Travel Diary 2 Percussions [Conducteur] Carl Fischer
(For Two Percussionists). By Paul Lansky (1944-). For Two Percussionists. Travel...(+)
(For Two Percussionists).
By Paul Lansky (1944-).
For Two Percussionists.
Travel Diary was first
performed by the
Meehan/Perkins Duo at the
round top Festival in
March 2008. Full score
(large). 40 pages.
Duration 19 minutes, 40
seconds. Published by
Carl Fischer
(For Two Percussionists). Composed by Paul Lansky (1944-). For Two Percussionist...(+)
(For Two Percussionists).
Composed by Paul Lansky
(1944-). For Two
Percussionists. Travel
Diary was first performed
by the Meehan/Perkins Duo
at the round top Festival
in March 2008. 24
pages. Duration 19
minutes, 40 seconds.
Published by Carl Fischer
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.46500013L For Wind Ensemble. Composed by...(+)
Band Concert Band
SKU:
PR.46500013L
For
Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Contemporary. Large
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2010.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#465-00013L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.46500013L).
UPC:
680160600151. 11 x 14
inches.
I n 1803,
President Thomas
Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clarks
Corps of Discovery to
find a water route to the
Pacific and explore the
uncharted West. He
believed woolly mammoths,
erupting volcanoes, and
mountains of pure salt
awaited them. What they
found was no less
mind-boggling: some 300
species unknown to
science, nearly 50 Indian
tribes, and the Rockies.
I have been a student of
the Lewis and Clark
expedition, which Thomas
Jefferson called the
Voyage of Discovery, for
as long as I can
remember. This
astonishing journey,
lasting more than
two-and-a-half years,
began and ended in St.
Louis, Missouri and took
the travelers up more
than a few rivers in
their quest to find the
Northwest Passage to the
Pacific Ocean. In an age
without speedy
communication, this was
akin to space travel out
of radio range in our own
time: no one knew if,
indeed, the party had
even survived the voyage
for more than a year.
Most of them were
soldiers. A few were
French-Canadian voyageurs
hired trappers and
explorers, who were
fluent in French (spoken
extensively in the
region, due to earlier
explorers from France)
and in some of the Indian
languages they might
encounter. One of the
voyageurs, a man named
Pierre Cruzatte, also
happened to be a
better-than-average
fiddle player. In many
respects, the travelers
were completely on their
own for supplies and
survival, yet,
incredibly, only one of
them died during the
voyage. Jefferson had
outfitted them with food,
weapons, medicine, and
clothing and along with
other trinkets, a box of
200 jaw harps to be used
in trading with the
Indians. Their trip was
long, perilous to the
point of near
catastrophe, and arduous.
The dream of a Northwest
Passage proved ephemeral,
but the northwestern
quarter of the continent
had finally been
explored, mapped, and
described to an anxious
world. When the party
returned to St. Louis in
1806, and with the
Louisiana Purchase now
part of the United
States, they were greeted
as national heroes. I
have written a sizeable
number of works for wind
ensemble that draw their
inspiration from the
monumental spaces found
in the American West.
Four of them (Arches, The
Yellowstone Fires,
Glacier, and Zion) take
their names, and in large
part their being, from
actual national parks in
Utah, Wyoming, and
Montana. But Upriver,
although it found its
voice (and its finale) in
the magnificent Columbia
Gorge in Oregon, is about
a much larger region.
This piece, like its
brother works about the
national parks, doesnt
try to tell a story.
Instead, it captures the
flavor of a certain time,
and of a grand adventure.
Cast in one continuous
movement and lasting
close to fourteen
minutes, the piece falls
into several subsections,
each with its own
heading: The Dream (in
which Jeffersons vision
of a vast expanse of
western land is opened);
The Promise, a chorale
that re-appears several
times in the course of
the piece and represents
the seriousness of the
presidential mission; The
River; The Voyageurs; The
River II ; Death and
Disappointment; Return to
the Voyage; and The River
III . The music includes
several quoted melodies,
one of which is familiar
to everyone as the
ultimate river song, and
which becomes the
through-stream of the
work. All of the quoted
tunes were either sung by
the men on the voyage, or
played by Cruzattes
fiddle. From various
journals and diaries, we
know the men found
enjoyment and solace in
music, and almost every
night encampment had at
least a bit of music in
it. In addition to
Cruzatte, there were two
other members of the
party who played the
fiddle, and others made
do with singing, or
playing upon sticks,
bones, the ever-present
jaw harps, and boat
horns. From Lewis
journals, I found all the
tunes used in Upriver:
Shenandoah (still popular
after more than 200
years), Vla bon vent,
Soldiers Joy, Johnny Has
Gone for a Soldier, Come
Ye Sinners Poor and Needy
(a hymn sung to the tune
Beech Spring) and Fishers
Hornpipe. The work
follows an emotional
journey: not necessarily
step-by-step with the
Voyage of Discovery
heroes, but a kind of
grand arch. Beginning in
the mists of history and
myth, traversing peaks
and valleys both real and
emotional (and a solemn
funeral scene), finding
help from native people,
and recalling their zeal
upon finding the one
great river that will, in
fact, take them to the
Pacific. When the men
finally roar through the
Columbia Gorge in their
boats (a feat that even
the Indians had not
attempted), the
magnificent river
combines its theme with
the chorale of Jeffersons
Promise. The Dream is
fulfilled: not quite the
one Jefferson had
imagined (there is no
navigable water passage
from the Missouri to the
Pacific), but the dream
of a continental
destiny.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.465000130 For Large Wind Ensemble. Compo...(+)
Band Concert Band
SKU:
PR.465000130
For
Large Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Sws. Contemporary. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2010.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#465-00013. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.465000130).
ISBN
9781598064070. UPC:
680160600144. 9x12
inches.
Following a
celebrated series of wind
ensemble tone poems about
national parks in the
American West, Dan
Welcher’s Upriver
celebrates the Lewis &
Clark Expedition from the
Missouri River to
Oregon’s Columbia
Gorge, following the
Louisiana Purchase of
1803. Welcher’s
imaginative textures and
inventiveness are freshly
modern, evoking our
American heritage,
including references to
Shenandoah and other folk
songs known to have been
sung on the expedition.
For advanced players.
Duration:
14’. In 1803,
President Thomas
Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William
Clark’s Corps of
Discovery to find a water
route to the Pacific and
explore the uncharted
West. He believed woolly
mammoths, erupting
volcanoes, and mountains
of pure salt awaited
them. What they found was
no less mind-boggling:
some 300 species unknown
to science, nearly 50
Indian tribes, and the
Rockies.Ihave been a
student of the Lewis and
Clark expedition, which
Thomas Jefferson called
the “Voyage of
Discovery,†for as
long as I can remember.
This astonishing journey,
lasting more than
two-and-a-half years,
began and ended in St.
Louis, Missouri —
and took the travelers up
more than a few rivers in
their quest to find the
Northwest Passage to the
Pacific Ocean. In an age
without speedy
communication, this was
akin to space travel out
of radio range in our own
time: no one knew if,
indeed, the party had
even survived the voyage
for more than a year.
Most of them were
soldiers. A few were
French-Canadian voyageurs
— hired trappers
and explorers, who were
fluent in French (spoken
extensively in the
region, due to earlier
explorers from France)
and in some of the Indian
languages they might
encounter. One of the
voyageurs, a man named
Pierre Cruzatte, also
happened to be a
better-than-average
fiddle player. In many
respects, the travelers
were completely on their
own for supplies and
survival, yet,
incredibly, only one of
them died during the
voyage. Jefferson had
outfitted them with food,
weapons, medicine, and
clothing — and
along with other
trinkets, a box of 200
jaw harps to be used in
trading with the Indians.
Their trip was long,
perilous to the point of
near catastrophe, and
arduous. The dream of a
Northwest Passage proved
ephemeral, but the
northwestern quarter of
the continent had finally
been explored, mapped,
and described to an
anxious world. When the
party returned to St.
Louis in 1806, and with
the Louisiana Purchase
now part of the United
States, they were greeted
as national heroes.Ihave
written a sizeable number
of works for wind
ensemble that draw their
inspiration from the
monumental spaces found
in the American West.
Four of them (Arches, The
Yellowstone Fires,
Glacier, and Zion) take
their names, and in large
part their being, from
actual national parks in
Utah, Wyoming, and
Montana. But Upriver,
although it found its
voice (and its finale) in
the magnificent Columbia
Gorge in Oregon, is about
a much larger region.
This piece, like its
brother works about the
national parks,
doesn’t try to
tell a story. Instead, it
captures the flavor of a
certain time, and of a
grand adventure. Cast in
one continuous movement
and lasting close to
fourteen minutes, the
piece falls into several
subsections, each with
its own heading: The
Dream (in which
Jefferson’s vision
of a vast expanse of
western land is opened);
The Promise, a chorale
that re-appears several
times in the course of
the piece and represents
the seriousness of the
presidential mission; The
River; The Voyageurs; The
River II ; Death and
Disappointment; Return to
the Voyage; and The River
III .The music includes
several quoted melodies,
one of which is familiar
to everyone as the
ultimate “river
song,†and which
becomes the
through-stream of the
work. All of the quoted
tunes were either sung by
the men on the voyage, or
played by
Cruzatte’s fiddle.
From various journals and
diaries, we know the men
found enjoyment and
solace in music, and
almost every night
encampment had at least a
bit of music in it. In
addition to Cruzatte,
there were two other
members of the party who
played the fiddle, and
others made do with
singing, or playing upon
sticks, bones, the
ever-present jaw harps,
and boat horns. From
Lewis’ journals, I
found all the tunes used
in Upriver: Shenandoah
(still popular after more
than 200 years),
V’la bon vent,
Soldier’s Joy,
Johnny Has Gone for a
Soldier, Come Ye Sinners
Poor and Needy (a hymn
sung to the tune
“Beech
Springâ€) and
Fisher’s Hornpipe.
The work follows an
emotional journey: not
necessarily step-by-step
with the Voyage of
Discovery heroes, but a
kind of grand arch.
Beginning in the mists of
history and myth,
traversing peaks and
valleys both real and
emotional (and a solemn
funeral scene), finding
help from native people,
and recalling their zeal
upon finding the one
great river that will, in
fact, take them to the
Pacific. When the men
finally roar through the
Columbia Gorge in their
boats (a feat that even
the Indians had not
attempted), the
magnificent river
combines its theme with
the chorale of
Jefferson’s
Promise. The Dream is
fulfilled: not quite the
one Jefferson had
imagined (there is no
navigable water passage
from the Missouri to the
Pacific), but the dream
of a continental
destiny.
Choral SSAA choir SKU: CF.CM9616 Composed by John Ratledge. Fold. Jbc. Pe...(+)
Choral SSAA choir
SKU:
CF.CM9616
Composed by
John Ratledge. Fold. Jbc.
Performance. 12 pages.
Duration 4 minutes, 2
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CM9616. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9616).
ISBN
9781491156711. UPC:
680160915255. 6.875 x
10.5 inches. Key: C
major. English. Thomas
Troeger.
This SSAA
work, originally written
for SATB voices
celebrates the tenth
anniversary of the
Masterworks Community
Chorale in Newnan,
Georgia. The
inspirational text is
Somewhere I Have Never
Traveled, a text by the
Yale Theologian, Thomas
Troeger. Somewhere I Have
Never Traveled has
potential for building
tone and creating a
panorama of colors, while
at the same time creating
emotional soundscapes,
all through a delightful
text that creates a
dreamlike
innocence. It has been
a joy to re-voice this
original SATB composition
for SSAA voices and to
collaborate with Heather
Orr at Montgomery High
School. In July 2014, my
dear friend Kathy Bizarth
commissioned me to
compose a new work
celebrating the tenth
anniversary of the
Masterworks Community
Chorale in Newnan,
Georgia. It was in
September when we agreed
on the inspirational
text, Somewhere I Have
Never Traveled, a text by
the Yale Theologian,
Thomas Troeger. I moved
to Italy in January for a
sabbatical, and in
February, I spent four
days composing the piece
at the Palazzo Bassi
Brugnatelli, a dear
friend's villa in
Robbiate, Italy.
Interestingly enough, the
middle part of the piece
(mm. 30-39) and end of
the piece came first (mm.
40-62). Completed in
Conegliano in late
February, this
composition is very
special to me as it was
the first composition I
wrote after my mother
died, and it was also
composed for a dear
friend. I have a profound
connection to what I hope
will be a deeply
inspirational composition
to those who sing it.
Somewhere I Have Never
Traveled has real
potential for building
tone and creating a
panorama of colors, while
at the same time creating
emotional soundscapes,
all through a delightful
text that creates a
dreamlike innocence.
Somewhere I have never
traveled is the place I
want to be... (Me
too.). It has been a
joy to re-voice this
original SATB composition
for SSAA voices and to
collaborate with Heather
Orr at Montgomery High
School. In July 2014, my
dear friend Kathy Bizarth
commissioned me to
compose a new work
celebrating the tenth
anniversary of the
Masterworks Community
Chorale in Newnan,
Georgia. It was in
September when we agreed
on the inspirational
text, Somewhere I Have
Never Traveled, a text by
the Yale Theologian,
Thomas Troeger. I moved
to Italy in January for a
sabbatical, and in
February, I spent four
days composing the piece
at the Palazzo Bassi
Brugnatelli, a dear
friend’s villa in
Robbiate, Italy.
Interestingly enough, the
middle part of the piece
(mm. 30-39) and end of
the piece came first (mm.
40-62). Completed in
Conegliano in late
February, this
composition is very
special to me as it was
the first composition I
wrote after my mother
died, and it was also
composed for a dear
friend. I have a profound
connection to what I hope
will be a deeply
inspirational composition
to those who sing
it.Somewhere I Have Never
Traveled has real
potential for building
tone and creating a
panorama of colors, while
at the same time creating
emotional soundscapes,
all through a delightful
text that creates a
dreamlike
innocence.Somewhere I
have never traveled is
the place I want to be...
(Me too.).
Full Score SKU: HL.367873 Full Score. Composed by Donald Crockett....(+)
Full Score
SKU:
HL.367873
Full
Score. Composed by
Donald Crockett. LKM
Music. Softcover. Lauren
Keiser Music Publishing
#X054076. Published by
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing (HL.367873).
ISBN 9781705140291.
UPC: 840126966657.
9.0x12.0x0.655
inches.
Commissione
d by Caramoor Music
Festival in New York and
premiered July 14, 2017
by the Argus Quartet,
this work is in no small
part a response to this
quartet's sense of
adventure and expressive
emotional range. Inspired
by two
end-of-civilization
novels the composer was
reading prior to
composing the work, the
quartet unfolds in a
single movement, loosely
based on plot lines in
both novels. One of the
novels includes a
Traveling Symphony, an
assortment of musicians
and actors who travel the
countryside for decades
playing symphonies, jazz
and orchestral
arrangements of popular
music alongside
performances of
Shakespeare plays,
reminiscent of medieval
troupes traveling the
countryside in
plague-ridden times. The
work is written so that
the quartet embodies the
Traveling Symphony, not
only playing music but
also singing and 'stage
whispering' fragments of
King Lear and other text
across the collection of
nine scenes.
Score and Parts SKU: HL.367874 Score and Parts. Composed by Donald...(+)
Score and Parts
SKU:
HL.367874
Score
and Parts. Composed
by Donald Crockett. LKM
Music. Softcover. Lauren
Keiser Music Publishing
#X504092. Published by
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing (HL.367874).
ISBN 9781705140307.
UPC: 840126966664.
9.0x12.0x0.523
inches.
Commissione
d by Caramoor Music
Festival in New York and
premiered July 14, 2017
by the Argus Quartet,
this work is in no small
part a response to this
quartet's sense of
adventure and expressive
emotional range. Inspired
by two
end-of-civilization
novels the composer was
reading prior to
composing the work, the
quartet unfolds in a
single movement, loosely
based on plot lines in
both novels. One of the
novels includes a
Traveling Symphony, an
assortment of musicians
and actors who travel the
countryside for decades
playing symphonies, jazz
and orchestral
arrangements of popular
music alongside
performances of
Shakespeare plays,
reminiscent of medieval
troupes traveling the
countryside in
plague-ridden times. The
work is written so that
the quartet embodies the
Traveling Symphony, not
only playing music but
also singing and 'stage
whispering' fragments of
King Lear and other text
across the collection of
nine scenes.
Time Traveler Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Débutant C.L. Barnhouse
By Neeck. For concert band. Young Band. Sound Foundations. Real music using only...(+)
By Neeck. For concert
band. Young Band. Sound
Foundations. Real music
using only the first
octave!. Grade 1. Score
and parts. Composed 2010.
Duration 1 minutes, 10
seconds. Published by
C.L. Barnhouse
A Road Less Traveled Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Carl Fischer
Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5 SKU: CF.YAS52 Composed by Sean O...(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5
SKU: CF.YAS52
Composed by Sean
O'Loughlin. Carl Fischer
Young String Orchestra
Series. Classical. Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation. 12 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #YAS52.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.YAS52).
ISBN
9780825863608. UPC:
798408063603. 8.5 X 11
inches. Key: D
major.
This is a
striking and original
piece that builds
interest and momentum
using a four note cello
and bass ostinato. Arco
and pizzicato contrasts
of texture and off-beat
accents and rhythms
sustain interest in this
unusual selection, which
puts minimal musical
resources to maximum
use. A Road Less
Traveled is a musical
journey based on four
notes. The cellos and
basses provide these
notes in mm. 2 and 3. The
piece explores some new
compositional techniques
for me, and in some
sections can be
considered minimalist.
However, I constructed
the piece in a very
accessible manner. The
individual rhythms create
new composite rhythms
when played together. It
has a unique clockwork
quality to it. The music
morphs from arco to
pizzicato at m. 49. The
odd accents bring out
some of the quirky
quality to the music. A
return to arco playing at
m. 94 provides a
recapitulation of the
opening section. Upon
return, some of the
punchy music now becomes
sustained for a dramatic
climax. This piece was a
real joy to work on, and
illustrates “a road
less traveled†in
my compositional
career.
About Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of Grade 2/Grade
2.5 pieces is designed
for second and third year
ensembles. The pieces in
this series are
characterized
by: --Occasionally
extending to third
position --Keys
carefully considered for
appropriate
difficulty --Addition
of separate 2nd violin
and viola
parts --Viola T.C.
part
included --Increase
in independence of parts
over beginning levels
Time Traveler Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Débutant C.L. Barnhouse
Grade 1 SKU: CL.023-3914-01 Composed by Neeck. Young Concert Band. Sound ...(+)
Grade 1
SKU:
CL.023-3914-01
Composed by Neeck. Young
Concert Band. Sound
Foundations Series. Audio
recording available
separately (item
CL.WFR370). Extra full
score. Composed 2010.
Duration 1 minute, 10
seconds. C.L. Barnhouse
#023-3914-01. Published
by C.L. Barnhouse
(CL.023-3914-01).
Real music
using only the first
octave! Exciting and
dramatic, Time Traveler
is a perfect introduction
to mixed meters. The
energetic, repeating
ostinato (3/4 + 2/4)
coupled with soaring
melodies provides an
easily achievable, but
truly musical experience
for your young musicians.
On your next concert,
take your band and
audience on a journey
through time withTime
Traveler..
A
Tribute to H.G.
Wells. Composed by
Ron Goodwin. Band Music.
Score and parts. Duration
10:15. Published by G & M
Brand Music Publishers
(CN.R10243).
This 3-movement
tribute to H.G. Wells
perfectly captures the
imagination and
wonderment found in the
author's collection of
works. The first movement
is a march that could
easily be extracted and
performed on its own as a
nice alternative to
Sousa.
The Time
Traveller: A tribute to
H.G. Wells is cast in
three movements: March:
Anticipation, Mankind in
the Making, and A Modern
Utopia. Commissioned by
the Bromley Youth Concert
Band and first performed
under the Director: Peter
Mawson, on Sunday, March
3, 2002, at the Queen
Elizabeth Hall, South
Bank Centre, London.