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.
Romantic opera in
three acts. Composed
by Franz Schubert. Edited
by Walther Durr. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. New Schubert
Edition (Neue Ausgabe
samtlicher Werke) Series
II, Volume 6. 3 part
volumes. Opern, dt.
(German Opera). Complete
edition, Score. D 732.
Duration 2 hours, 30
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA05540_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA05540).
ISBN 9790006497126. 33
x 26 cm inches. Text:
Franz von
Schober.
In late
September or early
October 1821 Schubert and
his close friend, Franz
von Schober, vacationed
in the countryside of
Lower Austria. Their
first stopover was at
Ochsenburg Castle, which
belonged to the Bishop of
St. Pölten (a close
relative of
Schober’s), after
which they moved on to
St. Pölten itself.
Roughly a year earlier,
two stage works by
Schubert had been
performed in Vienna: the
one-act singspiel Die
Zwillingsbrüder and
the melodrama Die
Zauberharfe. The
librettos were both
written by the seasoned
Viennese playwright Georg
von Hofmann, who blamed
the press for the
indifferent reception the
two works were given by
the audience. Schubert
and Schober now decided,
it would seem, to write a
grand romantic opera
uninfluenced by the
workaday world of the
theatre and beholden
solely to their own ideas
of what an opera should
be.
Not until 24
June 1854 was the opera
finally performed in
Weimar, under the baton
of Franz Liszt. It only
achieved success,
however, in an
arrangement by Johann
Nepomuk Fuchs that was
staged on many German and
Austrian stages in
1881–2, allegedly
with brilliant
acclaim.
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SKU:
PR.11641867L
Composed
by William Kraft. Spiral.
Large Score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867L).
UPC:
680160683215.
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.
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Composed
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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.
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
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Composed
by Kaija Saariaho. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. Composed 2002. 80
pages. Duration 1080
seconds. Chester Music
#CH62700. Published by
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8.25x11.75x0.26
inches.
Concerto
for flute and orchestra.
Study score edition.
First performed at the
Flanders Festival in
Brussels 12th October
2001. Composer's Notes: I
have been very familiar
with the flute since my
earliest pieces. I like
the sound in which
breathing is ever present
and with timbral
possibilities that befit
my musical language: the
instrument's body makes
it possible to write
phrases that go through
grinding textures
coloured with phonemes
whispered by the flutist
which gradually go
towards pure and smooth
sounds. Kaija Saariaho
Duration 18 minutes. Solo
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Composed by Lloyd Larson. For full orchestra. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Advent, Chr...(+)
Composed by Lloyd Larson.
For full orchestra.
Choral. Sacred Anthem,
Advent, Christmas.
Orchestration. Exaltation
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Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
Schickele. Study Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
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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.
(A Revolutionary Method for Early-Intermediate Musicians (Conductor's Score)). B...(+)
(A Revolutionary Method
for Early-Intermediate
Musicians (Conductor's
Score)). By Bob Phillips,
Peter Boonshaft, and
Robert Sheldon.
Orchestra. For
Conductor's Score.
Method/Instruction;
Score; String Orchestra
Method/Supplement. Sound
Innovations. 208 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Orchestra - intermediate SKU: HL.49001988 Set of Solo Parts. Compo...(+)
Orchestra - intermediate
SKU: HL.49001988
Set of Solo Parts.
Composed by Joseph Bodin
de Boismortier. Edited by
Hugo Ruf. Sheet music.
Concertino (Chamber
Orchestra). Classical.
Set of solo parts. Op.
34/3. 18 pages. Duration
6'. Schott Music #CON
32-71. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49001988).
ISBN
9790001021586.
8.25x11.75x0.053
inches.
3 melodic
instruments (violins,
flutes, oboes) or string
orchestra and basso
continuo (harpsichord,
piano); cello (viola da
gamba, bassoon) ad
lib.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14028645 Composed by Aulis Sallinen. Music Sales Americ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14028645
Composed
by Aulis Sallinen. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. Music Sales
#NOV890196. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14028645).
ISBN
9780853609674.
A
facsimile study score for
one of Sallinen's most
recent works, A Solemn
Overture. Orchestration:
3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3
clarinets in B flat, 3
bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3
trumpets in B flat, 3
trombones in C, Tuba,
Timpani, Harp and
Strings. Duration
approximately 10mins.
Featuring: Come So Far (Got So Far to Go) / Big, Blonde and Beautiful (Reprise) ...(+)
Featuring: Come So Far
(Got So Far to Go) / Big,
Blonde and Beautiful
(Reprise) / The New Girl
in Town / Ladies' Choice.
By Marc Shaiman, Scott
Wittman. Arranged by
Victor Lopez. For Full
Orchestra. Full
Orchestra. Pop
Intermediate Full
Orchestra. Movie. Level:
3 (grade 3). Score. 36
pages. Published by
Alfred Publishing.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14025900 Composed by Bernard Herrmann. Music Sales Amer...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14025900
Composed
by Bernard Herrmann.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Studyscore.
Music Sales #NOV750028.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14025900).
0.453
inches.
Herrmann
wanted to write a musical
portrait of his friend
and colleague Alfred
Hitchcok, so choose
motifs from the movie The
Trouble With Harry, one
of Hitchcock's more
personal and humorous
films. This
single-movement work for
Orchestra employs some of
the more familiar
elements of Herrmann's
compositional style:
short musical phrases
repeated and then
repeated again in other
positions, sharp use of
dynamics among them. From
the first note, the
creepiness begins.Bernard
Herrmann was among the
very greatest of all
composers of music for
cinema and there are many
who avow that he was the
greatest of all. A very
short list of the films
for which this
award-winning
composercreated
soundtracks includes
Citizen Kane, The Man Who
Knew Too Much, Vertigo,
Jason and Argonauts,
Fahrenheit 451, Obsession
and Taxi Driver. He had a
long and fertile
association with Alfred
Hitchcock during the most
productive period of
Hitchcock's career and
with Orson Welles from
the time of the Mercury
Theatre on the Air. In
addition to his
conducting and composing
work for the
entertainment world,
Herrmann wrote concert
pieces, including a
symphony, opera and
cantata.
Composed
by George Frideric
Handel. Edited by
Frederik Hudson. This
edition: urtext edition.
Stapled. Barenreiter
Urtext. Score. Opus 3/6,
HWV 317. 10 pages.
Duration 8 minutes.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA04206_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA04206).
ISBN
9790006445202. 31 x 24.3
cm inches. Key: D major.
Preface: Frederik
Hudson.
Urtext der
Hallischen
Handel-Ausgabe.
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
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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
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.14028679 Composed by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Music S...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.14028679
Composed
by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Music Sales America.
Score. Composed 2006. 116
pages. Chester Music
#CH69663. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14028679).
ISBN
9781847725684.
9.75x13.5x0.395
inches.
In the
words of the composer
Insomnia was written
between March and
November 2002.
Technically speaking, it
is a set of variations
based on a harmonic model
separated by a
Ritornello-like section,
which is essentially a
pedal point on the note
e. The sound of Insomnia
is darker and deeper than
that of some of my other
orchestral works. I
decided to add a quartet
of Wagner Tubas to the
brass section for the
very particular sonority
only these rare and weird
instruments can
produce..
La Mer Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Barenreiter
(Trois esquisses symphoniques). Composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Edited b...(+)
(Trois esquisses
symphoniques). Composed
by Claude Debussy
(1862-1918). Edited by
Douglas Woodfull-Harris.
For orchestra (2
flutes/soprano flute/2
oboes/english
horn/clarinet/2
bassoons/5
contrabassoons/2
trumpets/horn/2
trombones/tuba/percussion
/celeste/2
harps/strings). This
edition: Urtext edition.
Paperback. Study score.
Text Language:
English/French/German.
Duration 10 minutes.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag
Exercises for Intonation, Rhythm, Bowing, and Creativity for Intermediate Str...(+)
Exercises for
Intonation, Rhythm,
Bowing, and Creativity
for Intermediate String
Orchestra (Conductor's
Score). Composed by
Bob Phillips; Kirk Moss;
Matt Turner; Stephen
Benham. This edition:
Teacher's Score.
Method/Instruction;
SmartMusic; String
Orchestra
Method/Supplement. Sound
Innovations for String
Orchestra. Score. 101
pages. Alfred Music
#00-44213. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.44213).
Exercises for Intonation, Rhythm, Bowing, and Creativity for Intermediate Str...(+)
Exercises for
Intonation, Rhythm,
Bowing, and Creativity
for Intermediate String
Orchestra
(Cello/Bass).
Composed by Bob Phillips;
Kirk Moss; Matt Turner;
Stephen Benham. This
edition: Cello/Bass.
Method/Instruction;
SmartMusic; String
Orchestra
Method/Supplement. Sound
Innovations for String
Orchestra. Book. 56
pages. Alfred Music
#00-44212. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.44212).
Exercises for Intonation, Rhythm, Bowing, and Creativity for Intermediate Str...(+)
Exercises for
Intonation, Rhythm,
Bowing, and Creativity
for Intermediate String
Orchestra (Viola).
Composed by Bob Phillips;
Kirk Moss; Matt Turner;
Stephen Benham. This
edition: Viola.
Method/Instruction;
SmartMusic; String
Orchestra
Method/Supplement. Sound
Innovations for String
Orchestra. Book. 56
pages. Alfred Music
#00-44211. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.44211).
Orchestra - intermediate SKU: HL.49001987 Set of Parts. Composed b...(+)
Orchestra - intermediate
SKU: HL.49001987
Set of Parts.
Composed by Joseph Bodin
de Boismortier. Edited by
Hugo Ruf. This edition:
CON32-70. Sheet music.
Concertino (Chamber
Orchestra). Classical.
Set of choral parts. Op.
34/3. 50 pages. Duration
6'. Schott Music #CON
32-70. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49001987).
ISBN
9790001021579. UPC:
073999264371.
8.5x11.75x0.128
inches.
3 melodic
instruments (violins,
flutes, oboes) or string
orchestra and basso
continuo (harpsichord,
piano); cello (viola da
gamba, bassoon) ad
lib.
Orchestra (Score) - intermediate SKU: HL.49001986 Full Score. Comp...(+)
Orchestra (Score) -
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49001986
Full
Score. Composed by
Joseph Bodin de
Boismortier. Edited by
Hugo Ruf. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Concertino
(Chamber Orchestra).
Classical. Score. Op.
34/3. 24 pages. Duration
6'. Schott Music #CON 32.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49001986).
ISBN
9790001021562. UPC:
073999490541.
9.0x12.0x0.094
inches.
3 melodic
instruments (violins,
flutes, oboes) or string
orchestra and basso
continuo (harpsichord,
piano); cello (viola da
gamba, bassoon) ad
lib.
(Bassoon Parts Edited By Donald Burrows). By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)....(+)
(Bassoon Parts Edited By
Donald Burrows). By
George Frideric Handel
(1685-1759). Edited by
Donald Burrows. For
Orchestra. Music Sales
America. Softcover. 68
pages. Novello and Co
Ltd. #NOV09092611.
Published by Novello and
Co Ltd.
Soprano voice and orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.49007938 Composed by Joaqu&ia...(+)
Soprano voice and
orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.49007938
Composed
by Joaquí and n
Rodrigo. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Ediciones Joaquin
Rodrigo. Classical.
Score. Composed 1935. 60
pages. Duration 12'.
Schott Music #ED 8350.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49007938).
Soprano voice and chamber
orchestra (Score) -
advanced
SKU:
HL.49007954
Vier
Lieder auf Gedichte von
Rosalia de Castro.
Composed by Joaquí
and n Rodrigo. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Ediciones Joaquin
Rodrigo. Classical.
Score. Composed 1965. 36
pages. Duration 13'.
Schott Music #ED 8367.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49007954).
Score. Composed by
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni.
Edited by Guenter Kehr.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Concertino (Chamber
Orchestra). Classical.
Score. Op. 2/4. 26 pages.
Duration 8'. Schott Music
#CON 4. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49002001).