SKU: CA.1804300
ISBN 9790007032005.
SKU: HL.234744
9.0x12.0x0.035 inches.
Composer's Note: The Lullaby from The Unicorns arose from an opera libretto I commissioned from John Heath-Stubbs (1918-2006) in the late 1960s. In his story two unicorns are discovered in a remote part of Africa. Both the East and West want to obtain them for research so they send out rival expeditions. The Western technique is to lure the unicorn with a young girl singing a lullaby. Both East and West capture unicorns but the mythical animals escape in the end. I never completed the opera but I made a six-movement suite from it called The Unicorns. There are three songs and three instrumental numbers and the first performance was given with Elisabeth Soderstrom and Solna Brass under Lars-Gunnar Bjorklund at Ekensbergskyrkan, Solna, Sweden on 31 October 1982. This version was recorded and my arrangement of the three songs for voice and piano was recorded by Marilyn Hill Smith. The career of the Lullaby continued with a version for clarinet and piano, which I premiered with Jack Brymer aboard the Sea Princess in the Mediterranean on 29 September 1986. The oboe version was for Sarah Francis, and Duke Dobing and I have recorded it for flute an piano. Lullaby can be played with a variety of solo instruments and is also available for piano left hand and piano solo.
SKU: JK.02019
UPC: 093285020191.
From best-selling artist David Glen Hatch, Jackman Music brings you Favorite Primary Songs for Advanced Piano. This book of 10 elegant arrangements contains the most beloved Primary songs set for experienced pianists. The rich warmth of these pieces may be enjoyed in sacred settings, concert performances, or appreciated in the home. Wherever played, these renditions will provide performers and listeners with an awe-inspiring experience and a fresh appreciation for the beautiful primary songs they've loved for years.This book includes:I Am a Child of GodA Child's PrayerHe Sent His SonI Feel My Savior's LoveI'm Trying to Be like JesusWhen He Comes AgainI Love to See the Temple/Families Can Be Together Forever (Medley)When I Am Baptized/Baptism (Medley)We'll Bring the World His TruthMy Heavenly Father Loves MeComposers: VariousArranger: David Glen HatchDifficulty: Advanced.
SKU: PR.312419270
ISBN 9781491137918. UPC: 680160692606. English. Charles Mackay.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?
SKU: BT.PS1805
ISBN 9788899849139. Italian.
Come contribuire a risolvere la crisi di valori e ideali presente nella societ moderna? Cosa possono fare la scuola o i vari centri socio-educativi per incentivare, riattivare o potenziare nei giovani un atteggiamento e una mentalit più umanitaria? A questi ed altri interrogativi vuole rispondere il nuovo preziosissimo lavoro multidisciplinare di Maurizio Spaccazocchi, che si rivolge ai docenti e agli animatori sociali, ma soprattutto alle ragazze e ai ragazzi, per dar loro la possibilit di risvegliare o acquisire condotte più civili ed etiche. Le attivit prendono spunto dalla lettura e dall’analisi di un testo (poesie, citazioni, discorsi di personaggi esemplari, protagonisti delle battaglie per i diritti umani, paladini della giustizia, ecc.), allo scopo di sensibilizzare i giovani verso tematiche o problematiche di interesse collettivo, storico, sociale, morale, culturale, e per giungere a un dibattito in classe libero e democraticamente gestito dai docenti. I risultati delle letture, dei dibattiti, uniti alle proposte e ai consigli dell’Autore, si materializzeranno in drammatizzazioni pubbliche fatte di recitazioni e di azioni sceniche sulla base di coinvolgenti sottofondi musicali presenti nel CD allegato. L’intera messa in scena è pertanto il momento fondamentale del lavoro, lo strumento più efficace per far sì che il gruppo-classe, a sua volta, si faccia portatore di un più alto messaggio morale e di una rinnovata umanit al di fuori dell’ambito scolastico. Le risposte est/etiche qui presenti sono proposte educativo-drammaturgiche (30 in totale) in cui la musica in tutte le sue forme, la parola narrata o poetica, l’azione espressiva gesto-motoria, da comuni mezzi estetici si elevano a mezzi etici, per rendere i ragazzi cittadini carichi di un reale senso civile, e dunque più responsabili, sensibili, altruisti, rispettosi, maturi e tolleranti sul piano umano: insomma, con questa pubblicazione si desidera incentivare una più ampia coscienza morale nelle nuove generazioni, compito questo che dovrebbe essere la vera priorit della scuola italiana.
SKU: CF.YPS204F
ISBN 9781491152928. UPC: 680160910427.
Avalon–Long Live the King is a medieval fantasy piece depicting the Isle of Avalon where the mystical sword Excalibur of King Arthur was forged. Composer Tyler Arcari unearths a solid piece for young bands that is both bold and dramatic. This piece is sure to spark the imagination of students and give them strong musical content with which they can develop their musicianship.Program Notes:Avalon–Long live the King began its journey as a commission in honor of a dear friend and mentor. David Riggs is one of those band directors that just seems timeless. He is a powerhouse with such a stacked resume that it is easy to forget that at the end of the day he enjoys taking long bike rides with his lovely wife and whittling a piece of wood just as much as being a band director. He has touched so many lives and inspired so many people in our field and beyond. I was humbled, and honored, when I was contacted for the commission. To David, I hope that you one day know how much you mean to so many people, including myself.About the piece:The piece is written with a little homage to David’s long tenure at Avalon Middle school in Pace, Florida. He was certainly treated like a king as the band director and rightly so. It seemed only fitting to add a little medieval fantasy. Avalon is a mystical island in the world of King Arthur where the great sword Excalibur was forged.The piece begins lyrically with a slow introduction with melodic material. This melodic motive is used throughout with slight variations depending on the instrument voicing etc. Care should be taken at m. 10 that the Timpani roll helps to bridge our transition from an exposed section to full tutti. Care should be taken so that the tempo change at m. 19 is brisk and avoids the low brass turning into stomping. Accessories like the China cymbal and tambourine can become overpowering. I recommend having students think of these effects as background in order to make sure they don’t POP out. The dynamic changes at mm. 27-35 should be subito similar to orchestral dynamic changes. Avoid unwritten crescendos in this section. Measures 60–64 are a great opportunity to teach those unwritten dynamics that make music so enjoyable as we lead up to the finale. It was originally left blank for some theatrics in the premiere at David’s retirement concert so I know he would enjoy adding some Cholesterol as David would say.Long Live the King!
SKU: BT.WH31324
ISBN 9788759822555. English.
Improvised Music - Essays And Interviews by Jakob Thorkild Overgaard.
From the preface:
This book is the child of my extensive personal experienceas performerof musical improvisation. I havea large number of concerts, recordings and bands inmy baggage, and throughout my career as performerI have reflected much on the music as such, its origins,and its effects onperformer and listener alike.In addition to this, my M.A. in Music from CopenhagenUniversity provided me with a theoretical foundationwhich has sharpened my reflections on musicand fostered an interestinthe spoken word.As its point of departure, this book will attempt a discussionof improvised music after 1968, as a conceptand as an actual performing art. I shall use the terms‘freeimprovisation’ or ’ freely improvised music’ – as Ithink that they are the best, although I am of coursefully aware that there may be several other adequateterms for this music...
...There are sections solely based on my views and analyses as well as sections taking their starting point in the views of other writers and artists.
Besides, the book containsinterviews and communications with prominent performers of improvised music and theorists such as, inter alia, Danish Peter Ole Jørgensen, Swedish Raymond Strid, Danish Vagn E. Olsson and Torben Sangild, Postdoc at theDepartment of Arts and Cultural Studies, Copenhagen University.
SKU: CF.CPS25
ISBN 9780825847776. UPC: 798408047771. 9 X 12 inches.
This stirring march-style piece by Carl Strommen will enhance any program, but its stately, processional flavor and noble character will make it especially useful for special occasions like commencement. The music has innate nobility reminiscent of Elgar and wholly appropriate to the inspiring title. Duration: 3'15 Key: Eb Ranges: Trumpet-C; Horn-G; Trombone-F.