Probably the most famous march in history, Stars and Stripes Forever was composed on Christmas Day 1896 while Sousa was traveling aboard the SS Teutonic bound for New York. In his autobiography, Sousa wites that he imagined the music while at sea and set it down on paper shortly after his return home. The manuscript full score is dated April 26, 1897. The march was first performed by the composer conducting the Sousa Band on May 14, 1897 in Willow Grove Park, near Philadelphia, though this date is dusputed by the city of Augusta, Maine - who claim the premiere took place at a Sousa Band concert given there on May 1. With the Spanish-American War in view, the new march became immensely popular from the very start and has remained a favorite ever since. The piece was first published on the very day of the premiere in the composer's piano reduction. With many reissues and reprintings and the expansion of band instrumentation - some added after the composer's death in 1932 - the scoring became bloated over the years. This new edition by Richard Sargeant goes back to the composer's original source material and to the actual performing practice of the Sousa Band itself to present a masterpiece of band writing as the composer himself used it. As with all of the Serenissima band offerings, it is presented in an easy-to-read format for use as either a study score or a performance score.

This book is of 36 beautiful compositions adapted for ukulele. In addition, it works accessible to listeners, so the concerts will have success with them. These were composed by the Czech composer Franti ek Max Kni e (1784-1840) and the guitar virtuoso. Musically, compositions come from the turn of classicism and romanticism. Check out samples from books: http: //osos.sweb.cz/preview-ukulele.pd

Listeners have enjoyed classical music recordings for more than a century, yet important issues about recorded performances have been little explored. What is the relationship between performance and recording? How are modern audiences affected by the trends set in motion by the recording era? What is the impact of recordings on the lives of musicians? In this wide-ranging book, Robert Philip extends the scope of his earlier pioneering book, Early Recordings and Musical Style: Changing Tastes in Instrumental Performance 1900-1950. Philip here considers the interaction between music-making and recording throughout the entire twentieth century. The author compares the lives of musicians and audiences in the years before recordings with those of today. He examines such diverse and sometimes contentious topics as changing attitudes toward freedom of expression, the authority of recordings made by or approved by composers, the globalization of performing styles, and the rise of the period instrument movement. Philip concludes with a thought-provoking discussion of the future of classical music performance.

Title: Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Composer: Edward Elgar Original Publisher: Novello The complete orchestral score to Elgar's Enigma Variations, as originally published by Novello in 1899. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint. Due to the age of original documents, you may find occasional blemishes, damage, or skewing of print. While we do extensive cleaning and editing to improve the image quality, some items are not able to be repaired. A portion of each book sold is donated to small performing arts organizations to create jobs for performers and to encourage audience growth.

Adam Vaclav Michna z Otradovic (1600 - 1676) Czech poet and composer. He belongs among most important early Czech Baroque composers, who influenced subsequent artist generation. Michna wrote and composed Czech Lute in 1653. It is the collection of 13 pieces. I cannot forgive and quote recommendations where and how to play songs from the first issue of notes. CZECH LUTE in the holiday, on Friday, at church, at table, as it likes, at any moment, joyfully, sadly, sounding saving. The book contains 13 tunes for standard guitalele tuning or requinto (A2-D3-G3-C4-E4-A4). The are in the book songs without text. Check out samples from book: http: //osos.sweb.cz/Sarek-Guitar-and-Guitalele-preview.pdf

Antonin Dvorak: Biblical Songs for Ukulele (C tuning with low G). Czech romantic composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) wrote a brilliant song cycle Biblical Songs. This cycle belongs to the best what he composed and we are able to play on the ukulele. Moreover, you could listen to the song "God is my shepherd" in "Kolja" movie that was awarded by Oscar prize in 1997 (the best foreign language film). Check out samples from books: http: //osos.sweb.cz/preview-ukulele.pdf

Food writer Judy Jackson has a blog going out to over 25,000 young people. This is the audience for her second novel, Sextet. After the award-winning Camel Trail, she has come up with a story of music, adultery and a child's life in jeopardy. Does food come into it? Only in brief scenes where the two main characters are cooking and struggling to rebuild their lives. Joseph is a concert pianist; Tom is an art dealer. Both are coming to terms with tragedy. Sextet is a story for our time, written by an author (with twelve grandchildren) who has got into the lives and minds of young people today.