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
Saxophone - Early Intermediate SKU: FH.WS3 Saxophone Series, 2013 Edit...(+)
Saxophone - Early
Intermediate
SKU:
FH.WS3
Saxophone
Series, 2013 Edition.
Composed by The Royal
Conservatory. Saxophone
Series, 2013 Edition.
Book/CD. 48/20 pages. The
Frederick Harris Music
Company #WS3. Published
by The Frederick Harris
Music Company (FH.WS3).
ISBN
978-1-55440-552-7.
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Transcriptions: Sonata
, op. 2, no. 1 -
Benedetto Marcello, arr.
Jason Noble - Third
Movement - Fourth
Movement Mazurka, op.
67, no. 2 - Frederic
Chopin Sonata, BWV
1033 - attr. Johann
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Stephen Chatman -
Menuet I - Menuet
II Tambourin (from
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Wolfgang Amadeus
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Eugene
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Composed by Irving Berlin. For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook (spiral ...(+)
Composed by Irving
Berlin. For voice and C
instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With vocal melody, lyrics
and chord names.
Standards and vocal
standards. Series: Hal
Leonard Fake Books. 183
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
For clarinet. Format: clarinet solo book (excerpts only). Baroque, Classical Per...(+)
For clarinet. Format:
clarinet solo book
(excerpts only). Baroque,
Classical Period and
Romantic Period. 64
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Music Sales.
(MS.AM84161)
A selection of all the
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For flute. Format: flute solo book (excerpts only). Baroque, Classical Period an...(+)
For flute. Format: flute
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only). Baroque, Classical
Period and Romantic
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inches. Published by
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A selection of all the
best-known tunes and
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Includes works by Mozart,
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For violin. Format: violin solo book (excerpts only). Baroque, Classical Period ...(+)
For violin. Format:
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(excerpts only). Baroque,
Classical Period and
Romantic Period. 64
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Music Sales.
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A selection of all the
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themes in the classical
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Includes works by Mozart,
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Jazz Ensemble standard Jazz ensemble (Kendor Konvertible for 9-17 players) with ...(+)
Jazz Ensemble standard
Jazz ensemble (Kendor
Konvertible for 9-17
players) with opt. flute,
clarinet, F horn, tuba
and vibes - Grade 1
SKU: KN.63289S
(based on the chord
changes to 'Bags' Groove'
by Milt Jackson).
Composed by Greg
Yasinitsky. Jazz Quest.
Kendor Music Inc #63289S.
Published by Kendor Music
Inc (KN.63289S).
UPC:
822795632897.
This
swinging blues original
for beginning groups is
based on the chord
changes to Bags' Groove
by Milt Jackson. It
features fun figures,
infectious rhythmic
figures, and dynamics
which grow from a whisper
to a roar. The brass
ranges are very
accessible, with trumpet
up to D5 and C4 for
trombone. Rhythm section
parts provide the drummer
with a great concept of
what to play, and notated
piano voicings and bass
lines are provided. The
solo section is written
or ad lib with solo
sheets provided in all
keys along with scales to
assist students in
creating their own solos.
Written with Kendor
Konvertible scoring for
9-17 players, each set
includes a guitar chord
chart by Jim Greeson and
optional flute, clarinet,
horn in F, tuba and vibes
parts. Duration 3:50.
Jazz Ensemble standard Jazz ensemble (Kendor Konvertible for 9-17 players) with ...(+)
Jazz Ensemble standard
Jazz ensemble (Kendor
Konvertible for 9-17
players) with opt. flute,
clarinet, F horn, tuba
and vibes - Grade 1
SKU: KN.63289
(based on the chord
changes to 'Bags' Groove'
by Milt Jackson).
Composed by Greg
Yasinitsky. Kendor
Konvertible for 9-17
players. Jazz Quest.
Swing. Kendor Music Inc
#63289. Published by
Kendor Music Inc
(KN.63289).
UPC:
822795632897.
This
swinging blues original
for beginning groups is
based on the chord
changes to Bags' Groove
by Milt Jackson. It
features fun figures,
infectious rhythmic
figures, and dynamics
which grow from a whisper
to a roar. The brass
ranges are very
accessible, with trumpet
up to D5 and C4 for
trombone. Rhythm section
parts provide the drummer
with a great concept of
what to play, and notated
piano voicings and bass
lines are provided. The
solo section is written
or ad lib with solo
sheets provided in all
keys along with scales to
assist students in
creating their own solos.
Written with Kendor
Konvertible scoring for
9-17 players, each set
includes a guitar chord
chart by Jim Greeson and
optional flute, clarinet,
horn in F, tuba and vibes
parts. Duration 3:50.