Hip-hop is the biggest youth movement in the world today and leading the way is the new sound of the South exemplified by platinum and multi-platinum artists like OutKast Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Ludacris Ying Yang Twinsand 8Ball and MJG. This fascinating book reveals where Dirty South hip-hop came from and where it's heading. It explores the hopes struggles and frustrations of performers and producers and guides you to the best in Southernhip-hop on CD and DVD in magazines and on the web. If you want to know where the South is taking music you need this book. Includes foreword by Mississippi rapper David Banner.

Composed in the 1700s this traditional Irish ballad was a lament of homesickness for its author and now a tender and beloved melody appearing on countless recordings. Also known as ?The Wind from the South? or ?An Gaoth Aneas ? this setting forsecond year players provides melody for all sections of the band along with subtle and tasteful harmonic variants.

South Down Pictures was commissioned by Millenium Brass 2000 an organisation comprising three brass bands from the county of Sussex England.The bands (Patcham Silver Hangleton and Brighton Silver) had got together to organise many events to mark the new millennium and these culminated in a concert in Hove Town Hall on July 9th 2000 when all three bands combined to give the first performance of South Down Pictures. The composer spent much of his childhood amongst the South Downs a range of hills in Sussex which runs parallel to the sea.Opening with a strong unison passage interrupted briefly by faster figures based on the interval of a fifth South Down Picturesdevelops with an often-passionate legato melody. Reaching a climax this is then followed by the main vivo section of the work whose main theme is based on the earlier ‘fifth’ figures. A bridge passage leads to a short chorale figure and a rhythmic climax which dissolves into a plaintive cornet solo over staccato chords. This theme is taken up by the whole band and leads back to a recapitulation of the main theme and earlier material. The cornet tune returns triumphantly in the major key before the opening unison passage reappears to provide a stirring coda.

In this medley, the arranger combines four titles from the hit musical South Pacific, written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Many songs from the tragically-beautiful musical concern love, war and racial prejudice, set against the background of a dreamlike island in the South Pacific during the Second World War. South Pacific is generally considered to be one of the greatest musicals of all time and is as popular today as ever.

The twenty-nine piano arrangements in this superb collection are complete measure for measure transcriptions of the best known waltzes and favorite polkas galops quadrilles and polka-mazurkas of Johan Strauss Jr. Neither too facile nor overly difficult they are immensely satisfying for pianists of many levels of accomplishment to play. Reprinted here from authoritative G. Schirmer editions they are presented without cuts the introductions and codas intact the original suggestions for cuts to facilitate dancing retained. Included are Waltz favourites such as 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube' 'Tales from the Vienna Woods' 'Vienna Blood' 'Voices of Spring' 'Roses from theSouth' the 'Emporer Waltz' and highlights from 'Die Fledermaus'. The sparkling 'Pizzicato Polka' 'The Bayadere' galop and 'One Heart One Mind' polka-mazurka are sure to delight pianists with their soaring Straussian spirits and haunting rhythms.

Novello New Choral Series-In Out of the south cometh the whirlwind chant-like melodies and colourful organ writing combine to explore the relationship between God and the natural world. Awarded a 2011 King James Bible Composition Award the work uses rich language from the Book of Job to chart a trajectory from doubt toward belief. At the opening lyrical melodies build from a single pitch to proclaim the majesty of the ?wondrous works of God.? But doubt painted with nervous lines in the altos and basses soon invades only to be diffused by a beautiful voice from beyond a treble solo. Their faith restored the choir joyfully celebrates God?s power and mystery and the anthem ends inquiet contemplation.The Novello New Choral Series is an inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers offering pieces for all types of choirs including sacred and secular works from simple four-part settings to more expansive yet accessible repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. This collection is perfect for choirs looking to broaden their repertoire and explore some of the best new music around.Zachary Wadsworth (b.1983) is a prizewinning young composer whose works have been hailed as ?astonishingly confident? and ?mesmerizing? (News & Observer). His song cycle Pictures of the Floating World was premiered at the Lincoln Center and his opera Venus and Adonis was recently staged by the Boston Metro Opera. His works have been published by E.C. Schirmer and Alliance Music recorded on Gothic Records and broadcast on NPR?s Performance Today and BBC Radio?s The Choir. A winner of the 2011 King James Bible Composition Awards Zachary has also received prizes from the American Academy of Arts and Letters ASCAP and the Lotte Lehmann Foundation. A native of Richmond Virginia he currently lives in Calgary Alberta.'Zachary Wadsworth's Out of the South Cometh the Whirlwind is a highly imaginative and compelling

Fletcher Henderson's 'Down South Camp Meeting' is a medium swing tune with an infectious melody. A trumpet solo leads to a key change with challenging sax soli, and then a switches to all clarinets for a buildup to the final shout chorus. / Ensemble De Jazz

For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a unique opportunity for a creative and personal statement as a musician. This book presents a broad sampling of the styles of major jazz violinists, from blues to bebop, from jug band to jazzgrass, from big-band swing to Texas swing. Tunes represent the styles of Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Mark O'Connor, Benny Thomasson, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Darol Anger. Helpful jazz theory sections with exercises alternate with tunes that show how the theory works in practice. This book has two objectives: first, to present a broad, roughly chronological sampling of major jazz violinists and the styles associated with them, and secondly, to introduce the basics of jazz theory as applied to the violin. Whether consciously or intuitively, through critical listening or by practicing jazz patterns and exercises, the more knowledge of jazz you acquire, the better you will be able to think about the content of your playing without being bound by technical and theoretical aspects. This anthology was written to help provide that foundation. Interspersed with pragmatic jazz theory lessons, you'll find 28 original tunes in the style of various jazz violin luminaries. The book ends with an extensive discography of recommended jazz recordings with a violin focus. Mandolinists as well as other instrumentalists will find a wealth of useful information in this outstanding collection. Delightful broadcast-quality recordings of the repertoire are available online. Includes access to online audio. Written for intermediate to advanced violinists.

Inspirée à son compositeur par différents styles de musique du sud des Etats Unis (blues, country, spirituals?), DEEP SOUTH est une pièce de jazz composée d'abord pour quintette de cuivres, et transcrite ici pour quintette de saxophones (soprano, alto, ténors 1 et 2, baryton), Le thème, au rythme 'funky?, de forme AABA, est suivi de 'chorus? écrits, se développant de 16 en 16 mesures, permettant ainsi un solo de chaque instrumentiste, Un 'Stop chorus? en tutti, d'abord à l'unisson puis en polyphonie précède la dernière exposition du thème, / 5 Saxophones

 'DEEP SOUTH? est une pièce de jazz pour quintette de cuivres (deux trompettes en Sib, cor, trombone et tuba), inspirée à son compositeur par différents styles de musique du sud des Etats Unis (blues, country, spirituals ?), Le thème, au rythme 'funky?, de forme AABA, est suivi de 'chorus? écrits, se développant de 16 en 16 mesures, permettant ainsi un solo de chaque instrumentiste, Un 'Stop chorus? en tutti, d'abord à l'unisson puis en polyphonie précède la dernière exposition du thème, / Quintette De Cuivres