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135
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126
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49
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18
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17
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17
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16
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15
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72
Quintette à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle, basse
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2 Harpes (duo)
25
Piano Trio: Violon, Alto, Piano
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Quatuor à cordes: 4 violons
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Trio à Cordes: 2 violons, alto
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81
Cloches
55
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Jazz combo
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Fanfare
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Batterie
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4 Intermediate Patriotic Songs for Pitched Percussion
Ensemble de Percussions
Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951761 Composed by Michael…
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951761 Composed by Michael Arell. Arranged by Michael Arell. Folk,Holiday,Patriotic. Score and parts. 11 pages. Michael Arell #6274213. Published by Michael Arell (A0.951761). Thank you for your interest in learning this music! I have designed the set so that it will be approachable to musicians after about 2 years of playing, while still enjoyable for more advanced players. Each selection has a version in traditional Western notation and a second version with letter names to help with learning. Please visit my website www.MichaelArell.com to access sample recordings for each song. Great fit for schools, students, and churches.
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4 Intermediate Patriotic Songs for Pitched Percussion
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Michael Arell
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5 Easy Patriotic Songs for Pitched Percussion
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951711 Composed by Michael…
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.951711 Composed by Michael Arell. Arranged by Michael Arell. Folk,Holiday,Patriotic. Score and parts. 13 pages. Michael Arell #6273897. Published by Michael Arell (A0.951711). Thank you for your interest in learning this music! I have designed the set so that it will be approachable to musicians after about a year of playing, while still enjoyable for more advanced players. Each selection has a version in traditional Western notation and a second version with letter names to support learning. Please visit my website www.MichaelArell.com to access sample recordings for each song. Great fit for schools, students, and churches.
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5 Easy Patriotic Songs for Pitched Percussion
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Michael Arell
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The Christmas Song (chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.884321 By John Denver. By …
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.884321 By John Denver. By Mel Torme and Robert Wells. Arranged by Aaron Ziegler. Contemporary. Score and parts. 19 pages. Aaron Ziegler #6256563. Published by Aaron Ziegler (A0.884321). The Christmas Song by Mel Torme is a holiday classic that will enchant your audiences and get them in the Christmas spirit this season. This arrangement will prove to be challenging yet fun for all of the players of your ensemble.
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John Denver
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The Christmas Song
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A Caribbean Christmas
Ensemble de Percussions
Percussion Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.891828 Composed by George …
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.891828 Composed by George Frideric Handel, James Chadwick, James Pierpont, and Thomas Oliphant. Arranged by Aaron G. Railey. Christmas. Score and parts. 28 pages. Aaron G. Railey #6607247. Published by Aaron G. Railey (A0.891828). A Caribbean Christmas is a thrilling adventure through the most famous and recognizable Christmas holiday songs of all time. Written in a Caribbean Soca rhythmic style and including three key changes, this is an advanced arrangement that will feature and challenge your best musicians. Each section of the ensemble has the opportunity to perform the melody in this arrangement. Often, students on the accompaniment instruments are stuck playing repeated chords with little to no motion or challenge. I found it important as an educator that each student gets challenged and has the opportunity to feel important to the contribution of the ensemble. Every ensemble that has ever performed this has received a standing ovation. It is thrilling, exciting, challenging, recognizable, and just fun to play. I hope that you enjoy this and it brings holiday spirit to your community! .
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George Frideric Handel, James Chadwick, James Pierpont, and Thomas Oliphant
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A Caribbean Christmas
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Aaron G. Railey
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The Little Drummer Boy - Score Only
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1321460 Composed by Kathri…
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1321460 Composed by Kathrine Kennicott Davis. Arranged by William R Parker III. Children,Christmas,Holiday. 3 pages. William Parker #909919. Published by William Parker (A0.1321460). This is a fun piece for Elementary School drums. Using the glockenspiel, resonance bells, boom whackers, hand drums, tambourine, and triangle, students will be able to work together to play a holiday classic at an acheiveable level! The piece is only 32 bars but can be easily modified to fit your needs. If you want it longer... repeat. If not, than play it as is. There is a spark in the eyes of students when they realize that they are working as a team to make a song come to life. Please enjoy!!
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Kathrine Kennicott Davis
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William R Parker III
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The Little Drummer Boy - Score Only
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William Parker
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1812 Overture - Percussion Ensemble
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1016984 Composed by Peter …
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1016984 Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Panipal Isaac. Holiday,Patriotic. Score and parts. 195 pages. Panipal Isaac #5999203. Published by Panipal Isaac (A0.1016984). 1812 Overture is a wonderful piece written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It starts off with O Lord Save Thy People, to represent the incoming French Army and slowly changes into a darker theme with solos from the Glockenspiel and Vibraphone then starts a Russian Folk Song. Overall the song has multiple twists and turns that are broken into multiple parts in order to make the performance your own. (Add a cannon soundfont to a keyboard for extra effects!).
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Panipal Isaac
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1812 Overture - Percussion Ensemble
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Panipal Isaac
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SheetMusicPlus
Christmas Calypso for Percussion Sextet
Ensemble de Percussions
Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.935389 Arranged by Dan Hes…
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Percussion Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.935389 Arranged by Dan Heslink. Christian,Christmas. Score and parts. 18 pages. Pharaoh Publications #6117159. Published by Pharaoh Publications (A0.935389). Christmas Calypso for Percussion Sextet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Dan Heslink The calypso style referenced in the title is not the calypso of Afro-Caribbean music from Trinidad and Tobago. Rather, it is the especially toned-down but still rhythmic commercial variant popularized by folk singers. Couched in this style, the arrangement offers Christmas favorites Deck the Halls, Angels We Have Heard On High, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Good Christian Men, Rejoice. This if one of two versions of the calypso arrangement by Dan Heslink, both of which are available through Sheet Music Plus. The other arrangement, percussion sextet, follows similar musical contours and is available separately. Both versions are intended to elicit one primary response from both performers and audience – fun. It does not tax the players technically, but delivers a satisfying sound with carols that the performers likely know and love. General audiences will be enchanted by the familiar melodies delivered in percussion, especially at Christmas time. The introduction opens with a brisk and rhythmic introduction based on Deck the Halls, and establishes the fun calypso rhythm immediately. Deck the Halls is the much-loved welsh air that was arranged by Haydn, Nos galan (Hob. XXXIb:29, 1803). Then, Angels We Have Heard on High breaks out in double-stops with a continuation of the rhythmic impetus. The birth of Jesus Christ as narrated in the Gospel of Luke is the subject of Angels We Have Heard on High, a traditional French song of unknown origin. The gloria section provides some flowing contrast, portraying the shepherds’ impressions as they encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising. The performers are encouraged to use a relaxed stroke to glide through these passages. Following is God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, a 16th century English traditional Christmas carol also known under the title, The old Christmas Carol. It provides a contrast in tonality (minor mode) and texture. The xylophone part likely will lay most comfortably when executed with four mallets, although there are no three or four mallet chords in these passages. Good Christian Men, Rejoice is the closing selection in this Christmas medley. It’s title is an English translation of In dulci jubilo (Latin for In sweet rejoicing). The work ends happily with a summation of the calypso rhythm. This medley will be especially effective programmed on a winter holiday concert. Duration is 2:30. The arranger, Dan Heslink, assigned a difficulty level of medium easy, and can be contacted at dan@dheslink.com.
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Dan Heslink
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Christmas Calypso for Percussion Sextet
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Pharaoh Publications
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SheetMusicPlus
Christmas Calypso for Marimba Quartet
Ensemble de Percussions
Percussion Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.935390 Arranged by Dan Heslink. Chri…
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Percussion Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.935390 Arranged by Dan Heslink. Christian,Christmas. Score and parts. 16 pages. Pharaoh Publications #6117165. Published by Pharaoh Publications (A0.935390). Christmas Calypso for Marimba Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Dan HeslinkThe calypso style referenced in the title is not the calypso of Afro-Caribbean music from Trinidad and Tobago. Rather, it is the especially toned-down but still rhythmic commercial variant popularized by folk singers. Couched in this style, the arrangement offers Christmas favorites Deck the Halls, Angels We Have Heard On High, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Good Christian Men, Rejoice. This if one of two versions of the calypso arrangement by Dan Heslink, both of which are available through Sheet Music Plus. The other arrangement, for percussion sextet, follows similar musical contours and is available separately. Both versions are intended to elicit one primary response from both performers and audience – fun. It does not tax the players technically, but delivers a satisfying sound with carols that the performers likely know and love. General audiences will be enchanted by the familiar melodies delivered in percussion, especially at Christmas time. The introduction opens with a brisk and rhythmic introduction based on Deck the Halls, and establishes the fun calypso rhythm immediately. Deck the Halls is the much-loved welsh air that was arranged by Haydn, Nos galan (Hob. XXXIb:29, 1803). Then, Angels We Have Heard on High breaks out in double-stops with a continuation of the rhythmic impetus. The birth of Jesus Christ as narrated in the Gospel of Luke is the subject of Angels We Have Heard on High, a traditional French song of unknown origin. The gloria section provides some flowing contrast, portraying the shepherds’ impressions as they encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising. The performers are encouraged to use a relaxed stroke to glide through these passages. Following is God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, a 16th century English traditional Christmas carol also known under the title, The old Christmas Carol. It provides a contrast in tonality (minor mode) and texture. The xylophone part likely will lay most comfortably when executed with four mallets, although there are no three or four mallet chords in these passages. Good Christian Men, Rejoice is the closing selection in this Christmas medley. It’s title is an English translation of In dulci jubilo (Latin for In sweet rejoicing). The work ends happily with a summation of the calypso rhythm. This medley will be especially effective programmed on a winter holiday concert. Duration is 2:30. The arranger, Dan Heslink, assigned a difficulty level of medium easy, and can be contacted at dan@dheslink.com.
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Ensemble de Percussions
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Christmas Calypso for Marimba Quartet
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Pharaoh Publications
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