Orchestra

SKU: BT.MUSM570207725

Composed by Jo Kondo. Classical. Score Only. 104 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570207725. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570207725).

English.

For Orchestra (triple winds). Published 2004. Commissioned by Suntory Music Foundation, Tokyo. First performance: Jo Kondo Portrait Concert, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 7th October 2004, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Paul Zukofsyofsy (cond).

Piano

SKU: BT.MUSM570204342

Composed by Jo Kondo. Classical. Book Only. 6 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570204342. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570204342).

English.

Published 1998. Commissioned by Satoko Inoue. First performance: Tokyo, 1999, Satoko Inoue.

High Voice and Piano

SKU: BT.MUSM570208562

Composed by Sadie Harrison. Classical. Vocal Score. University of York Music Press #MUSM570208562. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570208562).

English.

Winner of the Edvard Grieg Memorial Competition for Composers 2005.

Violin and Percussion

SKU: BT.MUSM570204281

Composed by Jo Kondo. Classical. Set of Parts. 52 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570204281. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570204281).

English.

For Violin and optional Percussion accompaniment. Published 1995. Commissioned by Kusatsu International Summer Music Festival (Japan). First performance: Kusatsu, 1995, Mitsuko Ishii (vln), Eiso Shigemitsu (perc). Two performance scores provided.

Band

SKU: PR.16500104F

Three Places in the East. Composed by Dan Welcher. Full score. Theodore Presser Company #165-00104F. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.16500104F).

ISBN 9781491132159. UPC: 680160681082.

Ever since the success of my series of wind ensemble works Places in the West, I've been wanting to write a companion piece for national parks on the other side of the north American continent. The earlier work, consisting of GLACIER, THE YELLOWSTONE FIRES, ARCHES, and ZION, spanned some twenty years of my composing life, and since the pieces called for differing groups of instruments, and were in slightly different styles from each other, I never considered them to be connected except in their subject matter. In their depiction of both the scenery and the human history within these wondrous places, they had a common goal: awaking the listener to the fragile beauty that is in them; and calling attention to the ever more crucial need for preservation and protection of these wild places, unique in all the world. With this new work, commissioned by a consortium of college and conservatory wind ensembles led by the University of Georgia, I decided to build upon that same model---but to solidify the process. The result, consisting of three movements (each named for a different national park in the eastern US), is a bona-fide symphony. While the three pieces could be performed separately, they share a musical theme---and also a common style and instrumentation. It is a true symphony, in that the first movement is long and expository, the second is a rather tightly structured scherzo-with-trio, and the finale is a true culmination of the whole. The first movement, Everglades, was the original inspiration for the entire symphony. Conceived over the course of two trips to that astonishing place (which the native Americans called River of Grass, the subtitle of this movement), this movement not only conveys a sense of the humid, lush, and even frightening scenery there---but also an overview of the entire settling-of- Florida experience. It contains not one, but two native American chants, and also presents a view of the staggering influence of modern man on this fragile part of the world. Beginning with a slow unfolding marked Heavy, humid, the music soon presents a gentle, lyrical theme in the solo alto saxophone. This theme, which goes through three expansive phrases with breaks in between, will appear in all three movements of the symphony. After the mood has been established, the music opens up to a rich, warm setting of a Cherokee morning song, with the simple happiness that this part of Florida must have had prior to the nineteenth century. This music, enveloping and comforting, gradually gives way to a more frenetic, driven section representative of the intrusion of the white man. Since Florida was populated and developed largely due to the introduction of a train system, there's a suggestion of the mechanized iron horse driving straight into the heartland. At that point, the native Americans become considerably less gentle, and a second chant seems to stand in the way of the intruder; a kind of warning song. The second part of this movement shows us the great swampy center of the peninsula, with its wildlife both in and out of the water. A new theme appears, sad but noble, suggesting that this land is precious and must be protected by all the people who inhabit it. At length, the morning song reappears in all its splendor, until the sunset---with one last iteration of the warning song in the solo piccolo. Functioning as a scherzo, the second movement, Great Smoky Mountains, describes not just that huge park itself, but one brave soul's attempt to climb a mountain there. It begins with three iterations of the UR-theme (which began the first movement as well), but this time as up-tempo brass fanfares in octaves. Each time it begins again, the theme is a little slower and less confident than the previous time---almost as though the hiker were becoming aware of the daunting mountain before him. But then, a steady, quick-pulsed ostinato appears, in a constantly shifting meter system of 2/4- 3/4 in alteration, and the hike has begun. Over this, a slower new melody appears, as the trek up the mountain progresses. It's a big mountain, and the ascent seems to take quite awhile, with little breaks in the hiker's stride, until at length he simply must stop and rest. An oboe solo, over several free cadenza-like measures, allows us (and our friend the hiker) to catch our breath, and also to view in the distance the rocky peak before us. The goal is somehow even more daunting than at first, being closer and thus more frighteningly steep. When we do push off again, it's at a slower pace, and with more careful attention to our footholds as we trek over broken rocks. Tantalizing little views of the valley at every switchback make our determination even stronger. Finally, we burst through a stand of pines and----we're at the summit! The immensity of the view is overwhelming, and ultimately humbling. A brief coda, while we sit dazed on the rocks, ends the movement in a feeling of triumph. The final movement, Acadia, is also about a trip. In the summer of 2014, I took a sailing trip with a dear friend from North Haven, Maine, to the southern coast of Mt. Desert Island in Acadia National Park. The experience left me both exuberant and exhausted, with an appreciation for the ocean that I hadn't had previously. The approach to Acadia National Park by water, too, was thrilling: like the difference between climbing a mountain on foot with riding up on a ski-lift, I felt I'd earned the right to be there. The music for this movement is entirely based on the opening UR-theme. There's a sense of the water and the mysterious, quiet deep from the very beginning, with seagulls and bell buoys setting the scene. As we leave the harbor, the theme (in a canon between solo euphonium and tuba) almost seems as if large subaquatic animals are observing our departure. There are three themes (call them A, B and C) in this seafaring journey---but they are all based on the UR theme, in its original form with octaves displaced, in an upside-down form, and in a backwards version as well. (The ocean, while appearing to be unchanging, is always changing.) We move out into the main channel (A), passing several islands (B), until we reach the long draw that parallels the coastline called Eggemoggin Reach, and a sudden burst of new speed (C). Things suddenly stop, as if the wind had died, and we have a vision: is that really Mt. Desert Island we can see off the port bow, vaguely in the distance? A chorale of saxophones seems to suggest that. We push off anew as the chorale ends, and go through all three themes again---but in different instrumentations, and different keys. At the final tack-turn, there it is, for real: Mt. Desert Island, big as life. We've made it. As we pull into the harbor, where we'll secure the boat for the night, there's a feeling of achievement. Our whale and dolphin friends return, and we end our journey with gratitude and celebration. I am profoundly grateful to Jaclyn Hartenberger, Professor of Conducting at the University of Georgia, for leading the consortium which provided the commissioning of this work.

(40 Songs of Peace & Love That Were Played at Woodstock). Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook. Softcover. 208 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

((Songs of Woodstock Medley)). Arranged by Roger Emerson. 2-Part. Pop Choral Series. 64 pages

SKU: HL.48182235

Composed by Henri Tomasi. Leduc. Classical. Alphonse Leduc #AL23291. Published by Alphonse Leduc (HL.48182235).

UPC: 888680908676. 0.211 inches.

French composer and conductor, Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) published Five Secular and Sacred Dances for Wind Quintet in 1963. As with his other wind compositions, Five Secular and Sacred Dances was well-received by audiences. Tomasi was born in Marseille, but his Father and Mother were originally from La Casinca in Corsica. Despite being pressured into musical studies by his parents, Tomasi dreamed of becoming a sailor, and during the summer, he stayed with his Grandmother in Corsica where he learnt traditional Corsican songs. However, in 1921, he began his studies at the Paris Conservatoire and went on to become a high profile composer and conductor. Tomasi did not forget his Corsican routes, often incorporating themes of the songs he had learnt during the summers with his Grandmother in to his compositions. Five Secular and Sacred Dances is a reduction arrangement of his work of the same name for Chamber Orchestra. Comprising five movements; 1) Rural Dance, 2) Secular Dance, 3) Sacred Dances, 4) Bridal Dance, and 5) Warrior Dances, Five Secular and Sacred Dances is one of three Wind Quintets by the composer. This Tomasi piece is suitable to an advanced Wind Quintet, providing an exciting alternative addition to the ensemble repertoire..

Composed by Greg Bartholomew. For "trumpet, percussion & string orchestra". Pathways Series. Level 4. Score and set of parts. Duration "3 minutes, 40 seconds". Published by Imagine Music

Guitar; Piano Accompaniment; Voice - Grade 2

SKU: HL.14033985

Composed by Various. Music Sales America. Danish. Book and CD. 48 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH30653. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14033985).

ISBN 9788759812044. International (more than one language).

Here are sixteen all-time favourite Danish songs, including several written by the great Hans Christian Anderson himself. With lyrics in Danish and English, as well as musical arrangements of for Voice and Guitar/Piano, this is a unique celebration of Denmark's musical traditions and love of communal singing. Each song is beautifully performed on the accompanying CD and this bi-centennial edition of this fabulous volume has been illustrated by British artist Paul Cox. From lyrical songs and anthems to folk themes and the popular I'm Hans Christian Anderson, this is a unique portrait of a nation with a time honoured love of singing.

Banjo; Baritone Ukulele; Guitar; Mandolin; Ukulele

SKU: HL.356773

By Various. Arranged by Mark Phillips. Strum Together. Folk, Folk/Rock, Pop. Softcover. 144 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.356773).

ISBN 9781705113066. UPC: 840126941944. 9.0x12.0x0.345 inches.

The Strum Together series enables players of five different instruments – or any combination of them – to “strum together” on 70 great songs. This easy-to-use format features melody, lyrics, and chord diagrams for five popular folk instruments: standard ukulele, baritone ukulele, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. A great resource for beginning stringed instrument players who are ready to experience the fun of making music together! This collection includes 70 tunes perfect for your next coffeehouse gig: Across the Universe • Alison • Big Yellow Taxi • The Boys of Summer • Budapest • Constant Craving • Diamonds on the Inside • Dust in the Wind • Free Fallin' • Give a Little Bit • Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) • Hallelujah • I Melt with You • Iris • Leaving on a Jet Plane • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) • The Scientist • You're So Vain • and more.

Orchestra (solos: T,A(Bar) - 4(2picc).3(cor ang).5(Eb-clar.Bb-clar).3(dble bsn) - 4.3.3.1 - 2hp.cel.mand.timp.perc(4) - str)

SKU: BR.OB-5641-60

Composed by Gustav Mahler. Edited by Christian Rudolf Riedel. Voice; stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). Symphony; Late-romantic. Set of parts. 1116 pages. Duration 65'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5641-60. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5641-60).

ISBN 9790004348833. 10.5 x 14 inches.

The Song of the Earth, composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler's best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the very end, Mahler continued to refine the extremely differentiated instrumentation, as is evident in numerous retouchings in the autograph score and engraver's model. It is therefore all the more regrettable that he was neither able to perform his Symphony in Songs himself nor that he was involved in its printing. Unfortunately, in the posthumously published first edition of 1912 and the subsequent editions edited by Erwin Ratz and Karl Heinz Fussl, many questions remained unanswered, while other were answered in a dubious way.The edition is the first text-critical one of the work on a scientifically sound basis. It offers not only a more reliable musical text, but also systematically and lucidly prepared information on the sources, their transmission and evaluation. All editorial decisions have been documented in a transparently comprehensible manner - in particular those leading to new audible results. Work-related notes on performance practice, which for the first time include Mahler's conducting indications, offer valuable, indispensable interpretive aids. In addition to the regular five clarinet parts, the set of parts includes two additional parts (3rd clarinet/Eb clarinet, bass clarinet/3rd clarinet in places where the latter plays Eb clarinet) to allow performances with only four clarinets.The completely revised piano reduction reproduces the orchestral texture true to the score without losing sight of playability. Both Mahler's piano autograph and the piano reduction by Woss, which was commissioned by the composer himself, served as an inspiration for this.

Voice(s) and orchestra (solos: T,A(Bar) - 4(2picc).3(cor ang).5(Eb-clar.Bb-clar).3(dble bsn) - 4.3.3.1 - 2hp.cel.mand.timp.perc(4) - str)

SKU: BR.PB-5671

Composed by Gustav Mahler. Edited by Christian Rudolf Riedel. Voice; Linen. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Symphony; Late-romantic. Full score. 196 pages. Duration 65'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5671. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5671).

ISBN 9790004216088. 10.5 x 14 inches.

The Song of the Earth, composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler's best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the very end, Mahler continued to refine the extremely differentiated instrumentation, as is evident in numerous retouchings in the autograph score and engraver's model. It is therefore all the more regrettable that he was neither able to perform his Symphony in Songs himself nor that he was involved in its printing. Unfortunately, in the posthumously published first edition of 1912 and the subsequent editions edited by Erwin Ratz and Karl Heinz Fussl, many questions remained unanswered, while other were answered in a dubious way.The edition is the first text-critical one of the work on a scientifically sound basis. It offers not only a more reliable musical text, but also systematically and lucidly prepared information on the sources, their transmission and evaluation. All editorial decisions have been documented in a transparently comprehensible manner - in particular those leading to new audible results. Work-related notes on performance practice, which for the first time include Mahler's conducting indications, offer valuable, indispensable interpretive aids. In addition to the regular five clarinet parts, the set of parts includes two additional parts (3rd clarinet/Eb clarinet, bass clarinet/3rd clarinet in places where the latter plays Eb clarinet) to allow performances with only four clarinets.The completely revised piano reduction reproduces the orchestral texture true to the score without losing sight of playability. Both Mahler's piano autograph and the piano reduction by Woss, which was commissioned by the composer himself, served as an inspiration for this.