Symphonic Band (Oversized Full Score) SKU: HL.1723345 Oversized Full S...(+)
Symphonic Band (Oversized
Full Score)
SKU:
HL.1723345
Oversized Full
Score. Composed by
James Barnes. Southern
Music. Classical.
Softcover. 102 pages.
Duration 1680 seconds.
Southern Music Company
#S1038OS. Published by
Southern Music Company
(HL.1723345).
UPC:
196288277842.
11.0x14.0x0.488
inches.
Composed
during the summer and
fall of 1974, Barnes'
First Symphony, Op. 35
was his master's thesis
at The University of
Kansas. It was premiered
in the spring semester of
1976 by their Symphonic
Band, Robert E. Foster
conducting. The following
year, the symphony was
awarded the American
Bandmasters Ostwald
Composition prize, which
led to a second
performance (of only the
first two movements) by
the Northwestern Wind
Ensemble at the American
Bandmasters convention
with Col. Jack Cline (U.S
Marine Band) conducting.
Following this
performance, Barnes
submitted the work to
several publishers, all
of which declined on the
basis it was too long and
difficult to be
“marketable.” For
this reason, Barnes set
the work aside and there
it remained until 2022,
when an offer came from
the Osaka Shion Wind
Orchestra to record all
nine of Barnes'
symphonies to help
celebrate their 100th
anniversary. Barnes
seized the opportunity,
engraving all four
movements, with revisions
and corrections, an
effort that took seven
days a week for two
months to complete. As a
result, after almost
fifty years, all nine of
the Barnes symphonies are
finally available for
performance. 11x14
oversized score.
Score and Parts Symphonic Band - Grade 5 SKU: HL.1455262 For Symphonic...(+)
Score and Parts Symphonic
Band - Grade 5
SKU:
HL.1455262
For
Symphonic Band.
Composed by James Barnes.
Southern Music Band.
Concert. Softcover.
Duration 1680 seconds.
Southern Music Company
#S1038CB. Published by
Southern Music Company
(HL.1455262).
UPC:
196288209386.
9.0x12.0x2.5
inches.
Composed
during the summer and
fall of 1974, Barnes'
FIRST SYMPHONY, Op. 35
was his master's thesis
at The University of
Kansas. It was premiered
in the spring semester of
1976 by their Symphonic
Band, Robert E. Foster
conducting. The following
year, the symphony was
awarded the American
Bandmasters Ostwald
Composition prize, which
led to a second
performance (of only the
first two movements) by
the Northwestern Wind
Ensemble at the American
Bandmasters convention
with Col. Jack Cline (U.S
Marine Band) conducting.
Following this
performance, Barnes
submitted the work to
several publishers, all
of which declined on the
basis it was too long and
difficult to be
marketable. For this
reason, Barnes set the
work aside and there it
remained until 2022, when
an offer came from the
Osaka Shion Wind
Orchestra to record all
nine of
Barnes'symphonies to
help celebrate their
100th anniversary. Barnes
seized the opportunity,
engraving all four
movements, with revisions
and corrections, an
effort that took seven
days a week for two
months to complete. As a
result, after almost
fifty years, all nine of
the Barnes symphonies are
finally available for
performance.
Full Score Symphonic Band - Grade 5 SKU: HL.1455263 For Symphonic Band...(+)
Full Score Symphonic Band
- Grade 5
SKU:
HL.1455263
For
Symphonic Band.
Composed by James Barnes.
Southern Music. Concert,
Symphony. Softcover. 102
pages. Duration 1680
seconds. Southern Music
Company #S1038FS.
Published by Southern
Music Company
(HL.1455263).
ISBN
9781638879329. UPC:
196288209393.
9.0x12.0x0.545
inches.
Composed
during the summer and
fall of 1974, Barnes'
FIRST SYMPHONY, Op. 35
was his master's thesis
at The University of
Kansas. It was premiered
in the spring semester of
1976 by their Symphonic
Band, Robert E. Foster
conducting. The following
year, the symphony was
awarded the American
Bandmasters Ostwald
Composition prize, which
led to a second
performance (of only the
first two movements) by
the Northwestern Wind
Ensemble at the American
Bandmasters convention
with Col. Jack Cline (U.S
Marine Band) conducting.
Following this
performance, Barnes
submitted the work to
several publishers, all
of which declined on the
basis it was too long and
difficult to be
marketable. For this
reason, Barnes set the
work aside and there it
remained until 2022, when
an offer came from the
Osaka Shion Wind
Orchestra to record all
nine of
Barnes'symphonies to
help celebrate their
100th anniversary. Barnes
seized the opportunity,
engraving all four
movements, with revisions
and corrections, an
effort that took seven
days a week for two
months to complete. As a
result, after almost
fifty years, all nine of
the Barnes symphonies are
finally available for
performance.
String quartet SKU: FG.55011-510-1 Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score an...(+)
String quartet
SKU:
FG.55011-510-1
Composed by Matthew
Whittall. Score and
parts. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-510-1. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-510-1).
ISBN
9790550115101.
Matt
hew Whittall's preface to
Bright Ferment (2019): I
have a complicated
history with the string
quartet. Actually, it's
not that complicated. I
spent months writing a
huge one in my early
twenties and hastily
withdrew it after a long
delayed premiere, vowing
never to write another.
In a typical case of
karmic retribution, my
fear of the form would
eventually be overcome by
the unrefusable offer to
write the compulsory
piece for the Banff
International String
Quartet Competition in my
native Canada. The short
duration requested, about
nine minutes, also felt
like a good way to wade
gingerly back into the
medium. The title was
originally just a
nice-sounding pair of
words that surfaced in a
brainstorming session
with fellow composer Alex
Freeman over an
injudicious amount of
fermented barley. When I
looked it up later, I
found that it was a
phrase of older coinage,
seemingly used more for
poetic resonance than any
fixed meaning. Ferment by
itself denotes a state of
confusion, change or lack
of order. With bright, it
takes on a more positive
connotation with regard
to society and
creativity: a wild
profusion of ideas barely
checked by reason. (It
may not actually mean
that, but it describes
this piece nicely, so
let's go with it.)
Fermentation in its
trendy culinary usage is
also hinted at via a
recurrent percolating
device of scattered
pizzicati. As one may
guess from the tone of
this introduction, there
is little attempt at
gravity in Bright
Ferment, the only means
by which I felt I could
sidestep the historical
and expressive weight of
the string quartet genre.
Styles, gestures and
moods are tossed around,
cross-cut and abandoned
in
stream-of-consciousness
fashion, connected by
little except an
intuitive sense of
rightness in their
juxtaposition. If the
piece acquires depth in
spite of me, it will only
be because its disparate
parts amplify and
strengthen each other
simply by being together
- much like the ensemble
itself. Bright Ferment
was commissioned by the
Banff Centre for the Arts
and Creativity and the
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation, with
additional funding from
the Americas Society (New
York), for the 2019 Banff
International String
Quartet Competition.
Duration: ca. 9
minutes.
Choral (Vocal Score) SKU: HL.402077 For Soprano Solo, Children's Choir...(+)
Choral (Vocal Score)
SKU: HL.402077
For Soprano Solo,
Children's Choir and
Orchestra. Composed
by Nico Muhly. Choral.
Classical. Octavo.
Duration 1500 seconds.
St. Rose Music
#SRO100186-01. Published
by St. Rose Music
(HL.402077).
ISBN
9781705160084. UPC:
196288056829.
9.0x12.0x0.276
inches.
The Right
of Your Senses is a set
of nine songs for
children's voices, solo
soprano, and orchestra
written for the National
Children's Chorus,
American Youth Symphony
and Los Angeles
Philharmonic Association.
The texts are primarily
17th-century, by Thomas
Traherne and George
Herbert, but two of them
come from the
11th-century Enchiridion
by Byrhtferth. The
overarching theme is the
story of creation, but
not just the list of
objects created: the
texts deal with the
emotional resonances of
the sun, the sea, the
air, and the moon with
all their mysterious,
bright, and dark
potential. There is a
recurring gesture in the
strings, introduced at
the very top: a simple
descending pattern which
binds many of the
movements together, even
when hidden in the more
tumultuous sections. The
first two movements are
bright, whereas the
middle three movements
are violent and deal with
the angrier natural
elements. The seventh
movement is the most
abstract and playful, and
here a direct nod to
Benjamin Britten's A
Ceremony of Carols, with
a fast three-part canon
depicting the behavior of
the atom. The eighth
movement, Night, is the
slowest, and depicts the
night sky. The final
movement is calm, and
encourages us: Be
faithful in a little, and
you shall be master over
much. The piece ends with
five strokes of high
bells. x Nico Muhly.
Study Score Choral SKU: HL.402076 For Soprano Solo, Children's Choir a...(+)
Study Score Choral
SKU: HL.402076
For Soprano Solo,
Children's Choir and
Orchestra. Composed
by Nico Muhly. Choral.
Classical. Softcover. 72
pages. Duration 1500
seconds. St. Rose Music
#SRO100186. Published by
St. Rose Music
(HL.402076).
ISBN
9781705160077. UPC:
196288056812.
9.0x12.0x0.167
inches.
The Right
of Your Senses is a set
of nine songs for
children's voices, solo
soprano, and orchestra
written for the National
Children's Chorus,
American Youth Symphony
and Los Angeles
Philharmonic Association.
The texts are primarily
17th-century, by Thomas
Traherne and George
Herbert, but two of them
come from the
11th-century Enchiridion
by Byrhtferth. The
overarching theme is the
story of creation, but
not just the list of
objects created: the
texts deal with the
emotional resonances of
the sun, the sea, the
air, and the moon with
all their mysterious,
bright, and dark
potential. There is a
recurring gesture in the
strings, introduced at
the very top: a simple
descending pattern which
binds many of the
movements together, even
when hidden in the more
tumultuous sections. The
first two movements are
bright, whereas the
middle three movements
are violent and deal with
the angrier natural
elements. The seventh
movement is the most
abstract and playful, and
here a direct nod to
Benjamin Britten's A
Ceremony of Carols, with
a fast three-part canon
depicting the behavior of
the atom. The eighth
movement, Night, is the
slowest, and depicts the
night sky. The final
movement is calm, and
encourages us: Be
faithful in a little, and
you shall be master over
much. The piece ends with
five strokes of high
bells. x Nico Muhly.
By Frank Ticheli. Concert band. Suitable for advanced middle school, high school...(+)
By Frank Ticheli. Concert
band. Suitable for
advanced middle school,
high school, community
and college bands. Level:
Grade 3. Conductor score
and set of parts.
Duration 9:00. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music.
By Frank Ticheli. Concert band. Suitable for advanced middle school, high school...(+)
By Frank Ticheli. Concert
band. Suitable for
advanced middle school,
high school, community
and college bands. Grade
3. Conductor Full Score.
Duration 9:00
By Meg Peterson. For Autoharp/Chromaharp. Method. Complete. All Styles. Level: M...(+)
By Meg Peterson. For
Autoharp/Chromaharp.
Method. Complete. All
Styles. Level: Multiple
Levels. Book/CD Set. Size
8.75x11.75. 174 pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc.