Blues,
Stomps, Novelty Songs and
Classic Rags.
Composed by Stefan
Grossman. Squareback
saddle stitch. Ragtime.
Book and online audio.
132 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#30781M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30781M).
ISBN
9781513462721. 8.75 x
11.75
inches.
The more you play
the guitar the better
youâ??ll become and the
more fun and enjoyment
youâ??ll have. When I
asked Rev. Gary Davis
when and how I should
practice on my guitar his
answer was clear. He told
me to play first thing in
the morning and then last
thing at night. He said I
should keep my guitar out
of its case so that I
could play it whenever I
wanted. The message was
to play and enjoy
yourself.
This collection of
blues, jug band tunes,
rags and novelty songs
should present you with
hours, weeks, months and
even years of enjoyment
and challenges. The
arrangements vary from
easy to difficult.
Includes access to online
audio.
The tunes
presented include: Going
To Germany, Walk Right
In, My Money Never Runs
Out, Cocaine Habit Blues,
KC Moan, Stealinâ??,
Stealinâ??, You May
Leave, Mississippi River
Waltz, Heâ??s In The
Jailhouse Now, Show Me
The Way To Go Home,
Guitar Stomp, Mississippi
Blues, Blues For The
Mann, Shine On Harvest
Moon, Creole Belles -
March and Two Step, The
Teddy Bearsâ?? Picnic,
Nola, Dallas Rag, At A
Georgia Camp Meeting, St.
Louis Tickle, Mabelâ??s
Dream, Powder Rag and
Silver
Swan
Composed by Dix Bruce.
Blues, Improvising/Licks,
Perfect binding,
Saddle-stitched. Building
Excellence Audio Series.
Style. Book and online
audio. 48 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#97224M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.97224M).
ISBN
9780786687077. 8.5 X 11
inches.
Learn to
play 14 classic blues the
best way--by doing. This
book and online audio
recording provide your
backup band as you
explore Country and
Urban, Acoustic and
Electric, Delta, Texas,
Chicago, Slide Guitar,
Alternate Tuning,
Traditional, and Modern
styles in many different
major and minor keys and
in a variety of tempos.
Melodies are first
presented on the
recording at a slow speed
with just guitar, then
repeated at regular speed
with the band. Finally,
you can play along with
the hot blues rhythm
section alone, and youve
got the makings of a
dynamite blues jam
session. Youll play all
the leads and solos.
Repeat a tune or passage
as many times as you want
at slow or regular speed.
Well jam all night long.
Beginners and
intermediate players can
practice basic skills.
Advanced players can hone
their improvisation
chops. The split track
recording allows you to
hear either just the
melody from one speaker,
just the rhythm section
from the other, or both
for maximum flexibility
and specific study. The
book includes melodies,
chord diagrams and guitar
tablature.
Ukulele - Grade 1 SKU: BT.MUSAM1011626 Composed by Mike Jackson. Uke'n Pl...(+)
Ukulele - Grade 1
SKU:
BT.MUSAM1011626
Composed by Mike Jackson.
Uke'n Play Ukulele.
Tuition. Book with Online
Audio. Composed 2016. 48
pages. Wise Publications
#MUSAM1011626. Published
by Wise Publications
(BT.MUSAM1011626).
ISBN 9781785582554.
English.
This
updated Kids  edition
of the bestselling Uke'n
Play Ukulele  series
will get young beginners
strumming, singing and
playing easy songs that
only feature 3 chords.
Written by professional
player and educator Mike
Jackson , the book
features his unique
instant play method, some
simple songs that are
familiar to all children,
together with
downloadable play-along
audio. The book opens
with how to tune up,
before detailing Jackson
's innovative instant
play method, which kids
are guaranteed to love.
Once they've mastered
this, Uke'n Play Ukulele
For Kids teaches 25
simple songs that are
instantly-recognisable
and well-known. The first
few songs use justone
chord, before introducing
two more. Each features
chord diagrams, lyrics
and chord symbols,
helping children learn to
play the Ukulele by
practising strumming the
chords and getting used
to finger positions,
while also playing fun
tunes. Songs include Row,
Row, Row Your Boat, The
Lion Sleeps Tonight,
Jingle Bells , and many
more. The accompanying
audio downloads will help
you tune up, get familiar
with the songs, then play
along with a full backing
band. Some songs also
feature Mike 's handy
hints so learning the Uke
goes as smoothly as
possible. Uke'n Play Supa
Easy Ukulele  is a
fantastic resource for
the classroom, or other
groups of young
beginners. Featuring
valuable advice for
introducing children to
music through the
Ukulele, the book will
enable them to start
making music straight
away. With well-known
songs like My Darling
Clementine  and
Michael Finnegan , this
is a beginner's instant
play method for kids that
truly does work. Mike
Jackson  is a
professional Ukulele
player and
multi-instrumentalist who
has sold over 250,000
albums and performed
extensively across
Australia and the rest of
the world.
Bass Play-Along Volume
58. By Various. Bass
Play-Along. Rock,
Southern Rock. Softcover
Audio Online. With guitar
tablature. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.278436).
ISBN 9781540029843.
UPC: 888680753504.
9.0x12.0x0.219
inches.
The Bass
Play-Along Series will
help you play your
favorite songs quickly
and easily! Just follow
the tab, listen to the
audio to hear how the
bass should sound, and
then play along using the
separate backing tracks.
The melody and lyrics are
also included in the book
in case you want to sing,
or to simply help you
follow along. The audio
is available online for
download or streaming,
and it is enhanced so you
can adjust the recording
to any tempo without
changing pitch! 8 songs:
Can't You See * Flirtin'
with Disaster * Free Bird
* Hold on Loosely *
Mississippi Queen * One
Way Out * Ramblin' Man *
Sweet Home Alabama.
Acclamation Orchestre d'harmonie - Avancé Claude T. Smith Publications
Grade 5 SKU: CL.CTS-7701-01 Composed by Claude T. Smith. Concert Band. Ex...(+)
Grade 5
SKU:
CL.CTS-7701-01
Composed by Claude T.
Smith. Concert Band.
Extra full score.
Composed 1969. Claude T.
Smith Publications
#CTS-7701-01. Published
by Claude T. Smith
Publications
(CL.CTS-7701-01).
Here is a work
that was ahead of its
time. If you are looking
for a work filled with
excitement and adventure,
then Acclamation is your
piece! Smith gets right
into it with an energetic
ostinato and a fragment
of his original theme.
The snare drumâ??s ruff
is highlighted as a
transition into a slow
section in 6/4, with one
of Smithâ??s most
luscious melodies.
English Horn is featured
with flute in the slow
section as well, but with
optional cues for alto
saxophone. Acclamation
makes its way back to
Allegro with the usual
percussion section
getting us to the
original material.
Several solos are
highlighted. Well
constructed and a piece
to be used for contest;
also one which will be
enjoyed by audiences
alike.
Acclamation Orchestre d'harmonie - Avancé Claude T. Smith Publications
Grade 5 SKU: CL.CTS-7701-00 Composed by Claude T. Smith. Concert Band. Sc...(+)
Grade 5
SKU:
CL.CTS-7701-00
Composed by Claude T.
Smith. Concert Band.
Score and set of parts.
Composed 1969. Claude T.
Smith Publications
#CTS-7701-00. Published
by Claude T. Smith
Publications
(CL.CTS-7701-00).
Here is a work
that was ahead of its
time. If you are looking
for a work filled with
excitement and adventure,
then Acclamation is your
piece! Smith gets right
into it with an energetic
ostinato and a fragment
of his original theme.
The snare drum’s
ruff is highlighted as a
transition into a slow
section in 6/4, with one
of Smith’s most
luscious melodies.
English Horn is featured
with flute in the slow
section as well, but with
optional cues for alto
saxophone. Acclamation
makes its way back to
Allegro with the usual
percussion section
getting us to the
original material.
Several solos are
highlighted. Well
constructed and a piece
to be used for contest;
also one which will be
enjoyed by audiences
alike.
By Various. For voice and C instrument. Hal Leonard Paperback Songs. Folk. Diffi...(+)
By Various. For voice and
C instrument. Hal Leonard
Paperback Songs. Folk.
Difficulty: easy-medium.
Fakebook (leadsheet
notation). Vocal melody,
lyrics, leadsheet
notation and chord names.
255 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard fakebook
(leadsheet notation) Folk
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4 SKU: BT.AMP-392-010 Composed by Philip Sp...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 4
SKU:
BT.AMP-392-010
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Anglo Music
Midway Series. Set (Score
& Parts). Composed 2014.
Anglo Music Press #AMP
392-010. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-392-010).
English-German-French-
Dutch.
The work
opens with a stern
fanfare in bare fifths,
which leads to a
cantabile theme
introduced by alto
saxophone. This builds to
a climax and reintroduces
the fanfare, which slowly
evolves into the
subsequent vivo. A perky
tune emerges on flute,
saxophone and trumpet,
which, after a short
bridge passage, leads to
a contrasting melody on
low clarinets and
saxophones. After some
development a true
‘second
subject’ appears
for the whole band. A
recapitulation leads
briefly back to the
opening fanfare before
the vivo returns to close
the work in celebratory
mood.
Het werk
begint met een sobere
fanfare in open kwinten,
gevolgd door een zangerig
thema dat wordt ge
ntroduceerd door de
altsaxofoon. Dit thema
groeit uit tot een climax
en leidt opnieuw de
fanfare in, die zich
langzaam ontwikkelt tot
het daaropvolgende vivo.
Er verschijnt een
opgewekte melodie in de
fluit, saxofoon en
trompet, die na een korte
overgangspassage uitmondt
in een contrasterende
melodie in de lage
klarinetten en saxofoons.
Na een verdere uitwerking
openbaart zich een tweede
thema voor het complete
orkest. Een herneming
voert ons even weer mee
naar de openingsfanfare,
voordat het vivo
terugkeert en het werk in
feestelijke stemming
afsluit.
Nach
einer ernsten Fanfare in
bloßen Quinten, die zu
einem Thema in cantabile
im Altsaxophon führt,
taucht eine kecke Melodie
in Flöte, Saxophon und
Trompete auf, die nach
einer kurzen
Ãœberleitung zu einer
kontrastierenden Melodie
in den tiefen Klarinetten
und Saxophonen wird. Ein
zweites Thema“
spielt das gesamte
Blasorchester. Bevor ein
Vivo aus dem Anfangsteil
Southend Celebration
beendet, werden
längst alle Musiker
und Zuhörer von der
festlichen Stimmung, die
es verbreitet, infiziert
sein!
Il lavoro
si apre con
un’austera fanfara
con quinte vuote, che
porta a un tema cantabile
introdotto da un saxofono
contralto. Si arriva a un
culmine e si introduce
nuovamente la fanfara,
che lentamente evolve nel
‘vivo’
successivo. Un tema
vivace emerge dal flauto,
dal sassofono e dalla
tromba, e dopo un breve
passaggio di transizione,
porta a una melodia
contrastante, dei
clarinetti bassi e dei
sassofoni. Dopo qualche
sviluppo un vero
‘secondo
soggetto’ sorge
dall’intera banda.
Una ripresa porta
brevemente indietro alla
fanfara, prima che il
‘vivo’
ritorni per chiudere il
lavoro in modo
celebrativo.
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4 SKU: BT.AMP-392-140 Composed by Philip Sp...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 4
SKU:
BT.AMP-392-140
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Anglo Music
Midway Series. Score
Only. Composed 2014.
Anglo Music Press #AMP
392-140. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-392-140).
English-German-French-
Dutch.
The work
opens with a stern
fanfare in bare fifths,
which leads to a
cantabile theme
introduced by alto
saxophone. This builds to
a climax and reintroduces
the fanfare, which slowly
evolves into the
subsequent vivo. A perky
tune emerges on flute,
saxophone and trumpet,
which, after a short
bridge passage, leads to
a contrasting melody on
low clarinets and
saxophones. After some
development a true
‘second
subject’ appears
for the whole band. A
recapitulation leads
briefly back to the
opening fanfare before
the vivo returns to close
the work in celebratory
mood.
Het werk
begint met een sobere
fanfare in open kwinten,
gevolgd door een zangerig
thema dat wordt ge
ntroduceerd door de
altsaxofoon. Dit thema
groeit uit tot een climax
en leidt opnieuw de
fanfare in, die zich
langzaam ontwikkelt tot
het daaropvolgende vivo.
Er verschijnt een
opgewekte melodie in de
fluit, saxofoon en
trompet, die na een korte
overgangspassage uitmondt
in een contrasterende
melodie in de lage
klarinetten en saxofoons.
Na een verdere uitwerking
openbaart zich een tweede
thema voor het complete
orkest. Een herneming
voert ons even weer mee
naar de openingsfanfare,
voordat het vivo
terugkeert en het werk in
feestelijke stemming
afsluit.
Nach
einer ernsten Fanfare in
bloßen Quinten, die zu
einem Thema in cantabile
im Altsaxophon führt,
taucht eine kecke Melodie
in Flöte, Saxophon und
Trompete auf, die nach
einer kurzen
Ãœberleitung zu einer
kontrastierenden Melodie
in den tiefen Klarinetten
und Saxophonen wird. Ein
zweites Thema“
spielt das gesamte
Blasorchester. Bevor ein
Vivo aus dem Anfangsteil
Southend Celebration
beendet, werden
längst alle Musiker
und Zuhörer von der
festlichen Stimmung, die
es verbreitet, infiziert
sein!
Il lavoro
si apre con
un’austera fanfara
con quinte vuote, che
porta a un tema cantabile
introdotto da un saxofono
contralto. Si arriva a un
culmine e si introduce
nuovamente la fanfara,
che lentamente evolve nel
‘vivo’
successivo. Un tema
vivace emerge dal flauto,
dal sassofono e dalla
tromba, e dopo un breve
passaggio di transizione,
porta a una melodia
contrastante, dei
clarinetti bassi e dei
sassofoni. Dopo qualche
sviluppo un vero
‘secondo
soggetto’ sorge
dall’intera banda.
Una ripresa porta
brevemente indietro alla
fanfara, prima che il
‘vivo’
ritorni per chiudere il
lavoro in modo
celebrativo.
Ukulele - Grade 1 SKU: BT.MUSAM1011637 Composed by Mike Jackson. Uke'n Pl...(+)
Ukulele - Grade 1
SKU:
BT.MUSAM1011637
Composed by Mike Jackson.
Uke'n Play Ukulele. Pop
and Rock. Book with
Online Audio. Composed
2016. 36 pages. Wise
Publications
#MUSAM1011637. Published
by Wise Publications
(BT.MUSAM1011637).
ISBN 9781785582585.
English.
This Easy
songbook edition of the
bestselling Uken Play
Ukulele series will get
beginners of any age
strumming easy chords and
playing popular songs in
no time. Written by
professional player and
educator Mike Jackson,
the book features his
instantplay method
together with
downloadable play-along
audio. The book begins
with how to tune up,
before detailing Jacksons
innovative instant play
method that helps you
easily remember where to
put your fingers for
different chords. Once
youvemastered this, Uken
Play Easy Ukulele teaches
you the 6 chords you will
need to play all the 25
songs included in this
book. The songs get
progressively more
challenging and each
feature chord diagrams,
lyrics and chord symbols,
helping you tolearn to
play the Ukulele by
practising strumming the
chords while also playing
25 famous tunes. Songs
include I Walk The Line,
Banks Of The Ohio, Achy
Breaky Heart, and many
more. The accompanying
audio downloads will let
you tune up, hear
thesongs how they should
sound, then let you play
along with a full backing
band. Some songs feature
Mikes handy hints so
learning the Uke goes as
smoothly as possible. If
youve struggled to learn
to play the Ukulele
because you cant remember
thechords, or you want to
learn some great songs
with a minimum of chords,
such as Goodnight Irene
and Streets Of Laredo,
Uken Play Easy Ukulele is
a beginners instant play
method that truly does
work. Mike Jackson is a
professional Ukulele
playerand
multi-instrumentalist who
has sold over 250,000
albums and performed
extensively across
Australia and the rest of
the world.
SATB choir, piano SKU: LO.10-5737MD Composed by Cliff Duren. Choral. Sacr...(+)
SATB choir, piano
SKU:
LO.10-5737MD
Composed
by Cliff Duren. Choral.
Sacred Anthem, Christmas,
General. Medallion Music
#10/5737MD. Published by
Medallion Music
(LO.10-5737MD).
ISBN
9780787777869.
This
song from artist Brandon
Heath arranged by Cliff
Duren is in a modern folk
style opening with a
gentle and expressive
male vocal solo. A female
solo is then featured in
verse two before joining
together as a duet backed
by choir. This
arrangement is a perfect
opportunity to feature
two soloists in a
Christmas concert or a
Sunday morning choir
feature or special music
presentation.
Volume 4. Bass Play-Along. Book and CD Package. Size 9x12 inches. 64 pages. Publ...(+)
Volume 4. Bass
Play-Along. Book and CD
Package. Size 9x12
inches. 64 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
The Bass Play-Along
Series will help you play
your favorite songs
quickly and easily! Just
follow the tab, listen to
the CD to hear how the
bass should sound, and
then play along using the
separate backing tracks.
The melody and lyrics are
also included in the book
in case you want to sing,
or to simply help you
follow along. The audio
CD is playable on any CD
player. For PC and Mac
computer users, the CD is
enhanced so you can
adjust the recording to
any tempo without
changing pitch! Songs:
All I Wanna Do * Fly Away
* Give It Away * Hard to
Handle * Jeremy * Know
Your Enemy * Spiderwebs *
You Oughta Know.
The Craftsmen Orchestre d'harmonie - Facile De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare Band - Grade 2 SKU: BT.DHP-1053879-015 Comp...(+)
Concert
Band/Harmonie/Fanfare
Band - Grade 2
SKU:
BT.DHP-1053879-015
Composed by Christian
Bouthier. Flexible 5
Series. Concert Piece.
Set (Score & Parts).
Composed 2005. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1053879-015. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1053879-015).
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
The energetic
activities of three
craftsmen at a local
crafts market inspired
the composer Christian
Bouthier to write this
work in three movements.
The clockmaker gets many
curious visitors at his
stand. He patiently and
proudly shows the
precision work of his
beautiful clocks and lets
all of them tick - the
small ones and large
ones. The cooper
(barrel-maker) skillfully
puts together
fine-looking, sturdy
barrels of the best types
of wood. From afar, you
can hear the cooper
hammering. In the final
movement things are
hectic at the blacksmith
because the local
horse-riding society has
just arrived. Many horses
are provided with new
shoes. The experienced
blacksmith hits
thehorseshoes into the
proper shape on his
anvil; now the horses can
spiritedly trot and
gallop on the way back. A
fascinating new addition
to the concert band
repertoire.
De
energieke werkzaamheden
van drie ambachtslieden
op een plaatselijke
ambachtsmarkt
inspireerden de Belgische
componist Christian
Bouthier tot het
schrijven van The
Craftsmen, een
compositie in drie delen.
De klokkenmaker,de kuiper
(tonnenmaker) en de
hoefsmid worden
achtereenvolgens op
ludieke wijze in de
muziek
weergegeven.
Zu
The Craftsmen -
‘Die
Handwerker’ -
ließ sich Christian
Bouthier beim Bummel
über einen Markt
inspirieren, wo alte
Handwerkskünste
vorgeführt wurden. In
den drei Sätzen seiner
Komposition werden sehr
anschaulich die
Klangeindrücke in
Musik umgesetzt: das
Ticken nostalgischer
Uhren beim Uhrmacher, das
Hämmern des
Böttchers beim Bau von
Holzfässern und
schließlich das
Schlagen der Hufeisen,
bevor der Hufschmied die
Pferde beschlägt. Ein
Werk der Reihe
Flexible 5 für
eine fünfstimmig
variable Besetzung, an
dem Musiker und Publikum
ihre Freude haben
werden!
Affascinato
dall’originalit e
dallo charme di un
mercato di artigiani, per
comporre questa suite in
tre movimenti, Christian
Bouthier si è ispirato
al
“savoir-faireâ€
di tre artigiani.
All’ombra dei
platani, dinnanzi ad un
pubblico numeroso ed
appassionato, gli
artigiani eseguono e
ripetono gesti ancestrali
che danno vita a oggetti
unici. Scoprite le
tradizioni attraverso un
orologiaio, un bottaio e
un fabbro.
The Craftsmen Orchestre d'harmonie - Facile De Haske Publications
Concert Band - Grade 2 SKU: BT.DHP-1053879-040 Composed by Christian Bout...(+)
Concert Band - Grade 2
SKU:
BT.DHP-1053879-040
Composed by Christian
Bouthier. Flexible 5
Series. Concert Piece.
Set (Score & Parts).
Composed 2005. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1053879-040. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1053879-040).
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
The energetic
activities of three
craftsmen at a local
crafts market inspired
the composer Christian
Bouthier to write this
work in three movements.
The clockmaker gets many
curious visitors at his
stand. He patiently and
proudly shows the
precision work of his
beautiful clocks and lets
all of them tick - the
small ones and large
ones. The cooper
(barrel-maker) skillfully
puts together
fine-looking, sturdy
barrels of the best types
of wood. From afar, you
can hear the cooper
hammering. In the final
movement things are
hectic at the blacksmith
because the local
horse-riding society has
just arrived. Many horses
are provided with new
shoes. The experienced
blacksmith hits
thehorseshoes into the
proper shape on his
anvil; now the horses can
spiritedly trot and
gallop on the way back. A
fascinating new addition
to the concert band
repertoire.
De
energieke werkzaamheden
van drie ambachtslieden
op een plaatselijke
ambachtsmarkt
inspireerden de Belgische
componist Christian
Bouthier tot het
schrijven van The
Craftsmen, een
compositie in drie delen.
De klokkenmaker,de kuiper
(tonnenmaker) en de
hoefsmid worden
achtereenvolgens op
ludieke wijze in de
muziek
weergegeven.
Zu
The Craftsmen -
‘Die
Handwerker’ -
ließ sich Christian
Bouthier beim Bummel
über einen Markt
inspirieren, wo alte
Handwerkskünste
vorgeführt wurden. In
den drei Sätzen seiner
Komposition werden sehr
anschaulich die
Klangeindrücke in
Musik umgesetzt: das
Ticken nostalgischer
Uhren beim Uhrmacher, das
Hämmern des
Böttchers beim Bau von
Holzfässern und
schließlich das
Schlagen der Hufeisen,
bevor der Hufschmied die
Pferde beschlägt. Ein
Werk der Reihe
Flexible 5 für
eine fünfstimmig
variable Besetzung, an
dem Musiker und Publikum
ihre Freude haben
werden!
Affascinato
dall’originalit e
dallo charme di un
mercato di artigiani, per
comporre questa suite in
tre movimenti, Christian
Bouthier si è ispirato
al
“savoir-faireâ€
di tre artigiani.
All’ombra dei
platani, dinnanzi ad un
pubblico numeroso ed
appassionato, gli
artigiani eseguono e
ripetono gesti ancestrali
che danno vita a oggetti
unici. Scoprite le
tradizioni attraverso un
orologiaio, un bottaio e
un fabbro.
Bass Play-Along Volume
4. By Various. Bass
Play-Along. Alternative,
Pop, Rock. Softcover
Audio Online. With guitar
tablature. 64 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.294992).
ISBN
9781540054913. UPC:
888680944636.
9.0x12.0x0.168
inches.
The Bass
Play-Along series will
help you play your
favorite songs quickly
and easily! Just follow
the tab, listen to the
online audio to hear how
the bass should sound,
and then play along using
the separate backing
tracks. The melody and
lyrics are included in
the book in case you want
to sing, or to simply
help you follow along.
The online audio is
available for streaming
or download using the
unique access code
printed inside the cover.
This second edition
includes: Black Hole Sun
(Soundgarden) * Buddy
Holly (Weezer) * Creep
(Radiohead) * Give It
Away (Red Hot Chili
Peppers) * In Bloom
(Nirvana) * Jeremy (Pearl
Jam) * Killing in the
Name (Rage Against the
Machine) * You Oughta
Know (Alanis
Morissette).
Cassatt. Composed
by Dan Welcher. Premiere:
Cassatt Quartet,
Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2007. WRT11142.
52 pages. Duration 24
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #164-00272S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.16400272S).
UPC:
680160588442. 8.5 x 11
inches.
My third
quartet is laid out in a
three-movement structure,
with each movement based
on an early, middle, and
late work of the great
American impressionist
painter Mary Cassatt.
Although the movements
are separate, with
full-stop endings, the
music is connected by a
common scale-form,
derived from the name
MARY CASSATT, and by a
recurring theme that
introduces all three
movements. I see this
theme as Mary's Theme, a
personality that stays
intact while undergoing
gradual change. I
The Bacchante (1876)
[Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania] The
painting shows a young
girl of Italian or
Spanish origin, playing a
small pair of cymbals.
Since Cassatt was trying
very hard to fit in at
the French Academy at the
time, she painted a lot
of these subjects, which
were considered typical
and universal. The style
of the painting doesn't
yet show Cassatt's
originality, except
perhaps for certain
details in the face.
Accordingly the music for
this movement is
Spanish/Italian, in a
similar period-style but
using the musical
signature described
above. The music begins
with Mary's Theme,
ruminative and slow, then
abruptly changes to an
alla Spagnola-type fast
3/4 - 6/8 meter. It
evokes the
Spanish-influenced music
of Ravel and Falla.
Midway through,
there's an accompanied
recitative for the viola,
which figures large in
this particular movement,
then back to a truncated
recapitulation of the
fast music. The overall
feeling is of a
well-made, rather
conventional movement in
a contemporary
Spanish/Italian style.
Cassatt's painting, too,
is rather conventional.
II At the Opera
(1880) [Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts]
This painting is one of
Cassatt's most well known
works, and it hangs in
the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. The painting
shows a woman alone in a
box at the opera house,
completely dressed
(including gloves) and
looking through opera
glasses at someone or
something that is NOT on
the stage. Across the
auditorium from her, but
exactly at eye level, is
a gentleman with opera
glasses intently watching
her - though it is not
him that she's looking
at. It's an intriguing
picture. This
movement is far less
conventional than the
first movement, as the
painting is far less
conventional. The music
begins with a rapid,
Shostakovich-type
mini-overture lasting
less than a minute, based
on Mary's Theme. My
conjecture is that the
woman in the painting has
arrived late to the
opera, busily stumbling
into her box. What
happens next is a kind of
collage, a kind of
surrealistic overlaying
of two different
elements: the foreground
music, at first is a
direct quotation of
Soldier's Chorus from
Gounod's FAUST (an opera
Cassatt would certainly
have heard in the
brand-new Paris Opera
House at that time),
played by Violin II,
Viola, and Cello. This
music is played sul
ponticello in the melody
and col legno in the
marching accompaniment.
On top of this, the first
violin hovers at first on
a high harmonic, then
descends into a slow
melody, completely
separate from the Gounod.
It's as if the woman in
the painting is hearing
the opera onstage but is
not really interested in
it. Then the cello joins
the first violin in a
kind of love-duet (just
the two of them, at
first). This music isn't
at all Gounod-derived;
it's entirely from the
same scale patterns as
the first movement and
derives from Mary's Theme
and its scale. The music
stays in a kind of
dichotomy feeling,
usually
three-against-one, until
the end of the movement,
when another Gounod
melody, Valentin's aria
Avant de quitter ce lieux
reappears in a kind of
coda for all four
players. It ends
atmospherically and
emotionally disconnected,
however. The overall
feeling is a kind of
schizophrenic,
opera-inspired dream.
III Young Woman in
Green, Outdoors in the
Sun (1909) [Worcester Art
Museum, Massachusetts]
The painting, one
of Cassatt's last, is
very simple: just a
figure, looking sideways
out of the picture. The
colors are pastel and yet
bold - and the woman is
likewise very
self-assured and not in
the least demure. It is
eight minutes long, and
is all about melody -
three melodies, to be
exact (Young Woman,
Green, and Sunlight). No
angst, no choppy rhythms,
just ever-unfolding
melody and lush
harmonies. I quote one
other French composer
here, too: Debussy's song
Green, from Ariettes
Oubliees. 1909 would have
been Debussy's heyday in
Paris, and it makes
perfect sense musically
as well as visually to do
this. Mary Cassatt
lived her last several
years in near-total
blindness, and as she
lost visual acuity, her
work became less sharply
defined - something akin
to late water lilies of
Monet, who suffered
similar vision loss. My
idea of making this
movement entirely melodic
was compounded by having
each of the three
melodies appear twice,
once in a pure form, and
the second time in a more
diffuse setting. This
makes an interesting two
ways form:
A-B-C-A1-B1-C1.
String Quartet No.3
(Cassatt) is dedicated,
with great affection and
respect, to the Cassatt
String Quartet, whose
members have dedicated
themselves in large
measure to the furthering
of the contemporary
repertoire for
quartet.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.164002720 Cassatt. Composed b...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.164002720
Cassatt. Composed
by Dan Welcher. Spiral
and Saddle. Premiere:
Cassatt Quartet,
Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 2007. WRT11142.
52+16+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 24 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00272. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.164002720).
UPC:
680160573042. 8.5 x 11
inches.
My third
quartet is laid out in a
three-movement structure,
with each movement based
on an early, middle, and
late work of the great
American impressionist
painter Mary Cassatt.
Although the movements
are separate, with
full-stop endings, the
music is connected by a
common scale-form,
derived from the name
MARY CASSATT, and by a
recurring theme that
introduces all three
movements. I see this
theme as Mary's Theme, a
personality that stays
intact while undergoing
gradual change. I
The Bacchante (1876)
[Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania] The
painting shows a young
girl of Italian or
Spanish origin, playing a
small pair of cymbals.
Since Cassatt was trying
very hard to fit in at
the French Academy at the
time, she painted a lot
of these subjects, which
were considered typical
and universal. The style
of the painting doesn't
yet show Cassatt's
originality, except
perhaps for certain
details in the face.
Accordingly the music for
this movement is
Spanish/Italian, in a
similar period-style but
using the musical
signature described
above. The music begins
with Mary's Theme,
ruminative and slow, then
abruptly changes to an
alla Spagnola-type fast
3/4 - 6/8 meter. It
evokes the
Spanish-influenced music
of Ravel and Falla.
Midway through,
there's an accompanied
recitative for the viola,
which figures large in
this particular movement,
then back to a truncated
recapitulation of the
fast music. The overall
feeling is of a
well-made, rather
conventional movement in
a contemporary
Spanish/Italian style.
Cassatt's painting, too,
is rather conventional.
II At the Opera
(1880) [Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts]
This painting is one of
Cassatt's most well known
works, and it hangs in
the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. The painting
shows a woman alone in a
box at the opera house,
completely dressed
(including gloves) and
looking through opera
glasses at someone or
something that is NOT on
the stage. Across the
auditorium from her, but
exactly at eye level, is
a gentleman with opera
glasses intently watching
her - though it is not
him that she's looking
at. It's an intriguing
picture. This
movement is far less
conventional than the
first movement, as the
painting is far less
conventional. The music
begins with a rapid,
Shostakovich-type
mini-overture lasting
less than a minute, based
on Mary's Theme. My
conjecture is that the
woman in the painting has
arrived late to the
opera, busily stumbling
into her box. What
happens next is a kind of
collage, a kind of
surrealistic overlaying
of two different
elements: the foreground
music, at first is a
direct quotation of
Soldier's Chorus from
Gounod's FAUST (an opera
Cassatt would certainly
have heard in the
brand-new Paris Opera
House at that time),
played by Violin II,
Viola, and Cello. This
music is played sul
ponticello in the melody
and col legno in the
marching accompaniment.
On top of this, the first
violin hovers at first on
a high harmonic, then
descends into a slow
melody, completely
separate from the Gounod.
It's as if the woman in
the painting is hearing
the opera onstage but is
not really interested in
it. Then the cello joins
the first violin in a
kind of love-duet (just
the two of them, at
first). This music isn't
at all Gounod-derived;
it's entirely from the
same scale patterns as
the first movement and
derives from Mary's Theme
and its scale. The music
stays in a kind of
dichotomy feeling,
usually
three-against-one, until
the end of the movement,
when another Gounod
melody, Valentin's aria
Avant de quitter ce lieux
reappears in a kind of
coda for all four
players. It ends
atmospherically and
emotionally disconnected,
however. The overall
feeling is a kind of
schizophrenic,
opera-inspired dream.
III Young Woman in
Green, Outdoors in the
Sun (1909) [Worcester Art
Museum, Massachusetts]
The painting, one
of Cassatt's last, is
very simple: just a
figure, looking sideways
out of the picture. The
colors are pastel and yet
bold - and the woman is
likewise very
self-assured and not in
the least demure. It is
eight minutes long, and
is all about melody -
three melodies, to be
exact (Young Woman,
Green, and Sunlight). No
angst, no choppy rhythms,
just ever-unfolding
melody and lush
harmonies. I quote one
other French composer
here, too: Debussy's song
Green, from Ariettes
Oubliees. 1909 would have
been Debussy's heyday in
Paris, and it makes
perfect sense musically
as well as visually to do
this. Mary Cassatt
lived her last several
years in near-total
blindness, and as she
lost visual acuity, her
work became less sharply
defined - something akin
to late water lilies of
Monet, who suffered
similar vision loss. My
idea of making this
movement entirely melodic
was compounded by having
each of the three
melodies appear twice,
once in a pure form, and
the second time in a more
diffuse setting. This
makes an interesting two
ways form:
A-B-C-A1-B1-C1.
String Quartet No.3
(Cassatt) is dedicated,
with great affection and
respect, to the Cassatt
String Quartet, whose
members have dedicated
themselves in large
measure to the furthering
of the contemporary
repertoire for
quartet.