(For String Orchestra, Harp, Timpani, And Percussion). By Arvo Part (1935-). For String Orchestra, Harp, Timpani, Percussion. Study score. 58 pages. Duration 34 minutes. Published by Universal Edition

Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, soprano Recorder - Grade 3.5

SKU: CF.CAS147F

Composed by Basque Carol. Arranged by Christopher Thomas. Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series. Full score. 16 pages. Carl Fischer Music #CAS147F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CAS147F).

ISBN 9781491160862. UPC: 680160919468.

A Basque Carol (also known as Gabriel's Message) originated from the 13th or 14th century. This brilliantly crafted tune is at once hauntingly beautiful, yet warm and joyous. The lasting power of this song is in the craftsmanship of the melody. Its contours are complex and skillful, yet incredibly simple to sing. A Basque Carol's popularity can also be attributed to it's elegant translation into English by Sabine Baring-Gould. While translations often feel blunt or coarse, this one is especially poetic (his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame). In this orchestration, a flowing, cinematic style is combined with rich, thickly-textured string voicings inspired by composer Ralph Vaughn Williams. This graceful arrangement features an obbligato line on solo recorder (optional solo flute or violin). It may be performed by orchestra and soloist alone, or with Soprano and Alto choir (or S/A soloists). There is even a moment quoted from another favorite holiday carol, Jesu Bambino. A lovely addition to your next holiday program!.
A Basque Carol (also known as Gabriel’s Message) originated from the 13th or 14th century. This brilliantly crafted tune is at once hauntingly beautiful, yet warm and joyous. The lasting power of this song is in the craftsmanship of the melody. Its contours are complex and skillful, yet incredibly simple to sing. A Basque Carol’s popularity can also be attributed to it’s elegant translation into English by Sabine Baring-Gould. While translations often feel blunt or coarse, this one is especially poetic (“his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame”). In this orchestration, a flowing, cinematic style is combined with rich, thickly-textured string voicings inspired by composer Ralph Vaughn Williams. This graceful arrangement features an obbligato line on solo recorder (optional solo flute or violin). It may be performed by orchestra and soloist alone, or with Soprano and Alto choir (or S/A soloists). There is even a moment quoted from another favorite holiday carol, Jesu Bambino. A lovely addition to your next holiday program!

About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series

Thi s series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys but technical demands are still carefully considered
• More comprehensive bowing techniques
• Viola T.C. included
• Careful selection of keys and degree of difficulty for advancing musicians

Concert Band - Grade 0.5

SKU: WJ.FBW2401FS

Composed by Larry Clark. First Achievement Grade .5. Contest/Festival. Score Only. Wingert-Jones Publications #FBW2401FS. Published by Wingert-Jones Publications (WJ.FBW2401FS).

9 x 12 inches.

Subatomic is written using only the first six notes of the Bb scale, with no more difficult rhythm than two repeated eighth notes. Composer Larry Clark's skill at writing for this age group will be evident from the onset, with even the newest ensembles sounding full and impressive. We know this one is a solid selection for your first concert!

Concert Band - Grade 0.5

SKU: WJ.FBW2401

Composed by Larry Clark. First Achievement Grade .5. Contest/Festival. Set of parts. Wingert-Jones Publications #FBW2401. Published by Wingert-Jones Publications (WJ.FBW2401).

9 x 12 inches.

Subatomic is written using only the first six notes of the Bb scale, with no more difficult rhythm than two repeated eighth notes. Composer Larry Clark's skill at writing for this age group will be evident from the onset, with even the newest ensembles sounding full and impressive. We know this one is a solid selection for your first concert!

Men's choir (TTBB) (Male choir (TTBB)) - Level 4

SKU: BA.BA07416

Composed by Marten Jansson. Stapled. Choral score. 6 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA07416_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA07416).

ISBN 9790006559206. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: Latin.

Based on the well-known bible text “Sing unto the Lord a new song” (Psalm 96:1-3), this upbeat composition with strong dynamics and flowing block chords alternating with fast-paced polyphony brings across this joyful message and enthuses singers.

“My music is my own and I have never tried to be original. That has always been my motto and I have only tried to use music to express all the feelings which life has to offer. This has led people to describe my music as ‘so sad that it sounds like birds who have lost their wings‘ but also as ‘the happiest classical music that we have ever heard’.
My compositions are almost all sacred. They express not only my own faith but also my appreciation and respect for the timeless texts that have been used for centuries and centuries.”

Mårten Jansson (b. 1965), elected member of the Föreningen svenska tonsättare (the Society of Swedish Composers), graduated from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm (KHM) with an MFA degree in Music Education, Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Voice. For more than ten years he was the music director and conductor of “Carmen”, one of the most prominent womens’ vocal ensembles in Sweden. He currently teaches choral conducting and music theory as well as giving vocal tuition at the Bolandgymnasiet and Musikskolan in his home town of Uppsala.

Viola - Intermediate

SKU: MB.31154

Saddle-stitched. Technique. Book. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #31154. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.31154).

ISBN 9781513473888. 8.75X11.75 inches.

Practicing scales is essential to building and maintaining strength, technique, tone, and agility on the viola, but it is easy to slip into the habit of playing scales automatically, without paying attention to tonality or sound production. The 29 single-page studies in this book focus the attention of violists on the beauty of sound, with a particular concern for the way different keys resonate on the viola.The first 24 studies address all minor and relative major keys and proceed through the circle of fifths; the last 5 pieces are individually conceived, i.e., apart from the circle of fifths. No metronome indications are given, so the etudes can be played at individually comfortable tempos.The names of the etudes refer to various animals that have scales, including insects, fish, birds, reptiles, and a few species of mammals. The author hopes that in addition to experiencing more enjoyable scale practice, students will be inspired to learn more about these amazing creatures and write scale studies of their own.

By Mark Hayes. Orchestra. For SATB divisi Choir, Solo Quartet, flute/piccolo, oboe/english horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, harp, piano (for rehearsal only), violin 1 and 2, viola, cello, bass (with optional orchestra: Flute/Piccolo, Oboe/English Horn, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Percussion, Harp, Piano (for rehearsal only), Violin 1 and 2, Viola, Cello, Bass). Christmas, General. Orchestral Score and Parts. Published by Roger Dean Publishing

Orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - timp - str)

SKU: BR.PB-5238

Urtext. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Peter Hauschild. Orchestra; Softcover. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).

Hauschild combines source criticism with the demands of performance practice, while keeping the Critical Notes brief (it goes without saying that they are in the score). His editorial emendations can thus be checked immediately.

Symphony; Classical. Full score. 80 pages. Duration 27'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5238. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5238).

ISBN 9790004210000. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Eighth Symphony op. 93 in 1811/1812. As a consequence of the wartime upheavals of those years, the world premiere of the work did not take place until 27 February 1814 in Vienna under the composer's direction.Hauschilds new edition is based on all the major primary sources. With masterful expertise, Hauschild combines source criticism with the demands of performance practice, while keeping the Critical Notes brief (it goes without saying that they are in the score). His editorial emendations can thus be checked immediately. Whoever seeks more about how the Breitkopf new edition differs from other available editions will also find this information quickly and easily.

Hauschild combines source criticism with the demands of performance practice, while keeping the Critical Notes brief (it goes without saying that they are in the score). His editorial emendations can thus be checked immediately.

SKU: HL.50603813

Score and Parts. Composed by Benet Casablancas. String. Softcover. Duration 660 seconds. Union Musical Ediciones #UME28535. Published by Union Musical Ediciones (HL.50603813).

ISBN 9781705145913. UPC: 840126992892.

The String Quartet no. 4, subtitled Dedication, was commissioned by the CNDM of Madrid to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven and was written for, and dedicated to, the Cuarteto Casals (2017). This one-movement work, lasting some 11 minutes, is based on a small motif from the op quartet. 130 as a tribute to the German master. The work, that explores the full range of the technical, musical, and emotional scope of the quartet medium, has a ternary arrangement, with a slow introduction and a conclusive stretta on the B-flat note (like the one that opens Op. 130). Its course includes marked contrasts between the contemplative, lyrical, static and suspensive sections - in the manner of stagnations - and those with a more lively tempo, playful and occasionally festive.

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Arranged by and ed. Joanne Martin. For 2nd Violin Part. String Ensemble - Mixed. 20 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Arranged by and ed. Joanne Martin. For 1st Violin Part. String Ensemble - Mixed. 20 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Arranged by and ed. Joanne Martin. For Violin Ensemble. String Ensemble - Mixed. 40 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Violin and Orchestra (Study Score)

SKU: HL.14030044

Composed by Jean Sibelius. Music Sales America. Classical. Studyscore. 28 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH26419. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14030044).

ISBN 9788759852743. 5.75x8.25x0.151 inches. International (more than one language).

This pocket sized book contains Humoresques I - II Op.87 Nos.1/2, the first two of Jean Sibelius' Humoresques for Violin solo and Orchestra. This handy study score can be easily referenced. Duration 3 minutes.

Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: SSATB - choir: SSATB - 0.0.2.2. - 0.2.3.0. - timp - str - bc)

SKU: BR.EB-6656

Composed by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Edited by Winfried Radeke. Arranged by Winfried Radeke. Choir; stapled. Edition Breitkopf. With its rich contrasts, E. T. A. Hoffmann's Miserere is like a bridge thrown between the musical idiom of his time and the style of the Palestrina school, which Hoffmann so admired. Classical period. Piano/Vocal Score. 48 pages. Duration 45'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 6656. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-6656).

ISBN 9790004168622. 9 x 12 inches.

Written in 1809, E. T. A. Hoffmanns Miserere remained unprinted and unperformed during the composers lifetime. With its rich contrasts, the work is like a bridge thrown between the musical idiom of his time and the style of the Palestrina school, which Hoffmann so admired. There are a few short five-part a cappella passages that resemble the Palestrina style. Overall, however, the small-segmented structure of the work is definitely noteworthy. None of the twelve movements lasts longer than five minutes. Diary entries confirm the composers inner tension. On 16 January 1809, for example, Hoffmann while working on this piece writes: rather unhealthy state, more like a romantic-religious feeling.

With its rich contrasts, E. T. A. Hoffmann's Miserere is like a bridge thrown between the musical idiom of his time and the style of the Palestrina school, which Hoffmann so admired.