Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.14440455S

Composed by Sydney F. Hodkinson. Large Score. With Standard notation. 53 pages. Duration 22 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40455S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.14440455S).

UPC: 680160030873.

After finishing a serious woodwind quintet in the fall of 2001 [Tela Lacerata], I found, in the ensuing months, that its cinders/ashes were still impregnating my eardrums. Therefore, when I set out to write the present string piece, I realized that the musical veins of the quartet, like related cousins, were sharing the same blood as the earlier wind composition. The resultant Fifth Quartet evolved into two large, extended movements, each one containing seven parts that are played without pause. As the list of the various sub-sections clearly indicates, the formal structure of the movements appear to be identical: each with three main parts enveloped by interludes, plus an introduction and coda. However, the principal segments of the first (slow) movement gradually decrease in length, while those of the second (fast) movement increase. In addition, there is a goodly amount of sonic material stolen from the first movement which reappears -- stitched together in a new guise -- into the world of the second. for example, the bulk of Parts B and C of Movement II are lifted bodily, although elaborately modified, from their first appearances in the Introduction and Part A of the fist movement. This offers, I suppose at least a hint of a traditional recapitulation. As was true in the earlier woodwind piece -- both harmonically and melodically -- the embryonic growth of the musical fabric (primarily the tritone and perfect fifth) is omnipresent, almost obsessively, throughout the course of the whole work. These two intervals, not unlike plasticine, habitually transform themselves into the scales, chords, and melodic lines that pervade the texture of the quartet. Owing to the largely unrelieved dramatic flow, the shifting speed, and the often fervent intensity, the quartet places considerable demands on the dexterity, virtuosity, and stamina of the four performers. String Quartet No. 5 is approximately 22 minutes in duration and affectionately dedicated to my violinist wife Elizabeth, as a gift for our 47 years together. It was commissioned by the Corigliano String Quartet, New York, NY. -- Sydney Hodkinson.

Composed by Paul Gibson (1952-). For SATB choir, flute. Secular Christmas, Lessons and Carols. Medium. Octavo. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

Trumpet(s) solo

SKU: BR.MR-2235

Composed by Jean-Baptiste et al. Lully. Edited by Jean-Francois Madeuf. Solo instruments; Softcover. Musica Rara. Renaissance/early Baroque; Baroque. Score. 38 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #MR 2235. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.MR-2235).

ISBN 9790004487839. 9 x 12 inches.

Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SSATB choir, 2 flute, 2 oboe, 2 bassoon, 2 trumpet, 3 trombone, timpani, 2 violin, viola, harp, carillons, organ, basso continuo

SKU: CA.5505309

Oratorio. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Felix Loy. This edition: urtext. 2x 55.053/21 flutes 1 and 2, 1x 55.053/22 oboe 1, 1x 55.053/23 oboe 2, 2x 55.053/24 flutes 1 and 2, 2x 55.053/31 trumpet, 3x 55.053/32 trombone, 1x 55.053/41 timpani, 1x 55.053/42 harp, 2x 55.053/43 carillion. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Handel. Saul Hwv 53 Kartoniert. Sacred vocal music, Oratorios. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1739. HWV 53. Duration 165 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 55.053/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5505309).

ISBN 9790007226565. Text language: English/German.

Saul, published for the first time in the version conducted by Handel himself. Saul is one of the most dramatic of Handel's oratorios. To a greater extent than almost any other oratorio it reveals with its gripping dramatic power its proximity to opera of its time. The score demands what was at the time Handel's most varied orchestra. The normal opera orchestra of the day was augmented by trombones, harp, solo organ, carillon (Glockenspiel) and large kettledrums. The choir functions for the first time as a central participant in dramatic action, while also undertaking commentating functions as in a Greek tragedy. This new edition makes use for the first time of musical material revealed by the latest Handel research, based as its most important source on the conducting score from which Handel himself directed his performances. Only this research has shown which arias, choruses, recitatives and instrumental pieces, after he had made numerous corrections in his autograph, Handel chose for his performances, and in what order they were given. The result has produced, apart from many changes of details (e.g. autograph instructions concerning the use of the organ), uncommon ordering of individual pieces, and passages with altered notes. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.5505300.

Trumpet(s) solo

SKU: BR.MR-2236

Composed by Jean-Baptiste et al. Lully. Edited by Jean-Francois Madeuf. Solo instruments; Softcover. Musica Rara. Renaissance/early Baroque; Baroque. Score. 38 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #MR 2236. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.MR-2236).

ISBN 9790004487846. 9 x 12 inches.

Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SSATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, 2 violins, viola, harp, Carillons, organ, basso continuo

SKU: CA.5505301

Oratorio. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Felix Loy. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Handel. Saul Hwv 53 Kartoniert. Sacred vocal music, Oratorios. Full score. Composed 1739. HWV 53. 304 pages. Duration 165 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 55.053/01. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5505301).

ISBN 9790007143367. Language: English/German.

Saul, published for the first time in the version conducted by Handel himself. Saul is one of the most dramatic of Handel's oratorios. To a greater extent than almost any other oratorio it reveals with its gripping dramatic power its proximity to opera of its time. The score demands what was at the time Handel's most varied orchestra. The normal opera orchestra of the day was augmented by trombones, harp, solo organ, carillon (Glockenspiel) and large kettledrums. The choir functions for the first time as a central participant in dramatic action, while also undertaking commentating functions as in a Greek tragedy. This new edition makes use for the first time of musical material revealed by the latest Handel research, based as its most important source on the conducting score from which Handel himself directed his performances. Only this research has shown which arias, choruses, recitatives and instrumental pieces, after he had made numerous corrections in his autograph, Handel chose for his performances, and in what order they were given. The result has produced, apart from many changes of details (e.g. autograph instructions concerning the use of the organ), uncommon ordering of individual pieces, and passages with altered notes. Score available separately - see item CA.5505300.

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.144404550

Composed by Sydney F. Hodkinson. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 2002. 53+20+16+16+16 pages. Duration 22 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40455. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.144404550).

UPC: 680160030859.

After finishing a serious woodwind quintet in the fall of 2001 [Tela Lacerata], I found, in the ensuing months, that its cinders/ashes were still impregnating my eardrums. Therefore, when I set out to write the present string piece, I realized that the musical veins of the quartet, like related cousins, were sharing the same blood as the earlier wind composition. The resultant Fifth Quartet evolved into two large, extended movements, each one containing seven parts that are played without pause. As the list of the various sub-sections clearly indicates, the formal structure of the movements appear to be identical: each with three main parts enveloped by interludes, plus an introduction and coda. However, the principal segments of the first (slow) movement gradually decrease in length, while those of the second (fast) movement increase. In addition, there is a goodly amount of sonic material stolen from the first movement which reappears -- stitched together in a new guise -- into the world of the second. for example, the bulk of Parts B and C of Movement II are lifted bodily, although elaborately modified, from their first appearances in the Introduction and Part A of the fist movement. This offers, I suppose at least a hint of a traditional recapitulation. As was true in the earlier woodwind piece -- both harmonically and melodically -- the embryonic growth of the musical fabric (primarily the tritone and perfect fifth) is omnipresent, almost obsessively, throughout the course of the whole work. These two intervals, not unlike plasticine, habitually transform themselves into the scales, chords, and melodic lines that pervade the texture of the quartet. Owing to the largely unrelieved dramatic flow, the shifting speed, and the often fervent intensity, the quartet places considerable demands on the dexterity, virtuosity, and stamina of the four performers. String Quartet No. 5 is approximately 22 minutes in duration and affectionately dedicated to my violinist wife Elizabeth, as a gift for our 47 years together. It was commissioned by the Corigliano String Quartet, New York, NY. -- Sydney Hodkinson.

(1.0.2.0/0.2.1.0,drumset,3 sax,banjo,pf,str)

SKU: TM.13819SC

Composed by George Gershwin. Edited by Suttle. Score. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.13819SC).

Orch. by Paul; Ed. by Suttle. Typeset 2019.