Piano - Grade 7-8 SKU: ST.C463 Composed by Federico Ruiz. Edited by Clara...(+)
Piano - Grade 7-8
SKU:
ST.C463
Composed by
Federico Ruiz. Edited by
Clara Rodriguez. Piano
and keyboard music.
Collection. Clifton
Edition #C463. Published
by Clifton Edition
(ST.C463).
ISBN
9790570814633.
This
volume contains
contrasting works by
Federico Ruiz spanning
quite a large and rich
period of his
compositional output that
goes from his early
Micro-Suite (1971), to
lilting, sweet and
rhythmic Venezuelan
waltzes passing by the
mysterious, intimate, and
intense Nocturno (1994)
plus pieces originally
composed for film, and
theatre. Real eclecticism
in styles, moods and
atmospheres that show
Ruizâ??s talents and
scope.
The
Nocturno is a deep,
intriguing, substantial
piece presenting a
satisfying length which
moves from different
paths of the mind and the
heart written in an
abstract, chromatic
idiom, that does not
dissociate itself from
the Venezuelan waltz and
the joropo. One could
perhaps say that there is
a deconstruction of the
latter. For the
interpretation, the
composer has suggested to
me that it is allowed to
have some flexibility in
the tempo. Ruiz kindly
dedicated it to me, and I
have had the pleasure of
performing it in many
concerts.
Although
all highly expressive,
the Three Venezuelan
Waltzes present in this
collection as well as the
piece titled Aliseo, are
works that are close to
the colourful Venezuelan
folk tradition. Federico
Ruiz had given me two of
them when we first met:
â??Tu Presenciaâ??
(1981) and
â??EloÃsaâ?? (1989)
and then I attended a
performance of the play
â??Office Number Oneâ??
by Miguel Otero Silva
with a fantastic actor,
Elba Escobar in the role
of Carmen Rosa and, I
just fell in love and was
very moved by the
incidental music that I
later discovered, by
reading the programme,
had been written by
Federico Ruiz. Later that
evening, I called him and
asked to please make a
piano score of the
composition, so I could
have the desired piece in
my hands. That is how
â??Carmen Rosaâ?
waltz (1987) came to
exist in a piano
version.
â??Elois
aâ?? is another
Venezuelan waltz with
more jazzy harmonies
where precision in the
rhythm and elegant
playing is also
essential, as it is in
most of his
pieces.
â??Tu
Presenciaâ?? was
dedicated to his mother,
Margarita. It is written
with the structure of the
Venezuelan waltz, which
consists of a nostalgic
subject that leads to a
faster, happier middle
section where the typical
graceful rhythm is given
by the left-hand
accompaniment figure of a
dotted crotchet followed
by a quaver and a
crotchet.
The
craft and magic found in
the five movements of the
Micro-Suite is based on a
dodecaphonic row by Ernst
Krenek. They remind us of
the idiom of the Second
Viennese School. These
real miniatures seem to
tell short stories. The
â??Preludioâ?? is full
of humour. I imagine
dancing figures given by
the jumps all over the
keyboard and extreme
dynamics; the phrases
give the impression of a
conversation with many
questions and answers.
The â??Invenciónâ??
is a kaleidoscopic piece
where the hands mirror
each other. The
â??Passacagliaâ?? is
the longest movement, at
just over a minute where
the prime motif is
repeated three times on
the bass line. For its
construction Federico
Ruiz uses as well the
retrograde and the
retrograde inversion of
the twelve-tone series.
It must be played
expressively with dynamic
contrasts between
pianissimo and louder
events. The
â??Scherzoâ?? has
repetitive motifs of a
minor third in both hands
and the â??Finalâ??
displays virtuosic
passages for the
pianist.
Chamber Music Violin SKU: PR.114418750 Composed by Michael Hersch. Sws. P...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: PR.114418750
Composed by Michael
Hersch. Sws. Performance
Score. 8 pages. Duration
11 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41875. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114418750).
ISBN
9781491129524. UPC:
680160655489. 9 x 12
inches.
The
seven-movement in the
snowy margins might be
considered a sort of
atomic suite, as each
movement is succinct, yet
a microcosmic powerhouse
inspired by “The
Comet,” by Polish
writer and Holocaust
victim Bruno Schulz.
Hersch’s intensity is
expressed through
dramatically captivating
violin gestures, pushing
the boundaries of
texture, technique, and
emotion. Michael
Hersch’s in the snowy
margins was written in
2010. Like much of his
work, it is grounded in
literature and art. The
title is drawn from a
short story, The Comet by
Polish writer, poet, and
artist, Bruno Schulz
(1892-1942). This forms
the last of his
collection The Street of
Crocodiles, published in
1934. Schulz was shot by
a Nazi officer in
1942.Both the title of
Hersch’s work, and the
‘motto’ found on the
composer’s manuscript
(‘Thus far and no
further. But what has
become of the end of the
world…’) are to be
found in The Comet.
It’s interesting that
in in the snowy margins,
unlike his earlier
Fourteen Pieces which
were inspired by the
poetry of Primo Levi,
Hersch chose to not title
each individual movement
with a quote. However his
choices of text are
applied, there is a clear
quality of distillation.
In every case, the texts
which the composer has
chosen to eschew lie
beneath the music, akin
to the greater mass of an
iceberg, submerged, but
imminent.Hersch also has
very particular taste in
visual art, and there
seems to be common ground
between the intensely
expressionist drawing of
Schulz, and those of
Michael Mazur, which
inspired his string
quartet Images from a
Closed Ward. The
parallels between these
artists reflect common
traits shared between
these two pieces, which
provide a window on how
the music should be
approached, expressively
and technically. I would
argue, that from a
violinist’s point of
view, this pertains
directly to how bow and
left hand should approach
the string: the febrile
vibrancy of both Mazur
and Schulz’s pencil and
charcoal strokes, perhaps
what T.S. Eliot called
the ‘circulation of the
lymph’, in every
gesture, speaks to the
intense experience,
physically and
emotionally, of playing
(and hearing) this music.
There is an intense sense
of ‘truth to
materials’ at every
moment, the sense that
every note sings on the
edge of, or even beyond,
total collapse.— Peter
Sheppard-Skaerved.
SATB choir with organ or a cappella - Medium/Medium Difficult SKU: PL.9202(+)
SATB choir with organ or
a cappella -
Medium/Medium Difficult
SKU: PL.9202
Visit, We Beseech
Thee, O Lord, Look Down O
Lord & Be Present, O
Merciful God.
Composed by Leslie
Betteridge.
Cathedral/Parish. Choral,
Evensong, General.
Octavo. Paraclete Press
#9202. Published by
Paraclete Press
(PL.9202).
Based upon
texts from the office of
Compline, these anthems
offer three meditative
choices for the
benedictory response in
evening worship. The
organ accompaniments
(numbers 1 and 3) richly
enhance the choral parts
through subtle harmonic
colors and reflect
Betteridge's love for the
organ.
Sacris solemniis Chorale SATB SATB A Cappella CanticaNOVA Publications
Composed by Claudio Casciolini. Arranged by Timothy Flynn. A beautiful, yet easy...(+)
Composed by Claudio
Casciolini. Arranged by
Timothy Flynn. A
beautiful, yet easy
addition to your choir's
Eucharistic repertoire,
this motet by the former
Maestro di cappella at
the church of San Lorenzo
in Damaso (Rome) features
comfortable vocal ranges
and primarily homophonic
textures with some
imitative count.
Communion, General.
Published by CanticaNOVA
Publications (C5.7085).
Jazz Ensemble - Grade 4 SKU: PE.HX9025 Composed by Monika Herzig. Jazz En...(+)
Jazz Ensemble - Grade 4
SKU: PE.HX9025
Composed by Monika
Herzig. Jazz Ensemble
Conductor Score & Parts;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
HXmusic. Score and
Part(s). HXmusic
#98-HX9025. Published by
HXmusic (PE.HX9025).
UPC:
659675450810.
Monik
a Herzig's blistering
Just Another Day at the
Office was originally
recorded by her band
Sheroes and featured in
the publication New
Standards: 101 Lead
Sheets by Women Composers
(Berklee Press, 2022).
Now arranged for big band
with the same crisp,
Charlie Christian-like
melody, half-time shuffle
feel, and chromatic
planing chord progression
that will be right at
home with your
medium-advanced group.
Top Trumpet Note: B5.
(The Gift Goes On!). By Celeste Clydesdale. Arranged by David Clydesdale. For Un...(+)
(The Gift Goes On!). By
Celeste Clydesdale.
Arranged by David
Clydesdale. For
Unison/2-part choir.
Christmas, Christian,
Children's Musicals,
Choral. Easy. CD Preview
Pack. Duration ca. 39
minutes. Published by
Word Music
(The Gift Goes On!). By Celeste Clydesdale. Arranged by David Clydesdale. For Un...(+)
(The Gift Goes On!). By
Celeste Clydesdale.
Arranged by David
Clydesdale. For
Unison/2-part choir.
Christmas, Christian,
Children's Musicals,
Choral. Easy. Choral
Book. Duration ca. 39
minutes. Published by
Word Music
(The Gift Goes On!). By Celeste Clydesdale. Arranged by David Clydesdale. For Un...(+)
(The Gift Goes On!). By
Celeste Clydesdale.
Arranged by David
Clydesdale. For
Unison/2-part choir.
Christmas, Christian,
Children's Musicals,
Choral. Easy.
Instructional DVD.
Published by Word Music
(The Gift Goes On!). By Celeste Clydesdale. Arranged by David Clydesdale. For Un...(+)
(The Gift Goes On!). By
Celeste Clydesdale.
Arranged by David
Clydesdale. For
Unison/2-part choir.
Christmas, Christian,
Children's Musicals,
Choral. Easy. Teacher's
Resource Kit. Published
by Word Music
The Gift Goes On!). By Celeste Clydesdale. Arranged by David Clydesdale. For Uni...(+)
The Gift Goes On!). By
Celeste Clydesdale.
Arranged by David
Clydesdale. For
Unison/2-part choir.
Christmas, Christian,
Children's Musicals,
Choral. Easy. Bulk CDs
(10-pack). Duration ca.
39 minutes. Published by
Word Music
(The Gift Goes On!). By Celeste Clydesdale. Arranged by David Clydesdale. For Un...(+)
(The Gift Goes On!). By
Celeste Clydesdale.
Arranged by David
Clydesdale. For
Unison/2-part choir.
Christmas, Christian,
Children's Musicals,
Choral. Easy. Listening
CD. Duration ca. 39
minutes. Published by
Word Music
(The Gift Goes On!). By Celeste Clydesdale. Arranged by David Clydesdale. For Un...(+)
(The Gift Goes On!). By
Celeste Clydesdale.
Arranged by David
Clydesdale. For
Unison/2-part choir.
Christmas, Christian,
Children's Musicals,
Choral. Easy.
Accompaniment CD.
Duration ca. 39 minutes.
Published by Word Music
Composed
by Jan Dismas Zelenka.
Edited by Wolfgang Horn.
German title: De
profundis. Sacred vocal
music, Psalms. Single
Part, Violin 1. Composed
1724. ZWV 50. 4 pages.
Duration 13 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
40.064/11. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.4006411).
ISBN
9790007060121. Key: D
minor. Language:
Latin/English.
The
Bohemian composer Jan
Dismas Zelenka was a
double bass player and
church music composer at
the Saxon court of the
Elector August the Strong
and his son Friedrich
August II. In the years
after 1721 he composed an
extensive repertoire of
Catholic church music
together with the
Kapellmeister Johann
David Heinichen. These
works, together with the
Dresden operas composed
by Johann Adolf Hasse in
quick succession from
1731 onwards, established
the reputation of the
Saxon court as one of the
most important musical
centers of the late
Baroque period. Zelenka
composed this psalm
setting De profundis in D
minor ZWV 97 in 1724 on
the death of his father,
including a concluding
Requiem verse. This was
later replaced by the
lesser doxology so that
the work can be performed
in the office of
Christmas week. Both
endings are included in
this new edition. Three
trombones, used as an
independent instrumental
group, give the work a
special tonal color.
Score and part available
separately - see item
CA.4006400.
Composed
by Jan Dismas Zelenka.
Edited by Wolfgang Horn.
German title: De
profundis. Sacred vocal
music, Psalms. Choral
Score. Composed 1724. ZWV
50. 12 pages. Duration 13
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
40.064/05. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.4006405).
ISBN
9790007060107. Key: D
minor. Language:
Latin/English.
The
Bohemian composer Jan
Dismas Zelenka was a
double bass player and
church music composer at
the Saxon court of the
Elector August the Strong
and his son Friedrich
August II. In the years
after 1721 he composed an
extensive repertoire of
Catholic church music
together with the
Kapellmeister Johann
David Heinichen. These
works, together with the
Dresden operas composed
by Johann Adolf Hasse in
quick succession from
1731 onwards, established
the reputation of the
Saxon court as one of the
most important musical
centers of the late
Baroque period. Zelenka
composed this psalm
setting De profundis in D
minor ZWV 97 in 1724 on
the death of his father,
including a concluding
Requiem verse. This was
later replaced by the
lesser doxology so that
the work can be performed
in the office of
Christmas week. Both
endings are included in
this new edition. Three
trombones, used as an
independent instrumental
group, give the work a
special tonal color.
Score available
separately - see item
CA.4006400.
Music from the Motion Picture La La Land. Composed by Justin Hurwitz, lyrics b...(+)
Music from the Motion
Picture La La Land.
Composed
by Justin Hurwitz, lyrics
by
Benj Pasek and Justin
Paul.
Arranged by Jacob
Narverud.
Choral Octavo. Alfred Pop
Series. Movie; Secular.
20
pages. Published by
Alfred
Music