Composed by Robert Sheldon. Concert Band. Concert Band; Part(s); Score. Sound Innovations for Band. Grade 1.5. 136 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Arranged by John F. Englert. Octavo. With Standard notation. 8 pages. Duration 1 minute, 39 seconds. Carl Fischer #CM09451. Published by Carl Fischer (CF.CM9451).

Composed by Robert Sheldon. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Sound Innovations for Concert Band. Score. 12 pages. Duration 2:15. Alfred Music #00-44154S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.44154S).

Arranged by John F. Englert. Ancient Chant. Octavo. Duration 2 minutes, 9 seconds. Carl Fischer #CM9480. Published by Carl Fischer (CF.CM9480).

Piano - Grade 3-7

SKU: ST.C205

Composed by Franz Schubert. Edited by Pat Goddard. Piano and keyboard music. Great Little Composers. Collection. Clifton Edition #C205. Published by Clifton Edition (ST.C205).

ISBN 9790570812059.

Pat Goddard was left to ponder what the great composers were doing in their early years. Following meticulous research, the result was a new series for piano: Great Little Composers.

The examples of Schubertâ??s early piano works included in this album were written when Schubert was between the ages of 15 and 24. During this time he was trained in composition by Antonio Salieri and greatly influenced by the symphonies and overtures of Mozart. The last piece, however, shows the maturing of Schubertâ??s harmonic language â?? a harbinger of his future individuality.

Fragment of a Japonisme. Composed by Oliver Knussen (1952-). Full Orchestra; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Faber Edition. Form: Concerto. 20th Century; Folk. Score. Faber Music #12-0571541119. Published by Faber Music

Composed by Joseph M. Martin. For Choral (SATB). Shawnee Press. Sacred. 16 pages. Shawnee Press #A8813. Published by Shawnee Press

Piano

SKU: BR.EB-9412

12 Piano Pieces - Urtext. Composed by Joachim Raff. Edited by Ulrich Mahlert. Solo instruments; stapled. Edition Breitkopf. Sonata; Romantic. Score. 56 pages. Duration 30'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9412. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-9412).

ISBN 9790004188866. 9 x 12 inches.

Joachim Raff's 12 piano pieces Fruhlingsboten op. 55, originating in 1852/53, mark a new creative start in his compositional oeuvre, in which the composer left behind his previously written and published piano works. The title of the work, translated as Heralds of Spring, is multilayered: It refers not only to spring in nature as expressed in the headings of the first two pieces, Winterruhe [Hibernation] and Fruhlingsnahen [Spring's Approach], but the words Heralds of Spring also indicate love's spring, the blossoming of love for his future wife, the actress Doris Genast. This appears in the headings of the pieces as of no. 3, sketching the path of an imaginary couple approaching union via various annoyances. And ultimately, Raff saw in his new piano work the harbingers of his future works, created under happy circumstances. In Fruhlingsboten Raff repeatedly demonstrates his ability to adapt idioms and compositional techniques from works by Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and others. The pieces do nonetheless possess their own thoroughly original diction with a character spectrum just as diverse as their stylistic piano design. Mahlert's new edition, as beautifully presented as ever from this publisher, is exemplary, and can easily be recommended to advanced pianists with a love of nineteenth-century repertoire. Superb.(Andrew Eales, Pianodao).