Ligne De Mélodie, Paroles et Accords [Fake Book] - Facile Hal Leonard
For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook (spiral bound). With vocal melody, ...(+)
For voice and C
instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With vocal melody,
lyrics, piano
accompaniment, chord
names and leadsheet
notation. Hymn. Series:
Hal Leonard Fake Books.
494 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
(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
Chamber Music English Horn, Oboe SKU: CF.WF229 15 Pieces for Oboe and ...(+)
Chamber Music English
Horn, Oboe
SKU:
CF.WF229
15 Pieces
for Oboe and English
Horn. Composed by
Gustave Vogt. Edited by
Kristin Jean Leitterman.
Collection - Performance.
32+8 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #WF229. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.WF229).
Ligne De Mélodie, Paroles et Accords [Fake Book] - Intermédiaire Hal Leonard
For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, lyrics, chord n...(+)
For voice and C
instrument. Format:
fakebook. With vocal
melody, lyrics, chord
names and guitar chord
chart. Gospel and
worship. Series: Hal
Leonard Fake Books. 295
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Complete Lyrics for Over 1000 Songs from Broadway to Rock. By Various. Lyric Lib...(+)
Complete Lyrics for Over
1000 Songs from Broadway
to Rock. By Various.
Lyric Library. Softcover.
Size 8.5x11 inches. 373
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard.
Dan Welcher’s most enduringly and frequently played orchestral work, Prai...(+)
Dan Welcher’s most
enduringly and frequently
played orchestral work,
Prairie Light is a
fascinating musical
companion to three of
Georgia
O’Keeffe’s
most unusual paintings,
Light Coming on the
Plains, Canyon with
Crows, and Starlight
Night. This work is ideal
for performances using
visual projections of the
paintings, and is
frequently programmed for
subscription concerts as
well as those for
educational settings.
Duration: 14’
Parts available on
rental. This work for
full orchestra was
inspired by three
paintings of the noted
Americanartist Georgia
O’Keeffe. These
three watercolors were
done in 1917 while the
artist was living in
Canyon, Texas (near
Amarillo), and deal
primarily with color and
shape. Consequently, the
music is primarily
concerned with broad
lines and shapes rather
than rhythms, with subtle
washes of color rather
than constant harmonic
movement, and with
arching melody instead of
linear counterpoint.The
first movement, Light
Coming on the Plains, is
an elliptical-shaped
painting, deep blue to
indigo with a
“horizon†at
the bottom that seems
flat and unchanging. The
sun hasn’t risen
yet, although it does in
the course of this
movement, but it seems
instead to be providing
light from behind the
canvas. The music is
unmoving in terms of
rhythm or harmony
(although there is a
modulation midway
through), a color-infused
mantra of sound that is
almost Eastern.At the
height of the sun, we
proceed to the second
movement, entitled Canyon
with Crows. The canyon is
red-orange, with black
crows circling above
friendly unfolding hills.
The music is gentle but
lively and more rhythmic,
with the birds
represented by solo oboe,
clarinet, and sometimes
flute. Halfway through,
the brass have a chorale
version of the opening
motive, played very
slowly, over the unending
triplets of woodwinds and
strings. At the end of
the movement, the
birds return for a
duo-cadenza, accompanied
by the dying rays of the
sun in muted strings and
the ongoing triplets of
the solo quartet.The
stage is set for the
final movement, Starlight
Night. In
O’Keeffe’s
painting, the stars are
represented by
regularly-spaced
rectangles of bright pale
yellow on a blue-black
sky, with the same shape
to the field of vision
and the horizon that is
found in Light Coming on
the Plains. The stars
become audible: harp,
celesta, glockenspiel,
and string pizzicati all
lend a sparkle while a
solo flute introduces a
slowly unfolding theme.
After this theme has been
heard twice and the sky
has begun to really
brighten, there is a
sudden interruption: a
xylophone and a piano
begin another
“mantra†in
brittle staccato chords.
This is the same
mechanical eternity as
O’Keeffe’s
regularly-spaced square
stars, and it continues
on its own as the night
progresses. The music
builds and grows as the
moon rises and arcs, then
falls as the pre-dawn
light that opened the
work returns to bring it
to a close. Acycle of
light, changing with the
movements of sun, moon,
and stars, appearing
differently from various
points of view
Chamber Music English Horn, Piano SKU: PR.114422630 Composed by Stacy Gar...(+)
Chamber Music English
Horn, Piano
SKU:
PR.114422630
Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Set
of Score and Parts. 8+2
pages. Duration 5
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42263.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114422630).
UPC:
680160684793. 9 x 12
inches.
In 2014, I
enjoyed a wonderful
residence at the Ucross
Foundation in
Clearmont, Wyoming.
Ucross is an artist
colony that gives
writers, composers, and
visual artists
the gift of time,
space, and support to
follow their artistic
pursuits; we are provided
with studio space,
housing, and meals so
that we can work
continuously on our
projects. I have been
in residence at numerous
artist colonies; however,
nothing in my
previous experiences
prepared me for living in
such isolated, wild
country. Ucross is
situated on
a 20,000-acre cattle
ranch at nearly 4,000
feet in elevation with
fewer than 150
people living within
the town. But what
Clearmont lacks in
population, it makes up
for abundantly and
spectacularly in
wilderness and wildlife.
I composed the sextet
Postcards from Wyoming
to offer three glimpses
of what I found to be the
most striking aspects
of my residence. The
Solitude of Stars, the
third and final movement
of the original
sextet, was inspired
by the stunning nightly
display of the heavens
above. Without city
lights dimming the
night sky, countless
stars shone brightly over
the vast expanse of the
prairie. This edition
is part of The Solitude
of Stars Project that I
undertook during the
2020 COVID-19
pandemic, which consists
of a series of
arrangements that I made
for colleagues and
friends. In 2014, I
enjoyed a wonderful
residence at the Ucross
Foundation in Clearmont,
Wyoming. Ucross is an
artist colony that gives
writers, composers, and
visual artists the gift
of time, space, and
support to follow their
artistic pursuits; we are
provided with studio
space, housing, and meals
so that we can work
continuously on our
projects. I have been in
residence at numerous
artist colonies; however,
nothing in my previous
experiences prepared me
for living in such
isolated, wild country.
Ucross is situated on a
20,000-acre cattle ranch
at nearly 4,000 feet in
elevation with fewer than
150 people living within
the town. But what
Clearmont lacks in
population, it makes up
for abundantly and
spectacularly in
wilderness and wildlife.
I composed the sextet
Postcards from Wyoming to
offer three glimpses of
what I found to be the
most striking aspects of
my residence. The
Solitude of Stars, the
third and final movement
of the original sextet,
was inspired by the
stunning nightly display
of the heavens above.
Without city lights
dimming the night sky,
countless stars shone
brightly over the vast
expanse of the prairie.
This edition is part of
The Solitude of Stars
Project that I undertook
during the 2020 COVID-19
pandemic, which consists
of a series of
arrangements that I made
for colleagues and
friends. In 2014, I
enjoyed a wonderful
residence at the Ucross
Foundation in
Clearmont,Wyoming. Ucross
is an artist colony that
gives writers, composers,
and visual artists
thegift of time, space,
and support to follow
their artistic pursuits;
we are provided
withstudio space,
housing, and meals so
that we can work
continuously on our
projects. I havebeen in
residence at numerous
artist colonies; however,
nothing in my
previousexperiences
prepared me for living in
such isolated, wild
country. Ucross is
situated on a20,000-acre
cattle ranch at nearly
4,000 feet in elevation
with fewer than 150
peopleliving within the
town. But what Clearmont
lacks in population, it
makes up forabundantly
and spectacularly in
wilderness and wildlife.
I composed the sextet
Postcardsfrom Wyoming to
offer three glimpses of
what I found to be the
most striking aspects
ofmy residence. The
Solitude of Stars, the
third and final movement
of the original
sextet,was inspired by
the stunning nightly
display of the heavens
above. Without city
lightsdimming the night
sky, countless stars
shone brightly over the
vast expanse of the
prairie.This edition is
part of The Solitude of
Stars Project that I
undertook during the
2020COVID-19 pandemic,
which consists of a
series of arrangements
that I made forcolleagues
and friends.
Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.114422690 Composed by Stacy Ga...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
PR.114422690
Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Set
of Score and Parts. 8+2+2
pages. Duration 5
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42269.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114422690).
UPC:
680160684809. 9 x 12
inches.
In 2014, I
enjoyed a wonderful
residence at the Ucross
Foundation in
Clearmont, Wyoming.
Ucross is an artist
colony that gives
writers, composers, and
visual artists
the gift of time,
space, and support to
follow their artistic
pursuits; we are provided
with studio space,
housing, and meals so
that we can work
continuously on our
projects. I have been
in residence at numerous
artist colonies; however,
nothing in my
previous experiences
prepared me for living in
such isolated, wild
country. Ucross is
situated on
a 20,000-acre cattle
ranch at nearly 4,000
feet in elevation with
fewer than 150
people living within
the town. But what
Clearmont lacks in
population, it makes up
for abundantly and
spectacularly in
wilderness and wildlife.
I composed the sextet
Postcards from Wyoming
to offer three glimpses
of what I found to be the
most striking aspects
of my residence. The
Solitude of Stars, the
third and final movement
of the original
sextet, was inspired
by the stunning nightly
display of the heavens
above. Without city
lights dimming the
night sky, countless
stars shone brightly over
the vast expanse of the
prairie. This edition
is part of The Solitude
of Stars Project that I
undertook during the
2020 COVID-19
pandemic, which consists
of a series of
arrangements that I made
for colleagues and
friends. In 2014, I
enjoyed a wonderful
residence at the Ucross
Foundation in Clearmont,
Wyoming. Ucross is an
artist colony that gives
writers, composers, and
visual artists the gift
of time, space, and
support to follow their
artistic pursuits; we are
provided with studio
space, housing, and meals
so that we can work
continuously on our
projects. I have been in
residence at numerous
artist colonies; however,
nothing in my previous
experiences prepared me
for living in such
isolated, wild country.
Ucross is situated on a
20,000-acre cattle ranch
at nearly 4,000 feet in
elevation with fewer than
150 people living within
the town. But what
Clearmont lacks in
population, it makes up
for abundantly and
spectacularly in
wilderness and wildlife.
I composed the sextet
Postcards from Wyoming to
offer three glimpses of
what I found to be the
most striking aspects of
my residence. The
Solitude of Stars, the
third and final movement
of the original sextet,
was inspired by the
stunning nightly display
of the heavens above.
Without city lights
dimming the night sky,
countless stars shone
brightly over the vast
expanse of the prairie.
This edition is part of
The Solitude of Stars
Project that I undertook
during the 2020 COVID-19
pandemic, which consists
of a series of
arrangements that I made
for colleagues and
friends. In 2014, I
enjoyed a wonderful
residence at the Ucross
Foundation in
Clearmont,Wyoming. Ucross
is an artist colony that
gives writers, composers,
and visual artists
thegift of time, space,
and support to follow
their artistic pursuits;
we are provided
withstudio space,
housing, and meals so
that we can work
continuously on our
projects. I havebeen in
residence at numerous
artist colonies; however,
nothing in my
previousexperiences
prepared me for living in
such isolated, wild
country. Ucross is
situated on a20,000-acre
cattle ranch at nearly
4,000 feet in elevation
with fewer than 150
peopleliving within the
town. But what Clearmont
lacks in population, it
makes up forabundantly
and spectacularly in
wilderness and wildlife.
I composed the sextet
Postcardsfrom Wyoming to
offer three glimpses of
what I found to be the
most striking aspects
ofmy residence. The
Solitude of Stars, the
third and final movement
of the original
sextet,was inspired by
the stunning nightly
display of the heavens
above. Without city
lightsdimming the night
sky, countless stars
shone brightly over the
vast expanse of the
prairie.This edition is
part of The Solitude of
Stars Project that I
undertook during the
2020COVID-19 pandemic,
which consists of a
series of arrangements
that I made forcolleagues
and friends.
366 More Great Songs for Better Living. Arranged by Jim Beloff, Liz Belof...(+)
366 More Great Songs
for Better Living.
Arranged by Jim Beloff,
Liz Beloff. Fake Book.
Country, Pop,
Standards. Softcover. 416
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.212971).
Chamber Music Clarinet, Flute, Narrator, Percussion, Trumpet, Violoncello, sopra...(+)
Chamber Music Clarinet,
Flute, Narrator,
Percussion, Trumpet,
Violoncello, soprano
voice
SKU:
PR.161000820
A
Musical Fable for
Children. Composed by
Dan Welcher. Original
story by Santiago
Vaquera-Vasquez; Lyrics
by Dan Welcher. Premiered
by faculty from Texas A&M
Kingsville, Kingsville,
TX. Folk. Set of Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation. Composed July
30 2012.
51+30+12+12+12+16+20
pages. Duration 20
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #161-00082.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.161000820).
UPC:
680160610822. 9 x 12
inches. Text: Santiago
Vaquera-Vasquez; Dan
Welcher. Santiago
Vaquera-Vasquez, Dan
Welcher. Original story
by Santiago
Vaquera-Vasquez; Lyrics
by Dan
Welcher.
Commission
ed for the Kingsville
(TX) Independent School
District and its thriving
music department, Welcher
has created A Musical
Fable for Children, based
upon a story by Santiago
Vaquera-Vasquez. A
narrator tells the tale
of two children on
opposite sides of the
border and the magical
creatures who allowed
them to see as the other
sees. Welcher uses
musical themes and
instruments to help
identify the characters
for the audience. The
musical play was
performed at the
Kingsville campus, as
well as six other
elementary schools in the
district. The Need to
See is a theater piece
for children, featuring a
narrator/singer and five
instrumentalists.
Designed to show children
(aged 8-10) a fable about
acceptance and diversity,
the work also exposes
children to live
musicians in a highly
portable,
suitable-for-classroom
theater piece.The
narrator/singer begins by
teaching the children a
well-known Mexican folk
tune, “Naranja
Dulceâ€, which leads
directly into the
story. The fable
concerns two figures from
folklore: Don Conejo (the
rabbit god) and Don
Coyote (the coyote
god). These two
trickster/adversaries
take on the task of
helping Isabella, an
American girl, and
Tomà s, a Mexican boy,
understand each
other’s
culture—by means
of a trick. The two
children, living on
opposite sides of the Rio
Grande in Texas and
Mexico, have been taught
to fear el otro lado
(“the other
sideâ€), and to stay
away from the river.Â
This causes both children
to be nervous and afraid,
and Conejo and Coyote
decide to do something
about that.Borrowing from
another well-known tale,
writer Santiago
Vaquera-VÃ squez has
the two trickster-deities
perform a bit of
hocus-pocus, exchanging
the two childrens’
eyes for one day, so they
can “seeâ€
through someone
else’s
perspective. The
result, told in two
languages with narration,
song, and constant music,
allows the children in
the audience to
participate as singers,
and also as spectators to
a tale that has relevance
and contemporary
meaning. Â
Employing three familiar
songs from Latin American
culture (“Naranja
Dulceâ€,
“Tengo una
Muñecaâ€, and
“Mambru se fue a la
Guerraâ€), the piece
takes its audience on a
journey both familiar and
new—and ultimately
enlightening.
Ligne De Mélodie, Paroles et Accords [Fake Book] - Intermédiaire Sher Music Company
By Various. Almost 600 pages of world-famous Sher Music transcriptions! Don't go...(+)
By Various. Almost 600
pages of world-famous
Sher Music
transcriptions! Don't go
to the gig without it!.
Various. Fake Book.
Published by Sher Music
Company.
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?
From Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Full score. Duration
3:15. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41902S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.31241902S).
UPC:
680160690589.
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?
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Choral SATB Choir and Piano SKU: PR.312419020 From Terra Nostra. C...(+)
Choral SATB Choir and
Piano
SKU:
PR.312419020
From
Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Sws. Performance Score.
12 pages. Duration 3:15.
Theodore Presser Company
#312-41902. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.312419020).
ISBN
9781491131862. UPC:
680160680474. 6.875 x
10.5 inches.
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?