By Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). For Choral (TBB). BH Secular Choral. 22 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M051481705. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

High Voice and Orchestra

SKU: HL.14020965

Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Score. Composed 1999. 92 pages. Chester Music #CH60950. Published by Chester Music (HL.14020965).

ISBN 9780711936959.

The story centres on the English princess Caroline Mathilde (1751-1775), sister of George III, who at the age of 15 was sent to Denmark to marry the 17-year-old eccentric and schizophrenic Danish King, Christian VII. The ballet portrays her unhappy marriage, the King's growing madness and her fatal love-affair with Struensee, the King's influential physician, which leads to their arrest, his execution and her exile, at the age of 20, separated from her two young children. This suite begins with the act's opening number: a boisterous, stamping dance to which the people rudely mock Queen Caroline Mathilde and her lover Struensee. After this comes a dark Adagio, The Conspiracy, in which the theme passes like persuasion from mouth to mouth, its variations suggesting the different attitudes of the conspirators, firmly controlled by the brass-driven gestures of the Queen Dowager. The conspiracy then works itself out at a court masked ball, from which the suite includes two dances: a gavotte, and a slow, lubricious passacaglia that is a pas de deux for Caroline Mathilde and Struensee. The Arrest comes with a gathering rush of music that envelops the King, the Queen and Struensee, leading to a vociferous climax in which they are held apart. In The Execution, slow white music for wordless female voices, harp and low strings is interrupted by pathetic, alienated outbursts from the King. The suite ends, as does the ballet, with a quiet adagio lament for clarinets and alto flute as the Queen goes into exile. Score. Duration c. 33mins.

Tenor Voice and Piano

SKU: HL.14019832

Composed by Gian Francesco Malipiero. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Composed 2002. Chester Music #CH03935. Published by Chester Music (HL.14019832).

In 1918-19, Gian Francesco Malipiero wrote a collection of seven songs, commonly known as Sette Canzoni. They were initially intended as a stand-alone work, but became incredibly popular when they wereincluded as the second act of the composer's opera L'Orfiede. However, in recent years the collection has come to be recognised in its own right as one of the composer's masterpieces.

Like all of the seven songs,the fifth, Serenata , is designed as an individual mini-opera. Scored for a solo Tenor with Piano accompaniment, it tells the story of a young lover serenading his beloved. At the same time, unknown to him, shesits inside lamenting the death of a relative.

S erenata has been translated from the original Italian into French by Henry Prunieres, and into English by Edwin Evans.

No. 4 from Goyescas. Composed by Enric Granados I Campina. Edited by Ullrich Scheideler. Sheet music. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Single sheet. G. Henle #HN1074. Published by G. Henle

(USB Flash Drive Play-Along). By Various. For C Instruments. Real Book Play-Along. USB Flash Drive. Published by Hal Leonard

Play-Along Audio Tracks. Composed by Various. Real Book Play-Along. Audio File. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

by Robert Burns; researched and arranged by Serge Hovey. For Vocal. songbook. Scottish. Level: Intermediate. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 240 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Songbook for voice, piano and guitar chords. 384 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.