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July 2010 * Two new Saraband editions are in preparation. English and Celtic folk dances for bass viol (or cello) will be in 2 volumes. Book 1 is easy to intermediate; Book 2 intermediate to advanced. Lots of reels, jigs, country dances, strathspeys and more. Book 1 (33 pieces) is now available at A$22, and Book 2 will follow soon. * Two new music books pages are under the Publisher pages tabs. Ashgate-Gower books on early music are listed, and Corda Books too. * Savarez strings have arrived. I have KF, NN and NFC strings at standard lengths in stock now. Fretgut is still on order. |
* Naxos CDs are having a sale this month and there's a catalogue on my Naxos page if you want to order. $10 per single Naxos CD. * I've put up a page under CDs for librarians and others who don't know much about classical music, but would like to start a CD collection. Its a general list of standard repertoire. * Now I have many more CD labels at my disposal, and can offer a huge range of classical, jazz, world music and nostalgia CDs. New CD pages are being posted daily. Please ask if you want something. *Now moving early Sept. |
June 2010 * Strings have arrived from Universale and Kurschner, and I now have Kurschner plain gut, Luxline and overwound strings. Please order now so that I can make sure you get your strings quickly. * Some pricing for Aquila plucked strings (nylguts etc.) is now up on the Aquila page. More info to come. Aquila plain gut strings and nylguts are now in stock. Savarez will follow very soon. * Great news for cellists!!! Grancino Editions are back in business and Saraband Music will be stocking their music. More news as soon as terms are agreed, and details will be in my pdf catalogues soon. |
* It now appears Saraband Music will be moving house mid-August. There will be some disruption to service and communications at that time, but I will post as much info on this page as I can before the move so that you will know what is going on. Please stay tuned! * The pdf catalogues have had further revision and have been reposted as of 22 June. If you've not downloaded/printed one for your instrument lately, then it's time to do it again. New entries and repricing. * Some new links have been added. |
May 2010 * SM71 is now available. Orlando di Lasso: Motetti et Ricercari arranged for 2 tenor viols. A$30 ($33). 2 scores. Intermediate to advanced. A sample page has been uploaded. * Helios CDs are now available. A selection of early music recordings are in stock. For more info and to download a list of what's available, go to the Helios page. Budget price. * A pdf listing of Naxos CDs (74 pages) available is on the Naxos page. * A new item is on the free downloads page. It's a Bicinium (duet) by Giamberti transposed to suit bass recorders/bass viols/cellos etc. Intermediate standard. 2 pages. * A link to Pastor de Lasala's YouTube video of Marais' Le Tombeau de M. de Ste Colombe is now on the Keyboard editions page. * There's a new article on the Resources page: Marais and the Violin. |
* I'm still having a bit of trouble with emails disappearing. Remember if I don't answer please phone or try again (unless you're trying to sell me drugs or stuff I don't want.) * All of the pdf catalogues have been further revised with price reductions for Ut Orpheus Editions and a number of new entries. * I'm expecting another shipment of strings from Universale later this month. And Saraband is expanding the strings offering very soon. Strings from Aquila, Kurschner, Savarez and possibly others will be here soon. * The Pirastro page has been updated with new LOWER prices. A lot more is available than is on there. Please ask. * I've produced half a dozen new Hammer & Tongs editions, HT052-58. All piano solos except HT058 which is a duet. |
April 2010 * Brent Wissick's review of The Saraband Simpson is on the Saraband Simpson page as a pdf. * Saraband Health website is now live. Please visit! |
* The list of Antiquarian & Second Hand Books has been updated. There are now 1000 items.
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March 2010 * The online pdf catalogues have now had a 2nd posting this month, with Hawthorns prices reduced, and various other amendments and additions to most catalogues. Newly posted on 21 March. * Two new Saraband greeting card designs have been added: the famous hands on the recorder from Hotteterre's treatise, and a flute & tabor player from Arbeau's Orchesography. * New out this month: * SM70 - Duets for bass recorders, Vol. 2 is now available. This contains 9 pieces by Lassus, Anon, Gibbons and Morley and is for intermediate and advanced bass recorder players. The Gibbons and Morley pieces in this one are quite challenging. $24 ($26.40). * Saraband Music has now produced 133 publications including three books. More coming! |
* Saraband's viol editions can now be found at the new L'Atelier Philidor in Paris. * It seems a lot of emails to me in January may have got caught in the ISP's spam filter. This has been sorted out, so if you didn't hear from me then, please resend. * The first strings ordered from Universale here and some prices are on the page. * Pirastro strings will be available on special order from Saraband from now on. Gamba strings will have to wait for a while, as the wholesaler doesn't have any stock, and will order especially for me. However, I can get various violin, viola and cello strings, rosins, cases, some bows, metronomes and tuners from the Sydney supplier. * Kings Music (UK) has changed its trading name to the Early Music Company Ltd. I've now changed this in my catalogues and my computer. * There's a new entry or two in the Teachers Directory. |
February 2010 * New out this month: SM68 - Angelo Maria Scaccia: Two sonatas for violin and continuo, edited by Heath Landers. An urtext, first edition from a MS in Cambridge University Library. Score and parts $30 ($33) FC2 - William Byrd: Haec Dies. That wonderful Easter motet for 6 voices. Now nominally arranged for viols TrTrTTBB or TrTRTBBB, but with text included so voices can sing along. Alternative clefs available too. |
* Strings are almost here. I've placed a small order with Universale. Mostly gut 1st and 2nd strings, and a few wound strings. It will take some time for stock to build up. See the new page under Strings on the menu at left. * Saraband Music is distributing two fabulous new music facsimiles from DIAMM at Oxford Uni. The Eton Choirbook and the Dow MS are in pre-publication offers till 14 March (only through Saraband). Click here for more and download the pdf flyer from that page. * Saraband will be able to order viol and chamber music from Oriana Music in Austria. |
January 2010 * Happy New Year to all customers. * As a new year present, there are four new pieces for bass recorder (or cello/bass viol/bassoon) available now on my Free downloads page. * SM66, The Bass Recorder Book Vol. 3 is available now. It contains 27 pieces of Mediaeval music. The first 2 volumes are proving very popular, with positive comments coming in. Get yours now! Also suitable for bass viol/bassoon/cello. Lots of easy music, and some more challenging pieces in Vol 2. Sample pages for all three are here. * AND ... SM67 is about to go to the printers. The Bass Recorder Book Vol. 4 contains 43 easy pieces by Henry Purcell. All arranged from keyboard repertoire, and there are some very hummable tunes coming your way. *There's a very handy SEARCH button below the menu at left which will do a keyword search on this whole site, including the pdf catalogues. * A new Easter motet for the Festive Collection is ready this week. William Byrd's gorgeous 6 part motet Haec Dies presented in its original key of F major, with score and parts, including alternative clefs for the middle part. Text included. * A new article by Prof. John Griffiths from Melbourne is up on my Student Resources pages. It deals with Juan Bermudo, and his treatise on vihuela technique. |
* I've begun to update my other publisher catalogues which are pdfs on the Other Publisher page. Corda, PRB Productions and Barenreiter have been repriced, but there is a lot more work to do, so please continue to use it as a guide, not an absolute! There are also a couple of publisher removals, and an addition. * Orders for many Barenreiter and other items will now be quicker, as Saraband Music can order from another wholesaler with a very speedy turnaround. Prices may differ a little from the catalogues (well they change all the time anyway ...) and in some cases will be cheaper. * The latest Salut! CD and their previous releases are available now. Click here for details. Stock is at Saraband now. * The Lyrichord page has been extensively updated with the early music series of CDs. * The Elizabethan Playalong page now has a list of all the standard CDs available. * Many of you know that I was one of the prizewinners of the 9th Leo Traynor Competition for New Viol Music in 2009. My winning piece is available from the Viola da Gamba Society of America, and you can order the piece by clicking here. Do a search for my name, or scroll down to near the bottom of the page. * Music greeting cards by Janina Evangelou of Tasmania are now on the cards menu.
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December 2009 * The first two books of the series The Bass Recorder Book are out now. Vol. 1 contains 36 pieces of folk and traditional music from England, Ireland, Scotland and Australia. Some songs are included, with texts. Standard is generally fairly easy. |
* A selection of Lyrichord CDs are now in stock at A$20 ($22 inc. GST). There is also a small selection of Naxos CDs. Everything in stock is early music (including some Mozart), but I'm able to order anything from their catalogues, so please ask. * Saraband Music is also the agent in Australasia for Elizabethan Play Along CDs. This is the Music Minus One concept, but taken to a new level for viol players. More details will be on the CDs section of this website as soon as I am able to get to it. |
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