Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867L Composed by William Kraft. Spiral. Large Scor...(+)
Orchestra
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.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867S
Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867S).
UPC:
680160683208.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Orchestra SKU: 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.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.
Composed by Thomas Ades (1971-). Mixed Instruments - Miscellaneous Ensemble; ...(+)
Composed by Thomas Ades
(1971-). Mixed
Instruments -
Miscellaneous Ensemble;
Performance Music
Ensemble.
20th Century; Adult
Contemporary. Book. Faber
Music #12-0571536565.
Published by Faber Music
Orchestra SKU: SU.32040140 For Orchestra. Composed by Amy Riebs Mi...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.32040140
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Amy Riebs Mills.
Orchestra. Full Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#32040140. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.32040140).
2222; 4331;
timp, 2 perc, pno; stgs
Duration: 13'30 Composed:
2016 Published by: Amy
Mills Music, LLC Like a
modern Pictures at an
Exhibition…. Ha
Shamayim is an original
piece for orchestra that
was inspired by
photographs taken by the
Hubble space telescope.
Each section is inspired
by one photo; the title
of each section is the
title that NASA gave to
the photograph. The words
Ha Shamayim are Hebrew
for The Heavens. They are
written in Genesis 1:1,
In the beginning God
created the heavens and
the earth. The words are
also seen in Psalm 19.
Section I: Warped Edge-On
Galaxy ESO 510-G13
The piece begins in outer
space with its glistening
stars. Glissandi are used
to depict the strange but
beautiful warp seen in
the photograph. Section
II: Galaxy Fires at
Neighboring Galaxy
Suddenly the piece erupts
as one galaxy fires blue
gas at its neighbor. They
engage in a cosmic
battle. Section III:
Youthful-looking Galaxy
May Be an Adult The
adolescent galaxy is
personified by a
humorous, gawky melody
reminiscent of teenage
boys who walk on feet
that are still too big.
Occasionally there is an
argument with an
authority figure, but the
joy of exploring the
universe quickly returns.
Section IV: Star Birth in
Galaxy M83 The
dramatic photograph looks
like a womb with veins.
The music begins on one
note, then it begins to
explore the initial
swelling and stretching.
It morphs into an
energetic fast theme,
still growing. Ultimately
it becomes glorious and
expansive, like the new
star. Section V: String
of ‘Cosmic
Pearls’ Surrounds
an Exploding Star The
first theme is a happy
circle dance inspired by
the circle of white dots
in the photograph. The
second theme is noble and
joyful. It is reminiscent
of the melody in the
famous chorus in
Haydn’s The
Creation with the words
from Psalm 19, The
heavens are telling the
glory of God. The music
then has flashbacks to
the earlier sections, and
ends in triumph. The five
sections in Ha Shamayim
are continuous with no
breaks. Difficulty Level:
5 (Advanced/Professional)
See composer website for
audio sample. Performance
materials available on
rental only:.
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.49045561 Richard Strauss Werke Complete Edit...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.49045561
Richard Strauss Werke
Complete Edition Score
Band 4. Composed by
Richard Strauss. Edited
by Stefan Schenk and
Walter Werbeck. This
edition: Hardback/Hard
Cover. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Hardcover.
Composed 1888-1891. Op.
23. 236 pages. Duration
18'. Schott Music
#RSW304. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045561).
ISBN
9783901974045.
Stra
uss's first tone poem
distinguishes itself from
all other subsequent
orchestral compositions
in its existence in three
different versions. Even
among the operas and
other compositions in his
hand there is no other
work with a comparable
history of origin and
publication. What is
more, the final version
of Macbeth is the only
valid form of the work
and the only variant with
further sources (cf.
Critical Report) in
addition to the autograph
score. In contrast, the
second version has only
been preserved in an
autograph score and
autograph piano reduction
(the orchestral parts
which must have existed
have obviously not
survived). This was never
printed and was replaced
by the published third
version. The two
surviving versions should
therefore not be
considered to be of equal
status. Unlike the case
of Ariadne auf Naxos in
which the earlier version
was for a time the sole
valid alternative and was
yet never completely
displaced by the soon
dominating later version
of the opera, only the
final third version of
Macbeth is considered as
valid. Right from the
outset, it was a matter
of course for the editors
of the present volume to
include the second
version as a first
publication (in addition
to the above-mentioned
surviving pages of the
first version), albeit in
different forms. The
surviving pages of the
first version are
reproduced in facsimile
and the second version,
as a subordinate form of
the work, appears
alongside Strauss's piano
reduction in a modified
source edition, i.e.
without intervention on
the part of the editors.
The ultimate third
version is published as a
full edition (please
refer to the Critical
Report for further
details). In order to
facilitate a comparative
study of the second and
third versions, the
relevant page numbers of
the score are placed
opposite one another (the
autograph piano reduction
of the second version is
included at the end of
the music section of the
volume). The editors hope
that this synoptic
representation will
prompt interest in
further studies on
Strauss's art of
orchestration: a field of
research which has still
remained insufficiently
examined. A study of
Macbeth namely
illuminates as clearly as
could be wished how much
significance Strauss
allotted to sound
alongside form. The
subjects were not merely
intended to generate an
individual figure, but
also specific tonal
colours, and the
instrumentation was
simultaneously designed
to provide an optimal
communication of
thematic-motivic texture
to the audience. The 'new
path' threw up
consequences which caused
Strauss a considerable
amount of difficulty. He
was however a fast
learner and had already
swum free with Don Juan
and all the more with Tod
und Verklarung.
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.41641530L For Suona And Orchestra. Composed by N...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641530L
For
Suona And Orchestra.
Composed by Narong
Prangcharoen. Large
Score. 58 pages. Duration
15 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#416-41530L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641530L).
UPC:
680160625925.
The
Respiration of the Earth
is inspired by the
breathing motion. The
music focuses on the
tension of the air of
breathing. There are many
different types of
breathing such as slow
breath, long breath,
short breath, holding
breath, uneven breath,
etc. The shape of the
music is created by the
inhale and exhale motion.
The piece starts with a
long holding breath,
gradually create a
tension until one can't
hold that breath and
release the air out. The
Suona is acting as the
motion of the air so the
orchestra has to follow.
This piece ends with the
chaotic motion so the
audiences can feel the
tension as if they are
running out of breath.
It's a main concern about
the environment of the
Earth so this piece is a
message to people to keep
the environment clean so
the Earth can breath for
a longer time.
Respiration of the Earth
is commissioned and
dedicated to Mr. Shi
Haibin with the gracious
support from John Simon
Guggenheim
Foundation. The
Respiration of the Earth
is inspired by the
breathing motion. The
music focuses on the
tension of the air of
breathing. There are many
different types of
breathing such as slow
breath, long breath,
short breath, holding
breath, uneven breath,
etc. The shape of the
music is created by the
inhale and exhale motion.
The piece starts with a
long holding breath,
gradually create a
tension until one
can’t hold that
breath and release the
air out. The Suona is
acting as the motion of
the air so the orchestra
has to follow. This piece
ends with the chaotic
motion so the audiences
can feel the tension as
if they are running out
of breath. It’s a
main concern about the
environment of the Earth
so this piece is a
message to people to keep
the environment clean so
the Earth can breath for
a longer time.Respiration
of the Earth is
commissioned and
dedicated to Mr. Shi
Haibin with the gracious
support from John
SimonGuggenheim
Foundation.
(Death
& Transfiguration)
Clothbound Score,
Complete Edition in
G. Edition Schott.
Classical. Hardcover.
Duration 1440 seconds.
Schott Music #RSW306.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49047172).
UPC:
196288143406.
When
the 24-year-old Richard
Strauss, assistant
conductor in Munich,
began the composition of
his third tone poem in
the summer of 1888, he
saw himself close to the
aspiration prescribed by
his mentor Alexander
Ritter: to become the
successor of Richard
Wagner as a musical
dramatist. Strauss had
already been working on
the text of his first
opera Guntram for a year
and additionally devoted
himself to programmatic
orchestral works oriented
to the musical language
of Liszt and Wagner in
order to prepare himself
compositionally for his
new task. With the aid of
Strauss and other
musicians including
Ludwig Thuille and
Friedrich Rösch who
had been gathering for
“Ritter's round
table†in Munich
between 1886 and 1889,
RitterÂ’s intention
was to achieve success on
a broad front with the
New German School
following the death of
its two protagonists
Wagner and Liszt. We do
not know whether Ritter
and his supporters
jointly planned Strauss's
compositional path
towards opera, determined
the subjectsof his
prospective tone poems
and considered various
strategies of their
musical realization, but
the influence of this
group shouldnot be
underestimated. It cannot
be ruled out that the
number of three tone
poems was fixed, as was
their sequence of
composition, which would
progressively achieve its
zenith in an increasing
orientation to Liszt and
Wagner. The circle could
possibly have also
discussed initial links
to literary subjects
(Macbeth and Don Juan)
and ultimately the
abstention from this
practice in the third and
final tone poem. The
subject of the work, or
rather in StraussÂ’s
formulation its
“poetic
modelâ€, has
occasionally been
interpreted from an
autobiographical aspect.
Strauss however did not
experience serious
illness until May 1891
and once more in June
1892, long after Tod und
Verklärung had been
composed. Even without an
external reason, the
material would have been
only too attractive for
an admirer of Wagner and
Liszt like Strauss, not
to mention for his mentor
Alexander Ritter. The
concept of 'death and
transfiguration' had
already played a central
role in LisztÂ’s
symphonic poems Tasso and
Prometheus.
Orchestra SKU: SU.94010400 For Orchestra. Composed by James Lee II...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.94010400
For
Orchestra. Composed
by James Lee III.
Orchestra. Study Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#94010400. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.94010400).
2,1 2,1 2,1
2,1; 4331; timp, perc(3),
cel, hp; stgs Duration:
11' Composed: 2013
Published by: Subito
Music Publishing
Performance materials
available on rental:
Alas! Babylon’s
Final Sunset is
another installment in my
series of works that
musically comment on the
biblical books of Daniel
and Revelation. The
principal source of
inspiration for this
works comes from the 18th
chapter of the book of
Revelation. This chapter
states that the career of
Babylon the Great is
finally coming to an end.
The music begins with a
mysterious pianissimo
tremolo accompanied by
tam-tam and bass drum.
The initial flourishes in
the oboes and English
horn serve as the
principal motive of
warning. As the music
continues, there are
varying degrees of
agitation among the
strings and woodwinds.
Throughout the work there
are rhythmic motives in
the brass, percussion,
and various woodwind
instruments that sing and
speak Babylon is Fallen
in triple meter. As the
tutti ensemble arrives at
a climax, the orchestral
texture becomes thinner
and slightly transparent.
As the music continues,
the opening motive
returns in the oboes,
however the counterpoint
produces a series of solo
laments. These passages
are intended to provide
picturesque images of
these words: And the
voice of harpers, and
musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, shall be
heard no more at all in
thee; and no craftsman,
of whatsoever craft he
be, shall be found any
more in thee; and the
sound of a millstone
shall be heard no more at
all in thee; And the
light of a candle shall
shine no more at all in
thee. and the voice of
the bridegroom and of the
bride shall be heard no
more at all in thee: for
thy merchants were the
great men of the earth;
for by thy sorceries were
all nations deceived. And
in her was found the
blood of prophets, and of
saints, and of all that
were slain upon the
earth. Rev. 18:22-24 The
following passages
musically comment on the
historical career of
Babylon with a sense of
her impending
destruction. The series
of laments transforms
into the more emphatic
rhythmic motive Babylon
is Fallen. The orchestral
texture begins to become
more condense, once
again, with the initial
flourishes of, but with
notable variations.
Finally, the celesta,
harp, oboes, English
horn, and strings sing
profundities that are
finally transformed into
a minor mode tonality
that fades away with the
ringing of the tam-tam.
Babylon has finally seen
her last sunset.
Full
Score. Composed by
Per Norgard. Music Sales
America. 20Th Century,
Classical. Softcover. 188
pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #KP00865.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14032192).
ISBN
9788759858394.
12.0x16.5x0.78 inches.
International (more than
one
language).
Symphony
No. 6 for orchestra,
1997-99. Preface /
Program Note:... with the
Lord a day is like a
thousand years, and a
thousand years is like a
day(New Testament, 2
Peter 3:8)My SYMPHONY NO.
6 was commissioned by the
Danish National Radio
Symphony Orchestra, the
Gteborg Symphony
Orchestra and the Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra,
to be premiered at the
millenium 2000.The
subtitle AT THE END OF
THE DAY can be understood
literally or it can mean
when all is added up.
However, in my opinion,
nothing ever quite adds
up, there is always
something missing, any
ending will be
provisional ...This
symphony appears to end
only a few minutes into
the first movement, the
first passage, as the
music fades away to
almost-silence, after a
start of flying colours.
But then there is still
something, a small motive
(first heard in the
initial sound-waves)
which reappears,
hesitant, but persistent,
and this embryo is what
leads on the musical
progression. An agitated
section of many
instrumental voices comes
next, until all the
voices become obsessed
with the same phrase, a
see-saw motive based on
thirds. This section
evolves into almost
martial ferocity, when
broken off by a tutti
descent into an extreme
bass-world (a bass-world
which actually permeates
the whole symphony,
emplyoing instruments
that I have never used
before: double-bass tuba,
double-bass trombone,
double-bass clarinet, and
bass flute).The second
movement, the second
passage, apparently takes
off where the first
passage ended, but now
the events are more
ambiguous, and the same
music may be perceived as
fast-moving one moment
and slow-moving the next.
This section is a kind of
passacaglia, the
characteristic baroque
bass-variation.Without a
break follows the third
and last passage, in a
contrasting high
register. The music is
rhythmically knotty as
well as freely flowing.
As in the beginning of
the symphony, a
never-ending descent or
fall breaks off the
events, and at the very
end a delta of new
beginnings, of other
worlds, is revealed
....The symphony is
dedicated to Helle, my
wife. - Per Norgard.
Divertimento teatrale
in one act. Operetta for
four voices. Composed
by Antonio Salieri.
Edited by Adrian La
Salvia and Thomas
Betzwieser. This edition:
Edition of selected
works, Urtext edition.
Linen. Spectrum of
European Music Theatre in
Separate Editions 1.
Edition of selected
works, Score, Critical
commentary, USB flash
drive. Duration 1 hour,
15 minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA08811_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA08811).
ISBN 9790006539840.
33.1 x 26.5 cm inches.
Text Language: Italian.
Preface: Betzwieser,
Thomas. Text:
Giambattista
Casti.
A memorable
musical competition
commissioned by the
emperor Joseph II took
place on 7 February 1786
as part of a festival in
the orangery of the
Schönbrunn palace. A
German Singspiel ensemble
performed Mozart’s
“Schauspieldirektor
†whilst Antonio
Salieri’s
“Prima la musica e
poi le parole†was
performed by the Italian
court singers and
musicians. This charming
opera satire belongs to
the genre of
“metamelodrammaâ
in which the opera
itself becomes the
subject of the action.
The people who are part
of an opera production,
for example the
librettist, composer and
prima donna, appear as
characters on the stage
and are presented in a
humorous self-reflection.
In this ‘theatre
about theatre’
Salieri parodies the
music from Giuseppe
Sarti’s
“Giulio
Sabino†in his
insert arias, thus
playing on the music
which was totally
familiar with the
audience of the time. By
reflecting on the
musical-dramatic style of
that period and
discussing whether
‘the word’
or ‘the
music’ should take
priority, this
masterpiece is considered
to be an early forerunner
to Richard
Strauss’s
“Capriccioâ€.<
br> The new edition of
the score is published as
part of “opera
– Spectrum of
European Music Theatre in
Separate Editionsâ€.
There are several
alterations regarding the
libretto text, stage
directions, articulation,
ornamentation, etc. which
have been incorporated
into this newly engraved
vocal score. Furthermore,
all appendix numbers from
the score which concern
the quotations from
Giuseppe Sarti’s
“Giulio
Sabino†have also
been
incorporated.
â
¢ Urtext vocal score
based on the
historical-critical
hybrid score published as
part of “opera
– Spectrum of
European Music Theatre in
Separate Editionsâ€
edited by Thomas
Betzwieser (music
edition) and Adrian La
Salvia (text
edition). •
Original Italian libretto
with singable German
translation •
Comprehensive bilingual
foreword (Ger/Eng) on the
genesis and reception of
the work, on
metamelodramma and
intertextuality
etc. • Includes
an extensive appendix to
the quotations taken from
Giuseppe Sarti’s
“Giulio
Sabino†•
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Orchestra SKU: BA.BA05822-01 Composed by Christoph Willibald Von Gluck. E...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA05822-01
Composed by Christoph
Willibald Von Gluck.
Edited by Irene
Brandenburg. Arranged by
Carlo Bernardi and
Gasparo Angiolini. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete edition,
Score. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA05822-01.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA05822-01).
ISBN 9790006567454. 33
x 26 cm inches. Preface:
Brown, Bruce
Alan.
To conclude
Series II (Dance Dramas)
from the Gluck Complete
Edition (GGA), this
volume of Christoph
Willibald Gluck's
earliest contributions to
the genre comprises six
ballet scores from 1759
(La Promenade, Les
Jardiniers, Les Turcs,
Les Savoiards, Les Amours
de Flore et Zphire, and
Le Suisse) as well as the
ballet music for Les
Vendanges, which dates
from 1761. These works
belong to the
compositions â also
called Krumau ballets
because of their musical
transmission â which
Gluck created in Vienna
between 1759 and 1765 for
the court theatres in
Laxenburg and
Schönbrunn as well as
the
Kärntnertortheater,
and which are to be
attributed to him as a
ballet composer around
the middle of the 18th
century in Viennese
theatre life based on the
considerations presented
in the general
preface.
Together
with volumes II/3 to
II/5, ballet music by
Gluck is available whose
sources come from the
former Schwarzenberg
court archive in Ceský
Krumlov, Czech Republic,
and which until the
Velvet Revolution of
1989, lay behind the Iron
Curtain remaining largely
inaccessible and
unexplored by Western
scholars. These volumes
reflect two fundamental
developments in Gluck
research: on the one
hand, they provide a
significantly expanded,
historically more
accurate idea of what it
meant to compose for the
ballet in the 18th
century; on the other
hand, they bring to light
an immense treasure trove
of sources formerly of
Viennese
provenance.
In
addition to the detailed
introduction by this
volumeâs editor on
the ballet choreographies
of Gasparo Angiolini and
Carlo Bernardi, on the
formation of the ballet
troupes of the Viennese
theatres in Gluck's early
years there, on ballet
types and genres, as well
as a detailed account of
the individual titles,
the volume includes a
general preface to
volumes II/3 through II/5
by Bruce Alan Brown,
which discusses Gluck's
ballet music in Vienna in
general as well as the
development of research
into this genre.
Extensive illustrations
(partly from the
so-called Durazzo
Collection) with
reference to the
choreographies enrich the
discussions. The ballet
works, which have
survived in only one
source each, appear in
print for the first time
in this volume of the
Gluck Complete
Edition.
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based on all available
sources - A
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sources -
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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
South of the Border Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Kjos Music Company
Orchestra full orchestra - Grade 4 SKU: KJ.O1082C Composed by Jerry Smith...(+)
Orchestra full orchestra
- Grade 4
SKU:
KJ.O1082C
Composed by
Jerry Smith. String
Tracks. Score and parts.
Neil A. Kjos Music
Company #O1082C.
Published by Neil A. Kjos
Music Company
(KJ.O1082C).
UPC:
8402701226.
South
of the Border is a
colorful five-movement
suite featuring a Bossa
Nova, Samba, Tango and
other musical treats
inherent of Latin
American dances. This
original work is designed
to be played in its
entirety, though single
movements can be
performed, with success,
as well. The woodwind and
brass parts are more
challenging than the
string parts.
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 Pepper Choplin. Arranged by Michael Lawrence. Choral, cantatas. C...(+)
Composed by Pepper
Choplin.
Arranged by Michael
Lawrence. Choral,
cantatas.
Christmas. CD with
printable
parts. Lorenz Publishing
Company #30/3591L.
Published
by Lorenz Publishing
Company
Orchestra SKU: PR.416415720 For Orchestra. Composed by Narong Pran...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.416415720
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Narong Prangcharoen.
Full score. 24 pages.
Duration 5:30. Theodore
Presser Company
#416-41572. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415720).
UPC:
680160636150.
Illum
inating Journey is
composed to celebrate
Maestro Carl St. Clair's
25th Anniversary season
with Pacific Symphony.
Maestro St. Clair is one
of the few conductors who
has dedicated his time to
new music and support for
living composers. I first
encountered Maestro St.
Clair in 2004 when I was
one of the finalists for
the Young Composers
Competition. After I won
that competition, I had
an opportunity to work
with Maestro St. Clair on
the piece that he
commissioned for the
Pacific Symphony in 2005.
That's the beginning of
the journey of our
friendship. Illuminating
Journey is inspired by
Maestro St. Clair's
personality and the music
he loved. The piece is
mainly based on the pitch
material from Maestro St.
Clair's name CARL which
can be translated as C =
C, A = A, R = Re, and L =
La. That pitch material
already has the character
of Illuminating sound for
the open 5th and octave.
The piece also
incorporates some musical
references that have some
meaning for Maestro St.
Clair, such as the
hopefulness of the
melodic intervals from
West Side Story, There's
a Place for Us, composed
by Leonard Bernstein, who
was also Maestro St.
Clair's mentor.
Illuminating Journey
starts with the rhythmic
motion of the pitch C and
moves on to create a set
of pitches. The note C
functions as a center for
the endless energy of
this piece and creates a
triumphant ending. I
would personally like to
thank Maestro St. Clair
for his dedication on my
music and his friendship
throughout the past 10
years. The work with
Maestro St. Clair and the
Pacific Symphony was an
early step in my career
as a composer. I often
mentioned that I may not
be able to come this far
without that part of my
life. Thank you very
much, Maestro St. Clair
and the Pacific Symphony.
Let's celebrate our
Illuminating Journey
together.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641572L For Orchestra. Composed by Narong Pran...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641572L
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Narong Prangcharoen.
Large Score. 24 pages.
Duration 5:30. Theodore
Presser Company
#416-41572L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641572L).
UPC:
680160636167.
Illum
inating Journey is
composed to celebrate
Maestro Carl St. Clair's
25th Anniversary season
with Pacific Symphony.
Maestro St. Clair is one
of the few conductors who
has dedicated his time to
new music and support for
living composers. I first
encountered Maestro St.
Clair in 2004 when I was
one of the finalists for
the Young Composers
Competition. After I won
that competition, I had
an opportunity to work
with Maestro St. Clair on
the piece that he
commissioned for the
Pacific Symphony in 2005.
That's the beginning of
the journey of our
friendship. Illuminating
Journey is inspired by
Maestro St. Clair's
personality and the music
he loved. The piece is
mainly based on the pitch
material from Maestro St.
Clair's name CARL which
can be translated as C =
C, A = A, R = Re, and L =
La. That pitch material
already has the character
of Illuminating sound for
the open 5th and octave.
The piece also
incorporates some musical
references that have some
meaning for Maestro St.
Clair, such as the
hopefulness of the
melodic intervals from
West Side Story, There's
a Place for Us, composed
by Leonard Bernstein, who
was also Maestro St.
Clair's mentor.
Illuminating Journey
starts with the rhythmic
motion of the pitch C and
moves on to create a set
of pitches. The note C
functions as a center for
the endless energy of
this piece and creates a
triumphant ending. I
would personally like to
thank Maestro St. Clair
for his dedication on my
music and his friendship
throughout the past 10
years. The work with
Maestro St. Clair and the
Pacific Symphony was an
early step in my career
as a composer. I often
mentioned that I may not
be able to come this far
without that part of my
life. Thank you very
much, Maestro St. Clair
and the Pacific Symphony.
Let's celebrate our
Illuminating Journey
together.
Score and Parts Concert Band; Wind Ensemble - Grade 5 For Wind Orchestra Score ...(+)
Score and Parts Concert
Band;
Wind Ensemble - Grade 5
For Wind Orchestra Score
and
Parts. Composed by Johan
De
Meij. Amstel Music.
Concert.
Softcover. Duration 2580
seconds. Amstel Music
#AM200-
010. Published by Amstel
Music