Selections from American Suite by Antonin Dvorák. Arranged by Brendan Mcbrien. Orchestra. Full Orchestra. Full Orchestra. Form: Transcription. Romantic. Grade 4. Conductor Score and Parts. 200 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (

Often Referred to as the African-American National Anthem . Composed by J. Rosamond Johnson, words by James Weldon Johnson. Arranged by Bob Phillips. This edition: with Chorus. Part(s); Score; String Orchestra. Sound Innovations for String Orchestra. Folk; Multicultural. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.44827).

Orchestra - Grade 4

SKU: AP.31614S

Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Arranged by Brendan Mcbrien. Full Orchestra; Masterworks; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Highland/Etling Full Orchestra. Form: Transcription. Masterwork Arrangement; Romantic. Score. 36 pages. Highland/Etling #00-31614S. Published by Highland/Etling (AP.31614S).

UPC: 038081355184. English.

A musical postcard to the world! Your audiences will be thrilled with this early piece of Americana, and your musicians will love the colors and energy of this uniquely American music as imagined by the great Czech master following his visit to America in the 1890s. This work contains music inspired by African-American, Native-American and Scottish music and features three movements (I, IV and V) of Antonín Dvorák's original five-movement suite.

Orchestra (Full Score)

SKU: HL.244904

For Orchestra. Composed by Bryce Dessner. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2017. 64 pages. Duration 1020 seconds. Chester Music #CH83985. Published by Chester Music (HL.244904).

8.25x12.0x0.508 inches.

Quilting, co-commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is my first stand alone work for orchestraand is loosely inspired by the American tradition of quilt making. I composed Quilting while living most of last year in Paris.During my time there, I thought a lot about what it means to compose symphonic music as a young American in the 21st century, when so many of the many masterworks which are programmed year in and out by orchestras across the country are European. I considered which artistic traditions defined the American 19th-century. I began to think of the American crafts-tradition of quilting as a foilto the high-art tradition of European orchestral composition. As the score for my new work began to take shape, I started thinking about the manuscript itself as an object, its vertical and horizontal planes create a kind of patterned geometry of their own. Visually the way a musical score is woven together like patchwork brought to mind quilts and the great American tradition of quilting. I imagined about how conducting an orchestra can feellike stitching a piece together, or sewing together a large number of musical ideas and musicians into a coherent and transcendent whole. Quilting was an integral part of American vernacular in the 18th and 19th centuries, the African-American quilting tradition is especially fascinating, and the quilts tell the stories of the women and communities who made them. The names of the quilt patterns themselves can have their own sense of narrative: 'jacobs ladder', 'drunkards path', 'solomon's puzzle', and (my favorite for its relevance to this piece) 'the road to California. - Bryce Dessner.

Orchestra - Grade 3

SKU: AP.49898

From African Suite. Composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Arranged by Kirk Moss. MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Belwin Concert String Orchestra. Form: Dance. Masterwork Arrangement. Score and Part(s). Duration 3:00. Belwin Music #00-49898. Published by Belwin Music (AP.49898).

ISBN 9781470657314. UPC: 038081575469. English.

Originally composed for piano as the final movement of African Suite, Danse begins with two introductory chords followed by energetic swinging rhythms and repeated angular melodies. Students will love the moods in this festive overture, evocative of later Broadway musicals. The artistic turning point of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's career happened in his twenties when he met the African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dunbar influenced the young composer to concentrate on his African heritage. Born in suburban London to Alice Martin, an Englishwoman and the daughter of a blacksmith, his father, Dr. Daniel Peter Hughes Taylor, was a Creole of Sierra Leone who qualified as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) and returned to Africa before his son's birth. Called Coleridge by his family, he was raised in Croydon, Surrey, by his mother and her father, Benjamin Holmans, who taught him the violin. (3:00).

By Rosephanye Powell. ORCHESTRA SCORE AND PARTS. Gentry Publications. 62 pages. Gentry Publications #JG0726. Published by Gentry Publications

Full Score String Orchestra (Score) - Grade 1

SKU: HL.4491051

Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Arranged by Harvey S. Whistler and Herman Hummel. Easy Music For Strings. Classical. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.4491051).

UPC: 884088551018. 9.0x12.0x0.009 inches.

Dvorák was extremely interested in Native American and African American melody, and his Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) included influences of both. This easy arrangement wonderfully includes the two best-known melodies from his famous symphony.

Orchestra - Grade 2-3

SKU: AP.49068S

Composed by Mark Wood. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Mark Wood Series. Pop/Rock; Rock. Score. Duration 2:45. Alfred Music #00-49068S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49068S).

ISBN 9781470647834. UPC: 038081567051. English.

This multi-level piece includes a full set of parts for grade 2 as well as a full set for grade 3 ensembles. Mix and match the parts as you need---perfect for mixed-ability ensembles!

String Thang by Mark Wood is based on the twelve-bar blues. The blues has deep roots in American history, developed out of the work songs and chants of African-American slaves. The Great Migration of the first half of the 20th century saw freed slaves and their descendants move to northern and eastern parts of the U.S., taking their music with them. The blues took on different forms; in turn it helped to create rock, jazz, hip-hop, and other popular genres. A twelve-bar blues uses a repeating chord progression which allows musicians to express themselves creatively with each recurrence. If anything defines the blues, it is the use of blue notes---pitches that don't usually belong in a given key---and elements of improvisation. String Thang uses both blue notes in the main tune and the solo violin's part, as well as improvisational principles in the solo. For string orchestra with optional rock rhythm section parts. (2:45)

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Orchestra - Grade 2-3

SKU: AP.49068

Composed by Mark Wood. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Mark Wood Series. Pop/Rock; Rock. Score and Part(s). Duration 2:45. Alfred Music #00-49068. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49068).

ISBN 9781470647827. UPC: 038081567044. English.

This multi-level piece includes a full set of parts for grade 2 as well as a full set for grade 3 ensembles. Mix and match the parts as you need---perfect for mixed-ability ensembles!

String Thang by Mark Wood is based on the twelve-bar blues. The blues has deep roots in American history, developed out of the work songs and chants of African-American slaves. The Great Migration of the first half of the 20th century saw freed slaves and their descendants move to northern and eastern parts of the U.S., taking their music with them. The blues took on different forms; in turn it helped to create rock, jazz, hip-hop, and other popular genres. A twelve-bar blues uses a repeating chord progression which allows musicians to express themselves creatively with each recurrence. If anything defines the blues, it is the use of blue notes---pitches that don't usually belong in a given key---and elements of improvisation. String Thang uses both blue notes in the main tune and the solo violin's part, as well as improvisational principles in the solo. For string orchestra with optional rock rhythm section parts. (2:45)

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Orchestra (Print) Bass Trombone; Bassoon; Bells; Cello; Choral; Clarinet; Double Bass; Flute; Horn; Oboe; Percussion 1; Percussion 2; Trombone 1; Trumpet 1; Trumpet 2; Trumpet 3; Viola; Violin 1; Violin 2 (Orchestra (Score & Parts))

SKU: HL.114464

Composed by Langston Hughes and Rollo Dilworth. Festival Choral. African-American, Choir & Orchestra, Concert, Festival, Inspirational, Multicultural, Spiritual. 116 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.114464).

UPC: 884088872670. 8.5x11.0x0.525 inches.

Quotes of the beloved spiritual “Hold On” are combined with excerpts from “Freedom's Plow” by Langston Hughes in this powerful and dramatic work commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony. Themes of the struggle for liberty and justice throughout America and the world make this a magnificent concert closer for festival and community performances with keyboard, bass and drums or the optional orchestral accompaniment! Available separately: SATB divisi, Orchestra score and parts (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt 1-3, tbn 1-2 [btbn], bells, perc 1-2, vn 1-2, va, vc, db). Duration: ca. 5:00.

Orchestra - Grade 3

SKU: AP.35996S

Arranged by Matt Turner. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Highland/Etling String Alternatives. Folk; Sacred; Spiritual; Traditional. Score. 8 pages. Highland/Etling #00-35996S. Published by Highland/Etling (AP.35996S).

UPC: 038081410418. English. Traditional.

This arrangement of the beloved African-American spiritual offers students the opportunity to experience chromaticism within beautiful moving lines and harmonies. A simple hymn-like texture at the beginning gradually leads to an expedition in bi-tonality, giving this arrangement a contemporary but accessible sound.

Orchestra - Grade 2.5

SKU: AP.44836S

Composed by Gary Fagan. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Highland/Etling String Orchestra. Score. 12 pages. Duration 2:15. Highland/Etling #00-44836S. Published by Highland/Etling (AP.44836S).

UPC: 038081518312. English.

This original piece is in a style reminiscent of the music of the rich cultural heritage of the Appalachian Mountain area. Music is an important part of the Appalachian way of life. In fact, Appalachian music is one of the best-known manifestations of the culture. Traditional Appalachian music is derived primarily from the English and Scottish ballad tradition and Irish and Scottish fiddle music. African-American blues musicians played a significant role in developing the instrumental aspects of Appalachian music as well. (2:15).

By M. Roger Ii Holland. For Voices: SATB. Instruments: Full orchestra (instruments optional). Piano. Based on Prayer of St. Francis. African American Church Music Series Sacred. Level: easy/medium. 11 pages. Published by GIA Publications.

By African-American Spiritual. Arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle. For orchestra. FJH Developing Strings. Grade 2. Orchestra. Composed 2010. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc

By African-American Spiritual. Arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle. For orchestra. FJH Developing Strings. Grade 2. Score. Composed 2010. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc

Composed by African-American Spiritual. Arranged by Cedric Adderley. For full orchestra. Grade 3. Score and parts. Published by TRN Music Publisher