Orchestra SKU: PR.416415760 For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.416415760
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
Schickele. Study Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415760).
UPC:
680160636532. 9 x 12
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641576L For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641576L
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Peter
Schickele. Large Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641576L).
UPC:
680160636549. 11 x 17
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2016/17/20. 48
pages. Duration 8'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5432. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5432).
ISBN
9790004212790. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Marche
fatale is an incautiously
daring escapade that may
annoy the fans of my
compositions more than my
earlier works, many of
which have prevailed only
after scandals at their
world premieres. My
Marche fatale has,
though, little
stylistically to do with
my previous compositional
path; it presents itself
without restraint, if not
as a regression, then
still as a recourse to
those empty phrases to
which modern civilization
still clings in its daily
utility music, whereas
music in the 20th and
21st centuries has long
since advanced to new,
unfamiliar soundscapes
and expressive
possibilities. The key
term is banality. As
creators we despise it,
we try to avoid it -
though we are not safe
from the cheap banal even
within new aesthetic
achievements.Many
composers have
incidentally accepted the
banal. Mozart wrote Ein
musikalischer Spass [A
Musical Jape], a
deliberately amateurishly
miscarried sextet.
Beethoven's Bagatellen
op. 119 were rejected by
the publisher on the
grounds that few will
believe that this minor
work is by the famous
Beethoven. Mauricio Kagel
wrote, tongue in cheek,
so to speak, Marsche, um
den Sieg zu verfehlen
[Marches for being
Unvictorious], Ligeti
wrote Hungarian Rock; in
his Circus Polka
Stravinsky quoted and
distorted the famous, all
too popular Schubert
military march, composed
at the time for piano
duet. I myself do not
know, though, whether I
ought to rank my Marche
fatale alongside these
examples: I accept the
humor in daily life, the
more so as this daily
life for some of us is
not otherwise to be
borne. In music, I
mistrust it, considering
myself all the closer to
the profounder idea of
cheerfulness having
little to do with humor.
However: Isn't a march
with its compelling claim
to a collectively martial
or festive mood absurd, a
priori? Is it even music
at all? Can one march and
at the same time listen?
Eventually, I resolved to
take the absurd seriously
- perhaps bitterly
seriously - as a
debunking emblem of our
civilization that is
standing on the brink.
The way - seemingly
unstoppable - into the
black hole of all
debilitating demons: that
can become serene. My old
request of myself and my
music-creating
surroundings is to write
a non-music, whence the
familiar concept of music
is repeatedly re-defined
anew and differently, so
that derailed here -
perhaps? - in a
treacherous way, the
concert hall becomes the
place of mind-opening
adventures instead of a
refuge in illusory
security. How could that
happen? The rest is -
thinking.(Helmut
Lachenmann, 2017)CD
(Version for
Piano):Nicolas Hodges CD
Wergo WER 7393 2
Bibliography:Ich bin
nicht ,,pietistisch
verformt. Ein Gesprach
[von Jan Brachmann] mit
dem Komponisten Helmut
Lachenmann, in: FAZ vom
7. Juni 2018, p.
15.
World premiere
of the piano version:
Mito/Japan, June 17,
2017, World premiere of
the orchestral version:
Stuttgart, January 1,
2018, World premiere of
the ensemble version:
Frankfurt, December 9,
2020.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14014795 Composed by Hans Werner Henze. Music Sales Ame...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14014795
Composed
by Hans Werner Henze.
Music Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2005. 68 pages. Chester
Music #CH67881. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14014795).
ISBN
9781846091216.
Henz
e's Funf Botschafen Fur
Die Konigin Von Saba was
commissioned by Radio
France. It received its
premiere on 3rd February
2005 at the Theatre Des
Champs-Elysees, Paris by
the Orchestre National de
France. The five short
but complex pieces are
presented here in full
score.
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Edited by Helmut Hell. Henle Study...(+)
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven (1770-1827).
Edited by Helmut Hell.
Henle Study Scores. Study
score (paperbound). 40
pages. G. Henle #HN9043.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51489043).
The Symphonies Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] G. Henle
9 Volumes in a Slipcase Study Score. Composed by Lugwig Van Beethoven. Edite...(+)
9 Volumes in a Slipcase
Study Score. Composed by
Lugwig Van Beethoven.
Edited
by Bathia Churgin, Jens
Dufner, Ernst Herttrich,
and
Armin Raab. Henle Study
Scores. Classical.
Softcover. G. Henle
#HN9800.
Published by G. Henle
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.14023658 Composed by Michael Nyman. Music Sales...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.14023658
Composed
by Michael Nyman. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. Composed 2002. 72
pages. Chester Music
#CH61000. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14023658).
ISBN
9780711943711.
9.0x12.0x0.238
inches.
And Do They
Do was commissioned by
Siobhan Davies and the
London Contemporary Dance
Theatre. It was composed
during the summer of 1986
and first performed at
Sadler's Wells Theatre on
25 November in that year.
It consists of four
linked 'songs' of which
the third is based on
Schumann's 'Nachtlied'
Opus 96, No. 1.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.14021000 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Da...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.14021000
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover].
Composed 1999. 44 pages.
Chester Music #CH61307.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14021000).
ISBN 9780711959927.
5.5x7.5x0.2
inches.
Commissione
d to write a piece for
the 50th anniversary of
the United Nations,
Davies provided a musical
General Assembly of his
own: a bright overture
based on an Australian
aboriginal song which
gives rise to 'national
anthems' of various kinds
and instrumental
colourings. Finally the
'anthems' are combined,
'if not triumphantly',
Davies says, 'at least in
a manner whereby they get
along together'. The
first performance took
place in June 1995 in
Nottingham. It was given
by the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by
Peter Maxwell Davies.
Score (miniature).
Duration c. 14mins.
Orchestra SKU: HL.48187533 Composed by Francis Poulenc. Heugel. Classical...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.48187533
Composed
by Francis Poulenc.
Heugel. Classical.
Softcover. 128 pages.
Heugel & Cie #HE31215.
Published by Heugel & Cie
(HL.48187533).
UPC:
888680843779. 6x8.25
inches.
“This
edition of Les Biches by
Francis Poulenc features
the score for the whole
Orchestra. Initially
written as Ballet, it was
revised as a suite for
Orchestra in the 1940s.
This piece has a light
style, considered
'beautiful and
melancholic' by Jean
Cocteau. Lasting 15
minutes 30 seconds, it is
divided into five parts:
1. Rondeau 2. Adagietto
3. Rag-Mazurka 4.
Andantino 5. Finale
Francis Poulenc is French
composer and pianist. He
also produced Piano and
Chamber pieces, Operas,
ballets as well as some
Orchestral
works.&rdquo.
Orchestra SKU: CF.PO192S On We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Compose...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
CF.PO192S
On We
Wish You a Merry
Christmas. Composed
by Robert B. Brown.
Condensed score. Carl
Fischer Music #PO192S.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.PO192S).
ISBN 9781491157367.
UPC:
680160915927.
Progr
am note: Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas. The Composer:
Dr. Robert Bennett Brown
has devoted much of his
professional teaching
career to musical
compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation. At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee. To the
Conductor: You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability.
 . Program
note:Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas.The
Composer:Dr. Robert
Bennett Brown has devoted
much of his professional
teaching career to
musical compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation.At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee.To the
Conductor:You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability. .
Orchestra SKU: CF.PO192F On We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Compose...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
CF.PO192F
On We
Wish You a Merry
Christmas. Composed
by Robert B. Brown. Full
score. Carl Fischer Music
#PO192F. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.PO192F).
ISBN
9781491157374. UPC:
680160915934.
Progr
am note: Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas. The Composer:
Dr. Robert Bennett Brown
has devoted much of his
professional teaching
career to musical
compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation. At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee. To the
Conductor: You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability.
 . Program
note:Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas.The
Composer:Dr. Robert
Bennett Brown has devoted
much of his professional
teaching career to
musical compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation.At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee.To the
Conductor:You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability. .
Orchestra SKU: HL.14014802 Composed by Hans Werner Henze. Music Sales Ame...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14014802
Composed
by Hans Werner Henze.
Music Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2002. 80 pages. Chester
Music #CH63228. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14014802).
ISBN
9780711992764.
9.75x13.75x0.285
inches.
Composer's
Notes: This piece,
written during the winter
months of 2000-2001,
consists of one movement,
Allegro con fuoco, in
which an old score is
revisited, raided and
ravished by its composer.
The earlier music had
been written in the
mid-fifties for a stage
work Maratona di Danza
and for its maker, the
director Luchino
Visconti. Elements from
the older piece reappear
on and off like shadows
under the surface of new
ones, like more or less
vague memories, images of
young people suffering
pain and despair in their
struggle for survival in
a barbaric, pitiless
modern world. My new
composition is a kind of
concerto for very large
symphony orchestra, an
etude on constant and
often rapid musical
changes of mood and
colours, built on a
variety of rhythmic
figures, incessantly and
brutally pushing the
music ahead. Sometimes,
it is as though voices
are weeping, sometimes
crying out loud with
pain, with anxiety, under
the cold hearted pressure
of an overwhelming
violence. Hans Werner
Henze Commissioned on the
occasion of the 50th
anniversary of das neue
werk, Hamburg. Premiered
on 29th June 2001.
Duration 15 minutes.
Orchestra - all SKU: PR.816600040 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. CD...(+)
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Mozart. CD Sheet Music
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parts not included.
Classical Period. CD
Sheet Music. 2000
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This disk
contains study scores of
all 41 of Mozart's
Symphonies, as well as
Concertos for Winds and
Strings (Piano Concertos
are on a companion
CD-ROM), Serenades, Opera
Overtures, Divertimentos,
and other works.
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(String Orchestra). By John Tavener (1944-). For Orchestra (Score). Music Sales ...(+)
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Sales America. Post-1900.
4 pages. Chester Music
#CH71170. Published by
Chester Music .
Post-1900.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49044525 Opera in One Act - Study Scor...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49044525
Opera in One Act -
Study Score. Composed
by Huw Watkins. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Wenn wir den
Ausgangspunkt von Thomas
Hardy Geschichte
betrachten, fuhlen wir
uns in die Gegenwart, zu
einem heutigen Blick auf
die Novelle
transportiert. Diese
Sicht verdeutlicht,
welche Macht der
menschliche Geist uber
die Handlungen einer
Person hat. E. Classical,
Contemporary, Opera.
Softcover. Composed
2011-2012. 156 pages.
Duration 45'. Schott
Music #ED13780. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49044525).
ISBN
9790220135569. UPC:
888680080495.
8.25x11.75x0.388 inches.
English.
Taking
Thomas Hardy's short
story as its starting
point, we are transported
to the present for a
contemporary take on the
novella which explores
the power the mind can
have over that person's
actions. A closed door
sparks an obsession so
strong that the
boundaries between
reality and fantasy begin
to blur.Ella and her
high-finance husband
Stephen rent a room in a
holiday home on the
coast, owned by Susan.
Ella discovers that a
locked room in the house
is rented by a poet - Ben
Pascoe - whose work holds
a deep fascination for
her. The room is held for
Pascoe, though he visits
rarely.Ella's obsession
with Pascoe grows in
parallel with the
progress of Stephen's
biggest City deal. She
begins by imagining the
poet's voice as she reads
his work, but this
quickly grows to
fantasised encounters
with Pascoe in his locked
room. Stephen returns
from the City and makes
love to Ella, but it is
not him she wishes for.
We see the real Pascoe
only once, with Susan.As
Stephen's financial
dreams are realised and
Ella's fantasy consumes
her, she learns of
Pascoe's death. Despite
her changed
circumstances, Ella
chooses to stay in her
new world.
Score. Composed by
Bryce Dessner. Music
Sales America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
34 pages. Chester Music
#CH83688. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14043596).
12.0x16.75x0.445
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This is the
full score of Aheym For
Orchestra , composed by
Bryce Dessner , best
known as the guitarist of
The National, but also an
acclaimed composer in his
own right. If so desired,
this work can be
performed with Strings
alone: the Wind and
Percussion instruments
are optional. Composed in
2009 for the Kronos
Quartet for their
performance in Brooklyn's
Prospect Park for the
Celebrate Brooklyn!
festival, Aheym (meaning
'homeward' in Yiddish)
was directly inspired by
his parents' migration to
Brooklyn. The score in
this edition was first
performed by the London
Sinfonietta at the
Southbank Centre in
London on the 9th of
October 2012. The work
lasts around 8 minutes
and isfilled with dynamic
tempo changes, a mix of
staccato and smooth
playing and all-round
excitement. It's a
fantastic piece to play
and the genius
composition will keep
audiences on their
toes.
(Tanzstunden I)
Tanzschauspiel. Libretto
frei nach Moliere.
Composed by Hans Werner
Henze. This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. Study
Score. Composed
1949/1995. 172 pages.
Duration 35'. Schott
Music #ED 9456. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49013033).
ISBN
9790001131919.
8.25x11.75x0.462
inches.
Bei der
Neuschrift des Stucks im
Winter 1995-96, funfzig
Jahre nach seiner
Entstehung (als
Buhnenmusik zu Molieres
Comedie ballet Georges
Dandin, aus der
anschliessend ein Ballett
wurde mit dem englischen
Clown Jack Pudding in der
Titelrolle), ist es mir
darum gegangen, den alten
Notentext auszulosen und
sein thematisches und
harmonisches Material
nach Kriterien zu ordnen
und zu entwickeln, die
mir seinerzeit noch nicht
zur Verfugung standen,
und die recht
skizzenhafte Anlage des
Urtexts in eine Klangwelt
heruberzutragen, die
meinen heutigen
Vorstellungen und
Wertbegriffen von Theater
und Musik entspricht und
die gleichzeitig das
heutige kulturelle Klima
Neapels widerspiegelt und
damit eine besondere Art
von Wirklichkeit, die
mich einmal so sehr
gefangengenommen,
bezaubert und beeinflusst
hat.- Hans Werner
Henze
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Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.51489064 Study Score. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.51489064
Study Score.
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn. Edited by Gernot
Gruber. Henle Music
Folios. Classical.
Softcover. G. Henle
#HN9064. Published by G.
Henle (HL.51489064).
UPC: 840126937640.
6.75x9.5x0.214
inches.
The twelve
“London
Symphoniesâ€
comprise the sublime
final statement of
Haydn's symphonic oeuvre.
They were written for the
London impresario Johann
Peter Salomon, and Haydn
himself conducted their
premieres during his
lengthy stays in the
English metropolis in
1791/92 and 1794/95.
Hailing from 1791, the
Symphony in D major no.
96 numbers among the
first symphonies written
in and for London. The
epithet given to it by
posterity, “The
Miracleâ€, was
bestowed erroneously, for
the miracle - that no one
was injured when a
chandelier fell during a
concert - took place
during a performance of a
different Haydn symphony.
And yet it is a miracle
of musical esprit
nonetheless; from the
subtle relations between
the motives consisting of
broken triads that open
all four movements, to
the virtuosic shifts in
mood owing to surprising
harmonies, Haydn here
submits a prime example
of how he develops
musical ideas. This study
edition adopts the
musical text of the Haydn
Complete Edition, thereby
guaranteeing the highest
scholarly quality. An
informative preface and a
brief Critical Report
make the handy score an
ideal companion for all
current and soon-to-be
Haydn fans.
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Full
Score. Composed by
Per Norgard. Music Sales
America. 20Th Century,
Classical. Softcover. 188
pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #KP00865.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14032192).
ISBN
9788759858394.
12.0x16.5x0.78 inches.
International (more than
one
language).
Symphony
No. 6 for orchestra,
1997-99. Preface /
Program Note:... with the
Lord a day is like a
thousand years, and a
thousand years is like a
day(New Testament, 2
Peter 3:8)My SYMPHONY NO.
6 was commissioned by the
Danish National Radio
Symphony Orchestra, the
Gteborg Symphony
Orchestra and the Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra,
to be premiered at the
millenium 2000.The
subtitle AT THE END OF
THE DAY can be understood
literally or it can mean
when all is added up.
However, in my opinion,
nothing ever quite adds
up, there is always
something missing, any
ending will be
provisional ...This
symphony appears to end
only a few minutes into
the first movement, the
first passage, as the
music fades away to
almost-silence, after a
start of flying colours.
But then there is still
something, a small motive
(first heard in the
initial sound-waves)
which reappears,
hesitant, but persistent,
and this embryo is what
leads on the musical
progression. An agitated
section of many
instrumental voices comes
next, until all the
voices become obsessed
with the same phrase, a
see-saw motive based on
thirds. This section
evolves into almost
martial ferocity, when
broken off by a tutti
descent into an extreme
bass-world (a bass-world
which actually permeates
the whole symphony,
emplyoing instruments
that I have never used
before: double-bass tuba,
double-bass trombone,
double-bass clarinet, and
bass flute).The second
movement, the second
passage, apparently takes
off where the first
passage ended, but now
the events are more
ambiguous, and the same
music may be perceived as
fast-moving one moment
and slow-moving the next.
This section is a kind of
passacaglia, the
characteristic baroque
bass-variation.Without a
break follows the third
and last passage, in a
contrasting high
register. The music is
rhythmically knotty as
well as freely flowing.
As in the beginning of
the symphony, a
never-ending descent or
fall breaks off the
events, and at the very
end a delta of new
beginnings, of other
worlds, is revealed
....The symphony is
dedicated to Helle, my
wife. - Per Norgard.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.51489059 Study Score. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.51489059
Study Score.
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn. Edited by Andreas
Friesenhagen. Henle Study
Scores. Classical.
Softcover. 58 pages. G.
Henle #HN9059. Published
by G. Henle
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Orchestra Study
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Franz Joseph Haydn.
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Opera. Composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Edited by Michael Burden. This edi...(+)
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Purcell (1659-1695).
Edited by Michael Burden.
This edition:
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Sheet music. Eulenburg
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Suite for Orchestra (2001). Composed by Michael Nyman. Music Sales Americ...(+)
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Orchestra SKU: HL.14023642 Composed by Michael Nyman. Music Sales America...(+)
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SKU:
HL.14023642
Composed
by Michael Nyman. Music
Sales America. 20th
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[Softcover]. Composed
1999. 54 pages. Chester
Music #CH61479. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14023642).
ISBN
9780711978119.
9.0x12.0x0.243
inches.
This work
was written by Michael
Nyman towards the end of
1997, commissioned by the
English Sinfonia to
celebrate the orchestra's
taking up residence in
Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
The first performance was
given by the English
Sinfonia under Bramwell
Toevy at the Royal
Festival Hall, London, on
14 April 1998. Duration
c. 17mins.
Instrumentation:; 2
FLUTES; 2 OBOES; 2
CLARINETS IN Bb; 2
BASSOONS; 2 HORNS IN F; 2
TRUMPETS IN Bb; TIMPANI;
STRINGS.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867L Composed by William Kraft. Spiral. Large Scor...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867L
Composed
by William Kraft. Spiral.
Large Score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867L).
UPC:
680160683215.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.