(Study Score). By Bela Bartok (1881-1945). Edited by Peter Bartok. For String Quartet (Study Score). Boosey and Hawkes Scores/Books. Softcover. 96 pages. Universal Edition #UE34311. Published by Universal Edition

Woodwinds - Intermediate

SKU: MB.30964

Old Time, Saddle-stitched. Country. Book. 44 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30964. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30964).

ISBN 9781513469775. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This collection of 41 timeless melodies is tastefully arranged for soprano and tenor recorders with suggested breath marks and accompaniment chords. Selections include a variety of influences which provide a historical and aesthetic view of the American musical landscape. The works of both well-known, classically trained composers and unknown folk artists are featured in standard notation arrangements suitable for performance by intermediate players. The one thing these tunes have in common is their striking melodies, which in many cases have endured throughout the ages.

(clarinet & piano)

SKU: HL.132406

Composed by K. Debski. PWM. Classical. Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne #10455010. Published by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (HL.132406).

UPC: 884088972400.

Chamber Music & Piano Accompaniment 1 Bassoon 1 Piano - Grade 2

SKU: FL.FX073752

Composed by Jerome Naulais. Original Composition. Classical, Educational. Score and Set of Parts. 4 (score); 1 (parts) pages. Duration 2 minutes, 15 seconds. FLEX Editions #FX073752. Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX073752).

This piece is a tribute to a small island off the west coast of Finistere, in front Ouessant Island. The beginning of the piece depicts a landscape of Breton moor. It then presents typical dances from this region. - Jerome NAULAIS ;

A piece that can be played from 3 years of instrument practice ; Instruments: 1 Bassoon 1 Piano; Difficuly Level: Grade 2.

Arranged by R. J. Hume. Orchestra. Full Orchestra; Score. Highland Full Orchestra. Form: Suite. Folk. Grade 2.5. 32 pages. Published by Highland/Etling

By Larry Neeck. For concert band. Concert Band series. Grade 3. Score and set of parts. Duration 4 minutes, 33 seconds. Published by C.L. Barnhouse

String quartet

SKU: HH.HH202-FSP

Composed by Ming Wang. String Quartet. Full score and parts. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH202-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH202-FSP).

ISBN 9790708041900.

The present work features a kind of pentatonic music that is often associated with a far eastern landscape. However, it has no genuine compositional connection with Asian music. In this piece pentatonicism is conducive to frictionless intervals and transparency of sound; these are produced in an ideal manner on stringed instruments by means of natural harmonics. The contrasting central section brings dense textures and sharp dissonance, which sound with full intensity and combine with portamento to produce extreme emotional expression and narrative gestures.

String quartet

SKU: FG.042-06842-7

Composed by Aulis Sallinen. Parts. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-06842-7).

ISBN 979-0-042-06842-7.

The one-movement fouth string quartet (1971) has a subtitle Quiet Songs (Hiljaisia lauluja). In contrast to the splintered plurality of the third quartet, the fourth is a homogenous minor-key landscape that never rises above mezzoforte. The subdued resignation, somehow recalling Shostakovich, is interrupted only by a few fleeting faster sections.

Full Orchestra Orchestra - Grade 3

SKU: XC.RFO2001

Composed by Michael J. Miller. Rhapsody Full Orchestra Series. Concert and Contest. Classical, Acoustic. Set of parts. Excelcia Music Publishing #RFO2001. Published by Excelcia Music Publishing (XC.RFO2001).

UPC: 812598032406. 9 x 12 inches.

In the late summer months, the Scottish countryside is covered by the heather flower. Purple in color, it makes the otherwise harsh landscape a place of tranquil beauty. In this adaptation of the Scottish folk song Wild Mountain Thyme, composer Michael J. Miller’s Purple Mountain Heather captures the serenity of the Scottish moors in full bloom. Flowing melodies phrased with expressive shaping are passed throughout the ensemble, creating heartfelt drama for all to enjoy!

Choral (SATB Choir)

SKU: HL.232826

This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Pavane Choral. Festival, Concert. Octavo. Composed 1958. 1594. 12 pages. Duration 11'. Pavane Publishing #P1594. Published by Pavane Publishing (HL.232826).

UPC: 888680679224. 6.75x10.5 inches.

Winner of the Edwin Fissinger Composition Competition, this illustrative work has also been selected for the Jo Ann Miller Choral Series. The text by Bliss Carman paints beautiful pictures of the seasons and expresses the joy of love in all. Nicholas Kelly provides a colorful accompaniment and flowing choral lines that surpass the seasons and lift up love. It is a romantic song with a large landscape and a fullfilling message. Good for advanced high school, community and college choirs. Medium difficulty.

Voice & String Quartet

SKU: ST.Y296

Composed by Rhian Samuel. Chamber music. For High Voice, String Quartet and Piano. Score (2 copies supplied) and parts. Score and parts. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #Y296. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.Y296).

ISBN 9790220223525.

Natu re and landscape have been the dominant themes of much of Rhian Samuel's vocal music of the last ten years, projected chiefly through the poetry of Anne Stevenson, and in her most recent song-settings, the writings of the Pakistan-born Texas-based poet Zulfikar Ghose. His poem 'Conspiracy of the Clouds' describes how, the clouds having chosen to become invisible, 'Even the astronauts on the space shuttle / looked down on a cloudless America' as hurricanes ravage Louisiana and storms engulf Nebraska. An intriguing conceit in the tradition of magic realism, the text is presented as a scena lasting around 16 minutes, with interpolations from 'Haze' by the nineteenth-century New England transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. Thus modern fable and romantic nature-description are juxtaposed, and their interaction becomes the source of musical contrasts too. Thoreau's words are assigned predominantly to the vocalist's highest register, those of Ghose to her lower tessitura; and the suggestive and dramatic accompaniment builds tension steadily to the final ironic response of an incredulous American public: not one of awe and wonder, but the question 'Why weren't we told about it?

Dur. 5:00. Composed by Nathan Jones. Southern Music. Festival, Concert. Softcover. Southern Music Company #S974CB. Published by Southern Music Company