Concert Band - Grade 4

SKU: HL.44010886

Grade 4 - Score Only. Composed by James Curnow. Curnow Music Concert Band. Contest, Festival. 56 pages. Published by Curnow Music (HL.44010886).

UPC: 884088585150. 9x12 inches.

Commissioned for the University of Massachusetts Lowell New England Youth Wind Ensemble, this significant composition by James Curnow is a pure delight. Interesting percussion and a wide range of expectations from every wind player lets all the musicians have the joy of being challenged. The creative exploration and development of these interesting old melodies rewards the entire ensemble in ways that shorter, more condensed pieces cannot. Duration: c. 9:00.

Arranged by Alexander L'Estrange. Choir Secular. For with Piano (SAB). Choral Octavo. Faber Choral Singles. Secular. Published by Faber Music

By Roger Quilter. Arranged by David Owen Norris. (High Voice). Boosey and Hawkes Voice. Size 9x12 inches. 76 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

By Jon Lord. Arranged by Jos van de Braak. For symphonic wind orchestra and rock band. Baton Music Orchestral Series. Grade 5. Full score and parts. Duration 47:00. Published by Baton Music

Band concert band - Grade 4

SKU: KJ.GB878

Composed by Roger Nixon. Bandworks. Score and set of parts. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #GB878. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.GB878).

This multi-movement masterwork is dedicated to the memory of Darius Milhaud, whose influence is evident in the clear, French flavor of this composition. The three movements are titled March, Song and Dance. Perfect for concert or contest!

Violin

SKU: HL.48023884

For Violin. Composed by Ursula Mamlok. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical. Softcover. 6 pages. Bote & Bock #M202534540. Published by Bote & Bock (HL.48023884).

9.25x12.0x0.053 inches.

This composition for solo violin was written in 1987 for the violinist Roger Zahab who performed the world premiere in New York. As is typical of Ursula Mamlok, the work of about 5 minutes' duration is very short. In one movement, divided into five short sections, she sums up her musical cause in an extremely virtuoso manner: A powerful opening theme, which varies several times, is followed by a quiet, lyrical passage which uses similar musical ideas, however. In the following, the formal contrast disappears due to the increasing fusion of opening theme and slower episode before the main theme is taken up again in the final section in a very dramatic form.

Bass Clarinet and Tape

SKU: AY.BC3411PM

Composed by Ailem Carvajal-Gomez. Woodwinds - Bass Clarinet. Score & CD. Duration 6'. Periferia Publishing #BC3411PM. Published by Periferia Publishing (AY.BC3411PM).

ISBN 9790543572119.

Resonancias was commissioned for the Center of Arts-Reina Sofia of Madrid (LIEM - CDMC) in 1999 and was premiered by clarinetist Roger Heaton during the 7th Computing and Musical Electronics Conference of the Centre for the Contemporary Music Broadcasting of Madrid. The bass clarinet version was later performed in both Spain and Ireland by Harry Sparnaay and in Italy by Marco Ignoti. This work finds its inspiration at the poem Lutum, by the Cuban poet Dulce Maria Loynaz (winner of the 1992 Cervantes Prize for Literature). It is characterized by the contrast and difference of sonorous gestures between the clarinet and the tape, founded on the poetic content and dialogue between two instruments. The tape recreates and reproduces phonemes, vowels, consonants, and words that, through a spectral analysis, allowed me to establish a harmonious field for the melodic and harmonic sequences of the clarinet.

SKU: HL.49015533

Die 22 Lieder aus Voices. Composed by Petersen. Edited by Hanns-Werner Heister, Hartmut Lueck, and Peter Petersen. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Book. Edition Schott. Ein Schlusselwerk der Neuen Musik in vielfaltiger Deutung. Classical. 333 pages. Schott Music #ED 8652. Published by Schott Music (HL.49015533).

ISBN 9783795703288. German.

Wie in keinem anderen Werk versammelt Hans Werner Henze in seinem Vokalzyklus Voices eine reiche Mannigfaltigkeit von Idiomen, Stilmitteln, Genres und vokalen wie instrumentalen Verfahrensweisen. Zudem spiegelt sich in der Auswahl der Dichtungen und Liedtypen durch ihre Bezuge zur gesellschaftlichen Situation der Gegenwart und zu historischen musikalischen Modellen sein umfassendes politisch-soziales Engagement. Herausgeber und Autoren haben es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die Vielfalt dieses in mehrfacher Hinsicht exemplarischen Werkes im methodisch und stilistisch breiten Spektrum ihrer Beitrage aufzufangen. Entstanden ist ein Sammelband, der, angeregt durch Henzes Traktat uber das Liederschreiben in unserer Zeit, neben dem interpretierenden Blick auf die Musik auch eine kritische Sicht auf heutige Gesellschaftsrealitaten und -utopien und deren Reflex im Kunstlerischen wagt.

Handbells

SKU: MN.30-706

Composed by Sharon Elery Rogers. Handbell score. MorningStar Music Publishers #30-706. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.30-706).

UPC: 688670307065.

This spirited composition on the traditional American melody The Promised Land can be used as a good teaching tool as it employs multiple ringing techniques (TD, Pl or mallets, LV, martellato and shakes). The beginning forte section, written in a minor key, is a lively contrast to the slower middle section in a major key, using bells, chimes and later adding mallets. The piece climaxes to an exciting conclusion with ponderous minor chords. Written for 3-5 Octave Handbells, with opt. 3 Octave Handchimes.

String Quartet

SKU: HL.14041525

Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Contemporary Music. Set of Parts. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #KP01585A. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14041525).

ISBN 9788759871829. UPC: 196288071020. 9.5x14.25x0.167 inches. Danish-English.

Programme Note During the composition of my tenth string quartet a flower-name, host-tidlos, came to my mind - and it would not me leave again. [hosttidlos is actually autumn crocus in English, but the composer prefers harvest-timeless, to maintain some of the associations of the Danish flower-name, red.] The paradoxical union of a seasonal time (harvest) and no-time-at-all was a good fit to the sections of the work that I had composed at that time, and I decided to tentatively stick to that title for the work-in-progress, and now, having finished the piece, I can say that is is still a fitting title - and it stands. Enough about the title, I will go on to describe themusic, a somewhat more precarious project. My tenth string quartet is probably the most basic string quartet that I have composed: melodically - and in sound - it employs the naturally based overtones and undertones (perceived at major and minor, respectively), and rhythmically it is based on growth, on the principles of the Golden Section, and the structure itself contrasts abundance and exuberance with sections of immobility and contemplation. However, Melos, melody, is definitely the dominating aspect of my STRING QUARTET NO. 10: behind even the most rhythmically complex or pure sonoric sections lies a firm - if hidden - basis of melodic or polyphonic ideas. The work was composed in 2004-2005 for the Kroger Quartet.