SKU: HL.14025900

0.453 inches.

Herrmann wanted to write a musical portrait of his friend and colleague Alfred Hitchcok, so choose motifs from the movie The Trouble With Harry, one of Hitchcock's more personal and humorous films. This single-movement work for Orchestra employs some of the more familiar elements of Herrmann's compositional style: short musical phrases repeated and then repeated again in other positions, sharp use of dynamics among them. From the first note, the creepiness begins.Bernard Herrmann was among the very greatest of all composers of music for cinema and there are many who avow that he was the greatest of all. A very short list of the films for which this award-winning composercreated soundtracks includes Citizen Kane, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, Jason and Argonauts, Fahrenheit 451, Obsession and Taxi Driver. He had a long and fertile association with Alfred Hitchcock during the most productive period of Hitchcock's career and with Orson Welles from the time of the Mercury Theatre on the Air. In addition to his conducting and composing work for the entertainment world, Herrmann wrote concert pieces, including a symphony, opera and cantata.

SKU: AP.45892S

UPC: 038081526546. English. Traditional American.

Imagining the Alaska Klondike gold rush calls up visions of fortune seekers, turn-of-the-century dance halls, and adventure! Klondike Fiddles captures those moods in a medley of two authentic fiddle tunes from that by-gone era by Andrew H. Dabczynski. These delightful melodies---March of the Gold Miners and Crooked Stovepipe---fall under the fingers of intermediate string students, with interesting parts for all players, body percussion sounds, and challenging optional improvisation opportunities. Here's a piece that complements any concert program and will have the players and audience tapping their toes! (3:50).

SKU: AP.45867

UPC: 038081525587. English.

Everyone loves to sing around a campfire, and here's a collection of favorite Campfire Songs set in the range of a one-octave D major scale with many parts doubled! This medley of easy, familiar tunes---including This Old Man, In a Cabin in a Wood, Bingo, Kumbaya, Wheels on the Bus, and This Little Light of Mine---gives everyone a chance to play a melody or two, and to join in with an upbeat accompaniment. An optional sing-along part invites audience participation and makes this arrangement by Andrew H. Dabczynski the perfect piece for a first-year concert, school assembly, or summer program. (2:40) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: PO.ME31S

ISBN 9780986459276.

Prelude to Odysseus on Ogygia is Walker's captivating concert adaptation from his opera about the classic Greek story of Odysseus. This standalone orchestral work sets the scene for the opera that centres on Odysseus escape from the fate of spending eternity with the sensual goddess Calypso on the island Ogygia. This is an intriguing work that reveals Walker's interest in using a dramatic narrative as a basis for creating symphonic form.

SKU: AP.47447

ISBN 9781470660864. UPC: 038081545752. English.

One of the most flexible pieces ever written, this powerful original work by Michael Story will provide the opportunity for an entire instrumental program to perform together! Perfect also for a first full orchestra experience with plenty of doubling, it can be performed by string orchestra alone or with almost any combination of winds or percussion. The piano part is also completely optional, as it simply reinforces the string parts. The percussion parts are written for up to five players; however, if you have extra percussionists, you can double as many as you wish on the tom-tom part. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: AP.40447S

UPC: 038081453644. English.

Inspired by the heroic journey of Jason in search of the Golden Fleece, this victorious piece is perfect for contest or festival, providing challenges for all sections. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: AP.40480S

UPC: 038081454450. English.

Now you can experience the power and beauty of this fabulous Dvorák work at your next concert or festival. Written with the needs of high school string orchestras in mind, this arrangement will give your students a very accurate, yet playable, arrangement of the original. Studying this masterpiece will develop students' shifting, expressiveness, the ability to play accidentals, and bow technique. The 4th movement, known for its soaring melodies and energetic ending, is the perfect piece to close any performance.

This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: HL.48024683

ISBN 9781784545062. UPC: 888680952570. 8.25x11.75 inches.

TEMPUS FUGIT was commissioned to celebrate the centenary of Finnish independence on 6 December 2017 and it received its first performance in Helsinki on that day, given by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

The composer says that “if you translate TEMPUS FUGIT as 'Time Flies', you could say that Finland has travelled a long way already -but 100 years is a short time-span, and living as a human in this part of the world started long ago and, we hope, will continue formillennia to come. This relates to my fascination with Bernd Alois Zimmermann's concept of spherical time - that the past, the present and the future are continuously linked and within reach. You can also examine the inter-connection of musical time in the earlier works of Stockhausen such as Kontakte and Gruppen which had a big impact on me as a young composer. A translation of TEMPUS FUGIT that I prefer is 'Time in Flight', offering the idea that time escapes from us but bequeaths a tangible residue, rather like aplane travelling towards the distance but leaving a visible vapour trail.” This 30-minute score is a major addition to the orchestral repertory.

SKU: AP.40424S

UPC: 038081451183. English.

An enchanting arrangement of this beautiful classic! Written in 3/4 for young players, it starts with a solo cello accompanied by delicate strings above, evolving into the full string orchestra majestically singing praise like angels from above. An optional percussion part is included for added drama.

SKU: HL.14043596

12.0x16.75x0.445 inches.

This is the full score of Aheym For Orchestra , composed by Bryce Dessner , best known as the guitarist of The National, but also an acclaimed composer in his own right. If so desired, this work can be performed with Strings alone: the Wind and Percussion instruments are optional. Composed in 2009 for the Kronos Quartet for their performance in Brooklyn's Prospect Park for the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival, Aheym (meaning 'homeward' in Yiddish) was directly inspired by his parents' migration to Brooklyn. The score in this edition was first performed by the London Sinfonietta at the Southbank Centre in London on the 9th of October 2012. The work lasts around 8 minutes and isfilled with dynamic tempo changes, a mix of staccato and smooth playing and all-round excitement. It's a fantastic piece to play and the genius composition will keep audiences on their toes.

SKU: AP.40414S

UPC: 038081453361. English. Traditional Austrian Round.

A light-hearted piece for introducing, recruiting, or simply featuring string players, every section is highlighted---even the second violins! This arrangement of an old favorite Austrian round is perfect for students within their first two years of study. Reproducible optional music pages allow for a sing-along with the audience or a choir. For the perfect exordium (introduction), Strings All Around is the right selection!

SKU: KN.8664

UPC: 822795086645.

With strong accents, vibrant tremolos, a suspenseful trill, and pizzicatos in just the right places, this pulsating portrait of bulls running freely through the streets of Pamplona, Spain is destined to be a big winner with players and audiences. Duration 2:10. Available in SmartMusic.