For percussion quartet. Composed by Alan Keown. Percussion Ensembles. Folio and Downloadable Parts. Tapspace Publications #TSPCE20-016. Published by Tapspace Publications

Concert band concert band - Grade 2

SKU: BC.403254

Composed by Zucher. Band Music. Full Score. Published by Bourne Music (BC.403254).

Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5

SKU: CF.YAS52

Composed by Sean O'Loughlin. Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series. Classical. Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #YAS52. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YAS52).

ISBN 9780825863608. UPC: 798408063603. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: D major.

This is a striking and original piece that builds interest and momentum using a four note cello and bass ostinato. Arco and pizzicato contrasts of texture and off-beat accents and rhythms sustain interest in this unusual selection, which puts minimal musical resources to maximum use.
A Road Less Traveled is a musical journey based on four notes. The cellos and basses provide these notes in mm. 2 and 3. The piece explores some new compositional techniques for me, and in some sections can be considered minimalist. However, I constructed the piece in a very accessible manner. The individual rhythms create new composite rhythms when played together. It has a unique clockwork quality to it. The music morphs from arco to pizzicato at m. 49. The odd accents bring out some of the quirky quality to the music. A return to arco playing at m. 94 provides a recapitulation of the opening section. Upon return, some of the punchy music now becomes sustained for a dramatic climax. This piece was a real joy to work on, and illustrates “a road less traveled” in my compositional career.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

Thi s series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels

15 Contemporary Rounds for Strings. By Steve Woods. (Set). Boosey and Hawkes Chamber Music. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Piano

SKU: HL.49046469

5 Virtuoso Pieces Piano. Composed by Melanie Spanswick. Piano. Classical. Softcover. 32 pages. Schott Music #ED23222. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046469).

UPC: 842819109839.

Simpl y Driven is a collection of five pieces for advanced to virtuoso level pianists. Each piece has a completely different character, whilst still reflecting minimalist influences.

By Bill Thomas. Concert Band. Concert Band; Part(s); Score. Eighth Note Publications. Grade 3. 244 pages. Published by Eighth Note Publications

Composed by David Conte (1955-). 20th Century, Creation/Nature. Piano/choral score. Duration 5 minutes, 30 seconds. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #7926. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

By Erik Satie (1866-1925). Arranged by Bob Phillips. Orchestra. Masterworks; Score; String Orchestra. Sound Innovations for Strings. 20th Century; Masterwork Arrangement; Romantic. Grade 2. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Guitar - intermediate to advanced

SKU: HL.49019283

Guitar. Composed by Enjott Schneider. Edited by Stefan Barcsay. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Guitar. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2010. 16 pages. Duration 12'. Schott Music #GA558. Published by Schott Music (HL.49019283).

ISBN 9790001179652. 9.0x12.0x0.061 inches.

Nocturnes have a long tradition - from the notturni by Mozart and Haydn via the nocturnes of the Romantic era to Chopin who elevated the genre to fascinating character piece: He created ambivalently shining gems in an unreal world of human nature which were as close to the extremely sublime as to a demonic abyss. Enjott Schneider's '3 Nocturnes', the core of each of which is characterized by a Latin motto, stand in this tradition. Cicero's 'Somnus est imago mortus' sees sleep as a resemblance of death. 'Die Zeit eilt weg, die Liebe aber bleibt' [Time passes but love remains] explores the ambivalence between that what is hurrying and that what stays eternally. Ovid's 'Der Tropfen hohlt den Stein nicht durch Kraft, sondern durch stetes Fallen' [The drop hollows the stone, not by force but by constant dripping] has its counterpart in a minimalist motif which has a lasting influence on the listener through its constant sounding.

String quartet

SKU: FG.042-08869-2

Composed by Erkki Sven Tuur. Score. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-08869-2).

ISBN 979-0-042-08869-2.

String Quartet (1985) - In memoriam Urmas Kibuspuu. This impressive two-movement string quartet by the popular young Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tuur (b. 1959) displays minimalist influences. The most pronounced ostinato tendencies are in the first violin, which repeats the same motif for several bars while the other instruments accompany it with their own recurring motifs. Released on the BIS label, the quartet is dedicated to the memory of a friend of Tuur's, the Estonian actor Urmas Kibuspuu.

Composed by Alex Shapiro (1962-). For Concert Band (Score and Parts). Activist Music. Grade 4. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard

Composed by Nancy Galbraith (1951-). For Piano and Concert Band (solo piano; 3,1 2 3,bass clarinet 2 2 alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax; 4331, euphonium; 5 percussion, contrabass). Study Score. Duration 21'. Published by Subito Music Corporation

3 violins

SKU: SU.29020110

For 3 violins. Composed by Reinaldo Moya. Strings, 2 or more Violins, Strings, String Ensemble. Score & Parts. Subito Music Corporation #29020110. Published by Subito Music Corporation (SU.29020110).

A minimalist-inspired piece for 3 violins. The work is supposed to sound like one large violin that plays many versions of the same line at the same time.3 violins Duration: 7' Composed: 2014 Published by: Distributed Composer.

SSAA/SSAA, a cappella

SKU: SU.80300179

For SSAA/SSAA, a cappella. Composed by Maggi Payne. Vocal/Choral, Secular Choral. A cappella. Choral Octavo. Treble Clef Music Press #80300179. Published by Treble Clef Music Press (SU.80300179).

This is that special piece for your special choir: a tonal, a cappella, double chorus tour de force of minimalist techniques that sounds like...the desert! This piece repays careful study: the conductor who helps the singers identify repeated patterns, and the relation of each part to its counterpart in the other chorus, will accelerate the learning process. Your reward is four sections of differing programmatic effects, to be performed as one long movement. 1. Pyramid Lake (SSAA/SSAA a cappella; duration: 1’30; range: g-e; difficulty: medium-difficult). 2. Death Valley (SSAA/SSAA a cappella; duration: 1’50; range: b flat - f; difficulty: medium-difficult). 3. Bryce Canyon (SSAA/SSAA a cappella; duration: 2’40; range: a-d; difficulty: medium-difficult). 4. Devil’s Playground (SSAA/SSAA a cappella; duration: 2’20; range: f-a; difficulty: medium-difficult). SSAA/SSAA, a cappella Published by: Treble Clef Music Minimum order quantity: 8 copies.

Performed by Jerry Garcia. Guitar/vocal songbook for guitar and voice. With vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, strum and pick patterns, introductory text and black and white photos. 200 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Marimba Quartet No. 1. Composed by Tetsuya Takeno. Percussion Ensembles. Folio & Downloadable Parts. Tapspace Publications #TSPCE20-007. Published by Tapspace Publications

Solo voice, piano

SKU: GH.EC-132

Im Mondenlicht. Composed by Gosta Jahn. With Language: Swedish. Gehrmans Musikforlag #EC 132. Published by Gehrmans Musikforlag (GH.EC-132).

Text: Verner von Heidenstam.

Composed by Don Macdonald. Mark Foster. Concert, Festival. Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Mark Foster Music

String Quartet (Parts)

SKU: HL.14037707

Parts. Composed by Kevin Volans. Music Sales America. Contemporary. Softcover. Composed 2010. 80 pages. Chester Music #CH7452501. Published by Chester Music (HL.14037707).

ISBN 9781849385916. UPC: 884088578626. 8.25x11.75x0.262 inches.

Kevin Volans' String Quartet No. 9: Shiva Dances was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the Smith Quartet at the 2004 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Kevin Volans (the composer) notes on the piece:
In the past I have been interested in trying to go beyond historicism (1970s), beyond style(1980s) and beyond form (1990s) in my work. Looking back over the music of the twentiethcentury I was struck by the fact the nearlyall of it is extremely 'busy', almost cluttered. Italmost seemed that composers felt compelled to look industrious. In the new millennium Ithought it would be interesting to try and eliminate content. I also aspired to movingfrommusic (sound as art) to art (art as sound). This, of course, has already been done by a numberof composers (many from New York - Phil Niblock and La Monte Young, to name but two), butit was something I had never tried.AlthoughI found it annoying that the label 'minimalist' was given to my African-based work,and fearing this would make the label stick, I set out to write a piece which reflected my loveof minimal painting and architecture. The Japanesehave a term 'wabi' meaning 'voluntarypoverty' or 'emptiness' to describe their restrained minimal aesthetic, an aesthetic which,however, pays greatest attention to the quality of material and fine detail. I like to think thatthelack of excessive pitch material in this piece reflects a kind of voluntary poverty.When Shiva is portrayed dancing (as Nataraj) He is depicted in a circle of flames crushing asmall figure - the ego - underfoot.You get theimpression He dances on the spot, not movingaround at all. I like that.
The piece is dedicated to Pablo Pascual Cilleruelo.

String quartet

SKU: FG.042-09087-9

Composed by Erkki Sven Tuur. Parts. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-09087-9).

ISBN 979-0-042-09087-9.

String Quartet (1985) - In memoriam Urmas Kibuspuu. This impressive two-movement string quartet by the popular young Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tuur (b. 1959) displays minimalist influences. The most pronounced ostinato tendencies are in the first violin, which repeats the same motif for several bars while the other instruments accompany it with their own recurring motifs. Released on the BIS label, the quartet is dedicated to the memory of a friend of Tuur's, the Estonian actor Urmas Kibuspuu.

Band - Grade 2

SKU: CF.YPS145F

Composed by George Sweet. Young Band. Full score. 24 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 29 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #YPS145F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YPS145F).

ISBN 9780825896378. UPC: 798408096373. 9 x 12 inches.

Ghost in the Machine has characteristics of minimalist music and utilizes many interesting sounds, colors and textures to create a mechanized sound. This piece is a great way to introduce students to the important minimalistic style and has enough musical sophistication to keep students and audiences on the edge of their seats.