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Horace Silver: Die 25 größten Ikonen der Jazzgeschichte
Horace Silver biographie
Aus der Perspektive des 21. Jahrhunderts ist klar, dass nur wenige Jazzmusiker einen größeren Einfluss auf den zeitgenössischen Mainstream hatten als Horace Silver. Der Hard-Bop-Stil, den Silver in den 50er-Jahren prägte, ist heute vorherrschend und wird nicht nur von Überbleibseln einer früheren Generation gespielt, sondern auch von wuscheligen Musikern, die noch nicht geboren waren, als die Musik in den 60er-Jahren in Ungnade fiel und 70er Jahre.
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Silvers frühester musikalischer Einfluss war die kapverdische Volksmusik, die er von seinem in Portugal geborenen Vater hörte. Später, nachdem er als Highschool-Schüler begonnen hatte, Klavier und Saxophon zu spielen, geriet Silver in den Bann von Blues-Sängern und Boogie-Woogie-Pianisten sowie von Popmusikern wie Thelonious Monk und Bud Powell.
1950 spielte Stan Getz ein Konzert in Hartford, Connecticut, mit einer Pickup-Rhythmusgruppe, zu der Silver, Schlagzeuger Walter Bolden und Bassist Joe Calloway gehörten. Getz war so beeindruckt, dass er das gesamte Trio engagierte. Silver hatte sein Geld sowieso gespart, um nach New York zu ziehen; Seine Einstellung durch Getz besiegelte den Deal.
Silver arbeitete ein Jahr lang mit Getz zusammen und begann dann, als Freelancer in der Stadt mit so großen Spielern wie Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young und Oscar Pettiford zu arbeiten. 1952 nahm er mit Lou Donaldson für das Label Blue Note auf; Dieses Datum führte ihn zu seinen ersten Aufnahmen als Bandleader. 1953 schloss er sich mit Art Blakey zusammen, um unter ihrer gemeinsamen Führung eine Genossenschaft zu gründen.

Das erste Album der Band, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, war ein Meilenstein in der Entwicklung des Genres, das später als Hard Bop bekannt wurde. Viele der von Silver für diese Platte geschriebenen Stücke – „The Preacher“, „Doodlin“, „Room 608“ – wurden zu Jazzklassikern.
1956 hatte Silver die Messengers verlassen, um selbstständig Aufnahmen zu machen. Die darauffolgende Reihe von Blue-Note-Alben etablierte ihn für alle Zeiten als einen der bedeutendsten Komponisten/Pianisten des Jazz. LPs wie „Blowin’ the Blues Away“ und „Song for My Father“ (beide aufgenommen von einem Ensemble, zu dem auch Silvers langjährige Sidemen Blue Mitchell und Junior Cook gehörten) enthielten Silvers harmonisch anspruchsvolle und formal unverwechselbare Kompositionen für kleine Jazz-Ensembles.
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Silvers Klavierstil – prägnant, einfallsreich und absolut funkig – wurde zum Vorbild für spätere Mainstream-Pianisten, die er nachahmen sollte. Einige der einflussreichsten Hornisten der 50er, 60er und 70er Jahre erlangten erstmals bei Silver eine gewisse Bekanntheit – Musiker wie Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Benny Golson und die Brecker Brothers spielten alle bei Silver Band zu einem frühen Zeitpunkt ihrer Karriere.
Horace Silver hat sogar Mitglieder der Avantgarde berührt; Cecil Taylor gibt zu, einen Silver-Einfluss zu haben, und der Trompeter Dave Douglas spielte kurzzeitig in einer Silver-Combo.
Horace Silver nahm exklusiv für Blue Note auf, bis dieses Label Ende der 70er Jahre in Vergessenheit geriet, woraufhin er sein eigenes Label, Silveto, gründete. Horace Silvers 80er-Jahre-Werke fanden nur geringe Verbreitung.
Während dieser Zeit begann er, Texte zu seinen Kompositionen zu schreiben, und seine Arbeit begann, sich mit den metaphysischen Kräften der Musik auseinanderzusetzen, wie Albumtitel wie „Music to Ease Your Disease“ und „Spiritualising the Senses“ zeigen. In den 90er Jahren gab Silver sein Label-Projekt auf und begann mit der Aufnahme für Columbia.
Mit seinem Wiederauftritt bei einem großen Label erhielt Silver erneut ein gewisses Maß an Aufmerksamkeit, die seine Beiträge verdienen. Sicherlich hat niemand jemals einen größeren und lebendigeren Bestand an Originalkompositionen zum Jazz-Kanon beigetragen. Silver starb am 18. Juni 2014 im Alter von 85 Jahren in New York.
Aus seiner Ehe mit Barbara, die mit einer Scheidung endete, hatte er einen Sohn, Gregory – heute Rap-Musiker unter dem Namen G Wise.
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, Pianist und Komponist, geboren am 2. September 1928, gestorben am 18. Juni 2014.
Selected Discography
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, Blue Note, 1954
Blowin’ the Blues Away, Blue Note, 1959
Song For My Father, Blue Note, 1964
Cape Verdean Blues, Blue Note, 1965
The Hardbop Grandpop, GRP, 1996
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Horace Silver – Blowin The Blues Away
Personnel:
Horace Silver – piano
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
Gene Taylor – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
from the album ‘BLOWIN’ THE BLUES AWAY’ (Blue Note Records)
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Nina Simone – Play Piano with (including audio MP3 tracks) |
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Nina Simone Play Piano with |
Nina Simone I Wish I Knew How To It Would Feel To Be Free Arr. By Willie Myette Piano Vocal Guitar | Nina Simone I Wish I Knew How To It Would Feel To Be Free Arr. By Willie Myette Piano Vocal Guitar | |
Nina Simone My baby just cares for me | Nina Simone My-baby-just-cares-for-me | |
Nina Simone Princess Noire The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone (Book Biography) by Nadine Cohodas |
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Nina Simone, Best of – Original Keys for Singers – Nina Simone sheet music |
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Nina Simone, Best of – Original Keys for Singers – Nina Simone sheet music |
Nine Grands Solos De Concert For Trumpet And Piano (Vintage Sheet Music 1945) Contest Solos |
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Nine Grands Solos De Concert For Trumpet And Piano (Vintage Sheet Music 1945) Contest Solos |
Nine Inch Nails – Discipline | ||
Nine Inch Nails – Ghost1 | ||
Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine (Songbook) (Nine Inch Nails) Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine (Songbook) (Nine Inch Nails) Piano Vocal Guitar |
Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile Bridge | ||
Nine Inch Nails Adrift And At Peace By Trent Reznor |
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Nine Inch Nails Piano Non Entity (Piano Vocal Sheet Music) |
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Nineteenth Century Piano Music A Handbook For Pianists (By Kathleen Dale) (1954) | Nineteenth Century Piano Music A Handbook For Pianists (By Kathleen Dale) (1954) | |
Nino Bravo Un Beso Y Una Flor Partitura (Piano Solo Sheet Music) |
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Nino Bravo – Noelia (Piano and vocal) |
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Nino Ferrer Le Sud Guitar Tabs |
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Nino Ferrer Luz Casal Un Año De Amor Luz Casal C’est Irreparable |
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Nino Ferrer Top Partitions Sheet Music Collection Piano Vocal Guitar chords |
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Nino Ferrer Top Partitions Sheet Music Collection Piano Vocal Guitar chords |
Nino Rota The Godfather Waltz (Easy Guitar Arr.) Sheet Music And Tab | Nino Rota The Godfather Waltz (Easy Guitar Arr.) Sheet Music And Tab | |
Nino Rota – A Time For Us – Romeo And Juliet (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Nino Rota – Godfather Theme For Guitar |
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Nino Rota – Legend of the Glass Mountain – Solo Piano |
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Nino Rota – The Godfather Songbook |
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“Nino Rota The Godfather Trilogy Piano Vocal Guitar Songbook Contents |
Nino Rota – The Godfather Waltz (Easy Guitar Arr.) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Nino Rota 15 Preludi Fifteen Preludes |
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Nino Rota 5 Pezzi Facili For Flute And Piano |
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Nino Rota A Time For Us Love Theme From the OST Piano Solo |
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Nino Rota A Time For Us Romeo and Juliet Love Theme Guitar |
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Nino Rota Amarcord | Nino Rota Amarcord (Piano Solo) | |
Nino Rota Concerto for Trombone And Orchestra Reduction for Trombone and Pianoforte |
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Nino Rota Intermezzo For Viola And Piano 3rd Movt. |
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Nino Rota La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) Piano Guitar Chords |
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Nino Rota La Dolce Vita Piano Guitar Chords | Nino Rota La Dolce Vita Piano Guitar Chords | |
Nino Rota Love Theme from The GodFather |
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Nino Rota Plein Soleil Purple Noon |
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Nino Rota Sette Pezzi Per Bambini Ippolito Gioca (Piano) |
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Nino Rota Sonata In Re For Clarinet And Piano |
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Nino Rota Suite Del Casanova Di Federico Fellini Piano Solo |
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Nino Rota The best of |
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Nino Rota – The Best Of |
Nino Rota The Godfather Love Theme (Band Score) |
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Nino Rota The Godfather Waltz Piano Sheet Music |
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Nino Rota Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano |
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Nino Rota’s The Godfather Trilogy By Franco Sciannameo A Film Score Guide (Book) |
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Nirvana – Nevermind Revised Edition Guitar TAB |
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Nirvana – Nevermind Revised Edition Guitar TAB |
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit | ||
Nirvana Guitar Chord Songbook |
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Nirvana Guitar Chord Songbook |
Nirvana Guitar Play-Along Volume 78 with MP3 audio tracks with Tablature |
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Nirvana Guitar Play-Along Volume 78 with MP3 audio tracks |
Nirvana Guitar recorded versions Guitar TAB |
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Nirvana Guitar recorded versions Guitar TAB |
Nirvana in New York (Nirvana) Guitar TABs songbook |
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Nirvana in New York (Nirvana) Guitar TABs songbook |
Nirvana In Utero Guitar Songbook with TAB |
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Nirvana In Utero Guitar Songbook |
Nirvana Incesticide Guitar SONGBOOK with TAB |
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Nirvana Incesticide Guitar SONGBOOK |
Nirvana The Albums |
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Nirvana The Albums |
Nirvana The Best Of Nirvana Easy Guitar Tab |
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Nirvana the-best-of-nirvana Easy Guitar TAB |
No Doubt – Dont Speak | ||
No one ever called me that (Third person OST) Dario Marianelli | ||
No Ordinary Love – Sade (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Nobile In Jazz Songbook |
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Nobuyuki Tsujii – Elegy for the Victims of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 in Japan | NOBUYUKI-TSUJI-Elegy-for-the-Victims-of-the-Tsunami 1st page | |
Nocturne (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Noël – Holy Night – silent night – Stille Nacht | Noel – Holy Night – silent night | |
Noël Coward The Broadway Musical Song Book (1953) |
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Noël Coward Broadway Musical |
Noel Rosa Guitar Songbook vol 3 by Almir Chediak |
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Noel Rosa Guitar Songbook vol 3 by Almir Chediak |
Noel Rosa Vol 1 Guitar songbook |
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Noel Rosa Vol 2 – Songbook (Guitar) |
Noel Rosa Vol 2 – Songbook (Guitar) |
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Noel Rosa Vol 2 – Songbook (Guitar) |
Non è Francesca (Battisti) | ||
Non Solo Piano Bar |
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Non solo piano bar |
Norah Jones – Don’t Know Why | ||
Norah Jones – Feels Like Home – Album Songbook |
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Norah Jones – Feels Like Home – Album Songbook |
Norah Jones – Not Too Late |
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Norah Jones – Not Too Late |
Norah Jones – Play piano with Norah Jones |
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Play piano with Norah Jones |
Norah Jones – The Long Day Is Over | ||
Norah Jones – Turn Me On | ||
Norah Jones Come Away With Me Piano Vocal Guitar Songbook |
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Norah Jones Day Breaks Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Norah Jones Day Breaks Piano Vocal Guitar |
Norah Jones Sheet Music Collection Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Norah Jones Sheet Music Collection Piano Vocal Guitar |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Bossa Nova And Latin Pieces For Solo Guitar |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Bossa Nova And Latin Peices For Solo Guitar |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar Solo | Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar Solo | |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar Solo Vol. 1 | Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar Solo Vol.1 | |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar Solo Vol. 2 |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar Solo Vol. 2 |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar Solo Vol. 3 | Noriyasu Takeuchi Collected Works for Guitar Solo Vol. 3 | |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Popular Pieces For Guitar Solo Vol 1 |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Popular Pieces For Guitar Solo Vol 1 |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Popular Pieces For Guitar Solo Vol 4 |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Popular Pieces For Guitar Solo Vol 4 |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Popular Pieces For Guitar Solo Vol 5 |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Popular Pieces For Guitar Solo Vol 5 |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Popular Pieces For Guitar Solo Vol 6 |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Popular Pieces For Guitar Solo Vol 6 |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Screen Music For Guitar Solo Vol. 1 |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Screen Music For Guitar Solo Vol. 1 Contents |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Screen Music For Guitar Solo Vol. 3 |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Screen Music For Guitar Solo Vol. 3 |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Screen Music Vol 1 for Guitar |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Screen Music Vol 1 |
Noriyasu Takeuchi Screen Music Vol 2 (Guitar sheet music) |
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Noriyasu Takeuchi Screen Music For Guitar Solo Vol. 2 Contents — Noriyasu Takeuchi Screen Music Vol 2 |
North Alex – Unchained Melody – From the movie “Ghost” Piano sheet music | North, Alex – Unchained Melody – Piano | |
Nostalgie Collection Of Beautiful Jazz Standards (Book 1) |
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Nostalgie Collection Of Beautiful Jazz Standards (Book 2) |
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Nostalgie Collection Of Beautiful Jazz Standards (Book 3) |
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Nothing Else Matters – Metallica (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Nothing else matters (Metallica) | ||
Nothing Hill She (Charles Aznavour Elvis Costello) |
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Notte di Natale (Claudio Baglioni) | ||
NOUVELLE VAGUE – DANCE WITH ME (Piano Solo arr. sheet music) |
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November Rain – Guns N’ Roses (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Now Here This (The Musical) by Jeff Bowen Keyboard Conductor |
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Now Here This (The Musical) by Jeff Bowen Keyboard Conductor |
Nowhere Man (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Nsync – Spent A Little More Time | ||
Nuits De St Germain Des Pres By Django Reinhardt (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso – Love theme (Morricone) | ||
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Guitar) – E. Morricone (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Nursery Rhymes For Classical Guitar with TABs arr. by D. Padgett |
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Nuvole Bianche (2) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Nuvole Bianche (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Nyah – Mission Impossible 2 (Hans Zimmer) | ||
O – Town – All Or Nothing | ||
O Christmas Tree – Traditional Christmas Carol (Musescore File).mscz | ||
O Christmas Tree – O Tannenbaum (Arr. Vince Guaraldi) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Oasis – (Whats the Story) Morning Glory (Guitar Recorded Version) (Oasis) Guitar Tablature |
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Oasis – (Whats the Story) Morning Glory (Guitar Recorded Version) (Oasis) Guitar Tablature |
OASIS – Heathen Chemistry Guitar Edition Tab SONGBOOK |
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OASIS – Heathen Chemistry Guitar Edition Tab SONGBOOK |
Oasis – Oasis (Guitar Songbook with Tablature) |
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Oasis – Oasis (Guitar Songbook) |
Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out | Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out_unlocked | |
OASIS – The Other Side Of Oasis |
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OASIS – The Other Side Of Oasis |
Oasis – Wonderwall | ||
Oasis & Yiruma – Do You | ||
Oasis Don’t Look Back In Anger – Guitar Tabs |
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Oasis Time Flies 1994-2009 Guitar TAB |
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Oasis Time Flies 1994-2009 Guitar TAB |
Oblivion (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Obtener un sí (Shakira) | ||
Octopath Traveler (Game Piano Solo sheet music) |
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Odd Times Play Along Vol 90 – with MP3 audio tracks |
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Odd Times Play Along Vol 90 – with MP3 audio tracks |
Ode To Joy – Ludwig Van Beethoven (Piano Solo Jazzy Arr.) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Ode To Joy Guitar Abrsm Grade 2 Beethoven (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Offenbach Can Can From Orpheus In The Underworld Piano Solo arr |
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Offenbach Can Can From Orpheus In The Underworld Piano Solo arr.mscz | ||
Offenbach Cancan – Piano arr. |
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Offenbach, Jacques – Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann piano solo arr. | Offenbach, Jacques – Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann piano solo arr. 1st page | |
Offertory song Daniel Leo Simpson | ||
Offspring Americana Guitar TABs songbook |
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Offspring Americana Guitar TABs songbook |
Oh my love (John Lennon) | ||
Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison & Bill Dees (piano arr.) |
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OK Sheet Music Robin Schulz ft James Blunt |
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Oklahoma (Musical) Oh What A Beautiful Mornin By Rodgers And Hammerstein |
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Okumura – Ondo no Funauta (Folk Japanese music) |
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Okumura – Otemoyan (Folk Japanese music) |
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Ola Gjeilo – Dark Night Of The Soul SATB Chorus, Piano And String Quartet |
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Ola Gjeilo – Night Piano Solo |
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Ola Gjeilo – Stone Rose (Five Pieces For Piano – Fünf Stücke Für Klavier) |
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Ola Gjeilo Northern Lights for SSAA and piano |
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Ólafur Arnalds – Happiness does not wait (sheet music) |
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Olafur Arnalds – Poland (Full Score and parts) |
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Ólafur Arnalds – Raein – Found songs (piano solo sheet music) |
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Ólafur Arnalds – Romance (solo piano sheet music) Found songs |
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Ólafur Arnalds – Saman (solo piano sheet music) |
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Ólafur Arnalds – Tomorrow’s song (solo piano sheet music) |
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Ólafur Arnalds – Woven Song (solo piano sheet music) | Ólafur Arnalds – Woven Song (solo piano sheet music) |