Complete Lyrics for 200 Songs. Performed by Various. Lyric Library. Size 6x9 inches. 224 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Essential Songs - The 1950s. (E-Z Play Today Volume 51). By Various. E-Z Play Today. 264 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Performed by Various. Guitar Recorded Versions (Authentic note-for-note transcriptions). With notes and tablature. Published by Hal Leonard.

The Best Step=by-Step Guide to Start Playing. Do It Yourself. Instruction, Method. Softcover Media Online. Published by Hal Leonard

Arranged by Les Taylor. Arr. Les Taylor. For Concert Band. Concert Band. Pop Symphonic Band. Level: Medium (grade IV). Conductor Score & Parts. 242 pages. Duration 3:39. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Bassoon, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello

SKU: PR.16400261S

Composed by Dan Welcher. With Standard notation. Duration 15 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #164-00261S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.16400261S).

UPC: 680160038411.

Since the bassoon is my own instrument, many people have asked me why I've written so little for the instrument. Beyond my early Concerto Da Camera for bassoon and small orchestra, written for Leonard Sharrow in 1975, I've not written a single piece that features the bassoon as a solo vehicle (though I have written three woodwind quintets). When I first began composing seriously, critics were quick to point out that my orchestral writing revealed nothing of my roots as a woodwind player--and bassoonists asked why my pieces didn't have more bassoon solos. Perhaps I was so aware that people were looking at me as a bassoonist/composer that I was determined to remove that stigma. Now that my transformation from performer to composer is complete, however, it's time to re-address my instrument. I wanted this new piece to be serious rather than whimsical. The Wind Won't Listen represents my return to the bassoon as the highly expressive, poetic soul that it is.   As such, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the piece is based on a poem, and that the title of the piece as well as both its movement titles come from lines in that poem. I first read Beth Gylys' poem Split at the MacDowell Colony in the summer of 2001, and it made a big impression on me. My personal life had been ruptured by divorce in the preceding year. This poem, with its dry insistence on observation rather than feeling, expressed the wrung-out state of my emotions at the time better than any I had seen. I set it to music, as a song, immediately. In this format, for voice and piano, I was able to put a musical note to every word of the poem. The first lines of the poem, Everyone I know is crying, or should be crying, became a melody that haunted me even without the words.   The work for bassoon and string quartet is an outgrowth of the song. The first movement is labeled Romanza, and has a loose formal arch structure of A-B-C-B-A, with B and C being fast sections framed by the lamenting A music. In addition to hearing the bassoon's first notes attached to the lines Everyone I know is crying, there's a sense of agitation, of loss, of longing, and at times of desperation in the music. At one point, the opening theme from Tristan even appears in the strings.   The second movement follows, without a real pause--the pizzicato final chords of the first movement becoming the increasingly aggressive opening chords of the second. The recitative is actually a foreshadowing of the basic theme that will be varied, again to the words of the song: Life makes itself without us. Don't let me tell you how it is. Go out. Look. The recitative begins in an anguished state, but subsides into more gentle singing by the end, when it simply falls into an ostinato 5/8-3/4 pattern to begin the variations. Marked Very steady tempo; Dancing, this set of variations consists of three dances, each faster than the previous. The first, in the aforementioned 5/8-3/4 meter, gives way to a 3/8 scherzo, which in turn takes on a furious 2/4 scurrying motion. The music becomes breathless, almost pulse-less, and an ethereal theme appears in the violins while the rushing music continues, sotto voce in the bassoon. This new theme is also from the song: Why do I do this? The wind won't listen. The bassoon re-states its Everyone I know is crying melody from the first movement, and at length the 5/8-3/4 music returns, more subdued this time. The piece ends on a major-minor chord, suspended.   The Wind Won't Listen is dedicated to the man who commissioned it, bassoonist Steven Dibner--who shares my passion for poetry and language. --Dan Welcher.

Fakebook for voice and guitar. With vocal melody, lyrics, guitar tablature (excerpts only) and chord names. Series: Hal Leonard Fake Books. 496 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

By James Brown. For Piano/Vocal/Guitar. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook. Softcover. 112 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Guitar Chord Songbook (6 inch. X 9 inch.). Performed by Various. Guitar Chord Songbook. Size 6x9 inches. 238 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Smart PianoSoft. Performed by James Brown. Pianosoft Sync. Floppy disk. Size 5x5 inches. Published by Yamaha.

(Guitar Play-Along Volume 171). By James Brown. For Guitar. Guitar Play-Along. Softcover with CD. Guitar tablature. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(Bass Play-Along Volume 48). By James Brown. For Bass. Bass Play-Along. Softcover with CD. Guitar tablature. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Learn to Play Classic Rhythm and Blues Guitar with Step-by-Step Lessons and 31 Great Songs. Guitar Method. Pop Instruction, Instruction, Method. Softcover Audio Online. With guitar tablature. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Drum Play-Along Volume 33. By James Brown. Drum Play-Along. RandB, Soul. Softcover Audio Online. 56 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

The Largest Collection of Piano/Vocal/Guitar Arrangements. Performed by Various. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Published by Hal Leonard.

Arranged by Mac Huff. (Showtrax Cd). Choral. CD only. Size 5x5.5 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Arranged by Mac Huff. (2 Part Score). Choral. Size 9x12 inches. 112 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Arranged by Mac Huff. (Satb Singer). Choral. Size 6.7x10.5 inches. 76 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Arranged by Mac Huff. (Sab Singer). Choral. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Arranged by Mac Huff. (2 Part Singer). Choral. Size 6.7x10.5 inches. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Arranged by Mac Huff. (DIR-KIT). Choral. Size 9x12 inches. 188 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Arranged by Mac Huff. (SATB score). Choral. Size 9x12 inches. 116 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.