SKU: BR.EB-8041
World premiere: Dusseldorf, May 20, 1978
ISBN 9790004174401. 9 x 12 inches.
During the intensive study of Johann Sebastian Bach's Musical Offering for the creation of a commissioned composition for wind trio, I had the idea of writing a larger organ work on the Royal Theme at the same time. This is how the Three Ricercare came into being. They are multi-part fantasies for organ, which - connected by the frequently transformed thematic material of the Musical Offering and the manifoldly reshaped B-A-C-H motif - alternate between free, rapsodic parts on the one hand and strictly structured parts on the other. For my 60th birthday, W. E. v. Lewinski wrote an appreciation under the title: Music in the span between constraint and freedom. This formulation aptly characterizes the new organ work. (Jurg Baur) CD: Martin Herchenroder CD Koch 3-1846-3 H1 Bibliography: Semrau , Arno: Polpyhone Orgelmusik von Johann Sebastian Bach bis Jurg Baur, Augsburg: Wissner 2001, darin besonders pp. 259-304 und 510-532. Richter , Reinhold: Zwischen Tradition und Avantgarde zwischen Zweifel und Hoffnung. Einige Notizen zur Chor- und Orgelmusik von Jurg Baur anlasslich des 85. Geburtstages im vergangenen November, in: Forum Kirchenmusik 54 (2003), Heft 6, pp. 23-31.World premiere: Dusseldorf, May 20, 1978.
SKU: MB.95254BCD
ISBN 9780786628438. UPC: 796279042697. 8.75x11.75 inches. Transcribed by Josquin des Pres.
Johann Sebastian Bach is recognized as one of the world's supremely great musicians. Known primarily as an organist and then only later recognized as a composer, Bach transformed the conventional structures of preludes and fugues. J.S. Bach for Bass will open up a whole new world of phrasing for the aspiring bassist. Selections include Prelude #1 in C Major, Suite #1 in G Major, Partita #2 in D and more. This book is written in notation and tablature. Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
SKU: HL.49017068
ISBN 9790220130557. 9.25x12.0x0.291 inches. English.
Setting Dylan Thomas's evocative yet humble poem 'In my craft or sullen art', Watkins conjures up a beautifully introspective introduction with the use of a simple quintuplet motif which is later transformed into a reflective coda. The main body of the work comprises of two contrasting settings of the poem separated by an extended passage for quartet alone giving the opportunity for some virtuosic and expressive string writing. Commissioned by Nicholas and Judith Goodison, 'In my craft or sullen art' is the final piece in a series of works they commissioned for voice and string quartet.
SKU: HL.44013308
UPC: 888680914677.
The title track to the film of the same name was originally composed by Chuck Mangione. The well-known melody helped make this 1970's jazz and pop legend so famous and popular. Peter Kleine Schaars skilfully transforms this classic film theme into an excellent arrangement for concert band featuring the flute and trumpet.
SKU: HP.8211
UPC: 763628182113. Tom S. Long.
Musical for Young Voices This musical for young voices is adapted from the classic Christmas story Why the Chimes Rang, by Raymond MacDonald Alden. Allen Pote and Tom Long have transformed this inspirational tale of sacrificial love and giving into a moving 30-minute musical program. Easy to perform, it requires a minimum of sets and props and concludes with a nativity pageant in the dramatic final act.
SKU: GI.G-9566
ISBN 9781622773589.
What do coaches, master teachers, and studies of the psychology of learning have to teach us about conducting? It turns out, quite a bit. In this concise yet insightful volume, Richard Sparks draws from years of experience in the professional choral world and from his time teaching at two leading universities to help choral conductors transform their craft and create truly artful experiences. He gains inspiration from legendary college basketball coach John Wooden and shares striking and refreshing parallels between coaching sports teams and conducting music ensembles. Sparks draws equally from research in the fields of teaching and the psychology of learning—and what a conductor can take from those areas as well. Just as an artisan builds a set of skills and learns the tools of the trade, conductors too must build a box of tools to help them learn, understand, and interpret music, lead rehearsals, and conduct. The Conductor’s Toolbox conveniently and succinctly compiles these tools. Highlights include: Assessing yourself and your choir Using modeling Developing good habits in yourself and your choir Learning and teaching new skills Rehearsing more efficiently Teaching fundamental elements of music Selecting repertoire that improves your and your choir’s skills Improving your planning and pacing of rehearsals This book is for the young conductor starting out who wants to build a truly solid craft. It is also for the experienced conductor who wonders how to move to the next level, reenergize, and grow. Richard Sparks was Professor of Music and Chair of Conducting & Ensembles at the University of North Texas from 2009–2019, and he served as Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University from 1983–2001. He has founded and led a number of professional choral organizations and guest conducted ensembles including the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Swedish Radio Choir. Choral Music Skill Building Evaluation Form. This evaluation form, created by Alan Davis and available here as a free PDF download, touches on many of the skill building ideas discussed in The Conductor's Toolbox. A unique and deftly effective instructional reference guide and manual that is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, college, and university library collection, The Conductor's Toolbox should be considered essential reading for anyone seeking a career in orchestral conducting in any form or format. —James A. Cox, Library Bookwatch, October 2019.
SKU: PR.44641341L
UPC: 680160667437. 11 x 17 inches.
I wrote this piece with a darker sonority and an emphasis on lyricism, qualities that I associate with the viola. In the first movement, titled Fantasia, the viola begins with a quiet and free cadenza, becoming more passionate until the woodwinds join in dialogue with the soloist. Gradually the rest of the orchestra enters, exploring ideas from the solo cadenza while introducing a new theme that reappears in the last movement. The second movement is a scherzo, mischievous in mood with the orchestra and viola trading barbed jokes. The antics are interrupted by a brass chorale with embellishment from the viola. The scherzo then resumes with prominent contributions from the bassoons. The last movement, titled Nocturne, plays with different kinds of music associated with the night. A sensual and romantic atmosphere gives way to something more menacing and ultimately violent. After a climax from the full orchestra, soft strings and solo viola lead us into the coda, taking an ambiguous idea from the first movement and transforming it into a lyrical and heartfelt prayer. The concerto ends with the solo viola ascending on the crest of an orchestral wave of sound.
SKU: HL.319977
UPC: 888680973865. 5.0x5.0x0.194 inches.
Normally set in a 3/4 meter, We Three Kings is transformed into a three-section, 4/4 showcase with personality to spare! Syncopated rhythms and spirited dynamic changes will guarantee a surprise hit with your students and audiences!
SKU: HL.1241752
UPC: 196288150732. 9.0x12.0x0.368 inches.
Based on the 1899 novel of the same name, with Book by Daniel Stoddart, Music by Daniel Mertzlufft, and Lyrics by Kate Leonard, Dot and the Kangaroo JR. will lead audiences on a beautiful journey into the world and spirit of Australia. Young, rambunctious Dot longs for an adventure exploring everything the country has to offer. When she finds herself lost and afraid in the darkening Australian bush, Dot befriends a wise mother Kangaroo who enlists the help of Australia's favorite bush creatures to help Dot find her way back home. A charming tale full of quirky Aussie-native characters, Dot and the Kangaroo JR. transforms the endearing story that transfixed generations past into a fresh, new adventure for generations to come. Click here for information on licensing this production.
SKU: LO.10-5793MD
ISBN 9780787779405.
With a laid-back, modern country groove, this stellar song recorded by artist and songwriter Anne Wilson boasts in the transforming power of Jesus! Exciting from beginning to end, this bold arrangement from David Wise will inspire your congregation and your choir will want to sing it again and again!
SKU: WD.080689500091
UPC: 080689500091.
Easter's story is ultimately about changed lives - ordinary people transformed forever by the mercy of a Cross and the victory of an empty tomb. This is the powerful theme of Glorious Day, an impactful new musical from Simply Word that looks at Jesus' life through the eyes of those He touched. Featuring a dynamic mix of recent titles from Casting Crowns and Aaron Shust along with new poignant character-specific songs from Lee Black and Gina Boe, Glorious Day will speak directly to the heart of each individual in your congregation. Marty Hamby has expertly arranged this accessible work so that choirs of all sizes can perform the musical in its entirety or as individual numbers during the Lenten season. Deborah Craig-Claar has written a beautifully-crafted two-person narration as well as providing optional dramatic monologues for Peter, the adulterous woman, and the man born blind. A vibrant accompaniment DVD will offer all the help you need to make Glorious Day an unforgettable experience for your church and community.
SKU: HL.14025816
Richard Wagner's Polonaise for Piano, edited by Arthur D. Walker.
Editorial note:
This Polonaise and Trio in D major for Piano solo was probably written as an excercise when Wagner was studying under Theodor Weinlig in 1830.
Wagner described to Edward Dannreuther much later in his life the teaching methods of Weinlig (Grove I, iv, 347; Musical Times, January 1973, Page 26) The pencil corrections on the autograph, part of which is reproduced in the above-mentioned issue of The Musical Times, may be in Weinlig's hand. The Polonaise was rejected by Wagner, the Trio transformed into a Piano duet, and a new Polonaise for Piano duetwas composed.
SKU: PR.140401330
ISBN 9781491134412. UPC: 680160684939.
Nathaniel Dett was among America’s leading composers in the early 20th century, and MAGNOLIA SUITE is a beautiful example of his rich, hybrid style. Deeply inspired by the music and mission of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Dett’s piano music springs from the late Romantic traditions of florid texture and embellishment, along with programmatic titles and raw emotion. It is notable for melody writing inspired by and paraphrasing African-American song. The 18-minute MAGNOLIA SUITE contains five movements, any of which may also be performed separately. This edition by Lara Downes provides a clean, new engraving that corrects the many errors and unclear indications appearing in the historical printing.Robert Nathaniel Dett was born in a place that was built on freedom. The little village of Drummondville, Ontario was founded by enslaved Africans – Dett’s ancestors among them – who traveled the Underground Railroad out of the American South into Canada. Their journey brought them to a safe haven, a place where fortunes and futures could be transformed in the span of one generation, to lives full of new possibilities. You could call it “the place where the rainbow ends,†which is the title of the last movement of Dett’s Magnolia Suite.When Dett wrote these pieces, he was a young teacher at Lane College in Tennessee, a historically Black college that had been founded in 1882, the year of his birth. A place built on freedom, with the purpose of educating newly-emancipated slaves – a place designed to nurture the blossoming of ideas, the vibrant flowering of minds set free. This music is inspired by the gorgeous splendor of the magnolia blooms on that college campus, and also by the shared histories, experiences, and aspirations of the community that Dett found there.These five pieces pay affectionate tribute to lineage and legacy. They express gratitude for the bittersweet beauties of the present; nostalgia for the past (a bit romanticized, as the past always is); and an effervescent optimism for the future that awaits us in the place where the rainbow ends.
SKU: HL.49018093
ISBN 9783795706753. UPC: 884088519995. 5.75x8.75x1.48 inches. German.
The world famous conductor Marek Janowski is regarded as one of the most important representatives of the classical German orchestra culture. With an unerring ear, clear movements and instinctive musical intelligence, he transforms complex scores into expressive interpretations. To him, precision is the prerequiste for spirited music-making.In this authorized biography, Wolfgang Seifert for the first time portrays the life and work of the conductor who grew up in Nazi Germany as Polish-German war child. After his studies and first employments, he worked as principal conductor in Freiburg, Dortmund and Cologne, Paris, Monte Carlo and Dresden. Today he is director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva and of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra which he turned into one of the leading orchestras in Germany.
SKU: BT.DHP-1094673-030
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) originally composed this work in 1887, as a Pie Jesu, when he was an organist in the St George’s Church in Worcester. Years later, in 1902, he transformed the Pie Jesu into an Ave Verum for soprano and tenor solo, mixed choir and organ. This excellent arrangement was created by Robert van Beringen and skilfully retains the wonderful atmosphere of the original composition. Oorspronkelijk componeerde Edward Elgar (1857-1934) dit werk in 1887 als een Pie Jesu, toen hij organist was in de St. George’s Church in Worcester. Hij schreef het ter nagedachtenis aan de advocaat William Allen, voor wiehij had gewerkt toen hij vijftien jaar oud was. Het Pie Jesu vormde het eerste deel van opus 2 (de andere twee delen waren het Ave Maria en het Ave Maris Stella). Een aantal jaren later, in 1902, transformeerdehij het Pie Jesu tot een Ave Verum voor sopraan- en tenorsolo, gemengd koor en orgel.Deze uitstekende bewerking is van de hand van Robert van Beringen, die de sfeer van de compositie op vakkundige wijze intact heeftgelaten.Diese Musik schrieb Edward Elgar im Jahre 1887, während seiner Zeit als Organist in Worcester, unter dem Titel Pie Jesu als Teil seines Opus 2. Erst Jahre später machte er daraus ein Ave Verum für Sopran- und Tenorsolo, gemischten Chor und Orgel. Robert van Beringen schuf daraus diese ausgezeichnete Bearbeitung, in der die Stimmung des Originals sehr gut wiedergegeben wird. En 1885, Edward Elgar est nommé organiste de l’église Saint-George de Worcester. ce titre, il compose de nombreuses œuvres liturgiques. En 1887, il crée un Pie Jesu, dans le cadre d'un triptyque comprenant aussi un Ave Maria et l’Ave Maria Stella. Il remanie la pièce en 1892, et celle-ci devient alors l’Ave Verum Corpus pour Soprano solo, Ténor solo, Chœur mixte et Orgue (Opus 2, n°1). Robert van Beringen en a réalisé un arrangement délicat et profond.
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