(Deluxe Score Only). By Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Sch�¶nberg, Herbert Kr...(+)
(Deluxe Score Only). By
Alain Boublil,
Claude-Michel
Sch�¶nberg, Herbert
Kretzmer, Jean-Marc
Natel, and Claude-Michel
Sch. Arranged by Bob
Krogstad. For Full
Orchestra (Score).
Symphony Pops. Grade 5-6.
12 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard
Orchestra SKU: HH.HH268-FSC Composed by Timothy Raymond. Orchestral. Full...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HH.HH268-FSC
Composed
by Timothy Raymond.
Orchestral. Full score.
Duration 10 minutes.
Edition HH Music
Publishers #HH268-FSC.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
(HH.HH268-FSC).
ISBN
9790708092209.
The
musical material derives
from transformations of
the carol melody, which
only appears with any
degree of literalness in
a dream like passage
close to the beginning
and vanishes –
though, in some sense,
its dna is present in
every bar. The piece is
through composed and
consists of slow –
at times, elegiac
– music flanking
fast central episodes.
Two chords, which seem to
signify a kind of
question at the very
beginning, return twice,
later in the work.
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.
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.
Arranged by Gary Fry. Orchestra. Full Orchestra; Score. Professional Orchestra S...(+)
Arranged by Gary Fry.
Orchestra. Full
Orchestra; Score.
Professional Orchestra
Series. Form: Medley.
Movie. 6 . 68 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Mamma Mia! Medley Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Alfred Publishing
Arranged by Gary Fry. Orchestra. Full Orchestra; Part(s); Score. Professional Or...(+)
Arranged by Gary Fry.
Orchestra. Full
Orchestra; Part(s);
Score. Professional
Orchestra Series. Form:
Medley. Movie. 6 . 239
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
Cello; Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.280392 Cello and Orchestra Stud...(+)
Cello; Orchestra (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.280392
Cello
and Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Brian Elias. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. 68 pages.
Duration 1500 seconds.
Chester Music #CH83886.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.280392).
UPC: 888680971069.
8.5x11.75x0.281
inches.
The Cello
Concerto is in four main
sections that are played
without a break. As with
most of my work, the
music throughout is
generated from the ideas
presented in the fi rst
few bars, and these ideas
and their variants appear
freely in the different
sections. Recurring
material and references
to earlier sections are
used deliberately to
create not only a sense
of unity but also an
impression of familiarity
that aspires to induce a
dream-like perception of
the passing music, a kind
of spiral. The piece
opens with a slow
introduction that
gradually quickens into
the first main section,
an allegro. The form of
the second section, which
is in a lighter mood, is
based on an early 13th
century verse form, the
Sestina, which consists
of six stanzas of
sixlines each, followed
by an envoi. The words
that end each line in the
first stanza are rotated
in a strictly prescribed
pattern* to give the
line-endings of the
remaining stanzas; in
this adaptation, each
line consists of four
bars, and the repetitions
ensue according to the
plan. The intricate
repetition inherent in
this form can also be
seen as a form of spiral.
The third section is an
extended slow movement
interrupted by a quicker
episode that refers to
the fi rst section.
Generally lighter and in
a similar vein to the
second section, the final
section includes a
reference to the slow
movement before returning
to the lighter music that
ends the piece. This work
is dedicated to Natalie
Clein.
Orchestra Piano Solo:
2.2.2.2: Saxes(AAT, opt):
4.3.3.0: Bells: Str
(9-8-7-6-5 in set)
SKU: AP.36-A604290
Composed by Leroy
Anderson. Arranged by
Walter Damrosch. Full
Orchestra. Edwin F.
Kalmus. Score and
Part(s). LudwigMasters
Publications #36-A604290.
Published by
LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-A604290).
UPC:
654690665539.
English.
First
published and recorded in
1954 (only included at
the time on the album
"A Leroy Anderson
Pops' Concert"),
this lovely piano
instrumental was released
as a UK single in 1957
and hit the charts in
early summer. Decca
then issued the track on
45 in the U.S. which
enjoyed a moderate
success. Anderson
later recorded stereo
version of Forgotten
Dreams in 1959. The
composition features a
haunting, romantic melody
and its performance is
within the reach of most
late-intermediate
pianists. Written in D
major, it contains
expressive tempo
variations, an animated B
section, and arpeggiated
chords which require a
bit of stretching.
Instrumentation: Piano
Solo: 2.2.2.2: Saxes(AAT,
opt): 4.3.3.0: Bells: Str
(9-8-7-6-5 in set).
These products
are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.
Orchestra SKU: BT.YKM570369270 Composed by Robert Saxton. Score Only. Com...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BT.YKM570369270
Composed by Robert
Saxton. Score Only.
Composed 2021. 70 pages.
University of York Music
Press #YKM570369270.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.YKM570369270).
A Hymn to the
Thames was commissioned
by James Turnbull and the
Music Director of the St
Paul’s Sinfonia, Andrew
Morley. It was begun in
2019 and completed early
in 2020. There are four
movements played without
a break, which follow the
Thames from its Cotswold
source to the North Sea.
As the first performance
took place in St
ALfege’s Church,
Greenwich, this seemed
appropriate. The solo
oboe represents both a
wanderer along the river
path and the spirit of
the river. The pitch
centres of the movements
spell out the musical
letters of the river
(tHAmES—B natural, A, E
and E flat) so that the
river’s name is
projected across the
whole work. In addition,
the musical letters found
in James Turnbull, Andrew
Morley and my wife,
Teresa Cahill ( who was
born in Maidenhead and
brought up by the river
in Rotherhithe) are
entwined in various
guises. The first
movement grows from the
depths, the soloist
entering with
fanfare-like gestures,
followed by lyrical music
and breaks into a dance
as the river gathers
momentum. The third
movement is slow and
sustained and
geographically the Thames
flows through Oxford. The
music is based on the
well-known In Nomine
‘head motif’ from the
Gloria tibi Trinitas Mass
by the early Tudor
composer, John Taverner,
who was the first
Director of Music at
Christ Church, Oxford.
The orchestra provides a
screen or veil above
which the solo oboe
dreams and ruminates.
This leads directly into
the fourth and final
movement which begins in
the depths once more,
interrupting the oboe’s
held note from the end of
the third movement. The
waters’ increasing
intensity and power are
represented throughout by
a moto perpetuo of quick,
steady semiquavers. Near
the close, the woodwind
play O Nata Lux by Thomas
Tallis, the great Tudor
composer who, with his
wife Joan, is buried in
St Alfege’s. Beneath
this, the lower strings
continue the fast
semiquaver movement of
the river and, above, the
violins are heard as a
halo of harmonics. At the
close, the oboe rises,
opening out to the
future, and celebrating
its voyage, while the
orchestra fades as the
river meets the sea. A
Hymn to the Thames lasts
approximately 17
minutes.
Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.14042350 Full Score. Composed by S&...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.14042350
Full Score.
Composed by Sø and
ren Nils Eichberg. Music
Sales America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Composed 2013. Edition
Wilhelm Hansen #WH31627.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14042350).
ISBN
9788759826164.
S
øren Nils
Eichberg's
Morpheus -
Concerto for
Orchestra
(2013). Commissioned by
The Danish National
Symphony Orchestra /
DR.
Parts are
available on hire:
hire@ewh.dk
Programme
note
Morpheus in the Greek
mythology is the most
powerful of the Oneroi,
the gods of dreams. He is
the one who sends us our
dreams and he may appear
to us within the dreams
in disguise.
Analogous to the logic
of dreams, in
Morpheus
everything is interwoven,
as chains of associations
appear to logically lead
us from one line of
thought to another.
Everything seems
strangelyfamiliar. But
the logic is treacherous
and we already feel, it
may only be valid within
the dream. Nothing that
appears similar is
actually ever really the
same.
Half
awakening, we struggle to
hold on to a vanishing
world we felt we were on
the verge of
understanding, but which
we already know will
eventually escape us when
we fully awake.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49045924 Opera in 3 Acts Study Score(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49045924
Opera in 3 Acts Study
Score. Composed by
Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
This edition:
Hardback/Hard Cover.
Sheet music. Study Score.
Die tote Stadt war von
Anfang an ein
durchschlagender Erfolg.
Bei der Urauffuhrung 1920
war der Komponist
Korngold, der spater in
Hollywood Karriere als
Filmkomponist machte,
gerade einmal 23 Jahre
alt. Das Libretto, ein
vielschichtig
gebrochenes, morbide.
Classical, Opera.
Hardcover. Composed
1916-1919. Op. 12. 696
pages. Duration 8700
seconds. Eulenburg
Edition #ETP8113.
Published by Eulenburg
Edition (HL.49045924).
ISBN 9783795711764.
UPC: 888680949426.
8.0x10.5x1.8 inches.
German. Korngold -
Librettist: Paul Schott;
Author of Original Text:
Georges
Rodenbach.
This
masterpiece, composed by
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
when he was only 23, was
one of the great stage
successes of the 1920s
and 30s before being
removed from theatre
schedules by the National
Socialists. Rediscovered
in the 1970s, it has
enjoyed continuing
popularity ever since.
The libretto was compiled
by the composer's father,
the music critic Julius
Korngold, writing under
the pseudonym 'Paul
Schott', a combination of
the name of the
protagonist and the
publishing house. A
vivacious theatre group
comes to liven up the
gloomy city of Bruges
(here, a symbol of death)
and the widower Paul is
forced to decide between
the past and the present.
Korngold was fascinated
by this symbolic plot and
created an iridescent
orchestral score washed
in vivid colours. A
variety of operatic
devices are intermingled
as if viewed through a
kaleidoscope: opulent
melodic arias, advanced
harmonies, psychoanalytic
profundity and cinematic
transitions oscillating
between reality and dream
worlds guarantee the
continuing modernity of
this work up to the
present day.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49044525 Opera in One Act - Study Scor...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49044525
Opera in One Act -
Study Score. Composed
by Huw Watkins. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Wenn wir den
Ausgangspunkt von Thomas
Hardy Geschichte
betrachten, fuhlen wir
uns in die Gegenwart, zu
einem heutigen Blick auf
die Novelle
transportiert. Diese
Sicht verdeutlicht,
welche Macht der
menschliche Geist uber
die Handlungen einer
Person hat. E. Classical,
Contemporary, Opera.
Softcover. Composed
2011-2012. 156 pages.
Duration 45'. Schott
Music #ED13780. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49044525).
ISBN
9790220135569. UPC:
888680080495.
8.25x11.75x0.388 inches.
English.
Taking
Thomas Hardy's short
story as its starting
point, we are transported
to the present for a
contemporary take on the
novella which explores
the power the mind can
have over that person's
actions. A closed door
sparks an obsession so
strong that the
boundaries between
reality and fantasy begin
to blur.Ella and her
high-finance husband
Stephen rent a room in a
holiday home on the
coast, owned by Susan.
Ella discovers that a
locked room in the house
is rented by a poet - Ben
Pascoe - whose work holds
a deep fascination for
her. The room is held for
Pascoe, though he visits
rarely.Ella's obsession
with Pascoe grows in
parallel with the
progress of Stephen's
biggest City deal. She
begins by imagining the
poet's voice as she reads
his work, but this
quickly grows to
fantasised encounters
with Pascoe in his locked
room. Stephen returns
from the City and makes
love to Ella, but it is
not him she wishes for.
We see the real Pascoe
only once, with Susan.As
Stephen's financial
dreams are realised and
Ella's fantasy consumes
her, she learns of
Pascoe's death. Despite
her changed
circumstances, Ella
chooses to stay in her
new world.