Composed by George Benjamin. This edition: For Countertenor, Women�...(+)
Composed by George
Benjamin. This edition:
For Countertenor,
Women�s
Voices and Orchestra.
Full Orchestra;
Masterworks; Score. Faber
Edition. 20th Century;
Masterwork. Published by
Faber Music
(AP.12-0571538878).
Orchestra - Grade 3.5 SKU: AP.FO9912C Arranged by Jerry Brubaker. Full Or...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3.5
SKU: AP.FO9912C
Arranged by Jerry
Brubaker. Full Orchestra;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Light Concert;
Movie. Score. 44 pages.
Duration 7:24. Belwin
Music #00-FO9912C.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.FO9912C).
UPC:
654979000365.
English.
The world
has waited years, and
finally, last May, the
motion picture event of
the century exploded on
the screen. Jerry
Brubaker presents a
highly creative mix of
these great themes from
the power-packed John
Williams' score: Star
Wars (Main Theme),
Anakin's Theme, Augie's
Great Municipal Band,
Duel of the Fates, and
the End Credits. Every
orchestra in the world
will be playing this one!
(7:24).
Orchester-Ballade.
Composed by Leos Janacek.
Edited by Jarmil
Burghauser and Radomil
Eliska. This edition:
complete edition, urtext
edition. Linen. Complete
Critical Edition of the
Works of Leos Janacek
D/6. Complete edition,
Score. Composed
1912-1914. Duration 12
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA06848_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA06848).
ISBN 9790006483303.
34.4 x 27 cm inches.
Text: Svatopluk
Cech.
Over the
years Janácek’s
uvre has increasingly
received the recognition
it so richly merits and
performances of his works
are becoming more and
more frequent. This
development is, however,
offset by a manuscript
tradition so disorderly
that some of
Janácek’s works
continue, as before, to
be played in versions
which are heavily
adapted, corrupt or
otherwise contrary to the
composer’s
intentions. Thus, a
critical edition of
Janácek’s music
is indispensable for
scholars and performers
alike.
This editon
presents an authentic
printed text based on all
available sources for
each work. In addition to
the musical text, each
volume also contains a
critical report (Czech /
German), a rendition of
deleted or rejected
versions, and a
comprehensive appendix of
facsimiles.
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
/p>
MUSICOLOGICA
LLY SOUND - A
reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them - A
well-presented layout and
a user-friendly
format - Excellent
print quality -
Superior paper and
binding
Score. Edited by
Karlheinz Schultz-Hauser.
Arranged by Karlheinz
Schultz-Hauser. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Concertino (Chamber
Orchestra). Classical.
Score. 19 pages. Schott
Music #CON168. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49001838).
ISBN
9790001024358. UPC:
884088026738.
9.0x12.0x0.082
inches.
String
Orchestra and Basso
continuo; Woodwinds ad
lib.
Arranged by Vince Gassi.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Folk;
Traditional. Score and
Part(s). 124 pages.
Duration 2:45.
Highland/Etling
#00-41269. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.41269).
UPC:
038081480879. English.
Traditional Canadian Folk
Song.
For a special
touch at your next
concert, feature one of
Canada's most popular
folk songs. Often sung to
keep time while canoeing
or around campfires, the
lyrics are originally
from a 19th century poem
by First Nations poet
Pauline Johnson, making
this perfect for
cross-cultural study.
Although this work can
easily be performed with
strings alone, percussion
instruments, including
timpani and bells, expand
the palette of colors,
helping to create a rich
tapestry for your
listeners. (2:45) This
title is available in
MakeMusic Cloud.
Arranged by Vince Gassi.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Intermediate String
Orchestra. Christmas;
Folk; Sacred;
Traditional; Winter.
Score. 8 pages. Belwin
Music #00-35917S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.35917S).
Arranged by Jerry Brubaker. Arr. Jerry Brubaker. For Full Orchestra. Full Orches...(+)
Arranged by Jerry
Brubaker. Arr. Jerry
Brubaker. For Full
Orchestra. Full
Orchestra. Pop Concert
Full Orchestra. Movie.
Level: Medium Easy to
Medium (grade III-IV).
Conductor Score and
Parts. 426 pages.
Duration 7:24. Published
by Alfred Publishing.
Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.1190014 For Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.1190014
For Orchestra.
Composed by Waldo de los
Rios. E.B. Marks.
Concert. Softcover.
Edward B. Marks Music
#MP077076. Published by
Edward B. Marks Music
(HL.1190014).
Composed by Poul Ruders.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Set. 86 pages.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH29830. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14027994).
ISBN
9788759864593.
New
York is the city which
fascinates and inspires
Ruders. Time and again he
goes back there to work.
'Manhattan Abstraction'
(1982) subtitles - a
symphonic skyline for
large orchestra - was
conceived there. Ruders'
Brittish colleague Oliver
Knussen defines the piece
as: - a performance of an
extraordinary
Morden-Times-like
construction. It is a
sort of symphonic
sculpture, which in the
composer's own words
words propels forth from
one particular
inspiration: the New York
profile, as seen from
Liberty Island, one icy
cold January day with
it's open, clear sky and
dazzling sun light.
'Manhatten Abstraction'
appears as an amalgam of
some of the
compositorical habits
found in present pieces.
For instance, are present
here compositorical ideas
and melodic loans from
'Capriccio Pian'e Forte',
2nd String Quartet(1979),
'Four Compositions'
(1980), and 2nd Piano
Sonata(1982). The
question at hand is
mainly concerned with the
enhanced elaboration of
Ruders' use of the
classic English
change-ringing system: a
permuting method
pre-determining the order
of tone-appearances and
/or tone groups; a serial
technique in other words.
In spite of the rigidly
fixed material, Ruders
somehow manages to chisel
out a personal expression
by way of emphasising
contrasting elements
already existing within
the material itself. The
spiky, repetitive
sections form a
counterpart to a more
human violin-solo. This
dialectical tension is -
as hinted by the title -
a symphonic abstraction
of a fascinating
metropolis; the most
beautiful and the
ugliest. The subtitle: a
symphonic skyline
reflects the musical
erection of the Manhattan
profile, which under the
clear sky, materializes
into the most powerful
and compelling man-made
sculpture on earth. Thus
'Manhattan Abstraction'
is a homage to, as well
as a vision of, this
giant contraption of
concrete, glass, and
chrome.
Composed by John Williams. For flute I,II,III, piccolo (alto flute, flute), oboe...(+)
Composed by John
Williams. For flute
I,II,III, piccolo (alto
flute, flute), oboe I,II,
english horn (oboe), Bb
clarinet I,II, Eb
clarinet (Bb clarinet,
bass clarinet), Bb bass
clarinet (Eb clarinet),
bassoon I,II,
contrabassoon (bassoon),
F horn, I-IV, trumpet
I-IV, trombone I-IV,
tuba, timpani, percussion
I-III, harp,
piano/celeste, string and
chorus (optional).
Format: full score
(spiral bound - parts not
included). Movies.
Series: Hal Leonard John
Williams Signature
Edition. 81 pages.
10.5x14 inches. Published
by Hal Leonard.
By John Williams. Arranged by Victor Lopez. By John Williams / arr. Victor Lopez...(+)
By John Williams.
Arranged by Victor Lopez.
By John Williams / arr.
Victor Lopez. For Full
Orchestra. Full
Orchestra. Pop Concert
Full Orchestra. Movie.
Conductor Score.
Published by Alfred
Publishing. Level: 3
(grade 3).
Cantos Sagrados Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Boosey and Hawkes
Choral; Orchestra (STUDY SCORE) SKU: HL.48024524 SATB and Orchestra St...(+)
Choral; Orchestra (STUDY
SCORE)
SKU:
HL.48024524
SATB
and Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
James Macmillan. Boosey &
Hawkes Scores/Books.
Classical. Softcover. 68
pages. Duration 1320
seconds. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060132964. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024524).
ISBN
9781784542566. UPC:
888680925741.
8.25x11.75x0.212
inches.
Composer's
Notes: “In writing
this work I wanted to
compose something which
was both timeless and
contemporary, both sacred
and secular. The title
(Sacred Songs) is
therefore slightly
misleading as the three
poems are concerned with
political repression in
Latin America and are
deliberately coupled with
traditional religious
texts to emphasise a
deeper solidarity with
the poor of that
sub-continent. It was my
interest in Liberation
Theology which made me
combine the poems of the
Mothers of the Plaza de
Mayo in Argentina with
the texts of the Latin
mass in Búsqueda (an
earlier music-theatre
work) and has now led me
to attempt a similar
synthesis of ideas in
Cantos Sagrados. The
voices in Ariel Dorfman's
poems belong to those who
suffer a particular type
of political repression:
the 'disappearance' of
political prisoners. Ana
Maria Mendoza's poem
about the Virgin of
Guadeloupe tackles the
same problem by asking a
more fundamental cultural
and historical
question.â€.
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.48076 Composed by Richard Meyer. MakeMusic ...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.48076
Composed by Richard
Meyer. MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Sound
Innovations for String
Orchestra. Multicultural;
Novelty. Score and
Part(s). 140 pages.
Duration 3:00. Alfred
Music #00-48076.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.48076).
ISBN
9781470658786. UPC:
038081554334.
English.
Take your
orchestra on a trip
around the world with
this fun medley of some
of the most famous
melodies ever written in
A Musical Passport by
Richard Meyer. Using 22
tunes from 17 different
countries, this is the
ultimate multi-cultural
experience for your
students and your
audience! The melodies
are tossed from section
to section so all the
instruments get a chance
in the spotlight, and the
quickly changing styles
will keep everyone on
their toes.
Songs
that are included in A
Musical Passport by
Richard Meyer are:
America, the Beautiful
(U.S.A.) * Rule,
Britannia (England) * The
Irish Washerwoman
(Ireland) * Scotland the
Brave (Scotland) * Roll
Out the Barrel
(Czechoslovakia/Germany)
* Funiculi, Funicula
(Italy) * Frere Jacques
(France) * Dark Eyes
(Russia) * Jasmine Flower
Song (China) * Arirang
(Korea) * Sakura (Japan)
* Obwisana (Ghana) *
Siyahamba (We Are
Marching) (South Africa
[Zulu]) * Waltzing
Matilda (Australia) * La
Cumparsita (South America
[Uruguay]) * Las
Chiapanecas (Mexico) *
Cielito Lindo (Mexico) *
O Canada (Canada) * Oh!
Susanna (U.S.A.) *
Camptown Races (U.S.A.) *
America, the Beautiful
(U.S.A.) * Home, Sweet
Home (U.S.A.) * The
Star-Spangled Banner
(U.S.A.) * America, the
Beautiful (U.S.A.).
Correlates with Sound
Innovations for String
Orchestra, Book 2, Level
6. (3:00) This title is
available in MakeMusic
Cloud.
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.48076S Composed by Richard Meyer. MakeMusic...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.48076S
Composed by Richard
Meyer. MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Sound
Innovations for String
Orchestra. Multicultural;
Novelty. Score. 16 pages.
Duration 3:00. Alfred
Music #00-48076S.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.48076S).
ISBN
9781470658793. UPC:
038081554341.
English.
Take your
orchestra on a trip
around the world with
this fun medley of some
of the most famous
melodies ever written in
A Musical Passport by
Richard Meyer. Using 22
tunes from 17 different
countries, this is the
ultimate multi-cultural
experience for your
students and your
audience! The melodies
are tossed from section
to section so all the
instruments get a chance
in the spotlight, and the
quickly changing styles
will keep everyone on
their toes.
Songs
that are included in A
Musical Passport by
Richard Meyer are:
America, the Beautiful
(U.S.A.) * Rule,
Britannia (England) * The
Irish Washerwoman
(Ireland) * Scotland the
Brave (Scotland) * Roll
Out the Barrel
(Czechoslovakia/Germany)
* Funiculi, Funicula
(Italy) * Frere Jacques
(France) * Dark Eyes
(Russia) * Jasmine Flower
Song (China) * Arirang
(Korea) * Sakura (Japan)
* Obwisana (Ghana) *
Siyahamba (We Are
Marching) (South Africa
[Zulu]) * Waltzing
Matilda (Australia) * La
Cumparsita (South America
[Uruguay]) * Las
Chiapanecas (Mexico) *
Cielito Lindo (Mexico) *
O Canada (Canada) * Oh!
Susanna (U.S.A.) *
Camptown Races (U.S.A.) *
America, the Beautiful
(U.S.A.) * Home, Sweet
Home (U.S.A.) * The
Star-Spangled Banner
(U.S.A.) * America, the
Beautiful (U.S.A.).
Correlates with Sound
Innovations for String
Orchestra, Book 2, Level
6. (3:00) This title
available in MakeMusic
Cloud.
Orchestra SKU: PR.416415760 For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.416415760
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
Schickele. Study Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415760).
UPC:
680160636532. 9 x 12
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641576L For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641576L
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Peter
Schickele. Large Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641576L).
UPC:
680160636549. 11 x 17
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Boy
Soprano, Soprano, Tenor,
Flugelhorn, Mixed Chorus,
and Chamber Orchestra
Study Score. Composed
by Harald Weiss. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Classical.
Softcover. Composed
2008/2009. 188 pages.
Duration 100'. Schott
Music #ED20619. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49018099).
ISBN
9790001158428. UPC:
884088567347.
8.25x11.75x0.457 inches.
Latin - German.
On
letting go(Concerning the
selection of the texts)
In the selection of the
texts, I have allowed
myself to be motivated
and inspired by the
concept of 'letting go'.
This appears to me to be
one of the essential
aspects of dying, but
also of life itself. We
humans cling far too
strongly to successful
achievements, whether
they have to do with
material or ideal values,
or relationships of all
kinds. We cannot and do
not want to let go,
almost as if our life
depended on it. As we
will have to practise the
art of letting go at the
latest during our hour of
death, perhaps we could
already make a start on
this while we are still
alive. Tagore describes
this farewell with very
simple but strikingly
vivid imagery: 'I will
return the key of my
door'. I have set this
text for tenor solo. Here
I imagine, and have
correspondingly noted in
a certain passage of the
score, that the
protagonist finds himself
as though 'in an ocean'
of voices in which he is
however not drowning, but
immersing himself in
complete relaxation. The
phenomenon of letting go
is described even more
simply and tersely in
Psalm 90, verse 12: 'So
teach us to number our
days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom'.
This cannot be expressed
more plainly.I have begun
the requiem with a solo
boy's voice singing the
beginning of this psalm
on a single note, the
note A. This in effect
says it all. The work
comes full circle at the
culmination with a repeat
of the psalm which
subsequently leads into a
resplendent 'lux
aeterna'. The
intermediate texts of the
Requiem which highlight
the phenomenon of letting
go in the widest spectrum
of colours originate on
the one hand from the
Latin liturgy of the
Messa da Requiem (In
Paradisum, Libera me,
Requiem aeternam, Mors
stupebit) and on the
other hand from poems by
Joseph von Eichendorff,
Hermann Hesse,
Rabindranath Tagore and
Rainer Maria Rilke.All
texts have a distinctive
positive element in
common and view death as
being an organic process
within the great system
of the universe, for
example when Hermann
Hesse writes: 'Entreiss
dich, Seele, nun der
Zeit, entreiss dich
deinen Sorgen und mache
dich zum Flug bereit in
den ersehnten Morgen'
['Tear yourself way , o
soul, from time, tear
yourself away from your
sorrows and prepare
yourself to fly away into
the long-awaited
morning'] and later: 'Und
die Seele unbewacht will
in freien Flugen
schweben, um im
Zauberkreis der Nacht
tief und tausendfach zu
leben' ['And the
unfettered soul strives
to soar in free flight to
live in the magic sphere
of the night, deep and
thousandfold']. Or Joseph
von Eichendorff whose
text evokes a distant
song in his lines: 'Und
meine Seele spannte weit
ihre Flugel aus. Flog
durch die stillen Lande,
als floge sie nach Haus'
['And my soul spread its
wings wide. Flew through
the still country as if
homeward bound.']Here a
strong romantically
tinged occidental
resonance can be detected
which is however also
accompanied by a
universal spirit going
far beyond all cultures
and religions. In the
beginning was the sound
Long before any sort of
word or meaningful phrase
was uttered by vocal
chords, sounds,
vibrations and tones
already existed. This
brings us back to the
music. Both during my
years of study and at
subsequent periods, I had
been an active
participant in the world
of contemporary music,
both as percussionist and
also as conductor and
composer. My early scores
had a somewhat
adventurous appearance,
filled with an abundance
of small black dots: no
rhythm could be too
complicated, no register
too extreme and no
harmony too dissonant. I
devoted myself intensely
to the handling of
different parameters
which in serial music
coexist in total
equality: I also studied
aleatory principles and
so-called minimal music.I
subsequently emigrated
and took up residence in
Spain from where I
embarked on numerous
travels over the years to
India, Africa and South
America. I spent repeated
periods during this time
as a resident in
non-European countries.
This meant that the
currents of contemporary
music swept past me
vaguely and at a great
distance. What I instead
absorbed during this
period were other
completely new cultures
in which I attempted to
immerse myself as
intensively as possible.I
learned foreign languages
and came into contact
with musicians of all
classes and styles who
had a different cultural
heritage than my own: I
was intoxicated with the
diversity of artistic
potential.Nevertheless,
the further I distanced
myself from my own
Western musical heritage,
the more this returned
insistently in my
consciousness.The scene
can be imagined of
sitting somewhere in the
middle of the Brazilian
jungle surrounded by the
wailing of Indians and
out of the blue being
provided with the
opportunity to hear
Beethoven's late string
quartets: this can be a
heart-wrenching
experience, akin to an
identity crisis. This
type of experience can
also be described as
cathartic. Whatever the
circumstances, my
'renewed' occupation with
the 'old' country would
not permit me to return
to the point at which I
as an audacious young
student had maltreated
the musical parameters of
so-called contemporary
music. A completely
different approach would
be necessary: an
extremely careful
approach, inching my way
gradually back into the
Western world: an
approach which would
welcome tradition back
into the fold, attempt to
unfurl the petals and
gently infuse this
tradition with a breath
of contemporary
life.Although I am aware
that I will not unleash a
revolution or scandal
with this approach, I am
nevertheless confident
as, with the musical
vocabulary of this
Requiem, I am travelling
in an orbit in which no
ballast or complex
structures will be
transported or intimated:
on the contrary, I have
attempted to form the
message of the texts in
music with the naivety of
a 'homecomer'. Harald
WeissColonia de San
PedroMarch 2009.
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By William Byrd. Arranged by Johnnie Vinson. MusicWorks Grade 1. Concert Band. S...(+)
By William Byrd. Arranged
by Johnnie Vinson.
MusicWorks Grade 1.
Concert Band. Score and
full set of parts. Size
9x12 inches. Published by
Hal Leonard.