(Words and Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs 9x12 Spiral Bound). Edited by Annie Patte...(+)
(Words and Chords to
Nearly 1200 Songs 9x12
Spiral Bound). Edited by
Annie Patterson and Peter
Blood. For Vocal. Vocal.
Softcover. 304 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(Words and Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs Spiral-Bound). Edited by Annie Patterson ...(+)
(Words and Chords to
Nearly 1200 Songs
Spiral-Bound). Edited by
Annie Patterson and Peter
Blood. For Vocal. Vocal.
Softcover. 304 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
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.
Choir Secular Countertenor Solo - Children's Chorus - SATB choir- 2 piano - perc...(+)
Choir Secular
Countertenor Solo -
Children's Chorus - SATB
choir- 2 piano -
percussion
SKU:
PE.EP72698A
Cantata for Solo
Countertenor, Children's
Chorus, Adult Mixed
Chorus, Two Pianos and
Percussion. Composed
by Jonathan Dove. Choral
Works (inc. Oratorios).
Edition Peters. Book. 92
pages. Duration 00:25:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP72698A. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP72698A).
ISBN
9790577010519. 210 x
297mm inches.
English.
Commiss
ioned by Making Music
with funds from the
Nicholas Berwin
Charitable
Foundation
First
performance: 12th March
2016, Waltham Singers,
conducted by Andrew
Fardell, King Edward's
Grammar School,
Chelmsford.
Mus
ic runs through the story
of Arion, which begins
with a singing
competition in Sicily.
Arion wins the prize, and
this puts his life in
danger: his newfound
wealth excites the Greed
of the sailors who are
supposed to be bringing
him back to Corinth, and
they threaten to kill
him. They allow
Arion to sing one last
song, and the power of
his singing attracts
dolphins to the ship.
At The End of his
song, he jumps overboard,
and one of the dolphins
carries him to safety.
So Arion’s
musical gift gets him
into trouble, but it is
also his
salvation.
The idea of
being rescued by a
music-loving dolphin is
very appealing. In
Robert Graves’
account of the myth, the
dolphin could not bear to
be parted from Arion, and
accompanied him back to
court, where “it
soon succumbed to a life
of luxury.”
However, Herodotus
says that, after his
rescue and return to
Corinth, Arion failed to
return the dolphin to the
sea, and it died there.
Apollo placed the
dolphin among the stars,
and next to it,
Arion’s lyre, in
recognition of his
musical skill. This
is one of the mythical
explanations of the
origins of the
constellations Delphinus
and
Lyra.
It
seems natural to sing a
story that has singing at
its heart. When I
was asked by the Nicholas
Berwin Charitable Trust
to write a choral work
for Making Music,
something that would be
within reach of many
choirs, and involve
children, this story
struck me as ideal: the
men of the chorus could
be the bloodthirsty
sailors, and the women
could create an
atmosphere of mystery for
the arrival of the
dolphins, represented by
children’s voices.
There would be one
solo voice: Arion, the
marvellous singer.
Andrew Fardell, the
conductor who was advisor
to this commission, had
suggested that I might
use the same
instrumentation as a
popular arrangement of
Orff’s Carmina
Burana, a work that, as
well as using
children’s chorus,
features a solo
countertenor. I
thought the magical,
otherworldly quality of
this voice would help to
convey the extraordinary
effect Arion’s
singing had on all who
heard
it.
Piano seul [Partition] - Intermédiaire Warner Brothers
Performed by Bill Evans. For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. With chord nam...(+)
Performed by Bill Evans.
For solo piano. Format:
piano solo book. With
chord names and black and
white photos. Jazz and
standards. 96 pages. 9x12
inches. Published by
Warner Brothers.
The Green Songbook Guitare [Partition + CD] - Débutant Alfred Publishing
By Jessica Baron. Book; CD; Classroom/Pre-School; General Music and Classroom Pu...(+)
By Jessica Baron. Book;
CD; Classroom/Pre-School;
General Music and
Classroom Publications;
Other Classroom. 128
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
On Green Dolphin Street and Other Jazz Classics. (Jazz Play-Along Volume 103). B...(+)
On Green Dolphin Street
and Other Jazz Classics.
(Jazz Play-Along Volume
103). By Various. For C
Instruments, Bass Clef
Instruments, Bb
Instruments, Eb
Instruments. Jazz Play
Along. Softcover with CD.
72 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard
By Bruce Berr. For Piano. Contents include: Wispy Clouds; The Distant Shore; Ska...(+)
By Bruce Berr. For Piano.
Contents include: Wispy
Clouds; The Distant
Shore; Skating on the
Boardwalk; Playful
Dolphins; Medieval Sand
Castle; Playing Tag;
Going Home. Animals and
Nature. Level: Early
Intermediate. Book.
Published by The FJH
Music Company, Inc.