Phillip Ramey: La Citadelle - Rhapsody For Oboe And Piano

This piece was concieved at La Citadelle la Ferriere in Haiti, a huge, half-ruined fortress high on a remote mountaintop and reachable only on horseback. It was a combination of the strange yet beautiful location and the music of a group of native children he encountered there that inspired Ramey to write 'La Citadelle'. Definitely a work for the advanced player.

Verdi La Traviata Libretto Ita/eng

The libretto by Francesco Maria Piave to Verdi's opera La Traviata is based on the play La Dame Aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas the Younger. This play was a stage version of a novel by Dumas, published in 1848 and based on the life story of a young courtesan named Alphonsine plessis, known more euphoniously as Marie Duplessis, who died of consumption in 1847, at the age of 23.Verdi is said to have seen the play at the Theatre des Vaudevilles in Paris shortly after its premiere in 1852 and to have been deeply stirred by it. He had already signed a contract to provide a new opera for the Teatro Fenice in Venice and it was there, on March 6th, 1853, that La Traviata, its text based on the Dumas tragi-comedy, was first given.

E la Don Don Verges Maria (Three Spanish Carols)

E la don don, Verges Maria (or E la don don, Sweet Virgin Mary) is a sixteenth century Spanish Christmas Carol. It has light, dance-like quality with a driving pulse and, with hand clapping or percussion, an exuberant energy. Edited faithfully by Noah Greenberg and is set for a four-part chorus of mixed voices and baritone solo, with clapping and percussion ad lib. with a Piano accompaniment included for rehearsal.

Gaetono Donizetti: La Favorita (Libretto)

La Favorita, written in France by the Italian composer Donizetti is a tragedy, built around the ill-fated love affair between the king's mistress, Léonor, and a young novice monk, Fernand, who, not knowing her true identity, betrays his vows to pursue her. Frustrated by circumstance, obligation and misunderstanding, their love is realized only at her death. La Favorite was a favorite at the Paris Opéra, performed consistently until the early twentieth century. Since that time it has become more widely known in its Italian translation. This edition of the libretto is in both Italian and English.

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata (SATB)

Chorus parts for Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata. Italian/English. Translated by J. Machlis.

Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (Libretto)

Written in 1862 La Forza Del Destino was written after a two-year gap in Verdi's composing. The work was comissioned in late 1860 by the Imperial Theater of St. Petersburg and is now regarded by many as Verdi's most extensive and dramatically intricate opera. This Libretto is the revised version which Verdi worked on with Antonio Ghislanzoni. It premiered at La Scala, Milan on February 27, 1869 and has a different ending to Piave's original story. English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.

Arr. Jon Washburn: La Llorona

This heartfelt Mexican folksong tells of 'La Llorona', the ghostly 'wailing woman' who is said to wander the riverbanks, crying out for her drowned children. This arrangement by Jon Washburn is for SATB Choir with Piano or Harp. The piece features altos for much of the melody, a strumming Piano accompaniment (or Harp), glistening women's glissandi and a soaring Soprano solo descant. In Spanish.

Marin Marais: Suite No.1 In D Minor For Viola Da Gamba

Marin Marais was a distinguished member of the French School of Viola Da Gamba players that flourished around 1700. He was also an influential exponent of French Chamber music in this era. He composed much and wrote five fantastic collections for Viola, which constitute one of the most important sources of solo music for the Viola da Gamba. This Suite No.1 in D minor is from the fourth book of his Pieces de Viole, Book IV published in 1717. Because of the unique value of the composer's authoritative indications for ornaments, bowings, fingerings, expressive effects, it was decided to print the original parts for viol and basso continuo as facsimiles of its original form, as well as the newly engraved score. This suite for Viola and Basso Continuo has been edited by George Hunter.

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata (Vocal Score)

The literal translation of the title 'The Fallen Women' or 'The Wayward Woman'. This work is based on the play La dame aux camelias. A revolutionary work in its time, which holds an important place in today's international repertoire. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Quality paperback edition with smythe-sewn binding, quality cover and interior papers.

W.A. Mozart: Rondo A La Turque (Piano)

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Taken from Sonata No.16 in A Major.

Gaetano Donizetti: La Fille Du Regiment (The Daughter Of The Regiment) Libretto

La Fille Du Regiment is a French comic opera in three acts. The libretto was written by Jules de Saint-Georges and Jean Francois Bayard. It is regarded as one of the most important operas by Donizetti which was composed for the French stage.

Maurice Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit

Gaspard de la nuit is a poem of great pianistic difficulty. Ravel told his disciple Maurice Delage that his ambition was to write 'pieces of trancendental virtuosity for the Piano, more difficult that Balakirev's Islamey'. The suite was devised in three parts - slow, very slow, lively - in the manner of basic classical sonata form:Ondine expresses the exquisite fluidity of water combined withan almost supernatural atmosphere. Le Gibet is a hallucinatory work, with its continuous bell-tolling enhancing gloomy feeling. Scarbo is a nightmarish vision with opposite extremes, from the imperceptibly light tough to fantastic crescendos of terifying pianistic style. Ravel imposes a disturbing turbulance in this atmosphere of feverish insomnia. This edition was edited by Gaby Casadeus, including notes and copies of the poems - in English and French - from which the movements take their inspiration.

Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (Vocal Score)

'La Forza del Destino' is a product of the rich middle period of Verdi?s long creative life, and marks an important development in his style. The entire work is pervaded by a dark, brooding feeling. Verdi and librettist Francesco Maria Piave have created a tangled tale in which the characters come together through coincidence. Melitone and Preziosilla provide asides and comic elements as the three main characters, Donna Leonora, Don Carlo, and Don Alvaro play out their tragic parts. This is the Schirmer Edition of the Vocal Score, in the original Italian with an English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.

Richard Kountz: The Sleigh (A La Russe) SATB

Newly engraved and with a sparkling new orchestration, this Schirmer classic is a delightful choice for holiday and winter programmes. Easily learned, impressive-sounding and ideal for choirs of all levels. Available for SATB, SAB, SSA, TTBB, SA, Orchestral Pak and ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 1:00.

Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme (Libretto)

Puccini's 'La Boheme' is based on Henri Murger's novel 'Scènes de la vie de bohème', which draws it's inspiration from the Bohemian lifestyle which was somewhat in vogue in Paris at the time. This Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica runs as follows:Rodolfo?s neighbour in his garret Mimi knocks at the door, saying her candle has gone out on the stairs. Rodolfo and Mimi sit in the dark talking and fall for each other. They go to meet Rodolfo?s friends. While there, Marcello's former lover Musetta arrives with her new husband Alcindoro, but, distracting him, falls into Marcello's arms. Some time later Mimì pours out her distress to Marcello over Rodolfo's incessant jealousy, Rodolfo is actually concerned about Mimi?s poor health and wants to part with her. On realising this, the two decide to stay together until spring, Marcello and Musetta meanwhile part when she is unfaithful.Some months later, Rodolfo, Marcello and friends are amusing themselves in the garret when Musetta bursts in, saying Mimi is downstairs and has begged to be taken to her lover to die. She dies almost happily, recalling their early love.

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Six Variations On 'Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento'

Variations on a Duet from Giovanni Paisiello's opera, 'La Molinara'.

Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme (Vocal Score)

Puccini's 'La Boheme' is based on Henri Murger's novel Scènes de la vie de bohème, which draws it's inspiration from the Bohemian lifestyle which was somewhat in vogue in Paris at the time. This Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica runs as follows: Rodolfo?s neighbour in his garret Mimi knocks at the door, saying her candle has gone out on the stairs. Rodolfo and Mimi sit in the dark talking and fall for each other. They go to meet Rodolfo?s friends. While there, Marcello's former lover Musetta arrives with her new husband Alcindoro, but, distracting him, falls into Marcello's arms. Some time later Mimì pours out her distress to Marcello over Rodolfo's incessant jealousy, Rodolfo is actually concerned about Mimi?s poor health and wants to part with her. On realising this, the two decide to stay together until spring, Marcello and Musetta meanwhile part when she is unfaithful.Some months later, Rodolfo, Marcello and friends are amusnig themselves in the garret when Musetta bursts in, saying Mimi is downstairs and has begged to be taken to her lover to die. She dies almost happily, recalling their early love.This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score in Italian and and English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.

Ya Viene La Vieja A Cappella

Vincenzo Bellini: La Sonnambula (Libretto)

Libretto to Bellini's opera set in a Swiss village.

Sonata

Score and Parts. For flute, viola da gamba and basso continuo.

Darius Milhaud: Cantate De La Guerre Op.213

For Mixed Chorus A Cappella.

La Virgen Lava Panales (Alto/TTBB)

Traditional spanish song arranged by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker for alto solo and TTBB (men's voice) choir a cappella.

Lili Boulanger: Soir Sur La Plaine

A work for SATB chorus with Soprano and Tenor solos and Piano accompaniment. Uses text by Albert Samain, translated by Jane May.

Debussy - 16 Piano Favorites

Includes Children's Corner, Suite bergamasque, Deux Arabesques, Le petit nègre, La fille aux cheveux de lin, La cathédrale engloutie, and Rêverie. Includes over 30 pages of notes related to interpreting Debussy, and performance suggestions on each piece as well as a glossary of French terms.

Lyric Soprano Arias: A Master Class With Evelyn Lear

This unique package presents a recorded master class with Metropolitan Opera star Evelyn Lear , coaching young sopranos in 9 favorite arias. The book includes interpretive essays, translations for study, and the standard Vocal/Piano versions of the arias, with extensive coaching comments in the score. Besides the masterclass with Miss Lear, the CD includes a Piano accompaniment for practice. Arias are from La bohème, Don Giovanni, Fidelio, Le nozze di Figaro, Roméo et Juliette, Samson and Die Zauberflöte.