Flute Talk

The art of flute playing including interviews with classical and jazz flutists, performance guides on standard pieces in flute repertoire, and other flute related topics.

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Pearl PK900C Educational Bell Kit

Pearl Educational Kits offer every percussion student a great start with superior components and easy transport features.

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Pearl PK900C Educational Bell Kit

Tuscany

André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (born October 1, 1949) is a Dutch violinist, conductor, and composer best known for creating an international revival in waltz music with his "Johann Strauss Orchestra". He plays a 1667 Stradivarius violin.

André Rieu was born into a musical family on October 1, 1949 in Maastricht in the Netherlands. He began studying violin at the age of five. His father was a conductor. From a very young age he developed a fascination with orchestra. He studied violin at the Conservatoire Royal in Liège and in the Conservatorium Maastricht, (1968–1973). His teachers included Jo Juda and Herman Krebbers. From 1974 to 1977, he attended the Music Academy in Brussels, studying with André Gertler, winning the Premier Prix at the academy.

At University he performed the Gold And Silver Waltz by Franz Lehár. Encouraged by the audience reaction he decided to pursue the waltz form. Rieu formed the Maastricht Salon Orchestra and performed as a violinist with the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1987, he created the Johann Strauss Orchestra and his own production company. The orchestra began with 12 members, but now performs with between 40 and 50 musicians. At the time the Orchestra first toured Europe, there emerged a renewed interest in waltz music. The revival began in the Netherlands and was ignited by their recording of the Second Waltz from Shostakovich's Jazz Suites. As a result, Rieu became known as the waltz King.

Rieu and his orchestra have performed throughout Europe, in North America, and Japan. Winning a number of awards including two World Music Awards, their recordings have gone gold and platinum in many countries, including 8-times Platinum in the Netherlands. In September 2007 Rieu performed in Australia for the first time solo, without his Orchestra at the Eastland shopping centre in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood playing "My Way" and "Waltzing Matilda"—and the next day appeared at Sydney’s Arena Cove, Warringah Mall shopping complex with the same set. Rieu and orchestra returned to Australia in November as part of his world tour. Rieu and his orchestra played 3 concerts at Melbourne's Telstra Dome from 13-15 November and continued their tour throughout Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, through to December 2008. The concert theme is 'A Romantic Vienna Night' and the set comprises a complete replica of a Viennese castle, complete with 2 ice-skating rinks 2 Fountains, and a ballroom dance floor situated above and behind the Orchestra. Rieu's largest concert attendance to date in Australia was 38,000 on Saturday 15th November in Melbourne. The Perth concert did not feature the replica of the Viennese Palace as it was stated in the press because it would not fit into the front doors of Subiaco Oval.

He records both DVD and CD repertoire at his own recording studios in Maastricht in a wide range of classical music as well as popular and folk music plus music from well-known sound tracks and theatre musicals. His lively orchestral presentations, in tandem with incessant marketing, have attracted worldwide audiences to this subgenre of classical music.

Some of his orchestra's performances have been broadcast in the United Kingdom and the United States on the PBS television network such as the 2003 airing of Andre Rieu Live in Dublin, filmed in Dublin, Ireland, and 2005’s André Rieu Live in Tuscany filmed in the Piazza Della Repubblica in the village of Cortona in Tuscany.

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J. P. "BIG BOPPER" RICHARDSON - AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT SIGNED

SIGNED, HANDWRITTEN COPY OF "CHANTILLY LACE" RECOVERED FROM THE BIG BOPPER'S SUITCASE ON THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED J.P. RICHARDSON "THE BIG BOPPER" Autograph Musical Manuscript signed: "Big Bopper", 9½x12½ lined music paper. The second trumpet part for "Chantilly Lace", written in signer's hand in black ink. A "flat" sign has been added in blue ink to the key signature. Accompanied by photocopy of a handwritten letter from Richardson's son, J. P. Richardson, Jr., which reads in part: "These three pieces (Chantilly Lace, Big Boppers Wedding, Little Red Riding Hood), were recovered from my fathers' briefcase which survived the plane crash of Feb. 3, 1959." [The other two pieces mentioned are not included with the sale of this item.] Jiles Perry Richardson (1930-1959) was a Texas disc jockey who called himself "The Big Bopper" after the latest dance craze, the bop. His song, "Chantilly Lace", which he wrote and sang, reached the "Top Ten" in 1958. In January 1959, The Big Bopper was booked on the Winter Dance Party tour that would cover most of the Midwest. The tour included such headliners as Buddy Holly, Dion and the Belmonts, Waylon Jennings and Ritchie Valens. As the bus pulled into Clear Lake, Iowa for their February 2nd performance, Holly made arrangements to charter a plane to fly him and two of his band members to the next gig in Fargo, North Dakota. The Big Bopper and Valens had bad colds and Richardson wanted to fly to Fargo so that he would have time to see a doctor. He asked Waylon Jennings if he would give up his seat and Jennings agreed. Valens asked backup musician and former Cricket Tommy Allsup for his seat, and the two decided to flip a coin to see who would take the plane (Valens called "heads" and won the toss). Allsup later opened a club named The Head's Up Saloon, a tribute to the coin toss that saved his life.


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Schlagwerk WBM100 Wooden Bongos

The Schlagwerk Wooden Bongos WBM 100 are a unique combination of Cajon and Bongo set. The Wooden Bongos allow the same hand and finger playing techniques used for “normal” bongos. The player is rewarded with a warm yet strong and distinctive sound on the Hem bra (the larger of the two drums) -while the Macho comes into its own for solo playing. Unlike skin instruments, the Wooden Bongos are not affected by the weather, dont have to be tuned, and, additionally, offer a good value alternative to conventional bongo sets.

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Music Connection

Published since 1977, Music Connection magazine is a monthly music trade publication catering to musicians, industry professionals, and support services. Music Connection exists to serve artists and music people to offer connections to the unconnected and to provide exclusive information.

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Old Time Radio Show Log Autographed/Hand-Signed by 154 including Orson Welles, W. C. Fields, Boris Karloff, Jack Benny

Original Request Performance radio program register, 31 loose pages, dating from October 7, 1945 to April 21, 1946, signed by 154 actors, actresses and others. This is a Who's Who of Hollywood circa 1945: Ronald Coleman, Mel Blanc, Rudy Vallee, Hoagy Carmichael, Orson Welles, Johnny Mercer, W. C. Fields, Basil Rathbone, Jack Benny, Mary Astor, Charles Laughton, Ozzie Nelson, Elsa Lanchester, Clarence Nash (Donald Duck), Rita Hayworth, Jimmy Durante, Kay Kyser, Alan Ladd, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lucille Ball, Victor Borge, Gracie Allen, George Burns, Veronica Lake, Lionel Barrymore, Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Roy Rogers, Boris Karloff, Spike Jones, Red Skelton, Eddie Cantor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Nat King Cole and MANY MORE! Contact us for a complete list. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! You'll never see more classic Hollywood stars assembled in one place again! Authenticity guaranteed for life by Collector's Shangri-La plus third party Certificate of Authenticity.

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Amira

Last November, after a stunning audition for Holland s Got Talent, Amira's performance of "O Mio Babbino Caro" went viral, touching millions of people worldwide. Even Simon Cowell tweeted that Amira is a "total star." She went on to win the talent contest and is now set to release her debut album, Amira. Originally from the Netherlands, Amira, who is only ten years old, taught herself to sing opera by watching videos on YouTube and imitating the "big voices" she saw on her computer. After convincing her parents to audition for Holland's Got Talent, the adventure began and shows no signs of stopping. Amira's debut album is a collection of big opera classics, featuring "Nessun Dorma," Ave Maria," "Nella Fantasia" and, of course, "O Mio Babbino Caro."

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Journal De Musique Ancienne

Familiarizes music lovers with music before 1800's. Articles on books, records reviews, historical and practical aspects of early music.

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Dj Tech SL1300MK6USB-ORA Direct Drive DJ Turntable, Orange

The SL1300 MK6USB is a direct drive, high torque, turntable with a USB output. In a world where vinyl turntable options are diminishing, DJ Tech has taken the the vinyl turntable to the next level by integrating a USB output directly into the unit. The USB output can be used to record music directly from the turntable into Windows or Mac computers. With support for various playback speeds, adjustable pitch control up to 50%, and detachable head shell, the SL 1300 MK6USB is ready for any vinyl DJ.Available Colors: Black, Silver, Orange.

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DAVID COPPERFIELD MOVIE CAST - SCRIPT SIGNED CIRCA 1934 CO-SIGNED BY: W. C. FIELDS, EDNA MAY OLIVER, JESSIE RALPH, LEWIS STONE, HUGH WILLIAMS, FRANK LAWTON, FAY CHALDECOTT, JEAN CADELL, HARRY BERESFORD, JOHN BUCKLER, OLIVER MARSH, UNA O'CONNOR, MARILYN KNOWLDEN, SIR HUGH WALPOLE, FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW, HOWARD ESTABROOK, BASIL RATHBONE, ELIZABETH ALLEN, ROLAND YOUNG, LIONEL BARRYMORE, MADGE EVANS, MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN, DAVID O. SELZNICK, LENNOX PAUL, MABEL COLCORD, VIOLET KEMBLE-COOPER

DAVID COPPERFIELD MOVIE CAST: LIONEL BARRYMORE, W.C. FIELDS, BASIL RATHBONE, MAUREEN O'HARA and others Barrymore's personal copy of the complete original movie script, signed by himself and his co-stars and by 26 other members of the cast and crew, presented in a custom 20x19x4½ display box, Gallery of History style Original Movie Script signed. This script belonged to Academy Award winning actor Lionel Barrymore. Typed on the cover at the upper left corner: "FOR USE OF LIONEL/BARRYMORE", to which he signed to its right "Lionel Barrymore" (Dan Peggotty). Also signed: "W.C. Fields" (Micawber), "Lionel Barrymore" (Dan Peggotty), "Freddie Bartholomew" (Copperfield as a boy), "Frank Lawton" (Copperfield as a man), "Basil Rathbone" (Mr. Murdstone), "Maureen O'Sullivan" (Dora), "Edna May Oliver" (Aunt Betsey), "Roland Young" (Uriah Heep), "Fay Chaldecott/Little Emily" (Little Emily as a child), "Madge Evans" (Agnes), "Elizabeth Allen/(Mrs. Copperfield)", "Marilyn Knowlden/(Little Agnes)" (Agnes as a child), "Harry Beresford/Dr. Chillip", "Una O'Connor" (Mrs. Gummidge), "John Buckler/Ham", "Lennox Pawle" (Mr. Dick), "Jessie Ralph/Peggotty" (Nurse Peggotty), "Lewis J. Stone" (Mr. Wickfield), "Mabel Colcord" (Mary Ann), "Jean Cadell/(Mrs. Micawber)", "Hugh Williams" (J. Steerforth), "Violet Kemble-Cooper" (Mrs. Jane Murdstone), "Hugh Walpole" (Vicar, Screenwriter), "Howard Estabrook" (Screenwriter), "Oliver T. Marsh/Camera" (Cinematographer), "Merrill Pye" (Associate), "Edwin B. Willis" (Associate), "Cedric Gibbons" (Art Director), "Hugh Christie (Props)" and "Douglas Shearer" (Recording Director), 344p, 8½x11. David Copperfield was MGM's major Christmas release for its 1934-1935 season. Based on the Charles Dickens novel, it received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The signed cover has separated from the script. It is soiled, worn and... For more information contact HistoryForSale.

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DAVID COPPERFIELD MOVIE CAST - SCRIPT SIGNED CIRCA 1934 CO-SIGNED BY: W. C. FIELDS, EDNA MAY OLIVER, JESSIE RALPH, LEWIS STONE, HUGH WILLIAMS, FRANK LAWTON, FAY CHALDECOTT, JEAN CADELL, HARRY BERESFORD, JOHN BUCKLER, OLIVER MARSH, UNA O'CONNOR, MARILYN KNOWLDEN, SIR HUGH WALPOLE, FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW, HOWARD ESTABROOK, BASIL RATHBONE, ELIZABETH ALLEN, ROLAND YOUNG, LIONEL BARRYMORE, MADGE EVANS, MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN, DAVID O. SELZNICK, LENNOX PAUL, MABEL COLCORD, VIOLET KEMBLE-COOPER

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

German conductor Otto Klemperer attended the Hoch Conservatorium in Frankfurt-am-Main, studied violin and piano at the Klindworth-Scharwenka and Stern Conservatories in Berlin, and composition with the German composer Pfitzner. He made his début in Berlin in 1905, where he conducted fifty performances of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, not a work that would now be identified with Klemperer's serious and profoundly personal approach to music.
Shortly afterwards, he visited Gustav Mahler in Vienna and impressed the composer by playing a scherzo from a Mahler symphony by memory at the piano. With Mahler's personal recommendation, Klemperer was appointed choirmaster and conductor at the German Opera in Prague. He held this post for three years, during which he returned to Vienna to assist in rehearsals for Mahler's later symphonies. Again with Mahler's help, he became conductor at the Hamburg Opera in 1910. There followed a succession of appointments in Barmen (1913), Strasbourg (1914-1916), Cologne (1916-1924) and Wiesbaden (1924-1927) and visits to Barcelona, Rome, the U.S.S.R., and the U.S. between 1920 and 1936.
In 1927, he was engaged as director of the Kroll Opera House in Berlin, where he remained until 1931 when political pressures and financial difficulties forced its closure. In addition to better-known operas, Klemperer introduced new works which ran counter to the Nazis' idealized view of German culture, such as Schoenberg's Die glückliche Hand and Erwartung; Hindemith's two operas, Cardillac and Neues von Tag; and Janacek's From the House of the Dead. Indeed, Klemperer was then noted more for his interest in contemporary music than for his interpretations of the mainstream Classical and Romantic repertory on which, in later life, he concentrated almost entirely.
After a highly successful series of London concerts in 1929, Klemperer returned to Germany in 1931 to conduct the Berlin State Opera. As a Jew, he was in danger of persecution and, though honored with a gold medal for his "outstanding contribution to German culture," a German newspaper of the time sourly commented "[h]is whole outlook ran counter to German thought and feeling."
Klemperer was dismissed in 1933 and fled with his family first to Austria and later to Switzerland. While there, he was appointed conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and lived in California from 1935 to 1939 during which he also conducted the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. In 1937, he helped to reorganize the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, though refused to become its conductor.
Following a brain tumor that left him partially paralyzed, his career faltered. In 1940, Klemperer became a U.S. citizen, but his sufferings were increased by a manic depressive state characterized by recurring cycles of exhilaration and depression. In 1951, an accident at the Montreal airport forced Klemperer to conduct from a chair. To prove himself competent, he hired an orchestra to perform a concert of works of his own choice at Carnegie Hall. It was a success but, after an argument with American immigration authorities, Klemperer returned to Europe where he continued conducting in Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and France.
The peak of Klemperer's career came in 1959 with the Philharmonia Orchestra, based in London. When attempts were made to disband the orchestra in 1964, its members appointed him president, and the orchestra was reconstituted. As the New Philharmonia, the group reached new heights in the Beethoven cycles during the early 1960s. In the same period he conducted at Covent Garden Opera House.

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