Composed by Harl
Mcdonald. This edition:
Study Score.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
84 pages. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #466-41177.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.466411770).
UPC:
680160640850. 9 x 12
inches.
Mississippi
I. Father of Waters: born
of the Highlands and the
Lakes; the Glaciers, the
Mountains, and the
Prairies. The picture of
your birth is clounded in
the ice and mists of
ancient ages but your
spirit remains our life
stream. II. The Red Man
knew your bountiful gifts
and gave thanks to the
Great Spirit on your
banks. -- The Spanish and
French Fathers brought
the glory of Christianity
to America on
Mississippi. But all men,
white and dark; --
Indian, Spaniard, and
Negro; Bourbon and
Yankee, combined to make
Mississippi the heart of
America. Saga of the
Mississippi Harl McDonald
Born near Boulder,
Colorado, July 27, 1899
Now living in
Philadelphia The original
suggestion for a
symphonic work on the
subject of the
Mississippi came
indirectly from the late
Booth Tarkington who saw
in it color and movement
and atmosphere
translatable into the
terms of music. In the
course of time, by the
mysterious processes of
composers' chemistry, it
took shape as a tone-poem
of two sections, one
representing the rise of
the great stream from its
primeval geologic
sources, the other the
human history of the
river. Mr. McDonald
devised the following
verbal outline of the
general scheme of his
diptych: I. Father of
Waters: born of the
Highlands and the Lakes;
the Glaciers, the
Mountains, and the
Prairies. The picture of
your birth is clounded in
the ice and mists of
ancient ages but your
spirit remains our life
stream. II. The Red Man
knew your bountiful gifts
and gave thanks to the
Great Spirit on your
banks. -- The Spanish and
French Fathers brought
the glory of Christianity
to America on
Mississippi. But all men,
white and dark; --
Indian, Spaniard, and
Negro; Bourbon and
Yankee, combined to make
Mississippi the heart of
America. The first of the
two movements, beginning
molto andante, is vaguel
modal to hint at
antiquity. It is built
upon the conventional two
themes, with an episode,
poco piu mosso,
misterioso, for
prehistoric murk and
muck. There are various
changes of pace and mood.
The second, Allegro ma
vigorosamente, prefigures
an Indian ceremony. A
theme presented by flute,
clarinet and bassoon is a
Canadian Indian fishing
call collected by the
late J.B. Beck. A later
passage of
quasi-Gregorian chant
identifies the French and
Spanish priests who made
the great river their
highway. The fishing-call
is altered in rhythm and
harmony to represent
Negro field hands and
roustabous. A turbulent
close brings all these
elemts together in the
muddy swirling currents
of the Mississippi. The
work was begun in the
summer of 1945, and was
revised and completed in
the summer of 1947. Harl
McDonald, who is the
manager of The
Philadelphia Orchestra,
has concerned himself
with music as an art, as
a science and as a
business in course of his
career. He was born on a
cattle ranch in the
Rockies, but since his
was a musical family, his
up-bringing combined
piano lessons with ranch
life. Years of study and
professional experience
followed in Los Angeles
and in Germany. In 1927
he was appointed lecuter
in composition at the
University of
Pennsylvania and he has
since then made is home
in Philadelphia. In 1933
under a grant of the
Rockefeller FOundation he
collaborated with
physicists in research
dealing with the
measurement of
instrumental and vocal
tone, new scale divisions
and the resultant
harmonies. In that same
year he was named head of
the University's music
faculty and conductor of
its choral organizations.
In 1939, having been a
member of the Board of
Directors for five years,
he was appointed manager
of The Philadelphia
Orchestra. He continus to
write, but otherwise his
entire attention is now
devoted to managerial
duties. Chief items in
the catalogue of his
compositions are four
symphonies, three
orchestra suites, a
half-dozen tone-poems,
three concertos and
considerable quantity of
choral music.
Ships of Ireland Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile FJH
By Soon Hee Newbold. Arranged by Soon Hee Newbold. Intermediate String Orchestra...(+)
By Soon Hee Newbold.
Arranged by Soon Hee
Newbold. Intermediate
String Orchestra. FJH
Developing Strings. Score
for this title: ST6060S.
Extra part for this
title: ST6060P. String
Orchestra. Level: 2.
Score and Set of Parts.
Published by The FJH
Music Company Inc.
Composed
by Carl Strommen. Full
score. 32 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #CPS270F.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CPS270F).
ISBN 9781491164099.
UPC:
680160922888.
Scrim
shaw is the technique of
whalebone and ivory
carving that was started
by sailors centuries ago.
Inspired by the
composer's stay in
Utqiagvik, Alaska, this
composition musically
illustrates scenes from
these carvings
that depict a day of
Alaskan fishing. Starting
broadly and majestically,
the music quickly moves
to a lively and energetic
section that features
syncopation and
introduces the concept of
canonic entrances. A
return to the initial
thematic material brings
the piece to an
exciting conclusion.
Although challenging in
many ways, this
composition fully rewards
all performers and
listeners with a
thrilling musical
journey. Scrimshaw is
the technique of ivory
carving, an art form I
saw firsthand during my
stay in Barrow
(Utqiagvik), the
northernmost town in
North America. Scrimshaw
Tales depicts some of the
scenes that sailors and
artists once carved into
whale bone and ivory,
often related to the
day-to-day activities of
Alaskan fishing crews.The
opening 28 measures (Port
at Dawn) should be played
broadly and majestically.
Measures 29 through 66 (A
Gathering of Ships)
should be playing in a
lively and energetic
manner. The various
canonic entrances
represent the ships as
they leave port
one-by-one. Measures 67
through 132 (Out to Sea)
should be played
forcefully and
energetically. Each
successive entrance
should push the pulse of
this section to its
conclusion at
132.Measures 133 through
150 (Return to Port)
recalls the opening
section, played with
sweeping grandeur.
Un Chat Luthier Contrebasse, Piano (duo) - Facile FLEX Editions
Chamber Music & Piano Accompaniment 1 Double Bass 1 Piano - Grade 2 SKU: FL.F...(+)
Chamber Music & Piano
Accompaniment 1 Double
Bass 1 Piano - Grade 2
SKU: FL.FX074208
Composed by Pascal
Proust. Original
Composition. Classical,
Educational. Score and
Set of Parts. FLEX
Editions #FX074208.
Published by FLEX
Editions (FL.FX074208).
A little
wordplay for our young
string instrumentalists
of the 1st cycle, always
very attached to their
luthier... The music can
evoke at the same time
the walk of the cat
always on the alert, but
also the departure of a
heavy fishing boat... -
Pascal PROUST ;
Instruments: 1 Double
Bass 1 Piano; Difficuly
Level: Grade 2; Duration:
2 mn 20 s; Musical Style:
Classical, Educational;
Category: Original
Composition; Composer:
Pascal PROUST.
Discovery Level 1.
Arranged by Emily
Crocker. Discovery
Choral. Concert,
Festival, Folk. Octavo.
Duration 130 seconds.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.386806).
ISBN
9781705155585. UPC:
196288023807.
6.75x10.5x0.036
inches.
Younger
tenor-bass choirs will
rock out to this bright
folk-flavored
knee-slapper that
celebrates favorite
country pastimes of
camping, fishing, and
delicious food! They will
love the body percussion
feature and the optional
fiddle obbligato adds to
the “way down low
in Cedar Swampâ€
atmosphere.