Mel Bay Publications

This is the first compilation of guitar music for a right hand technique that includes the little finger. The 12 complete compositions include original pieces by Charles Postlewate (Homage to Villa-Lo...

The Peer Gynt Suite may be Edvard Grieg's most famous composition. Its melodies have insinuated themselves into our culture so that they are now universally familiar. The movements are: Morning Song,...

Laurindo Almeida (1917-1995) belongs to an elite group of Brazilian/American guitarists, who by composing important works for the guitar reinstated the instrument in his native country as worthy of se...

Danse D'Azur for two guitars was written in 2002, and is a sonorous and successful work for guitar duet. It treats the two musicians as absolute equals, and while thoroughly idiomatic, puts considerab...

Odd-time signatures are often an enigma to the Western musician and present specific challenges when it comes to phrasing and feeling. This book will improve any musician's ability to intuit odd-time...

The arts flourished in the Baroque period. Music from that time is still performed worldwide by symphonies, opera companies, choirs, chamber ensembles and soloists on many instruments. The period was...

This collection of original, contemporary, concert-style compositions for plectrum or flatpicked guitar includes 15 preludes, 4 sonatas with multiple movements, and 12 nocturnes. The solos present a c...

This is a collection of 28 original guitar solos by William Bay-a portrait of growing up and living in the Midwestern United States. Echoed in each piece are the melodies of sprawling farmlands, woode...

The Guitar has so many moods and colours. I have always loved the expressive, lyrical pieces written for this unique instrument. This book is a collection of 19 solos of medium difficulty which presen...

This book presents seven piano solos that represent the wonderful variety of compositions by Clara Schumann. The brilliant 'Polonaise' was composed and performed by Clara as a child prodigy. The encha...

The pieces in this book were selected because most are popular themes from the hundreds of Symphonic and Opera pieces ever composed. Arranged for piano solos and may be performed in concerts, recitals...

To describe the music of César Franck is like trying to describe a delicious dessert; you must experience it for yourself! Although everyone has their own preference, the music of César Franck is cont...

Jedes der Dutzend originellen Klaviersoli in diesem Buch ist ausdrucksstark und ruhig und vermittelt ein heiteres Gefühl oder eine heitere Stimmung. Die Soli können nacheinander als langes Präludium g...

Was wäre, wenn Chopin seine Musik in einer anderen Epoche der Geschichte geschrieben hätte? Die Antwort ist diese Sammlung von Frédéric Chopins berühmtesten Stücken, die im Stil des Jazz arrangiert wu...

Enthält sieben Klassiker von Franz Joseph Haydn, arrangiert für Klavier. Enthalten sind: Ochsen Menuett, Sonnenaufgangssinfonie (Thema aus der Sinfonie Nr. 94), Romanze (aus der Sinfonie Nr. 85 "La Re...

This volume focuses on the medieval period from approximately the sixth to fifteenth centuries. The music of this era was traditionally performed as plainchant (sacred) or monophony (secular), that is...

Well-known classical works for recorder students at all levels of ability, adapted and arranged especially for the recorder. The works are drawn from all periods, including Baroque, Classical, Romanti...

Twenty-four solos for alto (treble) recorder based on famous classic melodies by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Corelli, Dvorak, Faurê, Grieg, Mozart, and others as well as several folk songs and original...

Renaissance Flute Made Easy presents a variety of easy sixteenth century songs and dances for the silver (Boehm) flute, including allemandes, branles, pavanes, and round dances. The book also contains...

This collection includes over 70 compositions from the Renaissance presented as melodies with accompanying chord changes. This simple format makes the material suitable for flute. The music includes s...

Potes Suite is a set of four contemporary pieces for flute and guitar composed by the flute and guitar duo 'Nuclear Okra'. The pieces are inspired by the rich tapestry of diverse cultures living in th...

Nach dem Vorbild von Bach und Chopin plante George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) ursprünglich, 24 moderne Präludien für Klavier zu schreiben, eines in jeder Dur- und relativen Molltonart. Die Sammlung sollte...