Danny Elfman's Piano Quartet comprises thematic variations for piano and string trio cast in five movements: Ein Ding", "Kinderspott", "Duett für Vier", "Ruhig" and "Die Wolfsjungen". The idea behind the work stems from a familiar children's playground taunt which can be heard in the second movement. The work playfully cycles through a variety of moods and textures, from the agitated intensity of the first movement so reminiscent of the composer's iconic film music, through to the delicate adagio, all culminating in Elfman's energetic and impassioned finale."
(Piano Solo Composer Collection). This collection features 17 piano solo arrangements of favorite Elfman movie and TV themes including: Batman Theme * Corpse Bride (Main Title from The Nightmare Before Christmas ) * Desperate Housewives Main Title * Heroes (from Avengers: Age of Ultron ) * M.I.B. Main Theme * Theme from the Simpsons * Spider-Man 2 (Main Title) * What's This? (from The Nightmare Before Christmas ) * Wonka's Welcome Song (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ) * and more.
Danny Elfman is recognized as one of the most successful, interesting, and innovative figures in recent film music composition. He came to the fore in the late 1980s in connection with his collaboration with Tim Burton on his films including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985), Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare before Christmas (1993), and Sleepy Hollow (1999). In addition to this, Elfman has composed music for more than 40 other films, including Somersby (1993), Dolores Claibourne (1995), Good Will Hunting (1997), Men in Black (1997), and Spiderman (2002). Beetlejuice was the first mainstream commercial success of the collaboration, but Batman was the film which marked Tim Burton's arrival as a major figure in Hollywood film direction, and equally established Danny Elfman as a film score composer, particularly in relation to action and fantasy genres. The score for Batman won a Grammy in 1989 and is an outstanding example of his collaboration with Burton as well as admirably demonstrating his particular talents and distinctive compositional voice. In particular, it displays the characteristic "darkness" of his orchestration in this genre and the means he uses to create a full length film score from what is often a relatively small amount of musical material, in this case the famous Batman theme. This book examines Elfman's scoring technique and provides a detailed analysis and commentary on the Batman score. The film is discussed in the context of its comic-book origins and the fantasy-action genre, setting it and its score against the late 1970s and early 1980s equivalents such as Star Wars and Superman, and revealing how Burton and Elfman between them changed the cinematic idea of what a superhero is. The book also explores Elfman's musical background, his place within the film music industry and the controversy that sprang up following the release of B
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). The longest-running animated primetime series in history and the longest-running comedy on television, "The Simpsons" is a cultural institution. This book contains 26 songs from the award-winning show, including the instantly recognizable theme song by Danny Elfman, and Emmy Award-winning originals by Alf Clausen, such as "We Put the Spring in Springfield" and "You're Checkin' In." It also features four new songs in print for the first time ("He's the Man," "Ode to Branson," "Testify" and "The Very Reason That I Live"), and pages of beautiful full-color artwork from the show!
The Flex-Ability series is ideal for solos, duets, trios, quartets, or any size ensemble, including woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion, and optional rhythm section, and includes an optional play-along CD. It is meant to be usable by all levels of ability for fun at home, in school or around the community. The Four-Line Score Includes: Line 1: Melody; Level 2 1⁄2 - 3; intermediate range; sixteenth-note combinations; rock/jazz syncopation Line 2: Harmony; Level 2 -- 2 1⁄2; wide range; sixteenth notes; easy syncopation Line 3: Harmony; Level 1 1⁄2; limited range; dotted rhythms; some eighth-quarter-eighth syncopation Line 4 (Bass): Harmony; Level 1; narrow range; simple rhythms (eighth notes); alternate note suggestions The CD accompaniment is available separately and includes two tracks for each song: a performance track with the full demonstration recording, and an accompaniment track with only the rhythm section for you to play along with in solos, duets, trios, quartets, or larger ensembles. Titles are: Alegria (from Alegria) * American Idiot * Because of You * Boulevard of Broken Dreams * Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) * Hedwig's Theme (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) * Hips Don't Lie * Jumpin' Jack Flash * The New Girl in Town (from Hairspray) * We Are Family * Wonka's Welcome Song (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
Music as Dream: Essays on Giacinto Scelsi showcases recent scholarly criticism on the music and philosophy of the brilliantly original composer Giacinto Scelsi. In this collection, Franco Sciannameo and Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini select and translate into English for the first time essays that reflect the evolution of recent scholarship on Scelsi’s musical compositions. Music as Dream opens with “The Scelsi Case,” which erupted shortly after Scelsi’s death in 1988 when composer Vieri Tosatti claimed ownership of his works. This quarrel reached its zenith in the pages of PianoTime’s March 1989 issue, where musicologist Guido Zaccagnini questioned a group of noted composers, writers, and arts managers about whether a composer can claim sole authorship for a work accomplished in collaboration with others. The essays are wide-ranging in scope. French musicologist Michelle Biget-Mainfroy, a specialist in “gestural” piano writing, offers an in-depth study of Scelsi’s complex piano output; Gianmario Borio looks at Scelsi’s “Sound as Compositional Process”; Alessandra Montali examines and details Scelsi’s theoretical and literary writings; Luciano Martinis and Franco Sciannameo explore the lives and whereabouts of obscure composers Giacinto Sallustio, Walther Klein, and Richard Falk, who were Scelsi’s collaborators until the early 1940s when Tosatti took sole charge; Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini elaborates on Scelsi’s most important composition of his first period, presenting a tour-de-force that pieces together its complex story through research at the newly organized Scelsi Archive at the Fondazione Isabella Scelsi in Rome; and Friedrich Jaecker’s and Sandro Marrocu’s essays also draw on research conducted at the archive of Fondazione. Finally, an updated bibliography and discography conclude the book
Title: Piano Quartet in E Major, Op. 20 Composer: Sergey Taneyev Original Publisher: Belaieff The complete piano score to Taneyev's Piano Quartet in E Major, Op. 20, as originally published by Belaieff in 1907. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint. Due to the age of original documents, you may find occasional blemishes, damage, or skewing of print. While we do extensive cleaning and editing to improve the image quality, some items are not able to be repaired. A portion of each book sold is donated to small performing arts organizations to create jobs for performers and to encourage audience growth.
Claude Debussy’s exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes. Written in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, the music creates a soundtrack for Parisians’ enjoyment of such delights as clowns, mermaids, eccentric dances, and the dark tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque explores how key works reflect not only the most appealing and innocent aspects of Paris but also more disquieting attitudes of the time such as racism, colonial domination, and nationalistic hostility. Debussy left no avenue unexplored, and his piano works present a sweeping overview of the passions, vices, and obsessions of the era. Pianist Catherine Kautsky reveals little-known elements of Parisian culture and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole. Her portrait will delight anyone who has ever been entranced by Debussy’s music or the city that inspired it.
BRAND NEW & EXPANDED EDITION! Now with 125 additional pages of film ads from the 1970s and a new foreword by director Joe Dante! As featured in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fangoria, and more. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, Michael Gingold became obsessed with horror movies, and his love of the genre led him to become a Fangoria writer and editor for over 30 years, as well as a contributor to Rue Morgue and others. But before all that, he took his scissors to local newspapers, collecting countless ads for horror movies, big and small. Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares from the '70s and '80s is a year-by-year deep dive into the Gingold archive, with more than 700 ads! Within these pages you'll see rare alternate art for film franchises such as Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Child's Play, Jaws, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Exorcist. You'll also revel in oddities including Invasion of the Blood Farmers, Psycho from Texas, Dracula Blows His Cool, Zombie Island Massacre, Twitch of the Death Nerve, and many more. Gingold also provides personal recollections and commentary, and unearths vintage reviews to reveal what critics of the time were saying about these films. Steel yourselves, genre junkies: Ad Nauseam is an unmatched journey into the wild world of 1970s and 1980s horror movies!
(Piano Solo Songbook). This collection needs no words to express beauty. 24 piano solo arrangements of relaxing piano music, and as a bonus, one arrangement includes the cello part (Arwen's Vigil)! Featuring: Back to Life (Giovanni Allevi) * Beyond (William Joseph) * Chariots of Fire (Vangelis) * A Day Without Rain (Enya) * The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano ) * I Giorni (Ludovico Einaudi) * If You Believe (Jim Brickman) * La Valse d'Amalie (from Amelie ) * Leaves on the Seine (David Lanz) * One Man's Dream (Yanni) * Zanarkand (Nobuo Uematsu) * and more!
