(B-flat Edition). By Various. By Various. For Bb Instruments. Fake Book. Softcover. 512 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Ultimate Planning Guide for General Music Teachers. By Janet Day. (resource book). Expressive Art (Choral). Size 8.5x11.25 inches. 104 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Composed by Gustav Holst (1874-1934). Arranged by Colin Matthews and Imogen Holst. This edition: Limited. Full Orchestra (Full Score); Orchestra Resources; Resources. Classical; Masterwork. Score. 272 pages. Faber Music #12-0571542735. Published by Faber Music

(It's the Gospel Truth! A Children's Christmas Musical). By Celeste Clydesdale. Arranged by David Clydesdale. For 2-part/Unison. Musical. Christmas. Choral Book. Duration 37'00 . Published by Word Music

(Getting Started on the Piano). Arranged by Pam Wedgwood. For Piano. Book; Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental; Solo. Faber Edition: Classic FM. Masterwork Arrangement; Radio. Early Elementary; Elementary; Late Elementary. Published by Faber Music

Large orchestra (Score)

SKU: HL.49015932

Suite. Composed by Gustav Holst. Edited by Colin Matthews and Imogen Holst. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Study Score. Op. 32. 196 pages. Duration 52'. Eulenburg Edition #ETP 8007. Published by Eulenburg Edition (HL.49015932).

ISBN 9783795768775. UPC: 841886001879. 7.5x10.5x0.477 inches.

Preface * Faksimile * The Planets: * 1. Mars, the bringer of war * 2. Venus, the bringer of peace * 3. Mercury, the winged messenger * 4. Jupiter, the bringer of jollity * 5. Saturn, the bringer of old age * 6. Uranus, the magician * 7. Neptune, the mystic.

By Gustav Holst. Arranged by William Owens. Concert Band/Wind Ensemble. FJH Concert Band. Score for this title: B1306S. Extra part for this title: B1306P. Concert Band. Level: Grade 3. Score and Set of Parts. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.

(A Method for the Beginning Flutist and Melodic Studies for the Advanced Player). By Phyllis Avidan Louke. For Flute, Flute Duet. This edition: Second Edition. Instructional. BEGINNING - INTERMEDIATE. Method book. Standard notation. Composed 2009

As performed by Trans- Siberian Orchestra (Based upon "Mars, the Bringer of War" from The Planets by Gustav Holst and "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg). Composed by Paul O'Neill and John Olivia [Trans-Siberian Orchestra]. Arranged by Bob Phillips. Part(s); Score; String Orchestra. Pop Concert String Orchestra. Christmas; Holiday Pops; Light Concert; Pop; Secular; Winter. 152 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Choral Cello, Piano, SATB chorus

SKU: CF.CM9714

Composed by Z. Randall Stroope. 16 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 48 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9714. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9714).

ISBN 9781491160329. UPC: 680160918904. Key: F major. English. Robert Frost.

About the work ... Few American poems are as well known as The Road Not Taken. Robert Frost, the author, is an international icon, not unlike Pablo Picasso, Winston Churchill or Mark Twain in their own disciplines.The poem is full of contradictions and quirks of form and structure. Perhaps that illusiveness is part of the poem's intrigue. But beyond all of the literary devices that only a few scholars may fully appreciate, this poem has taken on a sort of fanfare for the common person credo - a challenge to individualism, stepping out on one's own, and breaking the mold out of sheer determination if nothing else. Frost connects to the core of the human spirit in just a few stanzas using the analogy of a fork in a road. The message super cedes geography, culture, race or creed. Rather, it is part of the DNA of most every person on the planet - the inner desire to feel empowered to create one's own destiny, to forge a road not taken, and ultimately in doing so, to make a difference. Rehearsal notes ... Research strongly suggests that there is a direct connection between the first rehearsal and the performance. First impressions last. I find it helpful to immediately lock three concepts into place - mechanics (notes/rhythms), text/phrasing (intent and motivation) and color (timbre). Performers need to think musically from the first reading forward (first impression). The cello is very much a collaborative instrument in this work, and should be located in front of the ensemble (not to side). Lastly, let the text speak. The simplest melodic lines are often the most exposed. Keep the voices clear and transparent, floating over the top in softer passages, and singing with vibrancy and forward focus throughout. Z. Randall Stroope A definitive recording was made by the New American Voices, with Randall conducting. This can be found on Spotify, YouTube, his website (www.zrstroope), and other social media. About the composer ... Z. Randall Stroope is an American composer and conductor. His composition teachers were Normand Lockwood and Cecil Effinger, both students of the Nadia Boulanger, the famous French teacher (and student of Gabriel Faure). He is the artistic director of two international summer music festivals, is an Honorary Member of the National Association of Italian Choral Directors, and has conducted in 25 countries. He has directed over 40 times at Carnegie Hall, and is a frequent conductor at other prestigious concert venues. Randall has 190 published works, and his music can be heard on Spotify, YouTube and other platforms, including his website (www.zrstroope.com).
A bout the work ...Few American poems are as well known as The Road Not Taken. Robert Frost, the author, is an international icon, not unlike Pablo Picasso, Winston Churchill or Mark Twain in their own disciplines.The poem is full of contradictions and quirks of form and structure. Perhaps that illusiveness is part of the poem's intrigue. But beyond all of the literary devices that only a few scholars may fully appreciate, this poem has taken on a sort of fanfare for the common person credo - a challenge to individualism, stepping out on one's own, and breaking the mold out of sheer determination if nothing else. Frost connects to the core of the human spirit in just a few stanzas using the analogy of a fork in a road. The message super cedes geography, culture, race or creed. Rather, it is part of the DNA of most every person on the planet - the inner desire to feel empowered to create one's own destiny, to forge a road not taken, and ultimately in doing so, to make a difference.Rehearsal notes ...Research strongly suggests that there is a direct connection between the first rehearsal and the performance. First impressions last. I find it helpful to immediately lock three concepts into place - mechanics (notes/rhythms), text/phrasing (intent and motivation) and color (timbre). Performers need to think musically from the first reading forward (first impression). The cello is very much a collaborative instrument in this work, and should be located in front of the ensemble (not to side). Lastly, let the text speak. The simplest melodic lines are often the most exposed. Keep the voices clear and transparent, floating over the top in softer passages, and singing with vibrancy and forward focus throughout.Z. Randall StroopeA definitive recording was made by the New American Voices, with Randall conducting. This can be found on Spotify, YouTube, his website (www.zrstroope), and other social media.About the composer ...Z. Randall Stroope is an American composer and conductor. His composition teachers were Normand Lockwood and Cecil Effinger, both students of the Nadia Boulanger, the famous French teacher (and student of Gabriel Fauré). He is the artistic director of two international summer music festivals, is an Honorary Member of the National Association of Italian Choral Directors, and has conducted in 25 countries. He has directed over 40 times at Carnegie Hall, and is a frequent conductor at other prestigious concert venues. Randall has 190 published works, and his music can be heard on Spotify, YouTube and other platforms, including his website (www.zrstroope.com).

Chamber Music Clarinet, Flute, Mezzo-soprano voice, Percussion, Piano, Tape, Violoncello

SKU: PR.111401800

For Mezzo-soprano Voice and Chamber Ensemble with Tape. Composed by Shulamit Ran. Arranged by Nelly Sachs. Text: Five Poems of Nelly Sachs, Translation from German of Nos. I, III and IV by Ruth and Matthew Mead, of No. II by Michael Roloff and No. V by Michael Hamburger. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1969. 51+16+14+20+14+15 pages. Duration 18 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #111-40180. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.111401800).

UPC: 680160618132. 8.5 x 11 inches. Text: Nelly Sachs. Nelly Sachs. Text: Five Poems of Nelly Sachs, Translation from German of Nos. I, III and IV by Ruth and Matthew Mead, of No. II by Michael Roloff and No. V by Michael Hamburger.

O The Chimneys is a setting of five poems by Nelly Sachs, the great German-Jewish 1966 Nobel Prize co-winner in literature, whose writing concerned itself almost entirely with the subject of the holocaust. Composed in 1969, the work was my own personal way of saying, through my own art, do not forget. Shockingly, these words have as much relevance today as they did when the work was written. Today we find ourselves having to say do not forget, do not distort, do not deny it ever happened.   I selected the five poems from Sachs' O The Chimneys collection, retaining its grimly evocative title even though I did not include the actual poem by that name. In scoring the work for female voice, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, piano and percussion, I aimed to give myself the broadest possible palette of instrumental colors while using the smallest number of participants. Yet as I was planning the final moments of my cycle, I felt that instrumental sound alone would not suffice to express the horror. An electronic tape segment was added to the work's final climax.   The first two poems (A Dead Child Speaks and Already Embraced by the Arm of Heavenly Solace), both depicting the tearing of a child away from his mother, are treated essentially as one unit, with the first acting as an introduction to the second. These two, and the cycle's apocalyptic fifth poem (Hell is Naked from Glowing Enigmas II), act as the two weighty pillar points, so to speak, surrounding the more introspective two middle poems (Fleeing and Someone Comes). To maximize dramatic differentiation within the constraints of a relentlessly tragic subject matter, I used range as a means to delineate contrast, by dividing the sounds available to me into low and dark (mvt. III) vs. high and, at times, eerily bright (mvt. IV) colors. Thus the two middle poems are intended to balance the frenzied madness of which the work's outer parts are made.   The work received its first performance in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Auditorium on January 19, 1970.   --Shulamit Ran.

By Philip Sparke. (Score). ANGLO MUSIC PRESS. Size 9.5x13.3 inches. 70 pages. Published by Anglo Music.

Earth -- Voices of a Planet (Student Book). Composed by Marilyn Copeland Davidson. This edition: Student Edition. Classroom/Pre-School; Orff/Kodaly/Dalcroze; Other Classroom. Multicultural. Book. 32 pages. Alfred Music #00-LG0019S. Published by Alfred Music

Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PO.PE048

Composed by John Psathas. Performance Score. Promethean Editions #PE048. Published by Promethean Editions (PO.PE048).

ISBN 9781877218484.

Suit able for performers of approximately Grade VIII to Diploma-level ability, Waiting for the Aeroplane is Psathas response to the emotional experience of contemporary air travel. Interjections of melodic fragments above the work's alternating two-note ostinato are like the fleeting, distracted thoughts and conversations occupying the individual obliged to wait at the behest of influences outside his or her control.

By Patricia George and Phyllis Avidan Louke. For flute, piano. Flute book. Standard Notation. 92 pages. Published by Theodore Presser Company

By Patricia George and Phyllis Avidan Louke. For flute, piano. Piano accompaniment book. Standard Notation. 36 pages. Published by Theodore Presser Company

Recorder - Intermediate

SKU: MB.30963

Saddle-stitched, Solos and Duets. British Isles. Book. 44 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30963. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30963).

ISBN 9781513468204. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This exceptional collection of 41 truly beautiful airs and ballads from the British Isles offers both well-known tunes by the prolific blind Irish harpist, Turlough Oâ??Carolan and rarely heard melodies by anonymous composers; all have stood the test of time. Arranged for soprano or tenor recorder, these include Oâ??Carolanâ??s classically influenced â??Lord Inchiquinâ? and â??Eleanor Plunkettâ? as well as â??O Gentle Doveâ? and â??Cuckoo Dearâ?â?? both examples of the strong tradition of song in Wales. Among other tunes, the haunting modal melodies of â??The Dark Slender Boyâ? and â??Enchanted Valleyâ? express the melancholic heart and soul of the British Isles.

A few of these songs have taken on a life of their own in modern times. â??Bonny at Mornâ?, a popular traditional tune of northern England and Scotland, was arranged for soprano voice and harp by the 20th century British composer, Benjamin Britten. â??The Skye Boat Songâ? originally recounted Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuartâ??s journey to the Isle of Skye after his defeat at the historic Battle of Culloden. Later, the song evolved into a lilting lullaby and was more recently used as the theme song for the popular Outlander television series.

Departing slightly from recorder notation practice, author Marcia Diehl has judiciously arranged these melodies complete with spare slur markings to aid the amateur player in authentically and musically rendering these tunes.

Organ - Grade 4

SKU: HL.14019451

The Planets. Composed by Bent Lorentzen. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 12 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH30405. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14019451).

ISBN 9788759809266. English.

Written in 1995 as one part of Lorentzen's 'Suite of Seven Pieces for organ', Mercurius is a symbol of merchants, trade and thiefs, traditionally depicted with wings on his heels, forever restless, scurrying about. The music is divided into sequences of four, resulting in a sense of weightlessness and hurried urgency. The first complete performance of 'The Planets' took place in 1996 and was given by Jens E. Christensen.

Composed by Edwin Mclean. Sheet Music. The FJH Piano Ensemble Series. Playing score. 11 pages pages. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc (FJ.E1105).

Written by Barry Finerty. Instructional book and accompaniment CD for all instruments. The Seriuos Jazz Practice Book provides a unique and comprehensive plan for mastering these basic building blocks of jazz, on any instrument. 162 pages. Published by Sher Music Company.