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Great Choral Works in Small Scoring is a collection published by Carus-Verlag. It includes works by Beethoven, Puccini, Saint-Saens & more, carefully scored for ensembles with as few as five players. How did you come to arrange large-scale (choral) works, and what was your first arrangement? I had already begun making arrangements for wind quintet... Continue Reading →
Celebrate Women's History Month with our most popular piano music by women composers!
By Dr. Uwe Wolf, Chief Editor of Carus Verlag It may seem surprising that Johann Sebastian Bach’s oratorios and masses are based to a large extent on parody, and that they were originally composed to a quite different text. This does not, however, diminish the fascination which they exert. Of course, when the timpani notes... Continue Reading →
In October 2022, as musicians across the world mark the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams's birth, Oxford University Press's archived Vaughan Williams materials are to be moved to the British Library, where they will join the Library’s existing world-class collection of Vaughan Williams autograph manuscripts, papers, letters, photographs, and other materials—the most comprehensive collection relating to this composer in the world. The OUP donation covers approximately 60 items, each one of these demonstrating some part of the publication process. Here, we explore a selection of the items, each telling a story from Vaughan Williams’s musical career.
Becoming a wedding musician can be a rewarding and fun experience to showcase your talent and share your passion for music with others. It can also be a great way to make extra money as a musician. But how does one become successful? Here are some tips to help musicians who want to break into... Continue Reading →
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