SKU: BT.DHP-1196062-404

ISBN 9789043156127. English-German-French-Dutch.

The concept of the successful Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets and Groove Quartets publications is now also available in a Christmas edition: Bert Lochs has arranged four traditional Christmas songs in a swing style with combo accompaniment. The Swingin' Christmas Quartets are available for trumpet, flute, clarinet and alto saxophone quartets, and all four versions can be combined to create whichever instrumentation you require. The online audio for each piece contains not only a demo version with a full line-upâ??and a pure playback versionâ??but additionally four versions in which each of the four wind voices is omitted in turn, making them ideal forpractice purposes.

Het concept van de succesvolle uitgaven Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets en Groove Quartets is nu ook toegepast op muziek voor Kerst: Bert Lochs heeft vier traditionele kerstliederen gearrangeerd in swingstijl met combobegeleiding. De Swingin' Christmas Quartets zijn verkrijgbaar voor trompet-, fluit-, klarinet- en altsaxofoonkwartet, en ze kunnen worden gecombineerd in elke samengestelde bezetting. De online audio bevat voor elk stuk niet alleen een volledige demoversie en een meespeelversie, maar ook vier opnamen waarin telkens een van de vier partijen is weggelaten: ideaal om mee te oefenen.

Das Konzept der erfolgreichen Ausgaben Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets und Groove Quartets ist nun auch im weihnachtlichen Gewand verfügbar: Bert Lochs hat vier traditionelle Weihnachtslieder in einem swingenden Stil mit Combo-Begleitung arrangiert. Die Swingin' Christmas Quartets sind verfügbar für Trompeten-, Flöten-, Klarinetten- und Altsaxophonquartett, wobei alle vier Versionen beliebig miteinander kombinierbar sind. Im Online-Audioteil dieser Ausgabe gibt es nicht nur eine Demoversion in voller Besetzung und eine reine Playback-Version, sondern zusätzlich auch Tracks, bei denen je eine der vier Stimmen weggelassen ist, sodass diese zu�bungszwecken dazu gespielt werden kann.

Le concept succès des Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets et Groove Quartets se présente maintenant également en habits de Noël : Bert Lochs a arrangé quatre chants traditionnels de Noël dans un style swingué avec accompagnement de combo. Les Swingin' Christmas Quartets sont disponibles pour quatuors de trompettes, fl tes, clarinettes et saxophones altos, toutes les versions étant combinables entre elles. Dans la partie audio disponible en ligne de cette publication figurent non seulement une version de démonstration avec lâ??instrumentation complète et une version dâ??accompagnement, mais aussi quatre versions dans lesquelles chacune des quatre voix estsupprimée tour de rôle afin de permettre chaque instrumentiste de sâ??entraîner individuellement.

SKU: PR.11641867S

UPC: 680160683208.

Contextures: Riots -Decade '60 was commissioned by Zubin Mehta and the Southern California Symphony Association after the successful premiere of the Concerto for Four Percussion Soloists and Orchestra. It was written during the spring and summer months of 1967. Riots stemming from resentment against the racial situation in the United States and the war in Vietnam were occurring throughout the country and inevitably invaded the composer's creative subconscious. Contextures, as the title implies, was intended to exploit various and varying textures. As the work progressed the correspondence between the fabric of music and the fabric of society became apparent and the allegory grew in significance. So I found myself translating social aspects into musical techniques. Social stratification became a polymetric situation where disparate groups function together. The conflict between the forces of expansion and the forces of containment is expressed through and opposition of tonal fluidity vs. rigidity. This is epitomized in the fourth movement, where the brass is divided into two groups - a muted group, encircled by the unmuted one, which does its utmost to keep the first group within a restricted pitch area. The playful jazzy bits (one between the first and second movements and one at the end of the piece) are simply saying that somehow in this age of turmoil and anxiety ways of having fun are found even though that fun may seem inappropriate. The piece is in five movements, with an interlude between the first and second movements. It is scored for a large orchestra, supplemented by six groups of percussion, including newly created roto-toms (small tunable drums) and some original devices, such as muted gongs and muted vibraphone. There is also an offstage jazz quartet: bass, drums, soprano saxophone and trumpet. The first movement begins with a solo by the first clarinetist which is interrupted by intermittent heckling from his colleagues leading to a configuration of large disparate elements. The interlude of solo violin and snare-drum follows without pause. The second movement, Prestissimo, is a display piece of virtuosity for the entire orchestra. The third movement marks a period of repose and reflection and calls for some expressive solos, particularly by the horn and alto saxophone. The fourth movement opens with a rather lengthy oboe solo, which is threatened by large blocks of sound from the orchestra, against an underlying current of agitated energy in the piano and percussion. This leads to a section in which large orchestral forces oppose one another, ultimately bringing the work to a climax, if not to a denouement. Various thematic elements are strewn all over the orchestra, resulting in the formation of a general haze of sound. A transition leads to the fifth movement without pause. The musical haze is pierced gently by the offstage jazz group as if they were attempting to ignore and even dispel the gloom, but a legato bell sound enters and hovers over both the jazz group and the orchestra, the latter making statements of disquieting finality. Two films were conceived to accompany portions of Contextures. The first done by Herbert Kosowar, was a chemography film (painting directly into the film using dyes and various implements) with fast clips of riot photographs. The second was a film collage made by photographically abstracting details from paintings of Reginald Pollack. The purpose was to invoke a non-specific response - as in music - but at the same time to define the subject matter of the piece. The films were constructed to correspond with certain developments in the piece and in no way affect the independence and musical flow of the piece, having been made after the piece was completed. Contextures: Riots - Decade '60 is dedicated to Mehta, the Southern California Symphony Association and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. The news of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King came the afternoon of the premiere, April 4, 1968. That evening's performances, and also the succeeding ones, were dedicated to him and a special dedication to Dr. King has been inserted into he score. All the music that follows the jazz group - beginning with the legato bell sound playing the first 2 notes to We shall overcome constitutes a new ending to commemorate Dr. King's death.

SKU: ST.C524

ISBN 9790570815241.

Reicha wrote a Cours de Composition and it is in this book that the Variations for Wind Quartet are to be found. Reicha presents the theme as a two-part fragment, which he suggests could form the basis for the Andante of a quartet or quintet. He then describes how to elaborate the theme. First he adds two simple inner parts whose accompanying role adds harmonic richness, variety and interest to the outer counterpoint. Then Reicha proceeds to create variations out of his original theme: he inverts the outer parts, varies them, inverts the variations, varies them again and finally inverts the second variation. The result is a short piece in six eight-bar sections which offer accessible chamber music and an example of compositional techniques for teaching use. A new edition of the Variations offering a wide range of instrumentation has been prepared by C.M.M. Nex and F.H. Nex with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library.

Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: PP36.

SKU: HL.50605317

ISBN 9781705177570. UPC: 196288102694. 9.0x12.0 inches.

Pieces of Light was commissioned by the Flautadors for their 20th Anniversary. When the group approached me about writing a piece, I had just finished reading Pieces of Light; The New Science of Memory by Charles Fernyhough, and it struck me that a work inspired by memories and how they are created in our brains would be very appropriate for a group of musicians celebrating such a wonderful milestone. A quote by Nabokov in particular provided ideas for both the rapid, rhythmic music that starts and ends the piece and the slow, 'light-filled' chords of the middle section: [In Nabokov's autobiography, Speak, Memory, he sees] 'the awakening of consciousness as a series of spaced flashes, with the intervals between them gradually diminishing until bright blocks of perception are formed, affording memory a slippery hold.' In addition, this work has really been shaped by the recorders themselves: before writing, I spent several hours with Ian Wilson (a member of the group) learning about the myriad different types of instrument I could write for. The renaissance instruments particularly appealed due to their fabulous timbre, despite the fact that, due to their open hole design, diatonic music works much better than anything chromatic. I became rather obsessed with the idea of writing chromatic music for diatonic instruments, and so in this piece I use recorders at both modern (A440) and baroque (A415, a semi-tone lower) pitch. This allowed me to write a piece that uses all twelve semitones of the scale throughout, whilst never writing a note for any individual recorder that falls outside its particular diatonic major scale: a compositional device that pleased me greatly!-Cheryl Frances-Hoad, 2019.

SKU: YM.GTW01100336

ISBN 9784636102338. 8.5 x 12 inches.

This is a collection of 23 popular songs from Studio Ghibli's works, arranged for a duet, trio, and quartet. The arrangements are designed to be played by the same type of instruments in the same key and are considerably flexible, allowing the trio to play as a duet and the quartet as a trio. Please refer to the guide in the score if full members are not available. Many of the pieces are arranged for beginners, so they can be enjoyed by anyone who has just picked up an instrument.