Sheet Music

A round up of our sheet music recommendations for July - Follow our social media to keep up to date!Sheet music recommendations:Musicals and Video Game MusicWe have an extensive collection of sheet music for musicals and an ever expanding selection of video game music. These have been prominently displayed in our sheet music department this month, and we\'ve enjoyed colour coordinating the displays!Pop Chart Singles SaleThis month (and continuing while stocks last!) we\'ve had a sale on our sheet music of Pop Charts Singles. Check it out instore, and grab yourself a bargain!Follow us on social:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Forsyth.Music.ShopInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/forsythmusicshop/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ForsythMusic

The Barber Violin Concerto is a relatively short concerto with a performance time of c.22minutes for the three movement work. A young Samuel Barber was commissioned by Samuel Simeon Fels to write a piece for his ward Iso Briselli, who - like Barber - was a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. In 2010, letters between the three parties became available for public reading and revealed quite a story for the work.Barber started working on the first two movements in Switzerland during the summer of 1939. He hoped to complete the concerto in the early fall to meet the October 1st deadline but his plans were interrupted due to the impending war when all Americans were warned to leave Europe. In late August, he travelled back to the USA through Paris arriving in early September. After spending a short time with his family in West Chester, PA, he went to the Pocono Mountains to continue working on the concerto. The first two movements were presented to Briselli in mid-October and they were met with great enthusiasm and ,after suggesting a...

We at Forsyth are most excited to stock the enchanting \'tail\' of Minim Finds a French Horn by Jacqui Blore and beautifully illustrated by Mar Van de Kaa.Minim Mouse has a wonderful adventure in the story where she meets all the instruments of the orchestra and helps to tidy up all the biscuit crumbs after the tea break.Minim Mouse is on Facebook, so you can keep up with her adventures by adding her as a friend and follow her on twitterThe book is available here.

Our Christmas Shopping Weekend continues: join us today, 11am – 5pm, for complimentary mulled wine, mince pies and live music as well as 10% off everything* in our Sheet Music and Musical Gifts Departments.Take advantage of this special discount to get ahead with your Christmas shopping. Our extensive ranges of music-themed accessories and gifts include:- greetings cards, diaries and stationery;- music cases and shopping bags;- mugs and other kitchen items from tea spoons to cake stands;- socks, scarves and ties;- jewellery such as cufflinks and earrings.And delicious piano-shaped chocolates – a perfect end-of-term thank-you for your teacher or stocking-filler for a student...BELGIAN MILK CHOCOLATE BAG OF PIANOSBuy them in-store today only for £3.59Usual price – £3.99Read more & buy online* There are a small number of exceptions such as hymn books. Unfortunately, this offer cannot be used online or in conjunction with any other offer. Our Christmas Shopping Weekend offer ends today, Sunday 4 December 2016, at 5pm.

THE FABER MUSIC PIANO ANTHOLOGYBest-loved original repertoire for solo piano£21.99If you’re looking for a special gift for a pianist – perhaps to encourage a young learner or to celebrate their exam successes – few publications can match The Faber Music Piano Anthology for beauty, scope and, not least, value.This volume is a gift for life: while most collections focus on a particular repertoire or level of difficulty, this new 190-page anthology represents keyboard music from the 16th to the late 20th centuries and will be a constant companion for pianists as they progress from about Grade 2 standard all the way up to Grade 8.The pieces are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, not chronologically, so players are immersed in the full range of styles from the start. Works by famous names – Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Satie – are interspersed with contributions that will be new to many of us: ‘The Fall of the Leafe’ by Martin Peerson from the 17th-century Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; the ‘Snuffbox Waltz’ by...