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It is regarded by many as his masterpiece in the non-operatic sphere: Britten''s War Requiem, premiered in 1962 to celebrate the opening of the new cathedral at Coventry, built to replace the one destroyed during the war. Britten used the opportunity to write a milestone of post-war music history: In memory of the war dead he combined texts of a Latin mass with 20th-century poems and set his deeply held pacifist and humanitarian beliefs to music. The requiem''s direct style has overwhelmed audiences for more than fifty years.Instrumentation:soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SATB), boys'' choir, orchestra and chamber orchestraop. 66

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Soak up the rhythm and atmosphere in Christopher Norton''s all-new set of piano miniatures. ''Microlatin'' introduces the beginner to the excitements of Latin-American musical styles: twenty pieces capturing the characteristic qualities of this invigorating and enchanting music but with only modest technical challenges. Play along to the backing CD or listen to the composer''s own vibrant performances.Instrumentation:piano

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One of the most famous ballet scores of the twentieth century. Completed in 1911, Petrouchka was the second of Stravinsky''s great ballets and is equally at home in the concert hall as in the theatre. Now published in The Masterworks Library: Landmark 20th century works from the Boosey & Hawkes catalogue available for the first time in full score format at pocket score prices with introductory notes, illustrations and photographs. Ideal for students, conductors, performers, libraries, CD collectors and general music enthusiasts.Instrumentation:orchestra

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This new large-size paperback full score, based on the original printed score of 1929, provides a clearer and more authentic edition for conductors and students. The original engraving has been graphically enhanced and edited with reference to the amended 1953 Edition Russe de Musique edition, the original engraved orchestral parts, and Ravel's autograph manuscript. This smart edition also features newly published editorial notes in English, French and German, plus facsimile pages from Ravel''s original manuscript, containing markings made by the work's commissioner Serge Koussevitsky. Published as part of B&H's prestigious Masterworks Library, full-size format (229 mm x 305 mm), this is the essential edition for conductors and students.Instrumentation:orchestra

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Offering classroom project material for Key Stages 2-4, this teacher's book contains four projects based around the traditional music of Eastern Europe. Students explore elements of rhythm, harmony and timbre, together with the traditions of Eastern Europe to recreate their own versions.

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Kim André Arnesen's Stabat Mater breathes new life into the 13th-century Latin hymn, which portrays the Virgin Mary's suffering at the crucifixion of her son, Jesus Christ. Amongst the traditional stanzas are two movements setting contemporary poems: Euan Tait's A Mother's Prayer, which was commissioned for this work, and a moving poem written by a child hospitalised with cancer. Arnesen's characteristic rich harmonies and memorable melodic lines combine to create a powerful and emotional major new work.This vocal score, which includes accompaniment for organ, can also be used for performing the version of Stabat Mater with chamber orchestra accompaniment available on hire from Boosey & Hawkes. A version for mixed voices (SATB) is also available.Kim André Arnesen is one of the most frequently performed composers from Norway today. He grew up in Trondheim where he was a chorister in the Nidaros Cathedral Boys'' Choir, later being educated at the Music Conservatory in Trondheim. As a com

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Karl Jenkins composed Cantata Memoria as a commemorative work exploring themes of loss, particularly remembering the children who perished in the Aberfan tragedy in 1966 when a mining spoil tip collapsed and buried a school. The first part of the work deals with the tragedy itself and the second part moves from darkness to light, reliving memories and celebrating childhood. Scored for soprano, baritone, young voices, chorus and orchestra, Cantata Memoria sets texts by Mererid Hopwood and has been recorded by Deutsche Grammophon with vocal soloists Bryn Terfel and Elin Manahan Thomas.Instrumentation:soloists, mixed choir (SATB), Young voices and orchestra

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