12 Solo Arrangements with Audio Accompaniment. By Metallica. Instrumental Play-Along. Heavy Metal, Rock. Softcover Audio Online. 16 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music

Composed by Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse. For voice and piano. From the Broadway musical. Format: piano/vocal/chords songbook. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics and chord names. Broadway and Vocal Standards. Series: Hal Leonard Richmond Music. 46 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

(Flute). For Flute. Instrumental Series. Take the Lead. Book and CD. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

(Violin). For Violin. String Series. Take the Lead. Book and CD. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

By Gwyneth W. Walker. Text: Jelaluddin Rumi, translated by C. Barks. For High voice and piano. Vocal Music. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing.

Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Contrabass, Contrabassoon, English Horn, Flute 1, Flute 2, Harp, Horn 1, Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Percussion 4, Piccolo and more.

SKU: PR.11641139L

Composed by Lowell Liebermann. Large Score. Duration 15 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-41139L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11641139L).

UPC: 680160682126.

Barcarolles for a Sinking City was inspired by the city of Venice, a place that has long held the fascination of artists, writers and composers, and which I have been lucky enough to visit on several occasions. Sadly it seems that future generations may not be so lucky: in addition to the city's slow sinking and recently discovered tilting, studies predict that if global warming and the resultant rise of ocean levels is unabated, the entire city (as well as many other coastal cities around the globe) will be under water by 2100.   I. Funeral Gondola The late, cryptic piano works of Franz Liszt made a profound impression on me as a young composer, among them two works he entitled La Lugubre Gondola (usually translated as The Funeral Gondola ) which were said to be a premonition of Wagner's death in Venice, his coffin transported through the canals in a black gondola. These late pieces of Liszt acquired even greater significance to me after I spent two summers in Bayreuth under the patronage of Friedelind Wagner, the granddaughter of Wagner and great-granddaughter of Liszt. This movement is a meditation on Wagner, Liszt, Venice and its own evanescence. II. Barcarolle/Quodlibet The Quodlibet (Latin for what pleases) is a musical form dating back to the 15th century where many disparate melodies are juxtaposed. Popular in the Renaissance, sacred and secular melodies were combined, often to comical effect due to the resultant incongruity of the words. The form was considered the ultimate test of a composer's mastery of counterpoint. The most famous Quodlibet is without doubt the final Variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations. As a form the Quodlibet is less common in more recent music, although examples can be found in the works of Kurt Weill and David Del Tredici.   My own Barcarolle/Quodlibet was inspired by the (perhaps apocryphal) story of the funeral where musicians were asked to play a Bach Choral, but due to miscommunication played instead the Bacarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann. Here, the Bach Choral Allen Menschen mussen sterben (All Men Must Die) is heard in the strings pizzicato, with a tempo indication In slow motion. The alto line of the Bach suggests a phrase from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Alle Menchen werden Bruder) heard in the muted trombone. Before long, the famous tune from Offenbach's opera is heard, followed by quotations from iconic Barcarolles by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Faure, as well as two Venetian popular songs and more Beethoven.   III. Barcarola/Ostinato/Carillon An ostinato is a repeated musical figure, and carillon is Italian for music box. This movement references the obsolete genre of salon pieces that imitated music boxes: such works by composers like Liadov and Gretchaninov used to be a mainstay of pianists' encore repertoire. This movement is however much darker in conception than those pleasant trifles. Utilizing the full battery of percussion, the carefully notated temporal slowing of the ostinato becomes overwhelmed by a poignant chorale melody before this box is snapped shut.   IV. Barcarolle Oubliee (Forgotten Barcarolle) Marked limpido (still) the final movement begins with the sound of rain produced by a percussion instrument called (appropriately) a rain stick. Halting phrases in the harp coalesce into the accompaniment for a plangent melody heard in the clarinet. The central Adagio of this movement leads to a shattering climax, before the opening phrases return and dissipate into nothingness.

Guitar (rock and blues) - Beginning-Intermediate

SKU: MB.30701M

Composed by Sven Nier. Saddle-stitched, Solos, Duets and Ensembles, Method, Solos. Dirt Simple. Style. Book and online audio. 28 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30701M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30701M).

ISBN 9781513461663. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

This guitar method focuses on playing engaging rhythmic themes entirely on open strings. What seems at first to be a simple task quickly becomes a real challenge, requiring a high level of accuracy and an excellent sense of rhythm. While the picking hand can only play what the other hand has prepared, nothing musical will happen unless you pluck the right string. Sven Niers exercises and tunes offer motivating, effective training to facilitate hitting the correct string with precision, winning half the coordination battle. While the audio examples are recorded on an electric instrument, guitar teachers and beginning students in all styles will appreciate this innovative book. Includes access to outstanding play-along online audio with and without the solo part.

Easy

SKU: WD.080689607172

Good News of the Savior's Birth!. Composed by Lee Black. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Book. Word Music #080689607172. Published by Word Music (WD.080689607172).

UPC: 080689607172.

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COME AND SEE, GO AND TELL,from Word Music & Church Resources’ Simply Word Series, is an SATB musical with rich, full orchestrations and accessible vocal charts (challenging enough to be musically satisfying, yet easy enough to be appreciated!), designed to make your choir sound bigger than life without having to learn and sing overly difficult part-writing.

From the opening strains of “Rejoice” (the song popularized by Aaron Shust) and original songs by Lee Black and Jason Cox, arranged and orchestrated by Marty Hamby, COME AND SEE, GO AND TELL warmly and richly unveils the story of Christmas as it leads the listener to an invitation: an invitation to come and see…to come and behold...to come and know; know that this is your King, born to bring light and salvation to a people lost in darkness. And as the invitation turns into the revelation that this truly is Christ the King, we have no recourse but to bow and worship Him. And once we have seen, once we have worshipped Him at the manger, we can do nothing else but go and tell the Good News: the Savior is born!