(Volume IX: Massenet Arias). By Various. Edited by Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge. Voice and Piano. Boosey and Hawkes Voice. Book only. 72 pages. Josef Weinberger #M570053797. Published by Josef Weinberger

Voice and Piano. By Richard Johnston. (resource book). Vocal Collection. Size 8.5x11 inches. 400 pages. Published by E.c. Kerby.

Soprano Book with Online Audio. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Piece for the NFMC Vocal event with the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Festivals Bulletin 2008-2009-2010. Instruction, Classical. Softcover Audio Online. 224 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(Brass Solos & Ensemble/Horn And Piano/organ). By Cioffari, Richard J.. For Horn (Horn). Brass Solos & Ensembles - Horn And Piano/Organ. Southern Music. Grade 5. 20 pages. Southern Music Company #SU74. Published by Southern Music Company

String Quartet

SKU: PR.16400222S

Composed by Dan Welcher. Full score (study). With Standard notation. Duration 11 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #164-00222S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.16400222S).

UPC: 680160037841.

This work follows my Quartet No. 1 by five years. In terms of style and aesthetic aim, however, it seems light years away. Where the first work, a 28-minute, four-movement piece, took aim at cosmic conflicts and heroic resolutions, the present work is intended as a kind of divertissment. Harbor Music lasts a mere eleven minutes, is cast in a single movement with six sections, and should leave both performers and listeners with a feeling of good humor and affection.   The title comes from my experience as a guest in the magnificent city of Sydney, Australia. One of its most attractive features is its unique system of ferry boats: the city is laid out around a large, multi-channeled harbor, with destinations more easily approached by water than by land. Consequently, inhabitants of Sydney get around on small, people-friendly boats that come and go from the central docks at Circular Quay. During a week's visit in 1991, I must have boarded these boats at least a dozen times, always bound for a new location - the resort town of Manley, or the Zoo at Taronga Park, or the shopping district at Darling Harbour.   In casting about for a form for my second string quartet, a kind of loose rondo came to mind. Each new destination would be approached from the same starting-out point (although there are subtle variations in the repeating theme; it's always in a new key, and the texture is never the same). The result, I hope, is a sense of constant new information presented with introductory frames of a more familiar nature.   The embarkation theme, which begins the piece, is a sort of bi-tonal fanfare in which the violins are in G major and the viola and cello are in B-flat major. It is bold, eager, and forward-looking. The first voyage maintains this bi-tonality, beginning as a 9/8 due for second violin and viola in a kind of rocking motion -much as a boat produces when reaching the deeper water in the harbor. A sweet, nostalgic theme emerges over this rocking accompaniment. This music is developed somewhat, then transforms quickly into a much faster and lighter episode, filled with rising and falling scales (again, in differing keys). A scherzando interlude in short notes and changing meters provides contrast, and the episode ends with a reprise of the scales.   The second embarkation follows, this time in A major/C major. It leads quickly into a very warm and slow theme, in wide-leaping intervals for the viola. This section is interrupted twice by solo cadenzas for the cello, suggesting distant boat-horns in major thirds. The end of the episode becomes a transition, with boat-horns leading into the final appearance of the embarkation music, this time in trills and tremolos instead of sharply accented chords. The nostalgic theme of the first episode makes a final appearance, serving now as a coda. The rocking motion continues, in a lullaby fashion, leaving us drowsy and satisfied on our homeward journey.   Harbor Music was written for the Cavani Quartet, and is dedicated to Richard J. Bogomolny. Commissioned by his employees at First National Supermarkets as a gift, it represents a thank you from many of the people (including this composer) who have benefitted from his vision and generosity. An ardent advocate of chamber music (and a cellist himself), Mr. Bogomolny has for many years been Chairman of the Board of Chamber Music America. -- Dan Welcher.

The Complete Christmas Collection. Arranged by Bill Wolaver, Bob Krogstad, Bruce Greer, Carol Tornquist, Mark Hayes, Phil Perkins, Richard Huggins, Teresa Wilhelmi. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9.5x12 inches. 248 pages. Published by Word Music.

SATB choir, cantor, assembly, keyboard accompaniment - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-005349

Composed by Richard J. Clark. Peter and Paul Vigil, Peter and Paul, Transfiguration, Assumption Vigil, Assumption, Exaltation of the Cross, All Saints, All Souls, Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, Christ the King. Classical. Octavo. 28 pages. GIA Publications #005349. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-005349).

UPC: 641151053493. Text Source: Psalm 34, Cf. John 21:15, 17. Scripture: Psalm 34, John 21, Matthew 16, Psalm 80, John 2, Psalm 97, Luke 11, Luke 1, John 12, Psalm 18, Matthew 5, Psalm 126, Psalm 122, Psalm 29.

(Woodwind Solos and Ensemble/Bassoon And Piano). By Cioffari, Richard J.. For Bassoon (Bassoon). Woodwind Solos and Ensembles - Bassoon And Piano. Southern Music. Grade 4. 24 pages. Southern Music Company #SU211. Published by Southern Music Company