(Volume 2). For Choral (Unison/2-Part Teacher Edition). Methodology Chorals. Published by Hal Leonard

By Dvorak Antonin. Czech title: Koncert pro violoncello a orchestr h moll op. 104. Published by Praha (Czech import).

Composed by Bernadette Farrell. Arranged by Joel Raney. For SATB choir with optional Flute (or C Instrument). Advent, Hope, Justice and Peace. Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

(for percussion ensemble and rhythm section). By Jim Casella. Percussion Ensemble. For Glockenspiel, xylophone, crotales, chimes, 2 vibraphones, 4.3-octave marimba (low A) (preferably doubled), 4.5-octave marimba (low F) (preferably doubled), 4 timpani, piano, electric bass guitar, 5-pc drumset, bongos, 2 congas, standard timbale set (2 dru (15-17 players). Percussion Ensembles. Advanced. Score and CD-ROM (containing printable parts). 24 pages. Duration 4'50 . Published by Tapspace Publications

String Quartet

SKU: PR.16400222S

Composed by Dan Welcher. Full score (study). With Standard notation. Duration 11 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #164-00222S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.16400222S).

UPC: 680160037841.

This work follows my Quartet No. 1 by five years. In terms of style and aesthetic aim, however, it seems light years away. Where the first work, a 28-minute, four-movement piece, took aim at cosmic conflicts and heroic resolutions, the present work is intended as a kind of divertissment. Harbor Music lasts a mere eleven minutes, is cast in a single movement with six sections, and should leave both performers and listeners with a feeling of good humor and affection.   The title comes from my experience as a guest in the magnificent city of Sydney, Australia. One of its most attractive features is its unique system of ferry boats: the city is laid out around a large, multi-channeled harbor, with destinations more easily approached by water than by land. Consequently, inhabitants of Sydney get around on small, people-friendly boats that come and go from the central docks at Circular Quay. During a week's visit in 1991, I must have boarded these boats at least a dozen times, always bound for a new location - the resort town of Manley, or the Zoo at Taronga Park, or the shopping district at Darling Harbour.   In casting about for a form for my second string quartet, a kind of loose rondo came to mind. Each new destination would be approached from the same starting-out point (although there are subtle variations in the repeating theme; it's always in a new key, and the texture is never the same). The result, I hope, is a sense of constant new information presented with introductory frames of a more familiar nature.   The embarkation theme, which begins the piece, is a sort of bi-tonal fanfare in which the violins are in G major and the viola and cello are in B-flat major. It is bold, eager, and forward-looking. The first voyage maintains this bi-tonality, beginning as a 9/8 due for second violin and viola in a kind of rocking motion -much as a boat produces when reaching the deeper water in the harbor. A sweet, nostalgic theme emerges over this rocking accompaniment. This music is developed somewhat, then transforms quickly into a much faster and lighter episode, filled with rising and falling scales (again, in differing keys). A scherzando interlude in short notes and changing meters provides contrast, and the episode ends with a reprise of the scales.   The second embarkation follows, this time in A major/C major. It leads quickly into a very warm and slow theme, in wide-leaping intervals for the viola. This section is interrupted twice by solo cadenzas for the cello, suggesting distant boat-horns in major thirds. The end of the episode becomes a transition, with boat-horns leading into the final appearance of the embarkation music, this time in trills and tremolos instead of sharply accented chords. The nostalgic theme of the first episode makes a final appearance, serving now as a coda. The rocking motion continues, in a lullaby fashion, leaving us drowsy and satisfied on our homeward journey.   Harbor Music was written for the Cavani Quartet, and is dedicated to Richard J. Bogomolny. Commissioned by his employees at First National Supermarkets as a gift, it represents a thank you from many of the people (including this composer) who have benefitted from his vision and generosity. An ardent advocate of chamber music (and a cellist himself), Mr. Bogomolny has for many years been Chairman of the Board of Chamber Music America. -- Dan Welcher.

(A beginner book for cello). By Kathy Blackwell; David Blackwell. For cello, with CD. Cello. Cello Time. Cello Time. Method book and CD. 40 pages. Published by Oxford University Press

(A beginner book for viola). By Kathy and David Blackwell. For viola, with CD. Viola. Viola Time. Viola Time. Method book and CD. 40 pages. Published by Oxford University Press

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello, basso continuo

SKU: CA.5032909

Composed by Michael Haydn. Edited by Charles H. Sherman. This edition: urtext. 1x 50.329/21 oboe 1, 1x 50.329/22 oboe 2, 1x 50.329/31 clarino 1, 1x 50.329/32 clarino 2, 1x 50.329/41 timpani. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Johann Michael Haydn. Missa Sti Francisci Seraphici Mh 826. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1803. MH 826. 64 pages. Duration 45 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 50.329/09. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5032909).

ISBN 9790007223922. Key: D major. Language: Latin.

Johann Michael Haydn worked for over 40 years at the Court of the Prince Bishop in Salzburg, in whose employment he composed most of his music. However, the Missa sub titulo Sancti Francisci Seraphici was composed in 1803 on commission from the Viennese Imperial Court, on the occasion of the name day of Emperor Franz I. Two years previously, his wife Empress Marie Theresia had already commissioned a large Mass with a gradual, an offertory and a Te Deum on the occasion of her own name day (Missa sub titulo Sanctae Theresiae, 50.328). Both Masses are impressive because of their size and their unusually large instrumental forces. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.5032900.

Soli SATB Voices, SATB Choir, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cor, 2 Tr, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

SKU: CA.2708205

Composed by Jan Dismas Zelenka. Edited by Wolfgang Horn. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin. Choral Score. ZWV 14. 28 pages. Duration 38 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.082/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2708205).

ISBN 9790007241971. Language: Latin.

Jan Dismas Zelenka's Missa Sancti Josephi occupies a key position among his circa twenty large masses. In this mass, probably composed in 1732 for a feast of a Saint (thus, without a Credo), for the first time the composer took up the operatic style of Johann Adolf Hasse - the latter had first performed his opera Cleofide in Dresden in 1731. Zelenka's unmistakable individuality created a completely independent work with great technical demands which in many details presages the important masses among his late works. The sole source for the first edition of this mass, published here for the first time, is a considerably damaged autograph score which. It is preserved in the Sachsische Landes- und Universitatsbibliothek Dresden. For the Carus edition the experienced Zelenka scholar Wolfgang Horn has expertly reconstructed the missing passages. Score available separately - see item CA.2708200.

STB voice soli, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, cello/double bass, [harpsichord]

SKU: CA.5105000

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Ulrich Leisinger. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mozart. German title: Bastien und Bastienne. Incidental music. Full score. Composed 1768. KV 50. 96 pages. Duration 37 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 51.050/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.5105000).

ISBN 9790007091309. Language: German.

The story of Bastien und Bastienne is based on the musical pastoral Le Devin du Village by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The play was hugely popular in paraphrase and translation and entered the repertoires of travelling companies and children's theaters. A shepherd succumbs to the enticements of the lady of the castle and tries to abandon his beloved. The village soothsayer appeals to his conscience and advises the abandoned Bastienne to feign coyness until Bastien shamefacedly returns to her. Mozart's version, composed in Vienna in the summer of 1768, is based on a text by Friedrich Wilhelm Weiskern that had been in existence since 1764. On his return to Salzburg, he undertook an ultimately unfinished revision of the work, improving the textual underlay and replacing the spoken dialogue with recitative. He also changed the vocal register of Colas and probably that of Bastien as well. The Carus edition is the first to treat these two versions separately.

SATB choir & organ (SATB) - Moderately Difficult to Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193407640

Composed by Michael Finnissy. Sacred choral - mixed voices. New Horizons. Vocal score. 16 pages. Duration 3'. Oxford University Press #9780193407640. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193407640).

ISBN 9780193407640. 12 x 8 inches.

for SATB and organ
Michael Finnissy's John the Baptist won the 2015 British Composer Award in the Liturgical Category. Commissioned by St John's College, Cambridge, for Advent 2014, the piece recalls the folk music of the Middle East, and alternates between boisterous two-part homophony and slower, reflective polyphony.

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Composed by David Conte (1955-). Vocal Anthology/Vocal Solo. Secular, 21st Century. Vocal score. 35 pages. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.8454).

Composed by David Conte (1955-). Vocal Anthology/Vocal Solo. Secular, 21st century. Vocal score. 35 pages. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.8455).

Edited by John Glenn Paton. For Voice. Vocal Collection. Gateway Series. Play along. Book and CD. 120 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Frieder Rempp. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. New Bach Edition. Series I, Volume 31. Score, anthology. 259 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA5067-01).

Orgelwerke, Band 1. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Heinz-Harald Lohlein. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. New Bach Edition. Series IV, Volume 1. Orgelmusik, Barock (Organ Music, Baroque). Performance score, anthology. BWV 599-644, BWV 620a, 630a, 631a, 638a, 645-650, BWV 766-768, BWV 770. 157 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA5056-01).