Scat Omnibook Voix (avec Boîtes d'Accords) Hal Leonard
(for Vocalists and B-Flat Instruments). By Various. For Vocal, B-Flat Instrument...(+)
(for Vocalists and B-Flat
Instruments). By Various.
For Vocal, B-Flat
Instruments (B Flat
Trebl). Jazz
Transcriptions.
Softcover. Published by
Hal Leonard
Composed
by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Edited by Sven Hiemke.
Viola. Secular choral
music. Single Part,
Viola. Op. 112. 4 pages.
Duration 8 minutes. Carus
Verlag #CV 10.395/13.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.1039513).
ISBN
9790007245351. Language:
German.
Beethoven's
Meeres Stille und
Gluckliche Fahrt (Calm
Sea and Prosperous
Voyage) op. 112 for
four-part mixed chorus
and symphony orchestra -
his setting of a pair of
poems by Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe - defies
straightforward
categorization, but can
best be described as a
choral ode. Beethoven in
fact never voyaged by
sea, but his composition,
premiered in 1815,
continues to surprise
even today. He depicted
in music the smooth
surface of the motionless
water and the oppressive
calm, which meant nothing
other than being
becalmed, a delayed
voyage, and short rations
in the era of sailing,
with the same intensity
as a freshening
increasing wind, with
which Aeolus, the God of
the winds, ultimately
enabled the longed-for
prosperous voyage to take
place. The composed
calmness of the
motionless sea is
conveyed in the low
register used throughout,
in which the chorus sings
the first poem
accompanied by washes of
pianissimo sounds on the
strings. There is a
surprising moment with
the musical portrayal of
the ungeheuere Weite
(immense breadth), at
which the
vocal-instrumental
writing suddenly
crescendos to forte and
unfolds into a texture of
over five octaves. By
contrast Gluckliche Fahrt
is written in
restlessly-compiled
meters, whose musical
setting in flowing
movement with diatonic
scale passages evokes
happy excitement and
confidence. The work was
dedicated to Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, whom
Beethoven greatly admired
throughout his life. The
work has now been
published in a new
critical edition based on
the first printed edition
and the performance score
which Beethoven himself
checked and corrected.
Score and part available
separately - see item
CA.1039500.
Silent Night Orchestre [Conducteur] - Facile Belwin
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.44799S Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber. Arra...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.44799S
Composed by Franz Xaver
Gruber. Arranged by
Jeffrey E. Turner.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Intermediate String
Orchestra. Christmas;
Sacred; Winter. Score. 8
pages. Duration 3:20.
Belwin Music #00-44799S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.44799S).
UPC:
038081517322.
English.
A joyful
departure from tradition,
now set in 4/4 time by
Jeffrey Turner, this
fresh setting of the
beloved carol is sure to
add sparkle to any
holiday celebration.
Across the silent night,
the blazing star of a
solo cello beacons. A
violinist follows, and
the glory of a string
orchestra suddenly bursts
across the heavens. A
twinkling piano announces
that a child has been
born unto the world;
then, the high strings
enter like angels singing
from above. With its
ending in 3/4, sure to
put a smile on everyone's
face, there's never been
a happier birthday.
(3:20) This title is
available in MakeMusic
Cloud.
(Easy Piano). Arranged by Dan Coates. For Piano. This edition: Easy Piano. Book;...(+)
(Easy Piano). Arranged by
Dan Coates. For Piano.
This edition: Easy Piano.
Book; Piano - Easy Piano
Collection; Sing-Along.
The Giant Book of Sheet
Music. Broadway. Easy
Piano. 196 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Percussion and 1 or more inst. SKU: BR.KM-2543 Composed by Christian Maso...(+)
Percussion and 1 or more
inst.
SKU:
BR.KM-2543
Composed
by Christian Mason. Solo
instruments; Folder.
Kammermusik-Bibliothek
(Chamber Music Library).
World premiere:
Gwangju/Corea, November
24, 2016
Music
post-1945; New music
(post-2000). Set of
parts. Composed 2015. 130
pages. Duration 13'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #KM
2543. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.KM-2543).
ISBN
9790004504567. 9 x 12
inches.
Lahara -
which literally means
'wave' - is a term used
in Indian music to
describe a repeating
melodic phrase that
accompanies table and
pakhawaj solo. In such a
traditional context the
lahara would be played by
a melodic instrument such
as the sarangi,
functioning as a
background against which
the flourishing
virtuosity of the soloist
could evolve. In my piece
this function is also
present in the form of a
long line stated three
times fully in the Thai
gongs, however there is
no virtuosic soloist.
Instead, the musical
evolution (if it is that)
takes the form of a
resonant ceremony enacted
on bell plates and steel
pans, situated not only
on-stage but in four
locations around the
audience. If you want to
look for it, the idea of
waves can also be seen in
other aspects of the
piece: the slow wave of
the gradual progression
of players from the back
of the hall to the front,
which defines the form of
the piece; the waves of
tam-tam crescendi at the
end of each statement of
the lahara; maybe even in
the way that the
foreground melodic
figurations progressively
increase in density over
the course of the piece
until they completely
dominate our perception,
before suddenly
disappearing… And
on a more concrete note
every sound is, after
all, a wave. (Christian
Mason, 2016)
World
premiere: Gwangju/Korea,
The Asian Arts Theatre,
November 24, 2016.
Piano, Voix [Partition] - Facile Alfred Publishing
(Easy Piano). Arranged by Dan Coates. For Piano. Book; Piano - Easy Piano Collec...(+)
(Easy Piano). Arranged by
Dan Coates. For Piano.
Book; Piano - Easy Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Top 50.
Broadway. Easy Piano. 208
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
Grade 1 - Score
Only. Composed by Amy
Adam and Mike Hannickel.
Curnow Music Concert
Band. Christmas, Contest,
Festival. 24 pages.
Published by Curnow Music
(HL.44010912).
UPC:
884088585433. 9x12
inches. Mike
Hannickel/Amy
Adam.
Here's a
memorable and humorous
contrast for your winter
concert. A gregarious
student or staff member
in the guise of
âBeethoven
returnedâ suddenly
appears on your concert
stage in this comedy skit
for band. The music
begins as an innocent
Christmas medley, but by
the time it's over,
âBeethovenâ
owns your band, and you,
the director, are
vanquished from the
stage. Of course there
are lots of laughs along
the way.
Orchestra - Grade 1.5 SKU: AP.33712S Composed by Richard Meyer. MakeMusic...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 1.5
SKU: AP.33712S
Composed by Richard
Meyer. MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Explorer. Light Concert;
Meters. Score. 8 pages.
Highland/Etling
#00-33712S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.33712S).
UPC:
038081394527.
English.
As the
title suggests, this fun
grade 1.5 piece features
ever-changing time
signatures that will
intrigue and challenge
the young string
orchestra. There are four
mood shifts in the piece,
suggested by a student
narrator who stands up
and declares simply Once
upon a time, Suddenly,
Luckily, and Happily ever
after. But what, exactly,
is the story? That's up
to your students and your
audience to decide! This
charming piece is simple
rhythmically and
note-wise, but a great
way to get your orchestra
counting. Sure to spark
everyone's imagination!
This title is available
in MakeMusic Cloud.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49046988 Lyric Trilogy After Maurice M...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49046988
Lyric Trilogy After
Maurice Maeterlinck Study
Score, French.
Composed by Aribert
Reimann. Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover. 280
pages. Duration 5400
seconds. Schott Music
#ED23491. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046988).
ISBN
9781705174333. UPC:
842819115281.
8.25x11.75x0.695
inches.
SYNOPSIS
Aribert Reimann's
'Trilogie lyrique' is
based on three plays by
Maurice Maeterlinck: In
L'Intruse, a family is
sitting at the table with
their blind grandfather.
They are waiting for the
doctor to arrive and tend
to his daughter who is
lying ill in bed after
having given birth: her
new-born son has not yet
made a single sound. The
old man senses that
something is wrong due to
the uneasy atmosphere in
the room. Who is sitting
in our midst? he asks. He
is the only one who
cansee the presence of
death. Interieur: Once
again a family is
gathered round the table
in the evening, but this
time we observe the
action from outside,
looking through the
window with the
grandfather and a
stranger: no sound can be
heard. Outside the house,
the stranger reports that
the eldest daughter has
drowned and that he has
pulled her out of the
river. Although the
corpse is already being
carried through the
village to the family,
the grandfather cannot
bring himself to destroy
this idyll. La Mort de
Tintagiles: The young
Tintagiles is told a
story about a mysterious
castle and the aged queen
who has all potential
heirsto the throne
murdered. His siblings
sense that Tintagiles has
been summoned to the
castle to be murdered,
but nobody openly
expresses this fact. It
is the sinister
messengers of death from
the interludes, now
visible as the queens
servants, who ful?l her
demand and snatch the
sleeping boy from his
sisters'arms. Commentary
'In comparison with his
Medea for example with
its stormy outbreaks of
emotion and violence,
Reimann's score is worked
in an impressive
refinement of sound. It
begins with rumbling,
hesitating and expressive
music in the first
section, demanding highly
ingenious sound effects
from the lower strings
including tapping and
faltering glissandos in
its noisy expression of
mortal fear. Inthe second
part, the woodwind
formation plays at times
almost in chamber music
fashion and is then
suddenly painfully
shrill. The third part
luxuriates and rages in
its rich, full
orchestration. The manner
in which Reimann displays
his mastery in textural
shading, the invention of
sounds welling up and
fading away, the rhythmic
and melodic capacity of
suffering and the music's
inner violence are all
utterly
compelling.'(Wolfgang
Schreiber, Opernwelt,
November 2017).
Arranged by Dan Coates. For Piano. Book; Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. D...(+)
Arranged by Dan Coates.
For Piano. Book; Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Dan Coates
Popular Piano Library.
Pop. Advanced. 208 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Band Concert Band - Grade 3 SKU: CF.CPS220 March. Composed by John...(+)
Band Concert Band - Grade
3
SKU: CF.CPS220
March. Composed by
John Pasternak. Concert
Band (CPS). Set of Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation.
8+8+4+8+16+16+4+4+4+4+4+4
+8+8+8+4+4+6+6+6+8+2+2+4+
2+20+4 pages. Duration 2
minutes, 57 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CPS220.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CPS220).
ISBN 9781491152461.
UPC:
680160909964.
An
exciting new original
march in classic American
march form and style.Â
Composer John Paternak
has captured the essence
of the great marches of
Sousa and Fillmore in a
new tuneful and fresh
sound traditional
march. The trio
melody is essential
catchy and the march is
worthy of use as a solid
warm-up march for
festival by advancing
level concert bands. I
wrote this piece for my
friend Ralph Meyer and
the members of the
Western Reserve Community
Band, who are always
there for me when I need
a group to read or record
one of my compositions. I
would also like to thank
Larry Clark for helping
this march come to
life.There are a lot of
sudden dynamic changes in
this piece. It is crucial
that there is dynamic
contrast, so the piece
can be performed
effectively. There are
also several instances
with contrast in
articulation styles. Make
sure your group is
playing short notes
different from the legato
passages. At m. 87 during
the second time through,
I have made the tempo
jump to 152. Feel free to
take it faster if your
group is capable of
it.
Western Reserve Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile Carl Fischer
Band Concert Band - Grade 3 SKU: CF.CPS220F March. Composed by Joh...(+)
Band Concert Band - Grade
3
SKU: CF.CPS220F
March. Composed by
John Pasternak. Concert
Band (CPS). Full score.
With Standard notation.
20 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #CPS220F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS220F).
ISBN
9781491153147. UPC:
680160910649.
An
exciting new original
march in classic American
march form and style.Â
Composer John Paternak
has captured the essence
of the great marches of
Sousa and Fillmore in a
new tuneful and fresh
sound traditional
march. The trio
melody is essential
catchy and the march is
worthy of use as a solid
warm-up march for
festival by advancing
level concert bands. I
wrote this piece for my
friend Ralph Meyer and
the members of the
Western Reserve Community
Band, who are always
there for me when I need
a group to read or record
one of my compositions. I
would also like to thank
Larry Clark for helping
this march come to
life.There are a lot of
sudden dynamic changes in
this piece. It is crucial
that there is dynamic
contrast, so the piece
can be performed
effectively. There are
also several instances
with contrast in
articulation styles. Make
sure your group is
playing short notes
different from the legato
passages. At m. 87 during
the second time through,
I have made the tempo
jump to 152. Feel free to
take it faster if your
group is capable of
it.
Instruments en Do [Fake Book] - Intermédiaire Sher Music Company
For C instrument. Format: fakebook (spiral bound). With melody, chord names, int...(+)
For C instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With melody, chord names,
introductory text and
black and white photos.
Jazz and Pop. 438 pages.
9x12 inches. Published by
Sher Music Company.
Dan Welcher’s most enduringly and frequently played orchestral work, Prai...(+)
Dan Welcher’s most
enduringly and frequently
played orchestral work,
Prairie Light is a
fascinating musical
companion to three of
Georgia
O’Keeffe’s
most unusual paintings,
Light Coming on the
Plains, Canyon with
Crows, and Starlight
Night. This work is ideal
for performances using
visual projections of the
paintings, and is
frequently programmed for
subscription concerts as
well as those for
educational settings.
Duration: 14’
Parts available on
rental. This work for
full orchestra was
inspired by three
paintings of the noted
Americanartist Georgia
O’Keeffe. These
three watercolors were
done in 1917 while the
artist was living in
Canyon, Texas (near
Amarillo), and deal
primarily with color and
shape. Consequently, the
music is primarily
concerned with broad
lines and shapes rather
than rhythms, with subtle
washes of color rather
than constant harmonic
movement, and with
arching melody instead of
linear counterpoint.The
first movement, Light
Coming on the Plains, is
an elliptical-shaped
painting, deep blue to
indigo with a
“horizon†at
the bottom that seems
flat and unchanging. The
sun hasn’t risen
yet, although it does in
the course of this
movement, but it seems
instead to be providing
light from behind the
canvas. The music is
unmoving in terms of
rhythm or harmony
(although there is a
modulation midway
through), a color-infused
mantra of sound that is
almost Eastern.At the
height of the sun, we
proceed to the second
movement, entitled Canyon
with Crows. The canyon is
red-orange, with black
crows circling above
friendly unfolding hills.
The music is gentle but
lively and more rhythmic,
with the birds
represented by solo oboe,
clarinet, and sometimes
flute. Halfway through,
the brass have a chorale
version of the opening
motive, played very
slowly, over the unending
triplets of woodwinds and
strings. At the end of
the movement, the
birds return for a
duo-cadenza, accompanied
by the dying rays of the
sun in muted strings and
the ongoing triplets of
the solo quartet.The
stage is set for the
final movement, Starlight
Night. In
O’Keeffe’s
painting, the stars are
represented by
regularly-spaced
rectangles of bright pale
yellow on a blue-black
sky, with the same shape
to the field of vision
and the horizon that is
found in Light Coming on
the Plains. The stars
become audible: harp,
celesta, glockenspiel,
and string pizzicati all
lend a sparkle while a
solo flute introduces a
slowly unfolding theme.
After this theme has been
heard twice and the sky
has begun to really
brighten, there is a
sudden interruption: a
xylophone and a piano
begin another
“mantra†in
brittle staccato chords.
This is the same
mechanical eternity as
O’Keeffe’s
regularly-spaced square
stars, and it continues
on its own as the night
progresses. The music
builds and grows as the
moon rises and arcs, then
falls as the pre-dawn
light that opened the
work returns to bring it
to a close. Acycle of
light, changing with the
movements of sun, moon,
and stars, appearing
differently from various
points of view