SKU: CF.J343

ISBN 9780825806803. UPC: 798408006808. 9 X 12 inches. Key: Ab major. Transcribed by Erik W. G. Leidzen.

Enjoy this classic arrangement of the Bach holiday favorite. One of our most popular works, it has frequently been requested that this arrangement to be brought back into the classic series. Master arranger Eric Leidzen has beautifully scored this piece. His arrangements and transcriptions are some of the most played in the band repertoire.

SKU: CF.BAS78

ISBN 9781491151235. UPC: 680160908738. 9 x 12 inches. Key: G major.

The imagery of a lush, green meadow helps set the stage for Verdant Meadows. This simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between legato melodies and staccato harmonies. Following a climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a Maestoso section.
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section. .
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. A This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. A Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section. A .
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. A This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. A Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section. A .
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section. .
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section.
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation.  This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies.  Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section.  .

About Carl Fischer Beginning String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 1 pieces is designed for first year string groups. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Limited parts (often 2nd violin and viola are the same part, cello and bass are same part)
• Limited keys and rhythms - only simple 8th note patterns
• Limited independence of parts
• Playable after limited study time
• First position and natural bowings
• Piano for rehearsal and reinforcement

SKU: CF.BAS78F

ISBN 9781491151600. UPC: 680160909100. 9 x 12 inches.

The imagery of a lush, green meadow helps set the stage for Verdant Meadows. This simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between legato melodies and staccato harmonies. Following a climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a Maestoso section.
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section. .
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. A This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. A Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section. A .
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. A This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. A Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section. A .
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section. .
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation. This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies. Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section.
Imagine taking a gentle stroll through a lush, green meadow, filled with wildlife and vegetation.  This imagery helps set the stage for the melodic content of Verdant Meadows. In the key of G major (and sometimes E minor), this simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between soaring legato melodies and staccato harmonies.  Following the broadly climactic moment, a peaceful resolution hearkens back to earlier material and ends the piece with a wonderful Maestoso section.  .

About Carl Fischer Beginning String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 1 pieces is designed for first year string groups. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Limited parts (often 2nd violin and viola are the same part, cello and bass are same part)
• Limited keys and rhythms - only simple 8th note patterns
• Limited independence of parts
• Playable after limited study time
• First position and natural bowings
• Piano for rehearsal and reinforcement

SKU: CF.CAS91

ISBN 9781491142066. UPC: 680160630127. Key: G minor.

This lighthearted quodlibet was commissioned by ASTA and premiered at the 2015 conference. It provides a fabulous tool to introduce your students to key musical themes across time. The score plays off of the musician's nocturnal mind to combine twelve historic themes by condensing and expanding them the way our subconscious mind often toys with daytime experiences. In total, this composition celebrates the string player's full potential: Where loyalty to the written note serves the imagination's creative playground. What is composition, if not a grand improvisation captured in a snapshot?.
I am a firm advocate for creative conducting, so I encourage you to experiment with changes in tempi to segue between themes, and/or to take musical liberty with the actual transitions between the themes, as long as there is still a feeling of forward momentum.If you want to fulfill the theatricality of the score, it would be fabulous to look at the audience (with a raised eyebrow, or a smile on your face, or whatever facial expression you think suits these moments in the score) at m. 14 and again at m. 21.In addition, it will help to conduct with wider gestures when themes change or the volume suddenly drops or swells. This will help the audience understand that these sudden changes between themes or dynamics are intended and will also help the students highlight those spots (particularly across the complex thematic shifts between mm. 62 and 94).The grandiosity from m. 110 through the end can be pushed to its zenith, particularly if you control prior forte settings such that the end gets the grand push.CAS91FThemes in String Dreams include:1. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star2. Second Kreutzer Etude3. Concerto in A Minor, Vivaldi 4. Cello Suite No. 1, Bach5. St. Louis Blues, W.C. Handy 6. Minuet in G, Bach—Julie Lyonn Lieberman,Artistic Director, Strings Without Boundaries www.julielyonn.com | www.stringswithoutboundaries.com.

About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series

This series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys but technical demands are still carefully considered
• More comprehensive bowing techniques
• Viola T.C. included
• Careful selection of keys and degree of difficulty for advancing musicians