| Andante Cantabile for Solo Trombone & Trombone Ensemble [Score and Parts] - Advanced Cherry Classics
Solo Trombone & Trombone Ensemble - advanced SKU: CY.CC2688 Composed by P...(+)
Solo Trombone & Trombone Ensemble - advanced SKU: CY.CC2688 Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Arranged by J. Mark Thompson. Romantic Russian. Score and parts. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2688). Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) composed his String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11, in 1871. Countless arrangements of its second movement, Andante cantabile, have been made, but it was not discovered until after his death that he, too, had arranged this movement in 1888, his version being for solo cello and strings. In this version, Tchaikovsky transposed the movement, originally in the key of B-flat Major, up to B Major.
The singing melody is based on a popular Russian folk song, and it lends itself quite well for performance on trombones.
This arrangement premiered February 14, 1997, at the Texas Music Educators' Association Convention in San Antonio, TX.
Soloist: Ron Barron, Principal Trombone, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble: Texas University Teachers' Trombone Ensemble (TUTTE), J. Mark Thompson, conducting. Andrew Russell, program organizer and presider.
It was subsequently featured on July 7, 2012, at the International Trombone Festival at the Paris Conservatory in Paris, France.
Soloist: Ron Barron, Principal Trombone, Boston Symphony Orchestra (retired)
Ensemble: William F. Cramer Memorial Trombone Choir, Irvin Wagner, conducting. $32.50 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Classical Piano Music for Dummies Piano solo [Sheet music] - Beginner Hal Leonard
A Reference for the Rest of Us!. By Various. Misc. Softcover. 240 pages. Publish...(+)
A Reference for the Rest of Us!. By Various. Misc. Softcover. 240 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Klezmer Collection for C Instruments C Instruments [Sheet music] - Intermediate Mel Bay
by Stacy Phillips. For fiddle and violin. Jewish. Level: Intermediate. Book. Sol...(+)
by Stacy Phillips. For fiddle and violin. Jewish. Level: Intermediate. Book. Solos. Size 8.75x11.75. 192 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.
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| First Lessons Violin Duets Violin [Sheet music + Audio access] - Beginner Mel Bay
Violin - Beginning SKU: MB.30932M Duets and Ensemble, Saddle-stitched. Ke...(+)
Violin - Beginning SKU: MB.30932M Duets and Ensemble, Saddle-stitched. Keyboard Accompaniment. Book/insert/online audio. 72 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30932M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30932M). ISBN 9781513466255. 8.75x11.75 inches. First Lessons Violin Duets contains 47 violin duets for beginning through easy level performance. Duet violin parts and a piano accompaniment part for all the tunes presented in Mel Bay?s First Lessons Violin are included. This versatile duet book works hand in hand with First Lessons Violin, Suzuki and other violin methods. It is useful for violin classes, ensembles, recitals, and performances.This book has accompanying online audio of the duets. The two violin parts are split right and left so that the violinist may perform either part with the recording by changing the stereo balance. Includes access to online audio. $17.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Library of Christmas Music Piano, Vocal and Guitar - Intermediate Music Sales
Compiled by Amy Appleby and Peter Pickow. Spiral-bound book. 240 pages. Publish...(+)
Compiled by Amy Appleby and Peter Pickow. Spiral-bound book. 240 pages. Published by Music Sales. (AM948850)
Pound for pound, one of the best deals around. 114 selections in piano/vocal/guitar chord format. A collection of the world's best lovedChristmas music for the holiday season. Songs are categorized into 11 sections-from night before Christmas through carols for the new year.
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| The Alexander Siloti Collection Piano solo [Sheet music] Carl Fischer
Editions, Transcriptions and Arrangements for Piano Solo. By Alexander Scriabine...(+)
Editions, Transcriptions and Arrangements for Piano Solo. By Alexander Scriabine; Anatoli Liadov; Camille Saint-Saens; Christophe Von Gluck; Franz Liszt; Frederic Chopin; Johann Sebastian Bach; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Richard Strauss; Sergei Rachmaninoff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Alexander Siloti. Text: Dr. Charles Barber. Solo piano. For Piano Solo. Soft Cover. 288 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.
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| Russian & Eastern European Piano Music, Part 1 [2 CDR Set] CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220530 Keyboard, Piano/Harpsichord. CD (PDF Scores). CD Sheet M...(+)
SKU: SU.00220530 Keyboard, Piano/Harpsichord. CD (PDF Scores). CD Sheet Music #00220530. Published by CD Sheet Music (SU.00220530). This CD Sheet Music™ collection brings together nearly 100 works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for solo piano, piano duo, and piano four-hands (excluding the concertos). Works include: Sonatas (Nos. 1-19), Fantasies, German Dances, Minuets, Rondos, Variations, and more; plus The London Chelsea Notebooks (43 short pieces) Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians 700+ pages Mozart: The Piano Concertos (#00220563) Please note, customers using Macintosh computers running macOS Catalina (version 10.5) have reported hardware compatibility issues with this product. If you encounter these issues, we recommend copying the entire contents of the disk to a contained folder on a thumb drive or other storage device for use on your Mac. $30.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Coloratura Cadenzas
Soprano voice, Piano Schirmer
Voice and Piano. By Estelle Liebling. Arranged by Esthelle Liebling. Vocal Colle...(+)
Voice and Piano. By Estelle Liebling. Arranged by Esthelle Liebling. Vocal Collection. Size 9x12 inches. 112 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
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| Rise Up Singing
Lyrics and Chords [Sheet music] Hal Leonard
The Group Singing Songbook. By Various. Vocal. Size 9.5x12 inches. 281 pages. Pu...(+)
The Group Singing Songbook. By Various. Vocal. Size 9.5x12 inches. 281 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Rise Up Singing Lyrics and Chords [Sheet music] Hal Leonard
Arranged by Peter Blood, Annie Patterson. Vocal. Size 7.5x10.5 inches. 283 pages...(+)
Arranged by Peter Blood, Annie Patterson. Vocal. Size 7.5x10.5 inches. 283 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| The Lyric Library: Broadway Volume II Lyrics only Hal Leonard
Complete Lyrics for 200 Songs. By Various Composers. Lyric Library. Size 6x9 inc...(+)
Complete Lyrics for 200 Songs. By Various Composers. Lyric Library. Size 6x9 inches. 246 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology: Tenor - 16-bar Audition - Revised (Replaces 00230041) Tenor voice, Piano Hal Leonard
Composed by Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Softcover. 2...(+)
Composed by Various. Edited
by Richard Walters. Vocal
Collection. Softcover. 212
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard
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| Musical Theatre for Classical Singers Tenor voice Hal Leonard
(Tenor, 48 Songs). By Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. 254...(+)
(Tenor, 48 Songs). By Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. 254 pages. Published by Hal Leonard
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| Musical Theatre for Classical Singers (Tenor, Accompaniment CDs) Tenor voice [Accompaniment CD] Hal Leonard
Tenor, Accompaniment CDs. Composed by Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal ...(+)
Tenor, Accompaniment CDs. Composed by Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Broadway. CD. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard
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| Musical Theatre for Classical Singers Tenor voice, Piano [Sheet music + CD] Hal Leonard
(Tenor Book/Accompaniment CDs). By Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Col...(+)
(Tenor Book/Accompaniment CDs). By Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Book with CD. 254 pages. Published by Hal Leonard
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| Sting - The Best of 25 Years Piano, Vocal and Guitar [Sheet music] Hal Leonard
By Sting. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook. Softcover. 218 pages. Published by...(+)
By Sting. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook. Softcover. 218 pages. Published by Hal Leonard
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| Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 4 (CD) Tenor voice [Accompaniment CD] Hal Leonard
Tenor Accompaniment CDs. By Various Composers. Vocal Collection. CD Only. Size 9...(+)
Tenor Accompaniment CDs. By Various Composers. Vocal Collection. CD Only. Size 9x12 inches. 9 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Sting Lyrics and Chords [Sheet music] Hal Leonard
By Sting. Guitar Chord Songbook. Softcover. 136 pages. Published by Hal Leonard...(+)
By Sting. Guitar Chord Songbook. Softcover. 136 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Singers Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 4 (Tenor) Tenor voice, Piano [Sheet music + Audio access] Hal Leonard
Composed by Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Instruction, C...(+)
Composed by Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Instruction, Classical. Softcover Audio Online. 256 pages. Published by Hal Leonard
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| Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology Volume 4
Tenor voice, Piano [Sheet music] Hal Leonard
Tenor. By Various Composers. Vocal Collection. Size 9x12 inches. 256 pages. Publ...(+)
Tenor. By Various Composers. Vocal Collection. Size 9x12 inches. 256 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| The Great Gate of Kiev Concert band [Score and Parts] - Intermediate De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4 SKU: BT.DHP-1064131-010 From 'Pictures...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4 SKU: BT.DHP-1064131-010 From 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Arranged by Tohru Takahashi. The Great Classics. Transcription. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 2006. De Haske Publications #DHP 1064131-010. Published by De Haske Publications (BT.DHP-1064131-010). 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch. The Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) was self-educated to a large extent but went on to become one of the ?Mighty Five? which also included Balakirev, Cui, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov. Today he is considered the innovator of Russian music par excellence. He composed Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874, inspired by ten pictures produced by his then recently deceased friend, the Russian architect and artist Victor Hartmann. The French composer Maurice Ravel made an orchestration of Mussorgsky?s composition in 1922 which is now more well-known and more performed than the original piano suite. For his transcription of Pictures at an Exhibition, Tohru Takahashimade use of the original piano composition by Mussorgsky. The Great Gate of Kiev, issued here separately, is probably the best known melody from this classical masterpiece.
De Russische componist Moessorgsky (1839-1881) componeerde Pictures at an Exhibition (Schilderijententoonstelling) in 1874. Zijn inspiratiebron vormden tien schilderijen van de hand van zijn overleden vriend Victor Hartmann,een Russisch architect en kunstenaar. De Franse componist Maurice Ravel maakte in 1922 een orkestratie van Moessorgsky’s compositie - deze is bekender en wordt meer uitgevoerd dan de oorspronkelijke pianosuite. Voor zijn ¬transcriptievan Pictures at an Exhibition gebruikte Tohru Takahahsi echter de originele compositie van Moessorgski. Dit afzonderlijk uitgegeven deel, The Great Gate at Kiev, is waarschijnlijk het bekendst.
Obwohl der russische Komponist Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgski hauptsächlich als Komponist von Opern und Liedern bekannt ist, schrieb er auch eine Anzahl von bedeutenden Klavierwerken, wie zum Beispiel die weltberühmte Suite Bilder einer Ausstellung, die vielen besser in der Orchestrierung von Maurice Ravel bekannt ist. Für seine Transkription von Bilder einer Ausstellung griff Tohru Takahashi jedoch auf die ursprüngliche Komposition von Mussorgski zurück. Der separat veröffentlichte Satz Das große Tor von Kiew ist daraus der wohl bekannteste Teil, der immer wieder gerne gespielt und gehört wird.
Modest Moussorgski (1839-1881) est considéré comme le grand innovateur de la musique russe. Il a réalisé ses plus grandes créations dans le domaine lyrique, mais n’a jamais manqué de composer des oeuvres pour piano dont le célèbre cycle Tableaux d’une Exposition. Dixième et dernier tableau de la suite, La grande porte de Kiev est certainement le mouvement le plus connu du public.
Modest Moussorgski (1839-1881) è considerato il più grande innovatore della musica russa. Ha realizzato le sue più grandi creazioni nel campo della musica lirica, ma ha anche composto opere per pianoforte tra le quali il celebre ciclo Quadri di un’esposizione. Decimo ed ultimo quadro della suite, La grande porta di Kiev è certamente il movimento più conosciuto dal pubblico. $137.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Berko's Journey Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Cello, Clarinet in...(+)
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Cello, Clarinet in Bb 1, Clarinet in Bb 2, Clarinet in Bb 3, Contrabassoon, Double Bass, English Horn, Flute 1, Flute 2, Flute 3, Harp, Horn 1, Horn 3, Horn 4, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Percussion 1 and more. SKU: PR.11642143L Composed by Stacy Garrop. Spiral. Large Score. 68 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-42143L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11642143L). UPC: 680160693320. 11 x 17 inches. For most of my life, I never knew where my father’s family came from, beyond a few broad strokes: they had emigrated in the early 1900s from Eastern Europe and altered the family name along the way. This radically changed in the summer of 2021 when my mother and sister came across a folder in our family filing cabinet and made an astounding discovery of documents that revealed when, where, and how my great-grandfather came to America. The information I had been seeking was at home all along, waiting over forty years to be discovered.Berko Gorobzoff, my great-grandfather, left Ekaterinoslav in 1904. At that time, this city was in the southern Russian area of modern-day Ukraine; as his family was Jewish, he and his siblings were attempting to escape the ongoing religious persecution and pogroms instigated by Tzar Nicholas II to root out Jewish people from Russia. Berko’s older brother Jakob had already emigrated to Illinois, and Berko was traveling with Chaje, Jakob’s wife, to join him. Their timing was fortuitous, as the following year saw a series of massive, brutal pogroms in the region. After arriving in Illinois, Berko went on to Omaha, Nebraska, where he married my great-grandmother Anna about eighteen months later. They remained in Omaha for the rest of their lives.There is one more intriguing part to this historical account: I have a great-aunt in Texas who, as it turns out, is the youngest daughter of Berko and Anna. Through a series of phone calls, my great-aunt and I discussed what she could remember: her parents spoke Yiddish at home, her mother didn’t learn to read or write in English so my great-aunt was tasked with writing letters to family members, Berko ran a grocery store followed by a small hotel, and her parents enjoyed playing poker with friends. Above all else, neither of her parents ever spoke a word about their past or how they got to America. This was a common trait among Eastern European Jewish immigrants whose goal was to “blend in” within their new communities and country.To craft Berko’s Journey, I melded the facts I uncovered about Berko with my own research into methods of transportation in the early 1900s. Also, to represent his heritage, I wove two Yiddish songs and one Klezmer tune into the work. In movement 1, Leaving Ekaterinoslav, we hear Berko packing his belongings, saying his goodbyes to family and friends, and walking to the train station. Included in this movement is a snippet of the Yiddish song “The Miller’s Tears” which references how the Jews were driven out of their villages by the Russian army. In movement 2, In Transit, we follow Berko as he boards a train and then a steamship, sails across the Atlantic Ocean, arrives at Ellis Island and anxiously waits in line for immigration, jubilantly steps foot into New York City, and finally boards a train that will take him to Chicago. While he’s on the steamship, we hear a group of fellow steerage musicians play a klezmer tune (“Freylachs in d minor”). In movement 3, At Home in Omaha, we hear Berko court and marry Anna. Their courtship is represented by “Tumbalalaika,” a Yiddish puzzle folksong in which a man asks a woman a series of riddles in order to get better acquainted with each other and to test her intellect.On a final note, I crafted a musical motive to represent Berko throughout the piece. This motive is heard at the beginning of the first movement; its first pitches are B and E, which represent the first two letters of Berko’s name. I scatter this theme throughout the piece as Berko travels towards a new world and life. As the piece concludes, we hear Berko’s theme repeatedly and in close succession, representing the descendants of the Garrop line that came from Berko and Anna. For most of my life, I never knew where my father’s family came from, beyond a few broad strokes: they had emigrated in the early 1900s from Eastern Europe and altered the family name along the way. This radically changed in the summer of 2021 when my mother and sister came across a folder in our family filing cabinet and made an astounding discovery of documents that revealed when, where, and how my great-grandfather came to America. The information I had been seeking was at home all along, waiting over forty years to be discovered.Berko Gorobzoff, my great-grandfather, left Ekaterinoslav in 1904. At that time, this city was in the southern Russian area of modern-day Ukraine; as his family was Jewish, he and his siblings were attempting to escape the ongoing religious persecution and pogroms instigated by Tzar Nicholas II to root out Jewish people from Russia. Berko’s older brother Jakob had already emigrated to Illinois, and Berko was traveling with Chaje, Jakob’s wife, to join him. Their timing was fortuitous, as the following year saw a series of massive, brutal pogroms in the region. After arriving in Illinois, Berko went on to Omaha, Nebraska, where he married my great-grandmother Anna about eighteen months later. They remained in Omaha for the rest of their lives.There is one more intriguing part to this historical account: I have a great-aunt in Texas who, as it turns out, is the youngest daughter of Berko and Anna. Through a series of phone calls, my great-aunt and I discussed what she could remember: her parents spoke Yiddish at home, her mother didn’t learn to read or write in English so my great-aunt was tasked with writing letters to family members, Berko ran a grocery store followed by a small hotel, and her parents enjoyed playing poker with friends. Above all else, neither of her parents ever spoke a word about their past or how they got to America. This was a common trait among Eastern European Jewish immigrants whose goal was to “blend in” within their new communities and country.To craftxa0Berko’s Journey,xa0I melded the facts I uncovered about Berko with my own research into methods of transportation in the early 1900s. Also, to represent his heritage, I wove two Yiddish songs and one Klezmer tune into the work. In movement 1,xa0Leaving Ekaterinoslav,xa0we hear Berko packing his belongings, saying his goodbyes to family and friends, and walking to the train station. Included in this movement is a snippet of the Yiddish song “The Miller’s Tears” which references how the Jews were driven out of their villages by the Russian army. In movement 2,xa0In Transit,xa0we follow Berko as he boards a train and then a steamship, sails across the Atlantic Ocean, arrives at Ellis Island and anxiously waits in line for immigration, jubilantly steps foot into New York City, and finally boards a train that will take him to Chicago. While he’s on the steamship, we hear a group of fellow steerage musicians play a klezmer tune (“Freylachs in d minor”). In movement 3,xa0At Home in Omaha,xa0we hear Berko court and marry Anna. Their courtship is represented by “Tumbalalaika,” a Yiddish puzzle folksong in which a man asks a woman a series of riddles in order to get better acquainted with each other and to test her intellect.On a final note, I crafted a musical motive to represent Berko throughout the piece. This motive is heard at the beginning of the first movement; its first pitches are B and E, which represent the first two letters of Berko’s name. I scatter this theme throughout the piece as Berko travels towards a new world and life. As the piece concludes, we hear Berko’s theme repeatedly and in close succession, representing the descendants of the Garrop line that came from Berko and Anna. $71.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Berko's Journey [Score] Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Cello, Clarinet in...(+)
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Cello, Clarinet in Bb 1, Clarinet in Bb 2, Clarinet in Bb 3, Contrabassoon, Double Bass, English Horn, Flute 1, Flute 2, Flute 3, Harp, Horn 1, Horn 3, Horn 4, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Percussion 1 and more. SKU: PR.11642143S Composed by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Score. 68 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-42143S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11642143S). UPC: 680160693313. 11 x 17 inches. For most of my life, I never knew where my father’s family came from, beyond a few broad strokes: they had emigrated in the early 1900s from Eastern Europe and altered the family name along the way. This radically changed in the summer of 2021 when my mother and sister came across a folder in our family filing cabinet and made an astounding discovery of documents that revealed when, where, and how my great-grandfather came to America. The information I had been seeking was at home all along, waiting over forty years to be discovered.Berko Gorobzoff, my great-grandfather, left Ekaterinoslav in 1904. At that time, this city was in the southern Russian area of modern-day Ukraine; as his family was Jewish, he and his siblings were attempting to escape the ongoing religious persecution and pogroms instigated by Tzar Nicholas II to root out Jewish people from Russia. Berko’s older brother Jakob had already emigrated to Illinois, and Berko was traveling with Chaje, Jakob’s wife, to join him. Their timing was fortuitous, as the following year saw a series of massive, brutal pogroms in the region. After arriving in Illinois, Berko went on to Omaha, Nebraska, where he married my great-grandmother Anna about eighteen months later. They remained in Omaha for the rest of their lives.There is one more intriguing part to this historical account: I have a great-aunt in Texas who, as it turns out, is the youngest daughter of Berko and Anna. Through a series of phone calls, my great-aunt and I discussed what she could remember: her parents spoke Yiddish at home, her mother didn’t learn to read or write in English so my great-aunt was tasked with writing letters to family members, Berko ran a grocery store followed by a small hotel, and her parents enjoyed playing poker with friends. Above all else, neither of her parents ever spoke a word about their past or how they got to America. This was a common trait among Eastern European Jewish immigrants whose goal was to “blend in” within their new communities and country.To craft Berko’s Journey, I melded the facts I uncovered about Berko with my own research into methods of transportation in the early 1900s. Also, to represent his heritage, I wove two Yiddish songs and one Klezmer tune into the work. In movement 1, Leaving Ekaterinoslav, we hear Berko packing his belongings, saying his goodbyes to family and friends, and walking to the train station. Included in this movement is a snippet of the Yiddish song “The Miller’s Tears” which references how the Jews were driven out of their villages by the Russian army. In movement 2, In Transit, we follow Berko as he boards a train and then a steamship, sails across the Atlantic Ocean, arrives at Ellis Island and anxiously waits in line for immigration, jubilantly steps foot into New York City, and finally boards a train that will take him to Chicago. While he’s on the steamship, we hear a group of fellow steerage musicians play a klezmer tune (“Freylachs in d minor”). In movement 3, At Home in Omaha, we hear Berko court and marry Anna. Their courtship is represented by “Tumbalalaika,” a Yiddish puzzle folksong in which a man asks a woman a series of riddles in order to get better acquainted with each other and to test her intellect.On a final note, I crafted a musical motive to represent Berko throughout the piece. This motive is heard at the beginning of the first movement; its first pitches are B and E, which represent the first two letters of Berko’s name. I scatter this theme throughout the piece as Berko travels towards a new world and life. As the piece concludes, we hear Berko’s theme repeatedly and in close succession, representing the descendants of the Garrop line that came from Berko and Anna. For most of my life, I never knew where my father’s family came from, beyond a few broad strokes: they had emigrated in the early 1900s from Eastern Europe and altered the family name along the way. This radically changed in the summer of 2021 when my mother and sister came across a folder in our family filing cabinet and made an astounding discovery of documents that revealed when, where, and how my great-grandfather came to America. The information I had been seeking was at home all along, waiting over forty years to be discovered.Berko Gorobzoff, my great-grandfather, left Ekaterinoslav in 1904. At that time, this city was in the southern Russian area of modern-day Ukraine; as his family was Jewish, he and his siblings were attempting to escape the ongoing religious persecution and pogroms instigated by Tzar Nicholas II to root out Jewish people from Russia. Berko’s older brother Jakob had already emigrated to Illinois, and Berko was traveling with Chaje, Jakob’s wife, to join him. Their timing was fortuitous, as the following year saw a series of massive, brutal pogroms in the region. After arriving in Illinois, Berko went on to Omaha, Nebraska, where he married my great-grandmother Anna about eighteen months later. They remained in Omaha for the rest of their lives.There is one more intriguing part to this historical account: I have a great-aunt in Texas who, as it turns out, is the youngest daughter of Berko and Anna. Through a series of phone calls, my great-aunt and I discussed what she could remember: her parents spoke Yiddish at home, her mother didn’t learn to read or write in English so my great-aunt was tasked with writing letters to family members, Berko ran a grocery store followed by a small hotel, and her parents enjoyed playing poker with friends. Above all else, neither of her parents ever spoke a word about their past or how they got to America. This was a common trait among Eastern European Jewish immigrants whose goal was to “blend in” within their new communities and country.To craftxa0Berko’s Journey,xa0I melded the facts I uncovered about Berko with my own research into methods of transportation in the early 1900s. Also, to represent his heritage, I wove two Yiddish songs and one Klezmer tune into the work. In movement 1,xa0Leaving Ekaterinoslav,xa0we hear Berko packing his belongings, saying his goodbyes to family and friends, and walking to the train station. Included in this movement is a snippet of the Yiddish song “The Miller’s Tears” which references how the Jews were driven out of their villages by the Russian army. In movement 2,xa0In Transit,xa0we follow Berko as he boards a train and then a steamship, sails across the Atlantic Ocean, arrives at Ellis Island and anxiously waits in line for immigration, jubilantly steps foot into New York City, and finally boards a train that will take him to Chicago. While he’s on the steamship, we hear a group of fellow steerage musicians play a klezmer tune (“Freylachs in d minor”). In movement 3,xa0At Home in Omaha,xa0we hear Berko court and marry Anna. Their courtship is represented by “Tumbalalaika,” a Yiddish puzzle folksong in which a man asks a woman a series of riddles in order to get better acquainted with each other and to test her intellect.On a final note, I crafted a musical motive to represent Berko throughout the piece. This motive is heard at the beginning of the first movement; its first pitches are B and E, which represent the first two letters of Berko’s name. I scatter this theme throughout the piece as Berko travels towards a new world and life. As the piece concludes, we hear Berko’s theme repeatedly and in close succession, representing the descendants of the Garrop line that came from Berko and Anna. $40.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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