Accordion Orchestra - Grade 5

SKU: BT.DHP-1043273-060

Composed by Adolf Götz. Accordion. Educational Tool. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 2004. 32 pages. De Haske Publications #DHP 1043273-060. Published by De Haske Publications (BT.DHP-1043273-060).

ISBN 9789043119276. International.

In deze compositie draait het om de terts. Zoals een persoon zijn of haar voorkomen kan transformeren door het veranderen van kleding of haardracht, zijn hier alle mogelijkheden van de terts gebruikt: majeur, mineur, overmatig enverminderd. Een zelfde thema is in alle drie de delen te herkennen. De terts wordt steeds gevarieerd en veranderd, dat wil zeggen aangepast aan de situatie. Het is mogelijk om de drie delen zonder langere pauzes te spelen als eencompleet stuk (attacca).

In verschiedenen Situationen (Episoden) reagiert eine Person aufgrund ihrer Charaktereigenschaften und Verhaltensweisen immer wieder ähnlich. Daher legte Adolf Götz in seiner Komposition für Akkordeonorchester ein aus der Terz gestaltetes Thema allen drei Sätzen zugrunde, mal variiert und umgestaltet und somit der jeweiligen Situation angepasst. Die Sätze können nacheinander oder ohne größere Unterbrechungen als geschlossenes Stück (“attacca“) aufgeführt werden.

Episodes est une suite de petites narrations musicales dont chacune est représentée par une figure caractéristique individuelle qui se distingue par un motif de base. Dans cette pièce, il s’agit de l’intervalle de tierce. Toutes les possibilités de l’intervalle sont exploitées la manière d’une personne qui changerait de style en portant d’autres vêtements ou en changeant de coiffure. Ainsi, un thème formé partir d’une tierce pourra être entendu travers les trois mouvements du morceau ; sous forme de variante et retravaillé pour être adapté la situation. Les trois mouvements de cette suite peuvent être enchaînés sans pause, afin de constituer une grande pièce deconcert (attacca).

Bass Clarinet & 21 Strings

SKU: SS.50600030

Composed by Fred Cohen. Study Score. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SS.50600030).

Commissioned by the Colonial Symphony, Paul Hostetter, Music Director and Conductor. First performed in 2006. Composer's Note: My inspiration for Smiling Dennis is the great bass clarinet virtuoso Dennis Smylie. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Dennis over the past several years owing to our mutual affiliation at Montclair State University. We would meet unintentionally in the halls and begin conversations regarding all manners of topics: from the colorful history of the bass clarinet - and bass clarinetists - to the furious appetite of the New Jersey groundhog. Dennis inevitably finds the humor in things - he revels in discovering the comic story that can often be found, just underneath the topic. When Maestro Hostetter asked me to compose a new piece during his initial season with the Colonial Symphony, and mentioned the possibility of a work related to humor, I immediately thought of the Dennis. When I spoke with Maestro Hostetter the following day, I had already conceived of the title (very unusual for me - I'm much more a musical/visual thinker than a verbal one) as well as the overall musical narrative. Smiling Dennis is a concerto in one movement for one bass clarinetist and twenty string players. Somewhat unusually, each performer has a unique musical assignment - that is, the string players are not aligned into their typical alliances of first violins, second violins and so forth. This permits a more complex string texture, allowing each performer to assert his or her individuality. Indeed, the notion of individuality is essential to this concerto, as it often is in concerti. For example, Smiling Dennis begins with the bass clarinet not quite obeying the conventions of tuning to the orchestra. Rather than simply take the A offered by the Concertmaster, the soloist playfully performs a gently descending series of notes. Offered another A, the soloist repeats this gesture (though with a different descending series). This exchange occurs four times. In the final one, members of the string orchestra join the soloist in the first significant statement of one of the central melodies. The bass clarinet completes this introductory section alone, playing all the way down to a low A, a third below the lowest note in the celli. Following the introduction, Smiling Dennis consists of six sections, somewhat along the lines of a dance suite: an energetic Allegro, a lyric Arioso, a forward Piu mosso, a light-hearted and syncopated dance, a even more energetic passage for strings alone, and finally a modified return to the introduction. In the return, the string ensemble is no longer at all oppositional to the soloist. Rather, in response to the soloist's gentle cajoling and supportive commentary, the strings accompany - with pleasure, you might say - the quiet, individual playfulness of the bass clarinet. The work ends with a return to the soloist's substratum A, accompanied quietly by the strings.

Piano - advanced

SKU: BT.LCM9790570121533

Exam Material. Book Only. 112 pages. London College Music #LCM9790570121533. Published by London College Music (BT.LCM9790570121533).

English.

These Piano Anthologies contain pieces which have been carefully selected from previous piano exam lists dating from 1988 to 2006. All of the pieces in these volumes have proved popular with piano students, teachers and listeners, and we are pleased to be able to make them available again in these new collections. Pieces from these anthologies may be chosen as List B and C pieces, allowing students to increase their choice of repertoire beyond the already extensive selection offered in the LCM piano repertoire lists for grade, recital grade and leisure play options. It is hoped that these anthologies will also be of interest to piano students generally. The range of styles broadlycovers the late 18th century to the present. Some familiar pieces are present in these volumes, but they include pieces additionally from composers who have had a distinguished career in the role of teacher or student at LCM. Amongst the former are William Lloyd Webber and Martyn Williams, and amongst the latter are Nicholas Grace and John Guilfoyle, who now have eminent academic and professional musical careers.