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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Presto Music are pleased to announce that we are now suppliers of their publications, including a number of previously unpublished works by the English composer–poet Ivor Gurney.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.
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Breitkopf & Härtel - Music at Home
8th Jun 2021
Breitkopf has been working hard to meet the growing demand for works in smaller scorings. Find out more.
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The Year of the Organ
27th May 2021
Each year in Germany a new instrument is selected as the instrument of the year. This year is the year of the Organ, and in conjunction with this celebration we have compiled a collection of some of the most recent and bestselling organ publications.
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Bartók’s Complete Choral Works
18th May 2021
Based on the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition, Bartók's complete choral works are now available in this set of three cloth-bound volumes combined in a slipcase. Find out more about this publication alongside a range of other new Bartók sheet music here.
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The Rusty Pianist: Rediscover the Piano
27th Apr 2021
In conjunction with the release of Pam Wedgwood's latest publication The Rusty Pianist we have compiled a collection of sheet music ideal for people who have previously played the piano, and are interested in rediscovering the instrument again. Find out more here.
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Nikki Iles & Friends: Jazz Pieces for Piano
20th Apr 2021
Nikki Iles & Friends is a collection of original compositions and new arrangements for piano written by Nikki Iles and her friends from the world of jazz including Jason Rebello, Gwilym Simcock, Pete Churchill and more.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3 from Breitkopf & Härtel
8th Apr 2021
The first text-critical edition of Mahler’s most extensive work, his Symphony No. 3, is a further milestone in Breitkopf & Härtel’s project, Mahler – The Symphonies. Find out more here.
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Schumann’s Cello Concerto Rediscovered
1st Apr 2021
Edited by internationally renowned cellist Josephine Knight, Edition Peters presents the original version of Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129, the only available modern scholarly edition of the work as Schumann originally conceived it.
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Celebrating Astor Piazzolla's 100th Anniversary
11th Mar 2021
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla's birth. A composer whose works revolutionised the traditional tango into a new style termed Nuevo Tango, incorporating elements from both jazz and classical music. Find out more here.
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A Stanford Organ Album
25th Feb 2021
A superb volume comprising of a selection of twenty pieces by Charles Villiers Stanford, the hugely influential composer, conductor, and teacher from the late-Victorian and Edwardian age. Providing the repertoire-hungry organist with preludes, postludes, and shorter descriptive works, suitable for either liturgical or recital use. Find out more here.
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Frédéric Chopin: Trois Nouvelles Études
16th Feb 2021
Introducing Edition Peters' new Urtext edition of Chopin’s Trois Nouvelles Études, the latest publication from The Complete Chopin: A New Critical Edition. Originally published in 1840 in the multi-composer Méthode des Méthodes, the Trois Nouvelles Études are Chopin’s least overtly vituosic studies, but they are arguably the most quietly sophisticated of all. Find out more here.
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Great Choral Works in Small Scorings
26th Jan 2021
Offering arrangements to make it easier and considerably more economical to perform the great choral works every choir wants to sing.
