From Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Set of Score and Parts.
Duration 3:15. Theodore
Presser Company
#312-41902A. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.31241902A).
UPC:
680160690510.
English.
Commission
ed by the San Francisco
Choral Society and the
Piedmont East Bay
Children’s Choir,
Terra Nostra is a
70-minute oratorio on the
relationship between our
planet and humankind, how
this relationship has
shifted over time, and
how we can re-establish a
harmonious balance. Part
I: Creation of the World
explores various creation
myths from different
cultures, culminating in
a joyous celebration of
the beauty of our planet.
Part II: The Rise of
Humanity examines human
achievements,
particularly since the
dawn of our Industrial
Age, and how these
achievements have
impacted the planet. Part
III: Searching for
Balance questions how to
create more awareness for
our planet’s
plight, re-establish a
deeper connection to it,
and find a balance for
living within our
planet’s
resources. In addition to
the complete oratorio,
stand-alone movements for
mixed chorus, and for
solo voice with piano,
are also available
separately. Terra
Nostra focuses on the
relationship between our
planet and mankind, how
this relationship has
shifted over time, and
how we can re-establish a
harmonious balance. The
oratorio is divided into
three parts:Part I:
Creation of the World
celebrates the birth and
beauty of our planet. The
oratorio begins with
creation myths from
India, North America, and
Egypt that are integrated
into the opening lines of
Genesis from the Old
Testament. The music
surges forth from these
creation stories into
“God’s
World†by Edna St.
Vincent Millay, which
describes the world in
exuberant and vivid
detail. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s
“On thine own
child†praises
Mother Earth for her role
bringing forth all life,
while Walt Whitman sings
a love song to the planet
in “Smile O
voluptuous cool-breathed
earth!†Part I ends
with “A Blade of
Grass†in which
Whitman muses how our
planet has been spinning
in the heavens for a very
long time.Part II: The
Rise of Humanity examines
the achievements of
mankind, particularly
since the dawn of the
Industrial Age. Lord
Alfred Tennyson’s
“Locksley
Hall†sets an
auspicious tone that
mankind is on the verge
of great discoveries.
This is followed in short
order by Charles
Mackay’s
“Railways
1846,†William
Ernest Henley’s
“A Song of
Speed,†and John
Gillespie Magee,
Jr.’s “High
Flight,†each of
which celebrates a new
milestone in
technological
achievement. In
“Binsey
Poplars,†Gerard
Manley Hopkins takes note
of the effect that these
advances are having on
the planet, with trees
being brought down and
landscapes forever
changed. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s “A
Dirge†concludes
Part II with a warning
that the planet is
beginning to sound a
grave alarm.Part III:
Searching for Balance
questions how we can
create more awareness for
our planet’s
plight, re-establish a
deeper connection to it,
and find a balance for
living within our
planet’s
resources. Three texts
continue the
earth’s plea that
ended the previous
section: Lord
Byron’s
“Darknessâ€
speaks of a natural
disaster (a volcano) that
has blotted out the sun
from humanity and the
panic that ensues;
contemporary poet Esther
Iverem’s
“Earth
Screaming†gives
voice to the modern
issues of our changing
climate; and William
Wordsworth’s
“The World Is Too
Much With Us†warns
us that we are almost out
of time to change our
course.
Contemporary/agrarian
poet Wendell
Berry’s “The
Want of Peaceâ€
speaks to us at the
climax of the oratorio,
reminding us that we can
find harmony with the
planet if we choose to
live more simply, and to
recall that we ourselves
came from the earth. Two
Walt Whitman texts
(“A Child said,
What is the grass?â€
and “There was a
child went forth every
dayâ€) echo
Berry’s thoughts,
reminding us that we are
of the earth, as is
everything that we see on
our planet. The oratorio
concludes with a reprise
of Whitman’s
“A Blade of
Grass†from Part I,
this time interspersed
with an additional
Whitman text that
sublimely states,
“I bequeath myself
to the dirt to grow from
the grass I
love…â€My hope
in writing this oratorio
is to invite audience
members to consider how
we interact with our
planet, and what we can
each personally do to
keep the planet going for
future generations. We
are the only stewards
Earth has; what can we
each do to leave her in
better shape than we
found her?
A Duet for Our Time 2 Trombones, Piano [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Theodore Presser Co.
Composed by Eric Ewazen. For Trombone Duo, Piano. Contemporary. Score and parts....(+)
Composed by Eric Ewazen.
For Trombone Duo, Piano.
Contemporary. Score and
parts. 40 12 12 pages.
Duration 22 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
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Oboe
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Three
Sonatas. Composed by
Robert Martin. Music at
the Mercantile,
Manhattan, NY.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 2011.
44+16+12+16+12+16 pages.
Duration 16 minutes, 30
seconds. Theodore Presser
Company #144-40599.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.144405990).
UPC:
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inches.
Continuing
to make available Robert
Martin's wind chamber
music, we present six new
woodwind quintets,
composed between 1999 and
2011. Each score provides
helpful background
information from the
composer, which describes
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development of each
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Christmas Mass (Liturgical). By Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Arranged by Jean-Paul ...(+)
Christmas Mass
(Liturgical). By
Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Arranged by Jean-Paul
Montagnier. (Study
Score). Schott. Size
7.5x10.5 inches. 71
pages. Published by
Eulenburg.
Orchestra SKU: BA.BA10989 Laudon. Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA10989
Laudon. Composed
by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Edited by Sonja Gerlach
and Wolfgang Stockmeier.
This edition: urtext
edition. Stapled. Score.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA10989_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA10989).
ISBN
9790006575534. 31 x 24.3
cm inches. Key: C
major.
Letters of
the composer have come
down to us only on a few
of Haydn’s
symphonies, amongst them
the “Laudonâ€
Symphony Hob. I:69. In
one of these letters,
Haydn agrees to the
publisher’s
suggestion to name the
symphony after the widely
known and favoured
general Gideon Ernst von
Laudon (1717-1790). By
using this name, both
composer and publisher
hoped to increase the
commercial success of the
work which possibly
deserved a military
eponym considering its
instrumentation with
timpani and trumpets.
Also, the symphony
requires two bassoons,
but no flutes,
corresponding with the
available musicians at
the court of Esterházy
between 1775 and 1776.
In continuation
of the collaboration
between Bärenreiter
and G. Henle Verlag, this
edition is based on the
Urtext of the Complete
Edition “Joseph
Haydn Worksâ€
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Verlag.
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Composed by Franz
Schubert. Edited by
Arnold Feil and Christa
Landon. This edition:
complete edition, urtext
edition. Linen. New
Schubert Edition (Neue
Ausgabe samtlicher Werke)
Series V, Volume 1.
Complete edition, Score,
anthology. No. 1-3.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA05522_00. Published by
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ISBN
9790006472178. 33 x 26 cm
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By William Runyan. Arranged by Jack Schrader. For Choir. (SATB). Assurance, Con...(+)
By William Runyan.
Arranged by Jack
Schrader. For Choir.
(SATB). Assurance,
Confidence, Faithfulness,
God's
Attributes/Character,
Gratefulness, Guidance,
Mercy, Promise and
Sacred. Print Music
Single (SATB). Published
by Hope Publishing
Company.
Oratorium.
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn. Edited by Wolfgang
Gersthofer. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Joseph Haydn,
Sacred vocal music.
German title: Die
Schopfung. Innovative
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Praise and thanks. Single
Part, Double Bass.
Composed 1798. Hob.
XXI:2. 44 pages. Duration
105 minutes. Carus Verlag
#CV 51.990/15. Published
by Carus Verlag
(CA.5199015).
ISBN
9790007225506. Language:
German/English. Text: von
Swieten, Gottfried. Text:
Baron von
Swieten.
The
primary source on which
the new Carus Urtext
edition is based is the
first edition of the
score from 1800. Contrary
to normal custom, Haydn
published the score
himself in order to avoid
unauthorized publications
and to present an
optimally designed
edition from an authentic
hand. With this original
document, which has been
compared with additional
relevant sources, Carus
now offers a musical text
based on the latest
musicological findings.
The critical report
provides all of the
important data concerning
the edition in a compact
form suitable for
practical use [practical
performance]. A detailed
foreword offers insight
into the genesis of the
work, its construction
and reception and
illuminates compositional
and theological and
spiritual-historical
aspects. In addition to
the score, with singing
texts in two languages
(G. van Swieten's
original German and
English text), in the
interest of legibility,
vocal and choral scores
will be offered in two
separate editions (German
or English). This work is
now available in carus
music, the choir app.
Score and part available
separately - see item
CA.5199000.
Sinfonie
capricieuse. Composed
by Franz Berwald. Edited
by Nils Castegren. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Franz Berwald.
Complete Works, Volume 2.
Symphony No. 2. Complete
edition, Score. No. No.
2. Duration 30 minutes.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA04902_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA04902).
ISBN
9790006460274. 33 x 26 cm
inches. Key: D
major.
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ISBN
9790006567560. 33 x 24.3
cm inches. Text: Duplat
de Monticourt,
Pierre-Jacques.
Thi
s edition unites all the
purely instrumental parts
of Rameau’s
comdie-ballet “Les
Paladins†for
performance as a suite in
the concert
hall.
In view of
the wealth of the
work’s musical
treasures and the
stylistic innovations
– similar to the
“Boradesâ€
– the rather
frosty reception of the
premiere series in the
spring of 1760 seems
completely
incomprehensible to us
today. It led to this
stage work not being
performed again until
well into the 20th
century. The story that
the comdie-ballet tells
is based on a fable by La
Fontaine, “Le Petit
chien qui secoue de
l’argent et des
pierreries†(i.e.
“The little dog who
shakes silver and
stonesâ€). In
medieval Veneto, the
guardian Anselme
undermines the love
affairs of his ward
Argies. Scenes of tragic
expression are contrasted
with folk-comic ones; and
last but not least, the
sexually ambiguous fairy
Manto may have caused
difficulties for the bold
work at the Paris
Opra.
This
critical edition is based
on the corresponding
volume issued in the
series “Opera omnia
Rameau†(BA
8870-01). Since
“Les
Paladins†remained
unpublished during
Rameau’s lifetime
and was also not included
in the “Œuvres
complètesâ€, this
is the first edition of
the work. It satisfies
both scholarly demand and
the practical needs of
musicians.
The
orchestral parts are
available on
hire.
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Composed by Camille
Saint-Saens. Edited by
Michael Stegemann. This
edition: Edition of
selected works, Urtext
edition. Linen.
Saint-Saens, Camille.
Oevres instrumentales
completes I/3. Edition of
selected works, Score.
Opus 78. Duration 39
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA10303_01.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA10303-01).
ISBN 9790006559503. 33
x 26 cm inches. Key: C
minor. Preface: Michael
Stegemann.
The
third symphony by Camille
Saint-Saens, known as the
Organ Symphony, is the
first publication in a
complete
historical-critical
edition of the French
composer's instrumental
works.
I gave
everything I was able to
give in this work. [...]
What I have done here I
will never be able to do
again.Camille Saint-Saens
was rightly proud of his
third Symphony in C minor
Op.78, dedicated to the
memory of Franz Liszt.
Called theOrgan
Symphonybecause of its
novel scoring, the work
was a commission from the
Philharmonic Society in
London, as was
Beethoven's Ninth, and
was premiered there on 19
May 1886. The first
performance in Paris
followed on 9 January
1887 and confirmed the
composer's reputation
asprobably the most
significant, and
certainly the most
independent French
symphonistof his time, as
Ludwig Finscher wrote in
MGG. In fact the work
remains the only one in
the history of that genre
in France to the present
day, composed a good half
century after the
Symphonie fantastique by
Hector Berlioz and a good
half century before
Olivier Messiaen's
Turangalila
Symphonie.
You
would think that such a
famous, much-performed
and much recorded opus
could not hold any more
secrets, but far from it:
in the first
historical-critical
edition of the Symphony,
numerous inconsistencies
and mistakes in the
Durand edition in general
use until now, have been
uncovered and corrected.
An examination and
evaluation of the sources
ranged from two early
sketches, now preserved
in Paris and Washington
(in which the Symphony
was still in B minor!)
via the autograph
manuscript and a set of
proofs corrected by
Saint-Saens himself, to
the first and subsequent
editions of the full
score and parts. The
versions for piano duet
(by Leon Roques) and for
two pianos (by the
composer himself) were
also consulted. Further
crucial information was
finally found in his
extensive correspondence,
encompassing thousands of
previously unpublished
letters. The discoveries
made in producing this
edition include the fact
that at its London
premiere, the Symphony
probably looked quite
different from its
present appearance
...
No less
exciting than the work
itself is the history of
its composition and
reception, which are
described in an extensive
foreword. With his
Symphony, Saint-Saens
entered right into the
dispute which divided
French musical life into
pro and contra Wagner in
the 1880s and 1890s. At
the same time, the work
succeeded in preserving
the balance between
tradition and modernism
in masterly fashion, as a
contemporary critic
stated:The C minor
Symphony by Saint-Saens
creates a bridge from the
past into the future,
from immortal richness to
progress, from ideas to
their
implementation.
On
19 March 1886 Saint-Saens
wrote to the London
Philharmonic Society,
which commissioned the
work:
Work on the
symphony is in full
swing. But I warn you, it
will be terrible. Here is
the precise
instrumentation: 3 flutes
/ 2 oboes / 1 cor anglais
/ 2 clarinets / 1 bass
clarinet / 2 bassoons / 1
contrabassoon / 2 natural
horns / [3 trumpets /
Saint-Saens had forgotten
these in his listing.] 2
chromatic horns / 3
trombones / 1 tuba / 3
timpani / organ / 1 piano
duet and the strings, of
course. Fortunately,
there are no harps.
Unfortunately it will be
difficult. I am doing
what I can to mitigate
the
difficulties.
As
in my 4th Concerto [for
piano] and my [1st]
Violin Sonata [in D minor
Op.75] at first glance
there appear to be just
two parts: the first
Allegro and the Adagio,
the Scherzo and the
Finale, each attacca.
This fiendish symphony
has crept up by a
semitone; it did not want
to stay in B minor, and
is now in C
minor.
It would be
a pleasure for me to
conduct this symphony.
Whether it would be a
pleasure for others to
hear it? That is the
question. It is you who
wanted it, I wash my
hands of it. I will bring
the orchestral parts
carefully corrected with
me, and if anyone wants
to give me a nice
rehearsal for the
symphony after the full
rehearsal, everything
will be fine.
When
Saint-Saens hit upon the
idea of adding an organ
and a piano to the usual
orchestral scoring is not
known. The idea of adding
an organ part to a
secular orchestral work
intended for the concert
hall was thoroughly novel
- and not without
controversy. On the other
hand, Franz Liszt, whose
music Saint-Saens'
Symphony is so close to,
had already demonstrated
that the organ could
easily be an orchestral
instrument in his
symphonic poem
Hunnenschlacht (1856/57).
There was also a model
for the piano duet part
which Saint-Saens knew
and may possibly have
used quite consciously as
an exemplar: theFantaisie
sur la Tempetefrom the
lyrical monodrama Lelio,
ou le retour a la Vie op.
14bis (1831) by Berlioz.
The name of the organist
at the premiere ist
unknown, as,
incidentally, was also
the case with many of the
later performances; the
organ part is indeed not
soloistic, but should be
understood as part of the
orchestral
texture.
In fact
the subsequent success of
the symphony seems to
have represented a kind
of breakthrough for the
composer, who was then
over 50 years of age.My
dear composer of a famous
symphony, wrote
Saint-Saens' friend and
pupil Gabriel Faure:You
will never be able to
imagine what a pleasure I
had last Sunday [at the
second performance on 16
January 1887]! And I had
the score and did not
miss a single note of
this Symphony, which will
endure much longer than
we two, even if we were
to join together our two
lifespans!
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SAB choir; orchestra (3
horns, 3 trumpets, 3
trombones, tuba;
percussion - suspended
cymbal, timpani,
triangle, chimes, bells;
harp and rhythm - guitar,
piano, electric bass; and
a full string section)
SKU: HP.C5081O
Composed by William
Runyan. Arranged by Jack
Schrader. Piano
Accompaniment with
Optional Orchestra.
General Worship,
Assurance, Confidence,
Faith & Faithfulness,
God's
Attributes/Character,
Gratefulness, Guidance,
Mercy, Promise, Sacred.
Set of Instrumental
Parts. Hope Publishing
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Chisholm. Lamentations
3:22-24, Genesis 8:22, 1
Samuel 15:29, Hebrews
7:21, Isaiah 49:7, James
1:17, Jeremiah 29:11,
Malachi 3:6, Psalms 33:4,
Psalms 110:4, Psalms
111:7, Psalms 145:13,
Psalms
146:6.
Popular hymn
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setting of one of Hope's
most familiar and popular
hymns. The orchestration
includes: two flutes,
oboe and clarinet; a full
brass section (3 horns, 3
trumpets, 3 trombones,
tuba); percussion
(suspended cymbal,
timpani, triangle,
chimes, bells), harp and
rhythm (guitar, piano,
electric bass); and a
full string section.