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Great Unaccompanied Motets include the well known Gradual Motets Christus Factus est and Locus iste , which are central to this collection, featuring Anton Bruckner's stunning choral output . Set for SATB choir(some divisi), these pieces are among the most enduring choral masterworks of the 19th century. Simon Halsey's performing edition includes an informative introduction, keyboard reductions for rehearsal only and English translations of the Latin texts for reference. The Choral Programme Series is now a well-established programming tool for many choirs as it offers a wealth of fresh material from many eras and in many styles. Also offering great value for money as each volume in the series provides up to forty minutes of music.

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Know your scales! Trumpet Grades 1-3 is the bright, fresh way to learn scales and arpeggios - a scale book without scales! Using 'finger fitness' exercises, scale and arpeggio study pieces, and simple improvisations, Paul Harris's brilliant approach teaches students to know the notes and thus to play scales and arpeggios with real confidence. As well as prompting a solid basis for the learning repertoire and sight-reading techniques, this invaluable resource for students covers all the keys and ranges required for the ABRSM examination syllabus, helping you pick up those valuable extra marks.

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The Baroque Trumpet presents a colourful selection of melodies from a period whose sonorous, majestic and expressive brass music has rarely been surpassed. Pieces are ordered progressively, with the range and difficulty of the music increasing as the developing embouchure gets stronger. From Purcell, Clarke and Telemann to Fantini, Banchieri and Delalande, this fresh and rewarding selection of repertoire is ideal for concerts and weddings. A simple keyboard accompaniment is provided.

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This is a straight forward arrangement, for clarinet and piano, of the popular theme tune from 'Pride and Prejudice' written by Carl Davis. The tune has been made famous by the BBC's film of the novel by Jane Austen. The piece is perfect for the end of term concert and students will love to play it as much as audiences love to hear it.

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Progressive Jazz Studies 2 (Saxophone) includes over 40 original studies for the developing jazz saxophonist. In the first section the book shows players how to take a tune and 'jazz it up', they learn to craft a simple, rhythmic jazz solo from any well-known tune. Section two teaches about various jazz tonalities helping to develop confidence with whole-tune, diminished and blues scales, modes and the II-V-I chord sequence. James Rae's brilliant method gives you the confidence to play jazz with real style! Suitable for Eb or Bb saxophone.

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Green Jazzin’ About Piano (Grades 4 to 5) is a collection of 10 original, eco-themed pieces arranged for solo piano by Pam Wedgwood. Help save our planet while you groove through the ozone with this vibrant range of environmentally-friendly musicality.

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Variety is the spice of musical life and the essence of First Repertoire for Cello. This is the first of three books containing carefully-graded repertoire that skillfully explores the cello's unique sonorities and provides a superb introductory literature for the young player.

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Gospel Rock contains three spirituals, Walk in jerusalem just like John/ By an' By, Just a closer walk with Thee and Daniel was a Prayin' Man. The Faber Young Voices series is arranged for upper voices, with an optional low alto or baritone part (for newly changed or unstable voices) and with manageable piano accompaniments. The series is designed for young or newly formed choirs looking for rewarding repertoire.

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The Glamourous world of the musical has a unique and irresistible appeal. Play Showtime Book 2 (Trumpet) comprises 10 great hits from Broadway and London's West End, including songs from Me and My girl, Half a Sixpence, Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Evita and A little Night Music. These famous songs by the world's finest show writers are arranged here with piano accompaniment by Fred Glover and Roy Stratford.

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These nine jazzy pieces in Got Those Position Blues? have been specially written to help students work through technical difficulties with position changes in an fun and exciting way. With piano accompaniment and a violin only part pull-out, this book brings a fresh approach to third (and second and fourth) position, with a series of progressive pieces in a lively jazz idiom. Not only are they an excellent way to learn, they are perfect for end of term concerts too. English with German translation.

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Three Caribbean Calypsos contains the songs Ophelia letter blow'way, Linstead Market and the catchy Brown Gal in de ring. The Faber Young Voices series is arranged for upper voices, with an optional low alto or baritone part (for newly changed or unstable voices) and with manageable piano accompaniments. The series is designed for young or newly formed choirs looking for rewarding repertoire. **Trinity College London selected piece (Singing 2010-2012): Ophelia letter blow ‘way (arr. Gritton)

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Behind Bars is the indispensable reference book for composers, arrangers, teachers and students of composition, editors, and music processors. In the most thorough and painstakingly researched book to be published since the 1980s, specialist music editor Elaine Gould provides a comprehensive grounding in notational principles. Behind Bars covers everything from basic rules, conventions and themes to complex instrumental techniques, empowering the reader to prepare music with total clarity and precision. With the advent of computer technology, it has never been more important for musicians to have ready access to principles of best practice in this dynamic field, and this book will support the endeavours of software users and devotees of hand-copying alike. The author's understanding of, and passion for, her subject has resulted in a book that is not only practical but also compellingly readable. This seminal and all-encompassing guide encourages new standards of excellence and accuracy and, at a weighty 704 pages, it is supported by 1,500 music examples of published scores from Bach to Xenakis. This is a hardback book, with dust jacket.

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Going Solo (Trumpet) is a lively collection designed to bridge the gap between music for beginners and more intermediate trumpet solos, enabling the young player to face a conductor or an audience with complete confidence. This book offers a host of fresh challenges, and spans a wide range of repertoire of original material to imaginative arrangements, with piano accompaniment, carefully selected, written and arranged by John Miller and Leslie Pearson. If you are preparing to face an audience for the first time - whether at home, at school, or on the concert platform - then you are ready for Going Solo. **Trinity College London selected pieces (Trumpet, Cornet, Flugel Horn 2010): All in a Garden Green or British Grenadiers (Trad.) Fairest Isle (Purcell) Tongue in Cheek (Pearson) **Trinity College London selected pieces (Euphonium, Baritone 2010): British Grenadiers (Trad.) Fairest Isle (Purcell) Tongue in Cheek (Pearson)

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Through the well-known first theme of its opening 'Prelude', Charpentier's spectacular Te Deum has become the best-known of all French baroque grands motets. Prepared by the distinguished French baroque scholar Lional Sawkins from the composer's original manuscript, this is the first authoritative performing edition of the work. See below link to the Vocal Score. Parts available on hire, contact: hire@fabermusic.com

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Folksongs from the Caribbean

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Green Stringpops is a fun and friendly way to play music. Includes 7 fun pieces for cello on Eco-themes from 'Tropical Forest' to 'Rainbow Patrol'.

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Welcome to Polytekniks - a lively and original approach to aspects of violin technique. These versatile and entertaining easy duets present a variety of musical and technical challenges for the young player, from string-crossing, finger extensions to coping with unusual or tricky rhythms. Polytekniks may be used either by a teacher and pupil, or by two students at different stages of development.

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Egbert's Uncle Fred is off on a trip round the world. After a while postcards start arriving from far-off lands, each with a special 'musical friend' for Egbert and his violin, and a mysterious coded message... Postcards to Egbert introduces absolute beginner violinists to the rudiments of good technique, particularly the development of a strong sense of rhythm. All these 'mini-pieces' use open strings only: simple but imaginative piano accompaniments contribute to the young pupil's confidence and sense of achievement. Mary Cohen's lively and stimulating approach will capture and hold the attention of even the most reluctant beginner!

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This is a collection of dances arranged for string ensemble. The pieces explore various dance styles from around the world, and includes a russian dance and a German dance. The pieces are fun to play and are in flexible arrangements so that young players at all levels can be involved.

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Vocal score of Franz Schubert's Mass in G (D.167), arranged for or a soprano solo and SATB choir with piano reduction of the orchestral accompaniment, and is Schubert's shortest setting of the Mass.

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