Easy music for string groups. Playstrings provides an enjoyable and varied repertoire for young string orchestras carefully structured in two levels. The ‘Easy’ level does not normally exceed Grade 2 in difficulty with most partsplayable in first position while the ‘Moderately Easy’ level includes some parts of around Grade 3 standard. At easy level alternative parts are provided so that the absence of viola or a double bass does not prevent the piecefrom being performed. Available in score or sets of instrumental parts. There are over 30 titles covering a wide range of styles including classical pieces folk tunes and Christmas collections. Playstrings is an idealintroduction to orchestral playing for young string players. Set of 19 parts contains: 4 x Violin 1 4 x Violin 2 4 x Violin 3 2 x Viola 3 x Cello 2 x Double Bass/Cello 2.

Bats Cats And Broomsticks (Huws Jones)-Easy music for string groups. Playstrings provides an enjoyable and varied repertoire for young string orchestras carefully structured in two levels. The ‘Easy’ level does not normally exceed Grade 2 in difficulty with most partsplayable in first position while the ‘Moderately Easy’ level includes some parts of around Grade 3 standard. At easy level alternative parts are provided so that the absence of viola or a double bass does not prevent the piecefrom being performed. Available in score or sets of instrumental parts. There are over 30 titles covering a wide range of styles including classical pieces folk tunes and Christmas collections. Playstrings is an idealintroduction to orchestral playing for young string players. Set of 21 parts contains: 4 x Violin 1 4 x Violin 2 4 x Violin 3 2 x Viola 1 2 x Viola 2 2 x Cello 1 2 x Cello 2 1 x Double Bass.

Cantata No.211: Schweigt stille plaudert nicht (Be quiet chatter not) BWV 211.The Coffee Cantata (BA 10211) and the Peasant Cantata (BA 10212) both on librettos by Picander are among the best-known and most frequently performed of Bach’s secular cantatas.Written in or around 1733 the Coffee Cantata deals humorously with the importance of the newly fashionable beverage. This is demonstrated in the soprano aria “Ah how sweet the coffee tastes lovelier than a thousand kisses milder than Muscatel”.Both cantatas reveal Bach’s mastery in their unusual subject-matter formal design andmusical workmanship. Now they appear in separate editions based on the “New Bach Edition” with straightforward and easy-to-play piano reductions by Andreas Köhs.- Urtext of the “New Bach Edition”.- Straightforward and easy-to-play piano reduction.- Vocal score (BA10211-90) performance material (BA10211) and study score (TP1211) available for sale

In Full Score-This full-score miniature edition contains a treasury of orchestral works by Czech composer Bed ich Smetana including 'The Moldau' and 'From Bohemian Fields and Groves' from M vlast ('My Fatherland') in addition to the Overture and three dances—'Polka ' 'Furiant ' and 'Dance of the Comedians'—from the opera The Bartered Bride.The works are reproduced here from authoritative editions complete with bar-numbered movements for easy reference. Affordable durable and portable this miniature score edition is ideal for study in the classroom at home or in the concert hall.Reprinted from authoritative editions.

In this staple of the orchestral repertoire Mendelssohn interprets the Reformation in symphonic terms building to a powerful series of variations on Martin Luther's confessional chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God).This miniature score is reproduced from an authoritative edition complete with numbered movements for easy reference. Affordable and compact it is ideal for use in the classroom at home or in the concert hall.Reprint of the Breitkopf and Härtel Leipzig n.d. edition.

Haunting and Sublime: Ack Värmeland du sköna-This arrangement is based on the Swedish folksong Ack Värmeland du sk÷na. (Oh Värmeland You Fair and Lovely Place). The lyrics of the song speak of the beauty of the landscape and the wonderful nature of the people that live there. Although the folksong is presented with some alterations an attempt is made to capture the attractiveness of the melody and the sentiments expressed in the lyrics. This piece was inspired by Gary Garner who expressed a need in the band literature for pieces with artistic value that are appropriate for intensive rehearsal and public performance are easy enough for many bands to play and give the ensemble a chance to work on intonation balance and phrasing.

Performance Assessment In Orchestra-Performance Assessment in Band by Wendy Barden makes assessment easy with 48 pages of practical proven techniques and customizable forms that will help teachers engage and motivate students measure and transform learning and maximize the effectiveness of every rehearsal. The result: skilled energized musicians and better bands and orchestras!

String teachers have long turned to Ensembles for Strings to fulfill the need for easy to intermediate ensemble pieces for student string players. Familiar classical melodies are arranged here for 2 3 4 or moreplayers - even string orchestra. Each piece is scored to be playable in first position and in such a manner that maximum results will be achieved regardless of the instrumentation employed. All of the material has been carefullyedited and bowed and was performance tested by the string faculty at San José State University.

From the blockbuster movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring comes this hauntingly beautiful ballad sung by Enya. This easy setting by Larry Moore captures the simple effectiveness of Enya's music and your stringorchestra will want to play this again and again.

Here's a whimsical concert march your beginning band will be ready to perform after only a few weeks! John O'Reilly has taken four of the beginning band repertoire's 'greatest hits' including 'Hot Cross Buns,' 'Lightly Row,' 'Go Tell Aunt Rodie' and 'Merrily We Roll Along' and cleverly worked them into a delightful medley, ideal for your band's very first concert! The familiar tunes work their way throughout the band so each section gets a shot at the melody! (Easy) / Conducteur

And Sinfonia Concertante Miniature Score-These three charming instrumental pieces composed by Mozart in the 1770s and 1780s were among a number of serenades he wrote during this period to provide an evening’s entertainment at weddings birthdays and home concerts for his friends and patrons. Reproduced here from an authoritative edition with bar numbered movements for easy reference.

London No. 12-Joseph Haydn's 'Eulenburg Pocket Score' is the result of his second trip to England in 1794. This work is one of the still popular from the series of the so-called '12 London Symphonies' (Hob. 1/93 - Hob. 104).The work characterized by musical finesse and various sonic stimuli has the following four movements: I. Adagio - Allegro - II. Allegretto (C major) - III. Menuet: Moderato - IV. Presto. The somewhat unusual epithet 'military symphony' refers essentially to the second and the fourth movement ('Allegretto' and 'Presto') in which the instrumentation is enriched by timpani triangle cymbals and bass drum and thereby the evokes the impression of amilitary band. A 'trumpet signal' especially set in the second movement led to such a characterization. On the value and importance of this G major Symphony the following article from the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung of April 1799 reveals: 'It is a little less learned and easier to grasp than some of the other's newest works but new ones Ideas just as rich as they. Perhaps the surprise in music can not be furthered than it is here by the sudden collapse of full Janissary music in the minor of the second movement-since until then one has no suspicion that these Turkish instruments are attached to the symphony. But here too not only the inventive but also the prudent artist shows. Nevertheless the Andante is nevertheless a whole: for in all the pleasing and easy things that the composer in order to infer from the idea of his coup deceitfully brought it into the first part of it it is nevertheless arranged and worked in a march.' The 'Military Symphony' was premiered on March 31 1799 in London.

Uses: General Revival All Saints DayScripture: Deuteronomy 34:1; John 14:2; Revelation 20:12Incorporating memorable moments from many old favorites - I'll Fly Away When the Roll Is Called UpYonder Unclouded Day and The Sweet By and By - this crowd-pleasing gem is easy to learn fun to sing and quite infectious! Each voice part is featured briefly as the various sections describe their own specialcontributions to harmonious choral singing. Hallelujah By and By will bring back pleasant memories of times gone by and will no doubt create some lasting new impressions for the future.

An outstanding swing version of Oh Christmas Tree. Moderate comfortable ranges in this medium easy chart allow for short rehearsal time. Scored for full ensemble - no solos - with the sax section taking the lead most of the time.

This dramatic work for young players is intended to portray a noble mystical pursuit of some great conquest or accomplishment. Full of driving percussion resolving tone clusters dramatic brass writing and spectacular tutti musical statements it also features easy passages for solo oboe bassoon and piccolo. This piece is a great choice for excellent middle school or smaller high school bands. It is generously cross cued to be performed with limited instrumentation.