Complete Lyrics for Over 1000 Songs from Broadway to Rock. By Various. Lyric Lib...(+)
Complete Lyrics for Over
1000 Songs from Broadway
to Rock. By Various.
Lyric Library. Softcover.
Size 8.5x11 inches. 373
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard.
Book 1: Late-Elementary Piano Solos. By Ted Cooper. Edited by Ted Cooper. For Pi...(+)
Book 1: Late-Elementary
Piano Solos. By Ted
Cooper. Edited by Ted
Cooper. For Piano. Solo
Adventure - Late
Elementary Piano Solos.
Soft Cover. 16 pages.
Published by Carl
Fischer.
Alto Saxophone SKU: YM.GTW01100365 Composed by Various. J-Pop. J-Pop. Boo...(+)
Alto Saxophone
SKU:
YM.GTW01100365
Composed by Various.
J-Pop. J-Pop. Book.
Yamaha Music Media
#GTW01100365. Published
by Yamaha Music Media
(YM.GTW01100365).
ISBN
9784636102581. 8.5 x 12
inches.
Have you
ever wanted to play some
popular J-Pop songs, but
the notes are too high,
too detailed, too
difficult to finger, or
the song is too long? To
solve such difficulties,
the scores are arranged
in keys that are easier
for wind instruments to
play, reviewed the
detailed notes, and
shortened the length of
the songs. *Alto
saxophone scores are
notated in E-flat.
*All chord symbols in
alto saxophone sheet
music are transposed
chords. The concert key
is the minor third degree
above the chord listed.
(For example, a piece in
C is written in
E-flat.).
Orchestra soloists, chorus, orchestra SKU: PE.EP67890 An Opera in Two ...(+)
Orchestra soloists,
chorus, orchestra
SKU:
PE.EP67890
An
Opera in Two Acts Based
on the Novel by Salman
Rushdie. Composed by
Charles Wuorinen. Full
Orchestra; Single Titles.
Edition Peters. 20th
Century. Full score. 782
pages. Duration 02:00:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP67890. Published by
Edition Peters
(PE.EP67890).
ISBN
9790300747613. 297 x
420mm inches.
English.
Librett
o by James Fenton
In a
make-believe world, based
loosely on Bombay and
Kashmir, the story of
Haroun is a tale of a
fight between the free
imagination and the
powers that oppose it.
Haroun's father, Rashid,
the Shah of Blah, is a
professional and gifted
story-teller, a popular
figure much in demand at
public events. Feeling
neglected, his wife is
persuaded to leave him
and run away with a
neighbor. After this,
Rashid loses confidence
in his powers of
story-tellling, haunted
by his son's question:
'What's the use of
stories that aren't even
there?' Rashid is due to
speak at a political
rally to be held by the
sinister politician,
Snooty Buttoo. He is told
that if he does not come
up with his usual fund of
tales, his tongue will be
cut out. As Rashid
despairs, Haroun
determines to rescue his
father's talent - a
project in which he
learns that the Ocean of
the Sea of Stories, the
source of all stories, is
being polluted by the
enemy of all stories, the
evil Khattam Shud. In a
series of brilliant
imagined adventures,
Haroun succeeds in
defeating the powers of
darkness, and restoring
happiness to his family,
and to the city where he
lives.
Salman
Ruishdie's children's
book, written in the
aftermath of the fatwa,
has an effervescent style
which is full of rhymes
and wordplay. The
libretto stays very close
to the spirit of the
original, conjuring up a
fantasy world in which,
nonetheless, one never
loses sight of harsh
political reality and the
great issues of freedom
of speech and
imagination. -- James
Fenton, 1998
Composed by Bruno Vlahek. For bass clarinet and piano. Classical; 21st century. ...(+)
Composed by Bruno Vlahek.
For bass clarinet and
piano. Classical; 21st
century. Piano score and
part. Composed 2010. 19
pages (score); 8 pages
(part). Duration 11
minutes. Published by
Alea Publishing
Ligne De Mélodie, Paroles et Accords [Fake Book] - Facile Hal Leonard
For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook (spiral bound). With vocal melody, ...(+)
For voice and C
instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With vocal melody,
lyrics, piano
accompaniment, chord
names and leadsheet
notation. Hymn. Series:
Hal Leonard Fake Books.
494 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Concert band - Grade 4 SKU: MH.1-59913-072-6 Composed by Timothy Broege. ...(+)
Concert band - Grade 4
SKU:
MH.1-59913-072-6
Composed by Timothy
Broege. Suitable for high
school, community, and
college bands. Conductor
score and set of parts.
Duration 7:00. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-072-6).
ISBN
9781599130729.
Prog
ram Notes: It was a happy
coincidence that the
commission for SINFONIA
XVI: TRANSCENDENTAL
VIENNA came from the
Henry David Thoreau
School located in Vienna,
Virginia. Thoreau is one
of the magic names in
American culture: Henry
David Thoreau, one of the
leading figures of the
Transcendentalist
movement, centered in
19th-century New England,
left us a body of unique
philosophical and
poetical writings. To
utter the words, Walden
Pond, is to invoke an
America long past in
physical actuality, but
still present in the
minds and hearts of many
American citizens. The
name, Vienna, of course,
summons thoughts of the
Old World: culture, fine
food, wine, civilized
cities. While
contemplating the form
that SINFONIA XVI should
take, I found myself
thinking of two pillars
of Viennese culture:
expressionism and the
waltz. Musically
speaking, expressionism
reached a zenith in the
works of Arnold
Schoenberg and Alban
Berg. It was Berg, in
particular, that I wanted
to invoke in the outer
movements of my
composition. I knew I
would also have to
include a waltz, and an
invocation of the
mysterious forces that
are contained in both
expressionism and
transcendentalism. Thus
was the structure of the
work generated. The outer
movements with their
vision of the night sky
and the stars, Aldebaran
and Sirius, frame the
central movements, which
are essentially two
versions of the same
material, and are quieter
and less dramatic. The
outer movements are
symmetrical, and share
both pitch and rhythmic
materials. Accordingly, I
see the work as a ternary
form, with the central
movements forming a unit
within the outer frame: A
(Movement 1) B (Movements
2 & 3) A' (Movement 4).
Harmonically, the work
can be summarized by the
two pitch-series which
occur in the opening bars
of Movement 1: the
initial 12-note row, with
a tonal center on F-sharp
(measures 1-6), and the
subsequent D-minor Dorian
7-note row (beginning in
measure 14). Aspects of
these materials occur in
all four movements, but
they are most strongly
present in Movements 1
and 4. Note that the
12-note row is not
subjected to the usual
serial procedures, but
instead is treated as a
signifier and is left
unchanged. Since the
fourth movement takes up
where the first movement
leaves off, I can
conceive of one
interpretation of
SINFONIA XVI as an
evocation of Thoreau
himself contemplating two
of the brightest stars on
a clear, cold night.
Aldebaran is an orange,
first-magnitude star,
located in the
constellation Taurus;
Sirius, the Dog Star, is
the brightest star in the
sky, and is located in
the constellation Canis
Major. Thoreau interrupts
his star-gazing to
entertain some inward
thoughts, waking dreams,
as it were, then returns
his gaze to the splendid
night sky and all its
treasures. Although many
other interpretations of
the material are
possible, it is important
to remember that the
abstract materials of the
piece -- pitch, rhythm,
structure -- are what
count the most. Ensemble
instrumentation: 1
Piccolo, 4 Flute 1, 4
Flute 2, 3 Oboe, 1 Eb
Clarinet (opt.), 4 Bb
Clarinet 1, 4 Bb Clarinet
2, 4 Bb Clarinet 3, 3
Bass Clarinet, 3 Bassoon,
3 Eb Alto Saxophone 1, 3
Eb Alto Saxophone 2, 2 Bb
Tenor Saxophone, 2 Eb
Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb
Trumpet 1, 3 Bb Trumpet
2, 3 Bb Trumpet 3, 2 Horn
1, 2 Horn 2, 3 Trombone
1, 3 Trombone 2, 3
Euphonium B.C., 2
Euphonium T.C., 5 Tuba, 2
Timpani, 3 Percussion 1,
3 Percussion 2, 3
Percussion 3, 3
Percussion 4.
Orchestra SKU: BA.BA06861 Sinfonie (1923-1928). Composed by Leos J...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA06861
Sinfonie
(1923-1928). Composed
by Leos Janacek. Arranged
by Leoš Faltus and
Miloš Štedron. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete Critical
Edition of the Works of
Leos Janacek H/3.
Complete edition, Score,
Set of parts. Duration 40
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA06861_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA06861).
ISBN 9790260104211.
34.3 x 27 cm
inches.
Leoš
Janácek’s
symphonic fragment Dunaj
(The Danube) dates from
the period of the
composition of
“Katya
Kabanovaâ€. The
composer was not
concerned with a
musical-picturesque
description of a river
landscape, but with the
mythical link between
women’s destinies
and
water.
“Pale
green waves of the
Danube! There are so many
of you, and one followed
by another. You remain
interlocked in a
continuous flow. You
surprise yourselves where
you ended up – on
the Czech shores! Look
back downstream and you
will have an impression
of what you have left
behind in your haste. It
pleases you here. Here I
will rest with my
symphony.†Thus
Leoš Janácek
described the idea behind
the composition project
which occupied him in
1923/24. However, after
further work, it remained
incomplete in 1926. His
“symphonyâ€
entitled Dunaj has
survived as a
continuously-notated,
four-movement bundle of
sketches in score form.
It is one of the works
which occupied him until
his death. The scholarly
reconstruction by the two
Brno composers Miloš
Štedron and Leoš
Faltus closely follows
the original
manuscript.
A
whole conglomeration of
motifs stands behind the
incomplete work. What at
first seems like a
counterpart to
Smetana’s Vltava,
in fact doesn’t
turn out to be a musical
depiction of the Danube.
On the contrary, the
fateful link between the
destiny of women, water
and death permeates the
range of motifs found in
the work. It seems to be
no coincidence that
Janácek, whilst
working on the opera
Katya Kabanova, in which
the Volga, as the river
bringing death plays an
almost mythical role,
planned a Danube
symphony, and that its
content was linked with
the destiny of women: in
the sketches, two poems
were found which may have
provided the stimulus for
several movements of the
symphony. He copied a
poem by Pavla
Kriciková into the
second movement, in which
a girl remarks that
whilst bathing in a pond,
she was observed by a
man. Filled with shame,
the young naked woman
jumps into the water and
drowns. The outer
movements likewise draw
on the poem
“Lola†by the
Czech writer Sonja
Špálová,
published under the
pseudonym Alexander
Insarov. This is about a
prostitute who asks for
her heart’s
desire: she is given a
palace, but then goes on
a long search for it and
is finally no longer
wanted by anyone. She
suffers, feels cold and
just wants a warm fire.
Janácek adds his
remark “she jumps
into the Danube†to
the inconclusive
ending.
To these
tangible literary models
is added Adolf
Veselý’s verbal
account which reports
that the composer wanted
to portray “in the
Danube, the female sex
with all its passions and
driving forcesâ€.
The third movement is
said to characterise the
city of Vienna in the
form of a
woman.
It is
evident that in his
composition, Janácek
was not striving for a
simple, natural lyricism.
The River Danube is
masculine in the Slavic
language –
“ten Dunajâ€
– and assumes an
almost mythical
significance in the
national character,
indeed often also a role
bringing death. The four
movements are motivically
conceived. Elements of
sound painting, small
wave-like figures in the
first movement, motoric,
driving movements in the
third are obvious
evocations of water. And
the content and the
literary level are easy
to discover. The
“tremolo of the
four timpaniâ€,
which was amongst
Janácek’s first
inspirations, appears in
the second movement. It
is not difficult to
retrace in it the fate of
the drowning bather. The
oboe enters lamentoso
towards the end of the
movement over timpani
playing tremolo, its
descending figure is
taken over by the flute,
then upper strings and
intensified considerably.
The motif of drowning
– Lola’s
despair – returns
again in the fourth
movement in the clarinet,
before the work ends
abruptly and
dramatically.
One
special effect is the use
of a soprano voice in the
motor-driven third
movement. The singer
vocalises mainly in
parallel with the solo
oboe, but also in
dialogue with other parts
such as the viola
d’amore, which
Janácek used in
several late works as a
sort of “voice of
loveâ€.
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Orchestra (Score) - advanced SKU: HL.49001770 Full Score. Composed...(+)
Orchestra (Score) -
advanced
SKU:
HL.49001770
Full
Score. Composed by
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.
Edited by Walter
Lebermann. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Concertino
(Chamber Orchestra).
Classical. Score. 16
pages. Duration 8'.
Schott Music #CON 14.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49001770).
ISBN
9790001021197. UPC:
073999293562.
9.25x12.0x0.07
inches.
Though A.E.
Brachvogel's portrayal of
the failed genius in his
biography about W.F. Bach
drew an impressive
picture of the inner
turmoil of the eldest
Bach son's personality,
it is rather unproductive
for the understanding of
his music. However,
legends often or mostly
contain a core of truth:
There is no doubt that
the highly gifted
musician failed because
of the overwhelming
example of his father (as
composer) particularly
since he was on the
threshold from one epoch
to another.In the adagio,
both flute parts rising
above the string
orchestra are assigned a
quality of expression
that can already be
related to the
sentimental age whereas
the second movement, a
more or less strict
string fugue, is rooted
in the
tradition-conscious
baroque period.
Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 1.5-2 SKU: CF.FAS26 Full Score....(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - Grade 1.5-2
SKU: CF.FAS26
Full Score.
Composed by Sean
O'Loughlin. Carl Fischer
First Plus String
Orchestra Series. Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation. 12 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #FAS26.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.FAS26).
ISBN
9780825854811. UPC:
798408054816. 8.5 X 11
inches. Key: D
major.
Arches
em> is a piece for the
developing string
orchestra that derives
its title from the
national park in Utah. I
visited the Arches
National Monument in June
of 2003 during a
cross-country trip. The
Delicate Arch is the
recognizable landmark
from this beautiful
national park. In order
to see this remarkable
natural formation up
close, you have to hike a
trail of over two miles.
The music in this piece
is inspired by my journey
to see the arch. Once
there, you are treated to
a vast panoramic view of
the golden Utah landscape
that leaves one
breathless.
Arches is an
effective piece in
teaching
pizzicato
playing as a melodic
device. Most often,
pizzicato is
used as an effect or
punctuation mark to
larger melodic ideas.
There is a brief arco
section to provide
contrast and build up to
the dramatic return of
the main
pizzicato
melody. Each section in
the ensemble has a
statement of the melody.
It is important to think
linearly in addition to
vertically when playing
these pizzicato
lines. Forward motion is
of up-most importance in
terms of making musical
phrases out of these
pizzicato
lines. Arches
is a piece for the
developing string
orchestra that derives
its title from the
national park in Utah. I
visited the Arches
National Monument in June
of 2003 during a
cross-country trip. The
Delicate Arch is the
recognizable landmark
from this beautiful
national park. In order
to see this remarkable
natural formation up
close, you have to hike a
trail of over two miles.
The music in this piece
is inspired by my journey
to see the arch. Once
there, you are treated to
a vast panoramic view of
the golden Utah landscape
that leaves one
breathless.
Arches is an
effective piece in
teachingA
pizzicato
playing as a melodic
device. Most often,A
pizzicato is
used as an effect or
punctuation mark to
larger melodic ideas.
There is a brief arco
section to provide
contrast and build up to
the dramatic return of
the mainA
pizzicato
melody. Each section in
the ensemble has a
statement of the melody.
It is important to think
linearly in addition to
vertically when playing
theseA pizzicato
lines. Forward motion is
of up-most importance in
terms of making musical
phrases out of theseA
pizzicatoA
lines. Arches
is a piece for the
developing string
orchestra that derives
its title from the
national park in Utah. I
visited the Arches
National Monument in June
of 2003 during a
cross-country trip. The
Delicate Arch is the
recognizable landmark
from this beautiful
national park. In order
to see this remarkable
natural formation up
close, you have to hike a
trail of over two miles.
The music in this piece
is inspired by my journey
to see the arch. Once
there, you are treated to
a vast panoramic view of
the golden Utah landscape
that leaves one
breathless.
Arches is an
effective piece in
teachingA
pizzicato
playing as a melodic
device. Most often,A
pizzicato is
used as an effect or
punctuation mark to
larger melodic ideas.
There is a brief arco
section to provide
contrast and build up to
the dramatic return of
the mainA
pizzicato
melody. Each section in
the ensemble has a
statement of the melody.
It is important to think
linearly in addition to
vertically when playing
theseA pizzicato
lines. Forward motion is
of up-most importance in
terms of making musical
phrases out of theseA
pizzicatoA
lines. Arches
is a piece for the
developing string
orchestra that derives
its title from the
national park in Utah. I
visited the Arches
National Monument in June
of 2003 during a
cross-country trip. The
Delicate Arch is the
recognizable landmark
from this beautiful
national park. In order
to see this remarkable
natural formation up
close, you have to hike a
trail of over two miles.
The music in this piece
is inspired by my journey
to see the arch. Once
there, you are treated to
a vast panoramic view of
the golden Utah landscape
that leaves one
breathless.
Arches is an
effective piece in
teaching
pizzicato
playing as a melodic
device. Most often,
pizzicato is
used as an effect or
punctuation mark to
larger melodic ideas.
There is a brief arco
section to provide
contrast and build up to
the dramatic return of
the main
pizzicato
melody. Each section in
the ensemble has a
statement of the melody.
It is important to think
linearly in addition to
vertically when playing
these pizzicato
lines. Forward motion is
of up-most importance in
terms of making musical
phrases out of these
pizzicato
lines. Arches is
a piece for the
developing string
orchestra that derives
its title from the
national park in Utah. I
visited the Arches
National Monument in June
of 2003 during a
cross-country trip. The
Delicate Arch is the
recognizable landmark
from this beautiful
national park. In order
to see this remarkable
natural formation up
close, you have to hike a
trail of over two miles.
The music in this piece
is inspired by my journey
to see the arch. Once
there, you are treated to
a vast panoramic view of
the golden Utah landscape
that leaves one
breathless. Arches is an
effective piece in
teaching pizzicato
playing as a melodic
device. Most often,
pizzicato is used as an
effect or punctuation
mark to larger melodic
ideas. There is a brief
arco section to provide
contrast and build up to
the dramatic return of
the main pizzicato
melody. Each section in
the ensemble has a
statement of the melody.
It is important to think
linearly in addition to
vertically when playing
these pizzicato lines.
Forward motion is of
up-most importance in
terms of making musical
phrases out of these
pizzicato
lines. Arches is a
piece for the developing
string orchestra that
derives its title from
the national park in
Utah. I visited the
Arches National Monument
in June of 2003 during a
cross-country trip. The
Delicate Arch is the
recognizable landmark
from this beautiful
national park. In order
to see this remarkable
natural formation up
close, you have to hike a
trail of over two miles.
The music in this piece
is inspired by my journey
to see the arch. Once
there, you are treated to
a vast panoramic view of
the golden Utah landscape
that leaves one
breathless.Arches is an
effective piece in
teaching pizzicato
playing as a melodic
device. Most
often, pizzicato is
used as an effect or
punctuation mark to
larger melodic ideas.
There is a brief arco
section to provide
contrast and build up to
the dramatic return of
the main pizzicato
melody. Each section in
the ensemble has a
statement of the melody.
It is important to think
linearly in addition to
vertically when playing
these pizzicato lines.
Forward motion is of
up-most importance in
terms of making musical
phrases out of
these pizzicato lin
es.
Young
Concert Band. Command
Series. Audio recording
available separately
(item CL.WFR342). Extra
full score. Composed
2006. Duration 2 minutes,
24 seconds. C.L.
Barnhouse #011-3563-01.
Published by C.L.
Barnhouse
(CL.011-3563-01).
An absolutely
stunning piece for young
bands that is
programmatic in design
and hauntingly beautiful
in every sense of the
word. Your percussionists
will enjoy the challenge
of providing a myriad of
colors to enhance this
expressive work while
audience members actively
participate by creating
the sound of falling
rain. It should be noted
that the technical
demands of this
composition are crafted
so that the wind players
will be able to focus on
a highly expressive and
musical performance. This
latest offering by noted
composer James Swearingen
will make a superb
addition to your band
library. Very
appealing!
About C.L.
Barnhouse Command
Series
The
Barnhouse Command Series
includes works at grade
levels 2, 2.5, and 3.
This series is designed
for middle school and
junior high school bands,
as well as high school
bands of smaller
instrumentation or
limited experience.
Command Series
publications have a
slightly larger
instrumentation than the
Rising Band Series, and
are typically of larger
scope, duration, and
musical content.