SKU: HL.14030976

ISBN 9788759853757. 9.5x14.25x0.086 inches. English.

The composer writes, 'Quite some time ago I heard - through a conversation in a mobile phone - a wonderful concert of ringing church bells from an European capital. I found it very hard to concentrate about the conversation, because I was so engrossed by the chaotic world of bell sound. The night after, I dreamt that the sound of those low singing bells was rising up from a piano in a huge empty concert hall. That experience became the starting point for my piano piece, 'The Shadows of Silence'. But before the piece gets to the ringing bells it moves through a landscape of shadows - Shadows of the silence before the bells - Silence before the storm - Shadows of melodies which all the time leaves traces even in the short passages of storm. After the passage with the low ringing bells the shadows of silence returns melted in to a lament, which are sending two regards. One to two small beautiful - not very well known - bars by Mozart, and one to the sextet in my own opera, 'Under the Sky'.

SKU: HL.4003188

UPC: 884088655686. 9.0x12.0x0.083 inches.

On a Sunday afternoon in May of 2011 tornados devastated the city of Joplin, Missouri. In Perfect Silence, I Often Gaze at the New Stars is intended as a musical tribute to those who lost their lives that day and to those heroes who gave everything they could to help others. The music is a beautiful blending of sounds and moods, and carries with it a full range of emotions from reflective quiet moments to the massive outpouring from the entire ensemble. An evocative and moving work for band that will resonate with both performers and listeners. Dur: 3:50.

SKU: BT.1597-08-070-MS

ISBN 9789043131094. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Just five studio albums between 1964 and 1970 were sufficient for Simon and Garfunkel to become the most popular folk duet of the sixties. Their songs are poetic and sometime melancholic but The Sound of Silence remains on of their greatest successes.

De Amerikaanse zanger Paul Simon maakt van 1966 tot en met 1970 deel uit van het folkpopduo Simon & Garfunkel. Het duo heeft veel succes met albums als Sounds of Silence (1966), Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme(1966), Bookends (1968) en vooral Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Het levert hen ook grote hits op, waarvan enkele nummers uitgroeien tot klassiekers, zoals ook The Sound of Silence. Mia Schmidt bewerktedit prachtige nummer voor blokfluitkwartet.

The Sound of Silence ist eine der früheren Kompositionen von Paul Simon, erstmals erschienen auf dem noch mäßig erfolgreichen Album Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m. von 1964. Später sollte es in einer überarbeiteten Fassung zu einem der größten Hits des Folk-Rock-Duos Simon and Garfunkel werden. Mia Schmidt passte den Klassiker geschickt für Blockflötenquartett an.

Cinq albums studios entre 1964 et 1970 suffirent Simon & Garfunkel pour devenir le duo folk le plus célèbre des années 60. Leurs chansons sont tantôt poétiques et mélancoliques, tantôt douces-amères. The Sound Of Silence est un des plus grands succès du duo.

Cinque album tra il 1964 e il 1970 bastarono a Simon & Garfunkel per diventare il duo folk più celebre degli anni '60. Le loro canzoni sono poetiche e malinconiche, dolci e amare. The Sound of Silence è uno dei più grandi successi del duo.

SKU: PR.416415420

UPC: 680160632312.

Echoes of Silence was commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra for the American Music Festival of 2012 as part of the Capitol Region Heritage Commissions project. The work takes as its inspirations the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Albany, NY, and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. The Troy Savings Bank was founded in 1823 and was one of the more important music halls in early-twentieth-century America. It was honored with performances by many world-renowned artists, such as Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, and Arthur Rubinstein. The title, Echoes of Silence, refers to the echoes of these and other artists' great performances, which one might imagine still resonate in the hall. If the hall had a voice, it would also sing of the all the wonderful masterpieces that were performed there in the past. The main idea of this piece is to reflect the sounds that were absorbed by the walls of this concert hall during the past century of live performance. Some of the main pitch materials are derived from Alexander Borodin's Symphony No. 2, a masterpiece that was composed in 1823, the same year as the founding of the Troy Savings Bank. The main thematic materials of Echoes of Silence are developed from many small musical motifs found in Borodin's symphony. Another source of material is Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, composed in 1930, the year in which the Albany Symphony Orchestra was founded. These borrowed materials are used as the main elements in maintaining the structural unity of Echoes of Silence. Because this concert hall has absorbed so much wonderful music from so many great performances, we can imagine even the smallest corner of the hall filling its silence with echoes.

SKU: WJ.WB2321

ISBN 9781644021989. 9 x 12 inches.

Quincy Hilliard’s Counts of Silence is a sixteen-week program suitable for students in their second year of music or beyond. Covering different rhythmic patterns and concepts in each unit, Counts of Silence is the perfect resource for the modern band room. While the focus of the book is on counting notes and rests, the development of a solid foundation in rhythm is the ultimate goal. Counts of Silence is designed to make teaching and learning easy, with key centers including F, B♭, E♭, and A♭ (& their relative minors). Written by an experienced music educator and composer, Counts of Silence is an essential tool for elevating your musician’s rhythmic accuracy.

SKU: PR.41641542L

UPC: 680160632329.

Echoes of Silence was commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra for the American Music Festival of 2012 as part of the Capitol Region Heritage Commissions project. The work takes as its inspirations the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Albany, NY, and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. The Troy Savings Bank was founded in 1823 and was one of the more important music halls in early-twentieth-century America. It was honored with performances by many world-renowned artists, such as Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, and Arthur Rubinstein. The title, Echoes of Silence, refers to the echoes of these and other artists' great performances, which one might imagine still resonate in the hall. If the hall had a voice, it would also sing of the all the wonderful masterpieces that were performed there in the past. The main idea of this piece is to reflect the sounds that were absorbed by the walls of this concert hall during the past century of live performance. Some of the main pitch materials are derived from Alexander Borodin's Symphony No. 2, a masterpiece that was composed in 1823, the same year as the founding of the Troy Savings Bank. The main thematic materials of Echoes of Silence are developed from many small musical motifs found in Borodin's symphony. Another source of material is Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, composed in 1930, the year in which the Albany Symphony Orchestra was founded. These borrowed materials are used as the main elements in maintaining the structural unity of Echoes of Silence. Because this concert hall has absorbed so much wonderful music from so many great performances, we can imagine even the smallest corner of the hall filling its silence with echoes.

SKU: DB.01-00516

Mr. Takacs blends sound and silence in subtle fashion to create marvelous atmosphere and color. Clavier Recht reizvolle Klangversuche mit Resonanzklangen, Artikulationskontrasten und Pedalwirkungen. - Wolters, Handbuch der Klavierliteratur.

SKU: HL.48025329

UPC: 196288175490.

Note by the composer: “This piece was written in 2006 (for violoncello and piano) for an exhibition dedicated to artists suffering from schizophrenia. The basis of the piece is a sequence of four chords, very simple and minimalistic. A person with schizophrenia hears voices that can be very disturbing; there is a longing for silence. I wrote this piece so that my son Alex, who suffers from the illness, could hear silence and meditation from it. It's called Blue Silence because blue is sometimes associated with healing.” Elena Kats-Chernin.

SKU: PE.EP72589

ISBN 9781843670513. English.

Silence! Singers at Work is a wry collection of drawings about the everyday experiences of singers. Anyone who sings, or has sung, whether on the world's greatest opera stages or in the local choir, will instantly relate to the illustrations.

Internationally-acclaimed opera singer and recitalist Joyce DiDonato has collaborated with the author on the drawings and has written a preface to the book. Silence! Singers at Work makes a perfect gift for anyone who is, or who knows, a singer.

About the Author

Born in France, Emmanuelle Ayrton studied at Parsons School of Design and worked as a graphic designer in New York and later in Paris and Amsterdam. She discovered classical singing at the age of 35 and now regularly performs with various choirs and as a soloist. Combining her two passions, she decided to depict and share the many tribulations singers undergo - this book of humorous drawings is the result.

SKU: HL.48024900

ISBN 9781784545475. UPC: 840126930696. 7.25x10.5x0.108 inches.

These jazz arrangements of well-known hymns were written for Andrew Earis and choirs of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London for various services and BBC broadcasts from that church. The setting of “Come down, O Love divine” supplies some new harmonic moves to Vaughan Williams' lovely tune “Down Ampney”, gradually adding vocal harmony through the verses, with a short descant section in the final verse. The compound-time arrangement of “God Is Love,” which can also be sung to the supplied words of Charles Wesley's hymn “Love Divine,” again adds more of Todd's iconic jazz harmonies and textures in the vocal parts with each successive verse. The setting of “Let all mortal flesh keep silence” is structured to gradually build layers over the moody piano chords and the pedal harmony. At the end the music builds to a large climax for the text “Lord most high”. The hymns can be performed using the supplied piano part or using the chord symbols above. Double bass may also be used in addition to piano, again following the supplied chord symbols, and parts for optional jazz ensemble are available. Performers of these hymns should feel free to include the congregation or audience in imaginative ways.

SKU: HL.48188950

Racol Musicienne Du Silence Cy104 Piano Book.