**Clear the stage for the children! – Playing music together is fun!** Good ensemble-playing, however, must be learned at an early age. This series has been designed to support those music teachers who want to develop the ensemble-playing skills of students at an early phase. Pieces have been carefully selected in order to appeal to young students and foster their enthusiasm for ensemble-playing. The arrangements are attractive and – since none of the parts are monotonous – provide incentive for students to practice at home. in order to accommodate individual needs, the arrangements allow a wide a variety of instruments. The first and second parts can be played by any number and combination of recorders, flutes and violins. The piano part has been kept at same technical level as the other instruments, allowing young pianist the same ensemble possibilities that are enjoyed by other instruments. Bassoon and/or cello and/or string bass can all play the bass voice. Finally, the percussion part has been kept simple enough so that all instrumentalists can take their turns at it. It has been our experience that the playing of new instruments enhances most students’ musical enjoyment. Imaginative texts that link the musical numbers to each other have been included. They can be read between the individual pieces. in short, everything that is necessary for a successful performance has been included.
 
 
Pages: 48Language: English, German, FrenchPublisher: Universal Edition

In a period of only eight years, Beethoven created 20 piano sonatas between 1794-1802, including his so-called “Grande Sonate Pathétique” op. 13. It brings the classical style to perfection and at the same time, with its strongly romantic character, indicates his heroic phase . Composed in the “tragic” key of C minor, it points to the expressive drama of later masterpieces such as the 5th symphony or the overture to Coriolan. Among the famous, the sonata is the one that is technically most manageable and is therefore extremely popular among advanced piano students. The new Urtext edition by G. Henle Verlag comes from the successful Beethoven workshop of Norbert Gertsch and Murray Perahia
 
 
Pages: 24Language: English. German, FrenchPublisher: G.Henle Verlag

Although people might like to think that the “English Suites” were composed after the “French Suites”, “the temperamental and in part virtuoso flow of these Suites is more characteristic of the musical language of the young Bach” (from our preface). The kaleidoscopic variety of the six “English” Suites is breathtaking. One lifetime is not enough to exhaustively comprehend and penetrate them. We provide the sustainable musical basis for this, in different formats: the complete paperbound volume (HN 100), clothbound (HN 101), divided into Nos. 1–3 (HN 102) and Nos. 4–6 (HN 103) and last but not least in a very good value study edition with the identical musical text (HN 9100).
 
 
Pages: 68Language: EnglishPublisher: G.Henle Verlag