Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.14440727S

Composed by Sydney F. Hodkinson. Sws. Full score. 44 pages. Duration 22 minutes. Merion Music #144-40727S. Published by Merion Music (PR.14440727S).

UPC: 680160681907. 9 x 12 inches.

My Eighth and Ninth String Quartets, begun in late 2017, are sonic cousins. Akin to real cousins, each piece exhibits differing natures. They were requested by two ensembles that have become asecond familiesa to me: The Jupiter Quartet of Urbana, Illinois and the Amernet Quartet based in Miami, Florida. Their collective dedication to, and care for, our art remains a personal and constant are-fuelinga for me. The quartets were commissioned by, and dedicated to, Margaret and Philip Verleger of Denver, Colorado. Additional financial support was provided by the School of Music at Stetson University, Timothy Peter, Dean. Quartet No.8 is laid out in a classical four-movement design. The work does break somewhat from conventional tradition by often placing quartet members into soloistic roles as the movement titles note. individual The opening piece presents at the outset a three-note motto which is turned over, tumbled, and energetically discussed, primarily by a violin duet. It is a duel. The two players part company only infrequently during the movement's progress, pausing briefly for other commentary by their alower cohortsa, the Viola and Cello do not argue, but abet their friends' aeffortsa. The piece's overall character is fairly bright and dancelike, closing in an unresolvedastandoffa. not Two principal asound-objectsa stitch the second movement scherzo together: sliding hands (glissandos) and a plucked ashufflea (pizzicato) - both instigated by the (solo) cellist. The others are influenced - or are not - by their aleadera, and follow - or interrupt - the cello throughout their four-voiced conversation. The third movement (longest of the set) is an elegy dedicated to the memory of a close personal friend, the American composer David Maslanka (1943 - 2017). Its' genesis is a simple 5-note melody derived from my own name (SaC/DaC/EaC/H). This line commences in the (solo) viola and is obsessively uttered without relief during the movement's lamentations. The closing movement revisits much of that opening three-note material, but now dressed up for the full quartet to view. It is a slowly accelerating romp which - twice - cannot avoid a nod to the Amernet and Jupiter performers by offering a humble bow to the 4th movement of Gustav Holst's PLANETS - Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity. My quartet serves as an honouring salute of thanks for the talent, respect, and friendship of these two young quartets. STRING QUARTET No. 8 is roughly 22 minutes in duration. It was written as an homage to Franz Joseph Haydn, my adesert-island-composera, and completed in Holly Hill, Florida in early April of 2019. S.H.

Piano, Vocal and Guitar

SKU: HL.14011262

Composed by Mary Gentry. Golden Apple. Music Sales America. Musicals. Book Only. Composed 2016. Music Sales #GA10434. Published by Music Sales (HL.14011262).

ISBN 9781870997324. English(UK).

It's a special night for circus because Santa is bringing his helpers along as a treat, before their busy night. But the performance is set to begin, and Ffinlo the clown has a problem; he has lost his red nose. However, the show must go on! This short musical play by Mary Gentry is aimed at infants and lower juniors, and will provide immense enjoyment to performers and audiences alike. Duration: 15 mins. If you need to license a school/youth theatre performance of this product, please use the online application form.

(A Celebration of Orff Schulwerk Media). Composed by Don Dupont. Arranged by Brian Hiller. For unison choir, Orff instruments, Small percussion. Grade K-5. Published by Heritage Music Press

SATB choir

SKU: ST.EM20

Canzonets to Four Voices. Composed by Giles Farnaby. Edited by Edmund H Fellowes. Library Volumes. Edited Edmund Fellowes. Revised Thurston Dart. Paperback. Madrigals. Choral Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #EM20. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.EM20).

ISBN 9790220206337.

Reme mbered chiefly for his virginal music, this always fresh and charming composer - who was probably an instrument maker by trade - may well have penned these pieces simply for the enjoyment of his London friends living in the wards of Bishopsgate and Cripplegate. His experience as a keyboard player may have led him to some chromatic vocal writing, particularly in the admirable Construe my meaning, rivalling strangenesses in the work of his Italian contemporary, Gesualdo.

CONTENTS
Among the daffadillies (SSAB)
Ay me, poor heart (SATB)
Blind Love was shooting (SSAB)
Carters, now cast down (SAT (or A) B)
Construe my meaning (SATB)
Daphne on the rainbow (SSA (or T) T (or B))
Lady, the silly flea (SATB)
Lady, when I behold your passions (SSA (or T) B)
Love shooting among many (SSAB)
Love shooting at another (SSA (or T) B)
My Lady's coloured cheeks (SAT (or A) B)
Pearce did dance with Petronella (SAT (or A) B)
Pearce did love fair Petronella (SAAB)
Phillida bewailed (SAT (or A) B)
Simkin said that Sis was fair (SSAB (or T))
Some time she would (SATB)
Susanna fair (SSTB)
The curtain drawn (SATB)
The wavering planet (SSAB (or T))
Thrice blessed be the giver (SSAB (or T))
Witness, ye heavens (SSS (or A) AAT (or B) BB).

By John Robert Poe. For Piano. Composers in Focus. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.
Level: SMP Primer Level (Early Elementary); NFMC Level: Pre-Primary Class.

By Robert Frost. Orchestral Collection/Ensemble. String Collection/Study. Level: Elementary. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

By Robert Frost. Orchestral Collection/Ensemble. Level: Elementary. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.