Arranged by James Erb. American Folk Song. For Choir. (TTBBB a cappella). Choral Octavo. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

35 Traditional Pieces - Book and CD. Composed by Samantha Muir. String. Softcover with CD. 60 pages. Schott Music #ED13786. Published by Schott Music

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.114412190

Composed by Robert Maggio. Shenandoah, All the Pretty Little Horses, Blue Tail Fly, I've Been Working on the Railroad. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 2001. 56 + 76 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41219. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114412190).

UPC: 680160017683. Shenandoah, All the Pretty Little Horses, I've Been Working on the Railroad, Blue Tail Fly.

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.11441219S

Composed by Robert Maggio. Shenandoah, All the Pretty Little Horses, Blue Tail Fly, I've Been Working on the Railroad. Full score. With Standard notation. 56 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41219S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11441219S).

UPC: 680160017706. Shenandoah, I've Been Working on the Railroad, All the Pretty Little Horses, Blue Tail Fly.

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 Spring”) 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.

Arranged by Richard Bjella. For SSAA choir, clarinet and violin. Octavo. Published by Alliance Music Publications

Arranged by Mark Patterson. For SSA choir and optional viola. Sing!. Octavo. Published by Chorister's Guild

By John G. Mortimer. For 4 Euphoniums. Swiss import. Level: Grade 2 . Published by Editions Marc Reift. (EMR 4195)

30 Popular Shanties, Work Songs and Sea Songs. Composed by Various. Fake Book. Folk. Softcover. Published by Simon and Schuster

by William Bay. For soprano ukelele. Fun With. Folk, strum/sing. Level: Beginning. Book. Method. Size 8.75x11.75. 40 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

String Quartet - Grade 4

SKU: MA.EMR-56970

Composed by Jirka Kadlec. Score and parts. Duration 5'07. Editions Marc Reift #EMR 56970. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-56970).

Oh, Susanna / The Devil's Dream / Shenandoah / Larry O' Gaff Jig / Swanee River.

by William Bay. For diatonic harmonica. Fun With. All styles, solos. Level: Beginning. Book. Method. Size 8.75x11.75. 32 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

(Full Size Edition). Composed by Various. For Ukulele. Ukulele. Softcover. 688 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(Brass Quintet Conductor's Score). By The Canadian Brass. By Various. Score. Brass Ensemble. Softcover. 64 pages

Composed by Ruth Elaine Schram. Arranged by Ruth Elaine Schram. Octavo. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Duration 3:22. BriLee Music #BL00424. Published by BriLee Music

(The Most Famous Melodies of All Time Arranged for Easy Guitar). For Guitar. This edition: Easy Guitar TAB. Book; Guitar Mixed Folio; Guitar TAB; Solo Guitar TAB (EZ/Int). 288 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Violin - Beginning; Intermediate; Advanced

SKU: MB.30859

Saddle-stitched, Wedding. World Music. Book/insert. 68 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30859. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30859).

ISBN 9781513465951. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Imagine a campfire! Envision sitting around the bright flames with your friends and family singing songs out in the great expanse. Imagine that those melodies you sing stir up joy, hope, and belief in the great wonders of the world. Melodies have connected different kinds of people for many, many years. Music brings us closer, and music makes any occasion more festive and memorable. This book was written to promote the love of old folk melodies, provide processional music for special celebrations, and to include players of all levels. Music educators will find that there are many possibilities and combinations for practice and performance. Includes a 16-page pull-out section of twelve selected pieces for an optional cello part.

It is my great hope that music students, families, and educators will all enjoy this very special collection of Beautiful Melodies from Around the World. 

Soprano Recorder

SKU: HL.49002249

Volume 1. Edited by Gregory T. S. Walker. Arranged by T.S. Walker. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. 12 pages. Schott Music #ED10056. Published by Schott Music (HL.49002249).

ISBN 9790220120077. UPC: 073999878264. 5.0x7.5x0.065 inches.

Soprano recorder.

(Over 120 Songs in the Key of C). By Various. Fake Book. Softcover. 152 pages. Published by Hal Leonard