Cello, Viola, Violin, String Quartet

SKU: HL.14026541

Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. 12 pages. Music Sales #KP01185. Published by Music Sales (HL.14026541).

ISBN 9788759874226. 9.5x14.25x0.058 inches. Danish.

String Quartet No.1 - 'Quartetto Breve' (1952) by Per Norgard. Programme note:  The spectrum of sound, the gesticulation - in short, the very nature of the strings - has always had a central place in my output, demonstrated by the numbers of string quartets, concertos with string soloist, chamber and solo works. The interest dates back to my school years, when I was fortunate to be able to compose for a cello-playing schoolmate and to accompany him on the piano. I discovered then the innumerable nuances of sound and playing varieties offered by just one bow, four strings and five fingers..  My first string quartet - Quartetto Breve - has a firm root in the Nordictradition and is strongly inspired by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and my teacher Vagn Holmboe (1909-96).  Per Norgard (1998) .

Chamber Music Cello, Clarinet, Piano, Violin

SKU: PR.144407280

Composed by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Set of Score and Parts. 20+8+8+8 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Merion Music #144-40728. Published by Merion Music (PR.144407280).

ISBN 9781491136607. UPC: 680160680047.

Faced with the same instrumentation as Messiaen’s iconic Quartet for the End of Time, composed in a POW camp during World War II, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich was moved to give voice to those less fortunate prisoners who would never return home. Zwilich’s chilling memorial quotes music created in concentration camps, drawing on two short excerpts to create an artistic view of a death march and song of grieving.
The German word “Abgang” has an innocent meaning of “exit,” but the Nazis used it as a signal that concentration camp prisoners were there to be sent off and murdered.My first movement, Abgang, is based on two musical fragments. It begins with a quote of a Hebraic melody that Viktor Ullmann used as a basis for variations in his Piano Sonata No. 7 that he was working on while in Theresienstadt. Next is a short quote of a fox trot that was arranged by a composer (only identified by his prisoner-number) for performance in Auschwitz. What follows is a purely musical, but deeply personal exploration.After finishing the movement, I felt it necessary to add a second movement, Kaddish, which is a prayer recited in mourning, without a single mention of death, but celebrating God, peace, and life. The Kaddish appears in the score and parts in an English translation (along with some Aramaic). It is not meant to be spoken or sung, but to guide the performers in giving meaning to the musical phrases.

2-part equal voices, 2-part mixed voices, piano accompaniment - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-9957

Composed by Wayland Rogers. Children. Global Encounters for Young Choirs. Music Education. 8 pages. GIA Publications #9957. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9957).

UPC: 785147995708. English. Text by Kazuaki Tanahashi.

In my opinion our world is currently in great need of reestablishing strong connections one to another, be it with family and friends, neighbors and strangers, nations and nations, or with those of different cultures and religions. In his important book, I and Thou, philosopher-theologian Martin Buber says that the most meaningful life is centered on relationship. As a musician, I felt compelled to express the I-THOU thesis through the human voice. In searching for the right words to express this sentiment, I was fortunate to find Kazuaki Tanahashi’s eloquent poem, “Encounter.” Mr. Tanahashi is a poet, Zen artist, scholar and peace activist.  This combined-voices version has been adapted from an SATB scoring that features prominently in the original song cycle, I-THOU, written for vocal quartet, commissioned and premiered in 2018 by Fourth Coast Ensemble in Chicago. —Wayland Rogers About the Series: Doreen Rao, 2019 Robert Shaw Award recipient, launches her culturally inclusive choral series, Global Encounters for Young Voices, featuring accessible treble- and mixed-voice works for developing choirs.

. By Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Kenneth Cooper. For solo piano. First edition. With performance notes. Part. Published by International Music Co.