SKU: PR.510076960

1. Choral: An improbably superimposing of Beethoven and Brahms. At the end of the first performance of the latter's 1st Symphony, someone asked the composer: Don't you find that your main theme remin ds one of the Ode to Joy? To which he retorted: Even an idiot would have noticed it! 2. Fugue: in the last exposition, the subject of Fugue I from volume 1 of Bach's Well-Tempered Keyboard is super imposed on the theme from Mozart's so-called easy sonata. 3. Passion: In his Violin Concerto, Mendelssohn, to whom we owe the rediscovery of Bach's Passions, seems to have borrowed a theme from a lost Passion. 4. Recitativo: Tribute to Franck's tribute to Bach in his Sonata for violin and piano. 5. Invention: A private revenge, after a bitter failure. Debussy's Toccata was on the compulsory list for the Conservatory piano class entrance exam. 6. Arpeggione: In which the listener realizes the similarity in the introduction to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Arpeggione Sonata. 7. Sarabande: The most iconoclastic, for Bach's 5th Cello Suite is already suffused with harmony. There might be an evocatioin of a Brahms-like overarching structure, though... 8. Variation: The slowest variation ever written on Paganini's 24th Caprice. 9. Scene: Schumann's Reverie as a Prelude. 10. Finale: In order to capture the elusive harmony of the Finale of Chopin's Sonate Funebre. 11. Fugue on Au clair de la lune: Our greatest nursery rhymes, fugue fitted and choralized. 12. Fugue de Noel (Christmas fugue): Quite appropriate. 13. Fugue on J'ai du bon tabac: Prohibited counterpoint. 14. Fugue on La Marseillaise: Franco-German reconciliation. 15. Pedal - Exercitium: Realization and conclusion of Bach's organ pedal exercies.

SKU: BR.EB-9419

ISBN 9790004188965. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Echo Andante , nach meiner Ruckkehr vom Studienaufenthalt bei Luigi Nono in Venedig komponiert, von mir selbst 1962 in Darmstadt uraufgefuhrt, bedeutet - trotz anderer fruherer Arbeiten, die ich nicht verleugnen mag (etwa die Schubert-Variationen ) - zusammen mit Souvenir und Funf Strophen wohl mein Opus 1, mit einer ahnlichen zugleich abschliessend ruckblickenden und aufbrechend vorwartsblickenden Rolle, die etwa Bergs Klaviersonate oder Weberns Passacaglia in deren Schaffen spielte. Ich war gepragt und fasziniert von der Reinheit und Konsequenz des damaligen nonfigurativen Vokalsatzes meines Lehrers Nono, bei welchem die Tone als gehaltene wahrend ihrer Dauer in fliessende Intervallbeziehungen zueinander treten, wobei diese uber flexible Dynamik und Klang- beziehungsweise Vokalfarben noch weiter innerlich artikuliert und hierarchisch abgestuft werden. Mein Vorhaben, von solcher Praxis bei der Entwicklung eines Klaviersatzes auszugehen (Nono hat damals wohlweislich nichts fur Klavier, uberhaupt kaum etwas fur Soloinstrumente geschrieben), war bewusst ein Versuch am widerspenstigen Objekt, wo doch der Klavierklang permanent unter den Handen zerrinnt. Den standig fliehenden Ton als Komponente von sich auf-, ab- und umbauenden Intervallstrukturen rechtzeitig zu nutzen und gerade dadurch den stereotypen Diminuendo-Charakter zugleich bewusst zu machen und wenn schon nicht zu uberwinden, so doch immer wieder zu uberlisten unter Einbeziehung von Pedal- und Flageolett-Techniken (mittels stumm gedruckter Tasten), aber auch durch Einbeziehung von tonalen Konsonanzen als horbar gemachten Obertonspektren, fuhrte zu Ergebnissen, in denen der Ausgangswiderspruch sich selbst thematisierte und die Form des Stuckes regelte. Andererseits fuhrte solche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Vorbild Nono zugleich von dessen Idiom weg zu einem Klangdenken, in dem Struktur nicht Mittel zu expressiven Zwecken, sondern Expressivitat als vorweg Gegebenes, den Mitteln bereits Anhaftendes, zum Ausgangspunkt fur strukturelle Abenteuer wurde. (Helmut Lachenmann, 1962) CDs: Marino Formenti (piano) CD Col legno WWE 20222 Steffen Schleiermacher (piano) CD MDG 613 1005-2 Roland Keller (piano) CD col legno 429 356-2 Helmut Lachenmann (piano) CD NEOS 11630

World premiere: Darmstadt (Darmstadter Ferienkurse), July 18, 1962.

SKU: BT.EMBZ14285

Hungarian-English-German-French.

Contents:

1. Lescurel, Johan de: A vous, douce - rondeau
 
2. Ismeretlen szerz : In seculum viellatotis - motet
 
3. Machaut, Guillaume de: De Fortune - ballade
 
4. Machaut, Guillaume de: Phyton, le mervilleus serpent - ballade
 
5. Landini, Francesco: Giunta vaga biltá -ballata
 
6. Landini, Francesco: Lasso! di donna - ballata
 
7. Landini, Francesco: Chosi pensoso - caccia
 
8. Ismeretlen szerz : Je voy mon cuer - ballade
 
9. Perusio, Matheus de: Belle sans per - virelni
 
10. Busnoys, Antoine: Bel accueil - rondeau
 
11. Dufay, Guillaume: L'alta bellaza tua - ballata
 
12. Dufay, Guillaume: Quel fronte signorille
 
13. Brumel, Antoine: Vray dieu d'amours
 
14. Obrecht, Jacob: Ave maris stella - hymnus
 
15. Josquin des Prés: La belle se siet
 
16. Constantin, Louis: Courante
 
17. Foucart, Jacques: Courante
 
18. Mattheson, Johann: Sonata op. 1, no. 9.
 
19. Dornel, Louis-Antoine: Sonate op. 3, no. 7.
 
20. Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de: Sonate op. 7, no. 3.

SKU: CF.CM9549

ISBN 9781491150818. UPC: 680160908318. 6.875 x 10.5 inches.

Make Space for Life to Live by Michael John Trotta offers captivating, expansive melodies interwoven with a piano accompaniment that makes subtle allusions to the main theme. Its mesmerizing text resonates with the singer and the audience. Appropriate for concert or festival use throughout the year, this piece is also available for SA voices (CM9274), TB Voices (CM9283) and SAB voices (CM9289).
Editor's NoteAbout the WorkMake Space for Life to Live features expansive, yet accessible vocal lines perfect for choirs of all abilities and sizes. It offers compelling melodies and singable vocal lines interwoven with a piano accompaniment that makes subtle allusions to the main theme.About the TextThe text for this work was written while on an extended seashore retreat several years ago. It was the product of many long walks looking out into the vastness of the sea. It was a time in my life that was immediately preceded by great personal loss and turmoil. It was in that silence and space I was able to reconnect to that still, small voice within that reminded me that I was merely a part of something much bigger than myself. The text that was hewn from that experience is a reflection on the importance of allowing space in my daily life to experience the simple joys that every moment has to offer.Optional NarrationRegardless of race or creed the abundance that is found in the reality of the present moment is augmented by regular exposure to the arts. The capricious nature of time in the age of immediacy is that it is entirely flexible. Experience suggests that exposure to natural beauty, such as watching a sunrise unravel over the sea or a cloud formation sweep through a mountain range, allows an individual to feel part of something greater than themselves. Music has the ability to take time and slow it down, revealing to the participant their part in the whole. Taking part in choral music, whether as an audience member, singer, conductor or composer is an opportunity to slow down time long enough to allow the beauty of life to catch up with you.

SKU: MB.31154

ISBN 9781513473888. 8.75X11.75 inches.

Practicing scales is essential to building and maintaining strength, technique, tone, and agility on the viola, but it is easy to slip into the habit of playing scales automatically, without paying attention to tonality or sound production. The 29 single-page studies in this book focus the attention of violists on the beauty of sound, with a particular concern for the way different keys resonate on the viola.The first 24 studies address all minor and relative major keys and proceed through the circle of fifths; the last 5 pieces are individually conceived, i.e., apart from the circle of fifths. No metronome indications are given, so the etudes can be played at individually comfortable tempos.The names of the etudes refer to various animals that have scales, including insects, fish, birds, reptiles, and a few species of mammals. The author hopes that in addition to experiencing more enjoyable scale practice, students will be inspired to learn more about these amazing creatures and write scale studies of their own.

SKU: HL.49019256

ISBN 9790001180566.

Wer kennt es nicht, das beruhmte Mainzer Fastnachtslied Heile, heile Gansje. Weit uber die Fastnachtsthematik hinaus wurde es zum Trost spendenden Lied, das zu allen moglichen Anlassen gesungen wird. Herbert Bonewitz nimmt diese Melodie mit auf eine humorvolle Reise durch die Musikgeschichte und verbindet sie mit beruhmten Kompositionen. Oder haben gar Bach und Mozart die Melodie schon gekannt? Jedenfalls findet sie sich wieder in Bachs Invention Nr. 13, Beethovens 5. Sinfonie und Mondscheinsonate, Mozarts Nachtm7usik, Chopins Revolutionsetude, Debussys Claire de lune, Liszts Ungarischer Rhapsodie Nr. 1 und Tschaikowskys Klavierkonzert b-Moll. Ein Spass fur alle Pianisten, zum eigenen Vergnugen oder als Zugabe geeignet.

SKU: HF.FH-2540

ISBN 9790203425403. 8.3 x 11.7 inches.

SKU: HF.FH-3379

ISBN 9790203433798. 9 x 12 inches.

1. Bedrich Smetana: Die Moldau (aus Mein Vaterland); 2. Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude (aus Te Deum); 3. Anonymus: Spanische Romanze; 4. Ludwig van Beethoven: Freude schoner Gotterfunken (aus: Sinfonie Nr. 9); 5. Isaac Albeniz: Asturias; 6. Antonio Vivaldi: Fruhling (aus: Die vier Jahreszeiten); 7. Antonin Dvorak: Largo (aus Sinfonie Nr. 9); 8. Joseph Haydn: Kaiserhymne; 9. Giuseppe Verdi: Donne e mobile (aus Rigoletto); 10. Ludwig van Beethoven: Fur Elise; 11. Georg Friedrich Handel: Hallelujah (aus Messias); 12. Johann Pachebel: Kanon; 13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Alla turca (aus Klaviersonate KV 588); 14. Modest Mussorgski: Promenade (aus Bilder einer Ausstellung); 15. Johann Sebastian Bach: Menuett (aus Notenbuchlein); 16. Edvard Grieg: Morgenstimmung (aus Peer Gynt Suite); 17. Pjotr I. Tschaikowski: thema (aus Klavierkonzert Nr. 1); 18. Edward Elgar: Land of hope and glory (aus Pomp and circumstances); 19. Edvard Grieg: In der Halle des Bergkonigs (aus Peer Gynt Suite); 20. Luigi Bocchcerini: Minuetto (aus Streichquartett op. 11): 21. Maurice Ravel: Bolero; 22. Pjotr I. Tschaikowski: Thema (aus Schwanensee); 23. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Hochzeitsmarsch (aus Sommernachtstraum); 24. Johann Strauss: An der schonen blauen Donau; 25. Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesus bleibt meine Freude (aus BWV 147); 26. Francisco Tarrega: Gran Vals.

SKU: CF.CM9587

ISBN 9781491154090. UPC: 680160912599. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: C major. English. Transcribed by Wilson Hall. Hidegaard Von Bingen translated by William Hall.

I am the secret fire in all things, scored for SSAA divisi and two soprano soloists, was premiered by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washbun, conductor, in November 2008. The Hildegard von Bingen text, translated by Wilson Hall (deceased professor of English at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia and dear friend), is a text that fosters many opportunities to depict the mysterious nature of God, His transcendence into all the human experience, and the hope, through vulnerability, that resonates in the gravamen for individual transubstantiation through the struggles inherent in Life's Stuff. This composition celebrates the transforming power of spirituality, the evolution of the human spirit when one amalgamates with unknowing, and the ecstasy that saturates Life when one acknowledges the God Presence already within.  .
I am the secret fire in all things, scored for SSAA divisi and two soprano soloists, was premiered by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washbun, conductor, in November 2008. The Hildegard von Bingen text, translated by Wilson Hall (deceased professor of English at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia and dear friend), is a text that fosters many opportunities to depict the mysterious nature of God, His transcendence into all the human experience, and the hope, through vulnerability, that resonates in the gravamen for individual transubstantiation through the struggles inherent in Life's Stuff. This composition celebrates the transforming power of spirituality, the evolution of the human spirit when one amalgamates with unknowing, and the ecstasy that saturates Life when one acknowledges the God Presence already within.  .
I am the secret fire in all things, scored for SSAA divisi and two soprano soloists, was premiered by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washbun, conductor, in November 2008. The Hildegard von Bingen text, translated by Wilson Hall (deceased professor of English at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia and dear friend), is a text that fosters many opportunities to depict the mysterious nature of God, His transcendence into all the human experience, and the hope, through vulnerability, that resonates in the gravamen for individual transubstantiation through the struggles inherent in Life's Stuff. This composition celebrates the transforming power of spirituality, the evolution of the human spirit when one amalgamates with unknowing, and the ecstasy that saturates Life when one acknowledges the God Presence already within.  .
I am the secret fire in all things, scored for SSAA divisi and two soprano soloists, was premiered by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washbun, conductor, in November 2008. The Hildegard von Bingen text, translated by Wilson Hall (deceased professor of English at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia and dear friend), is a text that fosters many opportunities to depict the mysterious nature of God, His transcendence into all the human experience, and the hope, through vulnerability, that resonates in the gravamen for individual transubstantiation through the struggles inherent in Life's Stuff.This composition celebrates the transforming power of spirituality, the evolution of the human spirit when one amalgamates with unknowing, and the ecstasy that saturates Life when one acknowledges the God Presence already within. .

SKU: BP.BP2311

6.88 x 10.5 inches.

Kyle Pederson's simple yet heartfelt new melody for this traditional Irish blessing will resonate with your choir as well as your audience. Additional text by the composer adds depth to the already-lovely text: May you know grace and mercy; may you serve as you've been served; may you forgive as you've been forgiven, may you love as you've been loved. An optional guitar (or harp/synth) part provides atmosphere and a wistful, enchanting quality to the SATB and piano parts. .