SKU: AP.BD9628

UPC: 029156199987. English.

Few young people live closer together than do band members, as they work together, laugh together and cry together through the years of their involvement in musical activities. It is sad indeed when death strikes. River Songs was commissioned to commemorate the lives of two such young musicians (one white and one African-American). These two appropriate works, Deep River, and Shall We Gather at the River, were chosen as witness to our common bonds in this life and beyond.

SKU: 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 Spring”) 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.

SKU: YM.GTW01098114

ISBN 9784636981148. 8.5 x 12 inches.

This is a collection of 23 popular songs from Studio Ghibli's works, arranged for a duet, trio, and quartet.
The arrangements are considerably flexible, allowing the trio to play as a duet and the quartet as a trio.
The standard trio arrangement is written for 3(or 2) alto saxophones and 3(or 2) tenor saxophones, but this arrangement is also suitable for 2 alto saxophones and 1 tenor saxophone. Please refer to the guide in the score.
The quartet can also be played on 2 alto saxophones and 1 tenor saxophone. Many of the pieces are arranged for beginners, so they can be enjoyed by anyone who has just picked up an instrument.

SKU: YM.GTW01100315

ISBN 9784636102222. 8.5 x 12 inches.

This is a collection of 23 popular songs from Studio Ghibli's works, arranged for a duet, trio, and quartet. The arrangements are designed to be played by the same type of instruments in the same key and are considerably flexible, allowing the trio to play as a duet and the quartet as a trio. Please refer to the guide in the score if full members are not available. Many of the pieces are arranged for beginners, so they can be enjoyed by anyone who has just picked up an instrument.

SKU: YM.GTW01091435

ISBN 9784636914351.

25 songs arranged for solo clarinet and piano. Clarinet part with a book for piano accompaniment and Karaoke CD.
20Shou Dan Huang Guan Du Zou Qu ,Gang Qin Ban Zou . Han Dan Huang Guan Pu Ji Gang Qin Ban Zou Pu &Ban Zou CD.

1. Soshunfu(Ode to Early Spring); 2. Hatsukoi(First Love); 3. Oborozukiyo(A Night with a Hazy Moon); 4. Hana; 5. Sakura Sakura; 5. Hana; 6. Hamabe no Uta(A Song at the Seaside); 7. Shabondama(Soap Bubbles); 8. Kono Michi; 9. Furusato(My Old Town); 10. Yuyake Koyake; 11. Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa(I've Found a Little Autumn); 12. Sato no Aki; 13. Aka Tombo(Red Dragonfly); 14. Kojo no Tsuki(Moon over the Ruined Castle); 15. Nagori Yukii(Snowfall at the end of the Winter); 16. Nada SouSou(Down Come My Tears); 17. Jidai; 18. Kawa no nagare no Yo ni(As a River's Running); 19. Sen no Kaze ni natte(A Thousand Winds); 20. Hana wa Saku(Flowers Will Bloom); 21. Haru yo Koi(Come spring!); 22. Hana; 23. Kazebue - Asuka' Theme; 24. Satoukibi Batake(In a Large Field of Sugarcane); 25. Miagete goran Yoru no Hoshi wo(Look up at the Night sky)
1. Zao Chun Fu ; 2. Chu Lian ; 3. Meng Long Yue Ye ; 4. Hua ; 5. Ying Hua ; 6. Hai Bin Zhi Ge ; 7. Fei Zao Pao ; 8. Zhe Tiao Lu ; 9. Gu Xiang ; 10. Wan Xia Jian Dan ; 11. Zhao Dao Liao Xiao Xiao De Qiu Tian ; 12. You Jian Chui Yan ; 13. Hong Qing Ting ; 14. Huang Cheng Zhi Yue ; 15. Can Xue ; 16. Lei Guang Shan Shan ; 17. Shi Dai ; 18. Chuan Liu Bu Xi ; 19. Hua Wei Qian Feng ; 20. Hua Zheng Zai Kai ; 21. Chun Tian ,Lai Ba ; 22. Hua ; 23. Feng Di ; 24. Gan Zhe Tian ; 25. Yang Wang Xing Kong.

SKU: YM.GTW01090837

ISBN 9784636908374.

20 songs arranged for solo oboe and piano. Oboe part with a book for piano accompaniment and Karaoke CD.
20Shou Shuang Huang Guan Du Zou Qu ,Gang Qin Ban Zou . Han Shuang Huang Guan Pu Ji Gang Qin Ban Zou Pu &Ban Zou CD.

1. Soshunfu(Ode to Early Spring); 2. Oborozukiyo(A Night with a Hazy Moon); 3. Furusato(My Old Town); 4. Haru yo Koi(Come spring!); 5. Hana wa Saku(Flowers Will Bloom); 6. Hamabe no Uta(A Song at the Seaside); 7. Shonen Jidai(Boyhood); 8. Natsu no Omoide(A Memory from Summer); 9. Shabondama(Soap Bubbles); 10. Machibo-oke(Waiting in Vain); 11. Satoukibi Batake(In a Large Field of Sugarcane); 12. Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa(I've Found a Little Autumn); 13. Yuyake Koyake; 14. Kojo no Tsuki(Moon over the Ruined Castle); 15. Kawa no nagare no Yo ni(As a River's Running); 16. Sen no Kaze ni natte(A Thousand Winds); 17. Miagete goran Yoru no Hoshi wo(Look up at the Night sky); 18. Nagori Yuki(Snowfall at the end of the Winter); 19. Kita no Kunikara(From Northern Country); 20. Nada SouSou(Down Come My Tears)
1. Zao Chun Fu ; 2. Meng Long Yue Ye ; 3. Gu Xiang ; 4. Chun Tian ,Lai Ba ; 5. Hua Zheng Zai Kai ; 6. Hai Bin Zhi Ge ; 7. Shao Nian Shi Dai ; 8. Xia Ri Hui Yi ; 9. Fei Zao Pao ; 10. Man Zhou Chang Ge ; 11. Gan Zhe Tian ; 12. Zhao Dao Liao Xiao Xiao De Qiu Tian ; 13. Wan Xia Jian Dan ; 14. Huang Cheng Zhi Yue ; 15. Chuan Liu Bu Xi ; 16. Hua Wei Qian Feng ; 17. Yang Wang Xing Kong ; 18. Can Xue ; 19. Bei Guo Zhi Lian ; 20. Lei Guang Shan Shan.