New York, New York Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Jazz Lines Publications
Recorded by Frank Sinatra. Edited by Rob DuBoff, Jeffrey Sultanof, and Dy...(+)
Recorded by Frank
Sinatra. Edited by
Rob DuBoff, Jeffrey
Sultanof, and Dylan
Canterbury. Arranged by
Don Costa. Jazz, Swing.
Score and parts.
Published by Jazz Lines
Publications
(JL.JLP-9510).
Full Orchestra (Print) Choral (Orchestra Accompaniment) SKU: HL.323200 (+)
Full Orchestra (Print)
Choral (Orchestra
Accompaniment)
SKU:
HL.323200
Lessons
for Lent. Composed by
Joseph M. Martin. Shawnee
Sacred. Cantata, Easter,
General Worship, Holy
Week, Lent, Sacred.
Softcover. Duration 2100
seconds. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.323200).
ISBN
9781540070487. UPC:
888680978266.
8.5x11.0x1.334
inches.
Presented
in a new edition for the
20th anniversary of its
publication, this seminal
cantata is rich with
musical and spiritual
potential. Using simple
symbols of worship,
expressive music and a
sensitive narration by
Pamela Stewart, this work
is an unforgettable
experience for Holy Week.
A new SAB version and
special anniversary
consort orchestration
join the original
products to open the work
to groups of every size.
Only 30 minutes long, the
cantata is easily learned
and with Brant Adams'
gentle yet dramatic
orchestrations, Colors of
Grace will become a
treasured part of your
Holy Week commemoration.
Songs include: Prologue;
Take My Yoke Upon You; A
Servant's Song (The Basin
and Towel); Take My Yoke
Upon You (Lesson 1:
Service); Underscore: The
Cup; A Shadow Fell on
Sharon's Rose; Take My
Yoke Upon You (Lesson 2:
Obedience); Underscore:
The Crown of Thorns; O
Gentle Jesus; Take My
Yoke Upon You (Lesson 3:
Humility); Come to the
Cross; Epilogue. Score
and Parts for Orchestra
(fl 1-2, ob/eng hn, cl
1-2, bn, hn 1-2,
timp/bass dm, perc 1-2,
hp, pno, vn 1-2, va, vc,
db) available as Printed
Edition and as a digital
download. Consort Score
and Parts (fl, cl, hn,
perc, pno, hp, vn, vc)
available as a digital
download.
Orchestra SKU: BT.MUSM570366699 Composed by Ed Hughes. Score Only. 62 pag...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BT.MUSM570366699
Composed by Ed Hughes.
Score Only. 62 pages.
University of York Music
Press #MUSM570366699.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.MUSM570366699).
English.
Le
Voyage Dans La Lune is a
continuous orchestral
score of approximately 14
minutes comprising two
outer fast sections and a
slower inner section of a
dream-like character. The
work is directly inspired
by the film Le Voyage
Dans La Lune (1902),
written and directed by
the pioneering French
film-maker, Georges
Méliès. Méliès was
influenced by 19th
century interests in
science and discoveries,
as well as the science
fiction of Jules Verne.
At the same time his work
seems fantastic, surreal
and satirical. Some
critics point out an
underlying critique of
colonial adventuring. The
plot centres on a group
of astronomers who decide
to launch a rocket to the
moon containing a handful
of their number. They
reach the moon (famously
landing on the moon’s
face) and then encounter
a strange race of aliens,
whom they battle and
destroy. The return to
earth involves a dramatic
descent, a plunge into
the ocean and then
celebratory dancing. The
film inhabits a surreal
and dream-like space, and
uses an idiosyncratic
visual language which
transforms reality. This
inspired an active
musical response in my
own score, which is by
turns abrupt, smooth,
lyrical and violent, and
expresses something of
the strange shifting
surfaces and multiple and
layered tempos evident in
the film. The canons in
the horns in the first
scene reflect the intense
arguments of the
astronomers as they
consider the project. The
slower inner section is
inspired by the scenes of
the industrial City
viewed from its rooftops
by the astronomers. It
also expresses the wonder
of the astronomers as
they see the earth rise
from the perspective of
the moon after their
arrival there. The music
of the final section is
in places conflicted,
reflecting the violent
encounters with the
moon’s inhabitants. It
moves into a more
harmonious phase at the
close to match the
celebrations upon the
astronomers’ return
from their adventuring.
The music could be
considered to be a
surreal mini-opera
without voices, voicing
instead the characters of
the silent screen. - Ed
Hughes.
Orchestra SKU: BT.MUSM570366712 Composed by Ed Hughes. Classical. Study S...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BT.MUSM570366712
Composed by Ed Hughes.
Classical. Study Score.
62 pages. University of
York Music Press
#MUSM570366712. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570366712).
English.
Le
Voyage Dans La Lune is a
continuous orchestral
score of approximately 14
minutes comprising two
outer fast sections and a
slower inner section of a
dream-like character. The
work is directly inspired
by the film Le Voyage
Dans La Lune (1902),
written and directed by
the pioneering French
film-maker, Georges
Méliès. Méliès was
influenced by 19th
century interests in
science and discoveries,
as well as the science
fiction of Jules Verne.
At the same time his work
seems fantastic, surreal
and satirical. Some
critics point out an
underlying critique of
colonial adventuring. The
plot centres on a group
of astronomers who decide
to launch a rocket to the
moon containing a handful
of their number. They
reach the moon (famously
landing on the moon’s
face) and then encounter
a strange race of aliens,
whom they battle and
destroy. The return to
earth involves a dramatic
descent, a plunge into
the ocean and then
celebratory dancing. The
film inhabits a surreal
and dream-like space, and
uses an idiosyncratic
visual language which
transforms reality. This
inspired an active
musical response in my
own score, which is by
turns abrupt, smooth,
lyrical and violent, and
expresses something of
the strange shifting
surfaces and multiple and
layered tempos evident in
the film. The canons in
the horns in the first
scene reflect the intense
arguments of the
astronomers as they
consider the project. The
slower inner section is
inspired by the scenes of
the industrial City
viewed from its rooftops
by the astronomers. It
also expresses the wonder
of the astronomers as
they see the earth rise
from the perspective of
the moon after their
arrival there. The music
of the final section is
in places conflicted,
reflecting the violent
encounters with the
moon’s inhabitants. It
moves into a more
harmonious phase at the
close to match the
celebrations upon the
astronomers’ return
from their adventuring.
The music could be
considered to be a
surreal mini-opera
without voices, voicing
instead the characters of
the silent screen. - Ed
Hughes.
Composed by Helmut
Lachenmann. Orchestra;
Softcover.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Music
post-1945; New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2003/04. 108
pages. Duration 25'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5435. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5435).
ISBN
9790004212820. 11.5 x
16.5 inches.
Meine
eigene neue
Orchesterkomposition hat
den Titel ,,SCHREIBEN.
Die praktische Aktion des
Schreibens, als
mechanisches Einwirken
per Hand, Stift, Pinsel,
auf eine Flache (Papier,
Pergament, Stein etc.),
ausgelost und gesteuert
von einem kommunikativen
Bedurfnis und, bei aller
Spontaneitat, beherrscht
durch die Regeln von
Schrift und Sprache, ist
fur mich einer der
geheimnisvollsten
Vorgange im
zwischenmenschlichen
Alltag, bei dem
menschlicher Geist und
tote Materie einander
begegnen: Gedanken bzw.
Gedachtes werden auf
einer Flache - Papier,
Pergament, Stein -
festgehalten, ihr
sozusagen anvertraut. Und
auf diesem Umweg uber
Sprache, Schrift und
Gravur begegnen sie dem
Geist des lesenden oder
entziffernden
Mitmenschen. Als
Komponist aber frage ich:
gibt es auch einen
anderen
Kausalitatszusammenhang,
gibt es z. B. ein
,,autonomes Schreiben,
eine sinn-freie
Zeichengebung, durch
entfesselte, losgelassene
Fortbewegung der
schreibenden Hand, wo der
Schreibende seinem
eigenen Schreiben nur
noch staunend zusieht?
Werden nicht in Japan
Bilder, auch ,,abstrakte,
geschrieben??? (In einem
Underground-Film der
70er-Jahre uber den
jungen Mozart sieht sich
der Zuschauer versetzt in
ein Zimmer eines
italienischen Gasthauses,
in dem der junge
durchreisende Mozart am
Tisch eilig die
Rezitative einer seiner
italienischen Opern zu
Papier bringt. Mehr als
eine Viertelstunde lang
sind wir dabei, horen
nicht die entstehende
Musik, sondern das
nervose Kratzen der Feder
auf dem groben
Notenpapier in
nachmittaglicher Stille -
nur der gleichmassige
Pendelschlag der Wanduhr
ist noch zu horen -, und
wir erleben diese
sekundare Klangwelt kaum
weniger intensiv als
nachher andere Horer die
dabei stumm entstehende
Musik.) Das Orchester in
meinem Stuck ,,schreibt.
Es fugt Strich zu Strich,
versteht sich selbst als
eine Art vielfaltiges
,,Schreib-Gerat. Wir als
Horer lesen nicht das
,,Geschriebene, aber wir
horen den Vorgang des
Schreibens, den
Bogenstrich, die Bewegung
des scharrenden Holzstabs
auf Fell oder Tamtam, und
wir beobachten dessen
Imitation bzw.
Transformation durch -
zeitweise auch tonlos -
sich zu linearen
Gestalten verbindende
Blasinstrumente als eine
Art klingender
Schreib-Zeremonie. Es
ergibt sich eine Musik,
die gelegentlich ihren
gedanklichen
Ausgangspunkt vergisst
und sich als autonome
Klang-Situation
fortentwickelt und
verwandelt, und die
schliesslich im hochsten
Register eine Art
,,Kantilene be-schreibt.
Wer das deutsche Wort
,,Schreiben (engl. ,,to
write) schreibt, der
schreibt dabei auch
unweigerlich das Wort
,,Schrei (engl. ,,shout),
und er schreibt auch das
Wort ,,reiben (engl. ,,to
rub). So emotional der
erste Begriff gedacht
werden kann, so
nuchtern-praktisch ist
der zweite. Von beiden
Aspekten, samt ihrer
Gegensatzlichkeit, ist
mein Stuck gepragt.
(Helmut Lachenmann,
2003)
Orchestra SKU: BT.MUSM570202997 Composed by George Nicholson. Score Only....(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BT.MUSM570202997
Composed by George
Nicholson. Score Only.
154 pages. University of
York Music Press
#MUSM570202997. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570202997).
English.
For
Soprano and Large
Ensemble. Published
1986-7.
2(both+picc).2(1st+ob
d'amr).3(all+bcl,
2nd+asax,
3rd+tsax).1(+cbn) /
2.0.1.0 /
2perc.pf(+cel).hp /
1.1.1.1.1 Commissioned by
Paul Webster for the
Orpheus Ensemble with
funds made available by
the Arts Council of Great
Britain. First
performance: Jane
Ginsborg and the Orpheus
Ensemble, conducted by
Paul Webster, Almeida
Festival, 27th June 1987.
Score.
Evil Machines Orchestre [Conducteur] University Of York Music Press
Orchestra SKU: BT.MUSM570360352 Composed by Luís Tinoco. Score Only. Uni...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BT.MUSM570360352
Composed by Luís Tinoco.
Score Only. University of
York Music Press
#MUSM570360352. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570360352).
English.
A
musical fantasy in two
acts for twelve singers
and Orchestra. Published
in 2007. Test (in
English) by Terry Jones.
Commissioned by the
Teatro Municipal de
S.Luiz. First
performance: Lisbon
Metropolitan Orchestra,
Teatro Municipal de
S.Luiz, Lisboa, 12th
January 2008. Score.
Evil Machines Orchestre University Of York Music Press
Orchestra SKU: BT.MUSM570360512 Composed by Luís Tinoco. Vocal Score. 86...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BT.MUSM570360512
Composed by Luís Tinoco.
Vocal Score. 86 pages.
University of York Music
Press #MUSM570360512.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.MUSM570360512).
English.
A
musical fantasy in two
acts for twelve singers
and Orchestra. Published
in 2007. Text (in
English) by Terry Jones.
Commissioned by the
Teatro Municipal de
S.Luiz. First
performance: Lisbon
Metropolitan Orchestra,
Teatro Municipal de
S.Luiz, Lisboa, 12th
January 2008. Vocal
Score.
Full Orchestra (Print) Choir (Orchestra Accompaniment) SKU: HL.35032262 C...(+)
Full Orchestra (Print)
Choir (Orchestra
Accompaniment)
SKU:
HL.35032262
Composed
by Heather Sorenson and
Joseph M. Martin. Shawnee
Sacred. Advent, Cantata,
Christmas,
Christmas/Advent Sacred,
General Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. Duration 3360
seconds. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.35032262).
ISBN
9781540027139. UPC:
888680746728.
9.0x13.5x2.261 inches.
Joseph M. Martin/Heather
Sorenson.
The
Christmas story is told
with fresh perspective in
this collaborative
cantata from Joseph
Martin and Heather
Sorenson. Throughout
time, God has touched and
motivated hearts through
dreams and visions.
Christmas Dreams visits
these moments in
scripture and connects
the experiences of
ancient times with our
modern journey of faith,
pointing to Christ, in
whose birth the hopes,
yearnings and dreams of
all the world are
fulfilled. Using
traditional carols, newly
composed seasonal
selections and thoughtful
narration, this rich work
delivers a tapestry of
sound and emotion. Share
this cantata with your
people and help them
discover God's graceful
touch in their lives!
Songs include: Christmas
Dreams Overture; Advent
Dreams; The Promise and
the Prayer; A New Morning
of Promise; Zechariah's
Song; Mary's Dream; All
Through the Night; Hark!
The Herald Angels Sing;
The Magi's Epiphany;
Christmas Dreams; A
Gentle Christmas
Blessing.
Beethoven Complete Edition, Series XI, Vol. 3 Paperbound Score. Composed by ...(+)
Beethoven Complete
Edition,
Series XI, Vol. 3
Paperbound
Score. Composed by Ludwig
van Beethoven
(1770-1827).
Edited by Susanne Cox.
Henle
Complete Edition.
Softcover.
136 pages. G. Henle
#HN4421.
Published by G. Henle
(Featuring: Opening Overture / Mine Escape / Pirates vs. Natives vs. Heroes vs. ...(+)
(Featuring: Opening
Overture / Mine Escape /
Pirates vs. Natives vs.
Heroes vs. Chickens /
Transfiguration /
Fetching the Boys).
Composed by John Powell.
Arranged by Douglas E.
Wagner. Orchestra. Full
Orchestra; Part(s);
Score. Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Movie. Grade
3. 214 pages. Published
by Alfred Music
Featuring: Opening Overture / Mine Escape / Pirates vs. Natives vs. Heroes vs...(+)
Featuring: Opening
Overture / Mine Escape /
Pirates vs. Natives vs.
Heroes vs. Chickens /
Transfiguration /
Fetching the Boys.
Composed by John Powell.
Arranged by Douglas E.
Wagner. Full Orchestra;
Score. Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Movie. 24
pages. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.44807S).
Orchestra SKU: SU.97022030 For Orchestra. Composed by William Thom...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.97022030
For
Orchestra. Composed
by William Thomas
McKinley. Orchestra.
Study Score. Notevole
Music Publishing
#97022030. Published by
Notevole Music Publishing
(SU.97022030).
Orchestra SKU: CF.PO192S On We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Compose...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
CF.PO192S
On We
Wish You a Merry
Christmas. Composed
by Robert B. Brown.
Condensed score. Carl
Fischer Music #PO192S.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.PO192S).
ISBN 9781491157367.
UPC:
680160915927.
Progr
am note: Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas. The Composer:
Dr. Robert Bennett Brown
has devoted much of his
professional teaching
career to musical
compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation. At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee. To the
Conductor: You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability.
 . Program
note:Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas.The
Composer:Dr. Robert
Bennett Brown has devoted
much of his professional
teaching career to
musical compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation.At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee.To the
Conductor:You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability. .
Orchestra SKU: CF.PO192F On We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Compose...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
CF.PO192F
On We
Wish You a Merry
Christmas. Composed
by Robert B. Brown. Full
score. Carl Fischer Music
#PO192F. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.PO192F).
ISBN
9781491157374. UPC:
680160915934.
Progr
am note: Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas. The Composer:
Dr. Robert Bennett Brown
has devoted much of his
professional teaching
career to musical
compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation. At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee. To the
Conductor: You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability.
 . Program
note:Christmas Fugue,
like the charming English
folk tune on which it is
based, is full of the
spirit and fun that is
Christmas. After a slow
shimmering introduction
which imparts an
impression of Christmas
morning, the fugue
subject is abruptly
introduced. The fugue
subject: We Wish You a
Merry Christmas. The work
develops through a series
of playful musical
episodes which afford
satisfying opportunities
for the various sections
of the orchestra. The
fugue culminates in a
combination of motifs
which find the brass
heralding the
unmistakable arrival of
Christmas.The
Composer:Dr. Robert
Bennett Brown has devoted
much of his professional
teaching career to
musical compositions and
arrangements for young
orchestral enthusiasts.
Christmas Fugue, like
other of Dr. Drown's
published works, was
written in and for the
actual teaching
situation.At the present
time, Robert Bennett
Brown is District
Supervisor of Music for
the Levittown, N.Y.
Public Schools.
Previously, for some
nineteen years, he taught
in Bronxville, N.Y.
where, as Chairman of
Music, he brought about
an extremely high level
of school orchestral
achievement. he was
educated at New York
University and Teachers
College, Columbia
University. He has served
as a field supervisor of
student teaching for New
York University and as a
general music consultant.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the
New York State Music
Regents Committee.To the
Conductor:You will find
this work to be the
conductor's dream. Parts
are easy but impressive
sounding. The total
effect will give your
orchestra that typical
classical sound so
satisfying to performer
and listener alike. Full
or exact instrumentation
is not a must; cross-cues
will carry critical areas
where a specified
instrument may be
lacking. Piano, tuba, and
saxophone parts are
written to accommodate
those players where they
exist. These parts are
not essential to the
instrumentation. Though
Christmas Fugue is well
suited to the interests
of high school orchestra
pursuits, its grade of
difficulty is easily
handled by any junior
high school group of
average ability. .
And There Was Light Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Shawnee Press
Full Orchestra (Print) Choral (Orchestra Accompaniment) SKU: HL.293395 (+)
Full Orchestra (Print)
Choral (Orchestra
Accompaniment)
SKU:
HL.293395
A
Cantata for
Christmas. Composed
by Joseph M. Martin.
Shawnee Sacred. Advent,
Cantata, Christmas,
Christmas/Advent Sacred.
Softcover. Duration 3000
seconds. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.293395).
ISBN
9781540050984. UPC:
888680936129.
9.0x13.75x2.61
inches.
This
cantata is a celebration
of light. Filled with
time-honored carols and
expressive original
songs, this work will
dazzle and inspire. The
first half of the cantata
is dedicated to hopeful
prophecies associated
with the coming Light of
the World. With the birth
of Jesus, the second part
moves forward to declare
the tidings of great joy
and is crowned with an
opportunity for the
congregation to join in
singing, Joy to the
World. Brant Adams and
Robert Sterling shine as
orchestrators of this
truly festive work.
Glorious! Songs include:
A Festive Call to
Christmas; Celebration of
Light; Come, Golden
Light; Dazzling Joy;
Beautiful Name; Dreamer
of Stars; Angel Song;
Silver and Shadows;
Joyous Carols of
Christmas. Score and
Parts for Full Orchestra
(fl 1-2, ob, cl 1-2, bn,
hn 1-2, tpt 1-3, tbn,
1-2, tba, timp, perc 1-2,
hp, pno, vn 1-2, va, vc,
db) available as a
Printed Edition and as a
digital download. Score
and Parts for Consort
(fl, cl, tpt 1-2, tbn,
perc, kybd str) available
as a Printed Edition and
as a digital
download.
Gesu Bambino Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Shawnee Press
By Pietro A. Yon (1886-1943). Arranged by Mark Hayes. For Orchestra (Score and P...(+)
By Pietro A. Yon
(1886-1943). Arranged by
Mark Hayes. For Orchestra
(Score and Parts).
Shawnee Press. Shawnee
Press #LB5768. Published
by Shawnee Press
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.
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.
Tone Poem - Urtext based on the Complete Edition Jean Sibelius Works (JSW). C...(+)
Tone Poem - Urtext based
on
the Complete Edition Jean
Sibelius Works (JSW).
Composed by Jean Sibelius
(1865-1957). Edited by
Timo
Virtanen. Full score.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#PB-
5658. Published by
Breitkopf
and Haertel
Orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: AP.35898S Composed by Carol J. Johnson. Performa...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2
SKU: AP.35898S
Composed by Carol J.
Johnson. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Belwin Beginning String
Orchestra. Light Concert;
Peace/Brotherhood. Score.
8 pages. Belwin Music
#00-35898S. Published by
Belwin Music (AP.35898S).
UPC: 038081407500.
English.
As soon as
your young string players
have learned their low 2
finger patterns, they are
ready for this catchy
teaching tune. Written in
the attention-grabbing
key of A minor, this
mystical piece reinforces
the neighborly half-step
relationship between E-F
on the D string and B-C
on the A string. Every
section gets the melody,
a winner with the kids,
and you'll like how each
section learns to play
their half steps more in
tune. A great supplement
to your method book, and
also a successful
crowd-pleaser on your
next concert!
Composed by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Edited by Ulrich Konrad. This edition:...(+)
Composed by Richard
Wagner
(1813-1883). Edited by
Ulrich
Konrad. This edition:
facsimile. Half-leather
binding. Documenta
musicologica II/56 /
Barenreiter Facsimile.
Facsimile. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BVK02418.
Published
by Baerenreiter Verlag