Publisher Spotlight: Hope Publishing

February 13, 2017, 8:11 am

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Contributed by Steve Shorney, Vice President – Hope Publishing Hope is proud to celebrate its 125th anniversary this year!  We were founded in 1892 in Chicago, Illinois.  The company was formed in an effort to provide songbooks for hymn singing at Methodist evangelical meetings. The founders of the company christened the name Hope Publishing Company […]

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Sheet Music from 2017 Grammy Winners

February 17, 2017, 10:22 am

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Adele Adele was the big winner at the 59th Grammy Awards, taking home five Grammys. Her album, 25, won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. She won Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for “Hello”. David Bowie David Bowie’s album Blackstar was his 25th and […]

Method Spotlight: Basics in Rhythm

March 16, 2017, 10:34 am

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It goes without saying that rhythm training is essential to all musicians, yet it can still be a struggle for some students. Garwood Whaley, President and Founder of Meredith Music Publishing, developed a method to solve all your rhythm woes. Sheet Music Plus had the opportunity to interview Garwood Whaley, creator of the Basics in […]

Publisher Spotlight: Boosey & Hawkes

March 30, 2017, 3:03 pm

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Boosey & Hawkes is the largest specialist classical music publishing company in the world, with offices in New York, London and Berlin. Their impressive catalog contains some of the most popular composers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Learn what else makes Boosey & Hawkes unique from other publishers in our interview below. Q: When […]

Publisher Spotlight: Schott Music

April 6, 2017, 1:21 pm

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Founded by Bernhard Schott in Mainz in 1770, the Schott Music group today ranks among the leading music and media publishers in the world with branches in major international markets in 10 countries. Among the companies of the Schott group are not only traditional publishing houses, but also two internationally renowned record labels, Wergo and […]

Method Spotlight: Bastien New Traditions

April 20, 2017, 10:38 am

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From the family that wrote the ever popular Bastien Piano Basics method comes a new, all-in-one series designed for today’s students. For a limited time only, Sheet Music Plus is giving out free review copies! Request yours today! Sheet Music Plus had the opportunity to interview Lisa Bastien to find out what makes Bastien New […]

Publisher Spotlight: G. Schirmer

May 12, 2017, 8:57 am

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If you’re a classically trained musician, you know the G. Schirmer publications.  Even if that name doesn’t immediately ring a bell, you would recognize the iconic yellow cover with the green border and type. That’s because they have been used by teachers and students for decades. So what makes the G. Schirmer editions so timeless? […]

Series Spotlight: Jazz Piano Solos

May 19, 2017, 9:54 am

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The Jazz Piano Solos Series has proven wildly popular among pianists. Each volume features a collection of 20-24 exciting new piano solo arrangements with chord symbols of the songs, which helped define a particular jazz style. The difficulty of the arrangements varies somewhat, and though they can be quite challenging at times, they are always […]

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Method Spotlight: Piano Junior

July 21, 2017, 2:32 pm

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From Hans-Günter Heumann and Schott Music comes a new piano method, Piano Junior. In this creative and interactive piano course, children will join PJ the robot and Mozart the dog in discovering how much fun playing the piano can be! The online resources, including audio and video recordings and interactive extras, bring the method to […]

New Piano Method Books from Stephen Chatman: Mix & Match

August 23, 2017, 10:53 am

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Originally posted on In Tune: ECS Publishing Group Blog and News. Galaxy Music recently welcomed the new Mix and Match performance method series from dynamic duo, Stephen Chatman and Tara Wohlberg. The series is designed as a rare, innovative mix-and-match complement to any standard piano method book. We sat down with composer Stephen Chatman to learn more about the vision behind Mix and Match. […]

The Magic of Music: 8 Musical Phenomena Explained

October 12, 2017, 8:32 am

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Beethoven said, “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” He was right! Music awakens the senses and makes thoughts and feelings come alive. It unites cultures, countries, and individuals. Music is timeless and borderless. There is a mystery associated with it, though. Even the great composers of old did not understand why […]

Celebrating 150 Years of Edition Peters Green

October 25, 2017, 8:58 pm

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Originally posted on www.editionpeters.com. Hidden behind the iconic green covers of Edition Peters lies a story that is fascinating, complex, at times heartbreakingly tragic, but overwhelmingly inspirational. This year Edition Peters proudly celebrates 150 years of the green cover series and here is a short version of our story. The Beginning Edition Peters was founded […]

The Excitement of Editing Debussy’s Works: Interview with Bärenreiter Editor Douglas Woodfull-Harris

November 15, 2017, 3:32 pm

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Douglas Woodfull-Harris has been working at Bärenreiter as an editor for orchestral and chamber music for more than 25 years and has overseen the production of countless editions. In 2018 we will commemorate Claude Debussy’s death 100 years ago. Among the editions which Woodfull-Harris has personally edited are Debussy’s La Mer, Afternoon of a Faun, his Cello […]

Gustav Mahler: The Conductors’ Interviews

January 31, 2018, 9:18 am

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Gustav Mahler was considered one of the greatest opera conductors of his time; he could even be called the first intercontinental star conductor. But that was not the case with his music; until the 1960s, his compositions were only performed by specialists, the pieces nowhere near belonging to the standard repertoire. Today, however, performances of Mahler’s […]

UNFINISHED: Tradition and Completion of Mozart’s C minor Mass

March 14, 2018, 8:36 am

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Guest post by Uwe Wolf, Chief Editor of Carus-Verlag   What an amazing story! Mozart makes a vow to compose a mass after the successful birth of his first-born child. The performance is planned on the occasion of his first journey with his wife to Salzburg so he can introduce her to his family – […]

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Top 10 Facts About Claude Debussy

March 26, 2018, 9:56 am

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Written by: Austin Hennen Vigil Claude Debussy was a famous French composer that was born on August 22nd, 1862, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. The town is located near Paris and he was the oldest of five children. He was a prominent musician who was known as the founder of Impressionist music and was one of the […]

John Cage’s In a Landscape and more than a score…

March 26, 2018, 1:33 pm

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By Jacy Burroughs When I learned about John Cage for the first time as an undergraduate music major, I was only instructed in his most avant-garde concepts: the infamous 4’33”, his prepared piano pieces, and his chance compositions, some of which he composed using the I Ching (an ancient Chinese divination text, also known as […]

Q&A: Everything is better with music — (via Oxford University Press)

April 16, 2018, 10:40 am

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Vanessa Reilly is a teacher, OUP author and teacher trainer. In this post, she answers some of the questions from her recent ‘Everything is better with music’ webinar. 1,248 more words via Q&A: Everything is better with music — Oxford University Press

15 Things You Need to Know About Supporting Your Child Learning to Play the Piano (via Elissa Milne)

May 23, 2018, 10:00 am

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Dark Is the New Bright

December 28, 2018, 9:13 am

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Guest post by Mark Cabaniss Just 30 or 40 years ago, the Tenebrae service was foreign to many a church, despite the service’s ancient roots. The Roman Catholic Church embraced it early, but it has only become popular and more regularly practiced in Mainline Protestant churches (and even some traditional evangelical churches) in recent decades. […]