SKU: SU.26180060
These five short pieces for solo piano were inspired by five different poems. 1. June-bug Serenade by E.E Cumming's poem spring omnipotent goddess thou dost. 2. Shadow No More by James Wright's The Shadow and the Real. 3. Demon Cloud by Edgar Allan Poe's Alone. 4. A Trace by Joseph Brodsky's Seven Strophes. 5. The Jolly Mortals by Robert Burns's See the smoking bowl before us. Five for Piano is dedicated to the memory of pianist Rowland Sturges (1917-2007), my teacher and friend, and the work's premiere performance was given by pianist Blair McMillen. Piano Duration: 10' Composed: 2006 Published by: WMC Music.
SKU: PR.165001000
ISBN 9781491129241. UPC: 680160669776. 9 x 12 inches.
Commissioned for a consortium of high school and college bands in the north Dallas region, FOR THEMYSTIC HARMONY is a 10-minute inspirational work in homage to Norwood and Elizabeth Dixon,patrons of the Fort Worth Symphony and the Van Cliburn Competition. Welcher draws melodic flavorfrom five American hymns, spirituals, and folk tunes of the 19th century. The last of these sources toappear is the hymn tune For the Beauty of the Earth, whose third stanza is the quatrain: “For the joy of earand eye, For the heart and mind’s delight, For the mystic harmony, Linking sense to sound and sight,â€giving rise to the work’s title.This work, commissioned for a consortium of high school bands in the north Dallas area, is my fifteenth maturework for wind ensemble (not counting transcriptions). When I asked Todd Dixon, the band director whospearheaded this project, what kind of a work he most wanted, he first said “something that’s basically slow,†butwanted to leave the details to me. During a long subsequent conversation, he mentioned that his grandparents,Norwood and Elizabeth Dixon, were prime supporters of the Fort Worth Symphony, going so far as to purchase anumber of high quality instruments for that orchestra. This intrigued me, so I asked more about his grandparentsand was provided an 80-page biographical sketch. Reading that article, including a long section about theirdevotion to supporting a young man through the rigors of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition fora number of years, moved me very much. Norwood and Elizabeth Dixon weren’t just supporters of the arts; theywere passionate lovers of music and musicians. I determined to make this work a testament to that love, and tothe religious faith that sustained them both. The idea of using extant hymns was also suggested by Todd Dixon,and this 10-minute work is the result.I have employed existing melodies in several works, delving into certain kinds of religious music more than a fewtimes. In seeking new sounds, new ways of harmonizing old tunes, and the contrapuntal overlaying of one tunewith another, I was able to make works like ZION (using 19th-century Revivalist hymns) and LABORING SONGS(using Shaker melodies) reflect the spirit of the composers who created these melodies, without sounding likepastiches or medleys. I determined to do the same with this new work, with the added problem of employingmelodies that were more familiar. I chose five tunes from the 19th century: hymns, spirituals, and folk-tunes.Some of these are known by differing titles, but they all appear in hymnals of various Christian denominations(with various titles and texts). My idea was to employ the tunes without altering their notes, instead using aconstantly modulating sense of harmony — sometimes leading to polytonal harmonizations of what are normallysimple four-chord hymns.The work begins and ends with a repeated chime on the note C: a reminder of steeples, white clapboard churchesin the country, and small church organs. Beginning with a Mixolydian folk tune of Caribbean origin presentedtwice with layered entrances, the work starts with a feeling of mystery and gentle sorrow. It proceeds, after along transition, into a second hymn that is sometimes connected to the sea (hence the sensation of water andwaves throughout it). This tune, by John B. Dykes (1823-1876), is a bit more chromatic and “shifty†than mosthymn-tunes, so I chose to play with the constant sensation of modulation even more than the original does. Atthe climax, the familiar spiritual “Were you there?†takes over, with a double-time polytonal feeling propelling itforward at “Sometimes it causes me to tremble.â€Trumpets in counterpoint raise the temperature, and the tempo as well, leading the music into a third tune (ofunknown provenance, though it appears with different texts in various hymnals) that is presented in a sprightlymanner. Bassoons introduce the melody, but it is quickly taken up by other instruments over three “verses,â€constantly growing in orchestration and volume. A mysterious second tune, unrelated to this one, interrupts it inall three verses, sending the melody into unknown regions.The final melody is “For the Beauty of the Earth.†This tune by Conrad Kocher (1786-1872) is commonly sung atThanksgiving — the perfect choice to end this work celebrating two people known for their generosity.Keeping the sense of constant modulation that has been present throughout, I chose to present this hymn in threegrowing verses, but with a twist: every four bars, the “key†of the hymn seems to shift — until the “Lord of all, toThee we praise†melody bursts out in a surprising compound meter. This, as it turns out, was the “mystery tuneâ€heard earlier in the piece. After an Ivesian, almost polytonal climax, the Coda begins over a long B( pedal. At first,it seems to be a restatement of the first two phrases of “For the Beauty†with long spaces between them, but it soonchanges to a series of “Amen†cadences, widely separated by range and color. These, too, do not conform to anykey, but instead overlay each other in ways that are unpredictable but strangely comforting.The third verse of “For the Beauty of the Earth†contains this quatrain:“For the joy of ear and eye, –For the heart and mind’s delightFor the mystic harmonyLinking sense to sound and sightâ€and it was from this poetry that I drew the title for the present work. It is my hope that audiences and performerswill find within it a sense of grace: more than a little familiar, but also quite new and unexpected.
SKU: HL.1219810
ISBN 9781705195604. UPC: 196288141877. 8.5x11.0x0.064 inches. Isaiah 7:14, Luke 2:1-20, Matthew 1:23.
Designed for younger or combined elementary-age choirs, “When Jesus Was Born!†contains five songs for Advent and Christmas. Present the songs as a delightful mini-musical or sing them as seasonal stand-alone anthems. An age-appropriate script plus flexible suggestions for sets, props, staging, costumes, and cast assignments are provided. Digital downloads include lesson plans, accompaniment and performance tracks, and reproducible singers' pages. Songs include: “There's a New Song in the Air!†(Advent), “There Was No Room†(Advent/Christmas), “Go, Tell It On the Mountain†(Christmas), “We Must Follow†(Christmas/Epiphany), “O Come, All Ye Faithful†(Christmas) Also available for Younger Elementary choirs: “Sing and Celebrate!†(35028238); “Sing and Celebrate 2!†(35028755); “Sing and Celebrate 3!†(35029219); “Sing and Celebrate 4!†(35029809); “Sing and Celebrate 5!†(35030476); “Sing and Celebrate 6!†(35031059); “Sing and Celebrate 7!†(35031739); “Sing and Celebrate 8!†(35032293); “Sing and Celebrate 9!†(00295391); “Sing and Celebrate 10!†(00300251); “This Is the Day! Five Songs for the Church Year†(00527053).
SKU: SU.12800040
BachScholar Edition Vol. 40: SIGHT-READING & HARMONY: GRADES 3-4 (Early Intermediate) (12 pages) is a short and practical book that presents forty-eight selected sight-reading excerpts and two sample exams taken from Sight-Reading & Harmony (Complete Edition). It is the second volume of five in Sight-Reading & Harmony’s Sight-Reading Only Edition series, created specifically for piano and organ teachers and students who wish to concentrate on sight-reading only without being burdened by the technical exercises and musical theory covered in the extensive, 220-page Sight-Reading & Harmony (Complete Edition). Ideal for students of all ages of early intermediate to intermediate levels, college and university classes, keyboard & theory group classes, piano and organ teachers and students, and self-learners. Keyboard Published by: BachScholar.
SKU: FG.55011-648-1
ISBN 9790550116481.
Lars Karlsson's Five Aphorisms (1973, originally for piano) combines playful characters with long-lined melodies. Kari Jamback's arrangement for flute and guitar is suitable also for pedagogical use. The set includes a full score and separate parts. Duration c. 6' 1. Prelude 2. Romans 3. Humoresque 4. Canon 5. Final.
SKU: ST.H407
ISBN 9790220219153.
1st perf (1, 3 and 4): Ian Pace, Cheltenham Town Hall, 16 November 1998 (Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts Series). 1st perf (2): Michael Finnissy, Small Hall, Union of Composers, Moscow, 28 November 1997. 1st perf (5): Joanna MacGregor, Young Composers' Award Workshop, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 27 November 1991 1st broadcast perf (5): Michael Finnissy, Sofia New Music Festival, October 1996 (Radio Bulgaria) The presence of a major new composer on the musical scene was signalled by the premiere of Morgan Hayes' Viscid at the 1997 Park Lane Group Young Artists Concert Series. Critics responded warmly to its colour, vitality, and strong individuality. The same qualities are found in Five Distressed Surfaces, a collection of fascinating character studies that also reflect the composer's skills as a pianist and improvisor. Though not intended to be played as a suite, the individual pieces are linked by a concern with visual, plastic and even tactile sources of inspiration, and by a quietly disruptive humour.
... Morgan Hayes' piano works, Flaking Yellow Stucco and Le Lardon, were elegantly explosive in [Stephen] Gutman's performances.
SKU: BT.EMBZ20084
English-Hungarian.
Bartók's Mikrokosmos has been one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire for 80 years - and yet it is also far more than a classical piano primer. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition - from Imitation and Inversion, Ostinato, and Free Variations, concerning compositional technique, to mood pieces and pieces with programmatic ideas such as Notturno, Boating, From the Diary of a Fly, or the famous Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. Mikrokosmos first appeared in 1940 in six volumes. Based on volume 40 of the Bartók CompleteEdition published in 2020(Z. 15040), the present Urtext edition offers the series gathered in three volumes. This edition includes Bartók's preface, exercises, and notes written for the first edition. Furthermore, it also features a preface and comments by the editor, which not only discuss the genesis and the compositional sources but also provide performers, teachers and pupils alike, with authentic and detailed information about Bartók's notation and the specific performing problems of Mikrokosmos.
SKU: DZ.DZ-4120
ISBN 9782898520372.
This fourth booklet is dedicated to ensemble playing through five trios and three quartets of various styles (tango, ballad, rock, etc.) appropriate for the end of primary school with a few years of experience and the beginning of secondary school. Some pieces are written in a homorhythmic manner and can constitute an introduction to ensemble music, while others are rather polyrhythmic. They can constitute a first contact with the following techniques and effects: staccato, pizzicato, accent, louré, natural harmonic, percussion or crossed strings. This volume is therefore intended for guitarists who already know the notes in first position. Two pieces include a more advanced part with an introduction to playing in 5th position. These are short pieces that do not present technical challenges other than those allowing you to achieve the effects and play expressively.You will find in the scores indications of nuances, timbre, attack and fingerings which constitute suggestions for work and not prescriptions. Teachers and students are therefore invited to make interpretation choices different from those proposed or to try to convincingly render those already written.The pieces were composed or arranged by UQAM music education students as part of a course aimed at equipping musicians for teaching guitar in the school system. Many of them are musicians from different backgrounds (composition, performance, world music, etc.), which explains the creativity found in the pieces. All the pieces have been the subject of an audio recording available on the Productions dâÂÂOz website and on YouTube. Search for àvos guitares, prêt, joue! Vol. 4.Isabelle Héroux, editor, professor, Department of Music, UQAM.Louis-Edouard Thouin-Poppe, assistant editor, arranger and engraver.Ce quatrième cahier est consacré au jeu en ensemble grâce àcinq trios et trois quatuors de styles variés (tango, ballade, rockâ¦) appropriés pour la fin du primaire avec quelques années dâÂÂexpérience et le début du secondaire. Certaines pièces sont écrites de manière homorythmique et peuvent constituer une initiation àla musique dâÂÂensemble, alors que dâÂÂautres sont plutôt polyrythmiques. Elles peuvent constituer un premier contact avec les techniques et effets suivants : staccato, pizzicato, accent, louré, harmonique naturelle, percussion ou cordes croisées. Ce volume sâÂÂadresse donc aux guitaristes qui connaissent déjàles notes en première position. Deux pièces comportent une partie plus avancée avec une initiation au jeu en Ve position. Ce sont des pièces courtes qui ne présentent pas de défis techniques outre ceux permettant de réaliser les effets et de jouer de manière expressive. Vous trouverez dans les partitions des indications de nuances, de timbre, dâÂÂattaque et de doigtés qui constituent des suggestions de travail et non des prescriptions. Ainsi, les enseignants et les élèves sont invités àfaire des choix dâÂÂinterprétation différents de ceux qui sont proposés ou àtenter de rendre de manière convaincante ceux déjàécrits.Les pièces ont été composées ou arrangées par des étudiants en enseignement de la musique de lâÂÂUQAM dans le cadre dâÂÂun cours qui vise àoutiller les musiciens pour lâÂÂenseignement de la guitare dans le système scolaire. Beaucoup dâÂÂentre eux sont des musiciens provenant dâÂÂhorizons différents (composition, interprétation, musique du monde, etc.) ce qui explique la créativité que lâÂÂon retrouve dans les pièces. Toutes les pièces ont fait lâÂÂobjet dâÂÂun enregistrement audio disponible sur le site des Productions dâÂÂOz et sur YouTube. Recherchez àvos guitares, prêts, jouez! Vol. 4.Isabelle Héroux, éditrice, professeure, Département de musique, UQAM.Louis-Edouard Thouin-Poppe, assistant éditeur, arrangeur et graveur.
SKU: HL.14022974
ISBN 9788759850947. 8.25x11.75x0.137 inches. English.
The purpose of this critical revision of Carl Nielsen's Five Piano Pieces is to present a score which accurately reflects the composer's intentions and musical ideas, and to provide a guide for understanding the composition within the context of Nielsen's artistic and intellectual development. The piece is scored for Piano solo.
SKU: FG.55011-906-2
ISBN 9790550119062.
Harri Wessman's Summer Variations for viola and piano (1998) exploites the rich and romantic sound of the viola and enjoys the many shades of summer days. It is dedicated to violist Yuri Gandelsman, who premiered the suite with Risto Lauriala 15th June 1998.Duration: c. 11'Movements:1. Summer theme2. What is this?3. Pizzicato4. Con sordino5. Stile concitato ostinato6. Tango7. FinaleHarri Wessman (b. 1949) is interested in all aspects of music that may be expressive, without in any way ignoring the possibilities of melody. He himself describes his harmonic method as a kind of contrapuntally treated jazz harmony. Wessman is particularly preoccupied with the ability of music to express emotions, an interest which has led him to study the so-called doctrine of the affections and the musical rhetoric of the baroque era. His Eine kleine Figurenlehre for wind quartet and piano is a playful application of a set of baroque musical figures.His output is dominated by chamber and vocal music as well as a number of concertos for various instruments such as the Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra and the Serenade for Piano and String Orchestra. During recent years pedagogic music has become a more and more central area in his output with an emphasis on creating repertoire for budding musicians, from beginners to young professionals. He has even tailored some solo and chamber works for young musicians that he personally knows: e.g. Five Trombone Pieces for Minna Kajander (1992), Five Horn Pieces for Jenni Kuronen (1993), Five Piano Etudes for Tiina Karakorpi, Five Trumpet Pieces for Alevtina Parland and Five Double Bass Pieces for Amanda Thieme. Other chamber and solo pieces include Pan and the Nymph Pitys (1979) for flute and guitar, Three Caprices for Konstantin Weitz (1994) for solo violin and Capriccio for wind ensemble (1989).
SKU: AP.1-ADV7454
UPC: 805095074543. English.
This suite includes five separate movements that present an authentic Latin musical form. Although the fifth movement, a samba, begins and ends in compound 3/2 meter, it swings and sways, employing complex and contrapuntal harmonies, rhythms, and percussive accents. The baritone sax provides a soloistic bass line throughout.
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