Piano (Piano)

SKU: HL.14021076

Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America. Studies & Exercises. Book [Softcover]. 20 pages. Music Sales #NOV090981. Published by Music Sales (HL.14021076).

8.25x11.75x0.102 inches. English.

Epithalami um was commissioned by John Sell as a birthday present for his wife Jane, and is dedicated to her and to Malcolm Binns. It was written during summer 2006 and derived from the two great chords that swing to and fro during the Coronation Scene in Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov. These provide a series of seven notes (heard in the quick flourishes after the opening chords) which provide the basis for the tunes and the harmonies through most of the work. The idea of bell sounds is carried through not only the chords during the piece but also some of the techniques (e.g. the gradually changing repeated patterns, rather like bell-ringing changes, encountered towards the end,or the quiet and distant, uneven tintinnabulation heard at the end of the central slow section). An epithalamium (or epithalamion) is a song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom - though technically a wedding piece, it seemed an appropriate title for a work honouring an anniversary, especially one where bell-sounds provided the original inspiration.

Arranged by Daniel Kelley. For Flute (or Oboe or Violin) and Clarinet. Duets. Intermediate Music for Two. Classical. Level: Intermediate. Score with 2 parts. Published by Last Resort Music Publishing.

Organ

SKU: HL.14003070

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Charles Macpherson. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV580356. Published by Music Sales (HL.14003070).

JS Bach's Choral prelude for Organ, Wachet Auf, has become a favourite of wedding couples for processional or recessional music because of its joyous liveliness and beauty. The cantata Wachet Auf BWV 140 contains a Biblical warning to be alert for the arrival of salvation, but Bach seems to have chosen to wake his sleepers with delightful sounds.The arranger, Charles Macpherson, was an Organist at St Paul's Cathedral in London and a professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. He has made his interpolations clear by the use of brackets.

Clarinet and Piano (Clarinet)

SKU: HL.14023891

By Colin Bradbury. By Charles Oberthur. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Composed 2002. Chester Music #CH55214. Published by Chester Music (HL.14023891).

This nocturne was one of a set of six composed for the second wedding of the Duke of Nassau, which were published simultaneously as sets of duos or solo pieces for Violin, Cello, clarinet or concertina with harp or Pianoaccompaniment. Charles Oberthur was a celebrated harpist during his long career in the 1800's, most of which he spent in Britain. Besides being a distinguished instrumentalist, Oberthur was a prolific composer, creating morethan two hundred works.

Arranged by Carol Matz. For Piano. Piano Collection. Famous and Fun. Folk. Level: Early Intermediate. Book. 32 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Mark Nelson. For Dulcimer (Mountain). Solos. Old Time. Level: Beginning. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 232 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

By Fred Bock. Fred Bock Publications. Size 8.5x11 inches. 148 pages. Published by Fred Bock Music Company

By Amy Appleby. For Piano and Voice, with Guitar chord symbols. Irish, Folk, Celtic. Level: Intermediate to Advanced. Sheet Music. Published by Wise Publications.

October/November 2013. By Nicola Benedetti and Josh Groban. By John Jacobson and Rollo Dilworth. Arranged by Emily Crocker and Roger Emerson. Music Express. Classroom Resources, Educational, Elementary, Young Choir. Softcover with CD-ROM. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.119797).