Music from Apollo 13 Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Débutant Hal Leonard
By James Horner. Arranged by Johnnie Vinson. Score and full set of parts. Discov...(+)
By James Horner. Arranged
by Johnnie Vinson. Score
and full set of parts.
Discovery Concert Band.
Grade 1.5. Size 9x12
inches. Published by Hal
Leonard.
Composed by James Horner (1953-2015). Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook. ...(+)
Composed by James Horner
(1953-2015).
Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist
Songbook. General
Merchandise. Duration 240
seconds. Music Sales
#AM1011109. Published by
Music Sales
Orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: AP.34001S Featuring: The Apollo Suite / Quint...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2
SKU: AP.34001S
Featuring: The Apollo
Suite / Quinto-Quinto
Suite / Belvedere
Suite. Composed by
Merle J. Isaac.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Alfred
Signature Performance
Series for Orchestra.
Score. 68 pages. Alfred
Music #00-34001S.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.34001S).
UPC:
038081376226.
English.
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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).
A
latin Intermedium of the
Schooldrama Clementia
Croesi. Composed by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Edited by Alfred Orel.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. New Mozart Edition
(Neue Mozart Ausgabe -
NMA) Serie II, Volume 5,
No. 1. Singspiele,
Klassik (Choral,
Classical). Complete
edition, Score. Composed
1767. K. 38. Duration 1
hour. Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA04516_01. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA04516-01).
ISBN
9790006449521. 33 x 25.8
cm inches. Text Language:
Latin. Text: P Rufinus
Widl.
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The African Connection Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur] - Facile Gobelin Music Publications
Brass Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.GOB-000582-130 Composed by Carl Wittrock. Sc...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.GOB-000582-130
Composed by Carl
Wittrock. Score Only. 20
pages. Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000582-130. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000582-130).
Carl Wittrock's
wide interest in global
folk-music resulted in
this concert-piece based
on original African
rhythms. Obviously,
the percussion section
has a conspicious role to
play, but the band too
may indulge itself in
moments of thoroughly
delightful
excitement. The
introduction depicts the
awakening of nature, and
develops into a dance.
The (main) motif of this
dance is from a dance
entitled Apollo and comes
from Gambia. Its
accompaniment consists of
an ostinato pattern by
balaphon-master Maudo
Susa. The quiet
middle movement is based
on the rhythm of the
'gigbo' : a traditional
dance from Ghana. In
the final movement -which
also bears a slight
resemblanceto a theme
from 'The Lion King'- the
so-called 'Kono' rhythm
is used. The work is
played most
advantageously using
djembes.
Challenge and
please your percussion
section with 'The African
Connection'.
Carl
Wittrock's brede
interesse voor de
wereldmuziek resulteerde
in dit op originele
Afrikaanse ritmes
gebaseerde
concertwerk. Het
slagwerk speelt uiteraard
een opvallende rol, maar
ook het orkest kan zich
op een heerlijke
manieruitleven. De
inleiding schildert het
ontwaken van de natuur,
welke overgaat in een
dans. Het motief van deze
dans (Apollo) is
afkomstig uit Gambia. De
begeleiding bestaat uit
een ostinaatpatroon van
de balafon-meester
MaudoSusa. De basis
van het rustige
middendeel is gelegen in
het ritme van de Gigbo,
een traditionele dans uit
Ghana. Het laatste
deel (met enige
gelijkenis met The Lion
King) maakt gebruik van
het zogenaamde Kono
ritme. Hetwerk komt
het best tot zijn recht
als er gebruik wordt
gemaakt van
djembes.
Daag uw
percussie sectie uit en
doe ze een groot plezier
met: The African
Connection!
200 B.C. Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Oxford University Press
Concert band - Grade 4 SKU: MH.0-931329-53-1 Composed by Gregory B.Rudger...(+)
Concert band - Grade 4
SKU:
MH.0-931329-53-1
Composed by Gregory
B.Rudgers. Suitable for
high school, community,
and college bands.
Conductor score and set
of parts. Duration 7:30.
Published by Manhattan
Beach Music
(MH.0-931329-53-1).
ISBN
9780931329531.
Jour
ney back to ancient
Greece and view a place
of long-gone legend.
Follow the trail to the
Kingdom of Ithaca, from
the heroic palace, to a
place of tranquility, to
a reckless dance of
abandon, to the return of
Odysseus. The melodic
material used in 200 B.C.
is from a two thousand
year old Greek hymn to
Apollo. The legendary
adventures of Odysseus as
described by Homer in the
Odyssey (ca. 700 B.C.)
provide the programmatic
material. The music is
freely based upon the
First Delphic Hymn (or
Paen to Apollo), composed
ca. 200 B.C. The source
is a transcription
appearing on pages 363 -
367 of Ancient and
Oriental Music, Edited by
Egon Wellesz (Oxford
University Press: London,
1957). Each movement of
the work depicts a key
event in the epic Homeric
poem, as described below.
Movement I: Intrada - The
first four notes of this
movement, C - Bb - G -
Bb, are the melodic and
harmonic foundation for
the entire work. These
pitches, introduced in a
simple and direct manner,
are subsequently
developed in more complex
fashions throughout the
suite. Following this
stately introduction is a
militaristic fanfare that
introduces the
dotted-eighth and
sixteenth-note figure
later reprised in the
second and fourth
movements. Indeed, all
the musical ideas which
will be central to the
remaining movements first
appear in the Intrada.
This movement depicts the
grandeur of Odysseus and
his kingdom in Ithaca,
and establishes the
heroic mood of the entire
work. Movement II: Ballad
- After a brief
restatement of the
opening
dotted-eighth-and-sixteen
th fanfare, the second
movement extracts the
falling third (Bb to G)
from the C - Bb - G - Bb
motif and extends it and
expands it into a
haunting solo for alto
saxophone. The C - Bb - G
- Bb motif appears again
(see measures 23 - 33 in
trumpets) as counterpoint
to this melody, now
pulsing through the thick
texture of the band. Many
performers have come to
view the Ballad as the
emotional epicenter of
the entire suite; my
conception of the Ballad
is to achieve a union of
pathos and strength.
Programmatically, this
movement depicts
Odysseus's son,
Telemachos, as he both
longs for Odysseus's
return and stoically
defends his father's
kingdom. Movement III:
Dance - It will take
Odysseus twenty years to
return to Ithaca. During
his absence, noblemen
besiege his palace,
violating the sanctity of
the household and seeking
the hand of his wife,
Penelope. This movement
depicts the wanton
revelries that result.
The original four-note
motif is chromatically
altered and the meter is
made irregular. The rapid
tempo, driving
percussion, and angular
meter and melodies
combine in an explosion
of reckless abandon.
Movement IV: March
Building from a delicate
woodwind ensemble
accompanied by finger
cymbals to a fully
orchestrated statement
replete with thundering
percussion, this is a
resounding march of
victory. Odysseus has
returned in triumph to
restore dignity to his
household and to reclaim
the throne of the Kingdom
of Ithaca. Ensemble
instrumentation: 1
Piccolo, 8 Flute 1 - 2, 2
Oboe 1 - 2, 4 Bb Clarinet
1, 4 Bb Clarinet 2, 4 Bb
Clarinet 3, 1 Eb Alto
Clarinet, 3 Bb Bass
Clarinet, 2 Bassoon 1 -
2, 3 Eb Alto Saxophone 1,
3 Eb Alto Saxophone 2, 2
Bb Tenor Saxophone, 1 Eb
Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb
Trumpet 1, 3 Bb Trumpet
2, 3 Bb Trumpet 3, 2 F
Horn 1-2, 2 F Horn 3-4, 2
Trombone 1, 2 Trombone 2,
2 Trombone 3, 3 Euphonium
(B.C.), 2 Euphonium T.C.,
4 Tuba, 1 Timpani, 2
Mallet Percussion: Bells,
Xylophone, 2 Percussion
1: Snare Drum,
Tambourine, 2 Percussion
2: Crash Cymbals,
Suspended Cymbal,
Tom-Tom, Finger Cymbals,
1 Percussion 3: Bass
Drum.
Kefas Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Gobelin Music Publications
Brass Band - Grade 4 SKU: BT.GOB-000578-130 Composed by Rob Goorhuis. Sco...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 4
SKU:
BT.GOB-000578-130
Composed by Rob Goorhuis.
Score Only. 26 pages.
Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000578-130. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000578-130).
The composition
Kefas was written for the
brass band 'Apollo' from
Grou (The Netherlands),
by order of the Unisono
Foundation, the
organisation for wind
music in The
Netherlands. The
assignment was given on
account of earning the
Champions Title during
the Dutch Brass Band
Championships in the year
2001 (4th
division).
The
theme of the composition
links the tradition of
the village Grou, not to
celebrate Sint Nicolaas
but Sint Pieter.By this
typical Dutch festivity
(in December) the holy
Nicolaas gives presents
to the children. It is a
popular custom where
young and old
participate. Grou is
the only place where this
is not done by Sint
Nicolaas but by Sint
Pieter.Apart from that,
on the 22th of Februari,
a lot of festivities that
take place,resemble those
of the Sinterklaas
celebration.
In
the composition two Sint
Pieter songs are
processed, set through
bible scenes, wherein in
among others the visit of
Christ to the house of
Peter's Mother-in-law and
the calling of Peter are
depicted. The title
refers to the
pronouncement of Christ,
where he named Peter the
rock on which he shall
build his church. The
Hebrew word for rock is
Kephas. Kefas was
premiered in 2003.
Piano - Intermediate SKU: MB.30848 Saddle-stitched. Classical. Book. Mel ...(+)
Piano - Intermediate
SKU: MB.30848
Saddle-stitched.
Classical. Book. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc #30848.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
(MB.30848).
ISBN
9781513478982. 8.75 x
11.75 inches.
The
pieces in this book were
selected because most are
popular themes from the
hundreds of Symphonic and
Opera pieces ever
composed. Arranged for
piano solos and may be
performed in concerts,
recitals, or any special
occasion. Each solo has a
fascinating story behind
it and the variety of
styles which span 300
years of musical history
will bring enjoyment to
the listener and
performer. While you play
the solo from
Dvo?ákÂs ÂNew
World SymphonyÂ, just
imagine what it was like
to have it heard in Space
during Neil
ArmstrongÂs historic
Apollo 11 Lunar Space
flight. There are 11
solos for you to play in
your own corner of the
world. Enjoy.
Alto Saxophone; Piano (Score) SKU: HL.14010208 For Alto Saxophone and ...(+)
Alto Saxophone; Piano
(Score)
SKU:
HL.14010208
For
Alto Saxophone and
Piano. Composed by
Brian Elias. Music Sales
America. Classical. Sheet
Music, Instrumental Work.
With Text language:
English. Chester Music
#CH61347. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14010208).
UPC:
884088810993.
8.25x11.75x0.131
inches.
Pythikos
Nomos is scored for alto
saxophone (or clarinet in
A) and piano. It was at
the request of John-
Edward Kelly that Brian
Elias first decide to
write a work for
saxophone and piano.
'Pythikos Nomos'
(Pyhton's Law) is an
ancient Greek musical
form, invented by Sakadas
in 586 BC for the Pythian
games to describe the
battle between Apollo and
the monster on the slopes
of Parnassus. It is
reputedly the first known
genre of programme music.
Brian Elias decided that
the characteristic sounds
of the saxophone would be
well suited to ancient
Greek rhythms, and was
interested in the
implications of this form
as an early sonata shape.
According to legend,
Apollo fought and
defeated the monster on
the site, which came to
be called Delphi. He
returned to Delphi in
triumph after a period of
purification escorted by
priests singing hymns of
praise. Several versions
of the instrumental form
exist following the
general storyline. Brian
chose to base his piece
around six sections: (i)
Peira (introduction),
(ii) Kataleusmos (Apollo
incites the monster to
battle), (iii) Imabikon
(the battle), (iv)
Spondeion (hymn of
victory), (v)
Katachoreusis (victory
dance) (vi) Syrinxes (the
last breaths of the dying
monster). The central
hymn of victory
incorporates a quote from
the first Delphic Hym, a
surviving fragment of
ancient Greek music. This
work was written for
John-Edward Kelly and Bob
J.W.Versteegh, who gave
the first performance on
1st July 1988 at the
Wigmore Hall, London.
Duration c.10 minutes.
The score is in C.
Quicksilver Saxophone Alto et Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Piano, alto Saxophone SKU: PR.114419850 Composed by Stacy G...(+)
Chamber Music Piano, alto
Saxophone
SKU:
PR.114419850
Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Sws. See
lengthy program note on
prefatory page. Set of
Score and Parts. 44+24
pages. Duration 23
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41985.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114419850).
ISBN
9781491135808. UPC:
680160681044. 9 x 12
inches.
Both a
spectacular concerto for
saxophone, and a dramatic
tone poem on Roman
mythology, QUICKSILVER is
a 23-minute concerto for
Alto Saxophone and Wind
Ensemble by one of the
sax literature’s
most commissioned and
admired composers.Through
worded captions as well
as gorgeously expressive
tone painting, Movement 1
depicts the birth and
childhood pranks of
Mercury, Movement 2 shows
him escorting souls to
the gates of the
Underworld, and Movement
3 is a phantasmagoric
finale portraying Mercury
as messenger amid the
conflicts of other
mythological figures.
There are many YouTube
performances available,
both in the original
version with Wind
Ensemble, and with
Piano. In addition to
being another name for
the element mercury,
“quicksilverâ€
is used to describe
something that changes
quickly or is difficult
to contain. My concerto
of the same name was
inspired by the Roman god
Mercury, as well as the
mercurial nature of the
saxophone: unpredictable,
very lively, and
volatile. Mercury (known
as Hermes in Greek
mythology) is best known
for his winged shoes,
which allowed him to fly
swiftly as the messenger
of his fellow Olympians.
Mercury had other duties
too, including serving as
the god of merchants,
travelers, and
tricksters; he also
ushered souls of the
departed to the
Underworld.Quicksilver
tells three tales of the
Roman god. The first
movement (Antics of a
Newborn God) opens with
the birth of Mercury;
after he takes his first
steps, he toddles around,
gleefully looking for
mischief. He stumbles
across a herd of cows
that belong to his
brother Apollo; Mercury
slyly lets the cows out
of their pen before
toddling onward with his
mischief-making.In the
second movement (Guiding
Souls to the Underworld),
Pluto, god of the
Underworld, bids Mercury
to bring him fresh souls.
The movement begins with
death-knells tolling for
humans who are about to
die; Mercury picks up
these souls and leads
them down to the gates of
the Underworld.The third
and final movement
(Messenger of Olympus)
depicts Mercury as he is
busily running errands
for various gods and
goddesses. We first
encounter him mid-flight
as he dashes to earth to
find Aeneas, a Trojan
lieutenant who had been
run out of Troy by the
invading Greeks. Aeneas
is on a quest to find
land on which to
establish a new city that
would eventually become
Rome. While traveling, he
is distracted from his
quest when he meets the
beautiful queen Dido.
They live together for
many years before Mercury
intervenes; he chastises
Aeneas for giving up on
his quest and persuades
him to pick it up again.
As Aeneas mournfully
resumes his journey, we
hear Dido perish of a
broken heart. Mercury
then takes to the skies
to seek out Perseus, who
is preparing to kill
Medusa, the hideous
gorgon who has snakes for
hair and a gaze that
turns those who catch her
glance into stone.
Mercury advises Perseus
on how to slay Medusa and
lends Perseus his sword
to do the deed. We hear
Perseus victorious in the
beheading of Medusa,
after which Mercury takes
to the skies once more to
fly home to Olympus.