Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5

SKU: CF.YAS13F

Composed by Muzio Clementi. Arranged by Douglas Townsend. Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series. Classical. Full score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #YAS13F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YAS13F).

ISBN 9780825848339. UPC: 798408048334. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: G major.

IApart from some of his Sonatinas, Opus 36, Clementi's life and music are hardly known to the piano teachers and students of today. For example, in addition to the above mentioned Sonatinas, Clementi wrote sixty sonatas for the piano, many of them unjustly neglected, although his friend Beethoven regarded some of them very highly. Clementi also wrote symphonies (some of which he arranged as piano sonatas), a substantial number of waltzes and other dances for the piano as well as sonatas and sonatinas for piano four-hands.In addition to composing, Clementi was a much sought after piano teacher, and included among his students John Field (Father of the 'Nocturne'), and Meyerbeer.In his later years, Clementi became a very successful music publisher, publishing among other works the first English edition of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, in the great composer's own arrangement for the piano, as well as some of his string quartets. Clementi was also one of the first English piano manufacturers to make pianos with a metal frame and string them with wire.The Sonatina in C, Opus 36, No. 1 was one of six such works Clementi wrote in 1797. He must have been partial to these little pieces (for which he also provided the fingerings), since they were reissued (without the fingering) by the composer shortly after 1801. About 1820, he issued ''the sixth edition, with considerable improvements by the author;· with fingerings added and several minor changes, among which were that many of them were written an octave higher.IIIt has often been said, generally by those unhampered by the facts, that composers of the past (and, dare we add, the present?), usually handled their financial affairs with their public and publishers with a poor sense of business acumen or common sense. As a result they frequently found themselves in financial straits.Contrary to popular opinion, this was the exception rather than the rule. With the exception of Mozart and perhaps a few other composers, the majority of composers then, as now, were quite successful in their dealings with the public and their publishers, as the following examples will show.It was not unusual for 18th- and 19th-century composers to arrange some of their more popular compositions for different combinations of instruments in order to increase their availability to a larger music-playing public. Telemann, in the introduction to his seventy-two cantatas for solo voice and one melody instrument (flute, oboe or violin, with the usual continua) Der Harmonische Gottesdienst, tor example, suggests that if a singer is not available to perform a cantata the voice part could be played by another instrument. And in the introduction to his Six Concertos and Six Suites for flute, violin and continua, he named four different instrumental combinations that could perform these pieces, and actually wrote out the notes for the different possibilities. Bach arranged his violin concertos for keyboard, and Beethoven not only arranged his Piano Sonata in E Major, Opus 14, No. 1 for string quartet, he also transposed it to the key of F. Brahm's well-known Quintet in F Minor for piano and strings was his own arrangement of his earlier sonata for two pianos, also in F Minor.IIIWe come now to Clementi. It is well known that some of his sixty piano sonatas were his own arrangements of some of his lost symphonies, and that some of his rondos for piano four-hands were originally the last movements of his solo sonatas or piano trios.In order to make the first movement of his delightful Sonatina in C, Opus 36, No. 1 accessible to young string players, I have followed the example established by the composer himself by arranging and transposing one of his piano compositions from one medium (the piano) to another. (string instruments). In order to simplify the work for young string players, in the process of adapting it to the new medium it was necessary to transpose it from the original key of C to G, thereby doing away with some of the difficulties they would have encountered in the original key. The first violin and cello parts are similar to the right- and left-hand parts of the original piano version. The few changes I have made in these parts have been for the convenience of the string players, but in no way do they change the nature of the music.Since the original implied a harmonic framework in many places, I have added a second violin and viola part in such a way that they not only have interesting music to play, but also fill in some of the implied harmony without in any way detracting from the composition's musical value. Occasionally, it has been necessary to raise or lower a few passages an octave or to modify others slightly to make them more accessible for young players.It is hoped that the musical value of the composition has not been too compromised, and that students and teachers will come to enjoy this little piece in its new setting as much as pianists have in the original one. This arrangement may also be performed by a solo string quartet. When performed by a string orchestra, the double bass part may be omitted.- Douglas TownsendString editing by Amy Rosen.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels

Version of the Piano Sonata, Op. 14, No. 1 - Revised Edition - for 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by E. Herttrich. String Quartets. Pages: Parts - Vl I = 67* Vl II = 59 * Va = 58 * Vc = 54. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.

By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Donald Martino. For Bb Clarinet, Piano. This edition: Score - Piano, Clarinet Part. Baroque. Grade 5-6. Sheet Music

Woodwinds (solo: pno - 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.0.0 - timp - str)

SKU: BR.OB-3210-30

Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. Composed by Johannes Brahms. Orchestra; Folder. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). EB 6043 is printed in score form; two copies are needed for performance. Have a look into study score PB 3654. Solo concerto; Romantic. Set of parts. 90 pages. Duration 43'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 3210-30. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-3210-30).

ISBN 9790004300749. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Johannes Brahms' first Piano Concerto was the fruit of a complex, protracted, and extremely trying creative process. Its origin goes back to a sonata in D minor for two pianos conceived in spring 1854. The impulse for the creation of the main subject was however a shocking event: According to Joseqph Joachim, the theme originated after hearing about Schumanns suicide attempt. A few months earlier, Schumann had revealed Brahms to the musical world in his essay New Paths. In this article, Brahms is extolled as the musician who is called to give expression to the feeling of his times in an ideal fashion. The unusually rapid genesis of the D-minor sonata and its prevailingly dark, monumental mood can be interpreted as an impassioned compositional response to Schumann's suicide attempt. However, the year-long struggle to arrive at the final form of the work should perhaps also be seen in the context of the resounding praise of Schumann's prophetic article. Brahms undoubtly felt a growing inner pressure to live up to the expectations aroused therein.Together with Clara Schumann, Brahms played the three so far existing movements of the sonata, but he was very self-critical. He felt that he had not been able to realize the monumentality he had envisioned, and which Clara Schumann felt, by merely doubling the piano sound. He soon decided to transform the sonata into a symphony (his first orchestral project). However, this idea did not seem to fit his vision either. Only in spring 1855 did he strike upon the definitive solution: a piano concerto. With Brahms as soloist, this concerto premiered in 1859, though he initially had little success. He wrote to Joachim about one of the first performances that the concerto was a brilliant and unmistakable - failure. This hardly surprised Brahms, for he was undoubtedly aware of the newness of the work, which surpassed the expectations of the audience. The work's complex structure and symphonic dimensions, the solo part's rejection of showy, elegant brilliance, and the uniquely Brahmsian orchestral density it maintains throughout; all of these qualities inevitably exasperated audiences at first - until they raised this work to the ranks of the most celebrated concertos of all time.

Orchestra string orchestra - Grade 3.5

SKU: KJ.SO126F

Composed by Kirt Mosier. String Tracks. Score. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #SO126F. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.SO126F).

This lively, contrapuntal movement from Telemann's Sonata No.1 exposes students to music of the Baroque Era. Performed at the 2008 Midwest Clinic.

Urtext der Neuen Mozart-Ausgabe. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Christoph Wolff. For Instrument. Neue Bach-Ausgabe. Serie VIII, Band 1. Collection; Score; Urtext Edition; Complete Edition (cloth bound). Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA5042 01)

(Woodwind Solos and Ensemble/Alto Saxophone And Piano). By Anderson, Garland. Alto Sax. Woodwind Solos and Ensembles - Alto Saxophone. Southern Music. Grade 4. 32 pages. Southern Music Company #SS816. Published by Southern Music Company

Orchestra 2.2.2.2: 4.2.0.0: Timp: Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set): Solo Piano

SKU: AP.36-A134548

Composed by Johannes Brahms. Arranged by Clinton Nieweg and Robert Sutherland. This edition: Kalmus Orchestra Library. Full Orchestra; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Kalmus Orchestra Library. Part(s). LudwigMasters Publications #36-A134548. Published by LudwigMasters Publications (AP.36-A134548).

UPC: 735816434267. English.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in 1858 and performed the work's debut in Hanover, Germany, in 1859, to mixed reviews. The work initially began as a sonata for two pianos, then a four-movement symphony. Under the counsel of friends Julius Otto Grimm and violinist Joseph Joachim, Brahms landed on a three-movement piano concerto. After its fifth performance in December 1861, with Clara Schumann as piano soloist, the work still received mixed audience reception. It has since grown in popularity and has been recognized as a masterpiece. Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2: 4.2.0.0: Timp: Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set): Solo Piano.

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For Flute/Piccolo, Oboe, Bassoon, Trombone (Tenor/Bass), Violin, and Contrabass. By PDQ Bach. Edited by Professor Peter Schickele. Text: Professor Peter Schickele. Mixed chamber ensemble. For Piccolo, Trombone. Score and parts. S 50% off. 36 pages. Duration 19:00. Published by Theodore Presser Company.

(1.3.0.1/0.0.0.0,ob d'Amore,ob da Caccia,va da gamba,cem,str=1-1-1.1.1-1.0)

SKU: TM.01536SC

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Score. Lucks Music Library #A3032. Published by Lucks Music Library (TM.01536SC).

Does not incl #12 Trio Sonata (see #650-5603). No. 1 Ricercar, No. 2 Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium, No. 3 Canon 1 a 2, No. 4 Canon 2 a 2 Violini in Unisono, No. 5 Canon 3 a 2 per Motum contrarium, No. 6 Canon 4 a 2 per Augmentationem contrario Motu, No. 7 Canon 5 a 2, No. 8 Fuga canonica in Epidiapente, No. 9 Ricercar a 6, No. 10 Canon a 2 Quaerendo invenietis, No. 11 Canon a 4, No. 12 Sonata Siehe die gesondert beiliegende Stimme, No. 13 Canon perpetuus.