| Broadway By Special Arrangement - Tenor Sax Part/CD Tenor Saxophone [Book + CD] - Intermediate Alfred Publishing
Edited by Thom Proctor. Arranged by Carl Strommen. Educational instrumental coll...(+)
Edited by Thom Proctor. Arranged by Carl Strommen. Educational instrumental collection (ts/cd). Level: 3-4. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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| Broadway By Special Arrangement - Trumpet Part/CD Trumpet [Book + CD] - Intermediate Alfred Publishing
Edited by Thom Proctor. Arranged by Carl Strommen. Educational instrumental coll...(+)
Edited by Thom Proctor. Arranged by Carl Strommen. Educational instrumental collection (tr/cd). Level: 3-5. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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| Broadway By Special Arrangement - Flute/Oboe Part/CD Flute, Oboe (duet) [Book + CD] - Intermediate Alfred Publishing
Edited by Thom Proctor. Arranged by Carl Strommen. Educational instrumental coll...(+)
Edited by Thom Proctor. Arranged by Carl Strommen. Educational instrumental collection (fl/ob/cd). Level: 3-4. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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| Composers' Specials - Special Collector's Edition [DVD] Devine Entertainment Corporation
6-DVD Set. (DVD). Performance video. DVD . Published by Devine Entertainment Co...(+)
6-DVD Set. (DVD). Performance video. DVD . Published by Devine Entertainment Corporation.
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| Organ Adventure #18 - 105 Favorite Hymns Organ [Sheet music] Hal Leonard
For voice and organ. Format: organ/vocal songbook (two copies needed for perform...(+)
For voice and organ. Format: organ/vocal songbook (two copies needed for performance). With vocal melody, lyrics, organ accompaniment and chord names. Hymn. 132 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Mrs. Henderson Presents Concert band [Score and Parts] - Intermediate Scomegna Edizioni Musicali
(soundtrack from the movie). Arranged by Giancarlo Gazzani. For Concert band. Fi...(+)
(soundtrack from the movie). Arranged by Giancarlo Gazzani. For Concert band. Film Music, Musical. Grade 3.5. Score and set of parts. Duration 9:00. Published by Scomegna Edizioni Musical srl
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| Cuico Concert band [Score and Parts] - Intermediate C. Alan Publications
(Percussion Trio Feature). Composed by Gregory Danner. For Soloist(s) with Conce...(+)
(Percussion Trio Feature). Composed by Gregory Danner. For Soloist(s) with Concert Band (Piccolo, Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe 1, Bb Clarinet 1, Bb Clarinet 2, Bb Clarinet 3, Bb Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Eb Alto Saxophone 1, Eb Alto Saxophone 2, Bb Tenor Saxophone, Eb Baritone Saxophone, Bb Trumpet 1, Bb Trumpet 2, Bb Trumpet 3, F Horn 1/2, F Horn 3/). Band Music. Grade 4. Score and parts. Duration 14:50. Published by C. Alan Publications
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| All The Things You Are Jazz Ensemble [Score and Parts] Sierra Music
Composed by Jerome Kern. Arranged by Don Sebesky. For jazz ensemble (5-4-4-3 wit...(+)
Composed by Jerome Kern. Arranged by Don Sebesky. For jazz ensemble (5-4-4-3 with french horn). Don Sebesky Series. Swing. Grade 5. Score and set of parts. Published by Sierra Music
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| Mastering the Guitar Book 2C Guitar notes and tablatures [Sheet music + CD] - Intermediate Mel Bay
By William Bay and Mike Christiansen. For Guitar (All). Methods. Mastering Guita...(+)
By William Bay and Mike Christiansen. For Guitar (All). Methods. Mastering Guitar. All Styles. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 144 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
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| Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory [Score] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Viola 1, Viola 2, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello SKU: PR.11441...(+)
Chamber Music Viola 1, Viola 2, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello SKU: PR.11441690S String Quartet No. 3. Composed by Shulamit Ran. Sws. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed March 9 2013. 32 pages. Duration 23 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41690S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11441690S). UPC: 680160626021. 9 x 12 inches. Ran's third string quartet was written for the Pacifica Quartet, who are featuring it in numerous performances from May 2014 through February 2016, across the country and abroad. Their blog page dedicated to the work also features the composer's notes, for more indepth insight. ...impassioned solos emerge from ominous quiet, and high arpeggios in the violins quiver alongside the earthy cello. Ms. Ran skillfully deploys these extremes of color, volume and pitch, yet the overall somewhat chilly impression is one of poise. -- Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times. My third string quartet was composed at the invitation of the Pacifica Quartet, whose music-making I have come to know closely and admire hugely as resident artists at the University of Chicago. Already in our early conversations Pacifica proposed that this quartet might, in some manner, refer to the visual arts as a point of germination. Probing further, I found out that the quartet members had special interest in art created during the earlier part of the 20th century, perhaps between the two world wars. It was my good fortune to have met, a short while later, while in residence at the American Academy in Rome in the fall of 2011, art conservationist Albert Albano who steered me to the work of Felix Nussbaum (1904-1944), a German-Jewish painter who, like so many others, perished in the Holocaust at a young age, and who left some powerful, deeply moving art that spoke to the life that was unraveling around him. The title of my string quartet takes its inspiration from a major exhibit devoted to art by German artists of the period of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) titled “Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920sâ€, first shown at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2006-07. Nussbaum would have been a bit too young to be included in this exhibit. His most noteworthy art was created in the last very few years of his short life. The exhibit’s evocative title, however, suggested to me the idea of “Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory†as a way of framing a possible musical composition that would be an homage to his life and art, and to that of so many others like him during that era.  Knowing that their days were numbered, yet intent on leaving a mark, a legacy, a memory, their art is triumph of the human spirit over annihilation. Parallel to my wish to compose a string quartet that, typically for this genre, would exist as “pure musicâ€, independent of a narrative, was my desire to effect an awareness in my listener of matters which are, to me, of great human concern.  To my mind there is no contradiction between the two goals.  As in several other works composed since 1969, this is my way of saying ‘do not forget’, something that, I believe, can be done through music with special power and poignancy.   The individual titles of the quartet’s four movements give an indication of some of the emotional strands this work explores. 1) “That which happened†(das was geschah) – is how the poet Paul Celan referred to the Shoah – the Holocaust.  These simple words served for me, in the first movement, as a metaphor for the way in which an “ordinary†life, with its daily flow and its sense of sweet normalcy, was shockingly, inhumanely, inexplicably shattered. 2) “Menace†is a shorter movement, mimicking a Scherzo.  It is also machine-like, incessant, with an occasional, recurring, waltz-like little tune – perhaps the chilling grimace we recognize from the executioner’s guillotine mask.  Like the death machine it alludes to, it gathers momentum as it goes, and is unstoppable. 3) â€If I must perish - do not let my paintings dieâ€; these words are by Felix Nussbaum who, knowing what was ahead, nonetheless continued painting till his death in Auschwitz in 1944.  If the heart of the first movement is the shuddering interruption of life as we know it, the third movement tries to capture something of what I can only imagine to be the conflicting states of mind that would have made it possible, and essential, to continue to live and practice one’s art – bearing witness to the events.  Creating must have been, for Nussbaum and for so many others, a way of maintaining sanity, both a struggle and a catharsis – an act of defiance and salvation all at the same time. 4) “Shards, Memory†is a direct reference to my quartet’s title.  Only shards are left.  And memory.  The memory is of things large and small, of unspeakable tragedy, but also of the song and the dance, the smile, the hopes. All things human.  As we remember, in the face of death’s silence, we restore dignity to those who are gone.—Shulamit Ran . $29.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Easy Anthems, Vol. 2 Choral 2-part [Octavo] Hope Publishing Company
By Various. For 3-part choir / 2-part choir. Easy Choir Collections. Sacred. Cho...(+)
By Various. For 3-part choir / 2-part choir. Easy Choir Collections. Sacred. Choral octavo. 70 pages
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| Jazz Etudes for Piano Piano solo [Sheet music] - Intermediate/advanced Alfred Publishing
Jazz Etudes for Piano by Michael Orta. For Piano. Piano Method Supplement. Form:...(+)
Jazz Etudes for Piano by Michael Orta. For Piano. Piano Method Supplement. Form: Etude. Jazz. Advanced; Early Advanced; Intermediate; Late Intermediate. Book. 56 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing
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| Bach: Chorale zum EG und GL [Sheet music] Carus Verlag
By Johann Sebastian Bach / Nikolaus Herman. Edited by Klaus Hofmann. This editio...(+)
By Johann Sebastian Bach / Nikolaus Herman. Edited by Klaus Hofmann. This edition: paperbound. Hymn Settings, Mass sections; Use during the church year: Advent, Special Days, End of the Church Year, Epiphany, Lent and Passiontide, Ascension, New Year, Holy Week, Easter and Eastertide, Pentecost, Trinity, Christmas; Choral Collections for Mixed Choi. Choral collection. 88 pages. Published by Carus Verlag
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| I Want to Be the Sun Carl Fischer
Choral SAB Choir, Piano SKU: CF.CM9794 Composed by Mark Burrows. Duration...(+)
Choral SAB Choir, Piano SKU: CF.CM9794 Composed by Mark Burrows. Duration 3:45. Carl Fischer Music #CM9794. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9794). ISBN 9781491164655. UPC: 680160923564. Key: A major. English. Coty Raven Morris. Original. The text for When I Grow Up first came to me while I was teaching in Houston, Texas. I noticed that my students were becoming more and more concerned about what steps they had to take as students to secure a future for themselves decades ahead. Young people are finding themselves having to make lifelong decisions at a time where they are still in a season of exploration and wonderment. I then asked myself, What happened to discovery through play and imagination?With the help of one of my former and forever choir students, Monica Juarez, we took my original text and created illustrations of a young Coty in New Orleans, Louisiana imagining, in real time, all of the things that she could be! It was important to me that the images were of real things that I had seen growing up every day.That we are limitless and that it's only in the pressures of growing up that we can lose our creativity, I hope this text allows both singers and conductor to let their imagination take the lead and shape the journey ahead!Sing with JOY!—CotyOccasionally, when I get to visit with young people, I’ll ask, Has anyone ever asked you want to be when you grow up? All the hands go up. Children say yes, and then proceed to tell me what they want to be when they grow up. So, then I ask a follow-up question, Why on earth do you have to wait until you’re a grown-up to be somebody?!When I first read through Coty’s text, I was so moved by how clear and beautiful that message of empowerment shines through:I want to live, and that begins now. I want to be happy. And I refuse to wait until I grow up. I also was struck by her imaginative use of the four classical elements—air, water, fire, and earth—to bring us on a journey of discovery and wonder.I’ve tried my best to, not so much set Coty’s words to a tune, as to go along with her on the journey and see what music would emerge. And I’m so happy you’ve joined us on the journey, too.Welcome!—Mark. $2.75 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| I Want to Be the Sun Carl Fischer
Choral SA choir, piano SKU: CF.CM9795 Composed by Mark Burrows. Duration ...(+)
Choral SA choir, piano SKU: CF.CM9795 Composed by Mark Burrows. Duration 3:45. Carl Fischer Music #CM9795. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9795). ISBN 9781491164662. UPC: 680160923571. Key: A major. English. Coty Raven Morris. Original. The text for When I Grow Up first came to me while I was teaching in Houston, Texas. I noticed that my students were becoming more and more concerned about what steps they had to take as students to secure a future for themselves decades ahead. Young people are finding themselves having to make lifelong decisions at a time where they are still in a season of exploration and wonderment. I then asked myself, What happened to discovery through play and imagination?With the help of one of my former and forever choir students, Monica Juarez, we took my original text and created illustrations of a young Coty in New Orleans, Louisiana imagining, in real time, all of the things that she could be! It was important to me that the images were of real things that I had seen growing up every day.That we are limitless and that it's only in the pressures of growing up that we can lose our creativity, I hope this text allows both singers and conductor to let their imagination take the lead and shape the journey ahead!Sing with JOY!—Coty Occasionally, when I get to visit with young people, I’ll ask, Has anyone ever asked you want to be when you grow up? All the hands go up. Children say yes, and then proceed to tell me what they want to be when they grow up. So, then I ask a follow-up question, Why on earth do you have to wait until you’re a grown-up to be somebody?!When I first read through Coty’s text, I was so moved by how clear and beautiful that message of empowerment shines through:I want to live, and that begins now. I want to be happy. And I refuse to wait until I grow up.I also was struck by her imaginative use of the four classical elements—air, water, fire, and earth—to bring us on a journey of discovery and wonder.I’ve tried my best to, not so much set Coty’s words to a tune, as to go along with her on the journey and see what music would emerge. And I’m so happy you’ve joined us on the journey, too.Welcome!—Mark. $2.55 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Selections from The Beatles Anthology, Volume 3 Piano, Vocal and Guitar [Sheet music] - Intermediate Hal Leonard
Performed by The Beatles. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano an...(+)
Performed by The Beatles. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9x12 inches. 112 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Santa's Stuck in the 50's - Preview CD (CD only) CD only [Listening CD] Alfred Publishing
By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. Children's Musicals and Programs. Christmas ...(+)
By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. Children's Musicals and Programs. Christmas and Choral. CD only - No Sheet Music included. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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| Santa's Stuck in the 50's - Student Pack Children choir Alfred Publishing
By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. Children's Musicals and Programs. Christmas ...(+)
By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. Children's Musicals and Programs. Christmas and Choral. 5 Singer's Editions. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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| Santas Stuck in the 50s - Soundtrax CD Choral CD [Accompaniment CD] Alfred Publishing
By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. Childrens Musicals and Programs. Christmas a...(+)
By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. Childrens Musicals and Programs. Christmas and Choral. CD only. Published by Alfred Publishing.
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| The Little Drummer Dude - Choral Book Choral Unison Unison/2-part, Piano - Easy Word Music
Unison/2-part choir - Easy SKU: WD.080689633171 Composed by Daniel Semsen...(+)
Unison/2-part choir - Easy SKU: WD.080689633171 Composed by Daniel Semsen. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Choral score and book. Word Music #080689633171. Published by Word Music (WD.080689633171). UPC: 080689633171. Meet the up-and-coming Persia’s Traveling Band—or PTB, as their fans call them—who are out on “their biggest tour yet!†with their little “roadie†Abel. Along the way, they meet three Wise Men, who are following a star in search for a King who has just been born. With the possibility of playing for a Royal audience, PTB decides to join the Wise Men and make the journey to Bethlehem. After all, what better way for the band to be discovered and rise to the top the charts than playing for a King?
During this fantastic journey, the little dude named Abel, who is sort of a ‘roadie’ for PTB, unveils his passion for playing the drums. While the band does not take his playing seriously, the Wise Men notice his talent and encourage his efforts, knowing that he has a very special gift. One of the Wise Men expresses to Abel that perhaps he might even get to play his drum for the King…Will Abel get his wish??
To learn the outcome—and finally get to meet this King to be born in Bethlehem—you’ll have to come along on the journey with Abel, Persia’s Traveling Band, the three Wise Men, and Abel’s fantastically whacky and fun camel, Hakim! Through The Little Drummer Dude, each and every kid in your children’s ministry will learn that God can do amazing things through everyone, even if they are “just a little dude.â€
Set Pieces - Repeatable 3-Panel Backdrop of the Persian Desert
- Bethlehem Star Panel Insert
-Each panel is 6 feet tall x 3 feet wide Fun Kit includes: - Cinch Bag
- Listening CD
- Noise Drum
- Soft-and-Stretchy Bracelet
- The Little Drummer Dude Sticker!
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| Ballade des äusseren Lebens Choral SATB - Easy Harmonia
SATB Choir - Grade 3 SKU: BT.HU-4349-250 Composed by Hans Leenders. Harmo...(+)
SATB Choir - Grade 3 SKU: BT.HU-4349-250 Composed by Hans Leenders. Harmonia Concert Series. Choral Score. Composed 2013. 16 pages. Harmonia #HU 4349-250. Published by Harmonia (BT.HU-4349-250). 9x12 inches. German. The poetry on which this composition is based is the Ballad of External Life (the Ballade des äußeren Lebens) from the pen of Viennese author Hugo von Hofmansthal (1874-1929). He is known for, amongst other things, his libretti for the works of Richard Strauss (Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Elektra) and as founder of the Salzburg Festival. Von Hofmansthal was one of the last of the German Symbolists. Central to this literary movement was the unification of the internal and external worlds. The search for meaning was a cornerstone of this fin-de-siècle movement.In the Ballade des äußeren Lebens (Ballad of External Life), the meaninglessness ofexistence is expressed in restricting, oppressive metaphors—an ambience that is reflected in the music. Ultimately, man is capable of establishing order from seeming chaos. The poet expresses this powerfully in a non-rhyming line of poetry: ‘And yet, he who says “evening” says much, A word, from which profundity and sorrow flow’.This composition follows the overall structure of the ballad, which is written in terza rima—interlocking three-line rhymes.The choral work can be performed by a chamber choir, but also by a much larger ensemble. The parts are mainly in four voices (SATB), although there are also six parts (SAATBB). One chord is arranged for eight voices.The composer conducted this work at its première, to open the 2013 International Choir Biennial in Aachen. The choir was comprised of four chamber choirs: Aachen Youth Choir, Carmina Mundi, Aachen Chamber Choir and Aachen Madrigal Choir.
Het dichtwerk waarop deze compositie is gebaseerd, de Ballade des äußeren Lebens (Ballade van het uiterlijke leven), is geschreven door de in Wenen geboren schrijver Hugo von Hoffmansthal (1874-1929), die onder meer bekend is als librettist van Richard Strauss (Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Elektra) en medeoprichter was van de Salzburger Festspiele. Von Hoffmansthal behoorde tot de laatste vertegenwoordigers van het Duitse symbolisme. Deze stroming stelde zich ten doel de innerlijke en uiterlijke wereld met elkaar te verenigen. Zingeving vormde een van de hoofdthematieken binnen deze fin de siècle-cultuur.In de Ballade des äußeren Lebens wordt dezinloosheid van het bestaan verwoord in beklemmende metaforen - een atmosfeer die in de muziek wordt weerspiegeld. Uiteindelijk blijkt de mens toch in staat te zijn orde te scheppen in de schijnbare willekeur. De dichter benadrukt dit in zijn enige versregel zonder rijm: Und dennoch sagt der viel, der “Abend” sagt. De compositie volgt in hoofdlijnen de structuur van de ballade, die in terzinen is opgebouwd.Het werk kan worden uitgevoerd door kamerkoor, maar ook door een veel grotere bezetting. De zetting is voornamelijk vierstemmig (SATB), maar er zijn tevens zesstemmige delen (SAATBB). Een enkel akkoord is zelfs achtstemmig.Het werk ging onder leiding van de componist tijdens de Internationale Chorbiennale Aachen 2013 als openingswerk in première. Het koor was samengesteld uit vier kamerkoren: Der Junge Chor Aachen, Carmina Mundi, Aachener Kammerchor en Der Madrigalchor Aachen.
Die Dichtung, auf welcher diese Komposition basiert, ist die Ballade des äußeren Lebens aus der Feder des gebürtigen Wiener Schriftstellers Hugo von Hoffmansthal (1874-1929), der unter anderem als Librettist von Richard Strauss (Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Elektra) und Mitbegründer der Salzburger Festspiele bekannt ist. Von Hoffmansthal gehörte zu den letzten Vertretern des Deutschen Symbolismus. Diese literarische Richtung machte sich zur Aufgabe, die innere und die äußere Welt miteinander zu vereinen. Sinngebung bildete eine der Hauptthematiken innerhalb dieser Fin-de-Siècle-Strömung.In der Ballade des äußeren Lebens wird die Sinnlosigkeitdes Daseins in beklemmenden Metaphern formuliert - eine Atmosphäre, die sich in der Musik widerspiegelt. Letztendlich scheint der Mensch doch imstande zu sein, Ordnung in der scheinbaren Willkür zu schaffen. Der Dichter betont dies nachdrücklich in der einzigen Verszeile ohne Reim: Und dennoch sagt der viel, der Abend“ sagt. Die Komposition folgt in ihren Hauptzügen der Struktur der Ballade, die in Terzinen geschrieben ist.Das Chorwerk kann von einem Kammerchor, aber auch von einem viel größeren Ensemble aufgeführt werden. Der Satz ist hauptsächlich vierstimmig (SATB), aber es gibt auch sechsstimmige Teile (SAATBB). Ein einzelner Akkord ist gar achtstimmig.Das Werk ging unter der Leitung des Komponisten während der Internationalen Chorbiennale Aachen 2013 als Eröffnungswerk in Premiere. Der Chor setzte sich aus vier Kammerchören zusammen: Der Junge Chor Aachen, Carmina Mundi, der Aachener Kammerchor und der Madrigalchor Aachen. $6.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| The ABRSM Songbook Grade 3 Piano, Voice [Sheet music + CD] - Intermediate ABRSM Publishing
By Various. For Voice, Piano. Level: Grade 3. CD/DVD. Published by ABRSM (Associ...(+)
By Various. For Voice, Piano. Level: Grade 3. CD/DVD. Published by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).
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| Eyesight Choral SATB SATB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.342402070 Composed by Steven Stucky. -. ...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.342402070 Composed by Steven Stucky. -. Ars Nova Chamber Singers, Boulder CO. Performance Score. With Standard notation. Composed 7-Feb. 8 pages. Duration 3 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #342-40207. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.342402070). ISBN 9781491111253. UPC: 680160643226. Octavo inches. Text: Archibald R. Ammons. Archibald Ammons. Text by A.R. Ammons. To benefit Chorus America, Stucky allowed himself to be auctioned off as a prize - the high bidder would receive a new work from the composer. After a few years and not really hearing anything, Stucky suddenly found himself up against a deadline. He reached back to a favorite poem by A.R. Ammons, Eyesight, which, he says, Won't let...his reader rest till the very last word...one of those sudden insights that leave us breathless.. This piece has an odd history. A few years ago, I agreed to be one of the“prizes†in an auction to benefit Chorus America: the highest bidder wouldget a new piece from me, while their money went to the organization. Thewinning bid came from a collection of several professional choruses anddirectors. But I was always a little vague about the details, and, hearingnothing more about it for a few years, forgot the whole thing.One day I received a message from Thomas Edward Morgan, directorof the Ars Nova Chamber Singers in Boulder: they had scheduled thepremiere of my new piece for a few weeks later, and could they have themusic, please? I needed a text, quickly, and (as usual) I was in a Los Angeleshotel room, not at home with my books. So I turned to the internet andsoon tracked down my favorite poet, A.R. Ammons (1926-2001).Once I stumbled on “Eyesight,†I remembered having loved the poemyears before. Archie must have loved it, too, because he included it bothin his Collected Poems 1951-1971 and in the later Selected Poems. It haseverything you want in an Archie Ammons poem: what Edward Hirschcalled his “offbeat, sideways, unpredictable radiance,†his “homespunglory.†It has one of his trademark conversations with a mountain (perhapsfrom his native North Carolina), it has the fluid motion from one line tothe next (enjambment, if you want to get technical) that won’t let him orhis reader rest till the very last word of the very last line, and it has in thatlast line one of those sudden insights that leave us breathless: “some thingsthat go are gone.â€I miss Archie, but he’s not gone. I’m grateful for the wonderful poems heleft us, and I’m grateful that he was always generous and kind when I hadthe chutzpah to add my music to his. $2.50 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
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