New Publications,
New Sheet Music Titles - May 2023
Piano & Organ
Penelope Roskell is recognized as one of the world’s leading exponents of a natural and healthy piano technique. Her series Essential Piano Technique draws on the principles of The Complete Pianist to develop a strong foundation of healthy technique, helping young pianists to progress rapidly and confidently through the early stages of piano playing.
All three books are now available.
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Clara Schumann’s cadenzas to piano concertos by Beethoven (Opp. 37 and 58) and Mozart (K466) not only give a unique insight into her performing and composing style. This Urtext edition marks the first publication of Clara Schumann’s early cadenzas for Mozart’s D minor Piano Concerto, previously only available in the manuscript in the Library of Congress in Washington DC.
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In association with the Mendelssohn House, Leipzig, Edition Peters proudly presents the Mendelssohn ‘Souvenir’ edition, containing a selection of piano works intended by Mendelssohn to be played in the home, as generations of amateur musicians since the 19th century have done – learning to appreciate and love this wonderful music.
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Robert Schumann’s Carnaval, Op. 9 is one of the composer’s most important piano cycles. The new edition is based on the Urtext of the New Schumann Complete Edition. The notes on interpretation take into account the instruments of Schumann’s time as well as historical sources on performance practice.
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This folio features six pieces from John Williams' Oscar-nominated score for Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans arranged for piano solo. It also includes three classical piano pieces that are featured in the film.
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Bach was a great transcriber not only of his own works but also of others. The arrangements in this book go one step further in that they are for two organists at the same instrument.
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The initial marking 'Sparkling' is a good description of this piece's effervescent Toccata-like figurations and striking harmonies. The plainsong theme appears in longer note values either in the pedal or at the top of the texture. Imaginative use of the organ creates an exciting atmosphere as the piece reaches a powerful conclusion.
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Vocal
La Courte Paille was the last vocal music Poulenc composed on seven poems of Belgian poet Maurice Carême. At Poulenc’s request Carême titled the cycle, choosing La Courte Paille (The Short Straw), which refers to drawing lots. Poulenc was delighted, saying the title symbolized his little musical game exactly. Also available for medium/low voice.
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The twenty-seven art songs for soprano collected together in the present volume make up part of the Canzoniere, Op. 17 by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, which, after the first edition of 1936, Ricordi have re-published with a preface by the soprano Gemma Bertagnolli. Canzoniere op. 17 - Liriche per tenore and Canzoniere op. 17 - Liriche per baritono e basso are also available.
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Peter Warlock: Songs - Critical Edition
Goodmusic Publications | Set of 8 Volumes | Voice and Accompaniment
Nearly twenty years on, Michael Pilkington has undertaken a comprehensive revision of the original Critical Edition of 2004 taking advantage of newly-discovered evidence of Warlock’s intentions. With revised scores and expanded notes on the songs, the eight volumes of this Peter Warlock Critical Edition will long survive as definitive.
Each volume is also available separately.
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Designed for those studying musical theatre, this is part of a progressive series of ten handbooks intended for candidates considering taking the London College of Music examinations in musical theatre. This handbook covers all the material needed to take the step 1 exam.
You can find all ten books here.
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The final instalment of Ed Sheeran’s decade-spanning mathematical album era, this exclusive folio presents all fourteen songs from ‘-’ (Subtract). Each song is arranged for piano, voice and guitar with chord symbols, chord diagrams and full lyrics.
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Choral
This collection of Preces & Responses follows on from Shaw's Tudor volume, with settings by Gibbons & Barnard, Child, Ayleward, Reading and Ebdon, all in new editions and reconstructions, scored for SAATB or SATB. The collection also includes settings of the Lord's Prayer by John Farmer and Richard Allison, and Final Amens by Gibbons and Mundy.
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A collaboration with poet Charles Bennett, this celebratory work explores all that we can learn from the natural world.
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Among Vaughan Williams’s earliest settings of poetry by Walt Whitman, and his only one for a cappella chorus, By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame is a rare find from the composer’s manuscripts preserved at the British Library, and a conspicuous addition to the list of key works written during the lengthy gestation of A Sea Symphony.
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Music Featured in the Coronation of King Charles III
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Make a Joyful Noise (The Coronation Anthem)
Hal Leonard | SATB & Piano | Vocal Score
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Coronation Anthem ‘Make a Joyful Noise’ is a newly commissioned composition written for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May 2023. The setting of Psalm 98 is scored for the Choir of Westminster Abbey and the Coronation Orchestra, made up of some of the world’s greatest musicians, drawn from eight leading orchestras of The former Prince of Wales’ Patronages, from across the UK and Canada.
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Tarik O'Regan's Coronation Agnus Dei, featured in the Coronation of King Charles III.
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Paul Mealor's Coronation Kyrie, featured in the Coronation of King Charles III.
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Debbie Wiseman's Alleluia (O Sing Praises). Alleluia (O Clap Your Hands) is also available.
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Instrumental Solos & Ensembles
This is a bumper book of over 150 contemporary tunes from 100 composers from Britain and Ireland, all from different areas, traditions and backgrounds and has been curated by the Northumbrian piper and fiddle player Kathryn Tickell. There’s a wide selection of Jigs, Hornpipes, Reels, Airs, Marches, Polkas, Waltzes, Mazurkas and a heap of tunes which don’t fall into a natural category.
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Sarah Jeffery, known in the recorder world not least through her YouTube channel Team Recorder, presents her favourite pieces for recorder and piano, including fourteen original works and arrangements of medium difficulty guaranteeing the players’ enjoyment. With audio tracks to listen to and play along with, as well as videos with info and tips.
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Part of the Jazz Artist Series, Lee Konitz Solo Transcriptions for Alto Saxophone, transcribed by Alex Oliverio.
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The collection Best of Viola Classics – 16 Famous Concert Pieces for viola and piano contains a selection of works that can accompany every pupil in many years of his or her viola lessons. The volume contains compositions from the days of Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) to the days of Volker David Kirchner (1942–2020), providing playing material from the baroque period to 20th century.
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Volume one of Beethoven’s Sonatas for violin and piano includes the Three Sonatas, Op. 12 composed around 1797/98 as well as the Sonatas Opp. 23 and 24 composed in 1800, the latter later becoming known under the epithet Spring Sonata. Right from the start, Beethoven’s violin sonatas are duets for two equal partners.
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Four short pieces for violin and piano by Lili Boulanger have survived and are brought together in this book. Original manuscript scores, manuscript copies and alternative versions have only been consulted for potential clarification of editorial queries. The Pièce of 1910 has only survived as an original manuscript, which has been reproduced here as faithfully as possible. These four pieces are individual works, though they can be performed together as suites of two, three or four movements where required.
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Villa-Lobos went back to his Chôros No. 1 repeatedly, creating several versions along the way that were consigned to at least two different publishers. He also wrote out numerous manuscript copies of the piece, which he then gave to some of the best-known guitarists of the era, such as Andrés Segovia, Miguel Llobet and Regino Sáinz de la Maza. This is the reason why this edition, edited by Frédéric Zigante, proposes two different versions: the first, from 1928, was delivered to the guitarist Miguel Llobet, while the second, from 1957, was published by the editor Arthur Napoleão.
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Ellena Taylor - Sheet Music and Books Manager
