Grade 2

SKU: CL.032-4948-00

Arranged by Neeck. Jazz Ensemble. Score and set of parts. C.L. Barnhouse #032-4948-00. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.032-4948-00).

A brief, lyrical introduction leads to an exciting, up-tempo swing version of this classic Christmas carol. Following the unison statement of the theme in the trombones, each section of the band gets a chance to shine. The easy, bluesy solo changes (suggested solos are provided) will encourage your budding improvisers. The powerful ensemble scoring, hip riffs and supportive backgrounds in this chart will dazzle your audience and get everyone into the holiday spirit!

Orchestra

SKU: HL.14014802

Composed by Hans Werner Henze. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Book [Softcover]. Composed 2002. 80 pages. Chester Music #CH63228. Published by Chester Music (HL.14014802).

ISBN 9780711992764. 9.75x13.75x0.285 inches.

Composer's Notes: This piece, written during the winter months of 2000-2001, consists of one movement, Allegro con fuoco, in which an old score is revisited, raided and ravished by its composer. The earlier music had been written in the mid-fifties for a stage work Maratona di Danza and for its maker, the director Luchino Visconti. Elements from the older piece reappear on and off like shadows under the surface of new ones, like more or less vague memories, images of young people suffering pain and despair in their struggle for survival in a barbaric, pitiless modern world. My new composition is a kind of concerto for very large symphony orchestra, an etude on constant and often rapid musical changes of mood and colours, built on a variety of rhythmic figures, incessantly and brutally pushing the music ahead. Sometimes, it is as though voices are weeping, sometimes crying out loud with pain, with anxiety, under the cold hearted pressure of an overwhelming violence. Hans Werner Henze Commissioned on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of das neue werk, Hamburg. Premiered on 29th June 2001. Duration 15 minutes.

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Arranged by Nigel Potts. Nigel Potts Transcription Series. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.10-676).

Performed by Sam Most. By Sam Most. Edited by Bob D. Jazz method book (C instruments). 132 pages. Published by Belwin.

Orchestra - Grade 2.5

SKU: AP.40478S

Composed by Thom Sharp. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Highland/Etling String Orchestra. Patriotic. Score. 16 pages. Highland/Etling #00-40478S. Published by Highland/Etling (AP.40478S).

UPC: 038081454412. English.

This original work is full of lively rhythms conjuring up images of an old-timey, turn-of-the-century amusement park. A smattering of chromaticism and quick dynamic changes keep this rondo-like work fun and rewarding. Every section gets a turn being featured, insuring that all of the students are noticed and challenged.

Grade 2

SKU: CL.032-3764-01

Composed by A. Clark. Jazz Ensemble. Audio recording available separately (item CL.991-2008-01). Extra full score. Composed 2008. Duration 3 minutes, 42 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #032-3764-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.032-3764-01).

Here’s an appealing swing chart for younger jazz ensembles that will pay big dividends to your program. You can give any or all of your young players a chance to experience improvising a solo with the optional solo section on very easy Bb Blues changes that is included. Easy enough for the students to really get in the groove yet full of vitality that ensures that it will be a favorite of your band and audiences. An outstanding choice for this grade level!

Basso (cello/double bass) (solos: TTB - choir: SST(A)TBB - 2.0.0.0. - 0.0.0.0. - vl.2va.vc/db)

SKU: BR.EOS-8047-26

Requiem. Composed by Andre Campra. Edited by Jean-Paul Montagnier. Choir; stapled. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Mass; Requiem; Baroque. Part. 16 pages. Duration 55'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EOS 8047-26. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EOS-8047-26).

ISBN 9790004789766. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.

Among Campra's Latin works, the ,Messe de mort' is perhaps one of the more successful and today it is one of the more frequently performed. It is also the most enigmatic score of his entire output. Despite extensive researches, no evidence of any sort has yet been brought to light to document its origin, purpose, date of composition, first performance or reception. A stylistic analysis indubitably supports the contention that the ,Messe de mort' is a late work, composed perhaps between 1722 and 1729.
The present edition is based on the manuscript from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (Paris). It it the oldest known source of the work. The very few errors have been corrected.
(Jean-Paul Montagnier) Vokalensemble Stuttgart und den Kammerchor des Kopernikus-Gymnasiums Wasseralfingen. Fur diese beiden ganz unterschiedlichen Chorformationen hat Martin Smolka 2012 auch gezielt seine Partitur angelegt. Biografisch ist das Agnus Dei eine Art kleines Requiem fur seinen kurz zuvor verstorbenen Vater. Das liturgische Agnus Dei rahmt den deutschen Text Eh das Madchen entschlief ... der bei Auffuhrungen in anderen Landern durch eine Ubersetzung ersetzt werden soll.

Der SWR-Redakteur Hans-Peter Jahn schreibt dazu im Programmheft: Die fur Smolka typischen minimalistischen Taktzellen schaffen eine archaische Sinnlichkeit. Eine einfache und zugleich streng gebaute Vokalmusik mit Tiefenwirkung.

Nac h der Urauffuhrung war die Esslinger Zeitung hellauf begeistert: Smolka ist ein Meister der Stimmbehandlung und der chorischen Klanggestaltung. Im Zentrum des Stucks gerat die Musik zum Stillstand: im leisen gleichmassigen Summen uber dem plotzlich fortissimo ein tschechisches Kinderlied erklingt eines das der Vater seinen Kindern haufig vorgesungen hat. Das alles war sehr beruhrend. Und eigentlich noch mehr als das. My father PhDr. Jaroslav Smolka (1933-2011) was a leading Czech musicologist author of books Czech Cantata and Oratorium Fuga in Czech Music Smetana's Orchestra Music Smetana's Vocal Music monography of Jan Dismas Zelenka and many others. He was a legendary teacher of Music History at Prague Music Academy critic recording producer composer; for almost 50 years he was an important and highly respected personality of Prague musical life.
My father devoted a lot of time and energy to musical education and activities of my sister and me using often quite original methods such as teaching of intervals and counterpoint through Bartok's Microcosmos ear training filling all imaginable moments of everyday life or lessons of harmony analysis starting with Overture to Tristan and Musorgsky's Catacombs. The Martinu song Wondering Maiden was his solo number in our home vocal productions which he used to sing with amazing devotion while his huge voice was audible in several neighboring streets.
My Agnus Dei is closely bound to all this history e.g. by using canon and preferring beauty of dissonant seconds like Bartok or quoting Martinu and his refined neoclassical harmony. Father would be probably a bit critical about the minimalistic monotony of the main body of the piece. Nevertheless firstly he would improvise a short lecture of history of Agnus Dei in Requiem in Czech Music naming by heart many dates and all examples of changes of order of the traditional text by composers. Examples would be sung probably.
(Martin Smolka).

An Instrumental Approach. Berklee Guide. Softcover Audio Online. 136 pages. Published by Berklee Press

SKU: WD.080689997327

Composed by Cliff Duren. Choral. Sacred Anthem. CD choraltrax. Word Music #080689997327. Published by Word Music (WD.080689997327).

UPC: 080689997327.

Jazz ensemble - Grade 2

SKU: CL.032-4534-01

Composed by Sherburne. Jazz Ensemble. Extra full score. Composed 2017. Duration 3 minutes, 13 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #032-4534-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.032-4534-01).

Get ready to dig in! Turf War gives the whole band a chance to defend its ground while engaging in a battle of musical force! This driving rock chart never stops. Well-placed drum fills, mostly tutti scoring, crescendos and a big time ending lend lots of excitement to this hardcore rock tune! The changes are straight ahead so anyone can have the opportunity to solo and focus on the blues scale. Highly recommended!

Soloists, Choir, Orchestra (4Soprano Voice Solo, 3Tenor Voice Solo, 5Bass Voice Solo, SATB Choir, Ballett, Orch)

SKU: BA.BA08857-90

Opera with a prologue and three acts. Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Edited by Pascal Denécheau. Arranged by François Saint-Yves. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Vocal Score. Duration 12 hours. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08857_90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08857-90).

ISBN 9790006558193. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: French. Preface: Denecheau, Pascal. Louis de Cahusac.

The opera Nais received its premiere at the Academie Royale in the Palais-Royal, Paris, on 22 April 22 1749 to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. It was revived in August 1764, shortly before Rameau's death and achieved great success as a 'peace opera'. This scholarly-critical edition, published by Pascal Denecheau in theOpera Omnia Rameau, is the fruit of a meticulous comparison of every known musical source. The main body of the edition presents the version pronounced valid by Rameau for the 1749 performances. The appendices contain those passages that he deleted during the 1749 rehearsals and all the changes he made for the new production of 1764. It is here, and especially in the ballets, that Rameau reveals his consummate mastery of the orchestra.

Arranged by and orch. Tom Fettke. For Choir. (SATB). Choral Octavo. Sacred Choral Series. 0. Sacred. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Grade 2.5

SKU: CL.031-2981-01

Composed by Neeck. Jazz Ensemble. Audio recording available separately (item CL.991-1999-01). Extra full score. Composed 1999. Duration 3 minutes, 3 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #031-2981-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.031-2981-01).

Big time scoring and lots of impact and energy. Includes an open solo section over blues changes in F and an active bass and rhythm parts.

Clarinet

SKU: SP.TS280

Composed by Jonathon Robbins. Collection; Jazz Standards. Book and CD. Santorella Publications #TS280. Published by Santorella Publications (SP.TS280).

ISBN 9781585604746. UPC: 649571102807.

Refle ct on this past century with 20 unforgettable jazz standards that first defined popular American music with Essential Jazz Standards for Horns from Santorella Publications. Every page is packed with toe-tapping favorites certain to make anyone dance and sing along. Share these memorable tunes with family and friends and spread the sheer joy a song can evoke. This best-selling collection is arranged in accommodating keys for clarinet, trumpet, alto sax, flute and trombone by Jonathon Robbins. Now everyone can have some fun and play along! Essential Jazz Standards for Clarinet is available with or without a piano accompaniment CD. Alexander's Ragtime Band - I Want a Girl - Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight - For Me and My Gal - Chinatown, My Chinatown - Melancholy Baby - Little Brown Jug - Fascination - You Made Me Love You - Moonlight Bay - Bill Bailey - Rock-a-Bye Your Baby - Oh, You Beautiful Doll - When the Saints Go Marching In - Swanee - St. Louis Blues - After You've Gone - A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody - They'll Be Some Changes Made - Baby Face.

Composed by Patricia Hurlbutt. Handbell Choir Music. Sacred. Handbell score. Published by Beckenhorst Press (BP.HB578).

Jazz Ensemble trumpets double on flugelhorn - Grade 3

SKU: KN.61690S

Composed by Tom Garling. Jazz Journey. Kendor Music Inc #61690S. Published by Kendor Music Inc (KN.61690S).

UPC: 822795616903.

Set in an easy, modern samba feel, this chart for advancing groups is influenced by the music of Pat Metheny, Kenny Wheeler, and Maria Schneider. Smooth lines and satisfying chord voicings combine to create a gentle, yet complex conversation between sections of the jazz ensemble, and the use of cross-section writing promotes a strong sense of independence. The sophisticated and comfortable chord changes give the tenor sax and trumpet soloists a chance to stretch out and fully develop their ideas. A guitar chord chart by Jim Greeson is included in each set, and rhythm section parts are partially notated with chords cued. Duration 8:20. Available in SmartMusic.

Brass Band - Grade 2

SKU: BT.GOB-000729-130

Composed by William Vean. Score Only. 24 pages. Gobelin Music Publications #GOB 000729-130. Published by Gobelin Music Publications (BT.GOB-000729-130).

In this composition William Vean takes you on a journey through the fascinating and exciting world of animals. Apart from it being a composition filled with special effects, Animal Kingdom contains many educational elements, such as playing inswing (triplets feeling), chromatics, flutter tonguing, gypsy tuning, varying keys, and, of course, dynamics and articulation. The melodic lines occur in all four voices, as well as in all percussion parts, providing each musician with theopportunity to play a solo or to accompany.
Highly recommended for your youth band!

William Vean is an educational composer. He knows how to musically shape the special elements from our daily lives. His music is therefore veryexpressive, containing creative solutions to possible problems. Special ways of playing make his music particularly interesting for the winds, but the percussion section is also featured in his special effects.

The world of the animalsalways plays on ones imagination. In Animal Kingdom, William Vean has portrayed a number of animals in a special manner:

Kevin Kangaroo - The jumping character of this animal can be heard in different voices. The swing style alsoemphasizes the characteristic movements of the kangaroo. Playing in swing style can be practised by using scales.

Eddy Elephant - For some of his smaller fellow fauna friends this can be quite an ordeal, but for Eduard (Eddy for friendsand intimates) it is his daily walk.

Baldrick Bat - Baldrick the Bat is a mysterious character. This can be heard in the fast moving valves and keys, accompanied by special effects in the percussion section.

Curtis Camel - Curtisthe Camel trudges across the desert, feeling bored. The idea that the horizon will never change does not affect him anymore. He has accepted his fate. The distinctive tones from the gypsy scale provide the suitable oriental sounds.

BettyButterfly - Butterfly Betty elegantly, and without worries, flutters from flower to flower in the garden. Her motto: Carpe Diem (Seize the Day). Betty is a one-day butterfly.

Marvin Monkey - A swing monkey stirs up the feelings. Evenmembers of the orchestra will look like real monkeys. How about your audience?

Each part has its own difficulties and challenges.
Important in the first part is playing in swing (triplets feeling). This can be practised usingscales.
In the second part ensemble playing and balance are important.
In Baldrick additional information on the effects that have to be played might be useful. New sounds are, of course, welcome.
Curtis the Camel introduces thegypsy scale. Additional explanation of the use of the scale might be useful. Key changes are interesting in this part. A slight accent on the first beat of the bar will add to the charm of this part.
Marvin the Monkey brings back the swingrhythm that was introduced in the first part, alternated by a straight part with attention to chromatics and articulation.

A story teller will definitely be an asset when performing this composition.

Willi am Vean neemt u mee in de fascinerende en verrassende wereld van het dierenrijk.
Naast leuke speelmuziek vol ''special effects'', is deze compositie zeer educatief van opzet.
Als interessant inhoudelijke zaken komenonder andere aan de orde - het in swing spelen (triolen feeling), chromatiek, flatterzunge, zigeunertoonsoort, afwisselende maatsoorten en natuurlijk dynamiek en articulatie.
Tevens lopen de melodielijnen zowel door alle 4 destemmen als alle percussie partijen, zodat iedere muzikant de gelegenheid krijgt om te soleren dan wel te begeleiden.
Een aanrader voor uw jeugdorkest!

De dierenwereld spreekt muzikaal gezien altijd tot de verbeelding.William Vean heeft op bijzondere wijze een aantal dieren neergezet.
De componist weet op een bijzondere wijze elementen uit het dagelijkse leven muzikaal vorm te geven. Zijn muziek is daarom erg beeldend, de problemen aanwijsbaarmaar de oplossingen zijn creatief.
Voor blazers bijzonder interessant door de bijzondere speelmanieren maar het slagwerk is ook bedeeld met een aantal 'special effects'.

Kevin Kangaroo - Het springerige karakterwordt door verschillende stemmen neergezet. De swingende speelstijl benadrukt de karakteristieke bewegingen van de kangoeroe. Let op de specifieke swingstijl. Heel goed te oefenen met toonladders.

Eddy Elephant - Voor sommigekleinere faunagenoten elke keer weer een beproeving maar voor Eduard (Eddy voor vrienden en intimi) is dit zijn dagelijkse wandelingetje. Giro 224544 t.b.v. de geleden schade.

Baldrick Bat - De vleermuis Baldrick is eenmysterieus type. Dat mysterieuze aspect wordt auditief weergegeven door het snel indrukken van ventielen en kleppen, ondersteund door slagwerkeffecten.

Curtis Camel - De kameel Curtis hobbelt verveeld door de woestijn.

Composed by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams. Arranged by Billy Strayhorn. Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Ensemble; Score. Essentially Ellington: Jazz at Lincoln Center Library. Blues; Jazz. Grade 4. 20 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Taught by Vern Juran. For Guitar (All). chord book. Anyone Can Play Videos. All Styles. Level: Beginning. DVD. Size 5.38x7.5. 30 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Arranged by Cathy Moklebust. Sacred, Christmas. Handbell score. Published by Chorister's Guild (CG.CGB1030).

By Traditional. Arranged by Lennie Niehaus. For AATB saxophones. Saxophone Quartet. Grade 3. Score and parts. Duration 3 minutes, 55 seconds. Published by Kendor Music Inc

Trio: fl; sax; trp - Grade 3

SKU: DS.129304

Composed by Lewis E. Jones. Arranged by Monty J. Budahl. Trios for Saxophone Ensemble. Meter: 4/4, 6/8. Traditional. Duration 2'30. David E. Smith #129304. Published by David E. Smith (DS.129304).

Key: Bb.

This saxophone trio with piano accompaniment is presented in a solid, determined manner. It makes a definitive statement in the Power in the Blood of Christ. The middle section changes meter while maintaining the character of the opening.

Double Bass and Piano Double Bass; Piano Accompaniment (DOUBLE BASS)

SKU: HL.49047264

24 Easy Pieces from 5 Centuries Using Half to 3rd Position. Composed by Charlotte Mohrs. String Solo. Classical. Softcover Audio Online. 64 pages. Schott Music #ED22552D. Published by Schott Music (HL.49047264).

ISBN 9783795731076. UPC: 196288176510. 9.0x12.0x0.205 inches.

The Easy Concert Pieces series features easy to moderately difficult works for double bass with piano accompaniment. Ordered by difficulty in three volumes, the pieces are suitable for auditions, competitions or exams. The series contains original works by Bottesini, Dragonetti, Gretchaninoff, Hindemith, Laska, Regner, Reinagle, Teppo Hauta-aho and others as well as orchestral excerpts by Beethoven, Dvorak, Haydn, Mahler and arrangements of famous classical masterpieces. All pieces are included on the accompanying audio, as a full version and as a piano accompaniment. Volume 2 (easy to intermediate) contains pieces up to the 3rd position. As some new double bass tutors have a different approach in introducing position changes, volume 2 offers several pieces which reach the 2nd position, some pieces using only 1st and 3rd positions and some more difficult pieces which encompass all positions from half to third position.

Soprano voice solo, SATB choir, 2 clarino/trumpet, 2 violin, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.4003849

Nach Johann Zach. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Hellmut Federhofer. Arranged by Eberhard Kraus. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mozart. Tantum Ergo In B Neu 2002. Sacred vocal music, Corpus Christi, Eucharist, Communion. Single Part, Organ. Composed circa 1772. KV 142 (Anh. 186d). 2 pages. Duration 5 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 40.038/49. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4003849).

ISBN 9790007217105. Key: B flat major. Language: Latin.

In 1965 Robert Munster, the Mozart scholar, determined that in a manuscript copy containing 13 settings of the Tantum ergo by Johann Zach (1669-1773), the Director of Music at the Mainz Cathedral, the final Tantum ergo in B flat major was for the most part identical to KV 142. Zach's work is 43 measures long instead of the 63 measures of KV 142, although the Amen coda is missing. For some unknown reason, Mozart made a few changes to Zach's composition and through the addition of the coda extended the work by twenty measures. Score and part available separately - see item CA.4003800.