Book with Play-Along Tracks. Composed by Various. Real Book Play-Along. Softcover Audio Online. 440 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Bass Clef Edition. By Various. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 9x11 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Eb Instruments. By Various. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 9x11 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Dan Welcher’s most enduringly and frequently played orchestral work, Prairie Light is a fascinating musical companion to three of Georgia O’Keeffe’s most unusual paintings, Light Coming on the Plains, Canyon with Crows, and Starlight Night. This work is ideal for performances using visual projections of the paintings, and is frequently programmed for subscription concerts as well as those for educational settings. Duration: 14’ Parts available on rental.
This work for full orchestra was inspired by three paintings of the noted Americanartist Georgia O’Keeffe. These three watercolors were done in 1917 while the artist was living in Canyon, Texas (near Amarillo), and deal primarily with color and shape. Consequently, the music is primarily concerned with broad lines and shapes rather than rhythms, with subtle washes of color rather than constant harmonic movement, and with arching melody instead of linear counterpoint.The first movement, Light Coming on the Plains, is an elliptical-shaped painting, deep blue to indigo with a “horizon” at the bottom that seems flat and unchanging. The sun hasn’t risen yet, although it does in the course of this movement, but it seems instead to be providing light from behind the canvas. The music is unmoving in terms of rhythm or harmony (although there is a modulation midway through), a color-infused mantra of sound that is almost Eastern.At the height of the sun, we proceed to the second movement, entitled Canyon with Crows. The canyon is red-orange, with black crows circling above friendly unfolding hills. The music is gentle but lively and more rhythmic, with the birds represented by solo oboe, clarinet, and sometimes flute. Halfway through, the brass have a chorale version of the opening motive, played very slowly, over the unending triplets of woodwinds and strings. At the end of the movement, the birds return for a duo-cadenza, accompanied by the dying rays of the sun in muted strings and the ongoing triplets of the solo quartet.The stage is set for the final movement, Starlight Night. In O’Keeffe’s painting, the stars are represented by regularly-spaced rectangles of bright pale yellow on a blue-black sky, with the same shape to the field of vision and the horizon that is found in Light Coming on the Plains. The stars become audible: harp, celesta, glockenspiel, and string pizzicati all lend a sparkle while a solo flute introduces a slowly unfolding theme. After this theme has been heard twice and the sky has begun to really brighten, there is a sudden interruption: a xylophone and a piano begin another “mantra” in brittle staccato chords. This is the same mechanical eternity as O’Keeffe’s regularly-spaced square stars, and it continues on its own as the night progresses. The music builds and grows as the moon rises and arcs, then falls as the pre-dawn light that opened the work returns to bring it to a close. Acycle of light, changing with the movements of sun, moon, and stars, appearing differently from various points of view

Artist Edition B-Flat Instruments. By Pat Metheny. Fake Book. Jazz. Softcover. 272 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

E-flat Edition. Composed by Various. Fake Book. Jazz. Softcover. 504 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.175279).

(C Edition). By Various. By Various. For C Instruments. Fake Book. Softcover. 464 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Easy Piano Piano/Keyboard

SKU: HL.282475

The New Decade Series. Composed by Various. Easy Piano Songbook. Standards. Softcover. 360 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.282475).

ISBN 9781540034328. UPC: 888680789190. 9.0x12.0x0.847 inches.

Music is what helped many keep their spirits up during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Here are 100 of the most memorable songs of the decade presented in easy piano arrangements with lyrics. Songs include: As Time Goes By * Blue Moon * Body and Soul * Embraceable You * Georgia on My Mind * The Glory of Love * How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) * I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) * I Got Rhythm * I'll Be Seeing You * In the Mood * The Lady Is a Tramp * Love Is Here to Stay * Mood Indigo * My Funny Valentine * The Nearness of You * Over the Rainbow * Sing, Sing, Sing * Summertime * Thanks for the Memory * The Very Thought of You * The Way You Look Tonight * and more.

35 Favorite Christmas Songs and Carols in Easy Arrangements. By Ruth L. Zimmerman. For Flute. Part. Published by Theodore Presser Company.

The Songs of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr. Performed by The Beatles. Lyrics only. Complete lyrics to every song ever recorded by The Beatles. Size 7x10 inches. 256 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(The Ukulele Decade Series). By Various. For Ukulele. Ukulele. Softcover. 304 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(High Voice). By Various. For Vocal. Fake Book. 438 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

250 Songs. By Various. Bass. Blues, Pop, Rock. Softcover. 500 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Bb Instruments. Composed by Various. Fake Book. Jazz. Softcover. 488 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.223637).