Orchestra Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Contrabass

SKU: PR.11640110L

Composed by Adolphus Hailstork. Large Score. Duration 8 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-40110L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11640110L).

UPC: 680160682751.

The Essay for Strings was written in 1986 in memory of Glenn Hull, a colleague and the choir director at Norfolk State University during my early years there. His sudden passing was a shock, and I expressed my sadness in this work. It was premiered that year by the NSU orchestra at their Winter concert. In w000, after conductor-composer Coleridge Taylor Perkinson gave the work its second performance in Chicago (with the ensemble of the Center For Black Music Reasearch), I decided to add it to my catalog of orchestra works. The designation Essay refers to the fact that the piece is based on one idea (like a literary essay). In this case the musical idea (or motive) is made from the initials of my deceased friend, Glenn Hull (G and H in music are represented by the pitches G and B-natural). These two notes are sounded throughout the work in tribute to him.

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SKU: FZ.6222

Serie I - France 1600-1800. Edited by Jean Saint-Arroman. This edition: Facsimile. Methodes & Traites. Score. Published by Anne Fuzeau Productions - France (FZ.6222).

ISBN 9790230662222. 24.00 x 33.00 cm inches.

These early music methods are in facsimile in six books. Volume 1: Anonyme - BARTOLOTTI A. M. - BOYVIN J. - BUTERNE J-B. - CARRE A. Sieur de La Grange - CHARPENTIER M-A. - CHAUMONT L. - D'ANGLEBERT J-H. - DE LA BARRE M. - DELAIR D. - FLEURY N. - MARAIS M. - NIVERS G. G. - PERRINE - SAINT-LAMBERT M. de. Volume 2: CAMPION F. - CAMPION T. - CHERON A. - CLERAMBAULT N. - COUPERIN F. - DANDRIEU J-F. - DELAIR D. - LECLAIR J. -M. - RAMEAU J. -P. Volume 3: Anonyme - CAMPION F. - DORNEL A. - FORQUERAY A. - GERVAIS L. - GOUDAT - GUILLEMAIN L. -G. - MONNIER Le Cadet - MONTECLAIR M. P. de - PINGRE A-G. - RAMEAU J. -P. - SERRE DE RIEUX J. - TELEMANN G. P. - TRAVENOL L. A. Volume 4: ALEMBERT J. Le Rond d' - BLAINVILLE C. H. de - CORRETTE M. - DUBUGRARRE - GEMINIANI F S. - LAPORTE C. de. Volume 5: BETHISY J-L. de - BIFERI F. (fils) - CLEMENT C-F. - DUBREUIL J-J. - GARNIER H. - GIANOTTI P. - GOUGELET Madame - LABBET A. J. - LE BOEUF - RAMEAU J. -P. - ROUSSIER P-J. - SIMON S. - TAPRAY J. Volume 6: Anonyme - BEMETZRIEDER A. - CORRETTE M. - FROESTLER B. - GOURNAY B. C. - LANGLE H-F-M. - RODOLPHE J-J. - ROUSSIER P-J. Table of contents: Volume 1: Fleury Nicolas: Methode pour apprendre facilement - 1660. Bartolotti Angelo Michele: Table pour apprendre facilement - 1669. Carre Antoine: Livre de Guitarre Contenant Plusieurs pieces - 1671. Perrine: Livre de Musique pour le Lut - 1680. Anonyme: Petites Reigles Generalles qui peuvent servir de methode - 1680. Nivers Guillaume Gabriel: Motets a voix seule - 1689. D'Anglebert Jean Henry: Pieces de clavecin - 1689. Marais Marin: Basse-continues des pieces a une et a deux Violes - 1689. Anonyme: (traite abrege d'accompagnement) - c. 1690. Anonyme: Regles pour l'Accompagnement - 1690. Delair Denis: Traite d'accompagnement pour le theorbe - 1690. Charpentier Marc Antoine: Abrege des regles de l'accompagnement - c. 1692. Chaumont Lambert: Pieces D'orgue sur les 8 tons - 1695. Buterne Jean-Baptiste: Petites Reigles pour l'accompagnement - 1700. Boyvin Jacques: Second livre d'orgue - 1700. Anonyme: Traite d'accompagnement du Clavecin - c. 1700. De La Barre Michel: Premier livre de pieces pour la flute - 1702. Saint-Lambert Michel de: Nouveau Traite de l'accompagnement - 1707. Volume 2: Couperin Francois: Regles pour l'accompagnement - s. d. Campion Thomas: Traite d'accompagnement et de composition - 1716. Clerambault Nicolas: Regles d'accompagnement - 1716. Clerambault Nicolas: Principes d'accompagnement - 1716. Dandrieu Jean Francois: Principes de l'accompagnement - 1719. Rameau Jean-Philippe: Traite de l'harmonie - 1722. Delair Denis: Nouveau traite d'accompagnement - 1724. Leclair Jean-Marie: Premier livre de sonates - 1723. Rameau Jean-Philippe: Nouveau systeme de musique theorique - 1726. Cheron Andre: Sonates en trio - 1727. Campion Francois: Lettre du sieur Campion a un philosophe - 1729. Campion Thomas: Addition au traite d'accompagnement - 1730. Volume 3: Pingre Alexandre Gui: Traite de l'harmonie - s. d. Rameau Jean-Philippe: Observations sur la Methode d'Accompagnement - 1730. Rameau Jean-Philippe: Plan abrege d'une Methode nouvelle - 1730. Monteclair Michel Pignolet de: Reponse du second Musicien au premier - 1729. Rameau Jean-Philippe: Replique du premier Musicien a la reponse du second - 1730. Monteclair Michel Pignolet de: Reponse du second Musicien au premier Musicien - 1730. Rameau Jean-Philippe: Replique du premier Musicien a l'ecrit du second - 1730. Rameau Jean-Philippe: Dissertation sur les differentes metodes - 1732. Gervais Laurent: Methode pour l'accompagnement - 1733. Campion Francois: Second recueil d'airs - 1734. Serre de Rieux Jean: Les dons des Enfans de Latone - 1734. Telemann Georg Philipp: Nouveaux Quatuors en six Suites - 1738. Goudat: Principes de Laccompagnement - 1738. Travenol Louis Antoine: Premier livre de Sonates a violon seul - 1739. Guillemain Louis Gabriel: Six sonates en quatuors - 1743. Monnier le Cadet: L'art de Toucher le Clavecin dans son propre caractere - c. 1745. Dornel Antoine: le Tour du Clavier - 1745. Forqueray Antoine: Pieces de Viole avec la Basse Continue - 1747. Anonyme: (Methode d'accompagnement) - s. d. Volume 4: Alembert Jean Le Rond d': Elemens de musique - 1752. Blainville Charles Henri de: Essay sur un troisieme mode - 1751. Corrette Michel: Le maitre de Clavecin - 1753. Laporte Claude de: Traite theorique et pratique - 1753. Geminiani Francesco Saverio: L'art de bien accompagner - 1754. Dubugrarre: Methode plus courte et plus facile - 1754. Volume 5: Tapray Jean: Abrege de l'accompagnement - 1755. Labbet Antoine Joseph et Leris Antoine de: Sentiment d'un Harmoniphile - 1756. Clement Charles Francois: Essai sur l'accompagnement - 1758. Gianotti Pietro: Le guide du compositeur - 1759. Rameau Jean-Philippe: Code de musique pratique - 1760. Bethisy Jean-Laurent de: Exposition de la theorie et de la pratique - 1764. 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Anonyme: Regles d'accompagnement - s. d. Collection supervised by the musicologist Jean Saint-Arroman, professor at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris and at the CEFEDEM Ile de France (Training Centre for Music Teachers). He is the author of the majority of our prefaces and has also been involved in library searches. Facsimiles of copies from: - Conservatory Library of Geneva (Switzerland). - Conservatory Library of Dijon (France). - Royal Conservatory of Liege (Belgique). - Municipal Library of Bordeaux (France). - Municipal Library of Grenoble (France). - Municipal Library of Lyon (France). - National Library of Paris (France). - Royal Library of Brussels (Belgium). - Sainte-Genevieve Library of Paris (France). - British Library of London (England). - Nederlands Muziek Instituut of The Hague (Netherlands). - Yale University, Music Library of New Haven (USA). - Zentralbibliothek of Zurich (Switzerland). Anne Fuzeau Classique propose the complete theoretic documentation, methods, classical music scores on the continuo.

Edited by Paul Stewart Cranford. Arranged by Melissa Emmons. For Fiddle. Solos. Cranford Publications. Canadian-Maritime. Intermediate. Book. 80 pages

Choral alto 1, alto 2, solo Voices, soprano 1, soprano 2

SKU: CF.CM9768

Composed by Z. Randall Stroope. Duration 3 minutes, 19 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9768. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9768).

ISBN 9781491160343. UPC: 680160923298. Key: G major. English.

About the WorkThe text of this work is most often attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, although it doesn't mirror his style, and no research credits an essay, book or letter with its source. Other individuals are occasionally suggested as possible authors, but equally unsubstantiated. Even whether the textis a poem or a quote seems unclear. But there is one thing that is without question: that this beloved text has inspired countless people and contributed toward a view of the world through eyes of hope, resilience, courage, beauty, and joy. Music for this text flowed more easily than about any text I have ever set. It has an emotional connection that is mystical, and after I read it for the first time, I immediately sat down and wrote this work without stop.Rehearsal NotesIn many cases, art is more expressive and reaches a wider range of human emotions when multiple artistic fields are fused together. Such is the case with choral music: the intertwining of literature, music, and very often dance, visual arts, and more. The story in choral music is often quite specific, much like film scoring. At times, the music is the picture frame (score) around the picture (text), while at others the music is the leading dramatic/emotional impetus.In the present case (My Farewell Wish), the text is sincere, innocent, heartfelt, and earnest. By all accounts, the message is altruistic, expressing selfless desire for another's present/future happiness. Capturing this message has a strong reliance on the performers to not only carry the emotional intent of the moment (a phrase of text or a measure), but the the energy and continuance of the message throughout.The use of the [o] vowel functions almost as instrumental interludes or underpinning of strings. The conductor may use the [o] as indicated in the score, or a [u] vowel, a hum (with [o] as the vowel inside the mouth), or all three at different times for different reasons. In an acoustical performance (no mic), the soloist and the ensemble are a reflection of each other's natural sound. And, even gentle, warm solo voices should have no trouble projecting.Two final thoughts: 1) the obbligato or added voice or two on high passages (m. 66) or a single note (final chord) will be best delivered by lyrical, pure voices with demonstrated control; and 2) the metronome marking of 80 bpm (mm. 1–81) was strongly considered and should be followed.About the ComposerZ. Randall Stroope is an American composer and conductor. His composition teachers were Normand Lockwood and Cecil Effinger, both students of the Nadia Boulanger, the famous French teacher (and student of Gabriel Fauré). Randall is the artistic director of two international summer music festivals, is an Honorary Board Member of the NationalAssociation of Italian Choral Directors, and has conducted in 25 countries. He has directed over 40 times at Carnegie Hall, and is a frequent conductor at other prestigious concert venues. Randall has 190 published works, and his music can be heard on Spotify, YouTube and other platforms, including his website (www.zrstroope.com).

SKU: MN.90-51

Composed by Carl Schalk. This edition: paperback. Book. MorningStar Music Publishers #90-51. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.90-51).

UPC: 688670090516. 8 1/2 x 11 inches.

A delightful second volume of brief essays by revered professor of church music, Carl Schalk. Carl’s wit, charm, and wisdom shine through each of these essays. Some may make you uncomfortable while others will make you laugh. As with the original book, First Person Singular, these essays are refreshing and remarkable insights into our work as church musicians. Ultimately, all will make you think. Paperback. 60 pages.

Voice 4 (Bass)in B (Notviolin)(Tsecond romb,Tthird romb,horn-Bar,Euph,B-Tuba) (4. Voice (Bass) in B (Treble clef) (2. Trombone, 3. Trombone, Baritone horn, Euphonium, B-Tuba))

SKU: BA.BA11242-49

Edited by Andreas Dewey, Bernhard Blitsch, and Richard Mailänder. Ring stitching. Eigenteil des Erzbistums Köln. Single part. 82 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11242_49. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11242-49).

ISBN 9790006563630. 15 x 21 cm inches.

The acclaimed percussionist Christian Dierstein has joined forces with a research group at the Basel Academy of Music to examine the techniques of percussion playing from an innovative perspective. The main focus falls less on the instruments than on their sound producers: beaters, mallets, sticks, bows, specific manual techniques up to and including electronic pulse generators. This book describes all of them in detail and illustrates their range of application in carefully selected and annotated examples from the repertoire.

Many essays by guest authors such as Nicolaus A. Huber, Steven Schick, Fritz Hauser and Bernhard Wulff relate the performance descriptions to ongoing aesthetic debates. They reveal that sound production and interaction with sound-generating objects have moved centre stage in contemporary composition and its expanded concepts of material and performance. The result is a comprehensive reference book for composers and performers that will also serve as a source of inspiration for future innovative approaches in percussion playing.

The authors
Christian Dierstein completed his musical studies with Bernhard Wulff (Freiburg), Gaston Sylvestre (Paris) and Wassilios Papadopulus (Mannheim). A multiple prize-winner at music competitions, he has played percussion withEnsemble Recherchesince 1988 andTrio Accantosince 1994 together with Nic Hodges and Marcus Weiss. In addition he has been professor of percussion and contemporary chamber music at the Basel Academy of Music since 2001.

Michel Roth is professor of composition and music theatre at the Basel Academy of Music and a member of its research department. As a composer he is a regular guest at music festivals, recently with a focus on music theatre. In 2017 Barenreiter published hisTechniques of Trombone Playingco-written with Mike Svoboda. This was awarded theBest Editionprize by the German Music Publishers Association in 2018.

Jens Ruland studied percussion with Carlos Tarcha at the Cologne University of Music (2007-12) where he completed his performance and teaching degree with distinction. Since 2012 he has consolidated his studies with Christian Dierstein in Basel. He is a founding member ofhand werk(Cologne),232 percussion(Cologne),Ensemble New4Art(Switzerland) and the music theatre duoAkt-tkA(Spain and Switzerland).