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Born in 1885 in Porto, Portugal, to a middle-class musical family,
Guilhermina Suggia began playing cello at the age of five. A child
prodigy, she was already a seasoned performer when she won a
scholarship to study with Julius Klengel in Leipzig at the age of
sixteen. Suggia lived in Paris with fellow cellist Pablo Casals for
several years before World War I, in a professional and personal
partnership that was as stormy as it was unconventional. When they
separated Suggia moved to London, where she built a spectacularly
successful solo career. Suggia's virtuosity and musicianship, along
with the magnificent style and stage presence famously captured in
Augustus John's portrait, made her one of the most sought-after
concert artists of her day. In 1927 she married Dr Jose Casimiro
Carteado Mena and settled down to a comfortable life divided
between Portugal and England. Throughout the 1930s, Suggia remained
one of the most respected musicians in Europe. She partnered on
stage with many famous instrumentalists and conductors and
completed numerous BBC broadcasts. The war years kept her at home
in Portugal, where she focused on teaching, but she returned to
England directly after the war and resumed performing. When Suggia
died in 1950, her will provided for the establishment of several
scholarship funds for young cellists, including England's
prestigious Suggia Gift. Mercier's study of Suggia's letters and
other writings reveal an intelligent, warm and generous character;
an artist who was enormously dedicated, knowledgeable and
self-disciplined. Suggia was one of the first women to make a
career of playing the cello at a time when prejudice against women
playing this traditionally 'masculine' instrument was still strong.
A role model for many other musicians, she was herself a fearless
pioneer.
Jazz Guitar Styles is an instruction book designed for the
guitarist who already knows the fundamentals but wishes to explore
the "classic" style of swing-era guitar. It offers a clear, concise
introduction to the basics of jazz guitar, built on the student's
basic knowledge of forming chords and basic picking patterns. Jazz
Guitar Styles opens this world to any guitarist who has a basic
knowledge of guitar technique and willingness to learn.
Acoustic Blues Guitar Styles is an introduction to fingerstyle
acoustic blues guitar, the style made popular by Robert Johnson,
Bill Broonzy, and Mance Lipscomb. Following the success of the
popular Acoustic Guitar Styles, Larry Sandberg's Acoustic Blues
Guitar Styles is an instructional book geared towards the
intermediate guitar player, not only to teach fingerstyle blues
technique, but also to approach the music creatively and with
feeling and rhythm. Part One teaches you the preliminaries, such as
reading a chord chart and working out a 12-bar blues in different
keys. Part Two teaches you touch, timing, and basic fingerpicking
technique. Part Three teaches you how to play stylistically, with
lessons on how to incorporate bends, vibrato, alternating
bassnotes, and rhythmic variations into your playing. All musical
exercises are presented in both standard notation and tablature,
and are supported by audio tracks. Customers purchasing the eBook
version of this title will be able to download the supporting audio
tracks. Instructions on downloading the files can be found on the
contents page.
This new edition contains all the scales and arpeggios required for
ABRSM's Grade 3 Violin exam. Includes all Grade 3 scales and
arpeggios for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns
and suggested fingering, along with a helpful introduction
including advice on preparing for the exam.
Each of us carries a song inside us, the song that makes us human.
ZEN GUITAR provides the key to unlocking this song - a series of
life lessons presented through the metaphor of music. Philip Sudo
offers his own experiences with music to enable us to rediscover
the harmony in each of our lives and open ourselves to Zen
awareness uniquely suited to the Western Mind. Through fifty-eight
lessons that provide focus and a guide, the reader is led through
to Zen awareness. This harmony is further illuminated through
quotes from sources ranging from Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix to
Miles Davis. From those who have never strummed a guitar to the
more experienced, ZEN GUITAR shows how the path of music offers
fulfillment in all aspects of life - a winning idea and an instant
classic.
The Hal Leonard Classical Guitar Method is designed for anyone just
learning to play classical guitar. This comprehensive and
easy-to-use beginner's guide by renowned classical guitarist and
teacher Paul Henry uses the music of the master composers to teach
you the basics of the classical style and technique. The
accompanying CD features all the pieces in the book for
demonstration and play along. Includes pieces by Beethoven, Bach,
Mozart, Schumann, Giuliani, Carcassi, Bathioli, Aguado, Tarrega,
Purcell, and more. Includes all the basics plus info on PIMA
technique, two- and three-part music, time signatures, key
signatures, articulation, free stroke, rest stroke, composers, and
much more. Does NOT include tablature.
Tatjana Goldberg reveals the extent to which gender and socially
constructed identity influenced female violinists' 'separate but
unequal' status in a great male-dominated virtuoso lineage by
focussing on the few that stood out: the American Maud Powell
(1867-1920), Australian-born Alma Moodie (1898-1943), and the
British Marie Hall (1884-1956). Despite breaking down traditional
gender-based patriarchal social and cultural norms, becoming
celebrated soloists, and greatly contributing towards violin works
and the early recording industry (Powell and Hall), they received
little historical recognition. Goldberg provides a more complete
picture of their artistic achievements and the impact they had on
audiences.
Giovanni Battista Buonamente was among the most original and
inventive Italian composers of the seventeenth century. Peter
Allsop reveals his importance as part of a tradition that stands in
direct antithesis to that of the Corellian sonata today regarded as
the 'norm'. This development is traced in a series of likely
teacher-pupil relationships from Salamone Rossi to Marco Uccellini,
the most prolific Italian composers of instrumental ensemble music
in the first half of the seventeenth century. The first half of the
book sets out what is known of Buonamente's turbulent career as he
moved from the courtly environments of the Gonzaga household and
Habsburg court to several less auspicious posts at various
religious institutions, ending his life as maestro di cappella at
the mother house of his order, S. Francesco in Assisi. A
fascinating picture emerges of the nature of musical patronage
against a background of war and plague in this time of great
political instability. The later chapters comprise detailed
discussions, supported with over 100 music examples, of the
unusually wide range of genres for which Buonamente wrote:
sinfonias, free sonatas, sets of variations, canzonas, dances; and
he was the first Italian to cultivate the ensemble suite to any
extent. The book concludes with an examination of his influence on
his probable pupil Marco Uccellini and the interest Buonamente
instigated in canonic writing, which was passed via Uccellini to a
succession of Modenese composers.
(Yorktown). Designed for use as a method book, this volume allows
the teacher to vary the approach according to the needs of the
student. The book can also be used as a source of carefully graded
pieces, for use with any first-year method.
Titles: Sonata in C Major, Op. 40, No. 1 (Allegro, Rondo grazioso)
(J.B. Br?val) * Adagio and Allegro from the Sonata in E minor, Op.
1, No. 2 (B. Marcello) * Minuets from the Suite in G Major, BWV
1007 (J.S. Bach) * Tonalization * Chanson Triste, Op. 40, No. 2 for
Piano (P. I. Tchaikovsky).
This title is available in SmartMusic.
Amnon Weinstein, an Israeli master luthier (violin maker), began a
project more than years ago that may be one of the most creative,
effective, and magnificent approaches to education on the topic of
the Holocaust. Trained by three of the most revered Cremona,
Italian luthiers of the twentieth century, Weinstein's vision was
to restore violins that survived the concentration camps and the
ghettos, even when their owners often did not. To date, more than
seventy violins have been restored to their highest playable
condition. Following restoration, these hauntingly beautiful
instruments have been used in performances by symphonies in Berlin,
Cleveland, Istanbul, London, Quebec, Paris, San Francisco, and many
other cities across the world. Purposefully, Weinstein makes
certain that young musicians as well as members of some of the
world's most famed orchestras perform on them to packed concert
halls. In doing so, it's as if the past owners of the instruments
return to fill the listener-observer's mind and body. In Violins
and Hope, Daniel Levin has made the most compelling and beautiful
series of photographs documenting Weinstein's collection of
violins, his workshop in Tel Aviv, and his processes for
restoration. This book is not a document of place, as much as it is
a document of the ethereal. For what Weinstein has done with these
lost violins has been to transform tragic loss into triumph in the
most inciteful and powerful way imaginable. The care that Levin has
taken to hone in on the idiosyncrasies of Amnon's workshop, and his
uncanny ability to celebrate the beauty of light, is nothing short
of remarkable. The book's foreword is written by arguably the most
well-suited individual anywhere. Born in Austria, Franz
Welser-Moest is one of the most acclaimed conductors of the
twenty-first century. He has been Music Director of the Cleveland
Orchestra since 2002, and, under his direction, The Cleveland, as
it has been fondly named by The New York Times, has had twenty
international tours, with shimmering reviews. All too aware of his
ancestry, Welser-Moest takes on our mutual history as no one else
could. And the book concludes with Levin's interview with Assi
Weinstein, Amnon's wife, who talks about the Violins of Hope
project and its enduring legacy.
(Fake Book). This super collection features 366 more well-known
songs arranged for ukulele from the 1950s through today, by artists
such as Carole King, Elton John, the Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, the
Beatles, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson and others, plus
favorites from movies, Broadway, Motown and more Just like the
first Daily Ukulele book, all arrangements feature melody, lyrics
and ukulele chord grids in uke-friendly keys. A special "Ukulele
101" section, a chord chart, and vintage ukulele-themed photos
round out the fun. Tunes include: Ain't No Sunshine * Anticipation
* Bubbly * Calendar Girl * Come Monday * Falling Slowly *
Hallelujah * I Got You Babe * Lean on Me * Moondance * Route 66 *
Sweet Caroline * We Are the World * Y.M.C.A. and scores more The
Daily Ukulele: Leap Year Edition offers ukulele fun all year long
even on February 29th
The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world.
This super-convenient Complete Edition features the new and improved method books 1, 2 and 3 spiral-bound together. This edition includes online access to 164 full-band tracks for demonstration or play-along. 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.
Barcelonian Gaspar Cassado (1897-1966) was one of the greatest
cello virtuosi of the twentieth century and a notable composer and
arranger, leaving a vast and heterogeneous legacy. In this book,
Gabrielle Kaufman provides the first full-length scholarly work
dedicated to Cassado, containing the results of seven years of
research into his life and legacy, after following the cellist's
steps through Spain, France, Italy and Japan. The study presents
in-depth descriptions of the three main parts of Cassado's creative
output: composition, transcription and performance, especially
focusing on Cassado's plural and multi-facetted creativity, which
is examined from both cultural and historical perspectives.
Cassado's role within the evolution of twentieth-century cello
performance is thoroughly examined, including a discussion
regarding the musical and technical aspects of performing Cassado's
works, aimed directly at performers. The study presents the first
attempt at a comprehensive catalogue of Cassado's works, both
original and transcribed, as well as his recordings, using a number
of new archival sources and testimonies. In addition, the
composer's significance within Spanish twentieth-century music is
treated in detail through a number of case studies, sustained by
examples from recovered score manuscripts. Illuminated by
extraordinary source material Gaspar Cassado: Cellist, Composer and
Transcriber expands and deepens our knowledge of this complex
figure, and will be of crucial importance to students and scholars
in the fields of Performance Practice and Spanish Music, as well as
to professional cellists and advanced cello students.
"Acoustic Guitar Styles" introduces the most popular traditional
styles for the acoustic guitar. The step-by-step approach, using a
small repertoire of well-known songs, enables the student to
explore various styles that can be adapted to play personal
favorites. Although a basic knowledge of the guitar is assumed,
even the beginner will benefit from this progressive approach.
(Guitar Educational). Since its appearance in Guitar World in 1990,
Vai's intensive guitar regimen has been the Holy Grail for serious
players. Here is the lesson that shaped a generation of guitarists.
Vai sat down with guitarist/transcriber Dave Whitehill and outlined
his practice routine for the January 1990 issue of Guitar World .
Never before had a guitarist given such an in-depth explanation of
his musical exercise regimen. It became a must-have for guitarists.
Many of the players interviewed in GW have cited it as an influence
on their development as guitarists. Here's a chance to experience
the workout in its original form and to learn some of the things
Vai has done to develop his formidable chops and remarkable music
vocabulary. In this book, Steve Vai reveals his path to virtuoso
enlightenment with two challenging guitar workouts one 10-hour and
one 30-hour which include scale and chord exercises, ear training,
sight-reading, music theory, and much more. These comprehensive
workouts are reprinted by permission from Guitar World magazine.
As the follow-up to his best-selling book Shredding Bach, master
shredder German Schauss covers yet another all-time great musician.
Niccolo Paganini, whose lifestyle and fame were similar to that of
a modern rockstar, was undoubtedly one of the greatest virtuosos
that ever lived. His skills were so advanced that many believed he
had made a pact with the devil. Paganini's practice schedule (15
hours a day), combined with a genetic connective tissue disorder
that gave him "impossible" reach and flexibility with his fingers,
resulted in extremely demanding and exciting compositions for
shredders of any era. Paganini's works, which showcase his
extraordinary skills, are perfect for the heavy metal style and
will stretch your playing to the limits. The accompanying CD
features all of the examples recorded at multiple speeds to help
you practice and get you on your way to mastering Paganini's
challenging compositions.
Specifically designed to teach jazz basics to students with 1 or 2
years playing experience, but with no prior experience playing
jazz. Great for individual or classroom use. Teaches the basics of
swing style in a step-by-step approach using well-known songs.
Improvisation is made easy starting with simple 2-measure phrases.
Scales and basic theory are introduced in a simple and easy to
understand approach. 2 CD's are included with recordings of all
exercises and arrangements. Other features: 7 full band
arrangements, sample solos, jazz history and people.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). All 10 tracks from Beck's recently
remastered classic solo debut, transcribed note for note so you can
play exactly as Beck did on the album. Songs include: Beck's Bolero
* Blues Deluxe * Greensleeves * I Ain't Superstitious * Let Me Love
You * (Walk Me Out in The) Morning Dew * Ol' Man River * Rock My
Plimsoul * Shapes of Things * You Shook Me.
This new edition contains all the scales and arpeggios required for
ABRSM's Grade 7 Violin exam. Includes all Grade 7 scales and
arpeggios for the revised syllabus from 2012, with bowing patterns
and suggested fingering, along with a helpful introduction
including advice on preparing for the exam.
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