I The sun, the sea - II The earth: her dance - III Clouds, winds, skies. Comp...(+)
I The sun, the sea - II
The
earth: her dance - III
Clouds, winds, skies.
Composed by Christian
Mason.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
9334. Published by
Breitkopf
and Haertel
By Dave Black and Sandy Feldstein. For Snare Drum. Artist/Personality; Book; Met...(+)
By Dave Black and Sandy
Feldstein. For Snare
Drum. Artist/Personality;
Book; Method/Instruction;
Percussion - Snare Drum
Method; Poster;
SmartMusic. Alfred's Drum
Method. Beginner. 160
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
Embellishments for Hammered Dulcimer. Composed by Dr. Mark Alan Wade. Sad...(+)
Embellishments for
Hammered Dulcimer.
Composed by Dr. Mark Alan
Wade. Saddle-stitched,
Methods. Book and online
audio. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30062M).
Composed by Lee "Drew" Andrews. Folded. Mandolin. Chart and online...(+)
Composed by Lee
"Drew"
Andrews. Folded.
Mandolin.
Chart and online audio. 4
pages. Mel Bay
Publications,
Inc #20475M. Published by
Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
SAB choir, assembly, piano accompaniment - Beginning SKU: GI.G-9749 Arran...(+)
SAB choir, assembly,
piano accompaniment -
Beginning
SKU:
GI.G-9749
Arranged by
Carol Browning. Simple
Gifts. Tune Name: Land Of
Rest. Sacred. Octavo. 8
pages. GIA Publications
#9749. Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-9749).
UPC: 785147974901.
English. Text by Sylvia
Dunstan.
“How
Deep the Silence of the
Soul†appears as a
two-stanza text, paired
with KINGSFOLD (Common
Meter Doubled), in Sylvia
Dunstan’s
collection In Search of
Hope and Grace, G-3614.
With this arrangement,
Carol Browning splits the
stanzas into four,
setting them to LAND OF
REST (Common Meter).
Listen to the music and
follow the score in this
preview video.
Kantele - beginning Folk, Perfect binding. Method. Book and online audio. 116 ...(+)
Kantele - beginning
Folk, Perfect binding.
Method.
Book and online audio.
116
pages. Mel Bay
Publications,
Inc #30857M. Published by
Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
Keyboard SKU: GI.G-003385 Sacred. GIA Publications #003385. Published by ...(+)
Keyboard
SKU:
GI.G-003385
Sacred.
GIA Publications #003385.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-003385).
This collection
contains through-composed
verses for the
common/seasonal psalms of
the Lectionary for Mass.
Ideal for the more
experienced cantor.
Refrains are compatible
with those found for the
Common/Seasonal Psalm in
WLP Worship Resources and
the other volumes of
Lectionary Psalms and
Gospel Acclamations. 8. x
11. Spiral-bound.
String Quartet SKU: HL.14031816 Composed by Jean Joubert. Music Sales Ame...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14031816
Composed
by Jean Joubert. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #NOV12053901.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14031816).
8.5x11.75x0.3
inches.
Though
conceived as four
separate movements, my
second string quartet has
a single motif which is
common to them all. This
is the three-note Muss es
sein? from Beethoven's
last quartet, Op. 135.
But whereas Beethoven's
theme is notated G E A
flat, thus giving it an F
minor connotation, I have
sued an alternative
spelling - G E G sharp -
which suggests an
ambiguous E minor-major.
This ambiguity, in fact,
becomes the tonal basis
of the whole work, only
to be resolved at the end
of the final movement.
Each movement begins with
a variant of the basic
motif on the cello. The
first has the original
form of the theme, while
the second has a
majorised version which
is also expressed as a
chord. The third
movement, with its
scherzoid middle section,
reverts to the
major-minor ambiguity of
the first, and the finale
begins with the majorised
version as an ostinato
accompaniment on
pizzicato cello. The slow
movement is sub-titled In
memoriam DSCH and
concludes with a
quotation of
Shostakovich's motto - D
E flat C B - which is
basically the same as
Beethoven's with the
addition of one note.
This is not to imply that
the work contains no
other thematic material.
One important theme, a
rising fifth and a
second, is also common to
three of the movements,
and is ultimately derived
from my first quartet,
Op. 1 of 27 years
earlier, to which this
second contribution to
the form is in many ways
like a sequel. Like the
earlier work, too, this
quartet is dedicated to
my wife.
Mvt. 3 from Symphony
No. 6 (Three Places in
the East). Composed
by Dan Welcher. Full
score. 60 pages. Theodore
Presser Company
#165-00103F. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16500103F).
ISBN
9781491131763. UPC:
680160680290.
Ever
since the success of my
series of wind ensemble
works Places in the West,
I've been wanting to
write a companion piece
for national parks on the
other side of the north
American continent. The
earlier work, consisting
of GLACIER, THE
YELLOWSTONE FIRES,
ARCHES, and ZION, spanned
some twenty years of my
composing life, and since
the pieces called for
differing groups of
instruments, and were in
slightly different styles
from each other, I never
considered them to be
connected except in their
subject matter. In their
depiction of both the
scenery and the human
history within these
wondrous places, they had
a common goal: awaking
the listener to the
fragile beauty that is in
them; and calling
attention to the ever
more crucial need for
preservation and
protection of these wild
places, unique in all the
world. With this new
work, commissioned by a
consortium of college and
conservatory wind
ensembles led by the
University of Georgia, I
decided to build upon
that same model---but to
solidify the process. The
result, consisting of
three movements (each
named for a different
national park in the
eastern US), is a
bona-fide symphony. While
the three pieces could be
performed separately,
they share a musical
theme---and also a common
style and
instrumentation. It is a
true symphony, in that
the first movement is
long and expository, the
second is a rather
tightly structured
scherzo-with-trio, and
the finale is a true
culmination of the whole.
The first movement,
Everglades, was the
original inspiration for
the entire symphony.
Conceived over the course
of two trips to that
astonishing place (which
the native Americans
called River of Grass,
the subtitle of this
movement), this movement
not only conveys a sense
of the humid, lush, and
even frightening scenery
there---but also an
overview of the entire
settling-of- Florida
experience. It contains
not one, but two native
American chants, and also
presents a view of the
staggering influence of
modern man on this
fragile part of the
world. Beginning with a
slow unfolding marked
Heavy, humid, the music
soon presents a gentle,
lyrical theme in the solo
alto saxophone. This
theme, which goes through
three expansive phrases
with breaks in between,
will appear in all three
movements of the
symphony. After the mood
has been established, the
music opens up to a rich,
warm setting of a
Cherokee morning song,
with the simple happiness
that this part of Florida
must have had prior to
the nineteenth century.
This music, enveloping
and comforting, gradually
gives way to a more
frenetic, driven section
representative of the
intrusion of the white
man. Since Florida was
populated and developed
largely due to the
introduction of a train
system, there's a
suggestion of the
mechanized iron horse
driving straight into the
heartland. At that point,
the native Americans
become considerably less
gentle, and a second
chant seems to stand in
the way of the intruder;
a kind of warning song.
The second part of this
movement shows us the
great swampy center of
the peninsula, with its
wildlife both in and out
of the water. A new theme
appears, sad but noble,
suggesting that this land
is precious and must be
protected by all the
people who inhabit it. At
length, the morning song
reappears in all its
splendor, until the
sunset---with one last
iteration of the warning
song in the solo piccolo.
Functioning as a scherzo,
the second movement,
Great Smoky Mountains,
describes not just that
huge park itself, but one
brave soul's attempt to
climb a mountain there.
It begins with three
iterations of the
UR-theme (which began the
first movement as well),
but this time as up-tempo
brass fanfares in
octaves. Each time it
begins again, the theme
is a little slower and
less confident than the
previous time---almost as
though the hiker were
becoming aware of the
daunting mountain before
him. But then, a steady,
quick-pulsed ostinato
appears, in a constantly
shifting meter system of
2/4- 3/4 in alteration,
and the hike has begun.
Over this, a slower new
melody appears, as the
trek up the mountain
progresses. It's a big
mountain, and the ascent
seems to take quite
awhile, with little
breaks in the hiker's
stride, until at length
he simply must stop and
rest. An oboe solo, over
several free cadenza-like
measures, allows us (and
our friend the hiker) to
catch our breath, and
also to view in the
distance the rocky peak
before us. The goal is
somehow even more
daunting than at first,
being closer and thus
more frighteningly steep.
When we do push off
again, it's at a slower
pace, and with more
careful attention to our
footholds as we trek over
broken rocks. Tantalizing
little views of the
valley at every
switchback make our
determination even
stronger. Finally, we
burst through a stand of
pines and----we're at the
summit! The immensity of
the view is overwhelming,
and ultimately humbling.
A brief coda, while we
sit dazed on the rocks,
ends the movement in a
feeling of triumph. The
final movement, Acadia,
is also about a trip. In
the summer of 2014, I
took a sailing trip with
a dear friend from North
Haven, Maine, to the
southern coast of Mt.
Desert Island in Acadia
National Park. The
experience left me both
exuberant and exhausted,
with an appreciation for
the ocean that I hadn't
had previously. The
approach to Acadia
National Park by water,
too, was thrilling: like
the difference between
climbing a mountain on
foot with riding up on a
ski-lift, I felt I'd
earned the right to be
there. The music for this
movement is entirely
based on the opening
UR-theme. There's a sense
of the water and the
mysterious, quiet deep
from the very beginning,
with seagulls and bell
buoys setting the scene.
As we leave the harbor,
the theme (in a canon
between solo euphonium
and tuba) almost seems as
if large subaquatic
animals are observing our
departure. There are
three themes (call them
A, B and C) in this
seafaring journey---but
they are all based on the
UR theme, in its original
form with octaves
displaced, in an
upside-down form, and in
a backwards version as
well. (The ocean, while
appearing to be
unchanging, is always
changing.) We move out
into the main channel
(A), passing several
islands (B), until we
reach the long draw that
parallels the coastline
called Eggemoggin Reach,
and a sudden burst of new
speed (C). Things
suddenly stop, as if the
wind had died, and we
have a vision: is that
really Mt. Desert Island
we can see off the port
bow, vaguely in the
distance? A chorale of
saxophones seems to
suggest that. We push off
anew as the chorale ends,
and go through all three
themes again---but in
different
instrumentations, and
different keys. At the
final tack-turn, there it
is, for real: Mt. Desert
Island, big as life.
We've made it. As we pull
into the harbor, where
we'll secure the boat for
the night, there's a
feeling of achievement.
Our whale and dolphin
friends return, and we
end our journey with
gratitude and
celebration. I am
profoundly grateful to
Jaclyn Hartenberger,
Professor of Conducting
at the University of
Georgia, for leading the
consortium which provided
the commissioning of this
work.
Understanding DADGAD Guitare notes et tablatures [Partition + Accès audio] - Facile Mel Bay
For Fingerstyle Guitar. Composed by Doug Young. Perfect binding, Theory a...(+)
For Fingerstyle
Guitar. Composed by
Doug Young. Perfect
binding, Theory and
Harmony. Book and online
audio. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.21166M).
Chamber Music Violin SKU: PR.114418750 Composed by Michael Hersch. Sws. P...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: PR.114418750
Composed by Michael
Hersch. Sws. Performance
Score. 8 pages. Duration
11 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41875. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114418750).
ISBN
9781491129524. UPC:
680160655489. 9 x 12
inches.
The
seven-movement in the
snowy margins might be
considered a sort of
atomic suite, as each
movement is succinct, yet
a microcosmic powerhouse
inspired by “The
Comet,” by Polish
writer and Holocaust
victim Bruno Schulz.
Hersch’s intensity is
expressed through
dramatically captivating
violin gestures, pushing
the boundaries of
texture, technique, and
emotion. Michael
Hersch’s in the snowy
margins was written in
2010. Like much of his
work, it is grounded in
literature and art. The
title is drawn from a
short story, The Comet by
Polish writer, poet, and
artist, Bruno Schulz
(1892-1942). This forms
the last of his
collection The Street of
Crocodiles, published in
1934. Schulz was shot by
a Nazi officer in
1942.Both the title of
Hersch’s work, and the
‘motto’ found on the
composer’s manuscript
(‘Thus far and no
further. But what has
become of the end of the
world…’) are to be
found in The Comet.
It’s interesting that
in in the snowy margins,
unlike his earlier
Fourteen Pieces which
were inspired by the
poetry of Primo Levi,
Hersch chose to not title
each individual movement
with a quote. However his
choices of text are
applied, there is a clear
quality of distillation.
In every case, the texts
which the composer has
chosen to eschew lie
beneath the music, akin
to the greater mass of an
iceberg, submerged, but
imminent.Hersch also has
very particular taste in
visual art, and there
seems to be common ground
between the intensely
expressionist drawing of
Schulz, and those of
Michael Mazur, which
inspired his string
quartet Images from a
Closed Ward. The
parallels between these
artists reflect common
traits shared between
these two pieces, which
provide a window on how
the music should be
approached, expressively
and technically. I would
argue, that from a
violinist’s point of
view, this pertains
directly to how bow and
left hand should approach
the string: the febrile
vibrancy of both Mazur
and Schulz’s pencil and
charcoal strokes, perhaps
what T.S. Eliot called
the ‘circulation of the
lymph’, in every
gesture, speaks to the
intense experience,
physically and
emotionally, of playing
(and hearing) this music.
There is an intense sense
of ‘truth to
materials’ at every
moment, the sense that
every note sings on the
edge of, or even beyond,
total collapse.— Peter
Sheppard-Skaerved.
Bar Chords Guitare [Poster] Santorella Publications
Bar Chords composed by Phil Black. For guitar. This edition: Paperback. Referenc...(+)
Bar Chords composed by
Phil Black. For guitar.
This edition: Paperback.
Reference. Educational.
Color poster. Text
Language: English. 1
pages. Published by
Santorella Publications
Lead Sheet Bible Guitare notes et tablatures [Partition + CD] Musicians Institute
A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Lead Sheets and Chord Charts. By Robin Randall a...(+)
A Step-by-Step Guide to
Writing Lead Sheets and
Chord Charts. By Robin
Randall and Janice
Peterson. Musicians
Institute Press
(Instruction taken from
the curriculum of MI).
Book and CD package. With
notes and tablature. Size
9x12 inches. 120 pages.
Published by Musicians
Institute Press.
Cadets' Cavalcade Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Débutant Carl Fischer
Band concert band - Grade 1 SKU: CF.BPS124F Composed by Joseph Compello. ...(+)
Band concert band - Grade
1
SKU: CF.BPS124F
Composed by Joseph
Compello. Sws. Bps. Full
score. 12 pages. Duration
1:30. Carl Fischer Music
#BPS124F. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.BPS124F).
ISBN
9781491156155. UPC:
680160914692. 9 x 12
inches.
Personal
Note My high school band
director, Clarence F.
Wroblewski, died on
November 24, 2018. In the
1950s, he was a pioneer
in the field of public
school instrumental music
in the Baltimore City. He
was my mentor and my dear
friend. It was his
guidance and
encouragement that set my
young life's course on
the path of music.
Performance Notes The
idea for this easy march
is a parade with horses,
hence the title Cadets'
Cavalcade. It may be
taught and performed in
common time, but the feel
is in 2 at the indicated
tempo. Directors who wish
to perform it a little
faster or slower than 80
should feel free to do
so. All cues are for
endurance considerations.
Bands that are capable of
playing from beginning to
end without rests may
ignore the cues. When
cymbals are just
following the bass drum
line, be certain that the
player observes the
proper
balance. Personal
NoteMy high school band
director, Clarence F.
Wroblewski, died on
November 24, 2018. In the
1950s, he was a pioneer
in the field of public
school instrumental music
in the Baltimore City. He
was my mentor and my dear
friend. It was his
guidance and
encouragement that set my
young life's course on
the path of
music.Performance
NotesThe idea for this
easy march is a parade
with horses, hence the
title Cadets' Cavalcade.
It may be taught and
performed in common time,
but the feel is in 2 at
the indicated tempo.
Directors who wish to
perform it a little
faster or slower than 80
should feel free to do
so. All cues are for
endurance considerations.
Bands that are capable of
playing from beginning to
end without rests may
ignore the cues. When
cymbals are just
following the bass drum
line, be certain that the
player observes the
proper balance.