A Traditional Tale Told Anew. By Brian Fisher, Andy Beck. Children's Musicals and Programs. Choral. CD only - No Sheet Music included. Published by Alfred Publishing.

by Mel Bay. For all guitars. Modern Guitar Method. All styles, solos & duets. Level: Multiple Levels. Book. Method. Size 8.75x11.75. 320 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

Composed by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Edited by Peter Jost. For Piano. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. G. Henle #HN1295. Published by G. Henle

(Hal Leonard Student Piano Library) Written by Barbara Kreader, Fred Kern, Phillip Keveren. For piano. Includes piano solo book and instructional book. With instructional text and illustrations. Instructional and children's. 32 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. Composed by Various. Educational Piano Library. Instruction, Recital, Method. Softcover Audio Online. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(21 Piano Solos). Composed by William L. Gillock. For Piano. Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. Festival of Favorites. Intermediate. Book. 28 pages. Published by Alfred Music

A Traditional Tale Told Anew. By Andy Beck And Brian Fisher. Childrens Musicals and Programs. Choral. Singers Edition and Preview CD. Published by Alfred Publishing.
Level: Late Elementary.

A Traditional Tale Told Anew. By Brian Fisher, Andy Beck. For Choir. Children's Musicals and Programs. Choral. Level: Late Elementary. Director's Score and 10 Singer's Editions. Published by Alfred Publishing.

(TB BR)

SKU: HL.49041681

Textbuch (Italienisch-Deutsch). Composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Edited by Kurt Pahlen. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Paperback. Serie Musik. Giuseppe Verdis Oper Rigoletto, die tragische Geschichte des gleichnamigen buckligen Hofnarren, liegt hier im vollstandigen italienischen Textbuch nebst der an den meisten deutschen Opernhausern verwendeten Ubertragung mit zahlreichen Notenbeispielen vor. Text book/libretto. 238 pages. Duration 120'. Schott Music #SEM 8025. Published by Schott Music (HL.49041681).

ISBN 9783254080257. 4.75x7.5x0.416 inches. Italian - German.

Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Rigoletto', the tragic story of the eponymous hunchbacked court jester, is now published with the complete Italian libretto as well as the translation used by most German opera-houses, including numerous music examples. Kurt Pahlen comments on the work with music-related references as well explanations on the external and internal action. A summary of the plot and a brief outline of the genesis bring 'Rigoletto' into relation with the composer's entire oeuvre and his life, thus providing comprehensive, richly illustrated information on this opera.

By Eugenie R. Rocherolle. Piano. Level: Intermediate. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

Concert band - Grade 3

SKU: MH.1-59913-054-8

Composed by Bob Margolis. Suitable for advanced middle school, high school, community and college bands. Conductor score and set of parts. Duration 4:45. Published by Manhattan Beach Music (MH.1-59913-054-8).

ISBN 9781599130545.

Royal Coronation Dances is the first sequel to the Fanfare Ode & Festival, both being settings of dance music originally arranged by Gervaise in the mid 16th-century (the next sequel is The Renaissance Fair, which uses music of Susato and Praetorius). Fanfare Ode & Festival has been performed by many tens of thousands of students, both in high school and junior high school. I have heard that some of them are amazed that the music they are playing was first played and danced to over 400 years ago. Some students tend to think that music started with Handel and his Messiah to be followed by Beethoven and his Fifth Symphony, with naught in between or before of consequence. Although Royal Coronation Dances is derived from the same source as Fanfare Ode & Festival, they are treated in different ways. I envisioned this new suite programmatically -- hence the descriptive movement titles, which I imagined to be various dances actually used at some long-ago coronation. The first movement depicts the guests, both noble and common, flanked by flag and banner bearers, arriving at the palace to view the majestic event. They are festive, their flags swirling the air, their cloaks brightly colored. In the second movement, the queen in stately measure moves to take her place on the throne as leader and protector of the realm. In the third movement, the jesters of the court entertain the guests with wild games of sport. Musically, there are interesting sonorities to recreate. Very special attention should be given to the tambourine/tenor drum part in the first movement. Their lively rhythms give the movement its power. Therefore they should be played as distinctly and brilliantly as possible. The xylophone and glockenspiel add clarity, but must not be allowed to dominate. Observe especially the differing dynamics; the intent is to allow much buzzing bass to penetrate. The small drum (starting at meas. 29) should be played expressively, with attention to the notated articulations, with the brass light and detached, especially in a lively auditorium. It is of some further interest that the first dance is extremely modal. The original is clearly in G mixolydian mode (scale: G-A-B-C-D-E-F-G). However, other editors might put in F-sharps in many places (changing the piece almost to G major), in the belief that such ficta would have been automatically put in by the 16th-century performers as they played. I doubt it. I have not only eschewed these within the work, but even at the cadences. So this arrangement is most distinctly modal (listen to the F-naturals in meas. 22 and 23, for instance), with all the part-writing as Gervaise wrote it. In the second movement, be careful that things do not become too glued together. In the 16th century this music might have been played by a consort of recorders, instruments very light of touch and sensitive to articulation. Concert band can easily sound heavy, and although this movement has been scored for tutti band, it must not sound it. It is essential, therefore, that you hear all the instruments, with none predominating. Only when each timbre can be heard separately and simultaneously will the best blend occur, and consequently the greatest transparency. So aim for a transparent, spacious tutti sound in this movement. Especially have the flutes, who do this so well, articulate rather sharply, so as to produce a chiffing sound, and do not allow the quarter-notes to become too tied together in the entire band. The entrance of the drums (first tenor, then bass) are events and as such should be audible. Incidentally, this movement begins in F Major and ends in D Minor: They really didn't care so much about those things then. The third movement (one friend has remarked that it is the most Margolisian of the bunch, but actually I am just getting subtler, I hope) again relies upon the percussion (and the scoring) to make its points. Xylophone in this movement is meant to be distinctly audible. Therefore, be especially sure that the xylophone player is secure in the part, and also that the tambourine and toms sound good. This movement must fly or it will sink, so rev up the band and conduct it in 1 for this mixolydian jesting. I suppose the wildly unrelated keys (clarinets and then brass at the end) would be a good 16th-century joke, but to us, our put-up-the-chorus-a-half-step ears readily accept such shenanigans. Ensemble instrumentation: 1 Full Score, 1 Piccolo, 4 Flute 1, 4 Flute 2 & 3, 2 Oboe 1 & 2, 2 Bassoon 1 & 2, 1 Eb Clarinet, 4 Bb Clarinet 1, 4 Bb Clarinet 2, 4 Bb Clarinet 3, 2 Eb Alto Clarinet, 1 Eb Contra Alto Clarinet, 3 Bb Bass & Bb Contrabass Clarinet, 2 Eb Alto Saxophone 1, 2 Eb Alto Saxophone 2, 2 Bb Tenor Saxophone, 2 Eb Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb Trumpet 1, 3 Bb Trumpet 2, 3 Bb Trumpet 3, 4 Horn in F 1 & 2, 2 Trombone 1, 4 Trombone 2 & 3, 3 Euphonium (B.C.), 2 Euphonium (T.C.), 4 Tuba, 1 String Bass, 1 Timpani (optional), 2 Xylophone & Glockenspiel, 5 Percussion.