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Alfred USA Suzuki Piano School 1 CD
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Alfred Music Top Movie Hits 10 for 10 Sheet Music
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Alfred Music The Articulate Jazz Musician Mastering the
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Modern Brass Band From the 1930s to the New
Book SynopsisFollowing Roy Newsome's highly acclaimed study Brass Roots: One Hundred Years of Brass Bands and their Music, this book takes up the story of bands and their development from the 1930s to the start of the new millennium. Brass band contests continued to play a significant role in the twentieth century, and this new book contains a detailed consideration of both local and regional contests and larger-scale national events such as the British Open and the National Brass Band Championships. As in previous times, the repertoire of bands has been greatly influenced by these contests. Newsome explores competition works, but also the development of an increasing number of concerto-style works intended for concert performance. One of the keys to the continuing popularity and success of the banding movement has been the creation of school and youth brass bands. Sections of the book devoted to younger generations of band players examine the changes that have taken place in such bands. There is also an investigation of the impact of radio, television and commercial recording on the brass band industry. The book also contains a wealth of information about leading bands and band personalities, and concludes with an overview of the spread of interest in British-style banding overseas.Trade Review'It is a long overdue work, extensively researched, very well produced and written in an open and enjoyable narrative style that retains warmth and affection for the subject matter yet maintains a detachment of purpose that allows for well balanced critical analysis... Dr Roy Newsome should wholeheartedly be congratulated, for he has produced quite a wonderful, insightful book that should form the backbone of any brass music students reading list and deserves to be seen on the bookshelf of anyone who has more than a passing regard to the brass band movement, its history and its future.' 4barsrest.com ’.The book is engagingly written and generously illustrated throughout...Highly recommended.’ ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword, Peter Wilson; Preface. Part 1 Bands and Banding to 1945: Introductory overview; Bands and personalities; Engagements, broadcasts and recordings. Part 2 Times of Change, 1945-1980: Introductory overview; Contest developments; Composers and repertoire; Personalities and bands; Engagements, broadcasts, television and recordings. Part 3 The Years of Maturity, 1981-2000: Introductory overview; Contest developments and repertoire; Bands and their activities, and band personalities. Part 4 Overseas Developments: Brass bands outside mainland Britain. Finale: A personal view; Glossary of brass bands; Personalia; Appendices; Select bibliography; Indexes.
£43.69
Anness Publishing Music The Encyclopedia of
Book SynopsisA comprehensively illustrated reference to musical instruments and the history of the orchestra, and a guide to 100 classical composers from Bach to Xenakis, in a newly updated large-format edition.
£18.00
Anness Publishing Musical Instruments and a History of The
Book SynopsisAn illustrated directory of musical instruments: strings, woodwind, brass, percussion, keyboards and the voice; a comprehensive history of music-making and the orchestra.
£13.50
Alfred Publishing Company Band Expressions Book One Student Edition
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£8.50
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Four Centuries of Musical Instruments
Book SynopsisCaptured in this volume in over 700 striking color photos are many historically significant musical instruments created by some of the most important and iconic makers of the last 400 years. Six hundred instruments are presented, including keyboards, flutes and whistles, woodwinds, strings, and percussion. Each instrument is described in the text, including unusual characteristics, rarity, number of known instruments by the same maker, historical provenance when known, former ownership, citations of relevant patents, and bibliographic citations with more information and associated photos. Early and historically significant instruments made in Italy, England, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, the United States, and other parts of Europe are examined. Several world cultures are also represented by instruments. Indexes by maker, city, and country are provided for easy reference.
£51.19
Warner Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Movie Selections
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Warner Bros. Publications Inc.,U.S. George Gershwins Greatest Hits
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Warner Bros. Publications Inc.,U.S. 101 Rhythmic Rest Patterns BFlat Cornet Trumpet
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Warner Bros. Publications Inc.,U.S. Charlie Parker Omnibook Bass Clef Instruments
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£21.59
Warner Bros. Publications Inc.,U.S. charlieparkeromnibookc
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£21.38
Warner Bros. Publications Inc.,U.S. Charlie Parker Omnibook Alto Saxophone Bariton
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£21.59
Hal Leonard Corporation The Best Standards Ever Volume 2 LY Best Ever
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£14.72
Hal Leonard Corporation Creative Keyboard Book 1a
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£7.51
Hal Leonard Corporation Music for Keyboard Book 1b
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£6.74
Hal Leonard Corporation Creative Keyboard Book 1b
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£6.75
Hal Leonard Corporation Hercules PianoVocalguitar Songbook
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£19.99
Hal Leonard Corporation Keyboard Voicings Essential Concepts Series
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£10.92
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation The Best of Patsy Cline Easy guitar with notes
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£15.29
Hal Leonard Corporation Creative Keyboard Book 2a Book 2a
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Songs of Bacharach David
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£20.39
Hal Leonard Corporation The Best Of Cole Porter
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£11.39
Henry Holt & Company Inc Piano The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand
£15.29
Scarecrow Press Gerhard Brunzema His Work and His Influence
Book SynopsisDocuments the craft of organbuilder Gerhard Brunzema (1927-1992) and looks at how his instruments and his approach to organbuilding influenced music history.Trade Review...offers the reader an excellent survey of Brunzema's life and work and includes many interesting insights...is a fitting tribute to Brunzema. * The American Organist *...valuable and interesting...this book belongs in the library of every student of organ history and design. * Journal Of American Organbuilding *...presents a wide range of helpful materials... -- Lawrence Archibold, Carleton College * Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association *
£104.00
AMSCO Music The Library of Sonatas and Sonatinas Piano Solo
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£22.46
AMSCO Music The Art of Teaching Piano The Classic Guide and
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£32.78
University of Tennessee Press Tennessee Strings
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£13.56
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Synth Gods Keyboard Presents
Book SynopsisGUITAR PLAYER PRESENTS GUITAR HEROES OF THE '70S
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Hal Leonard Corporation Incredible Chord Finder
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Cambridge University Press What Musicking Affords
Book SynopsisThe last three decades of work in cognitive science have challenged the idea that thinking occurs entirely in the head, claiming instead that cognition is embodied, embedded, extended, and enactive. The claims of 4E cognition challenge the dominance of computational approaches to cognition, and music scholars have explored Gibson''s notion of affordances to propose a new understanding of musical performance as primarily grounded in action. This Element draws from paradigms such as enactive cognition, cybernetic and systems-theoretical approaches, phenomenological perspectives on practice, Gibson''s theory of affordances, and aspects of the author''s own practice as a multi-instrumentalist to consider cases of how the interface between musician and instrument influences performance.
£17.00
Legare Street Press Your Opportunity Meyer Both Company.
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£11.95
Legare Street Press Illinois Catholic Historical Review 1918 1929
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Basic Conducting Techniques
Book SynopsisNow in its eighth edition, Basic Conducting Techniques provides a clear and intelligible introduction to the art of conducting an ensemble. It has been updated with a greater diversity of repertoire, including contemporary examples and more music by underrepresented composers.Over the course of 14 chapters, the authors explicate the elements of conducting, supplementing their teachings with an extensive selection of musical examples from the classical repertoire. Practical and innovative, clear and approachable, the book illuminates the essential skills that a beginning conductor should develop in order to lead and rehearse a performing group. The companion website provides scores and transposed parts for all musical excerpts, as well as guitar and piano parts, audio recordings of the excerpts, and updated demonstration videos modeling specific conducting techniques. With the beginning conductor in mind, this hands-on, competency-centered approach is appropriate for miTable of ContentsPART I: CONDUCTING TECHNIQUEChapter 1: The Baton, Preparation, Downbeat, and ReleaseChapter 2: Beat Patterns and Preparations in Tempo, Dynamic, and Basic StyleChapter 3: Preparations and Releases for All CountsChapter 4: Fractional Beat PreparationsChapter 5: Divided MetersChapter 6: Asymmetrical and Changing MetersChapter 7: The FermataChapter 8: The CueChapter 9: Conducting Musical StylesChapter 10: Expressive Conducting and the Left HandChapter 11: Tempo Changes and AccompanyingPART II: SCORE PREPARATION AND REHEARSAL TECHNIQUEChapter 12: Analysis, Score Preparation, and Conductin the Full ScoreChapter 13: The Instrumental RehearsalChapter 14: The Choral Rehearsal PART III: MUSICAL EXCERPTSChapter 1: The Baton, Preparation, Downbeat, and ReleaseChapter 2: Beat Patterns and Preparations in Tempo, Dynamic, and Basic StyleChapter 3: Preparations and Releases for All CountsChapter 4: Fractional Beat PreparationsChapter 5: Divided MetersChapter 6: Asymmetrical and Changing MetersChapter 7: The FermataChapter 8: The CueChapter 9: Conducting Musical StylesChapter 10: Expressive Conducting and the Left HandChapter 11: Tempo Changes and Accompanying Chapter 12: Analysis, Score Preperation, and Conducting the Full ScoreTECHNICAL MASTERYAppendix A: Competencies for the Beginning Conducting ClassAppendix B: Student EvaluationAppendix C: Chart of Transpositions and ClefsAppendix D: Full Score Instrumentation and Foreign EquivalentsAppendix E: Counting Drills for Uneven MetersAppendix F: Musical Style ChartAppendix G: GlossaryAppendix H: Model Video Excerpt Chart
£118.75
Taylor & Francis Ltd Musical Ecologies
Book SynopsisCommunity music around the world reflects the growing and diverse ways humans collectivise and express themselves in ways that articulate our cultural, social, and environmental complexity. Revisiting, redevising, and reimagining some of the field's approaches, ideologies, and contexts, this co-edited volume investigates beyond generalist intercultural and internationalist concepts to reveal the complexity of social ways people come together to make music and to making music be central to this sociality.The authors explore the role community music plays out around the world and how various instrumentally based music-making communities operate as ecologies that allow notions of social, political, and cultural agency and identity/ies. Chapters cover various instrumental community music ensembles, observing how they, as social microcosms of change and stasis, provide working methods new and old, extol values, and model ethical behaviours that are fluid and dynamic, steadfast anTable of ContentsList of ContributorsForewordChapter 1. Introduction - Redefining the FieldLeon R de Bruin and Jane SouthcottPART 1: MAINTAINING AND DISRUPTING TRADITIONS: CULTURAL, POLITICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGIES OF COMMUNITY MUSIC PRACTICES- Maintaining/ disrupting traditions- Theoretical perspectives and landscapes – re-territory/deterritorialization- Reimagining the community music ensemble- Innovation/stasis/ in the community ensembleChapter 2. Shifting the Conservatory Narrative: Designing University Curriculum that Celebrates Communities’ MusicsTe Oti Rakena and John CoulterChapter 3. Optimising the Feedback Loop Between Community and Community Ensemble: A Case StudyAdam StarrChapter 4. The Venda tshikona Reed-Pipe Dance as Community Music: Mapping the Ecology of a South African Traditional MusicSusan Harrop-Allin and Dean SalantChapter 5. An Inclusion Strategy Approach for Deepening Community Music Engagement in Non-Metropolitan AustraliaGraham Sattler and Phil MullenPART 2: THE RHYZOMAL ASSEMBLAGE: INTERACTIONS AND LOCALIZED MICRO-SYSTEMS OF INDIVIDUALS’ COMMUNAL EXISTENCE- Musical ecologies and ecosystems- Multiple participation, diverse agencies and identities- Individual and group agency- Action and intra-action in community musickingChapter 6. Agua! The flourishing of Latin Music in Melbourne, AustraliaLeon R de BruinChapter 7. Synthesis and Embodiment: The Lowell String Project as Complex Musical EcosystemElissa Johnson-GreenChapter 8. Mount Gambier's Generations in Jazz: The Impact of Community and Cross-Regional PartnershipsAdam HardcastleChapter 9. Friends in Concert: Growing Music Teacher Identities through Community Music Making Yan Chen Alvyn Eng, Siew Ling Chua and James LeeChapter 10. Training and Retaining Traditions: The Grainger Wind SymphonyJane Southcott and Leon R de BruinPART 3: WIDER MESO-SYSTEMS OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE, EVOLUTION AND INNOVATION- Specific practices, interactions environments, partnerships and collaborations- The ethics of specific instrumental community music ensembles- Local/glocal/international perspectives and movements- Creativities in instrumental community music – how is it different/ same between prof and amateurChapter 11. The Armidale Symphony Orchestra: The Ecology of a Regional OrchestraAlana BlackburnChapter 12. Friends in Music: The Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra, Melbourne, AustraliaJane Southcott and Vicky LiaoChapter 13. The Golden Age Ensemble: A Community Music PartnershipChi Ying LamChapter 14. PUBlic Choir: Facilitating an Emergent Musicking CommunityGraham SattlerChapter 15. Jazz, Improvisation, Community: The Affective Constitution of Social IdentityChris StoverChapter 16. PostludeLeon R de Bruin and Jane SouthcottReferences Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creative Jazz Improvisation
Book SynopsisThe leading textbook in jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation, Fifth Edition represents a compendium of knowledge and practice resources for the university classroom, suitable for all musicians looking to develop and sharpen their soloing skills. Logically organized and guided by a philosophy that encourages creativity, this book presents practical advice beyond the theoretical, featuring exercises in twelve keys, ear training and keyboard drills, a comprehensive catalog of relevant songs to learn, and a wide range of solo transcriptions, each transposed for C, Bb, Eb, and bass clef instruments. Chapters highlight discussions of jazz theory - covering topics such as major scale modes, forms, chord substitutions, melodic minor modes, diminished and whole-tone modes, pentatonic scales, intervallic improvisation, free improvisation, and more - while featuring updated content throughout on the nuts and bolts of learning to improvise. New to the Fifth Edition:Table of ContentsPART 1: THE ART OF IMPROVISATION / 1. Practicing and Performing Jazz / PART 2: DIATONIC CHORDS AND THE MODES IN THE MAJOR SCALE / 2. Major Scales and Major 7th Chords / 3. Dorian Scales and Minor 7th Chords / 4. Mixolydian and Dominant Bebop Scales, and Dominant 7th Chords / 5. The ii V I Progression and Functional Harmony / 6. Locrian and Aeolian Scales, and the iiØ7 V7♭9 i Progression / 7. Lydian and Phrygian Scales, and Major 7♭5 Chords / PART 3: CHORD SUBSTITUTIONS, HARMONIC STRUCTURES, AND FORMS / 8. The Blues Scale, the Blues Form, and Chord Substitutions / 9. Sectional Forms and Rhythm Changes / 10. Harmonic Structures and Coltrane Substitutions / PART 4: ALTERED CHORDS, DIMINISHED MODES, WHOLE-TONE SCALES, AND HARMONIC MINOR AND MELODIC MINOR MODES / 11. Diminished Scales, Fully Diminished Chords, and Dominant 7♭9 Chords / 12. Whole-Tone Scales and Augmented Chords / 13. Melodic and Harmonic Minor Scales, and Minor/Major 7th Chords / 14. Locrian #2 and Altered Scales, and Minor iiØ9 V7 ♯9♯5 i Progressions / 15. Lydian Augmented and Lydian Dominant Scales, and Major 7th ♯5 and Dominant 9th ♯11 Chords / PART 5: BEYOND FUNCTIONAL HARMONY / 16. Free Improvisation / 17. Pentatonic Scales / 18. Four-Note Groupings Derived from Pentatonic Scales / 19. Intervallic Improvisation / 20. Odd Meters / Appendix I: Intervals / Appendix II: Modes in the Major Scale / Appendix III: Modes in the Melodic Minor Scale / Appendix IV: Diatonic 7th Chords in Major Keys / Appendix V: Diatonic 7th Chords in Minor Keys / Appendix VI: Chords and Their Relationship to Scales / Appendix VII: Upper Structure or "Slash" Chords / Appendix VIII: Creativity and an Overview of Kenny Werner’s Effortless Mastery Method
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dhrupad Tradition and Performance in Indian Music
Book SynopsisDhrupad is believed to be the oldest style of classical vocal music performed today in North India. This detailed study of the genre considers the relationship between the oral tradition, its transmission from generation to generation, and its re-creation in performance. There is an overview of the historical development of the dhrupad tradition and its performance style from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and of the musical lineages that carried it forward into the twentieth century, followed by analyses of performance techniques, processes and styles. The authors examine the relationship between the structures provided by tradition and their realization by the performer to throw light on the nature of tradition and creativity in Indian music; and the book ends with an account of the revival' movement of the late twentieth century that re-established the genre in new contexts. Augmented with an analytical transcription of a complete dhrupad performance, this is the firsTrade Review"A significant contribution to Indian musical studies, breaking new ground in documentation and analysis, and in its fruitful approach to collaborative musicological method. For its systematic definition of a musical domain it should become required reading for students of North Indian music, but beyond this it supplies a wealth of new material which will lay the foundations for further research." Jonathan Katz, Ethnomusicology Forum"A model for the sort of joint undertaking that should occur more often in the field of ethnomusicology... the definitive monograph on its subject." Peter Manuel, Music and Letters"Dhrupad is a notable attempt to develop a "context-sensitive music analysis" that can uncover the "inner logic" of the music and identify "formal archetypes" within it, and it presents a carefully nuanced and extremely detailed view of dhrupad from many angles. Sanyal and Widdess's coauthorship is to be lauded, and readers may hope that it will be as much an inspiration for future collaborative projects as it is a valuable resource for the student of dhrupad." Matthew Allen, The Journal of Asian Studies"The authors consistently and successfully integrate disparate but important strands of historical, theoretical, and practical knowledge throughout the narrative...In addition to its meticulous historical research, the extensive performance analysis emerges as its most significant contribution." Natalie Sarrazin, NotesTable of ContentsCh. 1 What is Dhrupad Ch. 2 The Historical Emergence of Dhrupad Style Ch. 3 Tradition and Style: Th Four Banis Ch. 4 The Transmission of Tradition: The Dagar Heritage Ch. 5 Alap and Tradition Ch. 6 An Alap Performance in the Dagar Tradition Ch. 7 Composition and Tradition Ch. 8 Performing the Composition: Rhythmic Variation and ImprovisationCh. 9 Dhrupad in the Modern World: Tradition, Performance and Revival Appendix 1: PrincipalDhrupad Tals Appendix 2: Dhrupad Lineages Appendix 3: Alap and Dhrupad, Rag Multani (Transcription)
£36.09
Taylor & Francis The Music of Sounds and the Music of Things
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Taylor & Francis Improvisation Methods and Practices in Southeast
Book SynopsisMoore, Burridge and the contributors explore the multifaceted role of improvisation, from rehearsal to performance, teaching to learning within the Southeast Asian performing arts scene. They feature a vital overview of how contemporary Southeast Asian artists use improvisation in their practice through diverse theoretical perspectives, innovative methods and idiosyncratic strategies. The book highlights the strength of improvisation as a connective tissue facilitating collaboration and interdisciplinarity across the performing arts. It shows how artists and practitioners navigate the dynamic landscape of Southeast Asian arts, blurring taxonomical boundaries to embrace change and innovation. From interrogative full-length chapters to insightful personal case narratives, each contribution showcases the practical application of improvisation in real-world projects. The chapters affirm improvisation as both a creative process and a performance strategy, unlocking new possibilities in performing arts and providing an inspired snapshot of contemporary Southeast Asian creative practice. With discourse extending beyond conventional disciplinary confines, this book is a valuable read for graduate and postgraduate students, educators and researchers in diverse fields encompassing dance, music, theatre studies, performance studies, aesthetics, and interdisciplinary arts. It is also a viable resource for professionals in the performing arts industry as it provides invaluable insights into the transformative power of improvisation.
£37.99
Taylor & Francis World Music Pedagogy Volume IV Instrumental Music
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1: Teaching and Learning in ContextChapter 2: Attentive Listening for Cultural AwakeningsChapter 3: Participatory MusickingChapter 4: Performing World MusicChapter 5: Creating World MusicChapter 6: Integrating World MusicChapter 7: Surmountable Challenges and Worthy OutcomesAppendix 1: Learning PathwaysAppendix 2: References and Resources
£32.29
Cambridge University Press Instrumentalists and Renaissance Culture 14201600
Book SynopsisThis cultural history of instrumental music in Renaissance cities, courts and homes will appeal to a broad range of disciplines and performers. Victor Coelho and Keith Polk show that a full understanding of the contributions of instrumentalists is essential for any accurate assessment of Renaissance culture.Trade Review'… a rich and variegated picture of how instrumentalists created, functioned, and lived. Specific case studies of individual Renaissance instrumentalists and events serve to illustrate trends in instrumental practice during the long Renaissance.' Michael Eisenberg, Notes'Victor Coelho and Keith Polk have both made significant contributions to the study of instrumental music in the Renaissance … a welcome and much needed contribution to the scholarship of instrumental music in the Renaissance.' Eric Thomas, European History QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrologue: the culture of Renaissance instrumental music; 1. Renaissance instrumental music and its patrons; 2. A source-based history of Renaissance instrumental music; 3. The players; 4. Instrumental music for celebration and ceremony; 5. The instrumentalist's workshop: pedagogy, intabulation, and compositional process; 6. Renaissance instruments: images and realities; Epilogue.
£39.92
Harcamlow Press Two Violins A Viola One Cello and Me
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£12.34
Hal Leonard Corporation Big Book of Christmas Songs for Trombone
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£16.99
Hal Leonard Corporation Party Songs EZ Play Today Volume 175
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Hal Leonard Corporation Boomwhack Attack
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Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Frank Sinatra Romance Songs from the Heart
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