Orchestra - Grade 3.5

SKU: AP.35981S

Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Arranged by Art Sheinberg. Masterworks; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Highland/Etling String Orchestra. Form: Transcription. Masterwork Arrangement; Romantic. Score. 20 pages. Highland/Etling #00-35981S. Published by Highland/Etling (AP.35981S).

UPC: 038081414911. English.

Here is the perfect concert or festival piece for the high school string orchestra that is almost---but not quite---ready for the Dvorák Serenade! With much of the composer's signature use of folk idioms and lyricism, this piece offers great teaching possibilities, including a slow middle section in E Major with a bass solo. The exuberant accelerando ending will put an exclamation point to this certain favorite with your students and audiences.

Composed by Alfred Reed (1921-2005). Arranged by Michael Story. Full Orchestra; Score. Belwin Intermediate String/Full Orchestra. Christmas; Sacred; Winter. 28 pages. Published by Belwin

Composed by Alfred Reed (1921-2005). Arranged by Michael Story. Full Orchestra; Part(s); Score. Belwin Intermediate String/Full Orchestra. Christmas; Sacred; Winter. 244 pages. Published by Belwin Music

Orchestra

SKU: LO.30-2651L

Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged by Stan Pethel. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Palm/Palm-Passion Sunday. Orchestral score and parts. Lorenz Publishing Company #30/2651L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.30-2651L).

UPC: 000308125962.

With pulsating energy, Pepper Choplin's creative genius vividly conveys the excitement and the tension of the crowd as Jesus rode through the Jerusalem streets. There are opportunities for soloists in this anthem and the option of using trumpet and percussion or full orchestra for accompaniment. Questions from the people are answered with shouts of affirmation in this perfect choice for Palm Sunday. (From the cantata Come, Touch the Robe SATB--55/1123L; SAB--55/1124L) The orchestra includes a Conductor's Score and parts for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, 2 Percussion, Piano, Guitar (nylon strings), 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Bass.

Full Orchestra

SKU: SU.50027991

For Full Orchestra. Composed by Howard Rovics. Orchestra. Study Score. Seesaw Music Corp #50027991. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SU.50027991).

In two parts.Copyright 1968. Published by: Seesaw Music.

Orchestra - Grade 2

SKU: AP.46695S

Hawaiian Merry Christmas. Composed by R. Alex Anderson. Arranged by Jan Farrar-Royce. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Pop Intermediate String Orchestra. Christmas; Holiday Pops; Multicultural; Pop; Secular; Winter. Score. 8 pages. Alfred Music #00-46695S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46695S).

UPC: 038081535371. English.

Mele Kalikimaka, the closest approximation of saying Merry Christmas that there is in the Hawaiian language, was written in 1949 and recorded by Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters in 1950. This first rendition of the tune is still popular today and many of your students and audience members will recognize it with delight! It is almost impossible not to sing the syncopated title phrase and beginning it on an up-bow helps create accents and fun! The accidentals are all familiar ones that give the piece color and interesting parts. Every section has their own entrances and gets a chance to play the main melodies and important supporting parts. Mele Kalikimaka, arranged by Jan Farrar-Royce, is a fun and musically educational way to celebrate the holiday season!

Orchestra (3(3picc.A-fl.B-fl).4.3.0 - 4.3.3.2 - perc(5) - 2pno - str: 8.8.8.8.8.8)

SKU: BR.PB-5435

Composed by Helmut Lachenmann. Orchestra; Softcover. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Music post-1945; New music (post-2000). Full score. Composed 2003/04. 108 pages. Duration 25'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5435. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5435).

ISBN 9790004212820. 11.5 x 16.5 inches.

Meine eigene neue Orchesterkomposition hat den Titel ,,SCHREIBEN. Die praktische Aktion des Schreibens, als mechanisches Einwirken per Hand, Stift, Pinsel, auf eine Flache (Papier, Pergament, Stein etc.), ausgelost und gesteuert von einem kommunikativen Bedurfnis und, bei aller Spontaneitat, beherrscht durch die Regeln von Schrift und Sprache, ist fur mich einer der geheimnisvollsten Vorgange im zwischenmenschlichen Alltag, bei dem menschlicher Geist und tote Materie einander begegnen: Gedanken bzw. Gedachtes werden auf einer Flache - Papier, Pergament, Stein - festgehalten, ihr sozusagen anvertraut. Und auf diesem Umweg uber Sprache, Schrift und Gravur begegnen sie dem Geist des lesenden oder entziffernden Mitmenschen. Als Komponist aber frage ich: gibt es auch einen anderen Kausalitatszusammenhang, gibt es z. B. ein ,,autonomes Schreiben, eine sinn-freie Zeichengebung, durch entfesselte, losgelassene Fortbewegung der schreibenden Hand, wo der Schreibende seinem eigenen Schreiben nur noch staunend zusieht? Werden nicht in Japan Bilder, auch ,,abstrakte, geschrieben??? (In einem Underground-Film der 70er-Jahre uber den jungen Mozart sieht sich der Zuschauer versetzt in ein Zimmer eines italienischen Gasthauses, in dem der junge durchreisende Mozart am Tisch eilig die Rezitative einer seiner italienischen Opern zu Papier bringt. Mehr als eine Viertelstunde lang sind wir dabei, horen nicht die entstehende Musik, sondern das nervose Kratzen der Feder auf dem groben Notenpapier in nachmittaglicher Stille - nur der gleichmassige Pendelschlag der Wanduhr ist noch zu horen -, und wir erleben diese sekundare Klangwelt kaum weniger intensiv als nachher andere Horer die dabei stumm entstehende Musik.) Das Orchester in meinem Stuck ,,schreibt. Es fugt Strich zu Strich, versteht sich selbst als eine Art vielfaltiges ,,Schreib-Gerat. Wir als Horer lesen nicht das ,,Geschriebene, aber wir horen den Vorgang des Schreibens, den Bogenstrich, die Bewegung des scharrenden Holzstabs auf Fell oder Tamtam, und wir beobachten dessen Imitation bzw. Transformation durch - zeitweise auch tonlos - sich zu linearen Gestalten verbindende Blasinstrumente als eine Art klingender Schreib-Zeremonie. Es ergibt sich eine Musik, die gelegentlich ihren gedanklichen Ausgangspunkt vergisst und sich als autonome Klang-Situation fortentwickelt und verwandelt, und die schliesslich im hochsten Register eine Art ,,Kantilene be-schreibt. Wer das deutsche Wort ,,Schreiben (engl. ,,to write) schreibt, der schreibt dabei auch unweigerlich das Wort ,,Schrei (engl. ,,shout), und er schreibt auch das Wort ,,reiben (engl. ,,to rub). So emotional der erste Begriff gedacht werden kann, so nuchtern-praktisch ist der zweite. Von beiden Aspekten, samt ihrer Gegensatzlichkeit, ist mein Stuck gepragt. (Helmut Lachenmann, 2003)

World premiere: Tokyo/Japan, December 4, 2003.

Orchestra

SKU: SU.91580100

For Orchestra. Composed by Steven Mercurio. Vocal/Choral, Opera. CD (Audio). Subito Music Corporation #91580100. Published by Subito Music Corporation (SU.91580100).

A Grateful Tail - Movement by Movement Siriusly, Dog Star Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, has been used by travelers and navigators for thousands of years as a guiding star and so it is here as the opening movement for the symphony. Sirius, the cornerstone to the constellation Canis Maggiore or Big Dog sits at the foot of Orion, the hunter, leading the way. Highly cinematic, the movement evokes both a musical and visual sense of the mythological and mysterious elements of Sirius and its Dog Godstar secrets. From the clarion call of the opening, Sirius theme, the sound is buoyant and frisky emulating the nature of doggy playtime. Puppy pleasures abound as a doggy four-step, my turn on the traditional American two-step dance, is introduced. The movement transforms into an actual orchestrated frolic of small, large and medium dog barks beginning with the winds (smaller dogs) and ultimately, the big dog, brass. The movement climaxes with the coda or, Dog Park, where the winds and the brass bark and play together over the, doggy ostinato four-step rhythm, culminating with the final call of the Sirius theme. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, Peacefully It's all in a dog's day and life. Tranquility presides over this supremely gentle, intermezzo-like movement. After a day of play, every dog needs rest. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, is a lyrical andante inspired by the profound serenity and beauty of a dog at rest. The Last Will and Testament of Silverdene Emblem O'Neill Based on a powerful piece of prose written by the American playwright, Eugene O'Neill this text was intended as a consolation piece for Carlotta, his wife, who had become grief-stricken over the loss of their beloved dog, the Dalmatian known as Blemie.Written for a singing actor who personifies the role of Blemie, a dog at the end of his life, the movement plays like a one act, musical drama as we follow Blemie through a wonderfully three-dimensional, emotional and psychological journey writing his Last Will and Testament, for those who have loved him. Wagging the Tail: Ossia Fido's Lament A life-affirming rumba/samba using Blemie's final words from O'Neill's text, this final movement employs the most unique American musical invention, the gospel choir. In order to make the dances come alive, this movement also calls upon the colors of a rhythm section. Creating the spirit of an Irish Funeral, the movement is a joyful and revival-like celebration of a dog's life as its spirit lives on forever in the hearts and minds of dog lovers everywhere. Remember Me, remember me! My spirit is wagging a grateful tail. Published by: Subito Music Publishing Release Date: July 9, 2013.

Orchestra (3(picc)2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp.(cym ad lib.) - str)

SKU: BR.PB-5559-07

Urtext. Composed by Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky. Edited by Christoph Flamm. Orchestra; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).

Tchaikovsky's Hamburg Symphony in the Urtext

Symphony; Romantic. Study Score. 208 pages. Duration 44'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5559-07. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5559-07).

ISBN 9790004213698. 6.5 x 9 inches.

Like Hamlet Overture, originating at about the same time, Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony, composed in 1888, focuses on the human existential question: To be or not to be - triumph over fate or triumph of fate? The per aspera ad astra dramaturgy underlying the symphony culminates in triumphant certainty. If Tchaikovsky was initially euphoric, then severe self-doubts befell him after he conducted the premiere in St. Petersburg. These doubts demonstrably led him to make interpretative changes for the Hamburg performance in 1889, including a cut in the finale. Only with the extremely positive response to this performance did his doubts dispel. Nevertheless, Tchaikovsky himself never again conducted the 5th symphony. It was only posthumously established in the repertoire through Arthur Nikisch's commitment. The new edition's textual criticism takes into account besides the autograph and first edition also the first edition's orchestral parts, together with the piano arrangement produced from the autograph by Sergei Taneyev. In addition to thoroughly clarifying dynamics and articulation, the source comparison also corrected many errors and solved problematical passages, such as, for instance, the trombone entry in m. 372 of the finale. Considered, moreover, for the first time has been the composer's doubts about his work and its ambiguities, frequently successfully suppressed in the history of its performance and reception. Tchaikovsky's conductor's copy is unfortunately lost, hence his alterations made for the Hamburg performance are not precisely known. They have survived only indirectly through remarks that Willem Mengelberg left to posterity, for which he could draw on Tchaikovsky's conductor's score and oral references by the composer's brother Modest. So, anyone wishing to deal seriously with the work's certainties will not be able to do so in the future without having also to deal with its uncertainties.

Tchaikovsky's Hamburg Symphony in the Urtext.

Orchestra (Full Score)

SKU: HL.14043216

Orchestra Full Score. Composed by Michael Nyman. Music Sales America. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. 160 pages. Chester Music #CH60952. Published by Chester Music (HL.14043216).

ISBN 9781783056200. English.

Michael Nyman's Musique A Grande Vitesse (MGV) translates as ‘high speed music’ and was commissioned by the Festival de Lille for the inauguration of the TGV North EuropeanParis-Lille line in 1993.

This piece of sheet music runs continuously, but was conceived as an abstract, imaginary journey; or rather five inter-connected journeys, each ending with a slow, mainly stepwise melody which isonly heard in its 'genuine' form when the piece reaches its destination.

Thematic 'transformation' is a key to MGV as a whole. Throughout the piece ideas - rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, motivic, textural -constantly change their identity as they pass through different musical 'environments'.

The opening bars establish both a recurrent rhythmic principle - 9, 11, or 13-beat rhythmic cycles heard against a regular 8 - and aharmonic process - chord sequences (mainly over C and E) which have the note E in common. (Coincidentally, MGV begins in C and ends in E). A later scalic, syncopated figure (again first heard over C, E and A)begins the second section, featuring Brass, in D flat.

The topography of MGV should be experienced without reference to planning, description or timetables. Its tempo changes and unpredictable slowings downbear no logical relation to the high speed of the Paris-Lille journey, while the temptation to treat MGV as a concerto grosso, with the Michael Nyman band as the ripeno, was resisted: more suitably theband (amplified in live performance) lays down the tracks on which MGV runs.

Orchestra - intermediate

SKU: HL.49001765

Condensed Score. Composed by Carl Philipp Stamitz. Edited by Walter Lebermann. This edition: CON138. Sheet music. Concertino (Chamber Orchestra). Classical. Condensed Score. 32 pages. Duration 18'. Schott Music #CON 138. Published by Schott Music (HL.49001765).

ISBN 9790001023801. UPC: 073999271485. 9.0x12.0x0.195 inches.

Apart from his numerous instrumental works, Carl Stamitz left also four horn concertos. For reasons of the playing technique, the concerto was transposed down a semitone in the present edition. This work is especially characteristic of the personal style as well as of the epoch-mak-ing reformations by the Mannheim School.

Orchestra - intermediate

SKU: HL.49013770

Set of Parts. Composed by Carl Philipp Stamitz. Edited by Walter Lebermann. This edition: Folder. Sheet music. Concertino (Chamber Orchestra). Classical. Set of Parts. Duration 18'. Schott Music #CON 138-50. Published by Schott Music (HL.49013770).

ISBN 9790001023818. 9.0x11.75x0.333 inches.

Apart from his numerous instrumental works, Carl Stamitz left also four horn concertos. For reasons of the playing technique, the concerto was transposed down a semitone in the present edition. This work is especially characteristic of the personal style as well as of the epoch-mak-ing reformations by the Mannheim School.