SKU: CF.CPS204F

ISBN 9781491148303. UPC: 680160905805. 9 x 12 inches.

Use this piece to celebrate someone's birthday or just for fun in a concert setting. Happy Birthday Theme and Variations is a novelty arrangement that incorporates traditional melodic variation techniques along with familiar classical-music themes to entertain your audience. Challenge your students and audience to identify these melodic fragments.

SKU: HL.48181572

UPC: 888680844745. 9.0x12.0x0.097 inches.

“Dedicated to Ulysse Delécluse, Variations on a tune of the Pays d'Oc by Louis Cahuzac is a piece for Clarinet and Piano that refers to an area of the south of France. This set contains four variations on Se Canto, a song from the valley of the Garonne, and was composed for upper-intermediate / advanced players. Rhythms, chromaticisms, trills and other technical aspects make this piece very challenging. Its four variations are: 1. Allegretto vivo e leggerio, 2. Alla polacca, 3. Andante and 4. Moderato. Highly melodic, this piece would work exceptionally well for a recital. Louis Cahuzac was one of the very few clarinettists of the beginning of the 20th century who managed to make a career as a soloist.”.

SKU: PR.144402290

UPC: 680160027316.

The theme that opens my Fantasy-Variations permeates the harmonic and melodic life of the 24 short episodes and coda that follow. However, in a few sections the relationships with the theme are more hidden than explicit; the fanciful connections between these portions and the opening theme suggested the work's hybrid title. Yet even in these more wide-ranging variations the opening theme is usually still hovering nearby, often as a quiet presence contrasting with more animated gestures. The piece may be understood as a kind of dream journal: a chain of brief entries that seem to vary greatly, yet rotate about a fixed constellation of types and obsessions, speaking a language of images at once logical and impossible, familiar and mysterious. I wrote the Fantasy-Variations for the Leonardo trio in 1991 with the support of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in composition.
The theme that opens my Fantasy-Variations permeates the harmonic and melodic life of the 24 short episodes and coda that follow.  However, in a few sections the relationships with the theme are more hidden than explicit; the fanciful connections between these portions and the opening theme suggested the work’s hybrid title.  Yet even in these more wide-ranging variations the opening theme is usually still hovering nearby, often as a quiet presence contrasting with more animated gestures.The piece may be understood as a kind of dream journal: a chain of brief entries that seem to vary greatly, yet rotate about a fixed constellation of types and obsessions, speaking a language of images at once logical and impossible, familiar and mysterious.I wrote the Fantasy-Variations for the Leonardo trio in 1991 with the support of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in composition.

SKU: CF.CAS107

ISBN 9781491146675. UPC: 680160904174. 9 x 12 inches. Key: E minor.

Triangle of the Tempest is a fast-moving composition with interesting rhythmic challenges and dynamic color shifts. Starting with syncopated figures over a repeated eight-measure progression, the piece builds in intensity as more sections and layers are added. The second part changes tone and is led by a heroic violin melody with a soaring cello obligato. The themes intertwine and the material develops into a dramatic conclusion with a final explosive ensemble hit. Action-packed and full of rhythmic drive, this piece is a good choice for contest or festival performance.
An up-tempo 3⁄4 piece in E minor, Triangle of the Tempest features inviting rhythmic challenges, provocative melodic variations and dynamic color shifts .The A-section is based on a repeating eight-measure harmonic progression with punctuated open voicings and syncopated figures . Each section builds in intensity as new elements are added in subsequent eight-measure increments . Rhythmically, the pattern in the A-section (mm . 1–36) follows a two-measure form: the first of the two measures has a dotted quarter-eighth syncopated figure, and the rhythms in the second measure fall primarily on the beats . After the main eight-measure pattern is established, the A-melody and its variations are introduced on top of it .A two-measure build (mm . 35–36), highlighted by fast moving ensemble triplet figures, propels the piece as it crescendos into the jubilant B-section (mm . 37–52), changing tone and moving to the relative G major . The violins carry the soaring melody atop sonorous major chords in the mid and low strings . Rhythmically, the alternating syncopated measure/non-syncopated measure form continues through this section .Returning to the dramatic E minor A-section phrases in mm . 53–86, the piece shifts to the original eight-measure harmonic progression with melodic variations in the violins over the top . After reprising the B-section (mm . 87–102), intertwining motifs at m . 103 offer a variation on the A-theme where the melodic entrances happen at one-measure intervals .The tempo slows slightly and the tone changes again in the flowing and magical C-section at m . 123 as the piece moves again to the relative G major . Repeating lyrical legato violin lines create the musical background for a majestic viola melody, featured in mm . 126–146 . A brief fanfare statement with motifs spread throughout the orchestra at m . 153, prepares the return to E minor and the A-theme in mm . 160–193 .Measure 194 introduces an E-pedal point and tension builds, ramping up emotionally to the ending . The ensemble thunders at m . 202 as the violins and violas begin a four-measure syncopated question/answer section with the cellos and basses . The phrases crescendo and build for another four measures at m . 206, setting up the driving unison, tutti figures at m . 211 and a final explosive hit on the downbeat of m . 212 .

About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series

This series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys but technical demands are still carefully considered
• More comprehensive bowing techniques
• Viola T.C. included
• Careful selection of keys and degree of difficulty for advancing musicians

SKU: BT.DHP-1155647-030

English-German-French-Dutch.

In this beautiful composition, melodic fragments of the hymn tune Beecher are morphed into a series of variations, showing the melody in various moods from expressive, then quiet and soft, to bright and triumphant in the end. Written as a testpiece in the 4th division for the Dutch Brass Band Championships in 2015, the music features challenging solo parts for cornet, soprano cornet, flugelhorn and euphonium. A great work for the concert stage!

In deze fraaie compositie zijn melodiefragmenten uit de hymne Beecher omgevormd tot een reeks variaties, waarbij de melodie wordt gepresenteerd in verschillende stemmingen, van rustig en zacht tot vrolijk en triomfantelijk tegen het slot. Beecher Variations, dat is geschreven als verplicht werk voor de Nederlandse Brassband Kampioenschappen van 2015, bevat uitdagende solopartijen voor cornet, sopraancornet, bugel en euphonium. Een weergaloos werk voor het concertpodium!

In diesem schönen Werk werden melodische Fragmente des Kirchenlieds Beecher in eine Reihe von Variationen verwandelt, welche die Melodie in verschiedenen Stimmungen von ausdrucksvoll über ruhig und leise, strahlend bis zu strahlend undtriumphal präsentieren. Als Pflichtstück in der 4. Division für die Holländischen Brass-Band-Meisterschaften 2015 geschrieben, enthält die Musik anspruchsvolle Solopartien für Cornet, Soprancornet, Flügelhorn und Euphonium. Ein großartiges Werk fürdie Konzertbühne!

Dans cette composition magnifique, les fragments mélodiques du cantique Beecher sont transformés en une série de variations, démontrant la mélodie en plusieurs ambiances ; expressif, puis calme et doux, et enfin vif et triomphant la fin. Composé comme morceau imposé de la 4e division pour les Dutch Brass Band Championships en 2015, des parties de solos stimulants pour cornet soprano, bugle et euphonium y figurent. Une superbe œuvre pour chaque concert !

SKU: HL.48010854

UPC: 073999876154. 8.25x11.75x0.051 inches.

Various ensemble performances are possible using one first part with second violin, viola, cello and/or piano. The first string parts duplicate the melodic material Contents: Menuetto and Trio (Mozart) * Ballet Music (Schubert) * A Pair of Hornpipes (Traditional) * Watchman's Song (Grieg) * Siciliana (Stanley) * Variations on a Russian Theme (Beethoven) * Waltz (von Weber) * Bonnie Dundee Variations (Nelson) * Rigaudon 1 (Rameau) * Rigaudon 2 (Rameau).

SKU: HL.14010206

ISBN 9780711948723.

These variations are based on the concept of Beethoven's 32 variations in C Minor. In Beethoven's work, all the variations are eight bars long, without any changes in tempi or time signature. Each variation is complete in itself, but the variations are carefully grouped and juxtaposed to have a cummalitive effect. His individual variations are always very clearly connected with the original theme, both melodically and harmonically. Rather than occupying himself solely with decoration of the original melody, Beethoven's concern was with piano figuration and technique. In following the principles Beethoven created in this work, Elias has attempted to concern himself with the same preoccupations; by using clealy audible motifs that permit him to concentrate on writing for the instrument, and by using short, sharply defined phrases (always of eight bars) to build up a larger structure.