By Greg Gilpin. For 2-part voices and piano (with optional sleigh bells). Sing Out Series. Secular Christmas. Octavo

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.114405050

Composed by John Downey. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 53 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40505. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114405050).

UPC: 680160008377. 11 x 14 inches.

Although structurally it subdivides into five movements, the entire quartet emerges as one vast continuum. There are no formal breaks between movements. However, certain musical signposts can be discerned, associated with each of the movements' terminations and new beginnings. The opening movement, The Nostalgia of Clanging Bell Sonorities, begins floating on recurrent Bbs whose soft rhythmic flow slowly puts into motion strong undercurrents suggestive of the latent power of water... After several suggestions of tolling bells, the movement gradually fades into hushed tones of veiled and very distant sonorities. It uses a unique efffect, for the first time in a musical context, conveyed through the use of extra heavy practice mutes. The second movement, The Spill of Water , disengages itself from the first through its distinct contrast in tempo. Water moves fast, and when it splashes, it tends to run wildly. In this case, it happens to be bubbly water that gushes forth bodly... smashing across rocky shorlines. So, too, the music attempts to conjure such moods. At the end of this movement, a cello cadenza emerges, introducing an introspective type of melodicism. The third movement, The Poignancy of Memory, contains many silences as it tries to convey memory through fragmented remembrances much like often occur in our dream state. Progressing through several slowly building images, it gradually works itself into juxtaposition of musical images. Towards the movement's end, high harmonics are sounding in all four instruments while left hand pizzicato notes in the cello pluch the last remembrances of this central core. Almost imperceptibly, the viola assumes leadership as it dissolves into: The fourth movement, The Fluidity of Motion, which has mostly the viola, but also the cello, articulating lyrical statements against the sheets of sound conjured up by the two violins playing a flood of swirling figures, evokes a kind of static motion in spae. Here, the virtually imperceptible manner in which this hushed whisper continues incessantly, can suggest the potential fluidity with which movement may inch forward... Later into the fourth movement , two fairly extended solos by the second and then the first violins, lead to a kind of spontaneous dialogue among the four instrumentalists. Eventually, this musical conversation gets caught up in: The fifth movement's The Rush of Time, which opens with a hushed flurry of speed, precipitates the Finale. It generates, at first slowly, but then very swiftly, whole shifts of rhythmic fields that initially seem to conflict with one another. Ultimately, this use of 'psycho-rhythmics contributes to an on-rush of motion and time. Rhythmic changes are, at times, abruptly precipitated with but little or no preparation creating a kind of inevitability in forward thrust, while the movement rushes forward with a feeling of gradual and continuous acceleration. It gathers density as more and more notes are piled progressively upon successive beats. The attempt is to spark tension and ignite excitement by means of frenetic confrontations of dissimilitudes. Ultimately - with the help of time - these polarities centrifically spin out their own destinies with their accompanying fall-out and own inevitable resolutions.

String Quartet

SKU: SU.29120030

For String Quartet. Composed by Todd Mason. Score & Parts. Subito Music Corporation #29120030. Published by Subito Music Corporation (SU.29120030).

String Quartet No. 2 is in three movements. The 1st movement engages from the opening bar with fast paced, off kilter 7/8 tutti rhythms and sharp-edged harmonies. This is a kind of musical caffeine living between tonal and polytonalism with rich, sliding chords and a haunting middle section reminiscent of Armenian folks tunes. The 2nd movement offers emotional storytelling with clear tonality but with moments of more complex stacked harmonies and tension. The 3rd movement is lively with raw energy. Voices are rapidly interchanged in a dance of weaving motivic development until the satisfying rush of notes to the end.String Quartet Duration: 15' Composed: 2019 Published by: Todd Mason String Quartet No. 2 (Youtube):.

A Swingin' 1940s Holiday Musical for Unison and 2-part Voices. By Steve Herold, Jay Althouse, Sally K. Albrecht. For Choir. (Unison / 2-Part). This edition: Director's Score. Musicals and Programs. Secular. Score. 60 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

A Swingin' 1940s Holiday Musical for Unison and 2-part Voices. By Steve Herold, Jay Althouse, Sally K. Albrecht. For Choir. This edition: Preview Pack. Musicals and Programs. Secular. Book and CD. Published by Alfred Publishing.

(three pieces for snare drum duet: 1. One Big Hocket (2:00) -- 2. Particle Emission (3:45) -- 3. Changing Phases (2:30)). Composed by Sean Patrick Harvey. For Snare Drum Duet (2 players). Percussion Duets. Advanced. Folio and Parts on CD-ROM. 16 pages. Published by Tapspace Publications

From The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. Composed by Alaya High, Dillon Francis, James Rushent, and Jon Lajoie. Arranged by Andy Beck. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Movie; Novelty; Pop. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-47963. Published by Alfred Music

Arranged by Deborah Greenblatt. Violin Duet. For 2 violins. Tunes for Two. Tune book. Standard Notation. 65 pages