String Quartet

SKU: PR.16400222S

Composed by Dan Welcher. Full score (study). With Standard notation. Duration 11 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #164-00222S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.16400222S).

UPC: 680160037841.

This work follows my Quartet No. 1 by five years. In terms of style and aesthetic aim, however, it seems light years away. Where the first work, a 28-minute, four-movement piece, took aim at cosmic conflicts and heroic resolutions, the present work is intended as a kind of divertissment. Harbor Music lasts a mere eleven minutes, is cast in a single movement with six sections, and should leave both performers and listeners with a feeling of good humor and affection.   The title comes from my experience as a guest in the magnificent city of Sydney, Australia. One of its most attractive features is its unique system of ferry boats: the city is laid out around a large, multi-channeled harbor, with destinations more easily approached by water than by land. Consequently, inhabitants of Sydney get around on small, people-friendly boats that come and go from the central docks at Circular Quay. During a week's visit in 1991, I must have boarded these boats at least a dozen times, always bound for a new location - the resort town of Manley, or the Zoo at Taronga Park, or the shopping district at Darling Harbour.   In casting about for a form for my second string quartet, a kind of loose rondo came to mind. Each new destination would be approached from the same starting-out point (although there are subtle variations in the repeating theme; it's always in a new key, and the texture is never the same). The result, I hope, is a sense of constant new information presented with introductory frames of a more familiar nature.   The embarkation theme, which begins the piece, is a sort of bi-tonal fanfare in which the violins are in G major and the viola and cello are in B-flat major. It is bold, eager, and forward-looking. The first voyage maintains this bi-tonality, beginning as a 9/8 due for second violin and viola in a kind of rocking motion -much as a boat produces when reaching the deeper water in the harbor. A sweet, nostalgic theme emerges over this rocking accompaniment. This music is developed somewhat, then transforms quickly into a much faster and lighter episode, filled with rising and falling scales (again, in differing keys). A scherzando interlude in short notes and changing meters provides contrast, and the episode ends with a reprise of the scales.   The second embarkation follows, this time in A major/C major. It leads quickly into a very warm and slow theme, in wide-leaping intervals for the viola. This section is interrupted twice by solo cadenzas for the cello, suggesting distant boat-horns in major thirds. The end of the episode becomes a transition, with boat-horns leading into the final appearance of the embarkation music, this time in trills and tremolos instead of sharply accented chords. The nostalgic theme of the first episode makes a final appearance, serving now as a coda. The rocking motion continues, in a lullaby fashion, leaving us drowsy and satisfied on our homeward journey.   Harbor Music was written for the Cavani Quartet, and is dedicated to Richard J. Bogomolny. Commissioned by his employees at First National Supermarkets as a gift, it represents a thank you from many of the people (including this composer) who have benefitted from his vision and generosity. An ardent advocate of chamber music (and a cellist himself), Mr. Bogomolny has for many years been Chairman of the Board of Chamber Music America. -- Dan Welcher.

Carillons and other percussion instruments (Bfl, Pk, Hob-Tr, Be, Tri, Cymb, Reco-Reco, Xyl (SAB), Glsp (SAB), Kl-Tr, B-Tr, Met (SAB)) - easy

SKU: HL.49015447

Ein Musizier- und Ubebuch. Composed by Hermann Urabl. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Playing score. 82 pages. Schott Music #ED 8201. Published by Schott Music (HL.49015447).

ISBN 9790001111904. German. Joachim Schuster.

Das Musizier- und Ubebuch Von Raubern, Riesen und Getier gehort zum Unterrichtswerk Musik und Tanz fur Kinder - Musikalische Grundausbildung. Es soll die Arbeit in all jenen Kindergruppen bereichern, in denen die/der LehrerIn einen Schwerpunkt im instrumentalen Bereich setzen mochte. Daruber hinaus wendet es sich an instrumentale Neigungsgruppen und Spielkreise. Kontinuierlich werden die Kinder mit traditionellen und freien Stabspieltechniken bekannt gemacht. Der Umgang mit der Notenschrift wird durch die standige praktische Anwendung beim Instrumentalspiel bald eine vertraute Angelegenheit. Bilder und Geschichten, Texte und grafische Zeichen regen zum Spielen und Erfinden an. Eine Vielzahl neuer Spiellieder und Spielstucke sowie Kompositionen aus dem Orff-Schulwerk bieten Gelegenheit zum miteinander Musizieren. Zudem sind sie fur Anlasse gedacht, bei denen die Kinder ihr Konnen einem Publikum zeigen mochten.

Favorite Piano Classics (CC10) by Various. For Piano. Published by Santorella Publications (SP.78200). ISBN 1-58560-526-3. There is certainly an abundance of Classical piano literature in print. Every publisher has a collection of piano classics in their catalog and the differences are determined by several factors. When we narrow the field to include only "unedited original works" of the greatest composers, the largest difference is content. Favorite Piano Classics from Santorella Publications contains the finest assortment of "unedited original" piano works in print. Let's let the titles and their fathers speak for themselves.

Chamber Music Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Piano

SKU: PR.11441123S

Composed by Samuel Adler. Score. With Standard notation. Theodore Presser Company #114-41123S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11441123S).

UPC: 680160016303. 8.5 x 11 inches.

The Quintet for Piano and String Quartet was written for the American String Quartet in the summer of 2000. It is in one movement but has two distinct parts. The first is a slow movement characterized by dotted rhythms. It is a fantasy with some long flowing lines interrupted by short fragments usually in the piano. After a rather agitated section in 6/8 time, this section comes to a quiet close on a G-sharp major chord. The second section of this thirteen-minute work is marked Fast and Energetic. It begins with chords that recur throughout the movement and after two measures a long main theme is introduced which is developed and altered during the rest of the fast portion of the work. One could call this second part a sort of rondo form since this long lyrical theme returns always after contrasts. When it does return, it is treated often by means of imitation, but at the climax returns played in unison by the strings while the piano renders an energetic sixteenth note background. The work ends on an E-flat major chord though the piece is certainly not in any one key, but rather features quick modulations. One might call this non-tonal music which nevertheless always feels like it has a tonal center. --Samuel Adler.

Accordion

SKU: M7.VHR-1768

Lehrerhandbuch (Ordner). Composed by Sabine Kolz. Sheet music. 262 pages. Holzschuh Musikverlag #VHR 1768. Published by Holzschuh Musikverlag (M7.VHR-1768).

ISBN 9783940069610.

AkkordiKids ist ein Schulwerk, das im Unterricht mit Gruppen eingesetzt werden kann. Der Band 2 ist wiederum in 30 Stundenbilder aufgeteilt und für ein Schuljahr gedacht. Ergänzt und vertieft werden die Lerninhalte durch Rhythmustrainings, Spiele und MiniMusicals, Tipps zur Unterrichtsgestaltung u. v. m.

By Mel Bay. For Guitar (All). Method. Modern Guitar Method. All Styles. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 88 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

17 sonatiner for piano.

Innhold:

Beethoven, Sonate Op. 49 II
Mozart, Sonate C Dur
Bach, Praludium C moll
Muller, Scherzo
Haydn, Sonate C Dur
Handel, Menuett
Handel, Menuett
Handel, Sarabande mit Variationen
Beethoven, Sonate Op. 49 I
Muller, Scherzo G Dur
Phil. Em. Bach, Solfeggio
Kuhlau, Sonatine Op. 55 I
Beethoven, & Variationen G Dur
Dussek, Sonatine G Dur Op. 20 I
Kuhlau, Rondo A Dur Op. 40 II
Beethoven, 6 kleine Variationen
Clementi, Rondo F Dur

20 sonatiner for piano.

Innhold:

Clementi, Sonatine op. 36 I
Kohler, Sonatine G Dur
Haslinger, Sonatine C Dur
Clementi, Sonatine Op. 36 II
Mozart, Sonatine C Dur
Beethoven, Sonatine G Dur
Mozart, Sonatine G Gur
Beethoven, Variationen uber ein Schweizerlied
Kuhlau, Sechs Variationen Op. 42 I
Pleyel, Sonatine D Dur
Schytte, Allegro moderato
Diabelli, Allegretto
Beethoven, Sonatine F Dur
Diabelli, Andante und Rondo Op. 151 II
Clementi, Sonatine C Dur Op. 36 III
Haydn, Allegro
Kuhlau, Sonatine C Dur Op. 20 I
Kuhlau, Sonatine G Dur Op. 55 II
Kuhlau, sonatine C Dur Op. 55 III
Clementi, Sonatine D Dur Op. 36 VI

17 Sonatinas and 13 other pieces. Edited by Ruthardt Koehler. Piano Albums. Baroque and Classical Period. Collection. With standard notation, fingerings and introductory text (does not include words to the songs). Edition Peters #EP1233A. Published by Edition Peters

By Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Edited by Theill, Han. This edition: linen cover. Complete edition. 392 pages