SATB choir, organ

SKU: LO.10-4934S

Composed by Richard J. Clark. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Lent. Octavo. Sacred Music Press #10/4934S. Published by Sacred Music Press (LO.10-4934S).

ISBN 9780787758363.

John Dryden's English text melds with lyrical and expressive chant-like music from Richard J. Clark. A beautiful work for Lent that looks ahead towards the redemption of Easter. Soon will that day, Thy day, appear and all things with its brightness cheer..

By Brad Davis. For Guitar (Finger). Method. Blues. Level: Intermediate. Book+CD+DVD. Size 8.5x11. 88 pages. Published by Flatpicking Guitar.

Composed by Erik Sherburne. Jazz Ensemble. Score and parts. Composed 2017. Duration 3 minutes, 13 seconds. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.032-4534-00).

Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PR.110418370

Composed by Charles Ives. Arranged by Danny Holt. Performance Score. 20 pages. Duration 8 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #110-41837. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.110418370).

ISBN 9781491135075. UPC: 680160686247.

Compo sed as an organ solo by the 17-year-old Ives for his own performance purposes, the beloved Variations on America is a treat for any occasion, whether a holiday concert, a serious recital, or other special event. Danny Holt’s transcription for Piano, Four Hands adds a dazzling new option to play at home or on stage, taking best advantage of Ives’ tremendous contrasts in color, dynamics, and texture.
Composed when Charles Ives was a teenager, Variations on “America” is both a convenient introduction to Ives’ body of work, and an early example of his iconoclastic musical voice and creative genius. Just a few years after composing this piece, Ives would leave home to study music at Yale. But until then he had been taught by his father, George (who had been a bandmaster in the Civil War). George subjected the young Ives to experiments such as singing a song in one key while being accompanied in another, or arranging for two marching bands to converge on a town center, with the resulting cacophony that ensued.The Variations exemplifies an early period of experimentation in Ives’ work, spurred on by the unusual pedagogy of his father. The piece is particularly notable for its use of bitonality in the two interludes, subtly foreshadowing more well-known examples by Stravinsky, Bartók, and others by approximately two decades.The bitonal interludes were so ahead of their time, in fact, they were omitted from the first copy that was submitted to a publisher in 1892. (Alas, the piece was rejected even despite these “shocking” elements having been left out, and it wasn’t published until more than five decades later.) There is some ambiguity about when exactly Ives added the interludes into his manuscript copy, though ample evidence suggests he had performed the piece with the interludes around the time he notated the piece in 1891-92. In any case, in light of this piece and his other polytonal explorations from the last decade of the 19th century, it seems fair to give Ives credit for being a pioneer in this area!This arrangement for Piano, Four Hands, closely follows Ives’ original version for organ, setting aside William Schuman’s popular adaptation for symphony orchestra and William Rhoads’ band transcription of the Schuman orchestration. Pianists will find that the piece translates well to the instrument. Ideally, the choreography and logistics of elbow-to-elbow four-hands playing approximates the wild joy one gets from watching an organist play the piece (e.g., the elaborate pedal part in the final variation).In preparing this publication, attention was paid to details in the dual Critical Editions (Presser 443-41003) of both Ives’ manuscript edition and the 1949 publication edited by organist E. Power Biggs (who is credited with discovering what had been a long-lost, forgotten work.) But as with much of Ives’ output, attempting to create a true ‘urtext’ score is a futile endeavor, and especially with a piece such as this one – in which Ives incorporated improvisation in live performance – seems unnecessary anyhow. True die-hards are of course encouraged to consult the critical editions and even find inspiration in the orchestrated version. Generally, performers are advised to be wild, have fun, and not to be too rigid in their interpretive choices.Dynamics in this arrangement mostly follow the organ score closely. Pianists will use good judgment about pedaling throughout, which should be straightforward and intuitive. Courtesy accidentals have been provided frequently – without parentheses – balancing the need for extra clarity in the context of Ives’ murky musical language, and a desire to avoid unnecessary clutter.A few notes that might inform interpretive decisions:mm. 15-16: There are inconsistencies here between Ives’ original manuscript and the 1949 Biggs edition, regarding the top voice in m. 15, beat 3 (C# vs. Cn) and m. 16 (D Major vs. D Minor).mm. 76-84 & 143-146: In both Interludes, Ives emphatically notates extreme dynamic contrast, in order to highlight the bitonality. Although it may seem counterintuitive (or even a misprint, as has apparently been misconstrued by some), performers are urged to follow the composer’s marking!m. 109: Two-note slurs have been added here for clarity and consistency with other similar passages, though they do not appear in either the original manuscript or Biggs.m. 112: The last two eighth notes of Primo appear as 16ths in the original manuscript.mm. 183-186: The original manuscript has a slightly different bass line.mm. 184 & 186: Primo gestures have been re-written to be slightly more idiomatic for Piano, Four Hands.m. 186: The breath mark at the end of this bar does not appear in either the manuscript or Biggs, but is an editorial suggestion – aside from being appropriately dramatic, it will indeed be necessary in a reverberant hall!I would like to thank Steven Vanhauwaert, the other half of my piano duo, 4handsLA, for his input on early drafts of this arrangement.— Danny Holt, April 2022.

Concert Band - Grade 1

SKU: AP.31707

Composed by Leonard A. Orcino. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Debut Series. Light Concert. Score and Part(s). 116 pages. Alfred Music #00-31707. Published by Alfred Music (AP.31707).

UPC: 038081350929. English.

Avast me hardies! A high sea adventure is about to unfold. The ship rocks gently as its bell summons all to board. The pirate crew begins singing to pass time as it prepares the ship for a long voyage. What lies ahead? Are there ships with gold and treasure to be taken? Will there be hopes of riches to share and bury at a secret location? All are eagerly confident. All are members of the pirate brotherhood. All are united and led in their glorious pursuit by The Pirate King. Shiver me timbers, lads, a pirate's lot is never done. Do ye work or walk da plank. All for treasure and treasure for all! Arrrgh!

Jazz ensemble - Grade 2

SKU: CL.032-4534-01

Composed by Sherburne. Jazz Ensemble. Extra full score. Composed 2017. Duration 3 minutes, 13 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #032-4534-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.032-4534-01).

Get ready to dig in! Turf War gives the whole band a chance to defend its ground while engaging in a battle of musical force! This driving rock chart never stops. Well-placed drum fills, mostly tutti scoring, crescendos and a big time ending lend lots of excitement to this hardcore rock tune! The changes are straight ahead so anyone can have the opportunity to solo and focus on the blues scale. Highly recommended!

SSATTB choir & organ continuo (SATB) - easy

SKU: OU.9780193954175

Composed by Richard Dering. Edited by Richard Lyne. Sacred choral - mixed voices. Church Music Society Publications. Sacred. Vocal score. 12 pages. Duration 2'. Oxford University Press #9780193954175. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193954175).

ISBN 9780193954175. 12 x 8 inches.

For SSATTB and organ continuo Perhaps Dering's most well-known work, this concludes the Society's series of Dering motets. The SSATTB disposition allows for plenty of antiphonal effects and rich textures. The work builds to a climax with a heady set of Alleluias.

Bassoon

SKU: GI.G-M502

Composed by James Froseth. Band Method. Do It! Music Education. Book. 48 pages. GIA Publications #M502. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-M502).

ISBN 9781579992279. English.

Now available on SmartMusic! The Bassoon book and audio recordings (see below) from the Do It! Play in Band series by James O. Froseth includes: Modeling by Richard Beene (Colburn School Conservatory of Music). Professional studio backgrounds capture the rich diversity of American music culture with a repertoire of American, Latin American, African, European, and Far Eastern styles. Music of other times, including 12th-century conductus, 15th-century Dance of the Bouffons, 16th-century French branle, 18th- and 19th-century folk songs and dances, 1940s and '50s jazz, blues, and rock-and-roll. The repertoire and recorded contexts are motivating, informative, and entirely musical. Every song includes text, providing information about phrasing, rhythm, style, affect, emotion, history, and culture. A unique Rhythmic Pattern Dictionary allows students to look it up and listen up. An individualized format allows students to progress at different rates with a theme and variation format. Ear training and improvisation are integral parts of the lesson format. Artist performers set musical standards in sound with more than 80 great performances for every instrument! Performers include: Michael Henoch, Oboe (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Randall Hawes, Jeffrey Zook, Sharon Sparrow, Kevin Good (Detroit Symphony Orchestra), Albert Blaser, Clarinet (Cleveland State University), Brian Bowman, Euphonium/Baritone (Duquesne University), Timothy McAllister (Crane School of Music, SUNY at Potsdam), Steve Houghton, Percussion (LA percussion recording artist and clinician), Donald Sinta, Richard Beene, Bryan Kennedy, Debra Chodacki, Fritz Kaenzig, Tuba (University of Michigan), Kristin Beene (Toledo Symphony Orchestra), and Jean Moorehead Libs, Trumpet (Plymouth Symphony Orchestra). Download the audio recordings at: giamusic.com/doit2media.< /p>

SKU: HL.1753725

Royer Labs. Microphone. Hal Leonard #R-121. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.1753725).

UPC: 850035900017. 7.25x12.0x5.5 inches.

In studios and on live stages around the world, the R-121 is the sound of electric guitars... and so much more! The R-121 is Royer's flagship microphone – the iconic, radically engineered ribbon mic that put modern ribbons on the map in the 1990s has changed the meaning of “natural sound” for engineers and musicians around the world. The undisputed #1 first-call ribbon microphone for electric guitars, R-121s are equally well suited for trumpets and all brass instruments, drum rooms, percussion, piano, and much more. The R-121 delivers a warm, extremely natural sound pickup in a compact, light-weight, high-output package that's easy to position, and it handles massive SPLs famously (160dB #1kHz). R-121s are built to use on guitar ramps from small combos to wide open high-wattage heads, trumpets from close-up muted to blow-your-hardest blaring, drums, and other high SPL applications. But its nuanced, natural sound pickup is also beautiful on quiet instruments like fingerpicked acoustic guitars, harp, flute, light percussion and others. The R-121 is warm, smooth and musical, giving phenomenal results on a wide variety of instruments.

100 Timeless Songs to Learn and Play. Edited by Happy Traum. Homespun Tapes. Bluegrass, Blues, Folk. Softcover. 136 pages. Duration 165 seconds. Published by Homespun

by Mickey Cochran. For mandolin. Bluegrass and country, bluegrass. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Book. Technique. Size 8.75x11.75. 128 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

Arrangement for Piano Solo by Liszt. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Annette Oppermann. Arranged by Franz Liszt. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 20 pages. G. Henle #HN1356. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481356).

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.369497

By Paul McCartney. By Paul McCartney. Arranged by Susan Brumfield. Richard Bjella Choral Series. Concert, Pop. Octavo. Duration 210 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.369497).

UPC: 840126991741. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.

Paul McCartney wrote this song following the death of Ringo Starr's first wife Maureen. It is a simple and eloquent expression of tenderhearted friendship, love, grief and hope for brighter days ahead.

Orchestra - Grade 2

SKU: AP.41248S

Composed by Richard Meyer. MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Highland/Etling String Explorer. Christmas; Novelty; Secular; Winter. Score. 12 pages. Highland/Etling #00-41248S. Published by Highland/Etling (AP.41248S).

UPC: 038081480503. English.

Imagine four soloists playing eight Boomwhackers on the heads of eight brave audience members while being accompanied by string orchestra. That's the scenario of this hilarious show-stopper. Your audience will love hearing Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and Deck the Halls like never before. Used by the composer with his own orchestra and guest teachers, this simple yet highly effective novelty number never fails! Complete staging instructions are included. (2:00)
Correlates to String Explorer Book 1, Unit 13. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Concert Band - Grade 5

SKU: HL.4002918

Deluxe Score. Composed by John Williams. Arranged by Jay Bocook. John Williams Signature Edition. Movies. 24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.4002918).

UPC: 884088453671. 10.5x14 inches. John Williams/trans. Jay Bocook.

Referring to the 1975 blockbuster Jaws, director Steven Spielberg states that John Williams' music “was clearly responsible for half the success of the movie.” This suite features two of the signature musical sequences. In “Out to Sea,” the trio of shark hunters led by police chief Martin Brody (played by Roy Scheider) heads into open water to find the menacing beast. This is followed by the “Shark Cage Fugue,” a classically inspired and sophisticated accompaniment to a tense underwater scene in which Hooper (portrayed by Richard Dreyfuss) comes face-to-face with the great white in an all-too-fragile suspended cage.

Concert band

SKU: GI.G-M523

Full Score with MP3s. Composed by James Froseth. This edition: Teacher's Resource edition for Book 2. Band Method. Do It! Music Education. Book. GIA Publications #M523. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-M523).

ISBN 9781579992378. English.

This major band method by James O. Froseth has it all: Artist performers set musical standards in sound with more than 80 great performances on CD for every instrument, and one CD lasts for the entire book! Performers include: Michael Henoch (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Randall Hawes, Jeffrey Zook, Sharon Sparrow, Kevin Good (Detroit Symphony Orchestra), Albert Blaser (Cleveland State University), Brian Bowman (Duquesne University), Timothy McAllister (Crane School of Music, SUNY at Potsdam), Steve Houghton (LA percussion recording artist and clinician), Donald Sinta, Richard Beene, Bryan Kennedy, Debra Chodacki, Fritz Kaenzig (University of Michigan), Kristin Beene (Toledo Symphony Orchestra), and Jean Moorehead Libs (Plymouth Symphony Orchestra). Professional studio backgrounds capture the rich diversity of American music culture with a repertoire of American, Latin American, African, European, and Far Eastern styles. Music of other times includes 12th-century conductus, 15th-century Dance of the Bouffons, 16th-century French branle, 18th- and 19th-century folk songs and dances, 1940s and '50s jazz, blues, and rock-and-roll. The repertoire and recorded contexts are motivating, informative, and entirely musical. Every song includes text, providing information about phrasing, rhythm, style, affect, emotion, history, and culture. A unique Rhythmic Pattern Dictionary allows students to look it up and listen up. An individualized format allows students to progress at different rates with a theme and variation format. Ear training and improvisation are integral parts of the lesson format. A 550+ page Teacher's Resource edition and musical score provides options galore, including a double CD with listen and play exercises for group instruction, supplementary exercises for technical development, and resource material for improvisation and composition. All the resources needed for teaching to the National Standards for Music are provided (coordinates with rhythm flashcards). Book 2 features innovative, but optional use of world percussion instruments, as developed by percussion educator Steve Houghton. Click here to download the audio recordings for the Book 2 Teacher's Edition.

By James Froseth. For alto clarinet. Music Education - Band Method. Book and CD. Text language: English. Published by GIA Publications . Sheet music CD. Music Education - Band Method.

By Marion Lockhead, Robert H. Young, Richard Crashaw, John Erskine. (SATB a cappella). Gentry Publications. Sacred. 4 pages. Published by Fred Bock Music Company.