SKU: PR.16500092L
UPC: 680160039531. 11 x 17 inches.
Zion is the third and final installment of a series of works for Wind Ensemble inspired by national parks in the western United States, collectively called Three Places in the West. As in the other two works (The Yellowstone Fires and Arches), it is my intention to convey more an impression of the feelings I've had in Zion National Park in Utah than an attempt at pictorial description. Zion is a place with unrivalled natural grandeur, being a sort of huge box canyon in which the traveler is constantly overwhelmed by towering rock walls on every side of him -- but it is also a place with a human history, having been inhabited by several tribes of native Americans before the arrival of the Mormon settlers in the mid-19th century. By the time the Mormons reached Utah, they had been driven all the way from New York State through Ohio and, with tragic losses, through Missouri. They saw Utah in general as a place nobody wanted, but they were nonetheless determined to keep it to themselves. Although Zion Canyon was never a Mormon Stronghold, the people who reached it and claimed it (and gave it its present name) had been through extreme trials. It is the religious fervor of these persecuted people that I was able to draw upon in creating Zion as a piece of music. There are two quoted hymns in the work: Zion's Walls (which Aaron Copland adapted to his own purposes in both is Old American Songs and the opera The Tender Land) and Zion's Security, which I found in the same volume in which Copland found Zion's Walls -- that inexhaustible storehouse of 19th-century hymnody called The Sacred Harp. My work opens with a three-verse setting of Zion's Security, a stern tune in F-sharp minor which is full of resolve. (The words of this hymn are resolute and strong, rallying the faithful to be firm, and describing the city of our God they hope to establish). This melody alternates with a fanfare tune, whose origins will be revealed in later music, until the second half of the piece begins: a driving rhythmic ostinato based on a 3/4-4/4 alternating meter scheme. This pauses at its height to restate Zion's Security one more time, in a rather obscure setting surrounded by freely shifting patterns in the flutes, clarinets, and percussion -- until the sun warms the ground sufficiently for the second hymn to appear. Zion's Walls is set in 7/8, unlike Copland's 9/8-6/8 meters (the original is quite strange, and doesn't really fit any constant meter), and is introduced by a warm horn solo. The two hymns vie for attention from here to the end of the piece, with the glowingly optimistic Zion's Walls finally achieving prominence. The work ends with a sense of triumph and unbreakable spirit. Zion was commissioned in 1994 by the wind ensembles of the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Oklahoma. It is dedicated to the memory of Aaron Copland.
SKU: 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.
SKU: HL.4002119
UPC: 073999263251. 11x17 inches.
This large-scale three-movement work, commissioned by Ray Cramer and the Indiana University Wind Ensemble, embodies the transformation of silence into sound. The opening movement is sparse, utilizing mallet percussion, harp, and piano to create a floating sense of timelessness. Featuring extensive solo flute, this floating texture gradually builds over several minutes, ultimately launching itself into a grandiose, warm, harmonically consonant blanket of sound. The second movement continues the focus on solo flute, and again opens slowly, gradually gaining momentum, but at a faster pace than in the first movement. The music spirals upward and outward, but instead of reaching a plateau, winds itself out and comes to a grinding halt in the upper range of the ensemble. Five brief, solemn chords conclude the movement, which immediately erupts into Movement III, music of unceasing, unsettling, motion, propelled by a driving ostinato which is repeatedly interrupted by bittersweet moments of lyricism, all the while pushing toward an unforgiving climax. The movements may also be performed separately. There is no explicit narrative to the piece, though many particular elements do have personal quasi-biographical significance. Ultimately, this is music of both personal and musical transformation.NOTE: This work is available as a rental item directly from the composer. For details, e-mail rental@stevenbryant.com. The score is also available separately for purchase from Hal Leonard.
SKU: FL.FX070700
This Piece, simple to execute, allows bringing forward a Flute or Recorder player, even a junior one, for a concert. It is a successful mix between new age music and wind band music. Its musical atmosphere reminds the flight of a lammergeyer (eagle) above the mountains.
SKU: PR.11540190F
ISBN 9781491130711. UPC: 680160020263. 9 x 12 inches. Key: F major.
SKU: PR.145400300
UPC: 680160032068.
SKU: HL.44010560
UPC: 884088481704. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Marsyas ist ein Satyr aus den Metamorphosen des griechischen Dichters Ovid (43 v. Chr.-17 n. Chr.). Er findet eine von der Gottin Athene weggeworfene Flote und spielt bald so gut, dass ihn Apollo zu einem musikalischen Wettstreit zwischen Flote und Lyra herausfordert. Durch einen üblen Trick verliert Marsyas und erleidet eine grausame Strafe. Diese Sage bot eine ausgezeichnete Vorlage für ein spannendes Solowerk für Flote, in welchem auch die Harfe (Lyra) erklingt.Si les recits de metamorphoses furent tres populaires dans l'Antiquite greco-romaine, le recueil du poete latin Ovide [43 av. J.-C./17 apr. J.-C.] est de loin le plus celebre. Les quinze livres des Metamorphoses racontent la formation du monde et les transformations legendaires des dieux et des hommes en animaux, en plantes ou en objets. Parmi les nombreuses histoires de metamorphoses relatees par Ovide, on trouve celle de Marsyas, un satyre originaire de Celenes en Phrygie. Fils d'Hyagnis, considere comme l'inventeur de l'harmonie phrygienne, Marsyas excellait dans la musique. Un jour, Athena fit une flute double et en joua a un banquet des dieux. Tournee en derisionpar Hera et Aphrodite, et ayant constate elle-meme, en voyant le reflet de son visage dans l'eau, que l'instrument, quand elle en jouait, lui deformait les traits, elle jeta la flute en maudissant quiconque la ramasserait. Cette malediction frappa le satyre Marsyas qui la trouva et en joua magnifiquement, au grand plaisir des paysans des contrees phrygiennes qui l'ecoutaient et qui pretendirent que le dieu Apollon en personne n'aurait pu mieux faire avec sa lyre. Apollon entra dans une colere formidable et proposa a l'insolent satyre un concours musical dont le vainqueur pourrait faire subir au vaincu le chatiment de son choix. Les Muses et le roi Midas, choisis comme juges, ne reussirent pas a departager les concurrents. Alors, Apollon joua de la lyre a l'envers et demanda a Marsyas d'en faire autant avec son instrument. Cela etait impossible. Marsyas n'y parvint pas, et Apollon fut declare vainqueur. Il se vengea du satyre de la plus cruelle facon : il l'attacha a un pin et l'ecorcha vif.Certains racontent qu'Apollon, se repentant de sa vengeance, metamorphosa en fleuve le corps de Marsyas. D'autres pretendent que le sang de Marsyas ou les larmes versees par les nymphes et les satyres, prives des enchantements de sa flute, formerent le fleuve de Phrygie qui porte son nom. / Marsyas fut cree le 22 juillet 2005 a Bordes sur Arize en Ariege par le.
SKU: BT.DHP-1094445-010
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Marsyas ist ein Satyr aus den Metamorphosen des griechischen Dichters Ovid (43 v. Chr.-17 n. Chr.). Er findet eine von der Göttin Athene weggeworfene Flöte und spielt bald so gut, dass ihn Apollo zu einem musikalischen Wettstreit zwischen Flöte und Lyra herausfordert. Durch einen üblen Trick verliert Marsyas und erleidet eine grausame Strafe. Diese Sage bot eine ausgezeichnete Vorlage für ein spannendes Solowerk für Flöte, in welchem auch die Harfe (Lyra) erklingt.Si les récits de métamorphoses furent très populaires dans l’Antiquité gréco-romaine, le recueil du poète latin Ovide [43 av. J.-C./17 apr. J.-C.] est de loin le plus célèbre. Les quinze livres des Métamorphoses racontent la formation du monde et les transformations légendaires des dieux et des hommes en animaux, en plantes ou en objets. Parmi les nombreuses histoires de métamorphoses relatées par Ovide, on trouve celle de Marsyas, un satyre originaire de Célènes en Phrygie. Fils d’Hyagnis, considéré comme l’inventeur de l’harmonie phrygienne, Marsyas excellait dans la musique. Un jour, Athéna fit une fl te double et en joua un banquet des dieux. Tournée en dérisionpar Héra et Aphrodite, et ayant constaté elle-même, en voyant le reflet de son visage dans l’eau, que l’instrument, quand elle en jouait, lui déformait les traits, elle jeta la fl te en maudissant quiconque la ramasserait. Cette malédiction frappa le satyre Marsyas qui la trouva et en joua magnifiquement, au grand plaisir des paysans des contrées phrygiennes qui l’écoutaient et qui prétendirent que le dieu Apollon en personne n’aurait pu mieux faire avec sa lyre. Apollon entra dans une colère formidable et proposa l’insolent satyre un concours musical dont le vainqueur pourrait faire subir au vaincu le ch timent de son choix. Les Muses et le roi Midas, choisis comme juges, ne réussirent pas départager les concurrents. Alors, Apollon joua de la lyre l’envers et demanda Marsyas d’en faire autant avec son instrument. Cela était impossible. Marsyas n’y parvint pas, et Apollon fut déclaré vainqueur. Il se vengea du satyre de la plus cruelle façon : il l’attacha un pin et l’écorcha vif.Certains racontent qu’Apollon, se repentant de sa vengeance, métamorphosa en fleuve le corps de Marsyas. D’autres prétendent que le sang de Marsyas ou les larmes versées par les nymphes et les satyres, privés des enchantements de sa fl te, formèrent le fleuve de Phrygie qui porte son nom. / Marsyas fut créé le 22 juillet 2005 Bordes sur Arize en Ariège par le.
SKU: BT.DHP-1094445-140
SKU: MH.1-59913-072-6
ISBN 9781599130729.
Program Notes: It was a happy coincidence that the commission for SINFONIA XVI: TRANSCENDENTAL VIENNA came from the Henry David Thoreau School located in Vienna, Virginia. Thoreau is one of the magic names in American culture: Henry David Thoreau, one of the leading figures of the Transcendentalist movement, centered in 19th-century New England, left us a body of unique philosophical and poetical writings. To utter the words, Walden Pond, is to invoke an America long past in physical actuality, but still present in the minds and hearts of many American citizens. The name, Vienna, of course, summons thoughts of the Old World: culture, fine food, wine, civilized cities. While contemplating the form that SINFONIA XVI should take, I found myself thinking of two pillars of Viennese culture: expressionism and the waltz. Musically speaking, expressionism reached a zenith in the works of Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg. It was Berg, in particular, that I wanted to invoke in the outer movements of my composition. I knew I would also have to include a waltz, and an invocation of the mysterious forces that are contained in both expressionism and transcendentalism. Thus was the structure of the work generated. The outer movements with their vision of the night sky and the stars, Aldebaran and Sirius, frame the central movements, which are essentially two versions of the same material, and are quieter and less dramatic. The outer movements are symmetrical, and share both pitch and rhythmic materials. Accordingly, I see the work as a ternary form, with the central movements forming a unit within the outer frame: A (Movement 1) B (Movements 2 & 3) A' (Movement 4). Harmonically, the work can be summarized by the two pitch-series which occur in the opening bars of Movement 1: the initial 12-note row, with a tonal center on F-sharp (measures 1-6), and the subsequent D-minor Dorian 7-note row (beginning in measure 14). Aspects of these materials occur in all four movements, but they are most strongly present in Movements 1 and 4. Note that the 12-note row is not subjected to the usual serial procedures, but instead is treated as a signifier and is left unchanged. Since the fourth movement takes up where the first movement leaves off, I can conceive of one interpretation of SINFONIA XVI as an evocation of Thoreau himself contemplating two of the brightest stars on a clear, cold night. Aldebaran is an orange, first-magnitude star, located in the constellation Taurus; Sirius, the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the sky, and is located in the constellation Canis Major. Thoreau interrupts his star-gazing to entertain some inward thoughts, waking dreams, as it were, then returns his gaze to the splendid night sky and all its treasures. Although many other interpretations of the material are possible, it is important to remember that the abstract materials of the piece -- pitch, rhythm, structure -- are what count the most. Ensemble instrumentation: 1 Piccolo, 4 Flute 1, 4 Flute 2, 3 Oboe, 1 Eb Clarinet (opt.), 4 Bb Clarinet 1, 4 Bb Clarinet 2, 4 Bb Clarinet 3, 3 Bass Clarinet, 3 Bassoon, 3 Eb Alto Saxophone 1, 3 Eb Alto Saxophone 2, 2 Bb Tenor Saxophone, 2 Eb Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb Trumpet 1, 3 Bb Trumpet 2, 3 Bb Trumpet 3, 2 Horn 1, 2 Horn 2, 3 Trombone 1, 3 Trombone 2, 3 Euphonium B.C., 2 Euphonium T.C., 5 Tuba, 2 Timpani, 3 Percussion 1, 3 Percussion 2, 3 Percussion 3, 3 Percussion 4.
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