SKU: PR.116400390
UPC: 680160021024.
SKU: AP.47470S
ISBN 9781470656645. UPC: 038081541990. English.
This ode to the Wild West begins with a mysterious introduction using the folk song All the Pretty Little Horses in an eerie setting that will send shivers up the spines of performers and audience members alike. Brief solos for violin, viola, and cello are heard. The pace then picks up as we hear the driving and energetic theme of the Ghost Stallion riding through the moonlit countryside. The repeated galloping rhythm (eighth/two sixteenths) appears in stretches and is designed to improve your students' abilities to perform this all-important bowing pattern. This picturesque and educationally sound selection by Richard Meyer is sure to capture the imagination and improve the technique of everyone in both intermediate and more advanced orchestras. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: AP.49029S
ISBN 9781470645458. UPC: 038081561189. English.
Everyone's Guide to the String Orchestra, arranged by Douglas Wagner, is a fantastic selection to feature each section of the ensemble. They all have their very own time to shine in the spotlight with this uniquely scored arrangement of themes from four movements of Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals. Program as a straight-forward concert number or as a piece incorporated into a recruitment presentation. Medley titles (in order of appearance) are as follows: The Swan (cello section feature) * Lion's Royal March (viola section feature) * The Elephant (string bass section feature) * Finale (violin section feature). (3:10).
SKU: GI.G-10092
UPC: 785147009214. English, Spanish. Text Source: Psalm / Salmo 104(103):1-2a, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35c, The Abbey Psalms and Canticles, Leccionario Edición Hispanoamericana, English ref., Lectionary for Mass Scripture: Psalm 104.
SKU: KN.8284
UPC: 822795082845.
The Norse legend of Guldfaxe, Thor's horse with the golden mane, is captured in this dramatic piece for grade 1 strings. Basic D-major finger patterns, run pony rhythms, and the mystic Dorian mode are used. This piece will excite students and delight audiences. Each set includes three copies of the optional 3rd Violin/Viola T.C. and piano parts. Duration 2:00.
SKU: GI.G-10123
English. Text by Delores Dufner.
SKU: HL.50511829
ISBN 9790080146538. Bach (23 x 30,2 cm) inches. Hungarian, English, German, French. Laszlo Zempleni; Andras Soos.
The very easy transcriptions for string orchestra in the Leggierissimo series can be played by children even after just a few years of instrumental study. In the pieces the viola has been replaced by a third violin, and every part in every volume is playable in the first position. This volume contains little pieces and dance movements by Gluck, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, J. Chr. Bach, Vanhal, Hummel, Gebauer, P. Schulz and Diabelli, together with three easy transcriptions for string orchestra of Hungarian dances dating from the 1800s.
SKU: KN.9162
UPC: 822795091625.
Consisting of an aggressive opening, an expressive middle theme, and a dramatic recap, this sophisticated concert original maintains a vigorous tempo (quarter note = 126) throughout. Del Borgo uses a mix of scoring techniques and textures (double-stops, muted strings, pizzicato) to create a work that makes a big impression on players and listeners. Duration 3:20. Available in SmartMusic.
SKU: PR.16600050A
UPC: 680160040285. Key: G major.
SKU: CF.CAS160
ISBN 9781491165058. UPC: 680160923960. Key: C major.
The story of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is of a rising star composer, one with a significant gift for melody and a simple lyricism, who embraced the previously unexplored song and dance forms from his father’s native west Africa and incorporated them into his own very European art music. Coleridge-Taylor began playing the violin at age five and by age fifteen wasadmitted to London’s Royal College of Music, where he studied both violin and composition and composed his first works. The simply titled Melody is taken from Three Short Pieces for Organ, a set of pieces originally published in Novello’s Album for the Organ, No. 3 (1898). While certainly typical of the late nineteenth century, many of Coleridge-Taylor's creations display inspiration by African musical elements much like spirituals inspired Dvořák’s “New World†Symphony.
SKU: PR.166000600
UPC: 680160040377. Key: F major.
SKU: CF.SAS8F
ISBN 9781491160886. UPC: 680160919482.
This action-packed piece for advanced string orchestra imagines a scene straight out of a dystopian novel. Under the midnight moon, two opposing forces enter a dilapidated city searching for supplies. An eerie melody embodies the mysterious glow of the moon as both forces scurry and sneak around crumbling overgrown buildings. Eventually a confrontation occurs and the highly rhythmic music underscores a fierce battle. Ever-changing meter and shifting tonality build tension, punctuated with staccato attacks and explosive dynamic changes. What could become of the two forces? Who will come out on top? Its all left up to the imagination of the listener as the piece comes to a thrilling conclusion.
SKU: PR.11640027F
ISBN 9781491100363. UPC: 680160021017. 12 x 18 inches.
SKU: PR.41641455L
UPC: 680160612024. 11 x 14 inches.
SKU: TM.01751SET
Sandra Dackow Little Known Gem - Grade IV+. Ed. by Hoffmann. This delightful set of works in the keys of G, A, and B-flat major takes full advantage of multiple stops, chords, and fiddle writing that lays easily under the hand and is fun to play. The fast movements are vigorous and the contrasting slow movements are not particularly fussy or florid, though they include some ornamentation. In the Allegro sections, musicians should approach the playing as they would a work by Haydn or Mozart: eighth and quarter notes off the string and at the frog, and sixteenth notes on the string. Stamitz's players would have followed the general rule of the down bow, where the strong beat would begin with a down bow. In Concerto No. 1 in G, the Violin I parts reach to sixth position, requiring high G's. Unusual writing for its time, these passages are both logical and easy for players to find and hear. Cello and bass parts reach high F's on occasion and require third, fourth and fifth positions. The second violin and viola parts do not require extended ranges, making this work practical for an upper intermediate orchestra. The slow movements transition between different keys and requires the low strings to use extension notes such as G-sharp and A-sharp.