Vincent d'Indy : Trio, Op. 29 Clarinette, Violoncelle, Piano (trio) [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Rosewood Publications
By Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931). For clarinet (violin), cello and piano. This edit...(+)
By Vincent d'Indy
(1851-1931). For clarinet
(violin), cello and
piano. This edition:
Facsimile Editions.
Winds, Strings and Piano.
Challenging, rewarding
work. Seldom performed..
20th Century. Score and
Parts. Published by
Rosewood Publications
Trumpet SKU: M7.AHW-1027 In Trumpet Playing. Composed by Hayden Sh...(+)
Trumpet
SKU:
M7.AHW-1027
In
Trumpet Playing.
Composed by Hayden
Shepard. Arranged by
Vincent Bach. Sheet
music. Performance book.
Charles Colin Corp. #AHW
1027. Published by
Charles Colin Corp.
(M7.AHW-1027).
English.
These
methods are designed to
deal with the trumpeter's
greatest concern,
endurance. In three
parts: Part I covers
position of mouthpiece,
lip and facial muscles,
soft playing, long tones,
slurs; Part II - tonguing
and articulation,
striking/commencing the
tone, two kinds of
staccato; Part III -
fingering and scale
practice. Useful for
players of all
levels.
For Flute and Piano. Composed by Charles LeThiere. Arranged by James Galway. ...(+)
For Flute and Piano.
Composed by Charles
LeThiere. Arranged by
James
Galway. Southern Music.
Opera, Flute, Classical.
Softcover. 12 pages.
Southern Music Company
#SU802. Published by
Southern Music Company
Book 2. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Charles Vincent. (Piano). Boosey ...(+)
Book 2. By Johann
Sebastian Bach. Arranged
by Charles Vincent.
(Piano). Boosey and
Hawkes Piano. Size 9x12
inches. 28 pages.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes.
Book 1. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Charles Vincent. (Piano). Boosey ...(+)
Book 1. By Johann
Sebastian Bach. Arranged
by Charles Vincent.
(Piano). Boosey and
Hawkes Piano. Size 9x12
inches. 28 pages.
Published by Boosey and
Hawkes.
Organ Works Orgue [Conducteur] Music Distribution Services
Organ SKU: M7.DOHR-20488 Composed by Vincent d'Indy. Edited by Otto Depen...(+)
Organ
SKU:
M7.DOHR-20488
Composed by Vincent
d'Indy. Edited by Otto
Depenheuer. Sheet music.
Score. 24 pages. MDS
(Music Distribution
Services) #DOHR 20488.
Published by MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
(M7.DOHR-20488).
Railways 1846 Chorale TTBB TTBB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral TTBB choir, piano SKU: PR.312419270 From Terra Nostra. Comp...(+)
Choral TTBB choir, piano
SKU: PR.312419270
From Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Performance Score. 8
pages. Duration 2
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41927.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.312419270).
ISBN
9781491137918. UPC:
680160692606. English.
Charles
Mackay.
Terra
Nostra focuses on the
relationship between our
planet and mankind, how
this relationship has
shifted over time, and
how we can re-establish a
harmonious balance. The
oratorio is divided into
three parts:Part I:
Creation of the World
celebrates the birth and
beauty of our planet. The
oratorio begins with
creation myths from
India, North America, and
Egypt that are integrated
into the opening lines of
Genesis from the Old
Testament. The music
surges forth from these
creation stories into
“God’s World” by
Edna St. Vincent Millay,
which describes the world
in exuberant and vivid
detail. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s “On thine
own child” praises
Mother Earth for her role
bringing forth all life,
while Walt Whitman sings
a love song to the planet
in “Smile O voluptuous
cool-breathed earth!”
Part I ends with “A
Blade of Grass” in
which Whitman muses how
our planet has been
spinning in the heavens
for a very long time.Part
II: The Rise of Humanity
examines the achievements
of mankind, particularly
since the dawn of the
Industrial Age. Lord
Alfred Tennyson’s
“Locksley Hall” sets
an auspicious tone that
mankind is on the verge
of great discoveries.
This is followed in short
order by Charles
Mackay’s “Railways
1846,” William Ernest
Henley’s “A Song of
Speed,” and John
Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s
“High Flight,” each
of which celebrates a new
milestone in
technological
achievement. In “Binsey
Poplars,” Gerard Manley
Hopkins takes note of the
effect that these
advances are having on
the planet, with trees
being brought down and
landscapes forever
changed. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s “A Dirge”
concludes Part II with a
warning that the planet
is beginning to sound a
grave alarm.Part III:
Searching for Balance
questions how we can
create more awareness for
our planet’s plight,
re-establish a deeper
connection to it, and
find a balance for living
within our planet’s
resources. Three texts
continue the earth’s
plea that ended the
previous section: Lord
Byron’s “Darkness”
speaks of a natural
disaster (a volcano) that
has blotted out the sun
from humanity and the
panic that ensues;
contemporary poet Esther
Iverem’s “Earth
Screaming” gives voice
to the modern issues of
our changing climate; and
William Wordsworth’s
“The World Is Too Much
With Us” warns us that
we are almost out of time
to change our course.
Contemporary/agrarian
poet Wendell Berry’s
“The Want of Peace”
speaks to us at the
climax of the oratorio,
reminding us that we can
find harmony with the
planet if we choose to
live more simply, and to
recall that we ourselves
came from the earth. Two
Walt Whitman texts (“A
Child said, What is the
grass?” and “There
was a child went forth
every day”) echo
Berry’s thoughts,
reminding us that we are
of the earth, as is
everything that we see on
our planet. The oratorio
concludes with a reprise
of Whitman’s “A Blade
of Grass” from Part I,
this time interspersed
with an additional
Whitman text that
sublimely states, “I
bequeath myself to the
dirt to grow from the
grass I love…”My hope
in writing this oratorio
is to invite audience
members to consider how
we interact with our
planet, and what we can
each personally do to
keep the planet going for
future generations. We
are the only stewards
Earth has; what can we
each do to leave her in
better shape than we
found her?
Over 50 Pop Music Favorites (Piano/Vocal/Guitar). Composed by various artist...(+)
Over 50 Pop Music
Favorites
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar).
Composed by various
artists
and composers. This
edition:
Piano/Vocal/Guitar.
Artist/Personality; Book;
P/V/C Mixed Folio;
Piano/Vocal/Chords.
Greatest
Hits. Pop; Pop/Rock;
Rock.
248 pages. Published by
Alfred Music
Top 2000 Songbook Piano, Voix et Guitare - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Piano, Vocal and Guitar - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1084506-401 50 Hits...(+)
Piano, Vocal and Guitar -
intermediate
SKU:
BT.DHP-1084506-401
50 Hits. Book
Only. Composed 2007. 256
pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1084506-401. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1084506-401).
ISBN 9789043129220.
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
This mega-value
bumper book contains 50
top hits from the past 50
years. There is something
for everyone in this 256
page folio. Each song is
clearly printed with
piano part, vocal line
and guitar tab. Includes
hits by: Elvis Presley,
Nora Jones,Abba, Sting,
Jimi Hendrix, Eric
Clapton, U2, The Beatles,
Prince, Oasis and many
many more.
Met
een boek vol bladmuziek
uit de Top 2000 van Radio
2 is voor veel
liefhebbers een
langverwachte wens in
vervulling gegaan. Er is
een selectie gemaakt van
vijftig hits uit
verschillende
poptijdperken. De
arrangementen zijn zo
geschrevendat zegeschikt
zijn voor zangers,
pianisten, gitaristen en
basgitaristen. Als
gitarist kun je spelen
aan de hand van de
akkoordsymbolen en/of
akkoorddiagrammen.Inhoud:
Against All Odds (Phil
Collins) â?¢ Angels
(Robbie Williams) â?¢
Candle in the Wind 97
(Elton John) â?¢
Dancing Queen (ABBA)
â?¢ Everything I Do (I
Do It for You) (Bryan
Adams) â?¢ Hey Jude
(The Beatles) â?¢ I
Shot the Sheriff (Eric
Clapton) â?¢ KillingMe
Softly (Roberta Flack)
â?¢ Morning Has Broken
(Cat Stevens) â?¢
Purple Rain (Prince and
The Revolution) â?¢ The
Best (Tina Turner) â?¢
Up Where We Belong (Joe
Cocker and Jennifer
Warnes) â?¢ Sweet Home
Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
â?¢ Time After Time
(Cyndi
Lauper)e.v.a.
T
op 2000 Songbook: das
sind 50 Tophits in einem
Buch für Gesang mit
Begleitungen für
Klavier und Gitarre (mit
Akkorddiagrammen).
Inha
lt: Against All Odds
â?¢ Angels â?¢ Candle
in the Wind â??97 â?¢
Dancing Queen â?¢
Everything I Do (I Do It
for You) â?¢ Hey Jude
â?¢ I Shot the Sheriff
â?¢ Killing Me Softly
â?¢ Morning Has Broken
â?¢ Purple Rain â?¢
The Best â?¢ Up Where
We Belong â?¢ Sweet
HomeAlabama â?¢ Time
after Time â?¢ Great
Balls of Fire â?¢
Imagine â?¢ Our House
â?¢ Torn â?¢
Wonderwall â?¢ Like a
Rollin Stone u. v. m.
Sommaire :
Against All Odds â?¢
Angels â?¢ Candle in
the Wind â??97 â?¢
Dancing Queen â?¢
Everything I Do (I Do It
for You) â?¢ Hey Jude
â?¢ I Shot the Sheriff
â?¢ Killing Me Softly
â?¢ Morning Has Broken
â?¢ Purple Rain â?¢
The Best â?¢ Up Where
We Belong â?¢ SweetHome
Alabama â?¢ Time after
Time â?¢ Great Balls of
Fire â?¢ Imagine â?¢
Our House â?¢ Torn
â?¢ Wonderwall â?¢
Like a Rollin
Stone...
From Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Full score. Duration
3:15. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41902S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.31241902S).
UPC:
680160690589.
English.
Commission
ed by the San Francisco
Choral Society and the
Piedmont East Bay
Children’s Choir,
Terra Nostra is a
70-minute oratorio on the
relationship between our
planet and humankind, how
this relationship has
shifted over time, and
how we can re-establish a
harmonious balance. Part
I: Creation of the World
explores various creation
myths from different
cultures, culminating in
a joyous celebration of
the beauty of our planet.
Part II: The Rise of
Humanity examines human
achievements,
particularly since the
dawn of our Industrial
Age, and how these
achievements have
impacted the planet. Part
III: Searching for
Balance questions how to
create more awareness for
our planet’s
plight, re-establish a
deeper connection to it,
and find a balance for
living within our
planet’s
resources. In addition to
the complete oratorio,
stand-alone movements for
mixed chorus, and for
solo voice with piano,
are also available
separately. Terra
Nostra focuses on the
relationship between our
planet and mankind, how
this relationship has
shifted over time, and
how we can re-establish a
harmonious balance. The
oratorio is divided into
three parts:Part I:
Creation of the World
celebrates the birth and
beauty of our planet. The
oratorio begins with
creation myths from
India, North America, and
Egypt that are integrated
into the opening lines of
Genesis from the Old
Testament. The music
surges forth from these
creation stories into
“God’s
World†by Edna St.
Vincent Millay, which
describes the world in
exuberant and vivid
detail. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s
“On thine own
child†praises
Mother Earth for her role
bringing forth all life,
while Walt Whitman sings
a love song to the planet
in “Smile O
voluptuous cool-breathed
earth!†Part I ends
with “A Blade of
Grass†in which
Whitman muses how our
planet has been spinning
in the heavens for a very
long time.Part II: The
Rise of Humanity examines
the achievements of
mankind, particularly
since the dawn of the
Industrial Age. Lord
Alfred Tennyson’s
“Locksley
Hall†sets an
auspicious tone that
mankind is on the verge
of great discoveries.
This is followed in short
order by Charles
Mackay’s
“Railways
1846,†William
Ernest Henley’s
“A Song of
Speed,†and John
Gillespie Magee,
Jr.’s “High
Flight,†each of
which celebrates a new
milestone in
technological
achievement. In
“Binsey
Poplars,†Gerard
Manley Hopkins takes note
of the effect that these
advances are having on
the planet, with trees
being brought down and
landscapes forever
changed. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s “A
Dirge†concludes
Part II with a warning
that the planet is
beginning to sound a
grave alarm.Part III:
Searching for Balance
questions how we can
create more awareness for
our planet’s
plight, re-establish a
deeper connection to it,
and find a balance for
living within our
planet’s
resources. Three texts
continue the
earth’s plea that
ended the previous
section: Lord
Byron’s
“Darknessâ€
speaks of a natural
disaster (a volcano) that
has blotted out the sun
from humanity and the
panic that ensues;
contemporary poet Esther
Iverem’s
“Earth
Screaming†gives
voice to the modern
issues of our changing
climate; and William
Wordsworth’s
“The World Is Too
Much With Us†warns
us that we are almost out
of time to change our
course.
Contemporary/agrarian
poet Wendell
Berry’s “The
Want of Peaceâ€
speaks to us at the
climax of the oratorio,
reminding us that we can
find harmony with the
planet if we choose to
live more simply, and to
recall that we ourselves
came from the earth. Two
Walt Whitman texts
(“A Child said,
What is the grass?â€
and “There was a
child went forth every
dayâ€) echo
Berry’s thoughts,
reminding us that we are
of the earth, as is
everything that we see on
our planet. The oratorio
concludes with a reprise
of Whitman’s
“A Blade of
Grass†from Part I,
this time interspersed
with an additional
Whitman text that
sublimely states,
“I bequeath myself
to the dirt to grow from
the grass I
love…â€My hope
in writing this oratorio
is to invite audience
members to consider how
we interact with our
planet, and what we can
each personally do to
keep the planet going for
future generations. We
are the only stewards
Earth has; what can we
each do to leave her in
better shape than we
found her?
A lovely collection containing 54 famous melodies arranged and made easy for Pia...(+)
A lovely collection
containing 54 famous
melodies arranged and
made easy for Piano and
Keyboard, by George
Coulter. These short,
simplified arrangements
retain the magic and
melody of the originals
but are suitable for
lower-intermediate
players
SKU: GI.G-10580 Philosopher and Practitioner in Dialogue. Composed...(+)
SKU: GI.G-10580
Philosopher and
Practitioner in
Dialogue. Composed by
William Perrine. Music
Education. 430 pages. GIA
Publications #10580.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10580).
ISBN
9781622776375.
Cont
ributors: Travis J. Cross
(University of
California–Los
Angeles) • David J.
Elliott (New York
University) •
Marissa Silverman
(Montclair State
University) • Jacob
Wallace (South Dakota
State University) •
Randall Everett Allsup
(Teachers College,
Columbia University)
• Cynthia Johnston
Turner (Wilfrid Laurier
University) •
Carolyn Barber
(University of
Nebraska-Lincoln) •
John Kratus (Independent
Scholar) • Vincent
C. Bates (Weber State
University) •
Thomas G. Warner, Jr.
(North Carolina
Agricultural and
Technical State
University) • Ben
Hawkins (Transylvania
University) •
Thomas A. Regelski (SUNY
Fredonia School of Music,
Helsinki University of
Finland) • Paul
Woodford (Western
University) •
Charles Peltz (New
England Conservatory of
Music) In the wind band
profession—as in
every great
discipline—it is
critical to take stock in
the big questions about
where we are heading, and
why, as we move through
the twenty-first century.
This thought-provoking
book contains seven
high-level exchanges
between a leading wind
band practitioner and a
music education
philosopher. Each section
of The Future of the Wind
Band grapples with the
most profound issues
facing the music
education profession and
the path of instrumental
music education in our
schools: Relevance: What
relevance, if any, does
the wind band have both
to today’s
students and to culture
more broadly in the
twenty-first century?
What relevance does the
band experience hold for
students’ everyday
life? Repertoire: What is
the relationship between
the repertoire performed
by wind ensembles and the
larger musical world?
Pedagogy: What
constitutes best practice
in terms of musical
pedagogy and rehearsal
technique within the
large-ensemble
experience? Creativity:
Can the wind band
function as a vehicle for
enhancing the individual
creativity of its
members? Economic
Justice: How do issues of
social class and the
distribution of wealth
relate to broader
questions of social
justice within the
context of instrumental
music education?
Professional Ethics: What
are the primary ethical
responsibilities of the
wind band conductor?
Democratic Citizenship:
What relationship, if
any, can be drawn between
membership in the wind
band and citizen
participation in
democracy? Such exchanges
can only strengthen our
profession and pay rich
dividends in our musical
and educational work with
the students we serve.
Editor of this book,
William (Bill) M. Perrine
is Associate Professor of
Music and Director of
Instrumental Activities
at Concordia University
in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
where he directs the wind
ensemble, marching band,
and community
orchestra.
Chamber Music Soprano Voice, Piano SKU: PR.111403030 From Terra Nostra...(+)
Chamber Music Soprano
Voice, Piano
SKU:
PR.111403030
From
Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Performance Score. 4
pages. Theodore Presser
Company #111-40303.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.111403030).
UPC:
680160683680. English.
Texts from The King James
Bible, creation myths
from India, North
America, and Egypt; Edna
St. Vincent Millay, Percy
Bysshe Shelley, Walt
Whitman, Lord Byron,
Esther Iverem, William
Wordsworth, Wendell
Berry, Lord Alfred
Tennyson, Charles Mackay,
William .
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.312419280 From Terra Nostra. Comp...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.312419280
From Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Performance Score. 12
pages. Duration 5:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#312-41928. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.312419280).
ISBN
9781491137925. UPC:
680160692613.
Terra
Nostra focuses on the
relationship between our
planet and mankind, how
this relationship has
shifted over time, and
how we can re-establish a
harmonious balance. The
oratorio is divided into
three parts:Part I:
Creation of the World
celebrates the birth and
beauty of our planet. The
oratorio begins with
creation myths from
India, North America, and
Egypt that are integrated
into the opening lines of
Genesis from the Old
Testament. The music
surges forth from these
creation stories into
“God’s World” by
Edna St. Vincent Millay,
which describes the world
in exuberant and vivid
detail. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s “On thine
own child” praises
Mother Earth for her role
bringing forth all life,
while Walt Whitman sings
a love song to the planet
in “Smile O voluptuous
cool-breathed earth!”
Part I ends with “A
Blade of Grass” in
which Whitman muses how
our planet has been
spinning in the heavens
for a very long time.Part
II: The Rise of Humanity
examines the achievements
of mankind, particularly
since the dawn of the
Industrial Age. Lord
Alfred Tennyson’s
“Locksley Hall” sets
an auspicious tone that
mankind is on the verge
of great discoveries.
This is followed in short
order by Charles
Mackay’s “Railways
1846,” William Ernest
Henley’s “A Song of
Speed,” and John
Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s
“High Flight,” each
of which celebrates a new
milestone in
technological
achievement. In “Binsey
Poplars,” Gerard Manley
Hopkins takes note of the
effect that these
advances are having on
the planet, with trees
being brought down and
landscapes forever
changed. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s “A Dirge”
concludes Part II with a
warning that the planet
is beginning to sound a
grave alarm.Part III:
Searching for Balance
questions how we can
create more awareness for
our planet’s plight,
re-establish a deeper
connection to it, and
find a balance for living
within our planet’s
resources. Three texts
continue the earth’s
plea that ended the
previous section: Lord
Byron’s “Darkness”
speaks of a natural
disaster (a volcano) that
has blotted out the sun
from humanity and the
panic that ensues;
contemporary poet Esther
Iverem’s “Earth
Screaming” gives voice
to the modern issues of
our changing climate; and
William Wordsworth’s
“The World Is Too Much
With Us” warns us that
we are almost out of time
to change our course.
Contemporary/agrarian
poet Wendell Berry’s
“The Want of Peace”
speaks to us at the
climax of the oratorio,
reminding us that we can
find harmony with the
planet if we choose to
live more simply, and to
recall that we ourselves
came from the earth. Two
Walt Whitman texts (“A
Child said, What is the
grass?” and “There
was a child went forth
every day”) echo
Berry’s thoughts,
reminding us that we are
of the earth, as is
everything that we see on
our planet. The oratorio
concludes with a reprise
of Whitman’s “A Blade
of Grass” from Part I,
this time interspersed
with an additional
Whitman text that
sublimely states, “I
bequeath myself to the
dirt to grow from the
grass I love…”My hope
in writing this oratorio
is to invite audience
members to consider how
we interact with our
planet, and what we can
each personally do to
keep the planet going for
future generations. We
are the only stewards
Earth has; what can we
each do to leave her in
better shape than we
found her?
High Flight Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral SATB Choir and Piano SKU: PR.312419020 From Terra Nostra. C...(+)
Choral SATB Choir and
Piano
SKU:
PR.312419020
From
Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Sws. Performance Score.
12 pages. Duration 3:15.
Theodore Presser Company
#312-41902. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.312419020).
ISBN
9781491131862. UPC:
680160680474. 6.875 x
10.5 inches.
English.
Commission
ed by the San Francisco
Choral Society and the
Piedmont East Bay
Children’s Choir,
Terra Nostra is a
70-minute oratorio on the
relationship between our
planet and humankind, how
this relationship has
shifted over time, and
how we can re-establish a
harmonious balance. Part
I: Creation of the World
explores various creation
myths from different
cultures, culminating in
a joyous celebration of
the beauty of our planet.
Part II: The Rise of
Humanity examines human
achievements,
particularly since the
dawn of our Industrial
Age, and how these
achievements have
impacted the planet. Part
III: Searching for
Balance questions how to
create more awareness for
our planet’s
plight, re-establish a
deeper connection to it,
and find a balance for
living within our
planet’s
resources. In addition to
the complete oratorio,
stand-alone movements for
mixed chorus, and for
solo voice with piano,
are also available
separately. Terra
Nostra focuses on the
relationship between our
planet and mankind, how
this relationship has
shifted over time, and
how we can re-establish a
harmonious balance. The
oratorio is divided into
three parts:Part I:
Creation of the World
celebrates the birth and
beauty of our planet. The
oratorio begins with
creation myths from
India, North America, and
Egypt that are integrated
into the opening lines of
Genesis from the Old
Testament. The music
surges forth from these
creation stories into
“God’s
World†by Edna St.
Vincent Millay, which
describes the world in
exuberant and vivid
detail. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s
“On thine own
child†praises
Mother Earth for her role
bringing forth all life,
while Walt Whitman sings
a love song to the planet
in “Smile O
voluptuous cool-breathed
earth!†Part I ends
with “A Blade of
Grass†in which
Whitman muses how our
planet has been spinning
in the heavens for a very
long time.Part II: The
Rise of Humanity examines
the achievements of
mankind, particularly
since the dawn of the
Industrial Age. Lord
Alfred Tennyson’s
“Locksley
Hall†sets an
auspicious tone that
mankind is on the verge
of great discoveries.
This is followed in short
order by Charles
Mackay’s
“Railways
1846,†William
Ernest Henley’s
“A Song of
Speed,†and John
Gillespie Magee,
Jr.’s “High
Flight,†each of
which celebrates a new
milestone in
technological
achievement. In
“Binsey
Poplars,†Gerard
Manley Hopkins takes note
of the effect that these
advances are having on
the planet, with trees
being brought down and
landscapes forever
changed. Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s “A
Dirge†concludes
Part II with a warning
that the planet is
beginning to sound a
grave alarm.Part III:
Searching for Balance
questions how we can
create more awareness for
our planet’s
plight, re-establish a
deeper connection to it,
and find a balance for
living within our
planet’s
resources. Three texts
continue the
earth’s plea that
ended the previous
section: Lord
Byron’s
“Darknessâ€
speaks of a natural
disaster (a volcano) that
has blotted out the sun
from humanity and the
panic that ensues;
contemporary poet Esther
Iverem’s
“Earth
Screaming†gives
voice to the modern
issues of our changing
climate; and William
Wordsworth’s
“The World Is Too
Much With Us†warns
us that we are almost out
of time to change our
course.
Contemporary/agrarian
poet Wendell
Berry’s “The
Want of Peaceâ€
speaks to us at the
climax of the oratorio,
reminding us that we can
find harmony with the
planet if we choose to
live more simply, and to
recall that we ourselves
came from the earth. Two
Walt Whitman texts
(“A Child said,
What is the grass?â€
and “There was a
child went forth every
dayâ€) echo
Berry’s thoughts,
reminding us that we are
of the earth, as is
everything that we see on
our planet. The oratorio
concludes with a reprise
of Whitman’s
“A Blade of
Grass†from Part I,
this time interspersed
with an additional
Whitman text that
sublimely states,
“I bequeath myself
to the dirt to grow from
the grass I
love…â€My hope
in writing this oratorio
is to invite audience
members to consider how
we interact with our
planet, and what we can
each personally do to
keep the planet going for
future generations. We
are the only stewards
Earth has; what can we
each do to leave her in
better shape than we
found her?
An
Oratorio. Composed by
Stacy Garrop. Vocal
Score. With Standard
notation. 147 pages.
Duration 1:07:00.
Theodore Presser Company
#411-41147. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.411411470).
UPC:
680160634903. 9 x 12
inches. Texts from King
James Bible; creation
myths from India, North
America, and Egypt, Edna
St. Vincent Millay, Percy
Bysshe Shelley, Walt
Whitman, Lord Byron,
Esther Iverem, William
Wordsworth, Wendell
Berry, Lord Alfred
Tennyson, Charles Mackay,
William Erne.
An
Oratorio. Composed by
Stacy Garrop. Large
Score. 238 pages.
Duration 1 hour, 14
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #416-41553L.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.41641553L).
UPC:
680160634897. 11 x 17
inches. Texts from The
King James Bible,
creation myths from
India, North America, and
Egypt; Edna St. Vincent
Millay, Percy Bysshe
Shelley, Walt Whitman,
Lord Byron, Esther
Iverem, William
Wordsworth, Wendell
Berry, Lord Alfred
Tennyson, Charles Mackay,
William .