My Mind • An American Trilogy • Any Day Now • Any Way You Want Me • Are You Lonesome Tonight? • Baby, Let's Play House • A Big Hunk O' Love • Blue Christmas • Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain • Blue Hawaii • Blue Moon • Blue Moon of Kentucky • Blue Suede Shoes • Bossa Nova Baby • Can't Help Falling in Love • Change of Habit • Crying in the Chapel • Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True) • For the Good Times • Frankfurt Special • G.I. Blues • Girl Happy • Girls! Girls! Girls! • Green Green Grass of Home • Heartbreak Hotel • Help Me Make It Through the Night • Hound Dog • I'll Be Home on Christmas Day • I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry • The Impossible Dream (The Quest) • It's Now or Never • It's Over • Jailhouse Rock • Kentucky Rain • King Creole • Love Me Tender • Make the World Go Away • Merry Christmas, Baby • Old Shep • Return to Sender • Suspicious Minds • (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear • Treat Me Nice • Unchained Melody • Viva Las Vegas • You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' • many more! For piano, voice, guitar and all C instruments.
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PRELUDE, FUGHETTA AND ENVOI is a short work for piano in three sections (slow-fast-slow) composed in 2022. The piece musically spells the name of four individuals (BETH, TIM, SAM, and ABBY), using those motifs as the melodic material.
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Hal Leonard, the world's most trusted name in sheet music, brings you an effortless way to play your favorite Latin songs from yesterday and today. Super Easy songbooks make it simple for anyone to sit down and play piano, with right-hand melodies, letter names inside each note, basic left-hand chord diagrams, and no page turns to slow you down. Plus, lyrics are included so you can sing along!
This must-have collection features 39 Latin standards and pop hits. Songs include: Água De Beber (Water to Drink) • Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) • Brazil • A Day in the Life of a Fool (Manhã De Carnaval) • Despacito • Dindi • The Girl from Ipanema (Garôta De Ipanema) • Havana • How Insensitive (Insensatez) • Livin' La Vida Loca • Malagueña • Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...) • Meditation (Meditação) • One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota Só) • Oye Como Va • Slightly Out of Tune (Desafinado) • Smooth • So Nice (Summer Samba) • Wave • and more.
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33 songs from the hit movie with Whoopi Goldberg. Includes: Ain't No Mountain High Enough • Dancing in the Street • His Eye Is on the Sparrow • Ode to Joy • What Have You Done for Me Lately • and more.
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The Twilight soundtrack debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Rock Albums chart. Illustrated with six pages of fantastic photos from the film, our PVG songbook contains “Bella's Lullaby,” and 10 more tracks from alt-rock bands author Stephenie Meyer listened to as she wrote the novels. Features the hit singles “Decode” by Paramore and “Go All the Way (Into the Twilight)” by Perry Farrell, as well as songs from Muse, Linkin Park, Collective Soul, Mute Math and others, plus “Never Think” by British actor Robert Pattinson, who plays the movie's male lead.
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This terrific collection includes 100 songs kids love: A-Tisket A-Tasket • Alouette • Alphabet Song • America the Beautiful • Baa Baa Black Sheep • Eensy Weensy Spider • Hickory Dickory Dock • If You're Happy and You Know It • Jack and Jill • Simple Gifts • Three Blind Mice • many more!
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Exact note-for-note keyboard transcriptions from the recordings of 25 Beatles favorites, including: All You Need Is Love • A Day in the Life • Hey Jude • Let It Be • Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da • You Never Give Me Your Money • and more. Also includes lyrics.
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