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For
piano and orchestra.
Composed by Gyorgy
Ligeti. This edition:
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Softcover. Composed
1985-1988. Duration 24'.
Schott Music #ED23178.
Published by Schott Music
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inches.
I composed
the Piano Concerto in two
stages: the first three
movements during the
years 1985-86, the next
two in 1987, the final
autograph of the last
movement was ready by
January, 1988. The
concerto is dedicated to
the American conductor
Mario di Bonaventura. The
markings of the movements
are the following: 1.
Vivace molto ritmico e
preciso 2. Lento e
deserto 3. Vivace
cantabile 4. Allegro
risoluto 5. Presto
luminoso.The first
performance of the
three-movement Concerto
was on October 23rd, 1986
in Graz. Mario di
Bonaventura conducted
while his brother,
Anthony di Bonaventura,
was the soloist. Two days
later the performance was
repeated in the Vienna
Konzerthaus. After
hearing the work twice, I
came to the conclusion
that the third movement
is not an adequate
finale; my feeling of
form demanded
continuation, a
supplement. That led to
the composing of the next
two movements. The
premiere of the whole
cycle took place on
February 29th, 1988, in
the Vienna Konzerthaus
with the same conductor
and the same pianist. The
orchestra consisted of
the following: flute,
oboe, clarinet, bassoon,
horn, trumpet, tenor
trombone, percussion and
strings. The flautist
also plays the piccoIo,
the clarinetist, the alto
ocarina. The percussion
is made up of diverse
instruments, which one
musician-virtuoso can
play. It is more
practical, however, if
two or three musicians
share the instruments.
Besides traditional
instruments the
percussion part calls
also for two simple wind
instruments: the swanee
whistle and the
harmonica. The string
instrument parts (two
violins, viola, cello and
doubles bass) can be
performed soloistic since
they do not contain
divisi. For balance,
however, the ensemble
playing is recommended,
for example 6-8 first
violins, 6-8 second, 4-6
violas, 4-6 cellos, 3-4
double basses. In the
Piano Concerto I realized
new concepts of harmony
and rhythm. The first
movement is entirely
written in bimetry:
simultaneously 12/8 and
4/4 (8/8). This relates
to the known triplet on a
doule relation and in
itself is nothing new.
Because, however, I
articulate 12 triola and
8 duola pulses, an
entangled, up till now
unheard kind of polymetry
is created. The rhythm is
additionally complicated
because of asymmetric
groupings inside two
speed layers, which means
accents are
asymmetrically
distributed. These
groups, as in the talea
technique, have a fixed,
continuously repeating
rhythmic structures of
varying lengths in speed
layers of 12/8 and 4/4.
This means that the
repeating pattern in the
12/8 level and the
pattern in the 4/4 level
do not coincide and
continuously give a
kaleidoscope of renewing
combinations. In our
perception we quickly
resign from following
particular rhythmical
successions and that what
is going on in time
appears for us as
something static,
resting. This music, if
it is played properly, in
the right tempo and with
the right accents inside
particular layers, after
a certain time 'rises, as
it were, as a plane after
taking off: the rhythmic
action, too complex to be
able to follow in detail,
begins flying. This
diffusion of individual
structures into a
different global
structure is one of my
basic compositional
concepts: from the end of
the fifties, from the
orchestral works
Apparitions and
Atmospheres I
continuously have been
looking for new ways of
resolving this basic
question. The harmony of
the first movement is
based on mixtures, hence
on the parallel leading
of voices. This technique
is used here in a rather
simple form; later in the
fourth movement it will
be considerably
developed. The second
movement (the only slow
one amongst five
movements) also has a
talea type of structure,
it is however much
simpler rhythmically,
because it contains only
one speed layer. The
melody is consisted in
the development of a
rigorous interval mode in
which two minor seconds
and one major second
alternate therefore nine
notes inside an octave.
This mode is transposed
into different degrees
and it also determines
the harmony of the
movement; however, in
closing episode in the
piano part there is a
combination of diatonics
(white keys) and
pentatonics (black keys)
led in brilliant,
sparkling quasimixtures,
while the orchestra
continues to play in the
nine tone mode. In this
movement I used isolated
sounds and extreme
registers (piccolo in a
very low register,
bassoon in a very high
register, canons played
by the swanee whistle,
the alto ocarina and
brass with a harmon-mute'
damper, cutting sound
combinations of the
piccolo, clarinet and
oboe in an extremely high
register, also
alternating of a
whistle-siren and
xylophone). The third
movement also has one
speed layer and because
of this it appears as
simpler than the first,
but actually the rhythm
is very complicated in a
different way here. Above
the uninterrupted, fast
and regular basic pulse,
thanks to the asymmetric
distribution of accents,
different types of
hemiolas and inherent
melodical patterns appear
(the term was coined by
Gerhard Kubik in relation
to central African
music). If this movement
is played with the
adequate speed and with
very clear accentuation,
illusory
rhythmic-melodical
figures appear. These
figures are not played
directly; they do not
appear in the score, but
exist only in our
perception as a result of
co-operation of different
voices. Already earlier I
had experimented with
illusory rhythmics,
namely in Poeme
symphonique for 100
metronomes (1962), in
Continuum for harpsichord
(1968), in Monument for
two pianos (1976), and
especially in the first
and sixth piano etude
Desordre and Automne a
Varsovie (1985). The
third movement of the
Piano Concerto is up to
now the clearest example
of illusory rhythmics and
illusory melody. In
intervallic and chordal
structure this movement
is based on alternation,
and also inter-relation
of various modal and
quasi-equidistant harmony
spaces. The tempered
twelve-part division of
the octave allows for
diatonical and other
modal interval
successions, which are
not equidistant, but are
based on the alternation
of major and minor
seconds in different
groups. The tempered
system also allows for
the use of the
anhemitonic pentatonic
scale (the black keys of
the piano). From
equidistant scales,
therefore interval
formations which are
based on the division of
an octave in equal
distances, the
twelve-tone tempered
system allows only
chromatics (only minor
seconds) and the six-tone
scale (the whole-tone:
only major seconds).
Moreover, the division of
the octave into four
parts only minor thirds)
and three parts (three
major thirds) is
possible. In several
music cultures different
equidistant divisions of
an octave are accepted,
for example, in the
Javanese slendro into
five parts, in Melanesia
into seven parts, popular
also in southeastern
Asia, and apart from
this, in southern Africa.
This does not mean an
exact equidistance: there
is a certain tolerance
for the inaccurateness of
the interval tuning.
These exotic for us,
Europeans, harmony and
melody have attracted me
for several years.
However I did not want to
re-tune the piano
(microtone deviations
appear in the concerto
only in a few places in
the horn and trombone
parts led in natural
tones). After the period
of experimenting, I got
to pseudo- or
quasiequidistant
intervals, which is
neither whole-tone nor
chromatic: in the
twelve-tone system, two
whole-tone scales are
possible, shifted a minor
second apart from each
other. Therefore, I
connect these two scales
(or sound resources), and
for example, places occur
where the melodies and
figurations in the piano
part are created from
both whole tone scales;
in one band one six-tone
sound resource is
utilized, and in the
other hand, the
complementary. In this
way whole-tonality and
chromaticism mutually
reduce themselves: a type
of deformed
equidistancism is formed,
strangely brilliant and
at the same time
slanting; illusory
harmony, indeed being
created inside the
tempered twelve-tone
system, but in sound
quality not belonging to
it anymore. The
appearance of such
slantedequidistant
harmony fields
alternating with modal
fields and based on
chords built on fifths
(mainly in the piano
part), complemented with
mixtures built on fifths
in the orchestra, gives
this movement an
individual, soft-metallic
colour (a metallic sound
resulting from
harmonics). The fourth
movement was meant to be
the central movement of
the Concerto. Its
melodc-rhythmic elements
(embryos or fragments of
motives) in themselves
are simple. The movement
also begins simply, with
a succession of
overlapping of these
elements in the mixture
type structures. Also
here a kaleidoscope is
created, due to a limited
number of these elements
- of these pebbles in the
kaleidoscope - which
continuously return in
augmentations and
diminutions. Step by
step, however, so that in
the beginning we cannot
hear it, a compiled
rhythmic organization of
the talea type gradually
comes into daylight,
based on the simultaneity
of two mutually shifted
to each other speed
layers (also triplet and
duoles, however, with
different asymmetric
structures than in the
first movement). While
longer rests are
gradually filled in with
motive fragments, we
slowly come to the
conclusion that we have
found ourselves inside a
rhythmic-melodical whirl:
without change in tempo,
only through increasing
the density of the
musical events, a
rotation is created in
the stream of successive
and compiled, augmented
and diminished motive
fragments, and increasing
the density suggests
acceleration. Thanks to
the periodical structure
of the composition,
always new but however of
the same (all the motivic
cells are similar to
earlier ones but none of
them are exactly
repeated; the general
structure is therefore
self-similar), an
impression is created of
a gigantic, indissoluble
network. Also, rhythmic
structures at first
hidden gradually begin to
emerge, two independent
speed layers with their
various internal
accentuations. This
great, self-similar whirl
in a very indirect way
relates to musical
associations, which came
to my mind while watching
the graphic projection of
the mathematical sets of
Julia and of Mandelbrot
made with the help of a
computer. I saw these
wonderful pictures of
fractal creations, made
by scientists from Brema,
Peitgen and Richter, for
the first time in 1984.
From that time they have
played a great role in my
musical concepts. This
does not mean, however,
that composing the fourth
movement I used
mathematical methods or
iterative calculus;
indeed, I did use
constructions which,
however, are not based on
mathematical thinking,
but are rather craftman's
constructions (in this
respect, my attitude
towards mathematics is
similar to that of the
graphic artist Maurits
Escher). I am concerned
rather with intuitional,
poetic, synesthetic
correspondence, not on
the scientific, but on
the poetic level of
thinking. The fifth, very
short Presto movement is
harmonically very simple,
but all the more
complicated in its
rhythmic structure: it is
based on the further
development of ''inherent
patterns of the third
movement. The
quasi-equidistance system
dominates harmonically
and melodically in this
movement, as in the
third, alternating with
harmonic fields, which
are based on the division
of the chromatic whole
into diatonics and
anhemitonic pentatonics.
Polyrhythms and harmonic
mixtures reach their
greatest density, and at
the same time this
movement is strikingly
light, enlightened with
very bright colours: at
first it seems chaotic,
but after listening to it
for a few times it is
easy to grasp its
content: many autonomous
but self-similar figures
which crossing
themselves. I present my
artistic credo in the
Piano Concerto: I
demonstrate my
independence from
criteria of the
traditional avantgarde,
as well as the
fashionable
postmodernism. Musical
illusions which I
consider to be also so
important are not a goal
in itself for me, but a
foundation for my
aesthetical attitude. I
prefer musical forms
which have a more
object-like than
processual character.
Music as frozen time, as
an object in imaginary
space evoked by music in
our imagination, as a
creation which really
develops in time, but in
imagination it exists
simultaneously in all its
moments. The spell of
time, the enduring its
passing by, closing it in
a moment of the present
is my main intention as a
composer. (Gyorgy
Ligeti).
Composed by Muzio
Clementi. Arranged by
Douglas Townsend. Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra Series.
Classical. Full score.
With Standard notation.
12 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #YAS13F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.YAS13F).
ISBN
9780825848339. UPC:
798408048334. 8.5 X 11
inches. Key: G
major.
IApart from
some of his Sonatinas,
Opus 36, Clementi's life
and music are hardly
known to the piano
teachers and students of
today. For example, in
addition to the above
mentioned Sonatinas,
Clementi wrote sixty
sonatas for the piano,
many of them unjustly
neglected, although his
friend Beethoven regarded
some of them very highly.
Clementi also wrote
symphonies (some of which
he arranged as piano
sonatas), a substantial
number of waltzes and
other dances for the
piano as well as sonatas
and sonatinas for piano
four-hands.In addition to
composing, Clementi was a
much sought after piano
teacher, and included
among his students John
Field (Father of the
'Nocturne'), and
Meyerbeer.In his later
years, Clementi became a
very successful music
publisher, publishing
among other works the
first English edition of
Beethoven's Violin
Concerto, in the great
composer's own
arrangement for the
piano, as well as some of
his string quartets.
Clementi was also one of
the first English piano
manufacturers to make
pianos with a metal frame
and string them with
wire.The Sonatina in C,
Opus 36, No. 1 was one of
six such works Clementi
wrote in 1797. He must
have been partial to
these little pieces (for
which he also provided
the fingerings), since
they were reissued
(without the fingering)
by the composer shortly
after 1801. About 1820,
he issued ''the sixth
edition, with
considerable improvements
by the author;· with
fingerings added and
several minor changes,
among which were that
many of them were written
an octave higher.IIIt has
often been said,
generally by those
unhampered by the facts,
that composers of the
past (and, dare we add,
the present?), usually
handled their financial
affairs with their public
and publishers with a
poor sense of business
acumen or common sense.
As a result they
frequently found
themselves in financial
straits.Contrary to
popular opinion, this was
the exception rather than
the rule. With the
exception of Mozart and
perhaps a few other
composers, the majority
of composers then, as
now, were quite
successful in their
dealings with the public
and their publishers, as
the following examples
will show.It was not
unusual for 18th- and
19th-century composers to
arrange some of their
more popular compositions
for different
combinations of
instruments in order to
increase their
availability to a larger
music-playing public.
Telemann, in the
introduction to his
seventy-two cantatas for
solo voice and one melody
instrument (flute, oboe
or violin, with the usual
continua) Der Harmonische
Gottesdienst, tor
example, suggests that if
a singer is not available
to perform a cantata the
voice part could be
played by another
instrument. And in the
introduction to his Six
Concertos and Six Suites
for flute, violin and
continua, he named four
different instrumental
combinations that could
perform these pieces, and
actually wrote out the
notes for the different
possibilities. Bach
arranged his violin
concertos for keyboard,
and Beethoven not only
arranged his Piano Sonata
in E Major, Opus 14, No.
1 for string quartet, he
also transposed it to the
key of F. Brahm's
well-known Quintet in F
Minor for piano and
strings was his own
arrangement of his
earlier sonata for two
pianos, also in F
Minor.IIIWe come now to
Clementi. It is well
known that some of his
sixty piano sonatas were
his own arrangements of
some of his lost
symphonies, and that some
of his rondos for piano
four-hands were
originally the last
movements of his solo
sonatas or piano trios.In
order to make the first
movement of his
delightful Sonatina in C,
Opus 36, No. 1 accessible
to young string players,
I have followed the
example established by
the composer himself by
arranging and transposing
one of his piano
compositions from one
medium (the piano) to
another. (string
instruments). In order to
simplify the work for
young string players, in
the process of adapting
it to the new medium it
was necessary to
transpose it from the
original key of C to G,
thereby doing away with
some of the difficulties
they would have
encountered in the
original key. The first
violin and cello parts
are similar to the right-
and left-hand parts of
the original piano
version. The few changes
I have made in these
parts have been for the
convenience of the string
players, but in no way do
they change the nature of
the music.Since the
original implied a
harmonic framework in
many places, I have added
a second violin and viola
part in such a way that
they not only have
interesting music to
play, but also fill in
some of the implied
harmony without in any
way detracting from the
composition's musical
value. Occasionally, it
has been necessary to
raise or lower a few
passages an octave or to
modify others slightly to
make them more accessible
for young players.It is
hoped that the musical
value of the composition
has not been too
compromised, and that
students and teachers
will come to enjoy this
little piece in its new
setting as much as
pianists have in the
original one. This
arrangement may also be
performed by a solo
string quartet. When
performed by a string
orchestra, the double
bass part may be
omitted.- Douglas
TownsendString editing by
Amy Rosen.
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Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of Grade 2/Grade
2.5 pieces is designed
for second and third year
ensembles. The pieces in
this series are
characterized
by: --Occasionally
extending to third
position --Keys
carefully considered for
appropriate
difficulty --Addition
of separate 2nd violin
and viola
parts --Viola T.C.
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included --Increase
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over beginning levels
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Composed by Camille
Saint-Saens. Edited by
Michael Stegemann. This
edition: Edition of
selected works, Urtext
edition. Linen.
Saint-Saens, Camille.
Oevres instrumentales
completes I/3. Edition of
selected works, Score.
Opus 78. Duration 39
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA10303_01.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA10303-01).
ISBN 9790006559503. 33
x 26 cm inches. Key: C
minor. Preface: Michael
Stegemann.
The
third symphony by Camille
Saint-Saens, known as the
Organ Symphony, is the
first publication in a
complete
historical-critical
edition of the French
composer's instrumental
works.
I gave
everything I was able to
give in this work. [...]
What I have done here I
will never be able to do
again.Camille Saint-Saens
was rightly proud of his
third Symphony in C minor
Op.78, dedicated to the
memory of Franz Liszt.
Called theOrgan
Symphonybecause of its
novel scoring, the work
was a commission from the
Philharmonic Society in
London, as was
Beethoven's Ninth, and
was premiered there on 19
May 1886. The first
performance in Paris
followed on 9 January
1887 and confirmed the
composer's reputation
asprobably the most
significant, and
certainly the most
independent French
symphonistof his time, as
Ludwig Finscher wrote in
MGG. In fact the work
remains the only one in
the history of that genre
in France to the present
day, composed a good half
century after the
Symphonie fantastique by
Hector Berlioz and a good
half century before
Olivier Messiaen's
Turangalila
Symphonie.
You
would think that such a
famous, much-performed
and much recorded opus
could not hold any more
secrets, but far from it:
in the first
historical-critical
edition of the Symphony,
numerous inconsistencies
and mistakes in the
Durand edition in general
use until now, have been
uncovered and corrected.
An examination and
evaluation of the sources
ranged from two early
sketches, now preserved
in Paris and Washington
(in which the Symphony
was still in B minor!)
via the autograph
manuscript and a set of
proofs corrected by
Saint-Saens himself, to
the first and subsequent
editions of the full
score and parts. The
versions for piano duet
(by Leon Roques) and for
two pianos (by the
composer himself) were
also consulted. Further
crucial information was
finally found in his
extensive correspondence,
encompassing thousands of
previously unpublished
letters. The discoveries
made in producing this
edition include the fact
that at its London
premiere, the Symphony
probably looked quite
different from its
present appearance
...
No less
exciting than the work
itself is the history of
its composition and
reception, which are
described in an extensive
foreword. With his
Symphony, Saint-Saens
entered right into the
dispute which divided
French musical life into
pro and contra Wagner in
the 1880s and 1890s. At
the same time, the work
succeeded in preserving
the balance between
tradition and modernism
in masterly fashion, as a
contemporary critic
stated:The C minor
Symphony by Saint-Saens
creates a bridge from the
past into the future,
from immortal richness to
progress, from ideas to
their
implementation.
On
19 March 1886 Saint-Saens
wrote to the London
Philharmonic Society,
which commissioned the
work:
Work on the
symphony is in full
swing. But I warn you, it
will be terrible. Here is
the precise
instrumentation: 3 flutes
/ 2 oboes / 1 cor anglais
/ 2 clarinets / 1 bass
clarinet / 2 bassoons / 1
contrabassoon / 2 natural
horns / [3 trumpets /
Saint-Saens had forgotten
these in his listing.] 2
chromatic horns / 3
trombones / 1 tuba / 3
timpani / organ / 1 piano
duet and the strings, of
course. Fortunately,
there are no harps.
Unfortunately it will be
difficult. I am doing
what I can to mitigate
the
difficulties.
As
in my 4th Concerto [for
piano] and my [1st]
Violin Sonata [in D minor
Op.75] at first glance
there appear to be just
two parts: the first
Allegro and the Adagio,
the Scherzo and the
Finale, each attacca.
This fiendish symphony
has crept up by a
semitone; it did not want
to stay in B minor, and
is now in C
minor.
It would be
a pleasure for me to
conduct this symphony.
Whether it would be a
pleasure for others to
hear it? That is the
question. It is you who
wanted it, I wash my
hands of it. I will bring
the orchestral parts
carefully corrected with
me, and if anyone wants
to give me a nice
rehearsal for the
symphony after the full
rehearsal, everything
will be fine.
When
Saint-Saens hit upon the
idea of adding an organ
and a piano to the usual
orchestral scoring is not
known. The idea of adding
an organ part to a
secular orchestral work
intended for the concert
hall was thoroughly novel
- and not without
controversy. On the other
hand, Franz Liszt, whose
music Saint-Saens'
Symphony is so close to,
had already demonstrated
that the organ could
easily be an orchestral
instrument in his
symphonic poem
Hunnenschlacht (1856/57).
There was also a model
for the piano duet part
which Saint-Saens knew
and may possibly have
used quite consciously as
an exemplar: theFantaisie
sur la Tempetefrom the
lyrical monodrama Lelio,
ou le retour a la Vie op.
14bis (1831) by Berlioz.
The name of the organist
at the premiere ist
unknown, as,
incidentally, was also
the case with many of the
later performances; the
organ part is indeed not
soloistic, but should be
understood as part of the
orchestral
texture.
In fact
the subsequent success of
the symphony seems to
have represented a kind
of breakthrough for the
composer, who was then
over 50 years of age.My
dear composer of a famous
symphony, wrote
Saint-Saens' friend and
pupil Gabriel Faure:You
will never be able to
imagine what a pleasure I
had last Sunday [at the
second performance on 16
January 1887]! And I had
the score and did not
miss a single note of
this Symphony, which will
endure much longer than
we two, even if we were
to join together our two
lifespans!
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Viola and Piano SKU: BT.YE0009 For Violone. Composed by Giovannino...(+)
Viola and Piano
SKU:
BT.YE0009
For
Violone. Composed by
Giovannino. Classical.
Book Only. Yorke Edition
#YE0009. Published by
Yorke Edition
(BT.YE0009).
Very little is
known about the two
sonatas which appear here
in their original keys.
They were placed in the
library of the Music
School in Oxford at the
end of the seventeenth
century in a form
convenient for playing
(i.e.unbound). The
library was catalogued by
Hake between 1850 and
1855 and the sonatas were
eventually bound in 1855
with other instrumental
and vocal manuscripts of
the same period, some of
which are dated
1698.
The
sonatasare both inscribed
on the title page Sonata
Violone Solo. Col Basso
per l'Organo, o Cembalo.
A third sonata bears the
words Sonata Violino e
Violoncino â?¦ di
Giovannino del Violone.
Giovannino (=Little, or
Young John)musthave been
a performer, and although
the third sonata has been
copied by a different
hand, it is conceivable
that Giovannino is a
connecting link between
the three. He cannot,
however, be assumed to be
theirauthor.
The
Violone was a
six-stringed instrument
with frets, and there is
evidence to suggest that
the Contrabasso of the
same period was similar
but probably a little
larger; the Violoncino
(=Little Violone,
orVioloncello) must have
been smaller. The word
'Violone' was also used
as a collective term
embracing all members of
the Viol family, which
means that the sonatas
might well have been
written for a tenor or a
bass Viol, and
notnecessarily a Violone
as such. Indeed, when
they are played on a
Violone, or Double Bass
the continuo bass line
must be played at a lower
pitch than the solo
instrument, to prevent
inversion of the intended
harmony. (The use ofa
Violone/Double Bass
continuo or 16' organ
tone would overcome this
problem.)
The
editor has added no
ornaments or
embellishments to the
solo part as it appears
in the original
manuscript. It is open to
debate whether aViolone
player, owing to the very
nature of his instrument,
would have used any but
the simplest melodic
decorations.
Nevertheless, the
performer should acquaint
himself thoroughly with
those seventeenth century
traditions thatare known
today (see Dart.
Chamber Music Piano, Trombone, Voice SKU: PR.111402650 A Song Cycle fo...(+)
Chamber Music Piano,
Trombone, Voice
SKU:
PR.111402650
A
Song Cycle for Baritone
(or Mezzo-soprano),
Trombone, and Piano.
Composed by Eric Ewazen.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
52+16 pages. Duration 24
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #111-40265.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.111402650).
Angel of
Dreamers is a song cycle
for bass-baritone (or
mezzo-soprano) singer,
trombone, and either
string orchestra, string
quintet, or piano. It is
based on the
extraordinary poetry of
the Jamaican-American
poet, Lorna Goodison,
whom I have had the great
pleasure of getting to
know in the course of
writing this piece. The
work was commissioned by
a friend from my
undergraduate college
years at The Eastman
School of Music, Maury
Okun, trombonist and
director of the Detroit
Chamber Winds And
Strings. The work was
premiered in 2011 by
bass-baritone Daniel
Washington, trombonist
and U. of Michigan
faculty member David
Jackson, and the string
section of the Detroit
Chamber Winds and
Strings. Daniel and David
gave the second
performance of the work
with Lorna Goodison and
Maury Okun in attendance
at The Juilliard School
the following year. I was
approached by Maury Okun
and David Jackson to
write this piece as a
tribute to Maury's father
who had recently passed
away. They also
introduced me to their
colleague and friend
Lorna Goodison,
suggesting her poetry.
Reading several volumes
of her work, I was
absolutely captivated by
the vivid imagery and
beautiful messages of her
words. I chose five of
the poems, forming a
cycle about life and
death and home and
parents. Lorna is
originally from Jamaica,
and the rich, vivid
imagery, language and
story lines of her poems
beautifully reflect her
roots. The work, in the
tradition of Brahms'
songs for voice, viola,
and piano, features a
singer with an obligato
lyric instrumental line,
which, in my piece, is
the trombone, an
instrument that blends so
beautifully with the
sound of a bass singer.
The first song, O Love
You So Fear the Dark is
hopeful and uplifting,
describing enduring love
throughout the twists and
turns of our lives. The
music is strong and
declamatory, but also
tender. The second song,
God A Me actually
portrays a fish in
Jamaica which is almost
amphibious, flying up out
of the water onto the
land, and somehow,
magically, returning to
the water! For me this
poem depicts the
enjoyment of seeing parts
of life that are fun and
enjoyable and almost
magical! The third song,
All Souls Day depicts a
holiday, somewhat
magical, but also full of
life and energy. The
final two songs are a
tribute to our parents --
My Mother's Sea Chanty,
recalling a dream of
seeing one's mother, with
lyrics of tender love and
remembrance, and finally,
This is my Father's
Country which is a
tribute to the life of a
loving father, recalling
his spirit, his love of
the music Harry
Belafonte, and his
enduring spirit. Angel of
Dreamers was a special
piece for me to write:
for and with friends, old
and new, collaborating
with a poet whose
beautiful, meaningful,
and touching words were
so inspiring, performed
by fantastic musicians
who poured themselves
into the music, and
commissioned by a dear
friend from years gone
by. THIS is why we write
and perform music!.
Composed by Geraldine Green. For bass clarinet and piano. Classical; 21st centur...(+)
Composed by Geraldine
Green. For bass clarinet
and piano. Classical;
21st century. Solo part
and piano reduction.
Composed 1992. Duration
23 minutes. Published by
Alea Publishing
Canon Noel Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Carl Fischer
Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Deborah Baker Monday. Set of Score and P...(+)
Composed by Traditional.
Arranged by Deborah Baker
Monday. Set of Score and
Parts. 8 8 2 5 5 5 8
pages.
Duration 2:30. Carl
Fischer
Music #YAS218. Published
by
Carl Fischer Music
Score Only.
Composed by Benjamin R.
Hanby. Arranged by
Timothy Loest. Series;
String Orchestra. FJH
Beginning Strings. You've
heard of a fiddler on the
roof? Well, how about an
orchestra on the
housetop! Feature the
entire string orchestra,
section by section, at
your next winter concert
(even bassists, who are
cued in the cello line).
Using just six notes,
this new arran. Holiday
Pops. Score. Duration
1:30. The FJH Music
Company Inc #98-ST6478S.
Published by The FJH
Music Company Inc
(FJ.ST6478S).
English.
You've
heard of a fiddler on the
roof? Well, how about an
orchestra on the
housetop! Feature the
entire string orchestra,
section by section, at
your next winter concert
(even bassists, who are
cued in the cello line).
Using just six notes,
this new arrangement of
an old holiday favorite
is cleverly scored to
sound rich and full.
Optional percussion adds
to the festivities. A
perfect format for
bolstering group
confidence while
promoting section
independence!
About FJH
Beginning
Strings
Ap
propriate for first year
string students. All
instruments stay in first
position, and optional
third violin (viola)
parts and piano are
included to aid in
rehearsal and performance
situations. Grade 1 -
1.5
(Mix and Match Trios for Strings, Woodwinds, Saxophones and Keyboard). By Variou...(+)
(Mix and Match Trios for
Strings, Woodwinds,
Saxophones and Keyboard).
By Various. Arranged by
Daniel Kelley. String
Trio, Wind Trio, Mixed
Trio, Clarinet Trio,
Saxophone Trio, Piano
Trio, Piano Quartet. For
Bass Clarinet in Bb.
Trios. Intermediate Music
for Three. Christmas.
Intermediate. Partbook -
Part 3. Published by Last
Resort Music Publishing
Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 1 SKU: FJ.ST6478 Composed by Benjamin ...(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - Grade 1
SKU: FJ.ST6478
Composed by Benjamin R.
Hanby. Arranged by
Timothy Loest. Series;
String Orchestra. FJH
Beginning Strings. You've
heard of a fiddler on the
roof? Well, how about an
orchestra on the
housetop! Feature the
entire string orchestra,
section by section, at
your next winter concert
(even bassists, who are
cued in the cello line).
Using just six notes,
this new arran. Holiday
Pops. Score and Part(s).
Duration 1:30. The FJH
Music Company Inc
#98-ST6478. Published by
The FJH Music Company Inc
(FJ.ST6478).
UPC:
241444400036.
English.
You've
heard of a fiddler on the
roof? Well, how about an
orchestra on the
housetop! Feature the
entire string orchestra,
section by section, at
your next winter concert
(even bassists, who are
cued in the cello line).
Using just six notes,
this new arrangement of
an old holiday favorite
is cleverly scored to
sound rich and full.
Optional percussion adds
to the festivities. A
perfect format for
bolstering group
confidence while
promoting section
independence!
About FJH
Beginning
Strings
Ap
propriate for first year
string students. All
instruments stay in first
position, and optional
third violin (viola)
parts and piano are
included to aid in
rehearsal and performance
situations. Grade 1 -
1.5
Entre le
bœuf et l'âne
gris. Composed by
Traditional French Carol.
Arranged by Ian David
Coleman. Folio. Yas. Set
of Score and Parts.
8+8+2+5+5+8+5 pages.
Duration 3 minutes, 5
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #YAS201. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.YAS201).
ISBN
9781491157763. UPC:
680160916344. 9 x 12
inches.
Though not
as familiar as other
holiday carols, this
ancient melody has an
intrinsic beauty in both
its shape and harmonic
support. Reflecting those
elements, this
arrangement creates an
evocative sound world.
The mood is inspired by
viewing the expanse of
the night sky. Throughout
history, we as humans are
connected, in a sense, by
the fact that we look up
at the same pattern of
stars today as those who
created this ancient tune
so many years ago, which
suggests a point of
connection over time. In
this arrangement you will
find a sense of wonder
and awe as the melody
weaves its way between
consonance and
dissonance. The
re-imagining of this
medieval carol reflects
the timeless nature of
the Christmas season.
Students will work on
sustaining long tones and
tuning non-traditional
chords in this
choral-like setting for
string orchestra. The
melody flows between all
the parts with short
musical interludes
between. Though not as
familiar as other holiday
carols, this ancient
melody has an intrinsic
beauty in both its shape
and harmonic support.
Reflecting those
elements, this
arrangement creates an
evocative sound
world. The mood is
inspired by viewing the
expanse of the night
sky. Throughout
history, we as humans are
connected, in a sense, by
the fact that we look up
at the same pattern of
stars today as those who
created this ancient tune
so many years ago, which
suggests a point of
connection over time.Â
In this arrangement you
will find a sense of
wonder and awe as the
melody weaves its way
between consonance and
dissonance. The
re-imagining of this
medieval carol reflects
the timeless nature of
the Christmas season.
Students will work on
sustaining long tones and
tuning non-traditional
chords in this
choral-like setting for
string orchestra. The
melody flows between all
the parts with short
musical interludes
between.
About Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of Grade 2/Grade
2.5 pieces is designed
for second and third year
ensembles. The pieces in
this series are
characterized
by: --Occasionally
extending to third
position --Keys
carefully considered for
appropriate
difficulty --Addition
of separate 2nd violin
and viola
parts --Viola T.C.
part
included --Increase
in independence of parts
over beginning levels
(Mix and Match Trios for Strings, Woodwinds, Saxophones and Keyboard). By Variou...(+)
(Mix and Match Trios for
Strings, Woodwinds,
Saxophones and Keyboard).
By Various. Arranged by
Daniel Kelley. String
Trio, Wind Trio, Mixed
Trio, Clarinet Trio,
Saxophone Trio, Piano
Trio, Piano Quartet. For
Cello or Bassoon in C.
Trios. Intermediate Music
for Three. Christmas.
Intermediate. Partbook -
Part 3. Published by Last
Resort Music Publishing
By Deborah Baker Monday. For string orchestra (violin I, violin II, violin III (...(+)
By Deborah Baker Monday.
For string orchestra
(violin I, violin II,
violin III (viola T.C.),
viola, cello, bass,
piano). Score and parts.
Duration 3 minutes, 05
seconds. Published by
Carl Fischer
Double bass SKU: BR.EOS-20897-27 Suite in Olden Style. Composed by...(+)
Double bass
SKU:
BR.EOS-20897-27
Suite in Olden
Style. Composed by
Edvard Grieg. Edited by
Richard Clarke.
Orchestra; stapled.
Eulenburg Orchestral
Series.
Breitkopf is
currently preparing the
release of new and
complete performance
material in the framework
of its cooperation with
Eulenburg.
Romantic
period. Part. 4 pages.
Duration 20'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EOS
20897-27. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EOS-20897-27).
ISBN 9790004780107. 10
x 12.5 inches.
In
1884 the Norwegian city
of Bergen celebrated the
200th birthday of Ludvig
Holberg, one of its most
famous sons and a
symbolic figure of the
late Baroque era. For
this occasion Grieg wrote
the piano suite Aus
Holbergs Zeit , which he
orchestrated for string
orchestra. To this day,
the Suite - particularly
in this arrangement -
ranks among Grieg's most
popular works. By using
the romantic string
sound, Grieg brings the
late Baroque orchestral
suite and its various
dance forms to life
again. Along with the
string serenades of
Dvorak and Tchaikovsky,
Aus Holbergs Zeit is
regarded as the third
great late-romantic work
for string orchestra.
Breitkopf is currently
preparing the release of
new and complete
performance material in
the framework of its
cooperation with
Eulenburg.
Breitko
pf is currently preparing
the release of new and
complete performance
material in the framework
of its cooperation with
Eulenburg.
(A Comprehensive Guide to Exploring New Techniques and Styles from Heavy Metal t...(+)
(A Comprehensive Guide to
Exploring New Techniques
and Styles from Heavy
Metal to Jazz). Composed
by Raleigh Green. For
Guitar. Book; CD; Guitar
Method or Supplement;
Method/Instruction. Style
Resource Series. Funk;
Jazz; Metal; Rock. 96
pages. Published by
Alfred Music
Composed
by Traditional. Arranged
by Deborah Baker Monday.
Full score. 8 pages.
Duration 2:30. Carl
Fischer Music #YAS218F.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.YAS218F).
ISBN 9781491163009.
UPC: 680160921751. Key: D
major.
Canon Noel
combines the iconic
Pachelbel theme with
graceful melodies from
The First Noel and Hark!
the Herald Angels Sing.
This lyrical setting in D
major includes just a
little shifting in the
Bass and easy high-3
finger patterns in Violin
II and Viola. Providing a
wonderful study in legato
playing with slurs in
3/4, the simple
scale-based motion and
frequent doubling will
give the developing
ensemble a full, rich
sound as all sections get
to play melodic material.
An accessible and
beautiful winter concert
selection with a
classical touch!
About Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of Grade 2/Grade
2.5 pieces is designed
for second and third year
ensembles. The pieces in
this series are
characterized
by: --Occasionally
extending to third
position --Keys
carefully considered for
appropriate
difficulty --Addition
of separate 2nd violin
and viola
parts --Viola T.C.
part
included --Increase
in independence of parts
over beginning levels
Double bass and 1 other inst. SKU: BR.DV-8109 Composed by Johann Matthias...(+)
Double bass and 1 other
inst.
SKU:
BR.DV-8109
Composed
by Johann Matthias
Sperger. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Deutscher Verlag.
Sperger, musician at the
Mecklenburg court in
Ludwigslust, achieved
fame above all with his
works for double bass.
Thematically, the A major
Adagio closely recalls
Anton Franz Hoffmeister?s
Double Bass Concerto No.
3. Classical period.
Piano reduction. 12
pages. Deutscher Verlag
fur Musik #DV 8109.
Published by Deutscher
Verlag fur Musik
(BR.DV-8109).
ISBN
9790200482898. 10 x 13
inches.
Johann
Matthias Sperger, no
doubt the leading double
bass player of his time,
was born on 23 March 1750
in the Lower Austrian
town of Feldsberg (today
Valtice, Czech Republic).
After studying in Vienna
and occupying various
posts in Pressburg and
Eberau, he was hired by
Grand Duke Friedrich
Franz I of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin for
the Duke's court ensemble
in Ludwigslust. There
Sperger died on 13 May
1812, a highly esteemed
man. His extensive
compositional oeuvre
(which includes 45
symphonies, chamher
works, church music and
concertos) found its
climax in his works for
double bass solo. His 18
concertos, sonatas and
chamber works for various
instrumental comhinations
off er the soloist
gratifying musical tasks
both from a musical as
well as a technical point
of view. The Adagio for
Double Bass and String
Quartet was composed
around 1796/97, no doubt
for the composer's own
use. The autograph
belongs to the
Landesbibliothek
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
(class. no. Mus. 5179).
The work is based on
thematic material from
the second movement of
Anton Franz Hoffmeister's
Double Bass Concerto No.
3. The relationship
between the two works and
the mutual influence of
both composers is plainly
visible.In order to allow
a performance of this
charming little work
without a string quartet,
we are also offering a
version with piano
accompaniment (DVfM 8109)
as well. Since the
original solo part was
written for a double bass
tuned in thirds and a
fourth (Viennese tuning:
A-D-F sharp-A), it was
necessary to arrange the
enclosed for the solo
tuning customary today: F
sharp-B-E-A. The editor
and publisher wish to
thank the
Landesbibliothek
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
for its permission to
print this first edition.
Klaus Trumpf, Munich,
Spring 1997 Klaus
Trumpf
Sperger,
musician at the
Mecklenburg court in
Ludwigslust, achieved
fame above all with his
works for double bass.
Thematically, the A major
Adagio closely recalls
Anton Franz Hoffmeister's
Double Bass Concerto No.
3.
Cantata
for the 2nd day of
Pentecost. Composed
by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Edited by Karin
Wollschlager. 1x
31.174/21 violin/oboe 1,
1x 31.174/22 violin/oboe
2, 1x 31.174/23 taille,
2x 31.174/31 horns 1 and
2. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Bach vocal.
Harmony parts. Sacred
vocal music, Cantatas,
Whitsun, Praise and
thanks. Set of Orchestra
Parts. Composed 1729. BWV
174. Duration 23 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
31.174/09. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3117409).
ISBN
9790007209636. Language:
German/English. Text:
Henrici (Picander),
Christian
Friedrich.
The
cantata Ich liebe den
Hochsten von ganzem
Gemute (I love the
Almighty with all of my
spirit) BWV 174 was
composed for Whit Monday
1729. It probably belongs
to Bach's fourth cycle of
cantatas, known as the
Picander cycle. Most of
the cantata is taken up
by the introductory
Sinfonia. This is a
reworking of the first
movement of the famous
third Brandenburg
Concerto BWV 1048. Bach
took the movement almost
unaltered and simply
added wind parts to
strengthen the sound to
the nine string parts
(three violins, three
violas, three
violoncelli) and basso
continuo - two corni da
caccia and two oboes,
reinforced by two
violins, an oboe da
caccia (taille) and a
viola. The following
movements (aria,
recitative, aria) form a
distinct contrast with
their chamber music
scoring (two oboes or one
or two string parts with
basso continuo). A simple
four-part chorale
concludes the cantata.
Score and parts available
separately - see item
CA.3117400.