Born in Havana Cuba in 1895 Ernesto Lecuona is arguably Cuba's greatest serious composer. He was a gifted pianist who wrote hundreds of songs and piano works before he died in 1963. Most of his music is composed in a rich authentic Cuban style. The most famous of his works is Malagueña the sixth movement of his Suite Andalucia for solo piano which was first published in 1928. Malagueña has been recorded as a popular song (with added lyrics) as a serious piano work (even by Lecuona himself in the 1950's) and also as a jazz standard (Bill Holman's arrangement for the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the early 1960's.) Over the years it has been arranged many times for variousother mediums ranging from symphony orchestra to field arrangements for drum and bugle corps.In 1976 James Barnes arranged Malagueña for the University of Kansas Marching Band. A few years later with permission from the publisher he expanded this original arrangement into a full work for symphonic band called Prelude Fantasy and Fandango on Lecuona's Malagueña. After several performances in the spring of 1978 (most notably at the MENC Convention in Colorado Springs) this work along with over 200 other Barnes manuscripts lay fallow in the KU Band Library. While packing up his office belongings when he retired from The University of Kansas in 2015 Barnes came across this long languishing Prelude Fantasy and Fandango which remained in condensed score. In the fall of 2016 he completely re-composed the opening portion of the work reduced the number of required percussion and disposed of the two harps in his 1978 version. This new setting features evocative thinly scored extended solo passages for clarinet bassoon and flute before the full wind band concludes the work with a powerful dramatic setting of the main themes of Lecuona's masterful Malagueña.

Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.-Now My Soul Exalts The Lord BWV 10: Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.With his cantata Meine Seel Erhebt Den Herren which Bach composed for the Visitation of Mary (2 July) he created a Magnificat setting of a different kind: The German text source is a combination of biblical text and a free interpretation the basis being the Marian hymn of praise from the Gospel according to Luke. The 9th psalm tone acts as the chorale melody and becomes a recurring musical theme.With a small scoring of one trumpet (which if need be can be omitted) two oboes strings and basso continuo along with four soloists and choir Bach succeeds in writing a festive music of 20-25 minutes.This performing edition is based on the Urtext of the New Bach Edition.

Quotes of the beloved spiritual “Hold On” are combined with excerpts from “Freedom's Plow” by Langston Hughes in this powerful and dramatic work commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony. Themes of thestruggle for liberty and justice throughout America and the world make this a magnificent concert closer for festival and community performances with keyboard bass and drums or the optional orchestral accompaniment! Availableseparately: SATB divisi Orchestra score and parts (fl ob cl bn hn tpt 1-3 tbn 1-2 [btbn] bells perc 1-2 vn 1-2 va vc db). Duration: ca. 5:00.

This edition clarifies a performance aspect of Haydn?s Symphony in G major that has long been misunderstood: in m. 1 of the second movement (Largo) the viola violoncello and several wind instrument parts are marked ?solo? indicating that they play important motifs or themes and ought to stand out.Contrary to other editions the ?solo? marking in the violoncello should not be construed as indicating a solo instrument with the remaining cellos doubling the basses. Rather the cellos should play as a section so as to stand out all the more clearly.Continuing the collaboration between Bärenreiter and the Henle publishing company in large-scalechoral works operas and symphonies this edition is based on the Henle Complete Edition of the ?Works of Joseph Haydn? . The complete performance material for several ?Sturm und Drang? symphonies and all of the London and Paris symphonies is now available from Bärenreiter.Based on the Henle Complete Edition of the ?Works of Joseph Haydn?Orchestral parts in a large format (25.5 cm x 32.5 cm)Full score & performance material available for sale (BA10980)

This edition clarifies a performance aspect of Haydn?s Symphony in G major that has long been misunderstood: in m. 1 of the second movement (Largo) the viola violoncello and several wind instrument parts are marked ?solo? indicating that they play important motifs or themes and ought to stand out.Contrary to other editions the ?solo? marking in the violoncello should not be construed as indicating a solo instrument with the remaining cellos doubling the basses. Rather the cellos should play as a section so as to stand out all the more clearly.Continuing the collaboration between Bärenreiter and the Henle publishing company in large-scalechoral works operas and symphonies this edition is based on the Henle Complete Edition of the ?Works of Joseph Haydn? . The complete performance material for several ?Sturm und Drang? symphonies and all of the London and Paris symphonies is now available from Bärenreiter.Based on the Henle Complete Edition of the ?Works of Joseph Haydn?Orchestral parts in a large format (25.5 cm x 32.5 cm)Full score & performance material available for sale (BA10980)

Study Score-After themes of Vincenzo Bellini from La Sonnambula I Puritani I Capuletti ed I Montecchi.

This edition clarifies a performance aspect of Haydn?s Symphony in G major that has long been misunderstood: in m. 1 of the second movement (Largo) the viola violoncello and several wind instrument parts are marked ?solo? indicating that they play important motifs or themes and ought to stand out.Contrary to other editions the ?solo? marking in the violoncello should not be construed as indicating a solo instrument with the remaining cellos doubling the basses. Rather the cellos should play as a section so as to stand out all the more clearly.Continuing the collaboration between Bärenreiter and the Henle publishing company in large-scalechoral works operas and symphonies this edition is based on the Henle Complete Edition of the ?Works of Joseph Haydn? . The complete performance material for several ?Sturm und Drang? symphonies and all of the London and Paris symphonies is now available from Bärenreiter.Based on the Henle Complete Edition of the ?Works of Joseph Haydn?Orchestral parts in a large format (25.5 cm x 32.5 cm)Full score & performance material available for sale (BA10980)

From one of the most widely played composers of wind band music comes this orchestral setting of a classic work. With distinctive memorable themes and superb orchestration your students will enjoy every moment of this symphonic masterwork.

This authoritative edition presents full-score reproductions of three of Liszt’s best-known symphonic poems. Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem No.3) grew out of the composer’s unpublished choral setting of Joseph Autran’s poem “The Four Elements”, blending stirring martial music and lovely pastoral themes to make this work the most popular of the symphonic poems. Mazeppa (Symphonic Poem No.6) evokes Victor Hugo’s portrayal of the Cossack leader and the symbolic triumph that comes only after defeat: “He runs, he flies, he falls, and he stands up king!” Heroide Funebre (Symphonic Poem No.8) is the last vestige of the monumental Revolutionary Symphony, planned but never completed, suggesting universal brotherhood: a fine, heroic, dignified funeral march. In these richly sonorous works, Liszt explored the concept of the one-movement “transformation of themes,” an approach to composition that Wagner would carry forward in his development of the leitmotif. Liszt’s expanding chromaticism would be no less influential, anticipating the twentieth century’s embrace of atonality. Frequently performed favourites of audiences around the world, these three works are reprinted from the original Breitkopf & Härtel edition.