Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Score and Solo Part) SKU: HL.50600469 For...(+)
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Score and Solo
Part)
SKU:
HL.50600469
For
Violin and Piano.
Composed by Krzysztof
Meyer. String. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
48 pages. Sikorski
#SIK1496. Published by
Sikorski (HL.50600469).
8.25x11.75x0.14
inches.
“I
belong to that group of
people who appropriate
Debussy's wonderfully
formulated philosophy
according to which music
begins where words end.
Contrary to a view that
has become widespread
during the past 100
years, I am convinced
that the task of the
composer is to write
music, not to talk about
it. Even if my technical
and aesthetic
commentaries on one of my
compositions were to have
a certain value for
listeners, such a
commentary would have the
effect that I were more
or less forcing my own
vision of the work onto
the listener. The power
of music is, however, a
gift that makes it
capable of calling forth
different reactions in
listeners. I shall
therefore limit myself to
saying that the
'Imaginary Variations'
were inspired by the
wonderful recordings of
Janet Packer that I
listened to with the
greatest pleasure prior
to the beginning of my
work. The title is
derived from the fact
that this composition is
structured similarly to
the classical variation
form and that the
audience can listen to
the constant changes of
the musical ideas. In
truth, however, the
twelve short sections of
the work are not true
variations even though
they reveal some
connections and
similarities.â€
(Krzysztof Meyer).
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.
Fakebook for voice and C instrument. With vocal melody, lyrics, leadsheet notati...(+)
Fakebook for voice and C
instrument. With vocal
melody, lyrics, leadsheet
notation and chord names.
Series: Hal Leonard
Paperback Songs. 255
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard.
Contralto Songs Voix Alto, Piano - Intermédiaire Boosey and Hawkes
The New Imperial Edition. By Various. Arranged by Sydney Northcote. (Contralto)...(+)
The New Imperial Edition.
By Various. Arranged by
Sydney Northcote.
(Contralto). Boosey and
Hawkes Voice. Book only.
Size 9x12 inches. 112
pages. Published by
Boosey and Hawkes.
(12 Christmas Classics for Guitar (Guitar TAB)). By Vincent J. Carrola. For Guit...(+)
(12 Christmas Classics
for Guitar (Guitar TAB)).
By Vincent J. Carrola.
For Guitar. This edition:
Guitar TAB. Book; CD;
Guitar Mixed Folio;
Guitar TAB; Play-Along.
Contemporary Christian;
Sacred. 72 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.164002720 Cassatt. Composed b...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.164002720
Cassatt. Composed
by Dan Welcher. Spiral
and Saddle. Premiere:
Cassatt Quartet,
Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 2007. WRT11142.
52+16+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 24 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00272. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.164002720).
UPC:
680160573042. 8.5 x 11
inches.
My third
quartet is laid out in a
three-movement structure,
with each movement based
on an early, middle, and
late work of the great
American impressionist
painter Mary Cassatt.
Although the movements
are separate, with
full-stop endings, the
music is connected by a
common scale-form,
derived from the name
MARY CASSATT, and by a
recurring theme that
introduces all three
movements. I see this
theme as Mary's Theme, a
personality that stays
intact while undergoing
gradual change. I
The Bacchante (1876)
[Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania] The
painting shows a young
girl of Italian or
Spanish origin, playing a
small pair of cymbals.
Since Cassatt was trying
very hard to fit in at
the French Academy at the
time, she painted a lot
of these subjects, which
were considered typical
and universal. The style
of the painting doesn't
yet show Cassatt's
originality, except
perhaps for certain
details in the face.
Accordingly the music for
this movement is
Spanish/Italian, in a
similar period-style but
using the musical
signature described
above. The music begins
with Mary's Theme,
ruminative and slow, then
abruptly changes to an
alla Spagnola-type fast
3/4 - 6/8 meter. It
evokes the
Spanish-influenced music
of Ravel and Falla.
Midway through,
there's an accompanied
recitative for the viola,
which figures large in
this particular movement,
then back to a truncated
recapitulation of the
fast music. The overall
feeling is of a
well-made, rather
conventional movement in
a contemporary
Spanish/Italian style.
Cassatt's painting, too,
is rather conventional.
II At the Opera
(1880) [Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts]
This painting is one of
Cassatt's most well known
works, and it hangs in
the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. The painting
shows a woman alone in a
box at the opera house,
completely dressed
(including gloves) and
looking through opera
glasses at someone or
something that is NOT on
the stage. Across the
auditorium from her, but
exactly at eye level, is
a gentleman with opera
glasses intently watching
her - though it is not
him that she's looking
at. It's an intriguing
picture. This
movement is far less
conventional than the
first movement, as the
painting is far less
conventional. The music
begins with a rapid,
Shostakovich-type
mini-overture lasting
less than a minute, based
on Mary's Theme. My
conjecture is that the
woman in the painting has
arrived late to the
opera, busily stumbling
into her box. What
happens next is a kind of
collage, a kind of
surrealistic overlaying
of two different
elements: the foreground
music, at first is a
direct quotation of
Soldier's Chorus from
Gounod's FAUST (an opera
Cassatt would certainly
have heard in the
brand-new Paris Opera
House at that time),
played by Violin II,
Viola, and Cello. This
music is played sul
ponticello in the melody
and col legno in the
marching accompaniment.
On top of this, the first
violin hovers at first on
a high harmonic, then
descends into a slow
melody, completely
separate from the Gounod.
It's as if the woman in
the painting is hearing
the opera onstage but is
not really interested in
it. Then the cello joins
the first violin in a
kind of love-duet (just
the two of them, at
first). This music isn't
at all Gounod-derived;
it's entirely from the
same scale patterns as
the first movement and
derives from Mary's Theme
and its scale. The music
stays in a kind of
dichotomy feeling,
usually
three-against-one, until
the end of the movement,
when another Gounod
melody, Valentin's aria
Avant de quitter ce lieux
reappears in a kind of
coda for all four
players. It ends
atmospherically and
emotionally disconnected,
however. The overall
feeling is a kind of
schizophrenic,
opera-inspired dream.
III Young Woman in
Green, Outdoors in the
Sun (1909) [Worcester Art
Museum, Massachusetts]
The painting, one
of Cassatt's last, is
very simple: just a
figure, looking sideways
out of the picture. The
colors are pastel and yet
bold - and the woman is
likewise very
self-assured and not in
the least demure. It is
eight minutes long, and
is all about melody -
three melodies, to be
exact (Young Woman,
Green, and Sunlight). No
angst, no choppy rhythms,
just ever-unfolding
melody and lush
harmonies. I quote one
other French composer
here, too: Debussy's song
Green, from Ariettes
Oubliees. 1909 would have
been Debussy's heyday in
Paris, and it makes
perfect sense musically
as well as visually to do
this. Mary Cassatt
lived her last several
years in near-total
blindness, and as she
lost visual acuity, her
work became less sharply
defined - something akin
to late water lilies of
Monet, who suffered
similar vision loss. My
idea of making this
movement entirely melodic
was compounded by having
each of the three
melodies appear twice,
once in a pure form, and
the second time in a more
diffuse setting. This
makes an interesting two
ways form:
A-B-C-A1-B1-C1.
String Quartet No.3
(Cassatt) is dedicated,
with great affection and
respect, to the Cassatt
String Quartet, whose
members have dedicated
themselves in large
measure to the furthering
of the contemporary
repertoire for
quartet.
By Shawnee Press. Songbooks and Methods. Irish. Level: Intermediate. Book and Au...(+)
By Shawnee Press.
Songbooks and Methods.
Irish. Level:
Intermediate. Book and
Audio CD, Mixed Songbook.
Text language: English.
Published by Shawnee
Press.
Cassatt. Composed
by Dan Welcher. Premiere:
Cassatt Quartet,
Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2007. WRT11142.
52 pages. Duration 24
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #164-00272S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.16400272S).
UPC:
680160588442. 8.5 x 11
inches.
My third
quartet is laid out in a
three-movement structure,
with each movement based
on an early, middle, and
late work of the great
American impressionist
painter Mary Cassatt.
Although the movements
are separate, with
full-stop endings, the
music is connected by a
common scale-form,
derived from the name
MARY CASSATT, and by a
recurring theme that
introduces all three
movements. I see this
theme as Mary's Theme, a
personality that stays
intact while undergoing
gradual change. I
The Bacchante (1876)
[Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania] The
painting shows a young
girl of Italian or
Spanish origin, playing a
small pair of cymbals.
Since Cassatt was trying
very hard to fit in at
the French Academy at the
time, she painted a lot
of these subjects, which
were considered typical
and universal. The style
of the painting doesn't
yet show Cassatt's
originality, except
perhaps for certain
details in the face.
Accordingly the music for
this movement is
Spanish/Italian, in a
similar period-style but
using the musical
signature described
above. The music begins
with Mary's Theme,
ruminative and slow, then
abruptly changes to an
alla Spagnola-type fast
3/4 - 6/8 meter. It
evokes the
Spanish-influenced music
of Ravel and Falla.
Midway through,
there's an accompanied
recitative for the viola,
which figures large in
this particular movement,
then back to a truncated
recapitulation of the
fast music. The overall
feeling is of a
well-made, rather
conventional movement in
a contemporary
Spanish/Italian style.
Cassatt's painting, too,
is rather conventional.
II At the Opera
(1880) [Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts]
This painting is one of
Cassatt's most well known
works, and it hangs in
the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. The painting
shows a woman alone in a
box at the opera house,
completely dressed
(including gloves) and
looking through opera
glasses at someone or
something that is NOT on
the stage. Across the
auditorium from her, but
exactly at eye level, is
a gentleman with opera
glasses intently watching
her - though it is not
him that she's looking
at. It's an intriguing
picture. This
movement is far less
conventional than the
first movement, as the
painting is far less
conventional. The music
begins with a rapid,
Shostakovich-type
mini-overture lasting
less than a minute, based
on Mary's Theme. My
conjecture is that the
woman in the painting has
arrived late to the
opera, busily stumbling
into her box. What
happens next is a kind of
collage, a kind of
surrealistic overlaying
of two different
elements: the foreground
music, at first is a
direct quotation of
Soldier's Chorus from
Gounod's FAUST (an opera
Cassatt would certainly
have heard in the
brand-new Paris Opera
House at that time),
played by Violin II,
Viola, and Cello. This
music is played sul
ponticello in the melody
and col legno in the
marching accompaniment.
On top of this, the first
violin hovers at first on
a high harmonic, then
descends into a slow
melody, completely
separate from the Gounod.
It's as if the woman in
the painting is hearing
the opera onstage but is
not really interested in
it. Then the cello joins
the first violin in a
kind of love-duet (just
the two of them, at
first). This music isn't
at all Gounod-derived;
it's entirely from the
same scale patterns as
the first movement and
derives from Mary's Theme
and its scale. The music
stays in a kind of
dichotomy feeling,
usually
three-against-one, until
the end of the movement,
when another Gounod
melody, Valentin's aria
Avant de quitter ce lieux
reappears in a kind of
coda for all four
players. It ends
atmospherically and
emotionally disconnected,
however. The overall
feeling is a kind of
schizophrenic,
opera-inspired dream.
III Young Woman in
Green, Outdoors in the
Sun (1909) [Worcester Art
Museum, Massachusetts]
The painting, one
of Cassatt's last, is
very simple: just a
figure, looking sideways
out of the picture. The
colors are pastel and yet
bold - and the woman is
likewise very
self-assured and not in
the least demure. It is
eight minutes long, and
is all about melody -
three melodies, to be
exact (Young Woman,
Green, and Sunlight). No
angst, no choppy rhythms,
just ever-unfolding
melody and lush
harmonies. I quote one
other French composer
here, too: Debussy's song
Green, from Ariettes
Oubliees. 1909 would have
been Debussy's heyday in
Paris, and it makes
perfect sense musically
as well as visually to do
this. Mary Cassatt
lived her last several
years in near-total
blindness, and as she
lost visual acuity, her
work became less sharply
defined - something akin
to late water lilies of
Monet, who suffered
similar vision loss. My
idea of making this
movement entirely melodic
was compounded by having
each of the three
melodies appear twice,
once in a pure form, and
the second time in a more
diffuse setting. This
makes an interesting two
ways form:
A-B-C-A1-B1-C1.
String Quartet No.3
(Cassatt) is dedicated,
with great affection and
respect, to the Cassatt
String Quartet, whose
members have dedicated
themselves in large
measure to the furthering
of the contemporary
repertoire for
quartet.
Chamber Music Trumpet, Piano SKU: PR.114418940 For Trumpet in C and Pi...(+)
Chamber Music Trumpet,
Piano
SKU:
PR.114418940
For
Trumpet in C and
Piano. Composed by
Adolphus Hailstork. Sws.
Score and parts. With
Standard notation. 28
pages. Duration 10
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41894.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114418940).
UPC:
680160669653. 9 x 12
inches.
Hailstork
names his four diverse
pieces for trumpet Hymns,
because of the hymn-like
impression of the opening
statements. These short
pieces can be played
individually or as a set,
and can well serve within
the worship service as
processional or
recessional. Four Hymns
Without Words is
available in two versions
for piano or organ
accompaniment. Music
for trumpet and organ has
a long grand history,
especially as written by
English composers. These
four pieces were written
to be used as separate
service pieces or as a
suite. I then decided to
orchestrate them as a
concert suite I had some
themes that reminded me
of church hymns,
especially processionals,
from my early years
growing up as a singer in
an Episcopal cathedral. I
kept envisioning entrance
music when I worked on
Hymns 1 and 2, then quiet
hymn (with a minor key
ending!) as might occur
in a Black church for no.
3, and, finally, a
buoyant exit song for the
recessional as the church
doors are flung open to
the sun.. Music for
trumpet and organ has a
long grand history,
especially as written by
English composers.These
four pieces were written
to be used as separate
service pieces or as a
suite. I then decided to
orchestrate them as a
concert suite I had some
themes that reminded me
of church hymns,
especially processionals,
from my early years
growing up as a singer in
an Episcopal cathedral. I
kept envisioning entrance
music when I worked on
Hymns 1 and 2, then quiet
hymn (with a minor key
ending!) as might occur
in a Black church for no.
3, and, finally,
a buoyant exit song for
the recessional as the
church doors are flung
open to the
sun.. Music for
trumpet and organ has a
long grand history,
especially as written by
English composers.These
four pieces were written
to be used as separate
service pieces or as a
suite. I then decided to
orchestrate them as a
concert suitexa0I had
some themes that reminded
me of church hymns,
especially processionals,
from my early years
growing up as a singer in
an Episcopal cathedral. I
kept envisioning entrance
music when I worked on
Hymns 1 and 2, then quiet
hymn (with a minor key
ending!) as might occur
in a Black church for no.
3, and, finally,
axa0buoyantxa0exit song
for the recessional as
the church doors are
flung open to the
sun..
Classic Hymns We Love Piano seul [Partition] - Intermédiaire Lorenz Publishing Company
(Your favorite composers share a few of their favorites). By Pepper Choplin. For...(+)
(Your favorite composers
share a few of their
favorites). By Pepper
Choplin. For piano.
Sacred. Moderately
difficult. Collection.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
Composed by
Ethan Sperry. Duration 5
minutes. Carl Fischer
Music #CM9792. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9792).
ISBN
9781491164631. UPC:
680160923540. Key: A
major. English. Coty
Raven Morris.
Original.
The text
for Dust came to me
in a season of
reflection. As educators
and mentors to the
generations that come
after us, we have a
responsibility to provide
tools so that others can
shape their future.
Overtime, it can become
easy to lose one's
personal vision for one's
self when influenced by
so many outside factors.
When the pressure builds,
it can almost feel like a
self-reckoning; an
opportunity to build
ourselves again. Though
we are influenced by our
surroundings, we are all
unique in our purpose and
design!These questions of
self-reflection came
first:How much of me
flows from their
blood?How much of me is
built of their flesh?How
much of me is manifested
from their dreams?And
just like our own
identities, the rest of
the poem begin to take
shape. I hope that this
text speaks to you
wherever you are in your
discovery and journey to
your most authentic
self.DustI am
rubbleCarved into my
ruins, you will find my
ancestry interwoven with
my identityHow much of me
flows from their
blood?How much of me is
built of their flesh?How
much of me is manifested
from their dreams?The
only way to my truth is
through my foundationI
rage against those who
would dare covet this
sacred spaceI am the
temple and the
monumentThis is holy
ground.I must demolish
myself.Tear down the
walls that have held up
your visions and
destroyed mine.I must
restore myself in my own
image.And when the dust
settles, you can see my
bones.Pillars of
strength, marble, and
earthWalls painted with
my blood, cracked with
time, polished like my
skin(Golden)I will not be
complete, but I will be
homethe dust settlesAnd
we build
again—Coty Raven
Morris    Â
 .
Band concert band - Grade 3 SKU: CF.CPS250 Composed by Peter Sciaino. Set...(+)
Band concert band - Grade
3
SKU: CF.CPS250
Composed by Peter
Sciaino. Set of Score and
Parts.
27+12+12+6+12+12+12+6+6+6
+6+4+4+8+8+8+4+4+6+6+6+4+
12+4+2+6+10 pages.
Duration 4 minutes, 40
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CPS250. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS250).
ISBN
9781491159576. UPC:
680160918164.
Kalei
doscope Sky is inspired
by the breathtaking
pastime of hot-air
ballooning and the
glorious festivals around
the world that honor the
practice. A sky full of
colorful spheres
elegantly floating at the
Albuquerque International
Balloon Fiesta,
International Balloon
Festival of
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
Bristol International
Balloon Fiesta, Mondial
Air Ballons and more draw
thousands of people to
witness awe-inspiring
scenes full of passionate
balloonists. Traditional
hot-air balloons mix with
creatively designed
balloons to thrill the
tens of thousands of
spectators below. While I
personally am not a
person who dreams of
taking my own
flight--heights are not
my thing--I have to
marvel at how gently and
easily these vessels
float among the clouds.
It truly is an image of
exquisite freedom. This
piece reflects the view
and experience of the
onlooker taking in an
elegantly shifting scene
reminiscent of
kaleidoscope patterns.
Spectators like me can
appreciate the beauty and
vibrancy associated with
a horizon full of
adventurous balloonists
and their wondrous
aircrafts. Kaleidoscope
Sky starts in a
triumphant and
celebratory fashion and
continues to conjure
images reminiscent of the
wide variety of soaring
colors on display at a
hot-air balloon event.
Ultimately, the piece
appropriately concludes
with a suspenseful, yet
graceful, run to the
finish line. Melodic
lines should soar with
attention being paid to
phrase markings and
assigned articulations.
Encourage musicians to
allow room for the
melodic material to be
heard in thicker textures
where supporting
harmonies are often
rhythmic in nature. These
harmonies should support,
and not cloud the
melodies. The meter
changes should sound
effortless, and the
continuous figures in the
percussion will help to
achieve this effect. The
snare drum, in
particular, should bring
accented notes to the
foreground while
maintaining a steady
textural effect with
non-accented notes as a
rhythmic background. This
will go a long way in
finding a cohesive
subdivision and ensemble
pulse. Kaleidoscope
Sky is inspired by the
breathtaking pastime of
hot-air ballooning and
the glorious festivals
around the world that
honor the practice. A sky
full of colorful spheres
elegantly floating at the
Albuquerque International
Balloon Fiesta,
International Balloon
Festival of
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
Bristol International
Balloon Fiesta, Mondial
Air Ballons and more draw
thousands of people to
witness awe-inspiring
scenes full of passionate
balloonists. Traditional
hot-air balloons mix with
creatively designed
balloons to thrill the
tens of thousands of
spectators below. While I
personally am not a
person who dreams of
taking my own
flight—heights are
not my thing—I
have to marvel at how
gently and easily these
vessels float among the
clouds. It truly is an
image of exquisite
freedom. This piece
reflects the view and
experience of the
onlooker taking in an
elegantly shifting scene
reminiscent of
kaleidoscope patterns.
Spectators like me can
appreciate the beauty and
vibrancy associated with
a horizon full of
adventurous balloonists
and their wondrous
aircrafts. Kaleidoscope
Sky starts in a
triumphant and
celebratory fashion and
continues to conjure
images reminiscent of the
wide variety of soaring
colors on display at a
hot-air balloon event.
Ultimately, the piece
appropriately concludes
with a suspenseful, yet
graceful, run to the
finish line.Melodic lines
should “soarâ€
with attention being paid
to phrase markings and
assigned articulations.
Encourage musicians to
allow room for the
melodic material to be
heard in thicker textures
where supporting
harmonies are often
rhythmic in nature. These
harmonies should support,
and not
“cloud†the
melodies. The meter
changes should sound
effortless, and the
continuous figures in the
percussion will help to
achieve this effect. The
snare drum, in
particular, should bring
accented notes to the
foreground while
maintaining a steady
textural effect with
non-accented notes as a
rhythmic background. This
will go a long way in
finding a cohesive
subdivision and ensemble
pulse.
Kaleidoscope Sky Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile Carl Fischer
Band concert band - Grade 3 SKU: CF.CPS250F Composed by Peter Sciaino. Fu...(+)
Band concert band - Grade
3
SKU: CF.CPS250F
Composed by Peter
Sciaino. Full score. 27
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#CPS250F. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS250F).
ISBN
9781491159583. UPC:
680160918171.
Kalei
doscope Sky is inspired
by the breathtaking
pastime of hot-air
ballooning and the
glorious festivals around
the world that honor the
practice. A sky full of
colorful spheres
elegantly floating at the
Albuquerque International
Balloon Fiesta,
International Balloon
Festival of
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
Bristol International
Balloon Fiesta, Mondial
Air Ballons and more draw
thousands of people to
witness awe-inspiring
scenes full of passionate
balloonists. Traditional
hot-air balloons mix with
creatively designed
balloons to thrill the
tens of thousands of
spectators below. While I
personally am not a
person who dreams of
taking my own
flight--heights are not
my thing--I have to
marvel at how gently and
easily these vessels
float among the clouds.
It truly is an image of
exquisite freedom. This
piece reflects the view
and experience of the
onlooker taking in an
elegantly shifting scene
reminiscent of
kaleidoscope patterns.
Spectators like me can
appreciate the beauty and
vibrancy associated with
a horizon full of
adventurous balloonists
and their wondrous
aircrafts. Kaleidoscope
Sky starts in a
triumphant and
celebratory fashion and
continues to conjure
images reminiscent of the
wide variety of soaring
colors on display at a
hot-air balloon event.
Ultimately, the piece
appropriately concludes
with a suspenseful, yet
graceful, run to the
finish line. Melodic
lines should soar with
attention being paid to
phrase markings and
assigned articulations.
Encourage musicians to
allow room for the
melodic material to be
heard in thicker textures
where supporting
harmonies are often
rhythmic in nature. These
harmonies should support,
and not cloud the
melodies. The meter
changes should sound
effortless, and the
continuous figures in the
percussion will help to
achieve this effect. The
snare drum, in
particular, should bring
accented notes to the
foreground while
maintaining a steady
textural effect with
non-accented notes as a
rhythmic background. This
will go a long way in
finding a cohesive
subdivision and ensemble
pulse. Kaleidoscope
Sky is inspired by the
breathtaking pastime of
hot-air ballooning and
the glorious festivals
around the world that
honor the practice. A sky
full of colorful spheres
elegantly floating at the
Albuquerque International
Balloon Fiesta,
International Balloon
Festival of
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
Bristol International
Balloon Fiesta, Mondial
Air Ballons and more draw
thousands of people to
witness awe-inspiring
scenes full of passionate
balloonists. Traditional
hot-air balloons mix with
creatively designed
balloons to thrill the
tens of thousands of
spectators below. While I
personally am not a
person who dreams of
taking my own
flight—heights are
not my thing—I
have to marvel at how
gently and easily these
vessels float among the
clouds. It truly is an
image of exquisite
freedom. This piece
reflects the view and
experience of the
onlooker taking in an
elegantly shifting scene
reminiscent of
kaleidoscope patterns.
Spectators like me can
appreciate the beauty and
vibrancy associated with
a horizon full of
adventurous balloonists
and their wondrous
aircrafts. Kaleidoscope
Sky starts in a
triumphant and
celebratory fashion and
continues to conjure
images reminiscent of the
wide variety of soaring
colors on display at a
hot-air balloon event.
Ultimately, the piece
appropriately concludes
with a suspenseful, yet
graceful, run to the
finish line.Melodic lines
should “soarâ€
with attention being paid
to phrase markings and
assigned articulations.
Encourage musicians to
allow room for the
melodic material to be
heard in thicker textures
where supporting
harmonies are often
rhythmic in nature. These
harmonies should support,
and not
“cloud†the
melodies. The meter
changes should sound
effortless, and the
continuous figures in the
percussion will help to
achieve this effect. The
snare drum, in
particular, should bring
accented notes to the
foreground while
maintaining a steady
textural effect with
non-accented notes as a
rhythmic background. This
will go a long way in
finding a cohesive
subdivision and ensemble
pulse.