Mvt. 2 from Symphony
No. 6 (Three Places in
the East). Composed
by Dan Welcher. Full
score. 52 pages. Theodore
Presser Company
#165-00102F. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16500102F).
ISBN
9781491131749. UPC:
680160680276.
Ever
since the success of my
series of wind ensemble
works Places in the West,
I've been wanting to
write a companion piece
for national parks on the
other side of the north
American continent. The
earlier work, consisting
of GLACIER, THE
YELLOWSTONE FIRES,
ARCHES, and ZION, spanned
some twenty years of my
composing life, and since
the pieces called for
differing groups of
instruments, and were in
slightly different styles
from each other, I never
considered them to be
connected except in their
subject matter. In their
depiction of both the
scenery and the human
history within these
wondrous places, they had
a common goal: awaking
the listener to the
fragile beauty that is in
them; and calling
attention to the ever
more crucial need for
preservation and
protection of these wild
places, unique in all the
world. With this new
work, commissioned by a
consortium of college and
conservatory wind
ensembles led by the
University of Georgia, I
decided to build upon
that same model---but to
solidify the process. The
result, consisting of
three movements (each
named for a different
national park in the
eastern US), is a
bona-fide symphony. While
the three pieces could be
performed separately,
they share a musical
theme---and also a common
style and
instrumentation. It is a
true symphony, in that
the first movement is
long and expository, the
second is a rather
tightly structured
scherzo-with-trio, and
the finale is a true
culmination of the whole.
The first movement,
Everglades, was the
original inspiration for
the entire symphony.
Conceived over the course
of two trips to that
astonishing place (which
the native Americans
called River of Grass,
the subtitle of this
movement), this movement
not only conveys a sense
of the humid, lush, and
even frightening scenery
there---but also an
overview of the entire
settling-of- Florida
experience. It contains
not one, but two native
American chants, and also
presents a view of the
staggering influence of
modern man on this
fragile part of the
world. Beginning with a
slow unfolding marked
Heavy, humid, the music
soon presents a gentle,
lyrical theme in the solo
alto saxophone. This
theme, which goes through
three expansive phrases
with breaks in between,
will appear in all three
movements of the
symphony. After the mood
has been established, the
music opens up to a rich,
warm setting of a
Cherokee morning song,
with the simple happiness
that this part of Florida
must have had prior to
the nineteenth century.
This music, enveloping
and comforting, gradually
gives way to a more
frenetic, driven section
representative of the
intrusion of the white
man. Since Florida was
populated and developed
largely due to the
introduction of a train
system, there's a
suggestion of the
mechanized iron horse
driving straight into the
heartland. At that point,
the native Americans
become considerably less
gentle, and a second
chant seems to stand in
the way of the intruder;
a kind of warning song.
The second part of this
movement shows us the
great swampy center of
the peninsula, with its
wildlife both in and out
of the water. A new theme
appears, sad but noble,
suggesting that this land
is precious and must be
protected by all the
people who inhabit it. At
length, the morning song
reappears in all its
splendor, until the
sunset---with one last
iteration of the warning
song in the solo piccolo.
Functioning as a scherzo,
the second movement,
Great Smoky Mountains,
describes not just that
huge park itself, but one
brave soul's attempt to
climb a mountain there.
It begins with three
iterations of the
UR-theme (which began the
first movement as well),
but this time as up-tempo
brass fanfares in
octaves. Each time it
begins again, the theme
is a little slower and
less confident than the
previous time---almost as
though the hiker were
becoming aware of the
daunting mountain before
him. But then, a steady,
quick-pulsed ostinato
appears, in a constantly
shifting meter system of
2/4- 3/4 in alteration,
and the hike has begun.
Over this, a slower new
melody appears, as the
trek up the mountain
progresses. It's a big
mountain, and the ascent
seems to take quite
awhile, with little
breaks in the hiker's
stride, until at length
he simply must stop and
rest. An oboe solo, over
several free cadenza-like
measures, allows us (and
our friend the hiker) to
catch our breath, and
also to view in the
distance the rocky peak
before us. The goal is
somehow even more
daunting than at first,
being closer and thus
more frighteningly steep.
When we do push off
again, it's at a slower
pace, and with more
careful attention to our
footholds as we trek over
broken rocks. Tantalizing
little views of the
valley at every
switchback make our
determination even
stronger. Finally, we
burst through a stand of
pines and----we're at the
summit! The immensity of
the view is overwhelming,
and ultimately humbling.
A brief coda, while we
sit dazed on the rocks,
ends the movement in a
feeling of triumph. The
final movement, Acadia,
is also about a trip. In
the summer of 2014, I
took a sailing trip with
a dear friend from North
Haven, Maine, to the
southern coast of Mt.
Desert Island in Acadia
National Park. The
experience left me both
exuberant and exhausted,
with an appreciation for
the ocean that I hadn't
had previously. The
approach to Acadia
National Park by water,
too, was thrilling: like
the difference between
climbing a mountain on
foot with riding up on a
ski-lift, I felt I'd
earned the right to be
there. The music for this
movement is entirely
based on the opening
UR-theme. There's a sense
of the water and the
mysterious, quiet deep
from the very beginning,
with seagulls and bell
buoys setting the scene.
As we leave the harbor,
the theme (in a canon
between solo euphonium
and tuba) almost seems as
if large subaquatic
animals are observing our
departure. There are
three themes (call them
A, B and C) in this
seafaring journey---but
they are all based on the
UR theme, in its original
form with octaves
displaced, in an
upside-down form, and in
a backwards version as
well. (The ocean, while
appearing to be
unchanging, is always
changing.) We move out
into the main channel
(A), passing several
islands (B), until we
reach the long draw that
parallels the coastline
called Eggemoggin Reach,
and a sudden burst of new
speed (C). Things
suddenly stop, as if the
wind had died, and we
have a vision: is that
really Mt. Desert Island
we can see off the port
bow, vaguely in the
distance? A chorale of
saxophones seems to
suggest that. We push off
anew as the chorale ends,
and go through all three
themes again---but in
different
instrumentations, and
different keys. At the
final tack-turn, there it
is, for real: Mt. Desert
Island, big as life.
We've made it. As we pull
into the harbor, where
we'll secure the boat for
the night, there's a
feeling of achievement.
Our whale and dolphin
friends return, and we
end our journey with
gratitude and
celebration. I am
profoundly grateful to
Jaclyn Hartenberger,
Professor of Conducting
at the University of
Georgia, for leading the
consortium which provided
the commissioning of this
work.
Concert Band; Concert Band Set (Score) - Grade 4 SKU: HL.4007945 For C...(+)
Concert Band; Concert
Band Set (Score) - Grade
4
SKU: HL.4007945
For Concert Band,
Grade 4, 14:17 Score.
Composed by Otto M.
Schwarz. Concert.
Softcover. Duration 857
seconds. Hal Leonard
#SDP041.21-01. Published
by Hal Leonard
(HL.4007945).
Stories, sagas
and legends--who among us
doesn't know them? Always
delivered with a tinge of
brutality, these
cautionary tales are a
legacy of moral education
from times past:
inquisitive children
alone in the forest are
generally eaten by a
witch; the
“Soup-Kasperâ€
of Hoffmann's
Struwwelpeter dies from
starvation rather than
eating his soup; anyone
letting in strangers
usually gets devoured;
anyone who plays with
matches gets burned; and
thumb-suckers get their
thumbs cut off. The list
of unfortunate demises is
almost endless.In the
tale of The Pied Piper of
Hamelin, parents lose
their children through
greed, ridicule, scorn
and a failure to
appreciate art. There is
still a street in the
town of Hamelin in which
neither drumming nor
playing has not been
allowed since 130
children disappeared into
a mountain, never to be
seen again. This
composition by Otto M.
Schwarz opens with
exactly this scene,
taking us back to the
year 1284. As in many
towns at the time,
Hamelin in Germany
suffered with hygiene
problems--rats and mice
began to multiply
rapidly, and the town was
overrun with the plague.
There appeared a man
dressed in colorful
clothes who promised the
locals to free them from
this burden. They agreed
and settled on a fee.
Then the man pulled out a
pipe and began to play.
When the rats and mice
heard this, they followed
him. He led the animals
into the Weser River,
where they all drowned.
Back in town, the people
refused to pay him. They
didn't recognize this
man's skills and
knowledge and were only
prepared to pay for
simple labour. A pact
with the devil was made,
which led to the Pied
Piper leaving the town in
a furious rage. One
Sunday, when many people
were at church, he
returned, took out his
flute and began to play.
The town's children were
so enchanted by his
playing that they
followed him. He led them
out of the town and
disappeared with them
forever into a mountain.
Of all the children, only
two survived--however one
was mute, and one was
blind. In the street from
which the children left
Hamelin, music may no
longer be played in
memory of this event.
Piano SKU: HL.14001903 Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Clas...(+)
Piano
SKU:
HL.14001903
Composed
by Per Norgard. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #KP00981. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14001903).
ISBN
9788759859605.
Danish.
Animals In
Concert - Three pieces
for Piano solo by Per
Norgard. Programme Note
1. A Tortoise's
Tango (1984) - dur.: 4'
2. Light of a Night
- Paul meets bird (1989)
- dur.: 6' 3.
Hermit Crab Tango -
Esperanza (1997) - dur.:
5' The pieces can
be performed together or
one by one. In the1980s,
quite a few finds turned
up in Per Norgard's
music. The material could
be, say, a number of song
birds' equilibrist
melodic lines, the
overtones of the ocean
surf, or waltzing themes
by the schizophrenic
artist Adolf Wolfli
(1864-1930). Or again, as
heard here, it can be the
rhythms and motifs of the
tango and a Beatles song
(with bird), explored in
three independent piano
pieces that form the
Animals in Concert suite,
about which the composer
writes: A
Tortoise's Tango: The
tortoise as tango dancer
must presumably possess
certain rhythmic
peculiarities, which I
have chosen to express by
letting the tune of the
tortoise shuffle broadly,
tripartite through the
strict four partite time
of tango. Tortoise
Tango was the original
title of this piece,
written for Achilles (the
pianist Yvar Mikhashoff),
for his so called tango
project, including new
tangos for piano by
composers from all over
the world. Light of
a Night (Paul meets bird)
was commissioned by
pianist Aki Takahashi. It
is a reworked arrangement
for piano of the Beatles
song Blackbird. As some
of us will recall, the
Beatles on The White
Album let the beautiful
song to the blackbird be
accompanied by an
(apparently) live
blackbird song. It is
this authentic bird-motif
world that in Light of a
Night weaves itself into
the Beatles melody and in
turn is gradually
infected by it, so that a
completely new third
entity ensues: a kind of
Bird-rock ballad (or
maybe it is a
Beatle-bird?).
Hermit Crab Tango
(Esperanza): The tango
situation is quite
special for a Hermit
Crab. It is a well-known
fact that the hermit crab
- this soft animal - must
run the gauntlet among
the many perils at the
bottom of the sea when it
must move hose. I have
chosen to express the
angers by a tango pattern
- sharp as a cactus -
through which the tune,
optimistic, slips to its
new shelter. I have
borrowed the tune from
songwriter Hanne
Methling's Introduction:
'I want to get through
this time!' she sings in
a ecstatically ascending
melody line - and I
believe that these words
must correspond very well
to the mood of the hermit
crab: 'Esperanza'- the
green runners of hope
wind among the
latticework formed by the
tango rows.
The Haunted Carousel Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile FJH
By Soon Hee Newbold. For orchestra. FJH Developing Strings. Full set (score and ...(+)
By Soon Hee Newbold. For
orchestra. FJH Developing
Strings. Full set (score
and parts). Score only
also available: ST6199S.
Halloween. Grade 2.5.
Score and set of parts.
Composed 2009. Published
by The FJH Music Company
Inc
By Soon Hee Newbold. For orchestra. FJH Developing Strings. Score only. Full set...(+)
By Soon Hee Newbold. For
orchestra. FJH Developing
Strings. Score only. Full
set (score and parts)
also available: ST6199.
Halloween. Grade 2.5.
Score. Composed 2009.
Published by The FJH
Music Company Inc
The Piano Bench of Easy Classical Music arranged by Amy Appleby. For Piano Solo....(+)
The Piano Bench of Easy
Classical Music arranged
by Amy Appleby. For Piano
Solo. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. 400 pages.
Music Sales #AM967549.
Published by Music Sales
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PO.PE212 Composed by Vincent Ho. Performance Sco...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PO.PE212
Composed by Vincent Ho.
Performance Score.
Promethean Editions
#PE212. Published by
Promethean Editions
(PO.PE212).
ISBN
9781776609321.
Insp
ired by the Chinese
Zodiac animals, Ho
tailored this book of
twelve piano compositions
to the educational needs
of students in Levels 2
to 7 of the Royal
Conservatory of Music
Piano Series. Ho devoted
much time to researching
the animals legends,
personality traits, and
cultural significance, as
well as their
distinguishing physical
languages so as to
capture their musical
spirit and recreate their
physical/gestural
languages in pianistic
form. In addition, he
incorporates many sounds,
harmonies, and
performance techniques
learned from his years of
researching (and
composing for) Chinese
traditional
instruments.
For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. Baroque, classical period and romantic ...(+)
For solo piano. Format:
piano solo book. Baroque,
classical period and
romantic period. Series:
The World's Great
Classical Music. 224
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
The Unfriendly Beasts (Preview Pack). (Preview Pack). By Ruth Elaine Schram. Cho...(+)
The Unfriendly Beasts
(Preview Pack). (Preview
Pack). By Ruth Elaine
Schram. Choir Sacred.
This edition: Preview
Pack (1 Singer's Edition
and Listening CD).
Christian Elementary
Musical; Church Musicals;
Worship Resources.
Children; Christmas;
Sacred; Winter. Book and
CD. 16 pages. Published
by Alfred Music
Publishing
Edited by Amy Appleby. Collection and examples CD for easy solo piano. Over 200 ...(+)
Edited by Amy Appleby.
Collection and examples
CD for easy solo piano.
Over 200 great
masterpieces from the
baroque, classical,
romantic and modern eras.
Series: Piano Treasury
Series. 399 pages.
Published by Music Sales.
Edited by Gail Lew. Arranged by Gail Lew, Chris Lobdell. Piano method/supplement...(+)
Edited by Gail Lew.
Arranged by Gail Lew,
Chris Lobdell. Piano
method/supplement
(late-elementary piano).
Level: late elementary,
level two. Published by
Belwin. {SERIES INFO"
Music for the performer
in all of us brings
together blockbuster
movie hits with band and
orchestral backgrounds
available on CD and MIDI
disk. Here are NEW hot
hits and performer and
audience favorites
pianistically arranged by
Gail Lew and Chris
Lobdell using effective
chord substitutions to
give a "big" professional
sound. Levels correspond
with MTNA state
affiliates syllabus
standards. (THIS PRODUCT)
Titles include: Over the
Rainbow * Hedwig's Theme
* Fawkes the Phoenix *
Talk to the Animals * The
James Bond Theme * Star
Wars Main Theme * The
Polar Express * Gollum's
Song (The Lord of the
Rings: The Two Towers) *
Double Trouble (Harry
Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban) * All That
Jazz (Chicago).
Edited by Gail Lew. Arranged by Gail Lew, Chris Lobdell. Piano method/supplement...(+)
Edited by Gail Lew.
Arranged by Gail Lew,
Chris Lobdell. Piano
method/supplement
(late-elementary piano).
Level: late elementary,
level two. Published by
Belwin. {SERIES INFO"
Music for the performer
in all of us brings
together blockbuster
movie hits with band and
orchestral backgrounds
available on CD and MIDI
disk. Here are NEW hot
hits and performer and
audience favorites
pianistically arranged by
Gail Lew and Chris
Lobdell using effective
chord substitutions to
give a "big" professional
sound. Levels correspond
with MTNA state
affiliates syllabus
standards. (THIS PRODUCT)
Titles include: Over the
Rainbow * Hedwig's Theme
* Fawkes the Phoenix *
Talk to the Animals * The
James Bond Theme * Star
Wars Main Theme * The
Polar Express * Gollum's
Song (The Lord of the
Rings: The Two Towers) *
Double Trouble (Harry
Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban) * All That
Jazz (Chicago).
Edited by Helen Marlais. Collection and accompaniment CD for piano. The FJH pian...(+)
Edited by Helen Marlais.
Collection and
accompaniment CD for
piano. The FJH pianist's
curriculum. Series: In
Recital with Classical
Themes. 55 pages.
Published by The FJH
Music Company.
By Music Sales. For Piano Solo. Popular, Classical. Sheet Music. 96 pages. Publi...(+)
By Music Sales. For Piano
Solo. Popular, Classical.
Sheet Music. 96 pages.
Published by Chester
Music. (CH64053)
ISBN 9780825633935. Sit
down at the Piano and
chill out with some of
the world's most soothing
melodies. This new
collection of cool
classical pieces lets you
play the cream of the
clasical repertoire.
Includes Barcarolle which
featured in the film
Lorenzo's Oil and is from
The Tales Of Hoffmann and
also The Ashokan Farewell
which featured in the TV
series The Civil War.
(Ready-to-Use Lessons and Games for Grades Pre-K-8). By Eric Branscome. Classroo...(+)
(Ready-to-Use Lessons and
Games for Grades
Pre-K-8). By Eric
Branscome.
Classroom/Pre-School;
Games; General Music and
Classroom Publications;
Other Classroom. Book. 92
pages
20 Favorite Works from the Silver Screen. Arranged by Phillip Keveren. Easy Pian...(+)
20 Favorite Works from
the Silver Screen.
Arranged by Phillip
Keveren. Easy Piano
Songbook (Easy
arrangements for piano
and voice). Size 9x12
inches. 56 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Piano - intermediate SKU: HL.44006247 Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Ar...(+)
Piano - intermediate
SKU: HL.44006247
Composed by Camille
Saint-Saens. Arranged by
Thomas A. Johnson.
Fentone Instrumental
Books. Educational Tool.
Book Only. The Walsh
Collection #WA7002.
Published by The Walsh
Collection (HL.44006247).
UPC: 884088047177.
English.
This
beautiful, serene piece
comes from Saint-Saens'
Carnival of the Animals
and is an ideal
performance piece for
piano duet. Saint-Saens'
ever popular and reverred
piece The Swan
from The Carnival Of
The Animals, arranged
for Piano Duet, by Thomas
Johnson.
This
beautiful, serene piece
comes from Saint-Saens'
Carnival of the Animals
and is an ideal
performance piece for
piano duet.