64 Popular Modern Songs. By Various. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook. Modern, Contemporary, Pop. Softcover. 344 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Orchestra

SKU: BA.BA06861

Sinfonie (1923-1928). Composed by Leos Janacek. Arranged by Leoš Faltus and Miloš Štedron. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leos Janacek H/3. Complete edition, Score, Set of parts. Duration 40 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA06861_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA06861).

ISBN 9790260104211. 34.3 x 27 cm inches.

Leoš Janácek’s symphonic fragment Dunaj (The Danube) dates from the period of the composition of “Katya Kabanova”. The composer was not concerned with a musical-picturesque description of a river landscape, but with the mythical link between women’s destinies and water.

“Pale green waves of the Danube! There are so many of you, and one followed by another. You remain interlocked in a continuous flow. You surprise yourselves where you ended up – on the Czech shores! Look back downstream and you will have an impression of what you have left behind in your haste. It pleases you here. Here I will rest with my symphony.” Thus Leoš Janácek described the idea behind the composition project which occupied him in 1923/24. However, after further work, it remained incomplete in 1926. His “symphony” entitled Dunaj has survived as a continuously-notated, four-movement bundle of sketches in score form. It is one of the works which occupied him until his death. The scholarly reconstruction by the two Brno composers Miloš Štedron and Leoš Faltus closely follows the original manuscript.

A whole conglomeration of motifs stands behind the incomplete work. What at first seems like a counterpart to Smetana’s Vltava, in fact doesn’t turn out to be a musical depiction of the Danube. On the contrary, the fateful link between the destiny of women, water and death permeates the range of motifs found in the work. It seems to be no coincidence that Janácek, whilst working on the opera Katya Kabanova, in which the Volga, as the river bringing death plays an almost mythical role, planned a Danube symphony, and that its content was linked with the destiny of women: in the sketches, two poems were found which may have provided the stimulus for several movements of the symphony. He copied a poem by Pavla Kriciková into the second movement, in which a girl remarks that whilst bathing in a pond, she was observed by a man. Filled with shame, the young naked woman jumps into the water and drowns. The outer movements likewise draw on the poem “Lola” by the Czech writer Sonja Špálová, published under the pseudonym Alexander Insarov. This is about a prostitute who asks for her heart’s desire: she is given a palace, but then goes on a long search for it and is finally no longer wanted by anyone. She suffers, feels cold and just wants a warm fire. Janácek adds his remark “she jumps into the Danube” to the inconclusive ending.

To these tangible literary models is added Adolf Veselý’s verbal account which reports that the composer wanted to portray “in the Danube, the female sex with all its passions and driving forces”. The third movement is said to characterise the city of Vienna in the form of a woman.

It is evident that in his composition, Janácek was not striving for a simple, natural lyricism. The River Danube is masculine in the Slavic language – “ten Dunaj” – and assumes an almost mythical significance in the national character, indeed often also a role bringing death. The four movements are motivically conceived. Elements of sound painting, small wave-like figures in the first movement, motoric, driving movements in the third are obvious evocations of water. And the content and the literary level are easy to discover. The “tremolo of the four timpani”, which was amongst Janácek’s first inspirations, appears in the second movement. It is not difficult to retrace in it the fate of the drowning bather. The oboe enters lamentoso towards the end of the movement over timpani playing tremolo, its descending figure is taken over by the flute, then upper strings and intensified considerably. The motif of drowning – Lola’s despair – returns again in the fourth movement in the clarinet, before the work ends abruptly and dramatically.

One special effect is the use of a soprano voice in the motor-driven third movement. The singer vocalises mainly in parallel with the solo oboe, but also in dialogue with other parts such as the viola d’amore, which Janácek used in several late works as a sort of “voice of love”.

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50 Songs of Love and Romance. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9x12 inches. 232 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Orchestra, Piano

SKU: HL.50601101

Composed by Yehudi Wyner. Full Score. Classical. Softcover. 80 pages. Associated Music Publishers, Inc #AMP8320. Published by Associated Music Publishers, Inc (HL.50601101).

ISBN 9781540005540. UPC: 888680711443. 11x14 inches.

Composer note: The idea for a piano concerto for the Boston Symphony was instigated by Robert Levin, the great Mozart scholar and pianist. The idea was evidently embraced by BSO Artistic Administrator Tony Fogg and supported by Music Director James Levine. Much of the concerto was composed during the summer of 2004 at the American Academy in Rome in a secluded studio hidden within the Academy walls. While much of the composing took place far from home, the concerto comes out as a particularly “American” piece, shot through with vernacular elements. As in many of my compositions, simple, familiar musical ideas are the starting point. A shape, a melodic fragment, a rhythm, a chord, a texture, or a sonority may ignite the appetite for exploration. How such simple insignificant things can be altered, elaborated, extended, and combined becomes the exciting challenge of composition. I also want the finished work to breathe in a natural way, to progress spontaneously, organically, moving toward a transformation of the musical substance in ways unimaginable to me when I began the journey. Transformation is the goal, with the intention of achieving an altered state of perception and exposure that I am otherwise unable to achieve. “Chiavi in mano” – the title of the concerto – is the mantra used by automobile salesmen and realtors in Italy: Buy the house or the car and the keys are yours. But the more pertinent reason for the title is the fact that the piano writing is designed to fall “under the hand” and no matter how difficult it may be, it remains physically comfortable and devoid of stress. In other words: “Keys in hand.” –Yehudi Wyner, December 13, 2004.

E-Z Play Today #24. By Various. E-Z Play Today. Pop. Softcover. 162 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.249679).

Performed by Stevie Wonder. For guitar and voice. Format: easy guitar tablature songbook. With guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams and strum and pick patterns. Smooth soul, classic soul and pop rock. 64 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

By Various. For Piano/Vocal/Guitar. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook. Softcover. 576 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By David Ogden. For Voices: Unison (SB), descant. Instruments: C instrument. Organ. Royal School of Church Music Sacred. Level: easy. 3 pages. Published by GIA Publications.

E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arrangements for piano, organ, and electronic keyboard). Size 9x12 inches. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

By Arctic Monkeys. For Guitar. Guitar Recorded Version. Softcover. Guitar tablature. 104 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Various. Easy Guitar. Softcover. Guitar tablature. 216 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

TB Choir

SKU: SU.80101261

For TB Choir. Composed by Sandra Gay. Vocal/Choral, Sacred Choral. Choral Octavo. Zimbel Press #80101261. Published by Zimbel Press (SU.80101261).

This work is an unaccompanied setting of a beautiful prayer attributed to St. Ignatius Loyola, useful for many occasions. Published by: Zimbel Press Take and receive all my liberty, O Lord, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and call my own.You have given all to me, to you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours, do with it what you will.Give me only your love and your grace. That is enough for me. Amen..

Hal Leonard Guitar Method. By Various. Guitar Method. Pop/Rock. Softcover Audio Online. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Grade 3

SKU: CL.SCM-1133-00

Composed by Carubia. Jazz Ensemble. Score and set of parts. C.L. Barnhouse #SCM-1133-00. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.SCM-1133-00).

Work some practice with chromatic lines into your ensemble's book with this relaxed rock chart. The two-chord changes in the solo section make for a more carefree soloing experience. A call and response chorus between the brass and saxes finish this chart off on a high point. Very cool!

Grade 3

SKU: CL.SCM-1133-01

Composed by Carubia. Jazz Ensemble. Extra full score. C.L. Barnhouse #SCM-1133-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.SCM-1133-01).

Work some practice with chromatic lines into your ensemble's book with this relaxed rock chart. The two-chord changes in the solo section make for a more carefree soloing experience. A call and response chorus between the brass and saxes finish this chart off on a high point. Very cool!

Book. Performed by Various Artists. Guitar Method. Size 9x12 inches. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard Corporation.

By Dale Peterson. For Choral (SATB). Fred Bock Publications. 8 pages. Fred Bock Music Company #BG2589. Published by Fred Bock Music Company

Composed by James Koerts. For SATB choir, piano (with optional rhythm, congregation). Sacred Anthem, Evangelism, General, Missions. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/4765L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

By Stevie Wonder. For Guitar. Guitar Chord Songbook. Softcover. 112 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

50 Classic Acoustic Songs. Composed by Various. Guitar. Softcover. 176 pages. Music Sales #AM1009998. Published by Music Sales (HL.14047986).

Jazz ensemble - Grade 4

SKU: CL.SCM-1060-01

Composed by Carubia. Jazz Ensemble. Extra full score. Composed 2010. Duration 3 minutes, 54 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #SCM-1060-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.SCM-1060-01).

This Medium/Fast blues in Fm provides a solid big band ensemble study for your students. The writing contains plenty of call and response between sections and has ample room for solos. Moderate brass ranges make it very playable and this chart closes with a powerful 8 bar shout chorus that repeats. Solos are provided on a separate sheet.

Jazz ensemble - Grade 4

SKU: CL.SCM-1060-00

Composed by Carubia. Jazz Ensemble. Smart Chart Music - Jazz Arrangements Series. Score and set of parts. Composed 2010. Duration 3 minutes, 54 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #SCM-1060-00. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.SCM-1060-00).

This Medium/Fast blues in Fm provides a solid big band ensemble study for your students. The writing contains plenty of call and response between sections and has ample room for solos. Moderate brass ranges make it very playable and this chart closes with a powerful 8 bar shout chorus that repeats. Solos are provided on a separate sheet.

Performed by Stevie Wonder. E-Z Play Today (Easy big-note right-hand-only arrangements for piano, organ, and electronic keyboard). Size 9x12 inches. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.