SKU: CL.012-1273-02

Here is a thoroughly delightful original for band featuring a sax quartet (two altos, tenor and baritone). Modern harmonies and a beautiful melodic line make it a real crowd pleaser.’’, and an excellent addition to any concert band library.

SKU: SU.45001151

2 flutes, piccolo, oboe, 3 Bb clarinets, bass clarinet (low C), 4 saxophones (2 alto, tenor, baritone), 3 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, baritone, Tuba, timpani, 4 percussion Duration: 3' Full Score: available for sale (#45001150) Composed: 1999 Published by: Dead Elf Music.

SKU: CL.013-0128-00

Instrumentation: As published: Piccolo (Db), Eb Clarinet, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd & 3rd Bb Clarinets, Eb Cornet, Solo Bb Cornet (Conductor), 1st Bb Cornet, 2nd & 3rd Bb Cornets, 1st Eb Alto, 2nd Eb Alto, 3rd & 4th Eb Altos, 1st Trombone, 2nd Trombone, 3rd Trombone, 1st & 2nd Bb Tenors (Treble Clef), Bb Bass (Treble Clef), Baritone (Bass Clef), Baritone (Treble Clef), Basses, Drums. These parts were later added, and are included: Flute & Piccolo in C, Oboe, Bassoon, Eb Alto Saxophone, Bb Tenor Saxophone, Eb Baritone Saxophone.).

SKU: HL.49025360

ISBN 9790001010542.

(2 Floten, 2. ad lib.; 2 Oboen, 2. ad lib.; 2 Fagotte, 2. ad lib.; 1 Klarinette in Es, 3 Klarinette in B, 2 Alt-Saxophone in Es, 2. ad lib.; 1 Tenor-Saxophon in B, 1 Bariton-Saxophon in Es ad lib., 4 Trompeten in B, 3./4. ad lib.; 4 Horner in Es, 3./4. ad lib.; 3 Posaunen, 1./2. ad lib.; 2 Flugelhorner in B, 3 Tenorhorner in B, 1 Bariton, 2 Tuben, Kontrabass ad lib., Pauken ad lib., Schlagzeug); Chor ad lib.

SKU: BT.DHP-1145565-010

English-German-French-Dutch.

High Voltage is an especially energetic composition in the big band style. The blaring brass and the ornate interplay of the woodwinds lend this work great character and conviction. In the second half of the piece two solos are played: firstlythe tenor saxophone (alternatively alto saxophone), followed by a virtuoso variation in the trombone (alternatively baritone euphonium).

High Voltage is een energieke compositie in bigbandstijl. De schittering van het koper en het kunstige spel in het hout geven dit dynamische werk veel karakter en overtuigingskracht. Halverwege het werk worden er twee solo’s gespeeld: eerst isde tenorsaxofoon (of altsaxofoon) aan de beurt, waarna er een virtuoze variatie in de trombone (of bariton/euphonium) volgt.

High Voltage ist eine ganz besonders energiereiche Komposition im Bigband-Stil. Schmetterndes Blech und kunstvolles Spiel der Holzbläser verleihen diesem dynamischen Werk viel Charakter und Überzeugungskraft. Nach der Hälfte des Werkes werdenzwei Soli gespielt: Zuerst ist das Tenorsaxophon (alternativ Altsaxophon) an der Reihe, gefolgt von einer virtuosen Variation in der Posaune (alternativ Bariton-Euphonium).

High Voltage est écrite dans le style jazz la manière dune œuvre pour Big Band. Énergique gr ce son tempo swinguant, on pourra entendre l´éclat des cuivres et l’habileté des bois dans cette pièce dynamique, pleine de caractère et dedétermination. Au centre de la composition, deux chorus écrits sont interprétés par le saxophone ténor puis le trombone, dans une variation exprimant virtuosité et fluidité.

High Voltage è un brano scritto nello stile jazz, simile alla scrittura che caratterizza un brano per big band. Energico grazie al suo tempo molto swing, si contraddistingue per l’importante ruolo rivestito dagli ottoni e l’abilit dei legni.Un brano dinamico, di forte personalit . Al centro della composizione, due assoli scritti sono interpretati dal sax tenore ed in seguito dal trombone, in una variazione piena di virtuosit .

SKU: MH.1-59913-054-8

ISBN 9781599130545.

Royal Coronation Dances is the first sequel to the Fanfare Ode & Festival, both being settings of dance music originally arranged by Gervaise in the mid 16th-century (the next sequel is The Renaissance Fair, which uses music of Susato and Praetorius). Fanfare Ode & Festival has been performed by many tens of thousands of students, both in high school and junior high school. I have heard that some of them are amazed that the music they are playing was first played and danced to over 400 years ago. Some students tend to think that music started with Handel and his Messiah to be followed by Beethoven and his Fifth Symphony, with naught in between or before of consequence. Although Royal Coronation Dances is derived from the same source as Fanfare Ode & Festival, they are treated in different ways. I envisioned this new suite programmatically -- hence the descriptive movement titles, which I imagined to be various dances actually used at some long-ago coronation. The first movement depicts the guests, both noble and common, flanked by flag and banner bearers, arriving at the palace to view the majestic event. They are festive, their flags swirling the air, their cloaks brightly colored. In the second movement, the queen in stately measure moves to take her place on the throne as leader and protector of the realm. In the third movement, the jesters of the court entertain the guests with wild games of sport. Musically, there are interesting sonorities to recreate. Very special attention should be given to the tambourine/tenor drum part in the first movement. Their lively rhythms give the movement its power. Therefore they should be played as distinctly and brilliantly as possible. The xylophone and glockenspiel add clarity, but must not be allowed to dominate. Observe especially the differing dynamics; the intent is to allow much buzzing bass to penetrate. The small drum (starting at meas. 29) should be played expressively, with attention to the notated articulations, with the brass light and detached, especially in a lively auditorium. It is of some further interest that the first dance is extremely modal. The original is clearly in G mixolydian mode (scale: G-A-B-C-D-E-F-G). However, other editors might put in F-sharps in many places (changing the piece almost to G major), in the belief that such ficta would have been automatically put in by the 16th-century performers as they played. I doubt it. I have not only eschewed these within the work, but even at the cadences. So this arrangement is most distinctly modal (listen to the F-naturals in meas. 22 and 23, for instance), with all the part-writing as Gervaise wrote it. In the second movement, be careful that things do not become too glued together. In the 16th century this music might have been played by a consort of recorders, instruments very light of touch and sensitive to articulation. Concert band can easily sound heavy, and although this movement has been scored for tutti band, it must not sound it. It is essential, therefore, that you hear all the instruments, with none predominating. Only when each timbre can be heard separately and simultaneously will the best blend occur, and consequently the greatest transparency. So aim for a transparent, spacious tutti sound in this movement. Especially have the flutes, who do this so well, articulate rather sharply, so as to produce a chiffing sound, and do not allow the quarter-notes to become too tied together in the entire band. The entrance of the drums (first tenor, then bass) are events and as such should be audible. Incidentally, this movement begins in F Major and ends in D Minor: They really didn't care so much about those things then. The third movement (one friend has remarked that it is the most Margolisian of the bunch, but actually I am just getting subtler, I hope) again relies upon the percussion (and the scoring) to make its points. Xylophone in this movement is meant to be distinctly audible. Therefore, be especially sure that the xylophone player is secure in the part, and also that the tambourine and toms sound good. This movement must fly or it will sink, so rev up the band and conduct it in 1 for this mixolydian jesting. I suppose the wildly unrelated keys (clarinets and then brass at the end) would be a good 16th-century joke, but to us, our put-up-the-chorus-a-half-step ears readily accept such shenanigans. Ensemble instrumentation: 1 Full Score, 1 Piccolo, 4 Flute 1, 4 Flute 2 & 3, 2 Oboe 1 & 2, 2 Bassoon 1 & 2, 1 Eb Clarinet, 4 Bb Clarinet 1, 4 Bb Clarinet 2, 4 Bb Clarinet 3, 2 Eb Alto Clarinet, 1 Eb Contra Alto Clarinet, 3 Bb Bass & Bb Contrabass Clarinet, 2 Eb Alto Saxophone 1, 2 Eb Alto Saxophone 2, 2 Bb Tenor Saxophone, 2 Eb Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb Trumpet 1, 3 Bb Trumpet 2, 3 Bb Trumpet 3, 4 Horn in F 1 & 2, 2 Trombone 1, 4 Trombone 2 & 3, 3 Euphonium (B.C.), 2 Euphonium (T.C.), 4 Tuba, 1 String Bass, 1 Timpani (optional), 2 Xylophone & Glockenspiel, 5 Percussion.

SKU: CF.CPS70F

ISBN 9780825864827. UPC: 798408064822. 9 X 12 inches. Key: Eb major.

After a bracing and invigorating opening, Carl Strommen's tribute to the nautical culture of his home turf, Long Island, is off and flying. Wind whistles through the sails and the feel of the sea is ever-present in this tuneful and brilliantly scored selection from a master writer of music for band. This is a great way for a polished junior or senior high school band to show off its musical mettle.