Four new arrangements have been added to the site this week Delibes: Czardas: Hungarian Dance from Coppelia Clarinet Dacquin: Le Coucou (The Cuckoo) Clarinet Duo Flute Duo Piano Le Coucou was one of Louis-Claude Dacquin’s most famous works. Dacquin was born in Paris of Italian descent and Jewish ancestry. His keyboard ability was noticed at an… Read More »
Klas Krantz is a Swedish Musician and Musicologist who regularly provides Music Scores with his arrangements. Take a look at this You Tube video in which a String Orchestra are playing one of Klas’s arrangements of this piece. Recuerdos de la Alhambra was originally a tremolo study for guitar, the theme was arranged by Mike Oldfield for the… Read More »
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata Op.27, No2 Sonata 14 or Moonlight Sonata is one of the most recognisable pieces of classical music. This atmospheric piece has become popular at weddings. Origins Beethoven originally described the piece as “almost a fantasy” and dedicated it to his lover, the Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. It wasn’t until 5 years after Beethoven’s death that the nickname… Read More »
Have a little laugh at the expense of the conductors amongst us (no offence to any conductors reading this!).. and please feel free to comment… .
Anne has added three new arrangements to the site this week. Two additional arrangements of the Hungarian Dance from the ballet Coppelia. Delibes: Czardas: The Hungarian Dance from Coppelia Viola & Piano Violin & Piano The third arrangement is by Jacques Offenbach, a German born French composer from the Romantic Period, known for his many operettas and opera ‘Tales… Read More »
Anne has added three new arrangements to Music Scores this week. Two are additions to last weeks solo piano arrangements of The Hungarian Dance from Coppelia by Czardas and include a piano duet and the Cello The third arrangement is by Brahms – St Anthony Choral: Op56 for the Piano Originally Joseph Hayden wrote The Variations on a Theme, however… Read More »
This week Anne has added two new arrangements to the site by Delibes: Czardas: The Hungarian Dance from Coppelia. Both pieces are for the piano with different skill levels: Piano – Easy Piano – Moderate Coppelia translated means the girl with the enamel eyes and is a comical ballet which was originally choreographed to the music of Leo… Read More »
This week we have 25 new arrangements on the site (18 arrangements of Paradis MT: Siciliano, 6 arrangements of Faure: Op.7 No.1: Apres un Reve and Schubert’s Ave Maria for the Cello & Piano). All three pieces were played at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on 19th May in St Georges Chapel at Windsor… Read More »
Klas Krantz is a Swedish Musician and Musicologist who regularly provides Music Scores with his arrangements. Klas is a guitar specialist and his arrangements of classical works are very popular with our visitors. Take a look at this You Tube video in which a Violin and Guitar duo are playing one of Klas’ arrangements of Danse Espagnole “La… Read More »
This week Anne has added 2 new arrangements to the site. One of which adds to the two band arrangements from last week by J Penny and the second by the German composer Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. This arrangement of Plaisir d’Amour adds to 8 other arrangements we have on Music Scores for the Voice, Violin, Viola, Flute, Clarinet, Cello,… Read More »