Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones* Passing the Tonic* Pitch Matching* Scale Builders* Interval Builders* Expanding Intervals* Chord Builders* Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony* Rhythmic Subdivision* 5-Note Scales* Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales)* Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) * ChoralesThe compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. / Concert Band

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn?t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant and his own organ and piano studies, he first worked as organist in St. Florian, then from 1855 as cathedral organist in Linz. Introduced to music theory and instrumentation by Simon Sechter and Otto Kitzler, he discovered Richard Wagner as an artistic role model, whom he admired throughout his life and also visited several times in Bayreuth. In 1868 Anton Bruckner became professor of basso continuo, counterpoint and organ at the Vienna Conservatory; ten years later court organist; and in 1891 finally honorary doctor of the University of Vienna. He was considered an important organ virtuoso of his era, but had to wait a long time for recognition as a composer. It was not until Symphony No.7 in E major, composed between 1881 and 1883, with the famous Adagio written under the effects of Wagner's death, that he achieved the recognition he had hoped for, even if he was reluctant to accept it given his inclination towards scepticism and self-criticism. Anton Bruckner was a loner who did not want to follow a particular school or doctrine. He composed numerous sacred vocal works, such as his three masses, the Missa Solemnis in B flat minor (1854), the Te Deum (1881-84) and numerous motets. As a symphonic composer, he wrote a total of nine symphonies and many symphonic studies from 1863 onwards, tending to revise completed versions several times over. Bruckner's orchestral works were long considered unplayable, but in fact were merely exceptionally bold for the tonal language of their time, uniting traditions from Beethoven through Wagner to folk music, on the threshold between late Romanticism and Modernism. Hymns for four-part mixed choir a cappella (1846, St. Florian) No. 1 in E flat major (WAB 41/3): Quite Slow No. 2 in C major (WAB 41/4): Andante No. 3 in B flat major (WAB 41/1): Slow No. 4 in A flat major (WAB 41/2): Slow Hymn for five-part (2 S, A, T, B) mixed choir and organ No. 5 in D major: Solemnly They are simple works, completely subordinate to their liturgical use, which nevertheless already show numerous characteristics of personal expression. These small pieces were able to stand up to the harsh scrutiny of the mature master: in 1888, Bruckner subjected them to a revision in which he made only minor corrections. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Concert March. Par DOSS THOMAS. This march begins in a determined and serious style. Gradually, however, it turns into a cheerful concert march. Even the trio reveals cockiness and lust for life, which gradually spreads positive energy. The finale ends in a cheerful D-major./ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

The music of Handel is considered the culmination of the Baroque period of music history, and his Water Music (1717) has endured in popularity for nearly 300 years! Performed from a barge traveling on the River Thames, King George I is said to have liked the music so much that he ordered it repeated several times. Originally three suites each consisting of multiple movements, Johnnie Vinson has skillfully adapted this arrangement for young players using 'Alla Hornpipe' from the Suite in D Major, and the 'Air' and 'Allegro' from the Suite in F Major.

for Violin and Orchestra. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Mozart composed the majority of his works for solo string instruments and orchestra during the years 1773 to 1779. Especially important in this context are the years 1773 and 1775, which witnessed the creation of the five concertos for violin and orchestra as well as several single movements for the same scoring. The reasons for this flourish of activity in this domain lie partly in the fact that Mozart, who still occupied the post of concertmaster to the Prince-Archbishop, was either obliged or inspired to provide such works for special occasions during this long period spent in Salzburg. But another reason was certainly the possibility of experimenting withall the new compositional techniques acquired during his third trip to Italy and his stay of several months in Vienna from July to September 1773. The piano reduction of Mozart’s D major violin concerto is easier to play, uncluttered and practical with page turns where you need them and where necessary fold-out pages. The solo part gives players the critical Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. A prepared performance part is also included with bowings, fingerings and performance practice comments. An additional brochure is included with todays most performed cadenzas, 'Eingänge' and fermata embellishments. This collection offers players a spectrum of styles available in no other publication. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition Full score and parts (BA4866), violin & piano reduction (BA4866-90) and study score format 22. 5 x 16. 5cm (TP273) available for sale/ Répertoire / Violon et Orchestre

from the Clarinet Concerto in Eb Major, Op. 36. Par KROMMER FRANZ. Le compositeur et violoniste tchèque Frantisek Vincenc Kramar dont le nom fut germanisé en Franz Vinzenz Krommer, est né le 27 novembre 1759 à Kamenice en Moravie occidentale et mort le 8 janvier 1831 à Vienne en Autriche. À l’adolescence, il est initié à l’art du violon et à l’orgue par son oncle Anton Matthias Krommer lui-même organiste et chef de choeur. En 1785, il fait un premier séjour à Vienne avant de rejoindre l’orchestre du Comte de Limburg-Stirum dont la résidence se trouve à Simontornya en Hongrie. Il est engagé d’abord en tant que violon solo de l’orchestre puis plus tard en tant que maître de chapelle. Vers 1790, il obtient le poste de chef de choeurà la cathédrale de Pécs. Il quitte cette fonction en 1793 pour entrer au service du Comte Károlyi puis du Prince Antal Grassalkovich. En 1795, suite au décès du prince hongrois, Franz Krommer revient à Vienne. Après une longue période d’infortune, il entre comme Maître de Chapelle au service du Duc Ignaz Fuchs, en 1806. Quatre ans plus tard, il est nommé au poste de directeur musical du Théâtre Royal et Impérial de Vienne (Wiener Hoftheater). En 1818, succédant à Leopold (Johann Anton) Kozeluch, il devient le dernier Maître de musique de chambre et compositeur de la cour des Habsbourg. Il gardera ses fonctions jusqu’à sa mort en 1831. Franz Krommer était l’un des plus illustres compositeurs tchèques de la Vienne impériale vers la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Sa musique était très appréciée de son vivant et certains le considéraient comme le digne héritier de Joseph Haydn. Son style est indéniablement apparenté à ce dernier mais aussi à celui de Mozart. Franz Krommer a composé de nombreuses symphonies, des concertos (essentiellement pour instruments à vent solistes), des duos pour violons, des quatuors à cordes, de la musique de chambre et des oeuvres sacrées. Le Concerto pour Clarinette Opus 36 de Krommer a été publié pour la première fois en 1803 chez l’éditeur allemand Johann Anton André. / Niveau : 4 / oeuvre solo et Orchestre / Répertoire / Concert Band

Leichte Kavallerie. Par VON SUPPE FRANZ. Although he was born in Split, Croatia, of Belgian descent, Franz von Suppé’s nationality is defined less by his actual descendents than by the country and city where he lived and worked and had the great majority of his success, the Austrian capital, Vienna. It was here where, with assistance from the Johan Strausses and Franz Lehar, he helped to assure Vienna’s reputation as the operetta capital of the world. He achieved this by pioneering operetta as a major medium for the theatre. The overture to Light Cavalry is one of his two most famous works, the other being the Poet and Peasant Overture written as incidental music for a play of the same name. / Niveau : 4 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Tonalité : D-Dur - Tvwv 52:D3. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. The D-major Concerto for Two Violins belongs to a group of concertos that Telemann wrote between 1707-8 and 1712 while serving as concert master and later as Kapellmeister of the court musicians in Eisenach. Telemanns double conertos for Eisenach are music-histroical documents of the first order on the early eighteenth-century concerto in central Germany./ Répertoire / 2 Violons Solo, 2 Violons, Alto et Basse Continue

Tonalité : D-Dur - Tvwv 52:D3. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. The D-major Concerto for Two Violins belongs to a group of concertos that Telemann wrote between 1707-8 and 1712 while serving as concert master and later as Kapellmeister of the court musicians in Eisenach. Telemanns double conertos for Eisenach are music-histroical documents of the first order on the early eighteenth-century concerto in central Germany./ Répertoire / 2 Violons Solo, 2 Violons, Alto et Basse Continue

Tonalité : D-Dur - Tvwv 52:D3. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. The D-major Concerto for Two Violins belongs to a group of concertos that Telemann wrote between 1707-8 and 1712 while serving as concert master and later as Kapellmeister of the court musicians in Eisenach. Telemanns double conertos for Eisenach are music-histroical documents of the first order on the early eighteenth-century concerto in central Germany./ Répertoire / 2 Violons Solo, 2 Violons, Alto et Basse Continue

Tonalité : D-Dur - Tvwv 52:D3. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. The D-major Concerto for Two Violins belongs to a group of concertos that Telemann wrote between 1707-8 and 1712 while serving as concert master and later as Kapellmeister of the court musicians in Eisenach. Telemanns double conertos for Eisenach are music-histroical documents of the first order on the early eighteenth-century concerto in central Germany./ Répertoire / 2 Violons Solo, 2 Violons, Alto et Basse Continue

Tonalité : D-Dur - Tvwv 52:D3. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. The D-major Concerto for Two Violins belongs to a group of concertos that Telemann wrote between 1707-8 and 1712 while serving as concert master and later as Kapellmeister of the court musicians in Eisenach. Telemanns double conertos for Eisenach are music-histroical documents of the first order on the early eighteenth-century concerto in central Germany./ Répertoire / 2 Violons Solo, 2 Violons, Alto et Basse Continue

Duet for Flute and Alto Saxophone (or Clarinet) from The Pirates of Penzance. Par ARTHUR SULLIVAN SIR. I>The Pirates of Penzance (Les Pirates de Penzance) est sans doute la plus célèbre opérette du compositeur Gilbert et du librettiste Sullivan. L’oeuvre fut créée simultanément en Angleterre et aux États-Unis, fin décembre 1879, pour sécuriser les droits d’auteur dans les deux pays. Le succès fut immédiat. Après être restée à l’affiche pendant plus de trois mois à New York, l’opérette s’est installée à l’Opéra Comique de Londres, en 1880, pour 363 représentations. Ruth, la gouvernante du jeune Frédéric, est chargée de faire en sorte qu’il devienne pilote des mers. Hélas, Ruth, un tantinet dure d’oreille, confond les termes pilote et pirate, et met Frédéric en apprentissagechez une bande de charmants pirates orphelins. À ses vingt et un ans, il est libéré de son contrat d’apprentissage et peut réintégrer un modèle de société respectable avec pour obligation de dénoncer ses anciens compagnons. Ruth révèle alors que Frédéric est né une année bissextile, un 29 février : il n’a donc en réalité que cinq ans ! Il restera donc apprenti pirate jusqu’à son vingt et unième anniversaire. Entre temps, Frédéric s’éprend de Mabel, une des nombreuses filles du Major-Général Stanley. L’opérette touche à sa fin et les quiproquos s’enchaînent. Les pirates, le Major-Général et toutes ses filles se côtoient dans une joyeuse cacophonie à laquelle un sergent de police timoré réussit à mettre un terme en invoquant la loyauté envers la reine Victoria. Et tout le monde cède. Vers la fin de l’Acte II, Frédéric et Mabel chantent un duo d’amour d’une beauté envoûtante, “Ah, leave me not to pine alone and desolate” (“Ah, ne me laisse pas languir et désespérer”). Philip Sparke en a réalisé un arrangement pour Flûte Traversière et Saxophone Alto (ou Clarinette). / Niveau : 2 / Classique / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie et Flûte Traversière Saxo

Au printemps 2012, les ' Partitions de pocheBreitkopf ' peuvent surenchérir en sortantles éditions Urtext de deux concertos solo quiont représenté au 19e siècle une contributioncapitale au genre concert instrumental et quise retrouvent aujourd'hui en tête de liste durépertoire. Avec la parution de la petite partitionbleue, la palette des oeuvres en partena-riat avec la maison G. Henle Verlag est ànouveau enrichie : édition pour instrumentsolo et piano chez Henle - conducteur, partiesd'orchestre et partition de poche chez Breitkopf / Violon Et Orchestre