Orchestra SKU: SU.91580100 For Orchestra. Composed by Steven Mercu...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.91580100
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Steven Mercurio.
Vocal/Choral, Opera. CD
(Audio). Subito Music
Corporation #91580100.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.91580100).
A Grateful Tail
- Movement by Movement
Siriusly, Dog Star
Sirius, the brightest
star in the night sky,
has been used by
travelers and navigators
for thousands of years as
a guiding star and so it
is here as the opening
movement for the
symphony. Sirius, the
cornerstone to the
constellation Canis
Maggiore or Big Dog sits
at the foot of Orion, the
hunter, leading the way.
Highly cinematic, the
movement evokes both a
musical and visual sense
of the mythological and
mysterious elements of
Sirius and its Dog
Godstar secrets. From the
clarion call of the
opening, Sirius theme,
the sound is buoyant and
frisky emulating the
nature of doggy playtime.
Puppy pleasures abound as
a doggy four-step, my
turn on the traditional
American two-step dance,
is introduced. The
movement transforms into
an actual orchestrated
frolic of small, large
and medium dog barks
beginning with the winds
(smaller dogs) and
ultimately, the big dog,
brass. The movement
climaxes with the coda
or, Dog Park, where the
winds and the brass bark
and play together over
the, doggy ostinato
four-step rhythm,
culminating with the
final call of the Sirius
theme. Let Sleeping Dogs
Lie, Peacefully It's all
in a dog's day and life.
Tranquility presides over
this supremely gentle,
intermezzo-like movement.
After a day of play,
every dog needs rest. Let
Sleeping Dogs Lie, is a
lyrical andante inspired
by the profound serenity
and beauty of a dog at
rest. The Last Will and
Testament of Silverdene
Emblem O'Neill Based on a
powerful piece of prose
written by the American
playwright, Eugene
O'Neill this text was
intended as a consolation
piece for Carlotta, his
wife, who had become
grief-stricken over the
loss of their beloved
dog, the Dalmatian known
as Blemie.Written for a
singing actor who
personifies the role of
Blemie, a dog at the end
of his life, the movement
plays like a one act,
musical drama as we
follow Blemie through a
wonderfully
three-dimensional,
emotional and
psychological journey
writing his Last Will and
Testament, for those who
have loved him. Wagging
the Tail: Ossia Fido's
Lament A life-affirming
rumba/samba using
Blemie's final words from
O'Neill's text, this
final movement employs
the most unique American
musical invention, the
gospel choir. In order to
make the dances come
alive, this movement also
calls upon the colors of
a rhythm section.
Creating the spirit of an
Irish Funeral, the
movement is a joyful and
revival-like celebration
of a dog's life as its
spirit lives on forever
in the hearts and minds
of dog lovers everywhere.
Remember Me, remember me!
My spirit is wagging a
grateful tail. Published
by: Subito Music
Publishing Release Date:
July 9, 2013.
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Edited by Andreas Friesenhagen. This...(+)
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn (1732-1809). Edited
by Andreas Friesenhagen.
This edition: urtext
edition. Stapled. Urtext
from: Joseph Haydn Werke,
G. Henle Verlag Munchen.
Score. Hob. I:89.
Duration 22 minutes.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA10979).
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867S
Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867S).
UPC:
680160683208.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Orchestra SKU: SU.27020085 For Orchestra. Composed by Graham Gordo...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.27020085
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Graham Gordon Ramsay.
Orchestra. Study Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#27020085. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.27020085).
Jacob vs. Angel
is a piece about crisis
of conscience, ambiguity,
and misinterpretation
expressed through the
depiction of a major
battle, the goal of which
is never made entirely
clear. Based on the
biblical story, the work
is highly programmatic,
with each of the six
movements reflecting a
corresponding stanza from
the titular poem by Alice
Weaver Flaherty. The
piece was originally
composed as a vehicle for
virtuoso organist
Heinrich Christensen, and
later orchestrated. The
first movement introduces
the main musical
material--a five note
motive, the intervals of
which are reorganized to
create melodic and
harmonic development
throughout the piece. The
second, third, and fourth
movements depict the
brutal fight between
Jacob and the angel, and
lead one to the next
without pause. The fifth
movement is about the
post-battle scene, and
the final movement is an
epilogue, reframing the
ideas from the previous
movements. The music
elucidates various
actions from the Flaherty
poem—sand
skittering across the
desert, aggressive acts
of violence and
sensuality between the
protagonists, the beating
of wings, feathers
blowing in the wind, etc.
But beyond the music's
more literal elements,
the work is designed to
express an abstract state
of mind, a sense of
unease, and anticipation
of what is yet to come.
—Graham Gordon
Ramsay2(2) 1,1 2 2; 2221;
7perc, hp, cel; stgs
Duration: 24'Composed:
2023 Published by:
Distributed Composer
Jacob vs Angel was
composed originally as a
solo concert organ work
in 2007; the orchestral
version was completed in
2023. A live performance
of the organ version can
be seen at. Performance
materials available on
rental:.
Version of 1851 - Urtext. Composed by Robert Schumann. Edited by Joachim ...(+)
Version of 1851 -
Urtext. Composed by
Robert Schumann. Edited
by Joachim Draheim.
Symphony.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). The
5 study scores of the
symphonies (incl. early
version of the 4 th
symphony) in slipcase are
temporarily out of print.
The single editions are,
however, still available.
Romantic. Double bass
part. Breitkopf and
Haertel #OB 5264-27.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5264-27).
0.48
Cello Section Feature
(Featuring: What Child Is
This? / Oh Come, Oh Come
Emmanuel / Angels We Have
Heard on High).
Arranged by Bob Phillips.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Sound
Innovations for String
Orchestra. Christmas;
Traditional; Winter.
Score. 12 pages. Duration
3:20. Alfred Music
#00-44826S. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.44826S).
UPC: 038081518152.
English.
Traditional.
Showca
se your cellos! This
piece, arranged by Bob
Phillips, will make them
sound great! Featuring
What Child Is This?, Oh
Come, Oh Come Emmanuel,
and Angels We Have Heard
on High. A perfect
training exercise for
third and fourth
positions for the cellos,
this lovely medley also
includes a bit of easy
third position for the
first violins. The melody
for the cellos is mostly
on the A-string.
(3:20).
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.
Orchestra (1.1.0.1. - 0.3.0.0. - timp - str) SKU: BR.PB-5226 Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra (1.1.0.1. -
0.3.0.0. - timp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-5226
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Edited by
Klaus Winkler. Orchestra;
Softcover.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Klaus
Winkler has selected
seven favorite pieces
from the Little Music
Book and carefully
expanded the two-part
piano writing to a
four-part texture. This
appealing suite can be
easily mastered by every
amateur orchestra. Suite;
Baroque. Full score. 16
pages. Duration 12'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5226. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5226).
ISBN
9790004209561. 9 x 12
inches.
Klaus
Winkler has selected
seven favorite pieces
from the Little Music
Book and carefully
expanded the two-part
piano writing to a
four-part texture. This
appealing suite can be
easily mastered by every
amateur orchestra. The
instrumentation is
conceived so as to allow
the greates amount of
performance possibilities
- flute(s), oboe(s),
bassoon(s), and 1-3
trumpets can be added ad
libitum; Violin II used
instead of Viola, and
much more.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14028038 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14028038
Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. 95 pages. Music
Sales #KP00294. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14028038).
ISBN
9788759854730.
12.0x16.5x0.3 inches.
English.
The word
GONG is saturated with
associations: the
splendour of the Orient,
mysticism, drama, loud
metallic clangour,
violent impact, etc. The
present piece draws upon
all those connotations,
but it is primarily a
symphonic drama about the
life and behaviour of the
sun, our closest star and
prime source of life on
Earth. Describing the sun
in music is not a new
idea, of course; during a
visit to Greece, Carl
Nielsen was inspired by
the orbit of the sun and
its very un-Danish
ferocity and thus wrote
the Helios Overture. GONG
is a Helios Overture too,
of sorts, albeit more
abstract. Recent
astronomical research
shows, that the surface
of the sun reverberates
like a gong, in four
different, simultaneous
tempi (not directly
depicted in the score,
though); the sun looks
like a GONG, - the O in
the written work looks
like the sun; there is
even a solar research
group called GONG (Global
Oscillation Network
Group). Formally the
composition follows the
life and fate of the sun,
from the initial
explotional birth through
the hyper-activity as
energy source as we know
it today to the final,
predicted flaring up and
collapse into a so-called
white dwarf. But - being
a musical composition,
not an astrophysical
thesis - GONG is brought
to its compositional
conclusion by a real
concert-ending, a chord
taken from the middle of
the piece and sustained
over several bars, from
virtual nothingness to
full force.
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.33713S Composed by Richard Meyer. MakeMusic C...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.33713S
Composed by Richard
Meyer. MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Form:
Variations. Light
Concert; Novelty. Score.
20 pages. Highland/Etling
#00-33713S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.33713S).
UPC:
038081375120.
English.
You and
your students will love
putting together these
charming variations based
on Lewis Carroll's
classic book. A simple
and graceful theme,
entitled Alice, is
followed by four colorful
variations depicting the
delightfully odd
characters that inhabit
Wonderland. Each
variation is a stylistic
workshop for your
students who will learn a
myriad of techniques as
they bring to life the
Cheshire-Cat, a Mad Tea
Party, a Caterpillar, and
the King and Queen of
Hearts. This title is
available in MakeMusic
Cloud.