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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: Clara Schumann
16th Dec 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Clara Schumann, distinguished pianist of the Romantic era.
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Presto Music Awards 2021 - Sheet Music Winners
10th Dec 2021
We are excited to announce the winning sheet music publications for the annual Presto Music Awards! There have been many outstanding new publications this year, but these winning products in particular have made a significant impression on us. Find out the winners here.
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Presto Music Awards 2021 - Book Winners
10th Dec 2021
We are very pleased to announce the winning book publications for the annual Presto Music Awards! We have chosen five of the most outstanding publications from the past twelve months. Find out the winners here.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: Franz Schubert
2nd Dec 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Franz Schubert, Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
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Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1720)
23rd Nov 2021
Following the acclaimed publication of The Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach 1722 & 1725, Edition Peters have published a new premium Urtext edition of the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach 1720 edited by world-renowned Bach scholar Christoph Wolff.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: Edvard Grieg
11th Nov 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer and pianist, widely considered as one of the prominent Romantic era composers.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: Ferencz Liszt
4th Nov 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Ferencz Liszt, Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, and organist of the Romantic era.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: Claude Debussy
28th Oct 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Claude Debussy, one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: Sergei Rachmaninoff
21st Oct 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the late Romantic period.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: Frédéric Chopin
14th Oct 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Frédéric Chopin, virtuosic piano composer of the Romantic era.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: Mozart
7th Oct 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: Ludwig van Beethoven
30th Sep 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Ludwig van Beethoven, leading figure in the new Romantic age of music.
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Piano Sheet Music Essentials: J.S. Bach
21st Sep 2021
In our Piano Sheet Music Essentials series, we aim to offer recommendations of popular and well-known piano pieces by a selection of celebrated composers. This article focuses on the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the most important composers in the classical music genre.
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The Maker's Press
15th Sep 2021
The Maker’s Press is a small, independent publisher specialising in 20th and 21st century British music. Presto Music are pleased to announce that we are now suppliers of their publications, including a number of previously unpublished works by the English composer–poet Ivor Gurney. Find out more here.
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ABRSM: Performance Grade Exams
1st Sep 2021
Performance Grades are digitally assessed exams offering great flexibility and accessibility to candidates of all ages.
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Choral Music by Women Composers
11th Aug 2021
In conjunction with the recent release of the Sarah Quartel Songbook, we have collated a selection of recent and recommended choral works by women composers, such as the brilliant anthology series Sacred Music by Women Composers. Find out more here.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cinderella
30th Jul 2021
To celebrate Andrew Lloyd Webber's new West End production Cinderella, and the recent release of the sheet music from the show, we have rounded up some of the most popular Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals from his career, alongside a selection of some of our favourite contemporary musicals. Find out more here.
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John Adams: Opera Choruses
20th Jul 2021
Available for the first time, Boosey and Hawkes have published a three-volume collection of John Adams's opera choruses with piano accompaniment. Including choral selections from Doctor Atomic, Nixon in China, The Gospel According to the Other Mary, and more.
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ABRSM New Woodwind Syllabus for 2022
8th Jul 2021
Get ready for the new ABRSM woodwind syllabus for 2022 with ABRSM's new exam pieces and packs for flute, clarinet, and saxophone. Find out more here.
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Passport to Play Guitar
22nd Jun 2021
The Passport to Play Guitar tutor series for beginners uses music drawn from styles and cultures from all around the world, alongside pieces inspired by the places that the authors have encountered on their travels. Find out more here.
