Flute duo

SKU: P2.10021

Composed by Cornelius Boots. Chamber music, 20th century. Published by Potenza Music (P2.10021).

The second part of the Chthonic Flute Suite commissioned by Areon Flutes in 2012. This suite has two main inspirations: ideologically it draws guidance from the book The Dream and the Underworld (1979) by James Hillman (1926-2011) and musically it explores the textural possibilities of a flute ensemble within the context of the heavy chamber music style I have developed with Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet since 1996. This style draws virtuosic precision from the classical realm; innovation and texture from jazz; and power, rhythm and overall perspective from rock and metal. The term chthonic [thon-ik] generally means underworld. However, Hillman thoroughly elaborates that its true meaning extends below the earth and beyond it into invisible, non-physical and far distant psychic realms: the deeper mysteries of the invisible. The duo is divided into two sections: Nekyia and Hypnoia. Each of these is a Greek myth-nerd term for some key aspect of an archetypal descent into the underworld. In fact, nekyia is a term that specifically means archetypal descent as one finds in myths across the ages from Dante to the Greeks and beyond. Hillman sees a lack of sufficient nekyia myths in our modern culture, yet our popular heroes in films and music are shady underworld characters. Dante's underworld was our culture's last, and it was imagined even before the Renaissance had properly begun. Our ethnic roots reach back to great underworld configurations: the Celtic Dagda or Cerunos, the Germanic Hel, and the Biblical Sheol. All have faded... (p.64) Hyponoia is a more subtle term used by Plato that refers to an undersense or a deeper meaning. The search for undersense is what we express in common speech as the desire to understand. We want to get below what is going on and see its basis, its fundamentals, how and where it is grounded. (p. 137) This deeper understanding is one of the motivations and constant characteristics of the underworld descent: but the discoveries made and experiences experienced are not always as they seem to be. Hillman recommends over and over that we see and see into each thing for what it is, and not force a dayworld perspective onto dream images and occurrences. As a duo movement, the term enantiodromia (counter enantio, and running dromia) is particularly appropriate as it is a grounding principle by which Jung understands the regulative function of opposites. As Hillman tends to turn things on their metaphorical heads, he fleshes out dualism and oppositionalism in such a way that in the underworld this actually becomes a unifying principle: If you go far enough with any one movement, a countermovement will set in...The way up and the way down are one and the same: the manifestation of one power by opposite forces. (p. 76) This implies a union of the two opposites, a conjunction as contrasted with an opposition. There are two voices but they are both flutes; there are two contrasting halves to the piece, yet they balance each other even in their differences.

SATB choir, voice solo, assembly, keyboard accompaniment, flute, trumpet 1 in B-flat, trumpet 1 in C, trumpet 2 in B-flat, trumpet 1 in C, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, bass - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-10044

Composed by Carlos Colón. Tu Pueblo Canta. Sacred. Octavo. With guitar chord names. 24 pages. GIA Publications #10044. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-10044).

UPC: 785147004417. English, Spanish. Text Source: English Tr. Martin Tel and Peter M. Kolar; Translation: Martin Tel. Text by María Eugenía Cornou. Scripture: Psalm 55.

Listen to Veo Violencia en la Ciudad as the first piece in a performance by the Duke Divinity School below:.

Bass Clarinet & 21 Strings

SKU: SS.50600030

Composed by Fred Cohen. Study Score. Published by Seesaw Music Corp (SS.50600030).

Commissioned by the Colonial Symphony, Paul Hostetter, Music Director and Conductor. First performed in 2006. Composer's Note: My inspiration for Smiling Dennis is the great bass clarinet virtuoso Dennis Smylie. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Dennis over the past several years owing to our mutual affiliation at Montclair State University. We would meet unintentionally in the halls and begin conversations regarding all manners of topics: from the colorful history of the bass clarinet - and bass clarinetists - to the furious appetite of the New Jersey groundhog. Dennis inevitably finds the humor in things - he revels in discovering the comic story that can often be found, just underneath the topic. When Maestro Hostetter asked me to compose a new piece during his initial season with the Colonial Symphony, and mentioned the possibility of a work related to humor, I immediately thought of the Dennis. When I spoke with Maestro Hostetter the following day, I had already conceived of the title (very unusual for me - I'm much more a musical/visual thinker than a verbal one) as well as the overall musical narrative. Smiling Dennis is a concerto in one movement for one bass clarinetist and twenty string players. Somewhat unusually, each performer has a unique musical assignment - that is, the string players are not aligned into their typical alliances of first violins, second violins and so forth. This permits a more complex string texture, allowing each performer to assert his or her individuality. Indeed, the notion of individuality is essential to this concerto, as it often is in concerti. For example, Smiling Dennis begins with the bass clarinet not quite obeying the conventions of tuning to the orchestra. Rather than simply take the A offered by the Concertmaster, the soloist playfully performs a gently descending series of notes. Offered another A, the soloist repeats this gesture (though with a different descending series). This exchange occurs four times. In the final one, members of the string orchestra join the soloist in the first significant statement of one of the central melodies. The bass clarinet completes this introductory section alone, playing all the way down to a low A, a third below the lowest note in the celli. Following the introduction, Smiling Dennis consists of six sections, somewhat along the lines of a dance suite: an energetic Allegro, a lyric Arioso, a forward Piu mosso, a light-hearted and syncopated dance, a even more energetic passage for strings alone, and finally a modified return to the introduction. In the return, the string ensemble is no longer at all oppositional to the soloist. Rather, in response to the soloist's gentle cajoling and supportive commentary, the strings accompany - with pleasure, you might say - the quiet, individual playfulness of the bass clarinet. The work ends with a return to the soloist's substratum A, accompanied quietly by the strings.

Flute trio

SKU: P2.10022

Composed by Cornelius Boots. Chamber music, 20th century. Published by Potenza Music (P2.10022).

The third part of the Chthonic Flute Suite commissioned by Areon Flutes in 2012. This suite has two main inspirations: ideologically it draws guidance from the book The Dream and the Underworld (1979)by James Hillman (1926-2011) and musically it explores the textural possibilities of a flute ensemble within the context of the heavy chamber music style I have developed with Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet since 1996. This style draws virtuosic precision from the classical realm; innovation and texture from jazz; and power, rhythm and overall perspective from rock and metal. The term chthonic [thon-ik] generally means underworld. However, Hillman thoroughly elaborates that its true meaning extends below the earth and beyond it into invisible, non-physical and far distant psychic realms: the deeper mysteries of the invisible. The trio is divided into three sections: The Way We Descend--Reflection of Narcissus--Below Nature. Taking a break from Greek myth-nerd terms, this movement introduces chthonic-flavored phrases that elaborate on our descent into the underworld, specifically through dreams. The realm of the underworld can be such a shock to our dayworld, limited, egoic consciousness that it can seem like a violation as Hillman points out, referencing the Greeks: This style of the underworld experience is overwhelming, it comes as violation, dragging one out of life and into the Kingdom that the Orphic Hymn to Pluto describes as 'void of day.' So it often says on Greek epitaphs that entering Hades is 'leaving the sweet sunlight.' (p.49) He elaborates on the differences between dayworld and underworld perspectives: The dream is not compensation but initiation. It does not complete ego-consciousness, but voids it. So it matters very much the way we descend. (p.112) He goes on to describe the various modes in which mythical figures have descended: Ulysses and Aenas to learn; Hercules to take and to test, for example. To act like Hercules, like the hero, in the underworld is to miss the point and cause more problems, the villain in the underworld is the heroic ego, not Hades. (p.113).

Tuba

SKU: GI.G-M518

Composed by James Froseth. Band Method. Do It! Music Education. Book. 48 pages. GIA Publications #M518. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-M518).

ISBN 9781579992354. English.

Now available on SmartMusic! The Tuba book and audio recordings (see below) from the Do It! Play in Band series by James O. Froseth includes: Modeling by Fritz Kaenzig (University of Michigan). Professional studio backgrounds capture the rich diversity of American music culture with a repertoire of American, Latin American, African, European, and Far Eastern styles. Music of other times, including 12th-century conductus, 15th-century Dance of the Bouffons, 16th-century French branle, 18th- and 19th-century folk songs and dances, 1940s and '50s jazz, blues, and rock-and-roll. The repertoire and recorded contexts are motivating, informative, and entirely musical. Every song includes text, providing information about phrasing, rhythm, style, affect, emotion, history, and culture. A unique Rhythmic Pattern Dictionary allows students to look it up and listen up. An individualized format allows students to progress at different rates with a theme and variation format. Ear training and improvisation are integral parts of the lesson format. Artist performers set musical standards in sound with more than 80 great performances for every instrument! Performers include: Michael Henoch, Oboe (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Randall Hawes, Jeffrey Zook, Sharon Sparrow, Kevin Good (Detroit Symphony Orchestra), Albert Blaser, Clarinet (Cleveland State University), Brian Bowman, Euphonium/Baritone (Duquesne University), Timothy McAllister (Crane School of Music, SUNY at Potsdam), Steve Houghton, Percussion (LA percussion recording artist and clinician), Donald Sinta, Richard Beene, Bryan Kennedy, Debra Chodacki, Fritz Kaenzig, Tuba (University of Michigan), Kristin Beene (Toledo Symphony Orchestra), and Jean Moorehead Libs, Trumpet (Plymouth Symphony Orchestra). Download the audio recordings at: giamusic.com/doit2media.

Baritone horn B.C.

SKU: GI.G-M516

Composed by James Froseth. Band Method. Do It! Music Education. Book. 48 pages. GIA Publications #M516. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-M516).

ISBN 9781579992347. English.

Now available on SmartMusic! The Baritone/Euphonium book and audio recordings (see below) from the Do It! Play in Band series by James O. Froseth includes: Modeling by Brian Bowman (Duquesne University). Professional studio backgrounds capture the rich diversity of American music culture with a repertoire of American, Latin American, African, European, and Far Eastern styles. Music of other times, including 12th-century conductus, 15th-century Dance of the Bouffons, 16th-century French branle, 18th- and 19th-century folk songs and dances, 1940s and '50s jazz, blues, and rock-and-roll. The repertoire and recorded contexts are motivating, informative, and entirely musical. Every song includes text, providing information about phrasing, rhythm, style, affect, emotion, history, and culture. A unique Rhythmic Pattern Dictionary allows students to look it up and listen up. An individualized format allows students to progress at different rates with a theme and variation format. Ear training and improvisation are integral parts of the lesson format. Artist performers set musical standards in sound with more than 80 great performances for every instrument! Performers include: Michael Henoch, Oboe (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Randall Hawes, Jeffrey Zook, Sharon Sparrow, Kevin Good (Detroit Symphony Orchestra), Albert Blaser, Clarinet (Cleveland State University), Brian Bowman, Euphonium/Baritone (Duquesne University), Timothy McAllister (Crane School of Music, SUNY at Potsdam), Steve Houghton, Percussion (LA percussion recording artist and clinician), Donald Sinta, Richard Beene, Bryan Kennedy, Debra Chodacki, Fritz Kaenzig, Tuba (University of Michigan), Kristin Beene (Toledo Symphony Orchestra), and Jean Moorehead Libs, Trumpet (Plymouth Symphony Orchestra). Download the audio recordings at: giamusic.com/doit2media.

Soli o SSAB choir, 2 Tr, Timp, 2 Vl, Vne, Bc

SKU: CA.3603214

Composed by Dietrich Buxtehude. Edited by Thomas Schlage. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Buxtehude. Basso continuo. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas. Single Part, basso continuo. BuxWV 26. 4 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 36.032/14. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3603214).

Language: German.

The cantata is a parody of the cantata of congratulations, Schlagt, Kunstler, die Pauken (BuxWV 122). Trumpets and timpani characterize the sound of the choral movements. In accordance with the scheme of the concerto-aria cantata, the concertante opening chorus is repeated at the end. The middle of the work consists of the aria, in which the four soloists assume allegorical roles, as well as the chorus So denket und danket. In addition to the Christmas text, text variants have survived which make an Easter Sunday performance possible. This text has been printed in the edition below the Christmas text. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3603200.

Flute quartet

SKU: P2.10024

Composed by Cornelius Boots. Chamber music, 20th century. Published by Potenza Music (P2.10024).

The fourth part of the Chthonic Flute Suite commissioned by Areon Flutes in 2012. This suite has two main inspirations: ideologically it draws guidance from the book The Dream and the Underworld (1979)by James Hillman (1926-2011) and musically it explores the textural possibilities of a flute ensemble within the context of the heavy chamber music style I have developed with Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet since 1996. The quartet is divided into three sections: Thymos--Phrenes--Chthonios. Thymos means blood vapour and is one of the elements that souls of the dead in the underworld completely lack, therefore they crave it and seek it out; they also lack breath consciousness or phrenes. The term chthonic [thon-ik] generally means underworld. However, Hillman thoroughly elaborates that its true meaning extends below the earth and beyond it (p.36) into invisible, non-physical and far distant psychic realms as opposed to being limited to a primitive earthiness that limits us to the physical and fertile underground. Hillman weaves a captivating and expanded perspective on chthonic and the deeper mysteries of the invisible, drawing from such sources as Greek and Egyptian mythology, Freud, Nietzsche, and more. The underworld is a realm of only psyche, a purely psychical world...underworld is the mythological style of describing a psychological cosmos. Put more bluntly: underworld is psyche. (p.46).

SAB choir, assembly, piano accompaniment, C instrument, violin, cello, guitar - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-9904

Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Arranged by Tony Alonso S.J. All Saints, All Souls. Celebration Series. Tune Name: Sine Nomine. Sacred. Octavo. With guitar chord names. 8 pages. GIA Publications #9904. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9904).

UPC: 785147990406. English. Text Source: William W. How, 1823&ndash,1897, alt. Text by William Walsham How.

From the second installment of the best-selling Revival series (Revival II: octavo collection, G-9900, spiral edition, G-9900S), Tony Alonso’s arrangement of the ever-popular SINE NOMINE offers a fresh treatment for contemporary ensembles with guitar- and piano-based bands. What a great way to invite your community into the tradition of hymn singing! Listen to the recording and see the score in the video below:.

SAB choir, assembly, piano accompaniment, C instrument, cello, guitar - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-9912

Arranged by Tony Alonso S.J. Advent, Advent 3 B. Celebration Series. Tune Name: Winchester New. Sacred. Octavo. With guitar chord names. 8 pages. GIA Publications #9912. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9912).

UPC: 785147991205. English. Text Source:
Jordanis oras praevia, Charles Coffin, 1676&ndash,1749, tr. John Chandler, 1806&ndash,1876, alt.; Translation: John Chandler. Text by Charles Coffin.

Listen to the recording and see the score in the video below:.

Tuba

SKU: HL.841331

Book/Online Audio. Edited by Linda Rutherford. Master Solos. Technique, Classical and Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. With introductory text, instructional text, illustrations, fingering chart, musical examples, solo parts, piano accompaniment and accompaniment CD. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.841331).

ISBN 9780793595556. UPC: 073999593716. 9x12 inches. Book/Online Audio.

Master Solos book/online audio packs are a fresh source of solo literature in a comprehensive package for developing instrumentalists. The collections for the various instruments were personally selected and performed by world-famous performing artists and educators (see below), and each features a specially prepared lesson. Every Master Solos pack includes 8 selections by renowned composers â?? different for each instrument â?? and a piano accompaniment book. The accompanying audio is uniquely designed to serve in practice and performance situations, and offer immeasurable benefits for the intermediate soloist and for the instrumental instructor. The first track features the solo performance with piano accompaniment providing tempo and musical style, and the second track is the piano accompaniment only, designed for rehearsal. The recorded accompaniment can also be used in performances. Flute by Gary Sigurdson, Oboe by Don Jaeger, Bassoon by Leonard Sharrow, Bb Clarinet by Ramon Kireilis, Eb Alto Saxophone by Larry Teal, Bb Trumpet/Cornet by Robert Getchell, Horn by Louis Stout, Trombone by Buddy Baker, Baritone Horn by Larry Campbell, Tuba by Daniel Perantoni, Percussion by Peter Magadini. All books edited by Linda Rutherford. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

SAB choir, assembly, piano accompaniment, trumpet 1 in B-flat, trumpet 1 in C, trumpet 2 in B-flat, trumpet 2 in C, guitar - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-9907

Composed by John Hatton. Arranged by Tony Alonso S.J. Eastertide, Easter Sunday. Celebration Series. Tune name: Duke Street. Sacred. Octavo. With guitar chord names. 8 pages. GIA Publications #9907. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9907).

UPC: 785147990703. English. Text by Samuel Medley.

Listen to the recording and see the score in the video below:.

ABar (TB) vocal soli, solo quintet of SAT, SATB choir, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.1000719

Composed by Alessandro Scarlatti. German title: Johannes-Passion. Sacred vocal music, Passions, Lent and Passiontide, Holy Week. Set of Orchestra Parts. Carus Verlag #CV 10.007/19. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1000719).

ISBN 9790007135270. Language: Latin/German.

With his Latin St. John Passion, written around 1770, Scarlatti strictly follows the contemporary conventions advanced for the Catholic liturgy: the continuo-supported evangelist's report is presented throughout as a monolodic recitation that is reminiscent of Carissimi and Monteverdi. Only for the words of Christ and the few four-voice choruses, as well as for some significant moments like the Judas scene or the death of Jesus, is a subtle string accompaniment added. An alternate German text is printed below the original Latin. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.1000700.