Looking Up Chorale SATB SATB, Piano St Rose Music Publishing
Choir, Piano Accompaniment (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.277282 SATB and Piano ...(+)
Choir, Piano
Accompaniment (SATB
Choir)
SKU:
HL.277282
SATB and
Piano Vocal Score.
Composed by Nico Muhly.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Softcover. 60
pages. St. Rose Music
#SRO10015201. Published
by St. Rose Music
(HL.277282).
UPC:
840126915006. 6.75x10.5
inches.
Program
note:
Looking Up
is a piece for large
chorus and orchestra, and
is in three sections,
played without pause. In
the 16th century, a
variety of psalters in
meter were printed in
England, with the idea of
making psalm-singing
something that could
happen easily at home,
with the rhyming meter
being an aid to
memorization. These
translations are
wonderful exercises in
brevity and sometimes
clumsy rhymemaking, and
were usually prefaced by
a lengthy explanation as
to their merits; the
title of one of the first
such volumes in English
is: The Psalter of Dauid
newely translated into
Englysh metre in such
sort that it maye the
more decently, and wyth
more delyte of the mynde,
be reade and songe of al
men. I thought it would
be appropriate to set one
of these introductions,
and the first section of
Looking Up sets the
preface to Thomas
Ravenscroft's psalter
(1621), in which he
writes: “The
singing of Psalmes (assay
the Doctors) comforteth
the sorrowfull, pacifieth
the angry, strengtheneth
the weake, humbleth the
proud, gladdeth the
humble, stirres up the
slow, reconcileth
enemies, lifteth up the
heart to heavenly things,
and uniteth the Creature
to his
Creator.”
It
begins meditatively, but
eventually grows agitated
and fervent, with a
vision of the
“quire of Angels
and Saints”
“redoubling
anddescanting” - an
ecstatic and terrifying
vision of the skies
opening up. Ravenscroft
then encourages the use
of instrumental musicfor
worship, at which point,
a long, acrobatic
orchestral interlude with
jagged edges antagonizes
the choir, who sing a
kind of private, anxious
meditation on two
pitches.
One of
the most delicious
biblical texts is an
Apocryphal prayer known
as the Benedicite or the
Prayer of the Three
Children (the same who
were rescued by an angel
after King Nebuchadnezzar
tried to have them burnt
in an oven for not bowing
to his image). The text
is repetitive, obsessive,
and a gift to composers -
each line is an
invocation of an element
of the natural world,
followed by the phrase,
“blesse ye the
Lord, praise him &
magnify him for
ever.” In Looking
Up, the setting begins
with three solo voices,
and then grows to include
the whole choir,
itemizing the whole of
creation. The idea that
these boys are spared
from the furnace and then
five minutes later are
saying, “O ye the
fire and warming heate,
blesse ye the
Lord...” has always
felt very loaded to me,
and the orchestra plays
with this conflict
between joyful praise and
a more terrible (in the
16th-century sense)
awefor the
divine.
The text
for the third, and
shortest, section is
taken from Christopher
Smart's (1722-1771) A
Song to David,
purportedly written
during his confinement in
a mental asylum. This ode
to King David points out
how David, as the author
of some of the Psalms,
observes the whole world
from the
“clustering
spheres” to the
“nosegay in the
vale.&rdquo.
Violin and Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ1527 Aus der Sammlung Für Kinder'....(+)
Violin and Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ1527
Aus
der Sammlung Für
Kinder'. Composed by
Bela Bartok. EMB Music of
Bela Bartok. Educational
Tool. Book Only. Composed
1954. 20 pages. Editio
Musica Budapest
#EMBZ1527. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ1527).
English-German-Hungari
an.
This volume
contains transcriptions
of folksongs extracted
from Bartók's
world-renowned
pedagogical piano series,
For Children. In 2015 we
launched this series to
commemorate the 70th
anniversary of the
composer's death. This
involved reissuing
previous publications,
and publishing some
additional new
transcriptions that
fulfill the strict
aesthetic demands of the
earlier ones. We trust
that these publications
will allow us to
introduce still more
music students to the
world of one of the great
geniuses of 20th-century
music.
Edited by Amy Appleby. Collection and examples CD for solo piano. Over 125 great...(+)
Edited by Amy Appleby.
Collection and examples
CD for solo piano. Over
125 great masterpieces
from the Baroque,
Classical, Romantic, and
Modern eras. Series:
Piano Treasury Series.
399 pages. Published by
Music Sales.
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: DY.DO-1522 Composed by Francis Bebey. Arranged...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: DY.DO-1522
Composed by Francis
Bebey. Arranged by Ingrid
Riollot. Score. Les
Editions Doberman-Yppan
#DO 1522. Published by
Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan
(DY.DO-1522).
Francis
Bebey was born in Douala
in July 1929, into a
large family where his
father, a pastor,
struggled to feed his
children. But Francis had
the opportunity to go to
school. Admiring his
elder brother, Marcel
Eyidi Bebey, he educated
himself, distinguished
himself, and eventually
received a scholarship to
go and take his
baccalaureate in
France. We approached
the end of the 1950s when
he arrived in La
Rochelle. More than ever,
in this France where
Africans were looked at
with curiosity,
condescension, or
disdain, Francis relied
on his intellectual
resources. A diligent
worker, he obtained his
Baccalaureate, then moved
to Paris where he started
English studies at the
Sorbonne. One day, he
knew what truly attracted
him: he wanted to do
radio. Francis learned
his craft in France and
in the USA. After
working for a few years
as a reporter, he was
hired in 1961 as an
international civil
servant in the UNESCO
Information
Department. In
parallel, Francis had
always been drawn to
musical creation. His
very serious daytime
activity didnâ??t
prevent him from
frequenting jazz clubs in
the evenings. In Paris,
the Jazz, the trendy
music of that time, but
also rumba and salsa
attracted him. He
collected records and
attended numerous
concerts. With his
accomplice Manu Dibango,
Francis took the stage
and played
music. Francis liked
classical music since his
childhood. He grew up
listening to the cantatas
and oratorios of Bach or
Handel that his father
had sung in the temple.
He became passionate
about the guitar,
impressed by the Spanish
and South American
masters, and decided to
learn to strum the
instrument himself. He
started composing guitar
pieces, blending the
various influences that
flow through him with the
traditional African music
he had carried within
since childhood. His
approach captivated the
director of the American
Cultural Center (then
located in the
Saint-Germain
neighborhood of Paris),
who offered him the
opportunity to perform in
front of an audience.
Francis gave his first
guitar recital there
(1963) in front of a
mesmerized audience. His
first solo album was
released shortly
thereafter. Gradually,
Francis became recognized
as a musician and
composer. Several albums
of the African guitar
ambassador, as described
by the press, were
released. He also wrote
books, to the point that
his artistic career
became challenging to
reconcile with his career
as a civil servant. In
1974, even though he had
become the General
Manager in charge of
music at UNESCO, he took
the bold leap and
resigned from this
prestigious institution
to dedicated himself to
the three activities that
interested him: music,
literature, and
journalism. He
explored the traditional
musical heritage of the
African continent,
notably through the thumb
piano sanza, and the
polyphonic music of the
Central African pygmies,
or singing in his native
language and composing
humoristic songs in
French! Success
followed. Francis Bebey
traveled the world: from
France to Brazil,
Cameroon to Sweden,
Germany to the Carribean,
or Morocco to Japan...
the list of countries
where he was invited to
perform, gives lectures,
or meets readers is very
long. In addition to
public recognition, he
enjoyed the recognition
of his fellow musicians,
such as guitarist John
Williams or Venezuelan
Antonio Lauro, who
invited him to be a part
of the jury for a
classical guitar
competition in
Caracas. His life was
the journey of an African
pioneer, a man rooted in
his cultural heritage and
carrying a message of
sharing and hope for the
world. His originality
continues to vibrate
around the world since
his passing at the end of
May 2001.
Perusal Pack. Composed by Oscar Hammerstein II; Richard Rodgers. Recorded...(+)
Perusal Pack.
Composed by Oscar
Hammerstein II; Richard
Rodgers. Recorded Promo -
Stockable. Broadway.
General Merchandise.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.138308).
SKU: AP.28756 A Swingin' 1940s Holiday Musical for Unison and 2-Part V...(+)
SKU: AP.28756
A
Swingin' 1940s Holiday
Musical for Unison and
2-Part Voices.
Composed by Jay Althouse,
Sally K. Albrecht, Steve
Herold, and recording
orchestrated by Jay
Althouse. This edition:
Listening CD.
Classroom/Pre-School;
Musicals; Musicals and
Programs. Children;
Christmas; Secular;
Winter. CD. Alfred Music
#00-28756. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.28756).
UPC: 038081313023.
English.
Take a
35-minute trip down
memory lane as NPR (North
Pole Radio) presents its
1946 Christmas holiday
edition of The North Pole
Radio Hour. Hosts Sandy
Snow and Storm Phillips
welcome special guests
the Moss Family (winners
of the Klean Soap
commercial songwriting
contest) and several
long-distance callers who
phone in to chat with the
big man himself during
the Ask Santa segments.
Swingin' musical guests
include Joey Garland and
Heather Holladay, each
backed up by NPR's own
Snowtones. A fun-filled
flashback to a bygone era
with enough opportunities
for the whole school to
participate! Recommended
for grades three and up.
Performance time:
approximately 35 minutes.
Staging Suggestions
included. Enhanced
SoundTrax CD includes a
reproducible PDF file of
Cover Art.
Choir Secular (2-Part choir) SKU: AP.50190 Composed by George L.O. Strid ...(+)
Choir Secular (2-Part
choir)
SKU:
AP.50190
Composed by
George L.O. Strid and
Mary Donnelly.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Choral Designs.
Christmas; Secular.
Choral Octavo. 12 pages.
Alfred Music #00-50190.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.50190).
UPC:
038081573601.
English.
Everybody
knows it's time for
celebration. Everywhere
you go, it's
Christmastime again. All
the children sing joyful
songs in jubilation. Hear
their voices ring, it's
Christmastime again.
Here's a delicate holiday
ballad for 2-part choirs,
brimming with cheerful
imagery. Easy to learn
and enjoyable to sing,
this one is designed to
come together quickly at
the busiest time of
year.
From
Five Sea Songs.
Composed by Daniel
Brinsmead. Children.
Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral
Series. Classical.
Octavo. 12 pages. Walton
Music #WJMS1203.
Published by Walton Music
(GI.WJMS1203).
UPC:
785147042662. English.
Text by John
Masefield.
Sea
Fever is the first of
Five Sea Songs by Daniel
Brinsmead. The poem
speaks of a sailor being
mysteriously drawn to the
sea, and the composer's
delighful treatment
brings all of the imagery
to life. With adjustable
vocal lines, this work is
appropriate for a variety
of ages and levels.