SKU: AP.1-ADV6001
UPC: 805095060010. English.
Each of the four movements in Tango Suite No. 1 has its own profile and poses different challenges to the musicians. The first movement is rubato; the second one is bound to a fixed meter and set up as a multifaceted tale. The third movement can be improvised over an accompanying ostinato; an optional written part is provided. The fourth movement completes the suite with an overview of what has been played in the other movements. Arranged for violin and piano by Hauke Piper.
SKU: HL.26014011
UPC: 884088115357. 8.5x11.0x0.044 inches.
In this carefully scored setting of the best-known movements from Tchaikovsky's classic ballet, Paul Lavender has made this masterpiece accessible to developing bands. Includes: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Elves' Dance, Trepak and Waltz of the Flowers.
SKU: FJ.FJH2347
ISBN 9781619283022. UPC: 241444434796. English.
This set of character pieces encourages student pianists to expand their vision and awareness of dynamic shading, contrasting articulations, touch and expression. Each of the six solos has been carefully crafted to fit the technical ability of the advancing elementary pianist. Each title can be performed as an individual work, or in any combination to create a set, or as a complete suite.This set of character pieces encourages student pianists to expand their vision and awareness of dynamic shading, contrasting articulations, touch and expression. Each of the six solos has been carefully crafted to fit the technical ability of the advancing elementary pianist. Each title can be performed as an individual work, or in any combination to create a set, or as a complete suite.
SKU: BT.ALHE31660
French.
French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded, Jacob's Dreams being no exception. Milhaud's compositions areinfluenced by jazz and polytonality, as exemplified in Jacob's Dreams. Composed in 1949, Jacob's Dreams is a dance suite, written for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass. It is an alternative, exciting suite, based on thedreams of Jacob in the Bible and made up of five movements - 1) Jacob's Pillow, 2) The first dream (the angel's ladder), 3) Prophecy, 4) Second dream (fight with the dark angel and benediction), and 5) Israel (Hymn). Milhaud makesuse of variation in articulation, complex rhythms, chromaticism, accidentals, harmonics, altering tempos, variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura, amongst other aspects. Milhaud's Jacob's Dream is essential to all advancedensembles seeking modern and exciting repertoire.
SKU: HL.14008392
ISBN 9780711936942.
The story centres on the English princess Caroline Mathilde (1751-1775), sister of George III, who at the age of 15 was sent to Denmark to marry the 17-year-old eccentric and schizophrenic Danish King, Christian VII. The ballet portrays her unhappy marriage, the King's growing madness and her fatal love-affair with Struensee, the King's influential physician, which leads to their arrest, his execution and her exile, at the age of 20, separated from her two young children. In keeping with the period, and perhaps also with the traditions of Romantic ballet, the music is relatively simple in harmony and form, and most of the action is conveyed in set-piece dances. The suite, which consists essentially of the second half of Act I, begins with one of these, a bristling interplay of wind and string ensembles in D major, portraying in the ballet a curious nuptial game with the king and princess on movable pedestals. The slow music that follows has to do with the king's healing by Dr. Struensee and the new queen's unquiet reverie (oboe and cor anglais solos). Then the suite, like the act, is capped by a pair of pas-de-deux, the first savage and bizarre for the royal couple, the second rich and passionate for the queen and the miracle-working doctor. Score (miniature). Duration c. 25mins.
SKU: HL.4002362
UPC: 073999376876. 9.0x12.0x0.076 inches.
Hymns by Giovanni de Palestrina pre-date those of Bach by over a century and incorporate the great polyphonic tradition of Renaissance writing. The compositions used in this suite are from a collection published in 1589 titled Hymns of the Entire Year, and incorporate antiphonal choral effects that lend themselves particularly well to instrumental settings. John Moss uses richly contrasting tone colors and textures as well as characteristic modal tonalities in this wonderful setting for band. (3:30).
SKU: HL.48184241
UPC: 888680862893. 9.0x12.0x0.164 inches.
This fabulous volume contains two suites of dance music from the Baroque period in Germany. Featuring some of the most popular and revered composers such as Bach, Bohm, Reusner and Telemann, there are some familiar pieces here along with some rarer example of this genre. Arranged and adapted for Horn and Piano by Richard Stelten, these short pieces serve as fine examples of this exciting and productive time in German music..
SKU: HL.4002888
UPC: 884088403485. 9.0x12.0x0.076 inches.
From his famous Ancient Airs and Dances, 20th-century composer Ottorino Respighi used distinctive melodies from Renaissance composer Jean-Baptiste Besard in this second movement of the third suite. This marvelous adaptation for band retains the authenticity of the original in an attractive yet very playable and unique setting. Dur: 6:00 (Grade 3-1/2).
