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Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou uniquement disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.

Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou uniquement disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.

With its loving portrayal of aging, caring for the elderly, and the keen nature of kids' sensibilities, this is a must-purchase for all libraries serving children. --School Library Journal, Starred Review A quiet story and pleasant music combine for a calming, peaceful, and even uplifting performance. --Kirkus Reviews Did you hear the story about Max, the boy who kidnapped his grandfather from a nursing home? You didn't see it on the news? Well, let me tell you about it. Max lives in a small town, much smaller than yours. His grandpa is losing his memory, but still remembers quite a bit. You can imagine how they hurried, Max and his grandpa, followed by old Miss Schneider, who insisted on coming along. Why were they in a hurry? Because everyone was after them. Max had skipped school to rescue his grandpa, and they were just starting out on what promised to be one of the best days of their entire lives. A touching story about dementia and the special relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, with full-color illustrations and a read-along CD audiobook featuring twelve classical pieces for children by Georges Bizet and Sergei Prokofiev.

Collection of ballets making up the Gala des Étoiles of 2015. David Coleman conducts the Teatro alla Scala in performances of, amongst others, 'La Rose Malade' by Gustav Mahler, 'The Dying Swan' by Camille Saint-Saëns and Aram Khatchaturian's 'Spartacus'.

Collection of scenes from 12 productions performed at the Glyndeboure Festival Opera over the last 13 years. The operas featured are: 'Le nozze di Figaro', 'The Cunning Little Vixen', 'Gianni Schicchi', 'Cosi fan tutte', 'Billy Budd', 'Falstaff', 'Carmen', 'Giulio Cesare', 'Tristan und Isolde', 'The Rake's Progress', 'La Cenerentola' and 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'.

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In 1873, Bizet arranged five movements from his 1871 suite for piano duet for a new series of orchestral concerts organized by the publisher Georges Hartmann and the conductor Edouard Colonne at the Odeon Theatre in Paris. The premiere took place there on March 2nd of that year and the "Petite suite d'orchestre" entered the repertoire soon afterwards. This newly engraved score has been carefully edited by Richard Sargeant from the first edition and other primary sources. Printed in a very convenient, highly readable format, the new edition will be welcomed by orchestral musicians and Bizet fans worldwide.

Monstrous challenges await. A concert fantasy based on Georges Bizet's beloved opera "Carmen," this show-stopper for two pianos treats its source material with reverence, creativity, and unadulterated joy. "Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos, based on themes by Georges Bizet" by Greg Anderson (b. 1981). For Two Pianos. Advanced. Full score. 13 minutes. Published by Awkward Fermata Press.