SKU: HL.49047454
UPC: 842819101086. 9.0x12.0x0.358 inches.
My 3rd String Quartet is in six contrasted movements. Certain musical figures recur across the work, but there are few themes as such. The main emphasis is on contrast of mood, texture, harmony, pacing and timing. Unlike many of my works this quartet had no extra-musical inspiration, and in principle should have no subtitle. Certain features already present in my music became more prominent in this new work: modes (limited collections of pitches) have always helped me to focus musical character, but here a sense of key note for each mode became much more pronounced, as did the difference between modes for each section of the work. A sort of hybrid key-system emerged (even with equivalents of major and minor) which is not normal tonality, nor does it aim to imitate it. Unlike tonality this key-system includes noises, extended performance techniques and intervals outside Western tuning as available resources. What I hope it does is to focus the listening experience onto different musical areas, to encourage a sense of both modulation from one area to another and to give the music a sense of goal. No conscious knowledge of this is needed when listening: the music should communicate directly on its own. Here, then, is this collection of six musical colours, related and unrelated, different yet belonging together, variable yet in a set order. Hence the subtitle, chosen both for both its sound and its sense: 'hana no hanataba' meaning, in Japanese, 'bouquet of flowers'. A brief description: 1) Moderately fast. Short droplets of sounds gather increasing momentum. 2) Very fast. Canons and bells at different speeds. 3) Very slow - fast - very slow - very fast - very slow. The main slow movement and its main scherzo. An emphasis on non-tempered tunings and on inhaling and exhaling waves of sound. The slow sections feature florid melodic writing. In the exuberant scherzo competing duos and trios create imaginary folk music. 4) Extremely fast/extremely slow. Open strings and harmonics fuse into a single string instrument - like a sort of large resonating Medieval tromba marina. 5) Very fast. A variation on movement 2). Variation, Schoenberg told Cage, is just a sort of repetition 'with some things changed and others not.' 6) Slow - Very Fast - Fast - Slow. The opening calm harmonies and florid melodies evoke movement 3) in different music. The fast part features one overt theme: a fanfare-like call to attention which is subject to extensive development. There is much use of non-Western tuning. At its climax the music freezes into a frieze - a wall of sound standing in front of the audience with increasing obstinacy and certainty as the work grinds towards its cadence.
SKU: CL.RWS-2044-01
Do you wish your clarinets would practice going over the break? Do you want your trumpets to practice lip slurs and your flute players to remember those high note fingerings? Do your percussionists forget the rudiments? Are you struggling to introduce chromatic fingerings in a heterogeneous classroom setting? Skill Stretchers For Band II is a set of exercises for group practice of all these concepts AT ONCE! A follow-up to Skill Stretchers For Band, this invaluable teaching tool will help your band move beyond B flat concert scale efficiently and effectively. Prepare your students for the next performance level in just minutes a day!
SKU: HL.1189843
ISBN 9781705192412. UPC: 196288131489. 9.0x12.0x0.236 inches.
Sometimes you just need some soothing piano music to relax, unwind, and let go. This collection gathers nearly 40 beautiful classical favorites for the intermediate-level player. Works include: Air (from Water Music) (Händel) â?¢ Arietta, Op. 12, No. 1 (Grieg) â?¢ Bagatelle in G Major, Op. 126, No. 5 (Beethoven) â?¢ Canon in D (Pachelbel) â?¢ Clair De Lune (Debussy) â?¢ Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie) â?¢ Lullaby (Cradle Song) (Brahms) â?¢ La Pastorale (Burgmüller) â?¢ Piano Sonata No. 8 â??Pathetiqueâ? (Beethoven) â?¢ Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 4 (Chopin) â?¢ Prelude in C Major (Bach)â?¢ Reverie (Debussy) â?¢ Slumber Song (Gurlitt) â?¢ The Swan (Le Cygne) (Saint-Säens) â?¢ Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15 (Brahms) â?¢ and more.
SKU: ST.C528
ISBN 9790570815289.
Jayson Mackie's sequel to his ever popular Jazz Suite (C527).ContentsJazzy RagLatin MomentSugar WaltzJayson Mackie was born in Cardiff in 1975 and studied recorder, C527 flute and piano as a child, later adding saxophone. Composing from an early age, Jayson’s ‘Jazz Suite’ was published by Spartan Press when he was aged just 16. He was the first person to ever study composition as a principal study at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) as an undergraduate from 1997-2000, then MMus from 2002-2004. Awarded a first and a distinction in composition respectively. He was awarded the Eirwen Thomas prize in 1998 and 1999 and taught composition at the RWCMD from 2005- 2010. Jayson Mackie’s works are published by Clifton Edition, Warwick Music, Peacock Press and Oriana Publications.Grades 3–5Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: SP759.
SKU: AP.1-ADV14820
UPC: 805095148206. English.
Featuring lead parts from 11 original pieces from Weniger's Legal Paradizer CD, this play-along set emphasizes the importance of playing in time and in the groove, rather than following the changes in a strict fashion. Short explanations for each work are included to help with stylistic and/or structural considerations. Titles: Paradizer * Half-Life * Speedworld * French Affair * The Breed Is Funkin' * The Zigg-Zagg * Scrootch * Just Skufflin' * Poem of a Bird.
SKU: BR.OB-15119-19
ISBN 9790004340325. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Just like Joseph Haydn's E flat major concerto Hob VIIe:1 (1796), Hummel's Trumpet Concerto in E major of 1803 was also written for the Viennese soloist Anton Weidinger, who performed on a keyed trumpet that could produce the chromatic tones of an entire scale a unique achievement at that time. The work features unmistakable allusions to Mozart and even has a literal quote from a Cherubini opera in the final movement. Today, Hummel's concerto, next to the Haydn piece, is considered as THE classical trumpet concerto. It is no doubt thanks to this unique status that the work has been available in a transposition to E flat major since 1957, a version that better suits the B flat trumpet widely used today. The Urtext edition respects this performance-practical aspect: The piano reduction as well as the study score contain both versions. The score and orchestral parts can be obtained in two different editions.While this being one of the few urtext, it may be the only edition published in both the original tonality of E major and the often-preferred key of E-flat major. Additionally, the edition contains some interesting insights on the concerto and keyed trumpet. (Luis C. Engelke, Music Reviews Editor).
SKU: HG.GH-11704
ISBN 9790202823491.
Nur in Chorstarke, ab 20 Stuck.
SKU: AP.37892
UPC: 038081423647. English. Traditional German Carol.
Based on a traditional German carol, this festive arrangement is just right for 3-part mixed voices, offering a few optional baritone cues for those boys who can't quite hit the upper notes. Built on a 6/8 lilt that's a cinch to sing.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
SKU: CA.2709711
ISBN 9790007261740. Key: E flat major. Latin.
Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname Freischutz Mass because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into account liturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too operatic by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. * Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time * Easy to medium difficulty level * Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time.
SKU: FT.FM101
ISBN 9790570480005.
Flute Octet ( double quartet) 6 flutes, 2 alto flutes. An arrangement of one of Gustav Holst's earlier works, originally for eight part women's voices. Lush harmonies and simple flowing lines build to create a beautifully elegant sound world. The statement and answer sections mean that this piece works well antiphonally with the two quartets separated, but is just as good as a large choir piece. The relatively straightforward lines and simpler instrumentation make this an ideal piece for flute choirs that do not possess the larger instruments.
SKU: CF.CPS222F
ISBN 9781491153161. UPC: 680160910663.
From the call of the open seas to the wistful dance section, this piece will open the imagination of your students and audiences.  Very playable by young bands, the piece features a short opening ostinato that develops into a tone cluster and leads to the ominous sounds of the brass and percussion, which depict the slow lumbering ship on the dangerous, open waters. The piece continues through a more lyrical second section before a dramatic return of the opening material to close out this contest/festival style piece.From the call of the open seas to the wistful dance section, this piece will open the imagination of your students and audiences. Very playable by young bands, the piece features a short opening ostinato that develops into a tone cluster. This leads to the ominous sounds of the brass and percussion, which depict the slow lumbering ship on the dangerous, open waters. After a quickly paced melody in the low register for the clarinets, the piece gives way to an exciting tutti section that features horns and saxes on an answering countermelody.The second section is a dance that starts with low reeds and a flute solo, but develops into a full band Spanish-sounding dance, with melody in many different places. The recap is a reverse of the beginning section and again loosely represents the danger of life on the high seas.The short ostinato that is used at the beginning and in some transitional moments is based on the beginning notes of Irish Tune from County Derry, a favorite of J. C. Sykes, who this piece honors. Mr. Sykes gave a lifetime to teaching music to band students in North Carolina. The first four notes in clarinet 1, the first four in flute 1 and the first four in clarinet 2 make up the first phrase from that beautiful melody. Just something to get students thinking about composition in a new way.
