Work is well advanced on a comprehensive overhaul of the entire FAND MUSIC Web site. The new site will replace the current one at the same address, but will be much more sophisticated, with detailed information on all products, a searchable database, comprehensive cross-referencing and full online ordering.
The launch is scheduled within the coming month, so check back soon!
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Note: several CDs have recently been added to the catalogue; see the Recordings page for the complete list.
Welcome to Fand Music's Summer News. We must draw your attention to new items in our catalogue. You will possibly already be aware of our edition of Gary Higginson's Shadows for piano; it is a set of pieces of Grades 3–4 level, and is a great introduction to different styles of composition. Here Higginson 'shadows' various composers from Machaut to George Lloyd, from Bach to Peter Warlock. The volume has been enthusiastically welcomed by both Music Teacher and Piano magazines. And now, new this summer, comes Scenes from Shakespeare, by Higginson. It is a follow-up volume to Shadows, and is a set of eight pieces for pianists of higher grade, each prefaced by a quotation from Shakespeare.
Next, the first ever
edition of Bax's Salzburg Sonata
for piano in B flat. This piece, written by Bax in his 50s,
is tremendous fun
both to play and to listen to. It was never published in his lifetime, yet Bax
clearly liked it,
incorporating the second movement into his Violin Concerto,
and, as the manuscript shows, devoted a lot of time and care
into its
composition. It is a great rarity and will get you chuckling with delight as the
'brazen romantic' puts the
'classical sonata' through its paces. Includes an
introductory note from Graham Parlett
Another volume we must mention is the FAND Grade Five Piano Album. Here is a varied selection of pieces from Bax (the Minuet from the Salzburg Sonata) to Roger Eno; from Francis Pott to Warlock and Faure tributes by Gary Higginson; from ... well, discover for yourself - that's FAND's motto! Nothing above Grade 5 level here - 13 pieces, 31 pages.
In the autumn of last year we added a feature on Burlesque for piano by Peter Thompson (FM156). Click here to link to a Burlesque page from which you can listen to the whole of the piece, performed by Philip Mead, the founder of the British Contemporary Piano Competition.
Regular visitors to our site will know that we are constantly bringing out new sheet music titles, books and CDs. New publications last year were Roundels for violin and 'cello duo by Peter Thompson and John Barton Armstrong's 24 Preludes for piano, an exciting new exploration of the 24 keys. Following on from this latter and now imminently available is Composer Interview No.2 with John Barton (Barry) Armstrong (born 1923), providing an insightful view into his long composing life.
Other publications which you may have missed include Notes to Myself for piano by Roger Eno, Pagodas for piano duet by John Mitchell, Sonatina for Bass Clarinet or Bassoon and 'Cello by Peter Thompson, When Most I Wink - words by William Shakespeare set to music by Gary Higginson, The Bishop's Prayer - words by Bishop Graham of Carlisle also set by Gary and Three Lieder on Poems by Hafez by Saeed Sharifian, an old friend of Fand Music but our first publication of his work.
Now also newly available: Et Omnes Eandem, a short motet for SATB by Gary Higginson, Three Pieces for solo oboe by Martin Read, a piano miniature, Kimberley, by David Llewellyn Green, and, also for piano, Peter Thompson's Suite No. 7.
Although not recently updated, we do recommend a visit to our wine catalogue ! Why 'wine catalogue' ? - click on the link to find out !
We would also like to remind you of our earlier book publication: the Collected Poems of Dermot O'Byrne (Arnold Bax's literary pseudonym) in a large volume entitled Ideala. This fascinating book, edited and introduced by Bax's first biographer Colin Scott-Sutherland, contains much other source material from the young Bax, including love letters, music and writings by those who knew him intimately. A significant treasure trove indeed!
A companion volume:
The Collected Poems of Clifford Bax,
also edited by Colin Scott-Sutherland, is well into preparation.
Watch this space !!
Returning to sheet music,
our recently published Fand Left-Hand Piano Album has provoked enormous
worldwide interest !
For further details plus a selection of the published reviews, click on this link: LEFT HAND PIANO ALBUM
Much more is in the pipeline - could we suggest that you 'bookmark' our site and return regularly . . . you are most welcome.
"... impeccable presentation ..." John York, Piano