Orchestra SKU: PR.416415760 For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.416415760
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
Schickele. Study Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415760).
UPC:
680160636532. 9 x 12
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641576L For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641576L
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Peter
Schickele. Large Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641576L).
UPC:
680160636549. 11 x 17
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867L Composed by William Kraft. Spiral. Large Scor...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867L
Composed
by William Kraft. Spiral.
Large Score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867L).
UPC:
680160683215.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867S
Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867S).
UPC:
680160683208.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Orchestra SKU: LO.30-2896L The Passion, the Question, the Call. Co...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-2896L
The
Passion, the Question,
the Call. Composed by
Pepper Choplin. Arranged
by Larry Shackley.
Choral, cantatas. Holy
Week, Eastertide, Sacred.
Instrumental parts.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#30/2896L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-2896L).
UPC:
000308133059.
This
product is the set of
printed parts only for
Upon This Rock, and it
includes parts for 2
Flutes, Oboe, 2
Clarinets, Bassoon, 2
Horns, 3 Trumpets, 2
Trombones, Tuba, 2
Percussion, Piano,
Electric Bass, 2 Violins,
Viola, Cello, and
Bass.
(The Passion, the Question, the Call). By Pepper Choplin. Arranged by Larry Shac...(+)
(The Passion, the
Question, the Call). By
Pepper Choplin. Arranged
by Larry Shackley. For
orchestra. Cantatas. Holy
Week, Eastertide, Sacred.
CD with Printable Parts.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
The Passion, the Question, the Call. Composed by Pepper Choplin. Arranged...(+)
The Passion, the
Question, the Call.
Composed by Pepper
Choplin. Arranged by
Larry Shackley. Choral,
cantatas. Holy Week,
Eastertide, Sacred. Full
score and parts, plus CD
with printable parts.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#30/2898L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-2898L).
Orchestra SKU: BA.BA05822-01 Composed by Christoph Willibald Von Gluck. E...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA05822-01
Composed by Christoph
Willibald Von Gluck.
Edited by Irene
Brandenburg. Arranged by
Carlo Bernardi and
Gasparo Angiolini. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete edition,
Score. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA05822-01.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA05822-01).
ISBN 9790006567454. 33
x 26 cm inches. Preface:
Brown, Bruce
Alan.
To conclude
Series II (Dance Dramas)
from the Gluck Complete
Edition (GGA), this
volume of Christoph
Willibald Gluck's
earliest contributions to
the genre comprises six
ballet scores from 1759
(La Promenade, Les
Jardiniers, Les Turcs,
Les Savoiards, Les Amours
de Flore et Zphire, and
Le Suisse) as well as the
ballet music for Les
Vendanges, which dates
from 1761. These works
belong to the
compositions â also
called Krumau ballets
because of their musical
transmission â which
Gluck created in Vienna
between 1759 and 1765 for
the court theatres in
Laxenburg and
Schönbrunn as well as
the
Kärntnertortheater,
and which are to be
attributed to him as a
ballet composer around
the middle of the 18th
century in Viennese
theatre life based on the
considerations presented
in the general
preface.
Together
with volumes II/3 to
II/5, ballet music by
Gluck is available whose
sources come from the
former Schwarzenberg
court archive in Ceský
Krumlov, Czech Republic,
and which until the
Velvet Revolution of
1989, lay behind the Iron
Curtain remaining largely
inaccessible and
unexplored by Western
scholars. These volumes
reflect two fundamental
developments in Gluck
research: on the one
hand, they provide a
significantly expanded,
historically more
accurate idea of what it
meant to compose for the
ballet in the 18th
century; on the other
hand, they bring to light
an immense treasure trove
of sources formerly of
Viennese
provenance.
In
addition to the detailed
introduction by this
volumeâs editor on
the ballet choreographies
of Gasparo Angiolini and
Carlo Bernardi, on the
formation of the ballet
troupes of the Viennese
theatres in Gluck's early
years there, on ballet
types and genres, as well
as a detailed account of
the individual titles,
the volume includes a
general preface to
volumes II/3 through II/5
by Bruce Alan Brown,
which discusses Gluck's
ballet music in Vienna in
general as well as the
development of research
into this genre.
Extensive illustrations
(partly from the
so-called Durazzo
Collection) with
reference to the
choreographies enrich the
discussions. The ballet
works, which have
survived in only one
source each, appear in
print for the first time
in this volume of the
Gluck Complete
Edition.
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Full Orchestra (Print) Choral (Orchestra Accompaniment) SKU: HL.293395 (+)
Full Orchestra (Print)
Choral (Orchestra
Accompaniment)
SKU:
HL.293395
A
Cantata for
Christmas. Composed
by Joseph M. Martin.
Shawnee Sacred. Advent,
Cantata, Christmas,
Christmas/Advent Sacred.
Softcover. Duration 3000
seconds. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.293395).
ISBN
9781540050984. UPC:
888680936129.
9.0x13.75x2.61
inches.
This
cantata is a celebration
of light. Filled with
time-honored carols and
expressive original
songs, this work will
dazzle and inspire. The
first half of the cantata
is dedicated to hopeful
prophecies associated
with the coming Light of
the World. With the birth
of Jesus, the second part
moves forward to declare
the tidings of great joy
and is crowned with an
opportunity for the
congregation to join in
singing, Joy to the
World. Brant Adams and
Robert Sterling shine as
orchestrators of this
truly festive work.
Glorious! Songs include:
A Festive Call to
Christmas; Celebration of
Light; Come, Golden
Light; Dazzling Joy;
Beautiful Name; Dreamer
of Stars; Angel Song;
Silver and Shadows;
Joyous Carols of
Christmas. Score and
Parts for Full Orchestra
(fl 1-2, ob, cl 1-2, bn,
hn 1-2, tpt 1-3, tbn,
1-2, tba, timp, perc 1-2,
hp, pno, vn 1-2, va, vc,
db) available as a
Printed Edition and as a
digital download. Score
and Parts for Consort
(fl, cl, tpt 1-2, tbn,
perc, kybd str) available
as a Printed Edition and
as a digital
download.
Orchestra SKU: LO.30-3153L Composed by Mary McDonald. Choral. Sacred Anth...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3153L
Composed
by Mary McDonald. Choral.
Sacred Anthem,
Discipleship, General.
Orchestral score and CD
with printable parts.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#30/3153L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-3153L).
UPC:
000308138962.
Soari
ng and majestic, this
Mary McDonald original
work is filled with rich
harmonies and sequencing
modulations that build to
a powerful close as the
chorus answers the call
with We will go!.
Orchestra SKU: SU.91580100 For Orchestra. Composed by Steven Mercu...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.91580100
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Steven Mercurio.
Vocal/Choral, Opera. CD
(Audio). Subito Music
Corporation #91580100.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.91580100).
A Grateful Tail
- Movement by Movement
Siriusly, Dog Star
Sirius, the brightest
star in the night sky,
has been used by
travelers and navigators
for thousands of years as
a guiding star and so it
is here as the opening
movement for the
symphony. Sirius, the
cornerstone to the
constellation Canis
Maggiore or Big Dog sits
at the foot of Orion, the
hunter, leading the way.
Highly cinematic, the
movement evokes both a
musical and visual sense
of the mythological and
mysterious elements of
Sirius and its Dog
Godstar secrets. From the
clarion call of the
opening, Sirius theme,
the sound is buoyant and
frisky emulating the
nature of doggy playtime.
Puppy pleasures abound as
a doggy four-step, my
turn on the traditional
American two-step dance,
is introduced. The
movement transforms into
an actual orchestrated
frolic of small, large
and medium dog barks
beginning with the winds
(smaller dogs) and
ultimately, the big dog,
brass. The movement
climaxes with the coda
or, Dog Park, where the
winds and the brass bark
and play together over
the, doggy ostinato
four-step rhythm,
culminating with the
final call of the Sirius
theme. Let Sleeping Dogs
Lie, Peacefully It's all
in a dog's day and life.
Tranquility presides over
this supremely gentle,
intermezzo-like movement.
After a day of play,
every dog needs rest. Let
Sleeping Dogs Lie, is a
lyrical andante inspired
by the profound serenity
and beauty of a dog at
rest. The Last Will and
Testament of Silverdene
Emblem O'Neill Based on a
powerful piece of prose
written by the American
playwright, Eugene
O'Neill this text was
intended as a consolation
piece for Carlotta, his
wife, who had become
grief-stricken over the
loss of their beloved
dog, the Dalmatian known
as Blemie.Written for a
singing actor who
personifies the role of
Blemie, a dog at the end
of his life, the movement
plays like a one act,
musical drama as we
follow Blemie through a
wonderfully
three-dimensional,
emotional and
psychological journey
writing his Last Will and
Testament, for those who
have loved him. Wagging
the Tail: Ossia Fido's
Lament A life-affirming
rumba/samba using
Blemie's final words from
O'Neill's text, this
final movement employs
the most unique American
musical invention, the
gospel choir. In order to
make the dances come
alive, this movement also
calls upon the colors of
a rhythm section.
Creating the spirit of an
Irish Funeral, the
movement is a joyful and
revival-like celebration
of a dog's life as its
spirit lives on forever
in the hearts and minds
of dog lovers everywhere.
Remember Me, remember me!
My spirit is wagging a
grateful tail. Published
by: Subito Music
Publishing Release Date:
July 9, 2013.
Orchestra SKU: BA.BA06861 Sinfonie (1923-1928). Composed by Leos J...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA06861
Sinfonie
(1923-1928). Composed
by Leos Janacek. Arranged
by Leoš Faltus and
Miloš Štedron. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete Critical
Edition of the Works of
Leos Janacek H/3.
Complete edition, Score,
Set of parts. Duration 40
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA06861_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA06861).
ISBN 9790260104211.
34.3 x 27 cm
inches.
Leoš
Janácek’s
symphonic fragment Dunaj
(The Danube) dates from
the period of the
composition of
“Katya
Kabanovaâ€. The
composer was not
concerned with a
musical-picturesque
description of a river
landscape, but with the
mythical link between
women’s destinies
and
water.
“Pale
green waves of the
Danube! There are so many
of you, and one followed
by another. You remain
interlocked in a
continuous flow. You
surprise yourselves where
you ended up – on
the Czech shores! Look
back downstream and you
will have an impression
of what you have left
behind in your haste. It
pleases you here. Here I
will rest with my
symphony.†Thus
Leoš Janácek
described the idea behind
the composition project
which occupied him in
1923/24. However, after
further work, it remained
incomplete in 1926. His
“symphonyâ€
entitled Dunaj has
survived as a
continuously-notated,
four-movement bundle of
sketches in score form.
It is one of the works
which occupied him until
his death. The scholarly
reconstruction by the two
Brno composers Miloš
Štedron and Leoš
Faltus closely follows
the original
manuscript.
A
whole conglomeration of
motifs stands behind the
incomplete work. What at
first seems like a
counterpart to
Smetana’s Vltava,
in fact doesn’t
turn out to be a musical
depiction of the Danube.
On the contrary, the
fateful link between the
destiny of women, water
and death permeates the
range of motifs found in
the work. It seems to be
no coincidence that
Janácek, whilst
working on the opera
Katya Kabanova, in which
the Volga, as the river
bringing death plays an
almost mythical role,
planned a Danube
symphony, and that its
content was linked with
the destiny of women: in
the sketches, two poems
were found which may have
provided the stimulus for
several movements of the
symphony. He copied a
poem by Pavla
Kriciková into the
second movement, in which
a girl remarks that
whilst bathing in a pond,
she was observed by a
man. Filled with shame,
the young naked woman
jumps into the water and
drowns. The outer
movements likewise draw
on the poem
“Lola†by the
Czech writer Sonja
Špálová,
published under the
pseudonym Alexander
Insarov. This is about a
prostitute who asks for
her heart’s
desire: she is given a
palace, but then goes on
a long search for it and
is finally no longer
wanted by anyone. She
suffers, feels cold and
just wants a warm fire.
Janácek adds his
remark “she jumps
into the Danube†to
the inconclusive
ending.
To these
tangible literary models
is added Adolf
Veselý’s verbal
account which reports
that the composer wanted
to portray “in the
Danube, the female sex
with all its passions and
driving forcesâ€.
The third movement is
said to characterise the
city of Vienna in the
form of a
woman.
It is
evident that in his
composition, Janácek
was not striving for a
simple, natural lyricism.
The River Danube is
masculine in the Slavic
language –
“ten Dunajâ€
– and assumes an
almost mythical
significance in the
national character,
indeed often also a role
bringing death. The four
movements are motivically
conceived. Elements of
sound painting, small
wave-like figures in the
first movement, motoric,
driving movements in the
third are obvious
evocations of water. And
the content and the
literary level are easy
to discover. The
“tremolo of the
four timpaniâ€,
which was amongst
Janácek’s first
inspirations, appears in
the second movement. It
is not difficult to
retrace in it the fate of
the drowning bather. The
oboe enters lamentoso
towards the end of the
movement over timpani
playing tremolo, its
descending figure is
taken over by the flute,
then upper strings and
intensified considerably.
The motif of drowning
– Lola’s
despair – returns
again in the fourth
movement in the clarinet,
before the work ends
abruptly and
dramatically.
One
special effect is the use
of a soprano voice in the
motor-driven third
movement. The singer
vocalises mainly in
parallel with the solo
oboe, but also in
dialogue with other parts
such as the viola
d’amore, which
Janácek used in
several late works as a
sort of “voice of
loveâ€.
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Orchestra SKU: PR.416416140 For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B-flat, Basso...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.416416140
For
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in
B-flat, Bassoon, and
Orchestra. Composed
by Narong Prangcharoen.
Full score. 53 pages.
Duration 17 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41614. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416416140).
UPC:
680160642441.
Time
is one of the main
factors impacting the
world and our lives.
Einstein saw time as the
relationship of the
motion of one object
relative to the position
of another object, as
measured through
observation. But can we
really measure time
objectively? Music, the
art which moves through
time, can affect our
perception of time, and
can affect each person's
perception of time
differently. Depending on
the emotion it
stimulates, music can
make time seem to pass
quickly or slowly. A
composer can use music to
convey time to an
audience and different
musical ideas can create
different sensations of
time. Absence of Time is
a concerto for woodwind
quartet and orchestra. It
has three main sections
(fast, slow, fast),
recalling traditional
concerto form, but it
does not use the solo
instruments in the
traditional way, i.e., as
soloists in contest with
the orchestra. Inspired
by the idea of
juxtaposing different
experiences of time, I
divided the instruments
into two groups: the four
soloists and the
orchestra. The orchestra
functions mostly as the
keeper of time (real
time) while the quartet
of soloists fluctuates
(in imaginary time or in
the absence of time)
around the orchestra's
time. While the quartet's
instruments do play
solos, they also play in
ensemble with the
orchestra. You could say
that they play in both
imaginary time (as
soloists) and in real
time (with the
orchestra). In addition
to this, the woodwind
section of the orchestra
plays in conversation
with the solo quartet,
calling it back to real
time. Fusion is achieved
at the end of the piece
through the use of
strong, driving rhythm.
Absence of Time was
commissioned by the
Pacific Symphony and was
first performed by the
Pacific Symphony and the
Pacific Symphony Woodwind
Quartet with Carl St.
Clair as conductor on
October 20, 2016.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641614L For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B-flat, Basso...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641614L
For
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in
B-flat, Bassoon, and
Orchestra. Composed
by Narong Prangcharoen.
Spiral. Large Score. 53
pages. Duration 17
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #416-41614L.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.41641614L).
UPC:
680160642458. 11 x 17
inches.
Time is one
of the main factors
impacting the world and
our lives. Einstein saw
time as the relationship
of the motion of one
object relative to the
position of another
object, as measured
through observation. But
can we really measure
time objectively? Music,
the art which moves
through time, can affect
our perception of time,
and can affect each
person's perception of
time differently.
Depending on the emotion
it stimulates, music can
make time seem to pass
quickly or slowly. A
composer can use music to
convey time to an
audience and different
musical ideas can create
different sensations of
time. Absence of Time is
a concerto for woodwind
quartet and orchestra. It
has three main sections
(fast, slow, fast),
recalling traditional
concerto form, but it
does not use the solo
instruments in the
traditional way, i.e., as
soloists in contest with
the orchestra. Inspired
by the idea of
juxtaposing different
experiences of time, I
divided the instruments
into two groups: the four
soloists and the
orchestra. The orchestra
functions mostly as the
keeper of time (real
time) while the quartet
of soloists fluctuates
(in imaginary time or in
the absence of time)
around the orchestra's
time. While the quartet's
instruments do play
solos, they also play in
ensemble with the
orchestra. You could say
that they play in both
imaginary time (as
soloists) and in real
time (with the
orchestra). In addition
to this, the woodwind
section of the orchestra
plays in conversation
with the solo quartet,
calling it back to real
time. Fusion is achieved
at the end of the piece
through the use of
strong, driving rhythm.
Absence of Time was
commissioned by the
Pacific Symphony and was
first performed by the
Pacific Symphony and the
Pacific Symphony Woodwind
Quartet with Carl St.
Clair as conductor on
October 20, 2016.
Orchestra SKU: LO.30-2645L Composed by Mary McDonald. Arranged by Michael...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-2645L
Composed
by Mary McDonald.
Arranged by Michael
Lawrence. Choral. Sacred
Anthem, All Saints' Day,
Eastertide, General,
Lent. Orchestral score
and parts. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#30/2645L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-2645L).
UPC:
000308126587.
A
powerful choral prayer,
this reverent original
anthem by Mary McDonald
calls upon God to purify
our hearts; cleanse and
make us new. Full of
soaring vocals and
breathtaking harmonies,
along with an optional
orchestration by Michael
Lawrence, this piece is a
masterful call to God's
people to gather in His
house in penitence and
devotion. The orchestra
includes a Conductor's
Score and parts for 2
Flutes, Oboe, 2
Clarinets, Bassoon (sub
Bass Clarinet), 3
Trumpets, 2 Horns (sub 2
Alto Saxes), 2 Trombones
(sub 2 Tenor Saxes),
Tuba, Percussion, Harp,
Piano, 2 Violins, Viola,
Cello, and Bass (string
reduction included).
Choir Secular For Upper Voices and Piano or Orchestra SKU: PE.EP73416A (+)
Choir Secular For Upper
Voices and Piano or
Orchestra
SKU:
PE.EP73416A
For
High Voices and Piano (or
Orchestra). Composed
by James Burton. Arranged
by Art by Jackie Morris
and Robert Macfarlane.
Choral Works (Secular) -
Upper Voices. Edition
Peters. Book. 68 pages.
Duration 00:32:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP73416A. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP73416A).
Two
versions - with
orchestral or with piano
accompaniment. The vocal
score is the same for
both
versions.
James
Burton is a composer but
also a conductor. He is
conductor of the
Tanglewood Festival
Chorus and choral
director of the Boston
Symphony.
The
book The Lost Words,
exquisitely designed, has
won multiple awards and
is an international
best-seller. The vocal
score includes Jackie
Morris's beautiful
imagery in its cover
design.
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3709MD Composed by Mary McDonald. Choral. Sacre...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3709MD
Composed
by Mary McDonald. Choral.
Sacred Anthem, Concert,
Patriotic. Orchestral
score and CD with
printable parts.
Medallion Music
#30/3709MD. Published by
Medallion Music
(LO.30-3709MD).
UPC:
000308154160.
Orche
stral Score and CD with
Printable Parts for
10/5317MD This original
work with music by Mary
McDonald and words by
Rose Aspinall was
inspired by Martin Luther
King Jr.’s
“I Have a
Dream†speech from
March 1963. With powerful
vocal moments and a
soaring orchestration by
David Clydesdale, this
festive anthem is a call
for unity and a better
tomorrow. A wonderful
selection for
patriotic-themed concerts
and events!
Greeting Prelude for
String Orchestra.
Composed by Paul Basler.
Arranged by Kirk Moss.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Symphonic String
Orchestra. Light Concert;
Multicultural. Score and
Part(s). 128 pages.
Duration 4:12. Belwin
Music #00-47438.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.47438).
UPC:
038081545387.
English.
Inspired
by the joyous optimism of
the Kenyan people, this
energetic greeting
prelude for string
orchestra will delight
performers and audiences
alike with its rhythmic
drive and
call-and-response echoes.
Paul Basler's
Kenyan-influenced
compositions use
call-and-response and
motivic manipulation as
organizational methods.
He reinforces specific
pitches by using them
frequently and stressing
them metrically and
rhythmically---using
syncopation, regrouping
of beats, and changing
meter.
Greeting Prelude for
String Orchestra.
Composed by Paul Basler.
Arranged by Kirk Moss.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Symphonic String
Orchestra. Light Concert;
Multicultural. Score. 24
pages. Duration 4:12.
Belwin Music #00-47438S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.47438S).
UPC:
038081545394.
English.
Inspired
by the joyous optimism of
the Kenyan people, this
energetic greeting
prelude for string
orchestra will delight
performers and audiences
alike with its rhythmic
drive and
call-and-response echoes.
Paul Basler's
Kenyan-influenced
compositions use
call-and-response and
motivic manipulation as
organizational methods.
He reinforces specific
pitches by using them
frequently and stressing
them metrically and
rhythmically---using
syncopation, regrouping
of beats, and changing
meter.
Orchestra SKU: LO.30-2425L Composed by Joseph M. Martin. Arranged by Bran...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-2425L
Composed
by Joseph M. Martin.
Arranged by Brant Adams.
Choral. Sacred Anthem,
Palm/Palm-Passion Sunday.
Orchestral score and
parts. Lorenz Publishing
Company #30/2425L.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
(LO.30-2425L).
UPC:
000308121858.
Fill
your sanctuary with Palm
Sunday majesty and
excitement with this
anthem from Joe Martin.
The first of three verses
is a lively
call-and-response setting
of the scripture:
“Who is this King
of glory?†The
contrasting middle verse
is an inventive pairing
of the traditional hymn
tune LEONI with the text
“All Glory, Laud
and Honor.†The
final verse returns the
lively theme of the first
in counterpoint with
drum-like hosannas. An
energetic accompaniment
that ties all three
verses together, whether
provided by piano alone
or orchestra, makes this
anthem the perfect choice
for Palm Sunday. (From
the cantata Who Is This
King? SATB –
55/1096L; SAB –
55/1097L.)
Instrumentation: 2
Flutes, Oboe, 2
Clarinets, Bassoon, 2 F
Horns, 3 Trumpets, 2
Trombones, Tuba, Timpani,
2 Percussion, Violin 1 &
2, Viola, Cello,
Bass.
Serie IX (Schriften) Vol. 4.3: Briefe 1952-1956. Composed by Hanns Eisler ...(+)
Serie IX (Schriften) Vol.
4.3: Briefe 1952-1956.
Composed by Hanns Eisler
(1898-1962). Edited by
Maren
Koster. Restless Times.
Breitkopf and Haertel #BV
350. Published by
Breitkopf
and Haertel
(Senior
Edition). Composed by
Traditional. Arranged by
Julie Lyonn Lieberman.
Solo or Ensemble. Apex
String Orchestra. Score
and set of parts. Kendor
Music Inc #9996.
Published by Kendor Music
Inc (KN.9996).
UPC:
822795099966.
This
popular Celtic melody has
been framed in an
unforgettable and lively
interplay of parts. For
the classically trained,
Celtic music is the most
appealing crossover into
world styles for string
players. Handed down
through many generations
of fiddlers by ear, this
tune is extremely popular
in Irish fiddle circles.
Available in SmartMusic.
The Junior (grade 2) and
Senior (grade 4) editions
of this arrangement
interlock to create a
multi-level edition
that's perfect for
all-district concerts and
festivals. An
interlocking score can be
downloaded for free
here.
Orchestra SKU: HL.153116 Composed by Reza Vali. LKM Music. Lauren Keiser ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.153116
Composed by
Reza Vali. LKM Music.
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing #X072022.
Published by Lauren
Keiser Music Publishing
(HL.153116).
UPC:
888680095123.
11.5x17.0x0.523
inches.
This work
creates a dialogue
between the Western Equal
Temperament system,
performed by the
orchestra, against the
Persian Dastgâh/Maghâm
system, performed by a
microtonal trumpet
capable of playing up to
24 notes per octave. As
the music juxtaposes
these traditions, it
explores the tensions as
well as commonalities
that exist between the
two.
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3550L Choral. Sacred Anthem, Eastertide, Genera...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3550L
Choral.
Sacred Anthem,
Eastertide, General, Good
Friday. Orchestral score
and CD with print parts.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#30/3550L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-3550L).
UPC:
000308149241.
Enhan
ce “I Believe in a
Hill Called Mount
Calvaryâ€
(10/4973L), a classic
Gaither song that has
been expertly arranged by
Mary McDonald, by
incorporating the
optional soaring
orchestration. This
companion item includes
the orchestral score and
a CD with printable
parts. Enhance “I
Believe in a Hill Called
Mount Calvaryâ€
(10/4973L), a classic
Gaither song that has
been expertly arranged by
Mary McDonald, by
incorporating the
optional soaring
orchestration. This
companion item includes
the orchestral score and
parts. This proclamation
of faith and the timeless
message of the
significance of
Christ’s
crucifixion and
resurrection in our daily
lives will be instantly
impactful.
Boy
Soprano, Soprano, Tenor,
Flugelhorn, Mixed Chorus,
and Chamber Orchestra
Study Score. Composed
by Harald Weiss. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Classical.
Softcover. Composed
2008/2009. 188 pages.
Duration 100'. Schott
Music #ED20619. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49018099).
ISBN
9790001158428. UPC:
884088567347.
8.25x11.75x0.457 inches.
Latin - German.
On
letting go(Concerning the
selection of the texts)
In the selection of the
texts, I have allowed
myself to be motivated
and inspired by the
concept of 'letting go'.
This appears to me to be
one of the essential
aspects of dying, but
also of life itself. We
humans cling far too
strongly to successful
achievements, whether
they have to do with
material or ideal values,
or relationships of all
kinds. We cannot and do
not want to let go,
almost as if our life
depended on it. As we
will have to practise the
art of letting go at the
latest during our hour of
death, perhaps we could
already make a start on
this while we are still
alive. Tagore describes
this farewell with very
simple but strikingly
vivid imagery: 'I will
return the key of my
door'. I have set this
text for tenor solo. Here
I imagine, and have
correspondingly noted in
a certain passage of the
score, that the
protagonist finds himself
as though 'in an ocean'
of voices in which he is
however not drowning, but
immersing himself in
complete relaxation. The
phenomenon of letting go
is described even more
simply and tersely in
Psalm 90, verse 12: 'So
teach us to number our
days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom'.
This cannot be expressed
more plainly.I have begun
the requiem with a solo
boy's voice singing the
beginning of this psalm
on a single note, the
note A. This in effect
says it all. The work
comes full circle at the
culmination with a repeat
of the psalm which
subsequently leads into a
resplendent 'lux
aeterna'. The
intermediate texts of the
Requiem which highlight
the phenomenon of letting
go in the widest spectrum
of colours originate on
the one hand from the
Latin liturgy of the
Messa da Requiem (In
Paradisum, Libera me,
Requiem aeternam, Mors
stupebit) and on the
other hand from poems by
Joseph von Eichendorff,
Hermann Hesse,
Rabindranath Tagore and
Rainer Maria Rilke.All
texts have a distinctive
positive element in
common and view death as
being an organic process
within the great system
of the universe, for
example when Hermann
Hesse writes: 'Entreiss
dich, Seele, nun der
Zeit, entreiss dich
deinen Sorgen und mache
dich zum Flug bereit in
den ersehnten Morgen'
['Tear yourself way , o
soul, from time, tear
yourself away from your
sorrows and prepare
yourself to fly away into
the long-awaited
morning'] and later: 'Und
die Seele unbewacht will
in freien Flugen
schweben, um im
Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu
leben' ['And the
unfettered soul strives
to soar in free flight to
live in the magic sphere
of the night, deep and
thousandfold']. Or Joseph
von Eichendorff whose
text evokes a distant
song in his lines: 'Und
meine Seele spannte weit
ihre Flugel aus. Flog
durch die stillen Lande,
als floge sie nach Haus'
['And my soul spread its
wings wide. Flew through
the still country as if
homeward bound.']Here a
strong romantically
tinged occidental
resonance can be detected
which is however also
accompanied by a
universal spirit going
far beyond all cultures
and religions. In the
beginning was the sound
Long before any sort of
word or meaningful phrase
was uttered by vocal
chords, sounds,
vibrations and tones
already existed. This
brings us back to the
music. Both during my
years of study and at
subsequent periods, I had
been an active
participant in the world
of contemporary music,
both as percussionist and
also as conductor and
composer. My early scores
had a somewhat
adventurous appearance,
filled with an abundance
of small black dots: no
rhythm could be too
complicated, no register
too extreme and no
harmony too dissonant. I
devoted myself intensely
to the handling of
different parameters
which in serial music
coexist in total
equality: I also studied
aleatory principles and
so-called minimal music.I
subsequently emigrated
and took up residence in
Spain from where I
embarked on numerous
travels over the years to
India, Africa and South
America. I spent repeated
periods during this time
as a resident in
non-European countries.
This meant that the
currents of contemporary
music swept past me
vaguely and at a great
distance. What I instead
absorbed during this
period were other
completely new cultures
in which I attempted to
immerse myself as
intensively as possible.I
learned foreign languages
and came into contact
with musicians of all
classes and styles who
had a different cultural
heritage than my own: I
was intoxicated with the
diversity of artistic
potential.Nevertheless,
the further I distanced
myself from my own
Western musical heritage,
the more this returned
insistently in my
consciousness.The scene
can be imagined of
sitting somewhere in the
middle of the Brazilian
jungle surrounded by the
wailing of Indians and
out of the blue being
provided with the
opportunity to hear
Beethoven's late string
quartets: this can be a
heart-wrenching
experience, akin to an
identity crisis. This
type of experience can
also be described as
cathartic. Whatever the
circumstances, my
'renewed' occupation with
the 'old' country would
not permit me to return
to the point at which I
as an audacious young
student had maltreated
the musical parameters of
so-called contemporary
music. A completely
different approach would
be necessary: an
extremely careful
approach, inching my way
gradually back into the
Western world: an
approach which would
welcome tradition back
into the fold, attempt to
unfurl the petals and
gently infuse this
tradition with a breath
of contemporary
life.Although I am aware
that I will not unleash a
revolution or scandal
with this approach, I am
nevertheless confident
as, with the musical
vocabulary of this
Requiem, I am travelling
in an orbit in which no
ballast or complex
structures will be
transported or intimated:
on the contrary, I have
attempted to form the
message of the texts in
music with the naivety of
a 'homecomer'. Harald
WeissColonia de San
PedroMarch 2009.
Solo Bb Trumpet &
Orchestra, Grade 4/Solo 5
Score. Composed by
Otto Schwarz. Symphonic
Dimensions. Classical,
Concerto. Softcover.
Duration 555 seconds. Hal
Leonard #SDP08623401.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4008565).
UPC:
196288180029.
Compo
ser Otto M. Schwarz
completed his first
Concerto for trumpet in
October 2009. Schwarz
displays a special knack
in writing for this
instrument, thanks to his
trumpet studies
undertaken with Professor
Josef Pomberger at the
Music Conservatory in
Vienna. Concerto for
Trumpet No. 1 'Trumpet
Town' was commissioned by
the police-orchestra of
Upper Austria, under the
baton of Andreas
Schwarzenlander. The work
was premiered on 17
November 2009. The
soloist for the evening
was trumpeter Franz
Wagnermeyer, who also
studied at the Vienna
Conservatory and who
currently performs with,
amongst others, the
international group
“Ten of the
Bestâ€. A rapid
flourish in 12/8 time
opens Concerto for
Trumpet No. 1 'Trumpet
Town'. The metric changes
that follow affect the
pulse rhythmically and
melodically, in exciting
and unexpected ways. The
solo trumpet's displays
of technical prowess and
bravura alternate with
the film-score-like tutti
sections of the brass
ensemble. The slow,
almost elegiac, central
section can be performed
on the flugel horn, while
the closing reprise
demands that both the
soloist and the orchestra
give of their best as the
piece comes to an
exciting, colourful, and
uplifting finale. This
piece is also available
for trumpet and
piano.
Overture to Scenes
from Goethe's Faust WoO 3
- Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Christian Rudolf
Riedel. Orchestra;
stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). The
Faust Overture in its
First Urtext Edition.
Overture; Romantic. Study
Score. 36 pages. Duration
7'. Breitkopf and Haertel
#PB 5545-07. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5545-07).
ISBN
9790004213551. 6.5 x 9
inches.
The
question Why add music to
such perfect poetry?
preoccupied Schumann long
and intensively. His
first compositional
approach to Goethes Faust
began in 1844, but it was
not until 1851 that he
finally completed the
Scenes. At Liszts
suggestion, Schumann
added an overture in
1853, a symphonic
instrumental introduction
which atmospherically
evokes the action of the
Scenes but has no direct
thematic reference to
them. As an independent
overture, the work has
been played relatively
rarely in concert halls
to this day; the general
prejudice towards
Schumanns late works was
no doubt partly
responsible for this. The
first Urtext edition of
the overture was based on
the autograph score that
was revised by Schumann
and served as the
principal source. It
should give new impulses
to the future reception
of this work which Paul
Dukas hailed as a
miracle, from beginning
to end.
Orchestra SKU: HL.49044904 Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Ute Sch...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.49044904
Composed
by Robert Schumann.
Edited by Ute Scholz.
This edition: Full-cloth
binding. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Hardcover. Op. 120. 344
pages. Schott Music
#RSA1004. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49044904).
ISBN
9783795793388.
10.0x13.25x1.3
inches.
The New
Robert Schumann Edition
(RSA) is intended as a
historico-critical
edition of the collected
works. They will be
carefully studied and
prepared according to
present-day musicological
and editorial techniques
and presented in their
entirety. Drafts,
sketches and fragments,
in short, everything that
has come down to us as
being authentically by
Schumann and which, in
most cases, has been
deliberately preserved by
him, will be brought
together, evaluated as to
its importance and
documented in some form
or other in the edition
of the complete works.It
is the aim of the edition
to reproduce authentic
texts which - having
corrected scribal,
copying and printing
errors and eradicated
later additions and other
textual corruptions -
will approach as closely
as is possible the
intention of the
originals.The critical
edition will form the
basis of accurate
performance material for
Robert Schumann's
work.
Orchestra SKU: BT.YKM570369270 Composed by Robert Saxton. Score Only. Com...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BT.YKM570369270
Composed by Robert
Saxton. Score Only.
Composed 2021. 70 pages.
University of York Music
Press #YKM570369270.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.YKM570369270).
A Hymn to the
Thames was commissioned
by James Turnbull and the
Music Director of the St
Paul’s Sinfonia, Andrew
Morley. It was begun in
2019 and completed early
in 2020. There are four
movements played without
a break, which follow the
Thames from its Cotswold
source to the North Sea.
As the first performance
took place in St
ALfege’s Church,
Greenwich, this seemed
appropriate. The solo
oboe represents both a
wanderer along the river
path and the spirit of
the river. The pitch
centres of the movements
spell out the musical
letters of the river
(tHAmES—B natural, A, E
and E flat) so that the
river’s name is
projected across the
whole work. In addition,
the musical letters found
in James Turnbull, Andrew
Morley and my wife,
Teresa Cahill ( who was
born in Maidenhead and
brought up by the river
in Rotherhithe) are
entwined in various
guises. The first
movement grows from the
depths, the soloist
entering with
fanfare-like gestures,
followed by lyrical music
and breaks into a dance
as the river gathers
momentum. The third
movement is slow and
sustained and
geographically the Thames
flows through Oxford. The
music is based on the
well-known In Nomine
‘head motif’ from the
Gloria tibi Trinitas Mass
by the early Tudor
composer, John Taverner,
who was the first
Director of Music at
Christ Church, Oxford.
The orchestra provides a
screen or veil above
which the solo oboe
dreams and ruminates.
This leads directly into
the fourth and final
movement which begins in
the depths once more,
interrupting the oboe’s
held note from the end of
the third movement. The
waters’ increasing
intensity and power are
represented throughout by
a moto perpetuo of quick,
steady semiquavers. Near
the close, the woodwind
play O Nata Lux by Thomas
Tallis, the great Tudor
composer who, with his
wife Joan, is buried in
St Alfege’s. Beneath
this, the lower strings
continue the fast
semiquaver movement of
the river and, above, the
violins are heard as a
halo of harmonics. At the
close, the oboe rises,
opening out to the
future, and celebrating
its voyage, while the
orchestra fades as the
river meets the sea. A
Hymn to the Thames lasts
approximately 17
minutes.
Klondike Fiddles Orchestre [Conducteur] - Facile Highland/Etling
Orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: AP.45892S Music of the Alaska Gold Rush. ...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2
SKU: AP.45892S
Music of the Alaska
Gold Rush. Arranged
by Andrew H. Dabczynski.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Alternatives. Form:
Medley. Folk;
Traditional. Score. 16
pages. Duration 3:50.
Highland/Etling
#00-45892S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.45892S).
UPC:
038081526546. English.
Traditional
American.
Imagining
the Alaska Klondike gold
rush calls up visions of
fortune seekers,
turn-of-the-century dance
halls, and adventure!
Klondike Fiddles captures
those moods in a medley
of two authentic fiddle
tunes from that by-gone
era by Andrew H.
Dabczynski. These
delightful
melodies---March of the
Gold Miners and Crooked
Stovepipe---fall under
the fingers of
intermediate string
students, with
interesting parts for all
players, body percussion
sounds, and challenging
optional improvisation
opportunities. Here's a
piece that complements
any concert program and
will have the players and
audience tapping their
toes! (3:50).