Theme from 9th
Symphony, Mvt. 4.
Arranged by Stanton.
Concert Band.
Build-A-Band. Score and
set of parts. Composed
2020. Duration 2 minutes,
48 seconds. C.L.
Barnhouse #026-4894-00.
Published by C.L.
Barnhouse
(CL.026-4894-00).
Your band will
sound BIG on this setting
of Ode To Joy scored
especially for bands with
limited or unbalanced
instrumentation. As
conductor, you get to
create a unique band
sound using the strengths
of your instrumentation
and following the
suggested flexible
interplay between
sections. All players
will appreciate that they
get to share the melodic
spotlight. Optional parts
for guitar, piano, bass
and percussion can be
utilized to fill in the
band using the
Build-A-Band format. This
flexible system of
scoring really works! A
good choice for a massed
band of elementary,
middle and high school
musicians. First
class!
About
Build-A-Band
Series
The
Build-A-Band Series
provides educational and
enjoyable music for bands
with incomplete or
unbalanced
instrumentation. Written
using just four or five
parts (plus percussion),
these effective
arrangements will work
with any combination of
brass, woodwind, string
and percussion
instruments as long as
you distribute the parts
so that each of the five
parts is covered. All of
the publications in the
Build-A-Band Series have
been arranged to be
playable with any
instrumentation as long
as each part is used: 1st
Part, 2nd Part, 3rd Part,
4th Part, and Bass Part.
(Please note: In some of
these arrangements the
4th Part, and the Bass
Part are the same, making
it possible to play those
arrangements with only 4
parts.)
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Full score. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-41139S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11641139S).
UPC:
680160682119.
Barca
rolles for a Sinking City
was inspired by the city
of Venice, a place that
has long held the
fascination of artists,
writers and composers,
and which I have been
lucky enough to visit on
several occasions. Sadly
it seems that future
generations may not be so
lucky: in addition to the
city's slow sinking and
recently discovered
tilting, studies predict
that if global warming
and the resultant rise of
ocean levels is unabated,
the entire city (as well
as many other coastal
cities around the globe)
will be under water by
2100. I. Funeral
Gondola The late, cryptic
piano works of Franz
Liszt made a profound
impression on me as a
young composer, among
them two works he
entitled La Lugubre
Gondola (usually
translated as The Funeral
Gondola ) which were said
to be a premonition of
Wagner's death in Venice,
his coffin transported
through the canals in a
black gondola. These late
pieces of Liszt acquired
even greater significance
to me after I spent two
summers in Bayreuth under
the patronage of
Friedelind Wagner, the
granddaughter of Wagner
and great-granddaughter
of Liszt. This movement
is a meditation on
Wagner, Liszt, Venice and
its own evanescence. II.
Barcarolle/Quodlibet The
Quodlibet (Latin for what
pleases) is a musical
form dating back to the
15th century where many
disparate melodies are
juxtaposed. Popular in
the Renaissance, sacred
and secular melodies were
combined, often to
comical effect due to the
resultant incongruity of
the words. The form was
considered the ultimate
test of a composer's
mastery of counterpoint.
The most famous Quodlibet
is without doubt the
final Variation of Bach's
Goldberg Variations. As a
form the Quodlibet is
less common in more
recent music, although
examples can be found in
the works of Kurt Weill
and David Del Tredici.
My own
Barcarolle/Quodlibet was
inspired by the (perhaps
apocryphal) story of the
funeral where musicians
were asked to play a Bach
Choral, but due to
miscommunication played
instead the Bacarolle
from The Tales of
Hoffmann. Here, the Bach
Choral Allen Menschen
mussen sterben (All Men
Must Die) is heard in the
strings pizzicato, with a
tempo indication In slow
motion. The alto line of
the Bach suggests a
phrase from Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony (Alle
Menchen werden Bruder)
heard in the muted
trombone. Before long,
the famous tune from
Offenbach's opera is
heard, followed by
quotations from iconic
Barcarolles by Chopin,
Mendelssohn and Faure, as
well as two Venetian
popular songs and more
Beethoven. III.
Barcarola/Ostinato/Carill
on An ostinato is a
repeated musical figure,
and carillon is Italian
for music box. This
movement references the
obsolete genre of salon
pieces that imitated
music boxes: such works
by composers like Liadov
and Gretchaninov used to
be a mainstay of
pianists' encore
repertoire. This movement
is however much darker in
conception than those
pleasant trifles.
Utilizing the full
battery of percussion,
the carefully notated
temporal slowing of the
ostinato becomes
overwhelmed by a poignant
chorale melody before
this box is snapped shut.
IV. Barcarolle
Oubliee (Forgotten
Barcarolle) Marked
limpido (still) the final
movement begins with the
sound of rain produced by
a percussion instrument
called (appropriately) a
rain stick. Halting
phrases in the harp
coalesce into the
accompaniment for a
plangent melody heard in
the clarinet. The central
Adagio of this movement
leads to a shattering
climax, before the
opening phrases return
and dissipate into
nothingness.
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Large Score. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-41139L.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11641139L).
UPC:
680160682126.
Barca
rolles for a Sinking City
was inspired by the city
of Venice, a place that
has long held the
fascination of artists,
writers and composers,
and which I have been
lucky enough to visit on
several occasions. Sadly
it seems that future
generations may not be so
lucky: in addition to the
city's slow sinking and
recently discovered
tilting, studies predict
that if global warming
and the resultant rise of
ocean levels is unabated,
the entire city (as well
as many other coastal
cities around the globe)
will be under water by
2100. I. Funeral
Gondola The late, cryptic
piano works of Franz
Liszt made a profound
impression on me as a
young composer, among
them two works he
entitled La Lugubre
Gondola (usually
translated as The Funeral
Gondola ) which were said
to be a premonition of
Wagner's death in Venice,
his coffin transported
through the canals in a
black gondola. These late
pieces of Liszt acquired
even greater significance
to me after I spent two
summers in Bayreuth under
the patronage of
Friedelind Wagner, the
granddaughter of Wagner
and great-granddaughter
of Liszt. This movement
is a meditation on
Wagner, Liszt, Venice and
its own evanescence. II.
Barcarolle/Quodlibet The
Quodlibet (Latin for what
pleases) is a musical
form dating back to the
15th century where many
disparate melodies are
juxtaposed. Popular in
the Renaissance, sacred
and secular melodies were
combined, often to
comical effect due to the
resultant incongruity of
the words. The form was
considered the ultimate
test of a composer's
mastery of counterpoint.
The most famous Quodlibet
is without doubt the
final Variation of Bach's
Goldberg Variations. As a
form the Quodlibet is
less common in more
recent music, although
examples can be found in
the works of Kurt Weill
and David Del Tredici.
My own
Barcarolle/Quodlibet was
inspired by the (perhaps
apocryphal) story of the
funeral where musicians
were asked to play a Bach
Choral, but due to
miscommunication played
instead the Bacarolle
from The Tales of
Hoffmann. Here, the Bach
Choral Allen Menschen
mussen sterben (All Men
Must Die) is heard in the
strings pizzicato, with a
tempo indication In slow
motion. The alto line of
the Bach suggests a
phrase from Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony (Alle
Menchen werden Bruder)
heard in the muted
trombone. Before long,
the famous tune from
Offenbach's opera is
heard, followed by
quotations from iconic
Barcarolles by Chopin,
Mendelssohn and Faure, as
well as two Venetian
popular songs and more
Beethoven. III.
Barcarola/Ostinato/Carill
on An ostinato is a
repeated musical figure,
and carillon is Italian
for music box. This
movement references the
obsolete genre of salon
pieces that imitated
music boxes: such works
by composers like Liadov
and Gretchaninov used to
be a mainstay of
pianists' encore
repertoire. This movement
is however much darker in
conception than those
pleasant trifles.
Utilizing the full
battery of percussion,
the carefully notated
temporal slowing of the
ostinato becomes
overwhelmed by a poignant
chorale melody before
this box is snapped shut.
IV. Barcarolle
Oubliee (Forgotten
Barcarolle) Marked
limpido (still) the final
movement begins with the
sound of rain produced by
a percussion instrument
called (appropriately) a
rain stick. Halting
phrases in the harp
coalesce into the
accompaniment for a
plangent melody heard in
the clarinet. The central
Adagio of this movement
leads to a shattering
climax, before the
opening phrases return
and dissipate into
nothingness.
Composed by Harl
Mcdonald. This edition:
Study Score.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
84 pages. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #466-41177.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.466411770).
UPC:
680160640850. 9 x 12
inches.
Mississippi
I. Father of Waters: born
of the Highlands and the
Lakes; the Glaciers, the
Mountains, and the
Prairies. The picture of
your birth is clounded in
the ice and mists of
ancient ages but your
spirit remains our life
stream. II. The Red Man
knew your bountiful gifts
and gave thanks to the
Great Spirit on your
banks. -- The Spanish and
French Fathers brought
the glory of Christianity
to America on
Mississippi. But all men,
white and dark; --
Indian, Spaniard, and
Negro; Bourbon and
Yankee, combined to make
Mississippi the heart of
America. Saga of the
Mississippi Harl McDonald
Born near Boulder,
Colorado, July 27, 1899
Now living in
Philadelphia The original
suggestion for a
symphonic work on the
subject of the
Mississippi came
indirectly from the late
Booth Tarkington who saw
in it color and movement
and atmosphere
translatable into the
terms of music. In the
course of time, by the
mysterious processes of
composers' chemistry, it
took shape as a tone-poem
of two sections, one
representing the rise of
the great stream from its
primeval geologic
sources, the other the
human history of the
river. Mr. McDonald
devised the following
verbal outline of the
general scheme of his
diptych: I. Father of
Waters: born of the
Highlands and the Lakes;
the Glaciers, the
Mountains, and the
Prairies. The picture of
your birth is clounded in
the ice and mists of
ancient ages but your
spirit remains our life
stream. II. The Red Man
knew your bountiful gifts
and gave thanks to the
Great Spirit on your
banks. -- The Spanish and
French Fathers brought
the glory of Christianity
to America on
Mississippi. But all men,
white and dark; --
Indian, Spaniard, and
Negro; Bourbon and
Yankee, combined to make
Mississippi the heart of
America. The first of the
two movements, beginning
molto andante, is vaguel
modal to hint at
antiquity. It is built
upon the conventional two
themes, with an episode,
poco piu mosso,
misterioso, for
prehistoric murk and
muck. There are various
changes of pace and mood.
The second, Allegro ma
vigorosamente, prefigures
an Indian ceremony. A
theme presented by flute,
clarinet and bassoon is a
Canadian Indian fishing
call collected by the
late J.B. Beck. A later
passage of
quasi-Gregorian chant
identifies the French and
Spanish priests who made
the great river their
highway. The fishing-call
is altered in rhythm and
harmony to represent
Negro field hands and
roustabous. A turbulent
close brings all these
elemts together in the
muddy swirling currents
of the Mississippi. The
work was begun in the
summer of 1945, and was
revised and completed in
the summer of 1947. Harl
McDonald, who is the
manager of The
Philadelphia Orchestra,
has concerned himself
with music as an art, as
a science and as a
business in course of his
career. He was born on a
cattle ranch in the
Rockies, but since his
was a musical family, his
up-bringing combined
piano lessons with ranch
life. Years of study and
professional experience
followed in Los Angeles
and in Germany. In 1927
he was appointed lecuter
in composition at the
University of
Pennsylvania and he has
since then made is home
in Philadelphia. In 1933
under a grant of the
Rockefeller FOundation he
collaborated with
physicists in research
dealing with the
measurement of
instrumental and vocal
tone, new scale divisions
and the resultant
harmonies. In that same
year he was named head of
the University's music
faculty and conductor of
its choral organizations.
In 1939, having been a
member of the Board of
Directors for five years,
he was appointed manager
of The Philadelphia
Orchestra. He continus to
write, but otherwise his
entire attention is now
devoted to managerial
duties. Chief items in
the catalogue of his
compositions are four
symphonies, three
orchestra suites, a
half-dozen tone-poems,
three concertos and
considerable quantity of
choral music.
SKU: SU.00220292 Composed by Richard Wagner. Strings, Contrabass. CD (PDF...(+)
SKU: SU.00220292
Composed by Richard
Wagner. Strings,
Contrabass. CD (PDF
Scores). CD Sheet Music
#00220292. Published by
CD Sheet Music
(SU.00220292).
The complete
Double Bass parts
[CD-ROM] for the 6
orchestral works and 4
operas included in The
Orchestra Musician's
CD-ROM Libraryâ„¢,
Volume 11: Wagner, Part 1
(Orchestral Works & Early
Operas). If these parts
were purchased
separately, this
collection could cost
$500.00 or more. Parts
are easily viewable and
printable on either PC or
Mac using embedded
Adobe® Reader
technology. Contents:
Orchestral Works & Early
Operas Symphony in C
Major A Faust Overture
Rienzi Overture
Wesendonck Songs [1. Der
Engel (Mottl); 2. Stehe
still (Mottl); 3. Im
Treibhaus (Mottl); 4.
Schmerzen (Mottl); 5.
Träume (Wagner)]
Siegfried Idyll American
Centennial March (Grosser
Festmarsch) Der Fliegende
Holländer (The Flying
Dutchman) Tannhaüser
Lohengrin Tristan und
Isolde Visit for more
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ase note, customers using
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String Orchestra SKU: BT.EMBZ4330 Composed by Ferenc Farkas. EMB Leggiero...(+)
String Orchestra
SKU:
BT.EMBZ4330
Composed
by Ferenc Farkas. EMB
Leggiero. Educational
Tool. Book Only. Composed
1963. 132 pages. Editio
Musica Budapest
#EMBZ4330. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ4330).
This is one of
the best-known and most
frequently performed
works of Ferenc Farkas
(1905-2000). It was
written in 1961 for
4-part string orchestra
(with an ad libitum
double bass part), and
can be performed by a
string quartet. The
secret of the popularity
of this 4-movement
composition, which
follows the structure of
the classical symphonies,
is probably to be found
in its transparent sound,
the clarity of its form
and its fresh, vigorous
character.
Composed by
Victor Herbert. Symphonic
Band (SPS). Set of Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation.
3+12+12+6+6+3+12+24+24+6+
6+8+8+6+6+9+18+18+27+8+8+
8+8+9+9+9+9+12+3+6+6+40+6
pages. Duration 7:37.
Carl Fischer Music
#SPS78. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.SPS78).
ISBN 9781491152553.
UPC: 680160910052. Key:
Bb major.
Festival
March is presented in a
new edition arranged by
Richard Summers. It is a
tour de force composition
for advanced bands and
hearkens back to a bygone
era during the golden age
of the band movement.
Directors and students
will hear operatic music
from composer Victor
Herbert who is best known
for his Christmas
classic, Toyland. This
is a richly scored
masterpiece that deserves
to return to standard
status in concert band
repertoire. We are proud
to bring you this new
setting of this cherished
classic. Festival
March by Victor Herbert
was written for the
Pittsburgh Symphony and
first performed under
Herbert’s
direction in Chicago on
Dec. 9, 1901 celebrating
the 12th anniversary
of Chicago’s
Auditorium Theatre. Also
known as the Auditorium
Festival March, he
included it many times
for programs of a
festival nature. The main
theme Auld Lang Syne, a
famous Scottish folk
song, is incorporated
many times along with
brass fanfares,
interludes and march
melodies. This band
arrangement is very
similar to the original
orchestral composition.
The missing string parts,
the addition of the
saxophone section and
other band instruments,
editing of the
superimposed triplets
against
sixteenth notes, to
one or the other, and
articulations suitable
for the band, were major
challenges. The style of
early twentieth-century
American music is
captured here. This
arrangement will give
band musicians access to
a fine piece of music
that could only be
appreciated by orchestra
musicians up to now.
Although suitable for
many occasions, this
piece is a great way to
begin or end a December
holiday concert.
 Notes to the
ConductorVictor
Herbert’s music
can be interpreted in a
romantic style, which is
the conductor’s
responsibility to read in
nuance and musicality.
The beginning and other
triple-tonguing sections
of this piece have a
March of the Toys quality
to it. Â The interludes
and Auld Lang Syne
sections are legato and
musical. The March
sections can also be
shaped musically.About
the ComposerVictor
Herbert was born in
Ireland in 1861 and
raised in Germany. When
he moved to America in
1886, he joined the
Metropolitan Opera as
principal cellist and
eventually composed many
works including
forty-three operettas
on Broadway from the
1890s to World War I,
including Naughty
Marietta and Babes in
Toyland. Victor Herbert
conducted the Pittsburgh
Symphony from 1898 to
1904 and then was the
conductor of his own
Victor Herbert Orchestra.
He formed ASCAP with a
group of composers in
1914 and was the director
until his death in 1924.
Among his thirty-one
compositions for
orchestra, Festival March
was a favorite of his and
was eventually published
by Carl Fischer Music.
 .
Composed by
Victor Herbert. Symphonic
Band (SPS). Full score.
With Standard notation.
40 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #SPS78F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.SPS78F).
ISBN
9781491153239. UPC:
680160910731.
Festi
val March is presented in
a new edition arranged by
Richard Summers. It is a
tour de force composition
for advanced bands and
hearkens back to a bygone
era during the golden age
of the band movement.
Directors and students
will hear operatic music
from composer Victor
Herbert who is best known
for his Christmas
classic, Toyland. This
is a richly scored
masterpiece that deserves
to return to standard
status in concert band
repertoire. We are proud
to bring you this new
setting of this cherished
classic. About the
CompositionFestival March
by Victor Herbert was
written for the
Pittsburgh Symphony and
first performed under
Herbert’s
direction in Chicago on
Dec. 9, 1901 celebrating
the 12th anniversary
of Chicago’s
Auditorium Theatre. Also
known as the Auditorium
Festival March, he
included it many times
for programs of a
festival nature. The main
theme Auld Lang Syne, a
famous Scottish folk
song, is incorporated
many times along with
brass fanfares,
interludes and march
melodies. This band
arrangement is very
similar to the original
orchestral composition.
The missing string parts,
the addition of the
saxophone section and
other band instruments,
editing of the
superimposed triplets
against
sixteenth notes, to
one or the other, and
articulations suitable
for the band, were major
challenges. The style of
early twentieth-century
American music is
captured here. This
arrangement will give
band musicians access to
a fine piece of music
that could only be
appreciated by orchestra
musicians up to now.
Although suitable for
many occasions, this
piece is a great way to
begin or end a December
holiday concert.
 Notes to the
ConductorVictor
Herbert’s music
can be interpreted in a
romantic style, which is
the conductor’s
responsibility to read in
nuance and musicality.
The beginning and other
triple-tonguing sections
of this piece have a
March of the Toys quality
to it. Â The interludes
and Auld Lang Syne
sections are legato and
musical. The March
sections can also be
shaped musically.About
the ComposerVictor
Herbert was born in
Ireland in 1861 and
raised in Germany. When
he moved to America in
1886, he joined the
Metropolitan Opera as
principal cellist and
eventually composed many
works including
forty-three operettas
on Broadway from the
1890s to World War I,
including Naughty
Marietta and Babes in
Toyland. Victor Herbert
conducted the Pittsburgh
Symphony from 1898 to
1904 and then was the
conductor of his own
Victor Herbert Orchestra.
He formed ASCAP with a
group of composers in
1914 and was the director
until his death in 1924.
Among his thirty-one
compositions for
orchestra, Festival March
was a favorite of his and
was eventually published
by Carl Fischer Music.
 .
Orchestra Soli TBar, SATB Choir, Fl, Ob, Clt, Cor, Fg, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb (+)
Orchestra Soli TBar, SATB
Choir, Fl, Ob, Clt, Cor,
Fg, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc,
Cb
SKU: CA.5600150
Composed by Giacomo
Puccini. Edited by
Joachim Linckelmann.
Arranged by Joachim
Linckelmann. Carus sheet
music series: Great
choral works in small
scorings. Sacred vocal
music, Masses, Latin,
Whole church year / Omni
tempore, Praise and
thanks. Full score. 192
pages. Duration 43
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
56.001/50. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.5600150).
ISBN
9790007186937. Language:
Latin.
Puccini
composed his Messa a 4
voci con orchestra in
1878-1880. The musical
quality, the energy, and
the freshness of this
youthful work led the
composer to quote from
his Mass in later operas,
ensuring an ever-growing
popularity for the work
after its rediscovery in
1952. With this
arrangement for chamber
orchestra (flute, oboe,
clarinet, horn, bassoon,
timpani, and strings),
more choirs now have the
opportunity of performing
this work without the
choir being dominated by
a full-scale symphony
orchestra. The symphonic
character of the work is
nevertheless preserved.
This scoring offers an
optimal balance between
transparency and
orchestral sound. All the
vocal parts (soloists and
chorus) are identical
with the original version
(56.001), so that the
vocal score and chorus
score of that version can
be used. Score available
separately - see item
CA.5600100.
(Including the versions of 1842 and 1843). By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-...(+)
(Including the versions
of 1842 and 1843). By
Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn (1809-1847).
Edited by Christopher
Hogwood. For orchestra (2
flutes/2 oboes/2
clarinets/2 bassoons/4
horns/2
trumpets/timpani/strings)
. This edition:
Paperback, Urtext
edition. Score. Text
language: English/German.
Composed 1842. Opus 56.
303 pages. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(For Large Orchestra (Hommage a Franz Liszt)). By Ivan Erod. Symphony. For grand...(+)
(For Large Orchestra
(Hommage a Franz Liszt)).
By Ivan Erod. Symphony.
For grand orchestra
([Piccolo.2.2.English
horn.2.Bass
clarinet.2.Contrabassoon-
4.3.3.1], Drum,
Percusison, Harp,
Celeste, Piano and
Strings). Study score.
Composed (1984). Op. 46
High Performance Flute Flûte à bec, Flute, Accordéon [Partition + CD] - Facile AMA Verlag
By Robert Winn. For Flute. Method. AMA Verlag. All Styles. Level: Beginning-Inte...(+)
By Robert Winn. For
Flute. Method. AMA
Verlag. All Styles.
Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book/CD Set. Size 9x12.
144 pages. Published by
AMA Verlag. ISBN
3932587723.
Orchestra 2 Bassoons, 2
Clarinets in Bb, 2
Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2
Trombones, 3 Percussion:
Glockenspiel, 3 Trumpets
in C, 4 Horns in F, Bass
Clarinet in Bb, Bass
Drum, Bass Trombone,
Contrabassoon, Cymbals,
English Horn, Piccolo, S,
Timpani, Tuba,
Vibraphone, Xylophone
SKU: PR.41641502L
Composed by Behzad
Ranjbaran. Premiered by
the Santa Rosa Symphony,
conducted by Bruno
Ferrandis, Wells Fargo
Center for the Arts,
Santa Rosa, CA.
Contemporary. Large
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2010.
Duration 16 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41502L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641502L).
UPC:
680160619382. 11 x 17
inches.
Piccolo, 2
Flutes, 2 Oboes, English
Horn, 2 Clarinets in Bb,
Bass Clarinet in Bb, 2
Bassoons, Contrabassoon,
4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets
in C, 2 Trombones, Bass
Trombone, Tuba, Timpani,
3 Percussion:
Glockenspiel, Vibraphone,
Xylophone, Bass Drum,
Cymbals, Snare Drum,
Tam-Tam, Triangle,
Tubular Bells, Metal wind
Chimes, Celesta, Harp,
Strings.
Orchestra SKU: SU.28120010 For Orchestra. Composed by Alla Pavlova...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.28120010
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Alla Pavlova.
Orchestra. Study Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#28120010. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.28120010).
Ballet Suite in
5 movements (revised
version)3222; 4331; timp,
perc, hp, pno; stgs
Duration: 24' Composed:
2008 Published by: Alla
Pavlova Music Although it
maintains the charm of
the original Hans
Christian Andersen tale,
Alla Pavlova's Thumbelina
is a considerable
musical, visual and
narrative expansion of
the story to make it
suitable as a full-length
ballet and
family-programming
alternative to The
Nutcracker. Musically, it
is scored for full
symphony orchestra
([3,2,2,2]-[4,3,3,1]-[tim
p.,perc.]-[Hp]-[Strings],
Percussion: Bass dr.,
Snare dr., Wooden Block,
Tambourine, Triangle,
Glock., Vibraphone,
Celesta) and contains not
only many beautiful,
lyrical and moving
waltzes and other
classical themes, but
also rhythms such as
tango, boogie-woogie and
ragtime. Narratively, the
story has been adapted to
include a varied and
colorful cast of
characters. The
Thumbelina Suite (which
has been recorded by the
Tchaikovsky Symphony
Orchestra for Naxos) can
be heard at
http://www.allapavlova.co
m/listen.html or by
clicking on the image
below. She has created a
synopsis of the ballet,
which is of course based
on the Andersen fairy
tale. We’ll gladly
send this synopsis on
request. Recording: 21st
Century Classics –
Naxos 8.579003
Performance materials
available on rental
only:.
Composed
by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Edited by Sven Hiemke.
Double bass. Secular
choral music. Single
Part, Double Bass. Op.
112. 4 pages. Duration 8
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
10.395/15. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.1039515).
ISBN
9790007245375. Language:
German.
Beethoven's
Meeres Stille und
Gluckliche Fahrt (Calm
Sea and Prosperous
Voyage) op. 112 for
four-part mixed chorus
and symphony orchestra -
his setting of a pair of
poems by Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe - defies
straightforward
categorization, but can
best be described as a
choral ode. Beethoven in
fact never voyaged by
sea, but his composition,
premiered in 1815,
continues to surprise
even today. He depicted
in music the smooth
surface of the motionless
water and the oppressive
calm, which meant nothing
other than being
becalmed, a delayed
voyage, and short rations
in the era of sailing,
with the same intensity
as a freshening
increasing wind, with
which Aeolus, the God of
the winds, ultimately
enabled the longed-for
prosperous voyage to take
place. The composed
calmness of the
motionless sea is
conveyed in the low
register used throughout,
in which the chorus sings
the first poem
accompanied by washes of
pianissimo sounds on the
strings. There is a
surprising moment with
the musical portrayal of
the ungeheuere Weite
(immense breadth), at
which the
vocal-instrumental
writing suddenly
crescendos to forte and
unfolds into a texture of
over five octaves. By
contrast Gluckliche Fahrt
is written in
restlessly-compiled
meters, whose musical
setting in flowing
movement with diatonic
scale passages evokes
happy excitement and
confidence. The work was
dedicated to Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, whom
Beethoven greatly admired
throughout his life. The
work has now been
published in a new
critical edition based on
the first printed edition
and the performance score
which Beethoven himself
checked and corrected.
Score and part available
separately - see item
CA.1039500.
The Magic of Mozart Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile C.L. Barnhouse
Concert band - Grade 3 SKU: CL.026-4371-01 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus M...(+)
Concert band - Grade 3
SKU:
CL.026-4371-01
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Arranged
by Huckeby. Concert Band.
Build-A-Band. Extra full
score. Composed 2015.
Duration 4 minutes, 15
seconds. C.L. Barnhouse
#026-4371-01. Published
by C.L. Barnhouse
(CL.026-4371-01).
A unique
collection of great
Mozart themes made
playable for bands with
limited or less than
ideal instrumentation.
From the opening theme of
the Magic Flute to the
rousing conclusion of the
famous Symphony #40 in G
Minor, this lively, yet
very playable,
arrangement will keep
your audience engaged and
give your performers a
real sense of
accomplishment.
Wonderful!
About
Build-A-Band
Series
The
Build-A-Band Series
provides educational and
enjoyable music for bands
with incomplete or
unbalanced
instrumentation. Written
using just four or five
parts (plus percussion),
these effective
arrangements will work
with any combination of
brass, woodwind, string
and percussion
instruments as long as
you distribute the parts
so that each of the five
parts is covered. All of
the publications in the
Build-A-Band Series have
been arranged to be
playable with any
instrumentation as long
as each part is used: 1st
Part, 2nd Part, 3rd Part,
4th Part, and Bass Part.
(Please note: In some of
these arrangements the
4th Part, and the Bass
Part are the same, making
it possible to play those
arrangements with only 4
parts.)