String Quartet No. 8 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440727S Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440727S
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Sws. Full score. 44
pages. Duration 22
minutes. Merion Music
#144-40727S. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.14440727S).
UPC:
680160681907. 9 x 12
inches.
My Eighth
and Ninth String
Quartets, begun in late
2017, are sonic cousins.
Akin to real cousins,
each piece exhibits
differing natures. They
were requested by two
ensembles that have
become asecond familiesa
to me: The Jupiter
Quartet of Urbana,
Illinois and the Amernet
Quartet based in Miami,
Florida. Their collective
dedication to, and care
for, our art remains a
personal and constant
are-fuelinga for me. The
quartets were
commissioned by, and
dedicated to, Margaret
and Philip Verleger of
Denver, Colorado.
Additional financial
support was provided by
the School of Music at
Stetson University,
Timothy Peter, Dean.
Quartet No.8 is laid out
in a classical
four-movement design. The
work does break somewhat
from conventional
tradition by often
placing quartet members
into soloistic roles as
the movement titles note.
individual The opening
piece presents at the
outset a three-note motto
which is turned over,
tumbled, and
energetically discussed,
primarily by a violin
duet. It is a duel. The
two players part company
only infrequently during
the movement's progress,
pausing briefly for other
commentary by their
alower cohortsa, the
Viola and Cello do not
argue, but abet their
friends' aeffortsa. The
piece's overall character
is fairly bright and
dancelike, closing in an
unresolvedastandoffa. not
Two principal
asound-objectsa stitch
the second movement
scherzo together: sliding
hands (glissandos) and a
plucked ashufflea
(pizzicato) - both
instigated by the (solo)
cellist. The others are
influenced - or are not -
by their aleadera, and
follow - or interrupt -
the cello throughout
their four-voiced
conversation. The third
movement (longest of the
set) is an elegy
dedicated to the memory
of a close personal
friend, the American
composer David Maslanka
(1943 - 2017). Its'
genesis is a simple
5-note melody derived
from my own name
(SaC/DaC/EaC/H). This
line commences in the
(solo) viola and is
obsessively uttered
without relief during the
movement's lamentations.
The closing movement
revisits much of that
opening three-note
material, but now dressed
up for the full quartet
to view. It is a slowly
accelerating romp which -
twice - cannot avoid a
nod to the Amernet and
Jupiter performers by
offering a humble bow to
the 4th movement of
Gustav Holst's PLANETS -
Jupiter: The Bringer of
Jollity. My quartet
serves as an honouring
salute of thanks for the
talent, respect, and
friendship of these two
young quartets. STRING
QUARTET No. 8 is roughly
22 minutes in duration.
It was written as an
homage to Franz Joseph
Haydn, my
adesert-island-composera,
and completed in Holly
Hill, Florida in early
April of 2019. S.H.
Piano, Vocal and Guitar SKU: HL.14011262 Composed by Mary Gentry. Golden ...(+)
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
SKU: HL.14011262
Composed by Mary Gentry.
Golden Apple. Music Sales
America. Musicals. Book
Only. Composed 2016.
Music Sales #GA10434.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14011262).
ISBN
9781870997324.
English(UK).
It's a
special night for circus
because Santa is bringing
his helpers along as a
treat, before their busy
night. But the
performance is set to
begin, and Ffinlo the
clown has a problem; he
has lost his red nose.
However, the show must go
on! This short musical
play by Mary Gentry is
aimed at infants and
lower juniors, and will
provide immense enjoyment
to performers and
audiences alike.
Duration: 15 mins. If you
need to license a
school/youth theatre
performance of this
product, please use the
online application
form.
(A Celebration of Orff Schulwerk Media). Composed by Don Dupont. Arranged by Bri...(+)
(A Celebration of Orff
Schulwerk Media).
Composed by Don Dupont.
Arranged by Brian Hiller.
For unison choir, Orff
instruments, Small
percussion. Grade K-5.
Published by Heritage
Music Press
SATB choir SKU: ST.EM20 Canzonets to Four Voices. Composed by Gile...(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
ST.EM20
Canzonets
to Four Voices.
Composed by Giles
Farnaby. Edited by Edmund
H Fellowes. Library
Volumes. Edited Edmund
Fellowes. Revised
Thurston Dart. Paperback.
Madrigals. Choral Score.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#EM20. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.EM20).
ISBN
9790220206337.
Reme
mbered chiefly for his
virginal music, this
always fresh and charming
composer - who was
probably an instrument
maker by trade - may well
have penned these pieces
simply for the enjoyment
of his London friends
living in the wards of
Bishopsgate and
Cripplegate. His
experience as a keyboard
player may have led him
to some chromatic vocal
writing, particularly in
the admirable Construe my
meaning, rivalling
strangenesses in the work
of his Italian
contemporary,
Gesualdo.
CONTENTS Among
the daffadillies
(SSAB) Ay me, poor
heart (SATB) Blind
Love was shooting
(SSAB) Carters, now
cast down (SAT (or A)
B) Construe my
meaning (SATB) Daphne
on the rainbow (SSA (or
T) T (or B)) Lady,
the silly flea (SATB)
Lady, when I behold your
passions (SSA (or T)
B) Love shooting
among many (SSAB)
Love shooting at another
(SSA (or T) B) My
Lady's coloured cheeks
(SAT (or A) B) Pearce
did dance with Petronella
(SAT (or A) B) Pearce
did love fair Petronella
(SAAB) Phillida
bewailed (SAT (or A)
B) Simkin said that
Sis was fair (SSAB (or
T)) Some time she
would (SATB) Susanna
fair (SSTB) The
curtain drawn (SATB)
The wavering planet (SSAB
(or T)) Thrice
blessed be the giver
(SSAB (or T))
Witness, ye heavens (SSS
(or A) AAT (or B)
BB).
By John Robert Poe. For Piano. Composers in Focus. Book. Published by The FJH Mu...(+)
By John Robert Poe. For
Piano. Composers in
Focus. Book. Published by
The FJH Music Company
Inc. Level: SMP
Primer Level (Early
Elementary); NFMC Level:
Pre-Primary Class.