Good work for examinations and recitals by an important British composer. Durati...(+)
Good work for
examinations and recitals
by an important British
composer. Duration c.6'.
AMEB (Australian
Syllabus) 2004. Programme
notes as
follows:
Lennox
Berkeley was born in 1903
and died in 1989. After
reading modern languages
at Oxford he had no
intention of becoming a
composer until he met
Ravel in 1926, who
encouraged him to study
in Paris with Nadia
Boulanger. He stayed in
Paris until 1932,
developing his own
musical language. In
1936, after the death of
his mother, he went to
Barcelona for the
International Society for
Contemporary Music
festival where he met
Benjamin Britten. The two
lived together at Snape
in Suffolk for a while
until the outbreak ofwar,
before Berkeley moved
back to London to work
for the BBC. Here he met
his future wife Freda
Bernstein. He taught at
the Royal Academy of
Music in London from 1946
until 1968, where his
pupils included Richard
Rodney Bennett, Nicholas
Maw and John Tavener,
among others. He was
knighted in 1974.
In early
February 1971 I was
playing in a concert at
St. John's Smith Square,
London, then only
relatively recently
restored as a superb
venue for music. The
programme, which I
believe was being
broadcast, included
Berkeley's Serenade
Op.12. It was a work I
had always enjoyed
playing and was standard
string orchestra
repertoire at the time.
There was initially no
platform at St. John's
and so the audience sat
virtually on top of the
performers. So close were
they on this occasion
that I had to ask for a
little more room in order
to play. At the end of
the piece the orchestra
acknowledged the applause
and the gentleman who I
had all but practically
decapitated with my
over-enthusiastic
playing, stood up and
took a bow. I had been
almost playing in Lennox
Berkeley's lap! The
opportunity was too good
to miss and I wasted
little time in
introducing myself. Mr
Berkeley said that he had
been fascinated by my
playing and asked me to
write to him about a
possible
commission.
Composed by William Bolcom. E.B. Marks. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. 12 p...(+)
Composed by William
Bolcom. E.B. Marks.
Classical, Contemporary.
Softcover. 12 pages.
Edward B. Marks Music
#EBM210361. Published by
Edward B. Marks Music
(Revised Women's Edition Volume 1). By Various. Vocal Collection. Piece for the ...(+)
(Revised Women's Edition
Volume 1). By Various.
Vocal Collection. Piece
for the NFMC Vocal event
with the National
Federation of Music Clubs
(NFMC) Festivals Bulletin
2008-2009-2010.
Softcover. 256 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
The Vocal Library High Voice. Composed by Various. Arranged by Richard Walters, ...(+)
The Vocal Library High
Voice. Composed by
Various. Arranged by
Richard Walters, Steven
Stolen. Vocal Collection.
Play Along. Softcover
Audio Online. 80 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(
The Vocal Library. By Various. Arranged by Steven Stolen and Richard Walters. (H...(+)
The Vocal Library. By
Various. Arranged by
Steven Stolen and Richard
Walters. (High Voice).
Vocal Collection. Size
9x12 inches. 80 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
Corporation.
The Vocal Library Low Voice. Composed by Various. Arranged by Richard Walters, S...(+)
The Vocal Library Low
Voice. Composed by
Various. Arranged by
Richard Walters, Steven
Stolen. Vocal Collection.
Play Along. Softcover
Audio Online. 80 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
The Vocal Library. By Various. Arranged by Steven Stolen, Richard Walters. (Low...(+)
The Vocal Library. By
Various. Arranged by
Steven Stolen, Richard
Walters. (Low Voice).
Vocal Collection. Size
9x12 inches. 80 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
Corporation.
For voice and piano. Format: easy piano/vocal/chords songbook. With vocal melody...(+)
For voice and piano.
Format: easy
piano/vocal/chords
songbook. With vocal
melody, piano
accompaniment, lyrics and
chord names. Children's
and novelty. 320 pages.
8.5x11 inches. Published
by Hal Leonard.
Sona
ta No. 6 Kharkiv for
guitar solo was composed
in 2021, in the end of
the COVID-19 lockdown. At
that time my family and I
were staying in our home
city of Kharkiv (also
known as Kharkov),
Ukraine for almost two
years. We considered that
pandemic period as a
disaster, but later have
realized that it actually
was a rather happy time,
because a war came to our
homeland just a few
months later. Since 2022
a considerable fraction
of the 1.5 millions of
Kharkiv citizens have
left their homes, those
who stayed have been
living under ceaseless
missile attacks, and many
have been killed. I would
like to dedicate this
Sonata to the frontier
city of Kharkiv and, most
of all, to its citizens
suffering from the
war. Yet, the music of
the Sonata does not have
any specific program.
Here I will give a brief
overview of its main
composition elements to
facilitate future
interpretations. The
first and fourth
movements of this Sonata
are based on the
interplay between the
twelve-tone principle and
the G-major tonal center,
natural for the guitar.
Namely, the first
movement is based on the
interaction of the
G-major triad Gâ??Bâ??D
of the open guitar
strings 2â??3â??4,
ascending motif 1
involving the notes
Eâ??F#â??Aâ??C#
(originally on the first
string), and descending
motif 2 using the notes
E-â??Câ??Bbâ??A-
(originally, on the bass
string 6). These elements
supplement each other to
almost make up twelve
tones (apart from the
missing F), and the
motifs alternate with
ostinato fragments where
each note in the G major
triad is step-by-step
moved by a semitone up or
down. The second
movement is a Scherzo
involving numerous
semitones in accented
chords and fast passages,
as well as chromatic
melodic motion in the
bass voice. It is almost
atonal in some fragments,
but has an overall tonal
center of A-minor. The
third movement is a
meditative Adagio based
on a theme composed
within hexatonic scale
Dâ??Eâ??Fâ??G#â??Aâ?
?B and ostinato chords
involving open bass
strings Eâ??Aâ??D and
semitone
Bâ??C. Finally, the
fourth movement is based
on the complete
twelve-tone theme
consisting of two phrases
including motifs 1 and 2
from the first movement:
Gâ??Fâ??Bbâ??Abâ??Câ
??Ebâ??D and
Eâ??Bâ??C#â??Aâ??F#.
This theme is presented
in its prime and
retrograde forms. There
are dialogues between the
first string, basses and
open middle strings,
similar to the first
movement. In the
culmination, the
twelve-tone theme is
performed using the
parallel motion of the
standard guitar G-major
chord with open middle
strings across twelve
positions. The Sonata
was premiered and
recorded (CD Naxos No.
8.574630) by the
prominent Ukrainian
guitarist Marko Topchii
who has also lived and
studied in Kharkiv. I am
extremely grateful to him
for the brilliant
performance of this
piece. I am greatly
indebted to Productions
dâ??Oz for keeping my
original notations in
places where these do not
conform to the
publisherâ??s style.
Bass Trombone Unaccompanied - Advanced SKU: CY.CC3021 Composed by Gregory...(+)
Bass Trombone
Unaccompanied - Advanced
SKU: CY.CC3021
Composed by Gregory
Kosteck. Arranged by Jeff
Reynolds. Classical. Solo
part. Cherry Classics
#CC3021. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC3021).
ISBN
9781774310618. 8.5 x 11
in inches.
Cherry
Classics Music and Jeff
Reynolds are thrilled to
introduce for the first
time in print an
excellent work for
unaccompanied Bass
Trombone from the 1960's
by the late American
composer Gregory Kosteck.
Here is what Jeff
Reynolds says about the
Kosteck - Concert Music
for Bass Trombone -
unaccompanied: When I was
a student, my teacher,
Roger Bobo handed me the
1963 Kosteck manuscript
(originally written for
tuba when they both lived
in Amsterdam) to have a
look for my senior
recital. He said it was
not right for him but I
might find it worthy.
Worthy it was, and I went
on to play it on my
recital and also as the
solo piece for my
audition for the bass
trombone chair with the
L.A. Philharmonic. After
playing it on the
audition, conductor Zubin
Mehta asked, Did you miss
any notes? My response
was, No. Some years later
I recorded the piece on
an album called The Big
Trombone for Crystal
Records. Also available
on iTunes. The music of
about 5 1/2 minutes in
length is contemporary
sounding in four
sections: Lyrical -
Scherzando - Cadenza -
Lyrical and is
appropriate for advanced
performers. The range
goes from a pedal F up to
a high G above middle C.
The beautiful performance
on the audio sample is
taken from Jeff Reynold's
album The Big Trombone
from Crystal Records and
also available on
iTunes.
By Taylor Swift. Easy Piano Personality. Pop. Softcover. 96 pages. Published by ...(+)
By Taylor Swift. Easy
Piano Personality. Pop.
Softcover. 96 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.1458567).
ISBN 9798350126181. UPC:
196288210597.
9.0x12.0x0.558 inches.
You've memorized all the
songs from the double
album, now it's time to
play them for yourself!
Our matching folio to The
Tortured Poets
Department: The Anthology
features all 31 tracks
meticulously arranged for
easy piano with lyrics.
Dive into the emotional
depth of Swift's music
and play along with your
favorite tracks from
?Fortnight? to ?The
Manuscript,? to ?So Long,
London? to ?So High
School,? and all the
others. Immerse yourself
in the storytelling
prowess of Taylor Swift
and bring her songs to
life with your own unique
voice and talent! Songs
include:
Score and Parts Clarinet; Piano; Viola (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.49045889 <...(+)
Score and Parts Clarinet;
Piano; Viola (Score &
Parts)
SKU:
HL.49045889
Five
pieces in fairy-tale
style for Clarinet, Viola
and Piano Score and
Parts. Composed by
Joerg Widmann. Ensemble.
Classical. Softcover. 120
pages. Duration 1740
seconds. Schott Music
#ED22487. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045889).
9.0x12.0x0.33
inches.
As far back
as I can remember, I have
always been fascinated
with fairy tales: with
their archetypal
characters and set
phrases like'Once upon a
time...'and'...they all
lived happily ever
after'. Fairy tales were
however also a source of
unrest for me as a
seismograph of mankinds
underlying primal fears
and desires. So as a
performer and composer I
have always felt that
Robert Schumann's
Marchenerzahlungen [Fairy
Tales] (scored for the
same instrumentation as
my own composition) was a
disjointed, complex
contemporary work -
despite the innocence and
naivety of its initial
appearance. I therefore
do not intend my own Es
war einmal (Once upon a
time...)to be a mere
sentimental, nostalgic
flight into the distant
past, but as a naive and
fantastical alternative
concept to our genuine
world with all its
upheavals. Jorg
Widmann.
SKU: HL.48009896 Composed by Herbert Hughes. Boosey & Hawkes Voice. 112 p...(+)
SKU: HL.48009896
Composed by Herbert
Hughes. Boosey & Hawkes
Voice. 112 pages. Boosey
& Hawkes #M060033551.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes (HL.48009896).
UPC: 073999685411.
8.5x11.75x0.345
inches.
Voice and
Keyboard. Contents:
Lovely Mollie * I'm a
Decent Good Irish Body *
The Star of the County
Down * Oh Father, Father,
Build me a Boat * I Have
a Bonnet Trimmed with
Blue * She Lived Beside
the Anner * Where the
Grass Grows Green * The
Fenians of Cahirciveen *
Oh, Limerick is Beautiful
* The Bold Tenant Farmer
* The Dear Irish Boy *
The Old Turf Fire * The
Hounds of Filemore * My
Blue Eyed Mountain Queen
* The Black Ribbon-Band *
My brown-haired Boy * My
Bonny Labouring Boy * A
Young Maid Stood in her
Father's Garden * Tigaree
Torum Orum * Johnny Doyle
* I'm in arrears * The
Philippine Soldier *
Innisfree * Green Grows
the Laurel * The Top of
Inny's Side * The Little
Black Rose * The Dingle
Puck-Goat.