A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra. By Leonard Bernstein. (Vocal Score). Boosey and Hawkes Voice. Size 9x12 inches. 82 pages. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Orchestra Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Contrabass, Flute 2, Harp, Horn 1, Horn 2, Oboe 2, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Piano, Piccolo, Timpani, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello, tenor Trombone

SKU: PR.11640342S

For Orchestra. Composed by Clint Needham. Study Score. 54 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-40342S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11640342S).

UPC: 680160687749.

The Body Electric draws its inspiration from great American poet, Walt Whitman's work I Sing the Body Electric. Two years earlier, while writing a setting of Whitman's Crossing Brooklyn Ferry for baritone and chamber orchestra, I became enamored with many of the poems from his collection, The Leaves of Grass. I had not revisited Whitman's poetry since high school and that distance provided a fresh look at Whitman's poetry. In the spring of 2009, I came back to this collection and decided to write another work inspired by Whitman's poetry, this time for chamber orchestra alone. Writing a work that attempted to capture the mood of this epic poem seemed impossible. Because of the inherent abstract nature of text-less music, writing a work that was a musical blow-by-blow of the poem seemed equally impossible. For me, the solution was to take three fragments of the poem and focus on conveying their particular moods. In the score, I have included the following lines at the beginning of each section: the Body electric, A divine nimbus exhales, and the Body at auction. the Body Electric was written for the 2009 Wellesley College Composers Conference and was premiered on the final concert of the conference with Jim Baker conducting. Clint Needham.
the Body Electric draws its inspiration from great American poet, Walt Whitman’s work I Sing theBody Electric. Two years earlier, while writing a setting of Whitman’s Crossing Brooklyn Ferry forbaritone and chamber orchestra, I became enamored with many of the poems from his collection,The Leaves of Grass. I had not revisited Whitman’s poetry since high school and that distanceprovided a fresh look at Whitman’s poetry. In the spring of 2009, I came back to this collectionand decided to write another work inspired by Whitman’s poetry, this time for chamber orchestraalone.Writing a work that attempted to capture the mood of this epic poem seemed impossible. Becauseof the inherent abstract nature of text-less music, writing a work that was a musical blow-by-blowof the poem seemed equally impossible. For me, the solution was to take three fragments of thepoem and focus on conveying their particular moods. In the score, I have included the followinglines at the beginning of each section: the Body electric, A divine nimbus exhales, and the Bodyat auction.the Body Electric was written for the 2009 Wellesley College Composers Conference and waspremiered on the final concert of the conference with Jim Baker conducting.Clint Needham.

Orchestra Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Contrabass, Flute 2, Harp, Horn 1, Horn 2, Oboe 2, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Piano, Piccolo, Timpani, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello, tenor Trombone

SKU: PR.11640342L

For Orchestra. Composed by Clint Needham. Large Score. 54 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-40342L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11640342L).

UPC: 680160687756.

The Body Electric draws its inspiration from great American poet, Walt Whitman's work I Sing the Body Electric. Two years earlier, while writing a setting of Whitman's Crossing Brooklyn Ferry for baritone and chamber orchestra, I became enamored with many of the poems from his collection, The Leaves of Grass. I had not revisited Whitman's poetry since high school and that distance provided a fresh look at Whitman's poetry. In the spring of 2009, I came back to this collection and decided to write another work inspired by Whitman's poetry, this time for chamber orchestra alone. Writing a work that attempted to capture the mood of this epic poem seemed impossible. Because of the inherent abstract nature of text-less music, writing a work that was a musical blow-by-blow of the poem seemed equally impossible. For me, the solution was to take three fragments of the poem and focus on conveying their particular moods. In the score, I have included the following lines at the beginning of each section: the Body electric, A divine nimbus exhales, and the Body at auction. the Body Electric was written for the 2009 Wellesley College Composers Conference and was premiered on the final concert of the conference with Jim Baker conducting. Clint Needham.
the Body Electric draws its inspiration from great American poet, Walt Whitman’s work I Sing theBody Electric. Two years earlier, while writing a setting of Whitman’s Crossing Brooklyn Ferry forbaritone and chamber orchestra, I became enamored with many of the poems from his collection,The Leaves of Grass. I had not revisited Whitman’s poetry since high school and that distanceprovided a fresh look at Whitman’s poetry. In the spring of 2009, I came back to this collectionand decided to write another work inspired by Whitman’s poetry, this time for chamber orchestraalone.Writing a work that attempted to capture the mood of this epic poem seemed impossible. Becauseof the inherent abstract nature of text-less music, writing a work that was a musical blow-by-blowof the poem seemed equally impossible. For me, the solution was to take three fragments of thepoem and focus on conveying their particular moods. In the score, I have included the followinglines at the beginning of each section: the Body electric, A divine nimbus exhales, and the Bodyat auction.the Body Electric was written for the 2009 Wellesley College Composers Conference and waspremiered on the final concert of the conference with Jim Baker conducting.Clint Needham.

String quartet

SKU: FG.55011-484-5

Composed by Kai Nieminen. Score and parts. Fennica Gehrman #55011-484-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-484-5).

ISBN 9790550114845.

In January 1999, Nieminen worked with his oboe piece Elegy for Agatha. The work kept running through his mind. Its musically intimate and intriguing setting seemed to include sufficient elements for explicating a bigger whole. The poem by Hannele Huovi was the inspiration of the sequel: Kuulen virtaavaa valoa ja se on pimeys (I can here streaming light and it is darkness).
In his work, Nieminen also looks back on his days in military service. The mental pictures created decades ago on guard during winter frost amid silence combined with Huovi's poem took a musical shape. I Hear Streaming Light (1999) for the String Quartet was created out of these ideas, which together with Elegy for Agatha constitute a whole called I Can Hear Northern Lights. All musical material and melodic themes of the string quartet piece originate from Elegy for Agatha but they do not appear in their original forms.

(Sur Un Poeme D'emily Jane Bronte - (On A Poem by Emily Jane Bronte)). By Guillaume Connesson. For Alto Voice / Countertenor Voice, Piano. 7 pages. Duration 5 minutes. Published by Gerard Billaudot Editeur

By Elizabeth Alexander. Text: Joan Wolf Prefontaine. For Women's Choir (SSAA) a cappella. (SSAA). Level: medium-difficult. Duration 5 minutes. Published by Seafarer Press.

(Biblical Poem). By Federico Agnello. For concert band. Grade 4.5. Score and full set of parts. Duration 16 minutes. Published by Scomegna Edizioni Musical srl

Composed by Ronald Perera. Advanced/Collegiate. Catholic Year A The Nativity of Our Lord. Secular, Christmas, 21st Century. Octavo. Duration 4 minutes, 40 seconds. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.8320).

Poem by e.e. cummings, composed by Eric Whitacre (1970-). Octavo for SSAATTBB choir (A Cappella). With piano rehearsal part. Series: Walton Choral. 16 pages. Published by Walton Music.

SATB Choir a Cappella

SKU: HL.14033692

Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Classical. Vocal Score. Composed 2005. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH30605. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14033692).

1. The Native Land of Light (for mixed chorus, SATB) 2. Come lift me up (for mixed chorus, SATB -) -) the second movement may be performed by a children's chorus or by the female voices (SSA) from a mixed chorus Programme Note From my very first aquaintance with these Andersen poems, I was deeply moved by the simple, almost naive, yet evocative imagery, with which Andersen realized his visions, images like: The Melody of the Heart, The Poem of Beauty, A Spiritual Hindustan, Fly, Death, over the Sea of Time, fly to Eternal Summer. Along with this childishness Hans Christian Andersen's poetry encompasses enormous - almost Willim Blake-ish - cosmic visions, in theinterpolations between e.g. reaching the Heaven as opposed to you'll find it in a Rosebud, or the juxtaposition of Everyday Life and Eternal Poetry - which become one. Thus the music came to life in my immediate encounter with these words, which almost sang themselves into my Musical Furnace - if you will. Per Norgard.

From Like Dust I Rise (A Choral Song Cycle). Composed by Mark Hayes (1953-). Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Peace/Brotherhood; Secular. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00- 46411. Published by Alfred Music

Composed by Colin Brumby. Text: 13th C English poem. Easy macaronic carol to Our Lady. Marian. Octavo. Published by CanticaNOVA Publications (C5.5123). 0.49

(E-Flat Instruments, Mini Edition). Composed by Various. For E-flat Instruments. Fake Book. Softcover. 464 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

F Instruments. Composed by Various. Fake Book. Jazz. Softcover. 464 pages. Published by Hal

(Bass Clef Instruments, Mini Edition). Composed by Various. For Bass Clef Instruments. Fake Book. Softcover. 464 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Vincent Persichetti. Orchestra. For Flute I, Flute II, Oboe I, Oboe II, Clarinet I, Clarinet II, Bassoon I, Bassoon II, Horn I, Horn II, Horn III, Horn IV, Trumpet in C I, Trumpet in C II, Tenor I, Tenor II, Tenor III, Tuba, Timpani, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Tenor, Tuba, Timpani, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Contrabass. This edition: study score. First performed by the Louisville Orchestra on November. Classical. Full Score - Study. 76 pages. Published by Theodore Presser Company.

Piano

SKU: HL.48188977

Composed by Reynaldo Hahn. Leduc. Softcover. 86 pages. Heugel & Cie #HE33879. Published by Heugel & Cie (HL.48188977).

UPC: 888680874155. 9.0x12.0x0.32 inches. French.

“Havi ng been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliché' composer of his day, Hahn was best known for his contributions to the French Mélodie, however his other works have never gone amiss. His The Distraught Nightingale Poems for Piano represents the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education from Decombes, Lavignac, Dubois and Massenet before becoming a prolific and versatile composer himself, writing works for all genres. For Hahn, music was a magical art and his instrumental compositions often contain expressions of his otherwise hidden emotions and moods. Suitable advanced pianists, the first volume of Hahn's The Distraught Nightingale Poems provides pleasant and evocative performance pieces, incorporating a range of expressions, rhythms and other musical features.”.

Choral SATB choir, piano

SKU: PR.342402070

Composed by Steven Stucky. -. Ars Nova Chamber Singers, Boulder CO. Performance Score. With Standard notation. Composed 7-Feb. 8 pages. Duration 3 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #342-40207. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.342402070).

ISBN 9781491111253. UPC: 680160643226. Octavo inches. Text: Archibald R. Ammons. Archibald Ammons. Text by A.R. Ammons.

To benefit Chorus America, Stucky allowed himself to be auctioned off as a prize - the high bidder would receive a new work from the composer. After a few years and not really hearing anything, Stucky suddenly found himself up against a deadline. He reached back to a favorite poem by A.R. Ammons, Eyesight, which, he says, Won't let...his reader rest till the very last word...one of those sudden insights that leave us breathless..
This piece has an odd history. A few years ago, I agreed to be one of the“prizes” in an auction to benefit Chorus America: the highest bidder wouldget a new piece from me, while their money went to the organization. Thewinning bid came from a collection of several professional choruses anddirectors. But I was always a little vague about the details, and, hearingnothing more about it for a few years, forgot the whole thing.One day I received a message from Thomas Edward Morgan, directorof the Ars Nova Chamber Singers in Boulder: they had scheduled thepremiere of my new piece for a few weeks later, and could they have themusic, please? I needed a text, quickly, and (as usual) I was in a Los Angeleshotel room, not at home with my books. So I turned to the internet andsoon tracked down my favorite poet, A.R. Ammons (1926-2001).Once I stumbled on “Eyesight,” I remembered having loved the poemyears before. Archie must have loved it, too, because he included it bothin his Collected Poems 1951-1971 and in the later Selected Poems. It haseverything you want in an Archie Ammons poem: what Edward Hirschcalled his “offbeat, sideways, unpredictable radiance,” his “homespunglory.â� � It has one of his trademark conversations with a mountain (perhapsfrom his native North Carolina), it has the fluid motion from one line tothe next (enjambment, if you want to get technical) that won’t let him orhis reader rest till the very last word of the very last line, and it has in thatlast line one of those sudden insights that leave us breathless: “some thingsthat go are gone.”I miss Archie, but he’s not gone. I’m grateful for the wonderful poems heleft us, and I’m grateful that he was always generous and kind when I hadthe chutzpah to add my music to his.