Oboe SKU: HL.48180818 Composed by Louis Bleuzet. Leduc. Classical. Softco...(+)
Oboe
SKU:
HL.48180818
Composed
by Louis Bleuzet. Leduc.
Classical. Softcover. 28
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL19307. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48180818).
UPC:
888680853068. 9x12
inches.
The
Techniques of the Oboe,
Sonority and
Mechanism by Louis
Bleuzet is a method for
oboe, using the rational
study of the scale. This
first volume for
beginners includes the
following topics: 1.
Scales 2. Mechanism 3.
Sonority 4. Articulations
5. Trills. The two other
volumes focus on: Scales
in third, Mechanism,
Scales in fourths,
Mechanism, Whole tone
scales, Chromatic scale,
Arpeggios and Staccato.
Louis Bleuzet (1874-1941)
was a French oboist and a
professor at the Paris
Conservatoire.
Oboe SKU: HL.49044074 For solo oboe. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. ...(+)
Oboe
SKU:
HL.49044074
For
solo oboe. Composed
by Kenneth Hesketh. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Woodwind Solo. Softcover.
Composed 2002. 12 pages.
Duration 8'. Schott Music
#ED13220. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49044074).
ISBN
9790220134586. UPC:
841886021976.
9.0x12.0x0.075
inches.
Stimulated
by my love of automata,
this work for solo oboe
takes its name from the
invention of Wolfgang von
Kempelen, who in the late
eighteenth century
constructed an
extraordinary mechanical
man powered by clockwork,
dressed in a stylish
Turkish costume and
capable of playing chess.
The chess player turned
out to be a fraud but
sparked many other
thinkers and inventors to
pondering what the
possibilities of
automation might be. In
Hesketh's highly
virtuosic work, the
through-composed melody
is subjected to a series
of distortions by
pulleys, cams, gears and
cranks. There are also
the onomatopoeic effects
of winding up and
whirring noises that add
to the air of the
mechanical.
Oboe SKU: HL.48180819 Composed by Louis Bleuzet. Leduc. Classical. Softco...(+)
Oboe
SKU:
HL.48180819
Composed
by Louis Bleuzet. Leduc.
Classical. Softcover. 24
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL19308. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48180819).
UPC:
888680908720. 9x12
inches.
French
oboist, Louis Bleuzet
(1874-1941) studied at
the Paris Conservatoire
where he won first prize
for oboe. Being a
virtuoso of the
instrument himself, his
The Technique of the
Oboe is very
well-informed. Bleuzet's
career saw him become
soloist at the Paris
Opera as well as a
professor of the oboe at
the Paris Conservatoire.
Published in 1937, The
Technique of the Oboe
was compiled by the
composer toward the end
of his life. The second
volume gives focus to
scales in thirds and
fourths, mechanical
exercises, whole tone
scales and the chromatic
scale. With detailed
instruction in English,
French and German, this
Bleuzet study book is
highly versatile and
essential to the
progression of all
oboist's technique.
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Arranged by Bruce R. Smith. For...(+)
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791). Arranged by
Bruce R. Smith. For
woodwind quartet (flute,
oboe, clarinet, bassoon
(or horn)). Grade 4.
Duration 7 minutes, 1
second. Published by BRS
Music
Mvt. 2 from Symphony
No. 6 (Three Places in
the East). Composed
by Dan Welcher. Full
score. 52 pages. Theodore
Presser Company
#165-00102F. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16500102F).
ISBN
9781491131749. UPC:
680160680276.
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.
Dan Welcher’s most enduringly and frequently played orchestral work, Prai...(+)
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
Composed
by Radie Britain. This
edition: Large Score.
Contemporary. Large
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed 1946.
Duration 13 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#476-00137L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.47600137L).
UPC:
680160637157. 11x17
inches.
This piece,
dedicated to the memory
of a heroic feat, does
not desire to be classed
as a Symphonic Poem in
the generally accepted
sense of this term. It
does not attempt to
picture, or to strictly
follow, the various
mechanical and realistic
phases of this heroic
adventure although, on
the other hand, it does
not entirely avoid
allusion to such
realistic phenomena as
are characteristic of and
inseperable from the
nature of this adventure
and the technical means
of its realization. The
composer's main object,
however, was to try to
express in sound the
emotional phases of an
adventure that might be
called a prototype of
modern romance; to touch
upon its human aspect and
its ethical meaning, not
only in the relation to
the individual, but to
humanity in general. To
the individual, the
venturing Hero, refer the
opening phrases; the
sinister aspect of a bold
inspiration at its first
manifestation. To his
human environments, his
character and conquering
spirit, refer certain
lyrical as well as
martial and ehical
themes. According to the
nature of the venture,
the clash of motoric
forces and that of an
indomitable spirit with
the threatening elements
presented themselves for
musical consideration as
well as the plausible
uncertainty of the
outcome, the increasing
conficence and the final
victory, and triumphant
victory itself. And as
emotion in its purest and
most intense form reverts
to the primitive, the
composer thought it not
amiss to make fragmentary
use of the anthems of two
nations, thus symbolizing
the appeal from soil to
soil; an appeal that
found its joyous echo in
all humanity. And in the
midst of the turbulent
rejoicing stands the lone
figure of the Hero whose
daring had materialized
the dream of aeons.
Composed
by Radie Britain. This
edition: Study Score.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 1946. Duration
13 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#476-00137. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.476001370).
UPC:
680160637140. 9x12
inches.
This piece,
dedicated to the memory
of a heroic feat, does
not desire to be classed
as a Symphonic Poem in
the generally accepted
sense of this term. It
does not attempt to
picture, or to strictly
follow, the various
mechanical and realistic
phases of this heroic
adventure although, on
the other hand, it does
not entirely avoid
allusion to such
realistic phenomena as
are characteristic of and
inseparable from the
nature of this adventure
and the technical means
of its realization. The
composer's main object,
however, was to try to
express in sound the
emotional phases of an
adventure that might be
called a prototype of
modern romance; to touch
upon its human aspect and
its ethical meaning, not
only in the relation to
the individual, but to
humanity in general. To
the individual, the
venturing Hero, refer the
opening phrases; the
sinister aspect of a bold
inspiration at its first
manifestation. To his
human environments, his
character and conquering
spirit, refer certain
lyrical as well as
martial and ethical
themes. According to the
nature of the venture,
the clash of motoric
forces and that of an
indomitable spirit with
the threatening elements
presented themselves for
musical consideration as
well as the plausible
uncertainty of the
outcome, the increasing
confidence and the final
victory, and triumphant
victory itself. And as
emotion in its purest and
most intense form reverts
to the primitive, the
composer thought it not
amiss to make fragmentary
use of the anthems of two
nations, thus symbolizing
the appeal from soil to
soil; an appeal that
found its joyous echo in
all humanity. And in the
midst of the turbulent
rejoicing stands the lone
figure of the Hero whose
daring had materialized
the dream of aeons.