| VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Rock and Roll French horn Hal Leonard
Horn SKU: HL.119098 For Horn. By Various. Instrumental Solo. Rock....(+)
Horn SKU: HL.119098 For Horn. By Various. Instrumental Solo. Rock. Softcover. 114 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.119098). ISBN 9781480341364. UPC: 884088905262. 9x12 inches. An amazing selection of songs from VH-1's special arranged for instrumentalists. Includes: All Along the Watchtower • All Shook Up • American Pie • Beat It • Blowin' in the Wind • Blue Suede Shoes • Bohemian Rhapsody • Born to Be Wild • Born to Run • Bridge over Troubled Water • California Dreamin' • Dream On • Every Breath You Take • Fire and Rain • Free Bird • Gloria • Good Vibrations • Great Balls of Fire • A Hard Day's Night • Hey Jude • Hotel California • (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction • I Heard It Through the Grapevine • Imagine • Jump • Layla • Let It Be • London Calling • Louie, Louie • Maggie May • My Generation • Piano Man • Proud Mary • Respect • Rock Around the Clock • Roxanne • Smells like Teen Spirit • Stairway to Heaven • Stand by Me • Sunshine of Your Love • Superstition • We Are the Champions • When Doves Cry • Yesterday • You Shook Me All Night Long • and more. $14.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Lyrics Lyrics only [Sheet music] Hal Leonard
Complete Lyrics for Over 1000 Songs from Broadway to Rock. By Various. Lyric Lib...(+)
Complete Lyrics for Over 1000 Songs from Broadway to Rock. By Various. Lyric Library. Softcover. Size 8.5x11 inches. 373 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Rubank Treasures for French Horn French Horn and Piano [Sheet music + Audio access] Rubank Publications
Book with Online Audio (stream or download). Edited by H. Voxman. Rubank ...(+)
Book with Online Audio (stream or download). Edited by H. Voxman. Rubank Book/Audio Products. Festival, Classical, Contest. Softcover Media Online. 24 pages. Published by Rubank Publications (HL.121442).
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| American Fiddle Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer Dulcimer - Intermediate Mel Bay
Dulcimer (mountain) - Intermediate SKU: MB.95527 Composed by Lois Hornbos...(+)
Dulcimer (mountain) - Intermediate SKU: MB.95527 Composed by Lois Hornbostel. Saddle-stitched, Style, Solos, Dulcimer: Mountain, Tunebooks, American Music. Fiddle Tunes. Book. 80 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #95527. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.95527). ISBN 9780786608577. UPC: 796279026345. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. This book contains melodious and energetic music arranged for the novice to experienced player in traditional keys, with musical notation so the selections can be played with other instruments. Accompaniment chords are included. $19.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Ultimate Fake Book - Third Edition (Bb version)
Bb Instruments [Fake Book] Hal Leonard
Bb Edition. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 9x12 inches. 816 p...(+)
Bb Edition. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 9x12 inches. 816 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| The Ultimate Fake Book - 3rd Edition Fake Book [Fake Book] Hal Leonard
Eb Edition. By Various. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 9x12 i...(+)
Eb Edition. By Various. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 9x12 inches. 816 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| The Real Little Ultimate Fake Book - 3rd Edition (C Edition) [Fake Book] Hal Leonard
Fakebook (spiral bound) for voice and C instrument. With vocal melody, lyrics, c...(+)
Fakebook (spiral bound) for voice and C instrument. With vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, leadsheet notation and guitar chord chart. Series: Hal Leonard Fake Books. 813 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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| Billy Strayhorn: An American Master Piano, Voice [Sheet music] - Intermediate Cherry Lane
Composed by Billy Strayhorn. For voice and piano. Format: piano/vocal/chords son...(+)
Composed by Billy Strayhorn. For voice and piano. Format: piano/vocal/chords songbook. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and black and white photos. Standards and jazz. 56 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Cherry Lane Music.
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| Bugler's Handbook Flügelhorn [Sheet music] Mel Bay
Bugle - Beginning SKU: MB.93862 Composed by Nelson Knode. Saddle-stitched...(+)
Bugle - Beginning SKU: MB.93862 Composed by Nelson Knode. Saddle-stitched, American Music, Trumpet and Bugle, Children and Young Beginner, Solos, Trumpet/Bugle, Method. All styles. Book - half size. 68 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #93862. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.93862). ISBN 9781562222123. UPC: 796279004459. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. This book teaches fundamentals of music and gradually introduces new concepts such as eighth notes and double and triple tonguing into the bugle calls and studies. Concepts taught include: Basics of Bugle Playing, Producing a Tone, Music Theory, Note Values, Double Tonguing, Triple Tonguing, Note Studies and 40 All-time Favorite Bugle Calls. Its handy 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 size makes it easy to carry around. (1)$14.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Real Rock Book C Instruments [Fake Book] Hal Leonard | | |
| The William Bay Collection - Flatpicking Guitar Solo Anthology #1 Guitar notes and tablatures [Sheet music + Audio access] - Intermediate Mel Bay
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM76M Saddle-stitched. Country. Book and o...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM76M Saddle-stitched. Country. Book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #WBM76M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.WBM76M). ISBN 9781736363096. 8.75x11.75 inches. This comprehensive book contains the solos found in five William Bay guitar solo collections.á The solos range from colorful foot tapping reels, breakdowns, hornpipes, jigs, fiddle tunes and sea chanteys to country and Celtic ballads and waltzes.á Also included are numerous original guitar solos.á All 143 solos in this collection are recorded by the author and online access to the recordings is included. All solos are presented in notation and tablature. $29.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Fiddler's Fakebook
Violin [Fake Book] Oak Publications
Edited by David Brody. For violin. Format: fake book. With lead melody, chord na...(+)
Edited by David Brody. For violin. Format: fake book. With lead melody, chord names, instructional text and performance notes. Folk, americana and british. 302 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Oak Publications.
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| E-Z Play Today #47. Duke Ellington - American Composer Easy Piano - Easy Hal Leonard
Performed by Duke Ellington. E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arran...(+)
Performed by Duke Ellington. E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arrangements for piano, organ, and electronic keyboard). Size 9x12 inches. 56 pages. Published by Hal Leonard
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| Lively Guitar Tunes Guitar notes and tablatures [Sheet music + Audio access] - Intermediate Mel Bay
Guitar (flatpicking) - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM47M Composed by William Ba...(+)
Guitar (flatpicking) - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM47M Composed by William Bay. Celtic / Irish, Saddle-stitched, World. Lively Tunes. Bluegrass. Book and online audio. 52 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #WBM47M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.WBM47M). ISBN 9781732708808. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. Lively Guitar Tunes is a collection of 38 lively, up-tempo tunes arranged for guitar. The collection includes fiddle tunes, reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, bluegrass, old-time melodies and some original compositionsâ??an ideal collection for adding to repertoire, improving picking technique or just having fun playing the guitar. Backup chords and tablature are included, and each tune is recorded with melody and guitar accompaniment. Includes access to online audio. $14.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Lively Flute Tunes Flute - Intermediate Mel Bay
Flute, fife and oboe - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM35 Composed by William Bay...(+)
Flute, fife and oboe - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM35 Composed by William Bay. Saddle-stitched, Celtic / Irish, Featured Products, Folk, Solos. Lively Tunes. Style. Book. 32 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #WBM35. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.WBM35). ISBN 9780999698037. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. Lively Flute Tunes is a collection of 57 spirited flute solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These flute solos are ideal for performance or just enjoyment while playing the instrument. $12.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Lively Tin Whistle Tunes Pennywhistle - Intermediate Mel Bay
Tin whistle - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM49 Composed by William Bay. Saddle-...(+)
Tin whistle - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM49 Composed by William Bay. Saddle-stitched, Celtic / Irish, Featured Products, Folk, Solos. Lively Tunes. Style. Book. 32 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #WBM49. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.WBM49). ISBN 9781732708822. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. Lively Tin Whistle Tunes is a collection of 55 spirited tin whistle solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These tin whistle solos are ideal for performance or just enjoyment. Guitar chords are included for accompaniment, and can be used by any chordal instrument. $12.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Lively Ukulele Tunes Ukulele - Intermediate Mel Bay
Ukulele - Beginning - Intermediate SKU: MB.30926 Saddle-stitched. Traditi...(+)
Ukulele - Beginning - Intermediate SKU: MB.30926 Saddle-stitched. Traditional. Book. 52 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30926. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30926). ISBN 9781513465890. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. Lively Ukulele Tunes is a collection of 38 lively, up-tempo tunes arranged for ukulele solo. The collection includes fiddle tunes, reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, bluegrass, old-time melodies and some original compositions?an ideal collection for adding to repertoire, improving picking technique or just having fun playing the uke. Backup chords and tablature are included. $14.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Lively Recorder Tunes Recorder - Intermediate Mel Bay
Recorder - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM48 Composed by William Bay. Solos, Due...(+)
Recorder - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM48 Composed by William Bay. Solos, Duets and Ensembles, Saddle-stitched, Celtic / Irish, Featured Products, Folk. Lively Tunes. Style. Book. 32 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #WBM48. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.WBM48). ISBN 9781732708815. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. Lively Recorder Tunes is a collection of 55 spirited recorder solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These recorder solos are ideal for performance or just enjoyment. Guitar chords are included for accompaniment, and can be used by any chordal instrument. $12.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Lively Fife Tunes Recorder - Intermediate Mel Bay
Flute, fife and oboe - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM34 Composed by William Bay...(+)
Flute, fife and oboe - Intermediate SKU: MB.WBM34 Composed by William Bay. Saddle-stitched, Solos. Lively Tunes. Fife. Book. 32 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #WBM34. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.WBM34). ISBN 9780999698020. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. Lively Fife Tunes is a collection of 57 spirited fife solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These fife solos are ideal for performance or just enjoyment while playing the instrument. $12.99 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Performer's Complete Fake Book - C Edition [fakebook] Hal Leonard
(C Edition). By Various. For voice and C instrument. Hal Leonard Fake Books. Pop...(+)
(C Edition). By Various. For voice and C instrument. Hal Leonard Fake Books. Pop Vocal and Vocal Standards. Difficulty: easy-medium. Fakebook. Vocal melody, lyrics and chord names. 396 pages. Published by Hal Leonard fakebook Pop Vocal and Vocal Standards
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| Upriver Concert band Theodore Presser Co.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.465000130 For Large Wind Ensemble. Compo...(+)
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.465000130 For Large Wind Ensemble. Composed by Dan Welcher. Sws. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 2010. Duration 14 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #465-00013. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.465000130). ISBN 9781598064070. UPC: 680160600144. 9x12 inches. Following a celebrated series of wind ensemble tone poems about national parks in the American West, Dan Welcher’s Upriver celebrates the Lewis & Clark Expedition from the Missouri River to Oregon’s Columbia Gorge, following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Welcher’s imaginative textures and inventiveness are freshly modern, evoking our American heritage, including references to Shenandoah and other folk songs known to have been sung on the expedition. For advanced players. Duration: 14’. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s Corps of Discovery to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West. He believed woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and mountains of pure salt awaited them. What they found was no less mind-boggling: some 300 species unknown to science, nearly 50 Indian tribes, and the Rockies.Ihave been a student of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which Thomas Jefferson called the “Voyage of Discovery,†for as long as I can remember. This astonishing journey, lasting more than two-and-a-half years, began and ended in St. Louis, Missouri — and took the travelers up more than a few rivers in their quest to find the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. In an age without speedy communication, this was akin to space travel out of radio range in our own time: no one knew if, indeed, the party had even survived the voyage for more than a year. Most of them were soldiers. A few were French-Canadian voyageurs — hired trappers and explorers, who were fluent in French (spoken extensively in the region, due to earlier explorers from France) and in some of the Indian languages they might encounter. One of the voyageurs, a man named Pierre Cruzatte, also happened to be a better-than-average fiddle player. In many respects, the travelers were completely on their own for supplies and survival, yet, incredibly, only one of them died during the voyage. Jefferson had outfitted them with food, weapons, medicine, and clothing — and along with other trinkets, a box of 200 jaw harps to be used in trading with the Indians. Their trip was long, perilous to the point of near catastrophe, and arduous. The dream of a Northwest Passage proved ephemeral, but the northwestern quarter of the continent had finally been explored, mapped, and described to an anxious world. When the party returned to St. Louis in 1806, and with the Louisiana Purchase now part of the United States, they were greeted as national heroes.Ihave written a sizeable number of works for wind ensemble that draw their inspiration from the monumental spaces found in the American West. Four of them (Arches, The Yellowstone Fires, Glacier, and Zion) take their names, and in large part their being, from actual national parks in Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. But Upriver, although it found its voice (and its finale) in the magnificent Columbia Gorge in Oregon, is about a much larger region. This piece, like its brother works about the national parks, doesn’t try to tell a story. Instead, it captures the flavor of a certain time, and of a grand adventure. Cast in one continuous movement and lasting close to fourteen minutes, the piece falls into several subsections, each with its own heading: The Dream (in which Jefferson’s vision of a vast expanse of western land is opened); The Promise, a chorale that re-appears several times in the course of the piece and represents the seriousness of the presidential mission; The River; The Voyageurs; The River II ; Death and Disappointment; Return to the Voyage; and The River III .The music includes several quoted melodies, one of which is familiar to everyone as the ultimate “river song,†and which becomes the through-stream of the work. All of the quoted tunes were either sung by the men on the voyage, or played by Cruzatte’s fiddle. From various journals and diaries, we know the men found enjoyment and solace in music, and almost every night encampment had at least a bit of music in it. In addition to Cruzatte, there were two other members of the party who played the fiddle, and others made do with singing, or playing upon sticks, bones, the ever-present jaw harps, and boat horns. From Lewis’ journals, I found all the tunes used in Upriver: Shenandoah (still popular after more than 200 years), V’la bon vent, Soldier’s Joy, Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier, Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy (a hymn sung to the tune “Beech Springâ€) and Fisher’s Hornpipe. The work follows an emotional journey: not necessarily step-by-step with the Voyage of Discovery heroes, but a kind of grand arch. Beginning in the mists of history and myth, traversing peaks and valleys both real and emotional (and a solemn funeral scene), finding help from native people, and recalling their zeal upon finding the one great river that will, in fact, take them to the Pacific. When the men finally roar through the Columbia Gorge in their boats (a feat that even the Indians had not attempted), the magnificent river combines its theme with the chorale of Jefferson’s Promise. The Dream is fulfilled: not quite the one Jefferson had imagined (there is no navigable water passage from the Missouri to the Pacific), but the dream of a continental destiny. $45.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
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| Factory Child Concert band - Easy Carl Fischer
Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Brake Drum, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Euphoni...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Brake Drum, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Euphonium, Euphonium T.C., Flute, Flute 2, Horn, Jingle Bells, Mallet Percussion, Oboe, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Ratchet, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Timpani and more. - Grade 2.5 SKU: CF.YPS207 Sweatshop Protest Song. Composed by Ed Kiefer. Young Band (YPS). Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 16+4+8+8+4+4+10+4+4+8+8+8+12+6+6+4+2+4+4+24+4+4 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 14 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #YPS207. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YPS207). ISBN 9781491152270. UPC: 680160909773. Key: C minor. Factory Child is a protest song against child sweatshops. The piece depicts the factory life of children laboring many hours a day and manufacturing the shoes and clothes that end up in American retail stores. Young performers will find this thought-provoking piece an excellent way to use their musical voice to affect change. Factory Child is a protest song against child sweatshops. Written in memory of Mrs. Peterson, who loved children dearly, the piece depicts the factory life of children laboring 16+ hours a day, manufacturing the shoes and clothes that end up in American retail stores.Factory Child begins with factory sounds and an oppressive, repetitive pattern that supports the melody carried by the upper voices. The second section is composed of wistful, dream-like sounds and melodies that have traces of children’s songs that remind us that these children forced into labor would love to have the opportunity to play, attend school, and dream, but cannot and realistically have little hope for a life we consider normal. The middle section gives way to more sounds from the factory. The climax is a raucous circus-like waltz using themes from both sections.The percussion parts can be covered by six players. Some players will need to cover two parts. Use someone from the wind section if you do not have six, as some of the parts, although important, are not very difficult. The second clarinet never goes over the break and the bass line is usually doubled in the euphonium as well as in the low reeds.This piece is an excellent way for young performers to use their musical voice to affect change. It is a great discussion starter for researching where our apparel comes from and why to stay away from some brands. It can also make students aware of the fantastic opportunity they have to attend school that children in other parts of the world do not. Young students will find this piece very thought provoking.Ed Kiefer . $75.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Factory Child Concert band - Easy Carl Fischer
Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Brake Drum, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Euphoni...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Brake Drum, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Euphonium, Euphonium T.C., Flute, Flute 2, Horn, Jingle Bells, Mallet Percussion, Oboe, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Ratchet, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Timpani and more. - Grade 2.5 SKU: CF.YPS207F Sweatshop Protest Song. Composed by Ed Kiefer. Young Band (YPS). Full score. With Standard notation. 24 pages. Carl Fischer Music #YPS207F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YPS207F). ISBN 9781491152959. UPC: 680160910458. Factory Child is a protest song against child sweatshops. The piece depicts the factory life of children laboring many hours a day and manufacturing the shoes and clothes that end up in American retail stores. Young performers will find this thought-provoking piece an excellent way to use their musical voice to affect change. Factory Child is a protest song against child sweatshops. Written in memory of Mrs. Peterson, who loved children dearly, the piece depicts the factory life of children laboring 16+ hours a day, manufacturing the shoes and clothes that end up in American retail stores.Factory Child begins with factory sounds and an oppressive, repetitive pattern that supports the melody carried by the upper voices. The second section is composed of wistful, dream-like sounds and melodies that have traces of children’s songs that remind us that these children forced into labor would love to have the opportunity to play, attend school, and dream, but cannot and realistically have little hope for a life we consider normal. The middle section gives way to more sounds from the factory. The climax is a raucous circus-like waltz using themes from both sections.The percussion parts can be covered by six players. Some players will need to cover two parts. Use someone from the wind section if you do not have six, as some of the parts, although important, are not very difficult. The second clarinet never goes over the break and the bass line is usually doubled in the euphonium as well as in the low reeds.This piece is an excellent way for young performers to use their musical voice to affect change. It is a great discussion starter for researching where our apparel comes from and why to stay away from some brands. It can also make students aware of the fantastic opportunity they have to attend school that children in other parts of the world do not. Young students will find this piece very thought provoking.Ed Kiefer . $11.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Ryan's Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes Violin [Sheet music] Mel Bay
Edited by Patrick Sky. For fiddle. All styles. Level: Multiple Levels. Book. Son...(+)
Edited by Patrick Sky. For fiddle. All styles. Level: Multiple Levels. Book. Songbook. Size 8.75x11.75. 176 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.
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| Green Flash Concert band Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Concert Band SKU: PR.416414460 For Orchestra. Composed b...(+)
Orchestra Concert Band SKU: PR.416414460 For Orchestra. Composed by Roger Zare. Sws. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 2006. 36 pages. Duration 9:30. Theodore Presser Company #416-41446. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.416414460). ISBN 9781598064766. UPC: 680160610631. 9x12 inches. Roger Zare is living every young composer's dream. At a tender age, he has already been lauded by the best, and his compositions continue to earn awards. Green Flash, his first publication with Theodore Presser Company, was written in 2007 for the USC Thornton Symphony, received a BMI Student Composer award in 2007, was chosen to be read at the 2008 American Composers Orchestra Underwood New Music Readings, won the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize in 2009, and has now won the 2012 Symphony in C Young Composers' Competition. For more about Green Flash and a YouTube video of the premiere performance, see the composer's website (www.rogerzare.com/greenflash.htm). A “green flash†is a rare atmospheric phenomenon that occurs as a sunset reaches its end. If conditions are just right, then a spark of green will hover on the horizon for a fleeting moment as the sun disappears. I first witnessed this subtle effect in Florida in 2005. Seeing the mythical event for the first time inspiredthis composition. Green Flash is a musical journey from daybreak to sunset. It focuses on the manipulation of colors and textures throughout its five sections. The musical events are designed to paint a picture of various scenes during the day. The piece begins with the heartbeat of the world emerging from the silentdarkness of the night. As night transitions to dawn, waves of color propagate from the repeating low C, building up through the harmonic series to become the vibrant colors of sunrise. Eventually all twelve notes of the chromatic scale are sounding together. Abruptly, a morning fog engulfs the scene. Out of the mist rises the only melodic theme in the work, played by a solo English horn, and later taken up by other solo winds. Once the fog dissipates, the sky fills with the playful dance of wispy cirrus clouds. A rainbow-like halo surrounds the sun, adding a burst of color to the scene. This carefree, optimistic cloud dance is invaded by a menacing front of cumulonimbus clouds. A storm rages at a frantic pace, but in its dying breath yields the most glorious of sunsets. Only as the last glint of sunlight disappears below the horizon, a faint sparkle of green lingers in the atmosphere. $35.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Upriver Concert band Theodore Presser Co.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.46500013L For Wind Ensemble. Composed by...(+)
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.46500013L For Wind Ensemble. Composed by Dan Welcher. Contemporary. Large Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2010. Duration 14 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #465-00013L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.46500013L). UPC: 680160600151. 11 x 14 inches. I n 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clarks Corps of Discovery to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West. He believed woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and mountains of pure salt awaited them. What they found was no less mind-boggling: some 300 species unknown to science, nearly 50 Indian tribes, and the Rockies. I have been a student of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which Thomas Jefferson called the Voyage of Discovery, for as long as I can remember. This astonishing journey, lasting more than two-and-a-half years, began and ended in St. Louis, Missouri and took the travelers up more than a few rivers in their quest to find the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. In an age without speedy communication, this was akin to space travel out of radio range in our own time: no one knew if, indeed, the party had even survived the voyage for more than a year. Most of them were soldiers. A few were French-Canadian voyageurs hired trappers and explorers, who were fluent in French (spoken extensively in the region, due to earlier explorers from France) and in some of the Indian languages they might encounter. One of the voyageurs, a man named Pierre Cruzatte, also happened to be a better-than-average fiddle player. In many respects, the travelers were completely on their own for supplies and survival, yet, incredibly, only one of them died during the voyage. Jefferson had outfitted them with food, weapons, medicine, and clothing and along with other trinkets, a box of 200 jaw harps to be used in trading with the Indians. Their trip was long, perilous to the point of near catastrophe, and arduous. The dream of a Northwest Passage proved ephemeral, but the northwestern quarter of the continent had finally been explored, mapped, and described to an anxious world. When the party returned to St. Louis in 1806, and with the Louisiana Purchase now part of the United States, they were greeted as national heroes. I have written a sizeable number of works for wind ensemble that draw their inspiration from the monumental spaces found in the American West. Four of them (Arches, The Yellowstone Fires, Glacier, and Zion) take their names, and in large part their being, from actual national parks in Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. But Upriver, although it found its voice (and its finale) in the magnificent Columbia Gorge in Oregon, is about a much larger region. This piece, like its brother works about the national parks, doesnt try to tell a story. Instead, it captures the flavor of a certain time, and of a grand adventure. Cast in one continuous movement and lasting close to fourteen minutes, the piece falls into several subsections, each with its own heading: The Dream (in which Jeffersons vision of a vast expanse of western land is opened); The Promise, a chorale that re-appears several times in the course of the piece and represents the seriousness of the presidential mission; The River; The Voyageurs; The River II ; Death and Disappointment; Return to the Voyage; and The River III . The music includes several quoted melodies, one of which is familiar to everyone as the ultimate river song, and which becomes the through-stream of the work. All of the quoted tunes were either sung by the men on the voyage, or played by Cruzattes fiddle. From various journals and diaries, we know the men found enjoyment and solace in music, and almost every night encampment had at least a bit of music in it. In addition to Cruzatte, there were two other members of the party who played the fiddle, and others made do with singing, or playing upon sticks, bones, the ever-present jaw harps, and boat horns. From Lewis journals, I found all the tunes used in Upriver: Shenandoah (still popular after more than 200 years), Vla bon vent, Soldiers Joy, Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier, Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy (a hymn sung to the tune Beech Spring) and Fishers Hornpipe. The work follows an emotional journey: not necessarily step-by-step with the Voyage of Discovery heroes, but a kind of grand arch. Beginning in the mists of history and myth, traversing peaks and valleys both real and emotional (and a solemn funeral scene), finding help from native people, and recalling their zeal upon finding the one great river that will, in fact, take them to the Pacific. When the men finally roar through the Columbia Gorge in their boats (a feat that even the Indians had not attempted), the magnificent river combines its theme with the chorale of Jeffersons Promise. The Dream is fulfilled: not quite the one Jefferson had imagined (there is no navigable water passage from the Missouri to the Pacific), but the dream of a continental destiny. $80.00 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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