(Words and Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs 9x12 Spiral Bound). Edited by Annie Patte...(+)
(Words and Chords to
Nearly 1200 Songs 9x12
Spiral Bound). Edited by
Annie Patterson and Peter
Blood. For Vocal. Vocal.
Softcover. 304 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(Words and Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs Spiral-Bound). Edited by Annie Patterson ...(+)
(Words and Chords to
Nearly 1200 Songs
Spiral-Bound). Edited by
Annie Patterson and Peter
Blood. For Vocal. Vocal.
Softcover. 304 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(C Edition) For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, lyr...(+)
(C Edition) For voice and
C instrument. Format:
fakebook. With vocal
melody, lyrics and chord
names. Series: Hal
Leonard Fake Books. 856
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
(4th Edition ) For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, ...(+)
(4th Edition ) For voice
and C instrument. Format:
fakebook. With vocal
melody, lyrics and chord
names. Pop rock, rock and
pop. Series: Hal Leonard
Fake Books. 584 pages.
9x12 inches. Published by
Hal Leonard.
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.
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.
Violin Part. By Shinichi Suzuki, violin performed by William Preucil, Jr., pia...(+)
Violin Part. By Shinichi
Suzuki, violin performed
by
William Preucil, Jr.,
piano
accompaniment performed
by
Linda Perry. This
edition:
International.
Method/Instruction;
SmartMusic; String -
Violin
(Suzuki); Suzuki. Suzuki
Violin School. Book; CD.
48
pages. Alfred Music #00-
46910. Published by
Alfred
Music
Violin SKU: AP.48722 Violin Part. Composed by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki....(+)
Violin
SKU:
AP.48722
Violin
Part. Composed by Dr.
Shinichi Suzuki. This
edition: International.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Method/Instruction;
String - Violin (Suzuki);
Suzuki. Suzuki Violin
School. Book and CD. 48
pages. Alfred Music
#00-48722. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.48722).
ISBN 9781470644130.
UPC: 038081560342.
English.
Teach
violin with the popular
Suzuki Violin School! The
Suzuki Method of Talent
Education is based on
Shinichi Suzuki's view
that every child is born
with ability, and that
people are the product of
their environment.
According to Shinichi
Suzuki, a world-renowned
violinist and teacher,
the greatest joy an adult
can know comes from
developing a child's
potential so he/she can
express all that is
harmonious and best in
human beings. Students
are taught using the
mother-tongue approach.
Each series of books for
a particular instrument
in the Suzuki Method is
considered a Suzuki music
school, such as the
Suzuki Violin School.
Suzuki lessons are
generally given in a
private studio setting
with additional group
lessons. The student
listens to the recordings
and works with their
Suzuki violin teacher to
develop their potential
as a musician and as a
person.
This
Suzuki Book and CD is
integral for Suzuki
violin lessons. This
International Edition of
the Suzuki Violin School,
Volume 1 features: *
Engravings in a 9 x 12
format * New editing
of pieces, including
bowings and fingerings
* 16 additional pages
* Additional
exercises, some from
Shinichi Suzuki, plus
additional insight and
suggestions for teachers
* Glossary of terms
in English, French,
German, and Spanish *
Musical notation guide
* Fingerboard
position * CD
features new recordings
by Hilary Hahn in
collaboration with
pianist Natalie Zhu, as
well as piano
accompaniment only tracks
for play-along purposes.
Titles:
Principles of Study and
Guidance * Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star
Variations (Suzuki) *
Lightly Row (Folk Song) *
Song of the Wind (Folk
Song) * Go Tell Aunt
Rhody (Folk Song) * O
Come, Little Children
(Folk Song) * May Song
(Folk Song) * Long, Long
Ago (Bayly) * Allegro
(Suzuki) * Perpetual
Motion (Suzuki) *
Allegretto (Suzuki) *
Andantino (Suzuki) *
Etude (Suzuki) * Minuet
1, Minuett III from Suite
in G Minor for Klavier,
BWV 822 (Bach) * M.
About Suzuki
Method
The
Suzuki Method is based on
the principle that all
children possess ability
and that this ability can
be developed and enhanced
through a nurturing
environment. All children
learn to speak their own
language with relative
ease and if the same
natural learning process
is applied in teaching
other skills, these can
be acquired as
successfully. Suzuki
referred to the process
as the Mother Tongue
Method and to the whole
system of pedagogy as
Talent Education. The
important elements of the
Suzuki approach to
instrumental teaching
include the following:an
early start (aged 3-4 is
normal in most
countries); the
importance of listening
to music; learning to
play before learning to
read; -the involvement of
the parent; a nurturing
and positive learning
environment; a high
standard of teaching by
trained teachers; the
importance of producing a
good sound in a balanced
and natural way; core
repertoire, used by
Suzuki students across
the world; social
interaction with other
children. Suzuki students
from all over the world
can communicate through
the language of
music.
E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arrangements for piano, organ, and...(+)
E-Z Play Today (Easy
big-note right-hand-only
arrangements for piano,
organ, and electronic
keyboard). Size 9x12
inches. 296 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Violin SKU: AP.48723 International Edition. By Hilary Hahn and Nat...(+)
Violin
SKU:
AP.48723
International
Edition. By Hilary
Hahn and Natalie Zhu.
This edition:
Performance/Accompaniment
CD; International.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Method/Instruction;
String - Violin (Suzuki);
Suzuki. Suzuki Violin
School. CD. Alfred Music
#00-48723. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.48723).
ISBN 9781470644147.
UPC: 038081560359.
English.
Teach
violin with the popular
Suzuki Violin School! The
Suzuki Method of Talent
Education is based on
Shinichi Suzuki's view
that every child is born
with ability, and that
people are the product of
their environment.
According to Shinichi
Suzuki, a world-renowned
violinist and teacher,
the greatest joy an adult
can know comes from
developing a child's
potential so he/she can
express all that is
harmonious and best in
human beings. Students
are taught using the
mother-tongue approach.
Each series of books for
a particular instrument
in the Suzuki Method is
considered a Suzuki music
school, such as the
Suzuki Violin School.
Suzuki lessons are
generally given in a
private studio setting
with additional group
lessons. The student
listens to the recordings
and work with their
Suzuki violin teacher to
develop their potential
as a musician and as a
person.
This CD
of the Suzuki violin
method, Volume 1 features
recordings by Hilary Hahn
in collaboration with
pianist Natalie Zhu, as
well as piano
accompaniment only tracks
for play-along purposes.
Titles: Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star
Variations (Suzuki) *
Lightly Row (Folk Song) *
Song of the Wind (Folk
Song) * Go Tell Aunt
Rhody (Folk Song) * O
Come, Little Children
(Folk Song) * May Song
(Folk Song) * Long, Long
Ago (Bayly) * Allegro
(Suzuki) * Perpetual
Motion (Suzuki) *
Allegretto (Suzuki) *
Andantino (Suzuki) *
Etude (Suzuki) * Minuet
1, Minuett III from Suite
in G Minor for Klavier,
BWV 822 (Bach) * Minuet
2, Minuet, BWV Anh. II
116 from Notebook for
Anna Magdalena Bach
(Bach) * Minuet 3, Minuet
BWV Anh. II 114/Anh. III
183 (Bach) * The Happy
Farmer from Album for the
Young, Op. 68, No. 10
(Schumann) * Gavotte
(Gossec).
This
title is available in
MakeMusic Cloud.
About Suzuki
Method
The
Suzuki Method is based on
the principle that all
children possess ability
and that this ability can
be developed and enhanced
through a nurturing
environment. All children
learn to speak their own
language with relative
ease and if the same
natural learning process
is applied in teaching
other skills, these can
be acquired as
successfully. Suzuki
referred to the process
as the Mother Tongue
Method and to the whole
system of pedagogy as
Talent Education. The
important elements of the
Suzuki approach to
instrumental teaching
include the following:an
early start (aged 3-4 is
normal in most
countries); the
importance of listening
to music; learning to
play before learning to
read; -the involvement of
the parent; a nurturing
and positive learning
environment; a high
standard of teaching by
trained teachers; the
importance of producing a
good sound in a balanced
and natural way; core
repertoire, used by
Suzuki students across
the world; social
interaction with other
children. Suzuki students
from all over the world
can communicate through
the language of
music.
New Dancing Shoes Suite Quintette à Vent: flûte, Hautbois, basson, clarinette, Cor [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Subito Music
Woodwind Quintet SKU: SU.32040050 For Woodwind Quintet. Composed b...(+)
Woodwind Quintet
SKU:
SU.32040050
For
Woodwind Quintet.
Composed by Amy Riebs
Mills. Woodwinds,
Woodwind Ensemble,
Chamber Music, Woodwind
Quartet/Quintet. Score &
Parts. Subito Music
Corporation #32040050.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.32040050).
Woodwind
Quintet (Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon)
Duration: 6' Composed:
2012 Published by: Amy
Mills Music, LLC 3
movements I. Seven Toes
Down II. En Pointe III.
Muddy Boots This charming
suite has three short
movements, each with its
own character. The suite
bursts open with
breathless energy. Seven
Toes Down is modal, in
7/8 time, with people
dancing in bare feet on
bare ground, so
vigorously that it kicks
up the dust. En Pointe
opens with a lovely
waltz, then it focuses in
on the tiny, delicate
movements of a ballerina
high up on her toes.
Muddy Boots is big strong
guys, covered with dirt
from a hard day of work,
practicing one-upmanship.
Different players have
the chance to show what
they can do, surrounded
by their friends. Then we
catch another glimpse of
the ballerina before
closing playfully with
Seven Toes Down.
Difficulty Level: 4
(Advanced) See composer
website for audio
sample.
Arranged by Teena Chinn. For Choir. (SATB Singer's Edition). Choral Octavo. Bro...(+)
Arranged by Teena Chinn.
For Choir. (SATB
Singer's Edition). Choral
Octavo. Broadway. Level:
Moderate (grade III).
Choral Octavo. Published
by Alfred Publishing.
(25 Great Easy Piano Movie Hits). Arranged by Dan Coates. For Piano. Book; CD; M...(+)
(25 Great Easy Piano
Movie Hits). Arranged by
Dan Coates. For Piano.
Book; CD;
Method/Instruction; Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Complete
Idiot's Guide. Movie.
Easy Piano. 208 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Achnaton Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Gobelin Music Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4 SKU: BT.GOB-000712-140 Composed by Jan Bo...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 4
SKU:
BT.GOB-000712-140
Composed by Jan Bosveld.
Score Only. 40 pages.
Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000712-140. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000712-140).
The Egyptian
pharaoh Amenhotep IV,
better known as Achnaton,
was the second son and
successor of Amenhotep
III. He reigned the
New Kingdom from 1353
until 1336 BC.
Achnatons lack of
interest in the economic
well-being of Egypt
ushered ina revolutionary
period in Egyptian
history. His harsh
reign induced much
suffering under the
population. During
this period when it was
customary for a pharaoh
to have many wives, he
had taken his cousin
Nefertete to reign as
queen at hisside. An
elegant and very
beautiful woman, she used
her influence to ease the
turmoil caused by
Achnaton. Combined
with her grace, her
presence at public
functions led to a
greater popularity among
her subjects than the
pharaoh
enjoyedhimself. Being
mostly preoccupied with
religious questions, he
declared that all the
other gods did not exist.
There was only one god,
the Aten, and it was the
sun itself. It was
now necessary to change
his name: ‘Amenhotep’
meaning ‘the god Amun
is satisfied’, because
he didnt want to be
associated with Amun or
any of the other
deities. He renamed
himself ‘Achnaton’
which means ‘servant of
the Aten’ -- a much
more appropriate
title! In the sixth
year of his reignAchnaton
also moved the capital to
a brand new city called
Achet-Aton (‘the
Horizon of the Aten’)
which was where Tel
el-Amarna stands today.
He did this to further
isolate himself from the
‘old’ religion, since
the previous capital
Thebes was thecentre of
worship of Amun. This
new religion created an
up rise among the
population and high
priests. In spite of
Nefertetes influence, the
falling economy and
religious conflict
resulted in the decline
of the Egyptian
empire. Hoping
toforget it ever
happened, people later
tried to eradicate all
traces of Achnaton and
his successors rule by
smashing their statues,
mutilating their mummies,
and ruining their relief
carvings. From that
moment on he was
remembered as
the‘heretic
king’.
This
composition was partially
funded by the ‘Prins
Bernhard
Cultuurfonds’.
D
e Egyptische farao
Achnaton was de zoon en
opvolger van Amenhotep
III en besteeg de troon
als Amenhotep IV. Hij
regeerde van 1353 tot
1336 voor Christus.
Achnaton was nauwelijks
ge?nteresseerd in
politiek en handel
waardoorhet Egyptische
rijk onder zijn bewind in
economisch verval raakte.
Hij regeerde per decreet
waaronder de bevolking
zwaar te leiden had.
In die tijd was het
gebruikelijk dat de
farao’s meerdere
vrouwen hadden waarvan
hij eréén tot zijn
hoofdvrouw koos waarmee
hij zijn rijk regeerde.
Nefertete was de
uitverkorene. Een zeer
mooie, elegante vrouw,
die met haar invloed op
het harde beleid van
Achnaton nog voor enige
verlichting zorgde. Dit
en haar aanwezigheidbij
openbare presentaties
leidde ertoe dat zij bij
de bevolking een veel
grotere populariteit
genoot dan de farao zelf.
Achnaton hield zich
vooral bezig met
religieuze vraagstukken.
Hij brak met het idee dat
er meergoden zouden
bestaan. Volgens hem was
er slechts één god,
namelijk de zon. Deze
zonnegod noemde hij
Aton. Nadat deze
gedachte zich bij hem had
geopenbaard veranderde
hij zijn naam van
Amenhotep in Achnaton,
hetgeen in het
Egyptisch“Aton
welgevallig”
betekent. In zijn
zesde regeringsjaar
stichtte Achnaton de
nieuwe regeringszetel
“Achet-Aton”, ver van
de bewoonde wereld in de
woestijn. Deze stad,
het huidige Tell
el-Amarna in
Midden-Egypte,stond
geheel in het teken van
de zonnegod. Deze nieuwe
godsdienst stuitte op
veel weerstand bij de
bevolking en de
priesters. De
godsdienststrijd die
hierdoor ontstond
gekoppeld aan het
economische verval
zorgde, ondanks de
invloedvan Nefertete,
voor de ineenstorting van
het Egyptische rijk als
grote mogendheid. Na
de dood van Achnaton werd
de regeringszetel
“Achet-Aton” gebruikt
als steengroeve. Zijn
naam werd verwijderd van
de alle bouwwerken en
herinneringszuilen.