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 SKU: SU.91580100 For Orchestra. Composed by Steven Mercu...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.91580100
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Steven Mercurio.
Vocal/Choral, Opera. CD
(Audio). Subito Music
Corporation #91580100.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.91580100).
A Grateful Tail
- Movement by Movement
Siriusly, Dog Star
Sirius, the brightest
star in the night sky,
has been used by
travelers and navigators
for thousands of years as
a guiding star and so it
is here as the opening
movement for the
symphony. Sirius, the
cornerstone to the
constellation Canis
Maggiore or Big Dog sits
at the foot of Orion, the
hunter, leading the way.
Highly cinematic, the
movement evokes both a
musical and visual sense
of the mythological and
mysterious elements of
Sirius and its Dog
Godstar secrets. From the
clarion call of the
opening, Sirius theme,
the sound is buoyant and
frisky emulating the
nature of doggy playtime.
Puppy pleasures abound as
a doggy four-step, my
turn on the traditional
American two-step dance,
is introduced. The
movement transforms into
an actual orchestrated
frolic of small, large
and medium dog barks
beginning with the winds
(smaller dogs) and
ultimately, the big dog,
brass. The movement
climaxes with the coda
or, Dog Park, where the
winds and the brass bark
and play together over
the, doggy ostinato
four-step rhythm,
culminating with the
final call of the Sirius
theme. Let Sleeping Dogs
Lie, Peacefully It's all
in a dog's day and life.
Tranquility presides over
this supremely gentle,
intermezzo-like movement.
After a day of play,
every dog needs rest. Let
Sleeping Dogs Lie, is a
lyrical andante inspired
by the profound serenity
and beauty of a dog at
rest. The Last Will and
Testament of Silverdene
Emblem O'Neill Based on a
powerful piece of prose
written by the American
playwright, Eugene
O'Neill this text was
intended as a consolation
piece for Carlotta, his
wife, who had become
grief-stricken over the
loss of their beloved
dog, the Dalmatian known
as Blemie.Written for a
singing actor who
personifies the role of
Blemie, a dog at the end
of his life, the movement
plays like a one act,
musical drama as we
follow Blemie through a
wonderfully
three-dimensional,
emotional and
psychological journey
writing his Last Will and
Testament, for those who
have loved him. Wagging
the Tail: Ossia Fido's
Lament A life-affirming
rumba/samba using
Blemie's final words from
O'Neill's text, this
final movement employs
the most unique American
musical invention, the
gospel choir. In order to
make the dances come
alive, this movement also
calls upon the colors of
a rhythm section.
Creating the spirit of an
Irish Funeral, the
movement is a joyful and
revival-like celebration
of a dog's life as its
spirit lives on forever
in the hearts and minds
of dog lovers everywhere.
Remember Me, remember me!
My spirit is wagging a
grateful tail. Published
by: Subito Music
Publishing Release Date:
July 9, 2013.
Soprano, baritone, spoken
voice, mixed choir
(SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB, and 9
boys' voices, S/A) and
orchestra (Score) -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49006187
(The
Raft of the Medusa).
Composed by Hans Werner
Henze. This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. Study
Score. Composed
1968/1990. 168 pages.
Duration 70'. Schott
Music #ED6326. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49006187).
ISBN
9790001067270. UPC:
884088099282.
8.25x11.75x0.41 inches.
German - English.
Orchestra (picc.2.2.cor
ang.2.B-clar.2.dble bsn -
4.3.3.1. - timp.perc(3) -
hp - cel - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5105-07
Study score.
Composed by Jurg Baur.
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
World
premiere: Bremen,
February 1, 1982
Symphony; Music
post-1945. Study Score.
Composed 1981. 68 pages.
Duration 17'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5105-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5105-07).
ISBN
9790004208557. 9 x 12
inches.
Gesualdo,
Don Carlo, Furst von
Venosa (1560-1613) gehort
zu den eigenwilligsten
italienischen
Madrigal-Komponisten der
Spatrenaissance. Seine
ungewohnlich kuhne,
selbst fur heutige Ohren
modern klingende
Harmonik, seine
chromatischen
Stimmfortschreitungen,
seine ubersteigerte
expressive Tonsprache
regten mich schon vor
Jahren zu einer grosseren
Orgelkomposition an und
inspirierten mich 1981 zu
den >>Sinfonischen
Metamorphosen<<. Dieses
Werk ist eine
vielgestaltige
weitausgesponnene
Fantasie. Sieben
choralartige typische
Klangbeispiele aus
Gesualdos spaten
funfstimmigen Madrigalen
(4., 5. u. 6. Band)
werden teils streng,
teils frei zitiert und
von Holz- oder
Blechblasern intoniert.
Diese Zitate gliedern,
als formale und
inhaltliche Schwer- und
Ruhepunkte, den Verlauf
des gesamten Werks. Jedes
Zitat steht zu Beginn
eines neuen
Satzabschnitts; die
darauffolgenden
>>Metamorphosen<<
entwickeln sich als
rhapsodische
kontrastreiche
Charakterstucke. Im
>>Preludio<< werden aus
den vertonbaren
Buchstaben vom Namen
>>Gesualdo<< (G - E - Es
- A - D) schwebende
Klangflachen,
rezitativische Gedanken
und ein pragnantes
rhythmisches Paukenthema
gebildet. Diese
,,Grundelemente
(Grundstrukturen) tauchen
im Verlauf des Stucks
immer wieder
leitmotivisch auf. Im
zweiten Abschnitt stehen
sich lineare
Streicher-Episoden und
dichte
Blaser-Klangballungen
kontrastierend gegenuber.
Der dritte Teil lauft als
Passacaglia (Thema ist
der Bass eines
Gesualdo-Zitats) in
mehreren Variationen ab.
Im vierten Abschnitt
dominiert lebhafte
Streicherbewegung,
kontrapunktiert von
tiefen Blaser-Signalen.
Der funfte Teil steigert
sich- nach kantablem
Beginn- zum ekstatischen
Trauermarsch. Abschnitt
sechs stellt sich als
>>Rondello<< dar, mit um
sich selbst kreisenden
Klangfiguren (in
verschiedenen Tongruppen
(zwei, drei, funf). Im
siebten und letzten Teil
wird die
verhalten-resignierende
Stimmung des Anfangs
beschworen, ehe eine
knappe Stretta in den
hymnischen Schluss
mundet. In den Textender
ausgewahlten Zitatstellen
geht es meist um
Todessehnsucht,
Liebesqual und
Verzweiflung. z. B. 1.
und 2. Zitat: Moro lasso,
al mio duolo (Ich sterbe,
matt, an meiner Qual) (6.
Buch) 3. Zitat: Gia
piansi nel dolore; o
dolorosa Sorte (Schon
weinte ich in Schmerzen,
oh schmerzliches
Geschick) (6. Buch) 4.
Zitat: Ahi gia mi
discolero (Ach schon
entfarbte ich mich)
(Wehe, der Tod kommt) (4.
Buch) 5. Zitat:
Dolcissima mia vita (Mein
allerliebstes Leben)
(Dich zu lieben oder zu
sterben) (5. Buch) 6.
Zitat: lo moro (Ich
sterbe) (5. Buch) Dem
Werk liegen zwar eine
Reihe von
dodekaphonischen
Strukturen zugrunde (die
teilweise von Gesualdos
Klangzitaten abgeleitet
wurden), doch sind die
einzelnen Abschnitte
auf,,tonale Pfeiler (G -
E - A - D) gegrundet; das
Stuck beginnt in G und
endet aufD, ist also
ubergeordnet tonal
konzipiert, - der Versuch
einer Synthese moderner
Ausdrucksmittel von
Vergangenheit und
Gegenwart. Die
>>Metamorphosen<< sind
ein Stuck Bekenntnismusik
- Bekenntnis zum Leben
und Schaffen Gesualdos,
eines Mannes, der vom
Schicksal gezeichnet war,
denn der Chronik Neapels
bekannt war durch die
Ermordung seiner ersten
Frau und ihres
Liebhabers. Dieser
eminente Musiker war
zugleich ein Mensch von
ubertriebener
Sensibilitat und wilder
ekstatischer Heftigkeit:
,,Er wurde von einer
Horde von Damonen
heimgesucht, die ihm
keine Ruhe gaben, heisst
es in einem
zeitgenossischen Bericht.
Seine Kunst und sein
Leben stand unter dem
Gesetz der inneren
Zerrissenheit, zwischen
Auflehnung und
Resignation (Verzweiflung
und Hoffnung), zwischen
Zartheit und
Leidenschaft. Davon will
meine Musik etwas
aussagen. (Jurg
Baur)CD:Sinfonieorchester
des Westdeutschen
Rundfunks, cond. Rudolf
BarschaiCD Thorofon CTH
2270Bibliography:Abels,
Robert: Studien zur
Gesualdo-Rezeption durch
Komponisten des 20.
Jahrhunderts (= Studien
zur Musik 20), Leiden u.
a.: Wilhelm Fink 2017,
pp. 277-345,
485-489.Wallerang, Lars:
Die Orchesterwerke Jurg
Baurs als Dialog zwischen
Tradition und Moderne,
Koln: Dohr 2003.
Orchestra Voice SKU: AP.12-057154309X Composed by George Benjamin and Mar...(+)
Orchestra Voice
SKU:
AP.12-057154309X
Composed by George
Benjamin and Martin
Crimp. This edition:
Limited. Full Orchestra;
Larger Works; Performance
Music Ensemble. Form:
Opera. Living Composer.
Book; Score. 112 pages.
Faber Music
#12-057154309X. Published
by Faber Music
(AP.12-057154309X).
ISBN 9780571543090.
English.
Picture a
Day Like This is the
fourth operatic
collaboration between
George Benjamin and
Martin Crimp, whose
acclaimed partnership
produced Written on Skin,
Lessons in Love and
Violence, and Into the
Little Hill. This limited
edition of the full score
is one of only 150,
presented in a
cloth-bound hard cover.
It is signed by George
Benjamin and Martin Crimp
and includes facsimile
reproductions of pages
from the manuscript,
sketches by Benjamin and
Crimp, and a photograph
of Benjamin, Crimp, and
directors Daniel
Jeanneteau and
Marie-Christine Soma in
rehearsal at the
Aix-en-Provence Festival.
In this
bittersweet fable of
grief and renewal.
Benjamin and Crimp tell
the story of a woman who
has lost her child: if,
before nightfall, she
meets one truly happy
person and cuts a button
from their sleeve, her
child will live again. In
her search she meets a
pair of lovers, a
composer and their
assistant, an artisan,
collector, and, in a
beautiful garden, the
mysterious Zabelle.
Benjamin proves
with this taut, sharp
miniature that he is the
finest opera composer of
todayâ¦a work of
depth of feeling,
humanistic artistry, and
expressive rigorâ¦a
drama that is
miraculously condensed.
-- Süddeutsche
Zeitung (Reinhard J.
Brembeck) 9 July
2023.
Orchestra SKU: SU.81001239 For Orchestra. Composed by Julia Wolfe....(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.81001239
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Julia Wolfe.
Orchestra. Study Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#81001239. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.81001239).
1111; asx;
1110; 2perc, pno, hp;
stgs Duration: 8'
Composed: 1994 Published
by: Red Poppy Ltd.
Orchestra SKU: HL.48020791 For Orchestra Full Score. Composed by M...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.48020791
For
Orchestra Full Score.
Composed by Michael
Daugherty. Boosey &
Hawkes Scores/Books.
Classical. 146 pages.
Boosey & Hawkes
#M051801992. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48020791).
ISBN
9781423491194. UPC:
884088475352. 9x12
inches.
(2004) <
br>Tell My Fortune
is a concerto for
orchestra that visits the
dark world of gypsies and
their methods of fortune
telling. In Palm,
the composer reads the
lines, marks and patterns
of a hand as though it
were a musical staff.
Peering into a crystal
ball, Crystal
features flute and alto
flute in a haunting duet,
with strings playing a
rhythmic counterpoint and
a percussion
accompaniment of tuned
crystal glasses and wind
chimes. Card
unfolds like a deck of
tarot cards, shuffled and
spread across a table.
Duration - ca. 28:00.
New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2016/17/20. 48
pages. Duration 8'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5432. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5432).
ISBN
9790004212790. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Marche
fatale is an incautiously
daring escapade that may
annoy the fans of my
compositions more than my
earlier works, many of
which have prevailed only
after scandals at their
world premieres. My
Marche fatale has,
though, little
stylistically to do with
my previous compositional
path; it presents itself
without restraint, if not
as a regression, then
still as a recourse to
those empty phrases to
which modern civilization
still clings in its daily
utility music, whereas
music in the 20th and
21st centuries has long
since advanced to new,
unfamiliar soundscapes
and expressive
possibilities. The key
term is banality. As
creators we despise it,
we try to avoid it -
though we are not safe
from the cheap banal even
within new aesthetic
achievements.Many
composers have
incidentally accepted the
banal. Mozart wrote Ein
musikalischer Spass [A
Musical Jape], a
deliberately amateurishly
miscarried sextet.
Beethoven's Bagatellen
op. 119 were rejected by
the publisher on the
grounds that few will
believe that this minor
work is by the famous
Beethoven. Mauricio Kagel
wrote, tongue in cheek,
so to speak, Marsche, um
den Sieg zu verfehlen
[Marches for being
Unvictorious], Ligeti
wrote Hungarian Rock; in
his Circus Polka
Stravinsky quoted and
distorted the famous, all
too popular Schubert
military march, composed
at the time for piano
duet. I myself do not
know, though, whether I
ought to rank my Marche
fatale alongside these
examples: I accept the
humor in daily life, the
more so as this daily
life for some of us is
not otherwise to be
borne. In music, I
mistrust it, considering
myself all the closer to
the profounder idea of
cheerfulness having
little to do with humor.
However: Isn't a march
with its compelling claim
to a collectively martial
or festive mood absurd, a
priori? Is it even music
at all? Can one march and
at the same time listen?
Eventually, I resolved to
take the absurd seriously
- perhaps bitterly
seriously - as a
debunking emblem of our
civilization that is
standing on the brink.
The way - seemingly
unstoppable - into the
black hole of all
debilitating demons: that
can become serene. My old
request of myself and my
music-creating
surroundings is to write
a non-music, whence the
familiar concept of music
is repeatedly re-defined
anew and differently, so
that derailed here -
perhaps? - in a
treacherous way, the
concert hall becomes the
place of mind-opening
adventures instead of a
refuge in illusory
security. How could that
happen? The rest is -
thinking.(Helmut
Lachenmann, 2017)CD
(Version for
Piano):Nicolas Hodges CD
Wergo WER 7393 2
Bibliography:Ich bin
nicht ,,pietistisch
verformt. Ein Gesprach
[von Jan Brachmann] mit
dem Komponisten Helmut
Lachenmann, in: FAZ vom
7. Juni 2018, p.
15.
World premiere
of the piano version:
Mito/Japan, June 17,
2017, World premiere of
the orchestral version:
Stuttgart, January 1,
2018, World premiere of
the ensemble version:
Frankfurt, December 9,
2020.
ISBN
9790006567560. 33 x 24.3
cm inches. Text: Duplat
de Monticourt,
Pierre-Jacques.
Thi
s edition unites all the
purely instrumental parts
of Rameau’s
comdie-ballet “Les
Paladins†for
performance as a suite in
the concert
hall.
In view of
the wealth of the
work’s musical
treasures and the
stylistic innovations
– similar to the
“Boradesâ€
– the rather
frosty reception of the
premiere series in the
spring of 1760 seems
completely
incomprehensible to us
today. It led to this
stage work not being
performed again until
well into the 20th
century. The story that
the comdie-ballet tells
is based on a fable by La
Fontaine, “Le Petit
chien qui secoue de
l’argent et des
pierreries†(i.e.
“The little dog who
shakes silver and
stonesâ€). In
medieval Veneto, the
guardian Anselme
undermines the love
affairs of his ward
Argies. Scenes of tragic
expression are contrasted
with folk-comic ones; and
last but not least, the
sexually ambiguous fairy
Manto may have caused
difficulties for the bold
work at the Paris
Opra.
This
critical edition is based
on the corresponding
volume issued in the
series “Opera omnia
Rameau†(BA
8870-01). Since
“Les
Paladins†remained
unpublished during
Rameau’s lifetime
and was also not included
in the “Œuvres
complètesâ€, this
is the first edition of
the work. It satisfies
both scholarly demand and
the practical needs of
musicians.
The
orchestral parts are
available on
hire.
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
Concert Band; Orchestra - Grade 1 SKU: AP.49215 Featuring Good King We...(+)
Concert Band; Orchestra -
Grade 1
SKU:
AP.49215
Featuring
Good King Wenceslas.
Arranged by Scott Watson.
5 or More; MakeMusic
Cloud; Mixed Instruments
- Flexible
Instrumentation;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Quartet; Single
Titles; Solo Small
Ensembles. Alfred Debut
Series. Christmas;
Holiday Pops; Winter.
Score and Part(s).
Duration 2:30. Alfred
Music #00-49215.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.49215).
ISBN
9781470648589. UPC:
038081569383.
English.
This
version of At the Feast
of Stephen by Scott
Watson is part of our
Alfred FLEX offerings and
is designed with maximum
flexibility for use by
any mix of
instruments---wind,
strings, and percussion,
including like- or
mixed-ensembles with as
few as 4 players. The
suggested instrumentation
and a customizable
Teacher Map will help you
plan out how to best
assign parts to suit your
ensemble's needs. The
4-part instrumentation
will support balanced
instrumentation of the
lower voices. It also
comes with supplemental
parts for maximum
flexibility. With the
purchase of this piece,
permission is granted to
photocopy the parts as
needed for your ensemble.
A percussion
accompaniment track is
also available as a free
download. String parts
have been carefully
edited with extra
fingerings and
appropriate bowings to
support students in mixed
ensembles playing in less
familiar keys.
This novel
setting of the
traditional carol Good
King Wenceslas will
musically transport you
and your students to the
royal Christmas banquet
hall of a medieval king!
The old carol tells the
story of a legendary
10th-century monarch,
Duke Wenceslas of
Bohemia, who went out in
the severe cold to give
charity to the poor on
December 26, also known
as St. Stephen's Day. The
well-known 13th-century
tune, as well as
additional original
material in period style,
vividly conjures a lively
celebration of Christmas
in the high Middle Ages.
Come now ye lords
and ladies to the Feast
of Stephen and upon your
instruments faire make
most merry this Yuletide!
Concert Band; Orchestra - Grade 1 SKU: AP.49215S Featuring Good King W...(+)
Concert Band; Orchestra -
Grade 1
SKU:
AP.49215S
Featuring Good King
Wenceslas. Arranged
by Scott Watson. 5 or
More; Mixed Instruments -
Flexible Instrumentation;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Quartet; Single
Titles; Solo Small
Ensembles. Alfred Debut
Series. Christmas;
Holiday Pops; Winter.
Score. Duration 2:30.
Alfred Music #00-49215S.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.49215S).
ISBN
9781470648596. UPC:
038081569390.
English.
This
version of At the Feast
of Stephen by Scott
Watson is part of our
Alfred FLEX offerings and
is designed with maximum
flexibility for use by
any mix of
instruments---wind,
strings, and percussion,
including like- or
mixed-ensembles with as
few as 4 players. The
suggested instrumentation
and a customizable
Teacher Map will help you
plan out how to best
assign parts to suit your
ensemble's needs. The
4-part instrumentation
will support balanced
instrumentation of the
lower voices. It also
comes with supplemental
parts for maximum
flexibility. With the
purchase of this piece,
permission is granted to
photocopy the parts as
needed for your ensemble.
A percussion
accompaniment track is
also available as a free
download. String parts
have been carefully
edited with extra
fingerings and
appropriate bowings to
support students in mixed
ensembles playing in less
familiar keys.
This novel
setting of the
traditional carol Good
King Wenceslas will
musically transport you
and your students to the
royal Christmas banquet
hall of a medieval king!
The old carol tells the
story of a legendary
10th-century monarch,
Duke Wenceslas of
Bohemia, who went out in
the severe cold to give
charity to the poor on
December 26, also known
as St. Stephen's Day. The
well-known 13th-century
tune, as well as
additional original
material in period style,
vividly conjures a lively
celebration of Christmas
in the high Middle Ages.
Come now ye lords
and ladies to the Feast
of Stephen and upon your
instruments faire make
most merry this Yuletide!
Orchestra (2.2.2.2. -
4.3.3.0. - timp.perc - hp
-str)
SKU:
BR.PB-4862-07
Study score.
Composed by Jurg Baur.
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
World
premiere: Hannover, March
13, 1972
Music
post-1945. Study Score.
Composed 1972. 82 pages.
Duration 15'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 4862-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-4862-07).
ISBN
9790004206591. 7 x 9.5
inches.
Variationen
(Ouverture / Thema /
Variation / Coda),
Lyrisches Intermezzo
(Sostenuto), Symphonische
Nachklange (Allegro con
moto).Immer wieder lassen
sich Komponisten von
Themen alterer oder auch
zeitgenossischer Meister
zu Variations-Zyklen
anregen (Brahms: Handel-
und Haydn-Variationen,
Reger:
Mozart-Variationen,
Holler:
Sweelinck-Variationen).
Themen von Robert
Schumann fanden bisher
relativ selten Beachtung
- (Regers
Schumann-Variationen fur
zwei Klaviere sind eine
Ausnahme) - vielleicht,
weil sie zu sehr in sich
vollendet und
abgeschlossen sind und
deshalb kaum
Moglichkeiten zur
Veranderung enthalten.
Dennoch beschaftigte mich
schon langer die Idee,
eine ,,Musik mit
Schumann, Nachklange oder
Erinnerungen an Schumann
zu gestalten, mit der
Absicht, ein heiteres,
liebenswurdiges (und
nachdenkliches) Werk zu
schreiben, einmal ohne
Experimente-, als
,,Divertimento fur den
Normalhorer, gelegentlich
behutsam verbunden mit
modernen Techniken -
nicht ohne
hintergrundigen Humor.
Der 1. Satz wurde
inspiriert von den
,,Papillons (opus 2 fur
Klavier); er gliedert
sich in vier
variationsahnliche
Abschnitte. Die
,,Ouverture exponiert
drei kurze Themen, die
sich trotz ihres
gegensatzlichen
Charakters wie
selbstverstandlich
erganzen
(Einleitungsgirlande und
Schlussfanfare der
Papillons und das
bekannte Anfangsmotiv aus
,,Vogel als Prophet). Die
Abschnitte ,,Thema,
,,Variationen und ,,Coda
entwickeln und verandern
das Hauptthema der
,,Papillons; dieses
dominiert uber weite
Strecken des Satzes und
wird mit den Motiven der
Ouverture kombiniert.
Vielfaltig gegliedert ist
das ,,Lyrische
Intermezzo. Zu Beginn
gewinnt ein Motiv aus den
,,Nachtstucken (fur
Klavier) Bedeutung,
taucht mehrere Male auf,
von mehrtonigen b-a-c-h
Clustern ,,gestort. Im
Mittelpunkt stehen das
Thema des 2. Satzes der
g-moll Klavier-Sonate op.
22 (ein Mondnachtlied
ohne Worte; Holzblaser)
und ein Adagio-Gedanke
aus dem Klavier-Zyklus
,,Kreisleriana (tiefe
Streicher); beide Themen
werden kontrapunktiert
von zwolftonigen
Strukturen und
Klangbandern
(Holzblaser). Die
,,Fruhlings-Symphonie-Fan
fare eroffnet das Finale.
Danach bilden sich uber
rotierenden Klangflachen
(Streicher) einzelne Tone
und Intervalle,
aleatorisch frei,
verdichten sich, wie aus
der Erinnerung
auftauchend, zu Motiven
aus Schumanns
bekanntester Symphonie.
Nach diesem zogernden
Beginn entwickelt sich
ein fast klassisch
anmutender
Sonaten-Durchfuhrungsteil
mit mehreren melodischen
Gedanken (Kopfmotiv der
g-moll Klaviersonate,
tanzerische und ostinate
Themen aus der
Fruhlings-Symphonie), die
zum Teil in- und
ubereinander geschichtet
werden, bis auf dem
Hohepunkt des Satzes das
Schlussthema der
Klavierfantasie op. 17,
pathetisch-ironisch in
den Blechblasern
erklingt. Eine kurze
Reprise mit dem
Hauptgedanken fuhrt zur
Anfangsfanfare zuruck;
der Satz verklingt im
pianissimo. Wollte man
dem ganzen opus ein Motto
voranstellen, dann die
Schumann-Uberschrift (aus
den Kinderszenen) :
,,Fast zu ernst - aber
eben nur ,,fast. (Jurg
Baur)CD:Sinfonieorchester
des Bayerischen
Rundfunks, cond.
Hanns-Martin SchneidtCD
Thorofon CTH 2270
Bibliography:Wallerang,
Lars: Die Orchesterwerke
Jurg Baurs als Dialog
zwischen Tradition und
Moderne, Koln: Dohr
2003.Nonnenmann, Rainer:
Vergegenwartigungen.
Umgang mit historischem
Material bei Zimmermann,
Baur, Killmayer, Schnebel
und Zender, in: Jurg
Baur, hrsg. von Ulrich
Tadday (= Musik-Konzepte.
Neue Folge, Heft
184/185), Munchen:
Edition Text+Kritik 2019,
S. 26-46.
Final Version 1911 -
Textcritical Edition.
Composed by Gustav
Mahler. Edited by
Christian Rudolf Riedel.
Voice; stapled.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library).
Symphony; Late-romantic.
Set of parts. 1076 pages.
Duration 55'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #OB 5634-60.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.OB-5634-60).
ISBN
9790004345085. 10.5 x 14
inches.
Of all his
symphonies, Mahler gave
the Fourth, his favorite
and problem child, his
most particular
attention. The Heavenly
Life, a humoresque
composed in 1892 for
soprano and piano, which
he already wanted to use
in the final movement of
the Third Symphony under
the title What the Child
Tells Me, ultimately
became the nucleus and
final movement of the
Fourth. Even after
publication in 1901,
Mahler kept repeatedly
refining the
orchestration. His maxim
not without my retouching
led to a whole series of
revised reprints. It is
probably no coincidence
that Mahler performed
especially the Fourth
Symphony in his last two
New York concerts in
February 1911, using this
opportunity to review
once again the score and
parts. This performance
material with his
retouching served as the
main source for the new
edition. Furthermore,
included for the first
time were corrections and
annotations in
conjunction with
performances of the
Fourth, which Mahler
entered into the scores
of conductors such as
Mengelberg and
Wickenhauser. PB 5664 has
been awarded the Presto
Sheet Music Award
2020.
The Wexford Carol Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Queenwood Publications
By Anne McGinty (1945-). Orchestra. For orchestra. Orchestra method/study. Queen...(+)
By Anne McGinty (1945-).
Orchestra. For orchestra.
Orchestra method/study.
Queenwood Developing
String Orchestra. Score
and parts. Published by
Queenwood Publications
Orchestra SKU: FG.55011-444-9 Composed by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Score (l...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
FG.55011-444-9
Composed by Einojuhani
Rautavaara. Score
(large). Fennica Gehrman
#55011-444-9. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-444-9).
ISBN
9790550114449.
Eino
juhani Rautavaara
(1928-2016) was one of
Finland's internationally
most successful
composers. He made his
major breakthrough with
the Symphony No. 7, Angel
of Light, in the 1990s,
but his output includes
numerous classic operas,
concertos, chamber music
and choral works.
Over his extensive
career, he progressed
from Neo-Classicism to
strict dodecaphony to
free-tonal
Neo-Romanticism,
combining modernism with
mystical romanticism in
his later works.
According to the
composer, the role of the
composer is to be
mediator, a midwife, who
helps the music become
alive on its own terms;
Listen to what the music
wants to tell you, he
told his composition
students, sense where it
wants to go.
Rautavaara rose to great
international fame with
the success of his
Symphony No. 7, Angel of
Light (1995) powered by
the prize-winning
recording (Helsinki
Philharmonic, Segerstam,
Ondine label) later the
same year. Many
high-profile
international commissions
followed, creating yet
more prize-winning
recordings. To mark
the 25th anniversary of
the work's premiere - in
its original form as the
Bloomington Symphony - by
the Bloomington Symphony
Orchestra and conductor
David Pickett, Fennica
Gehrman is publishing an
entirely new edition of
the symphony based on all
available sources,
including the composer's
manuscript and his
markings in various
printed scores. This
is a large-sized
conductor score with
extensive analysis of the
work and its genesis.
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.44809S Famous Overture Themes. Arrange...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.44809S
Famous Overture
Themes. Arranged by
Douglas E. Wagner.
Masterworks; Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Belwin Concert String
Orchestra. Form:
Overture. Classical;
Masterwork Arrangement;
Romantic. Score. 16
pages. Duration 3:30.
Belwin Music #00-44809S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.44809S).
UPC:
038081517407.
English.
This
seamless medley of the
most popular overture
themes from the Classical
and Romantic periods---a
veritable music history
listening lesson---will
be a sure-fire hit on any
concert program. Scored
in D-major throughout,
the grade 3 arrangement
by Douglas E. Wagner
presents many teachable
moments with style,
balance, dynamic control,
articulation, and
interpretation.
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
(Tanzstunden I)
Tanzschauspiel. Libretto
frei nach Moliere.
Composed by Hans Werner
Henze. This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. Study
Score. Composed
1949/1995. 172 pages.
Duration 35'. Schott
Music #ED 9456. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49013033).
ISBN
9790001131919.
8.25x11.75x0.462
inches.
Bei der
Neuschrift des Stucks im
Winter 1995-96, funfzig
Jahre nach seiner
Entstehung (als
Buhnenmusik zu Molieres
Comedie ballet Georges
Dandin, aus der
anschliessend ein Ballett
wurde mit dem englischen
Clown Jack Pudding in der
Titelrolle), ist es mir
darum gegangen, den alten
Notentext auszulosen und
sein thematisches und
harmonisches Material
nach Kriterien zu ordnen
und zu entwickeln, die
mir seinerzeit noch nicht
zur Verfugung standen,
und die recht
skizzenhafte Anlage des
Urtexts in eine Klangwelt
heruberzutragen, die
meinen heutigen
Vorstellungen und
Wertbegriffen von Theater
und Musik entspricht und
die gleichzeitig das
heutige kulturelle Klima
Neapels widerspiegelt und
damit eine besondere Art
von Wirklichkeit, die
mich einmal so sehr
gefangengenommen,
bezaubert und beeinflusst
hat.- Hans Werner
Henze
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Picc.) * 1 * 1 * 1 - 1 *
1 * 1 * 0 - P. S. (3
Trgl. * Crot. * Rohrengl.
* Trinidad steel drum * 3
hg. Beck. * 3 Tamt. * 3
Tomt. * Schellentr. * kl.
Tr. * gr. Tr. [m. u. o.
Beck.] * Bongo * Guiro *
Kast. * Ratsche *
Peitsche * Lotosfl. *
Cuica * Mar. * Putipu
[neap. Brummtopf]*
Scetavajasse [neap.
Schrapstock mit Schellen]
* Flex. * Vibr. *
Marimba) (3 Spieler) -
Klav. (auch Cel. und Akk.
ad lib.) - Str.
Composed by Bedrich
Smetana. Edited by Hugh
MacDonald. This edition:
urtext edition.
Paperback. Barenreiter
Urtext. From: Má vlast
(My Country). Score.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA11534_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA11534).
ISBN
9790260108660. 31 x 24.3
cm inches. Preface:
Mojzisova, Olga /
Macdonald, Hugh.
In
late September 1874,
shortly after losing his
hearing, Smetana started
work on
“VyÅ¡ehradâ€
, the first symphonic
poem in what would become
a six-part cycle with the
title “Má
vlast†(My
Country). It tells the
eventful history of this
fort in
Prague.
“Vy
¡ehrad†was
published by Urbánek
together with
“Vltava†(The
Moldau), the next part in
the cycle, in a version
for piano duet in
December 1879. The full
score and parts,
proofread by the
composer, followed in
February 1880. Hugh
Macdonald has corrected
many errors in this first
edition. He draws on the
autograph and first print
of the orchestral version
and also refers to the
autograph and printed
piano duet
version.
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
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MUSICOLOGICA
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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
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PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
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Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.244904 For Orchestra. Composed by B...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.244904
For Orchestra.
Composed by Bryce
Dessner. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
64 pages. Duration 1020
seconds. Chester Music
#CH83985. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.244904).
8.25x12.0x0.508
inches.
Quilting,
co-commissioned by the
BBC Symphony Orchestra
and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, is my first
stand alone work for
orchestraand is loosely
inspired by the American
tradition of quilt
making. I composed
Quilting while living
most of last year in
Paris.During my time
there, I thought a lot
about what it means to
compose symphonic music
as a young American in
the 21st century, when so
many of the many
masterworks which are
programmed year in and
out by orchestras across
the country are European.
I considered which
artistic traditions
defined the American
19th-century. I began to
think of the American
crafts-tradition of
quilting as a foilto the
high-art tradition of
European orchestral
composition. As the score
for my new work began to
take shape, I started
thinking about the
manuscript itself as an
object, its vertical and
horizontal planes create
a kind of patterned
geometry of their own.
Visually the way a
musical score is woven
together like patchwork
brought to mind quilts
and the great American
tradition of quilting. I
imagined about how
conducting an orchestra
can feellike stitching a
piece together, or sewing
together a large number
of musical ideas and
musicians into a coherent
and transcendent whole.
Quilting was an integral
part of American
vernacular in the 18th
and 19th centuries, the
African-American quilting
tradition is especially
fascinating, and the
quilts tell the stories
of the women and
communities who made
them. The names of the
quilt patterns themselves
can have their own sense
of narrative: 'jacobs
ladder', 'drunkards
path', 'solomon's
puzzle', and (my favorite
for its relevance to this
piece) 'the road to
California. - Bryce
Dessner.
Orchestra SKU: HL.49016259 Einfuhrung und Analyse. Composed by Joh...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.49016259
Einfuhrung und
Analyse. Composed by
Johannes Brahms. Edited
by Giselher Schubert.
This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Serie Musik.
Siehe Rubrik
Bucher/Multimedia.
Classical. Study Score.
Op. 68. 256 pages. Schott
Music #SP 8107. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49016259).
ISBN
9783795781071.
5.0x7.5x0.538 inches.
German.
Als
Johannes Brahms im Jahre
1876 seine 1. Sinfonie
der Offentlichkeit
vorstellte, war dies ein
lang erwartetes Ereignis.
Zwar war der Komponist
schon eine geraume Zeit
beruhmt und hatte sich in
fast allen musikalischen
Gattungen hervorgetan: er
hatte Klaviersonaten,
Lieder, Konzerte sowie
Orchester- und Chorwerke
(u.a. das Deutsche
Requiem) vorgelegt und
mit drei
Streichquartetten
Beitrage zu einer Gattung
geliefert, die seit
Beethovens spaten
Quartetten als
kunstvollste und intimste
musikalische Gattung
uberhaupt galt. Nur eine
Sinfonie hatte er noch
nicht komponiert, denn er
gehorte zu den
Komponisten, denen die
Schwierigkeit bewusst
war, mit einem
sinfonischen Werk
gegenuber dem
Beethovenschen Erbe
bestehen zu
konnen.Giselher Schubert
schildert diese Umstande
in diesem Buch und
verdeutlicht, dass ein
selbstkritischer
Komponist, wie es Brahms
ausgepragt war, sich so
lange Zeit schwer tun
musste, bis er glaubte,
den Erwartungen von
Freunden und Fachleuten
entsprechen zu konnen. Er
beschreibt neben der
Entstehungsgeschichte
dieser Sinfonie, der
schon bald der Beiname
die Zehnte (Beethovens)
gegeben wurde, die
Quellenlage, gibt
kommentierend die
Reaktionen auf die ersten
Auffuhrungen wieder und
stellt Betrachtungen an
zu einer Analyse des
Werkes. Anregungen zur
weiteren Beschaftigung
mit dieser Sinfonie geben
in einer Auswahl
Literaturverzeichnis und
eine Diskographie. Anhand
der vollstandig
wiedergegebenen Partitur
kann der Leser den
Notentext beim Horen
verfolgen und die
analytischen Kommentare
nachvollziehen.
Orchestra soloists, chorus, orchestra SKU: PE.EP67890 An Opera in Two ...(+)
Orchestra soloists,
chorus, orchestra
SKU:
PE.EP67890
An
Opera in Two Acts Based
on the Novel by Salman
Rushdie. Composed by
Charles Wuorinen. Full
Orchestra; Single Titles.
Edition Peters. 20th
Century. Full score. 782
pages. Duration 02:00:00.
Edition Peters
#98-EP67890. Published by
Edition Peters
(PE.EP67890).
ISBN
9790300747613. 297 x
420mm inches.
English.
Librett
o by James Fenton
In a
make-believe world, based
loosely on Bombay and
Kashmir, the story of
Haroun is a tale of a
fight between the free
imagination and the
powers that oppose it.
Haroun's father, Rashid,
the Shah of Blah, is a
professional and gifted
story-teller, a popular
figure much in demand at
public events. Feeling
neglected, his wife is
persuaded to leave him
and run away with a
neighbor. After this,
Rashid loses confidence
in his powers of
story-tellling, haunted
by his son's question:
'What's the use of
stories that aren't even
there?' Rashid is due to
speak at a political
rally to be held by the
sinister politician,
Snooty Buttoo. He is told
that if he does not come
up with his usual fund of
tales, his tongue will be
cut out. As Rashid
despairs, Haroun
determines to rescue his
father's talent - a
project in which he
learns that the Ocean of
the Sea of Stories, the
source of all stories, is
being polluted by the
enemy of all stories, the
evil Khattam Shud. In a
series of brilliant
imagined adventures,
Haroun succeeds in
defeating the powers of
darkness, and restoring
happiness to his family,
and to the city where he
lives.
Salman
Ruishdie's children's
book, written in the
aftermath of the fatwa,
has an effervescent style
which is full of rhymes
and wordplay. The
libretto stays very close
to the spirit of the
original, conjuring up a
fantasy world in which,
nonetheless, one never
loses sight of harsh
political reality and the
great issues of freedom
of speech and
imagination. -- James
Fenton, 1998
Orchestra - Grade 4 SKU: AP.33720S Composed by Almon C. Bock II. Performa...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 4
SKU: AP.33720S
Composed by Almon C. Bock
II. Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Form: Dance;
Rondo. Light Concert.
Score. 24 pages.
Highland/Etling
#00-33720S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.33720S).
UPC:
038081378015.
English.
A frenetic
pace characterizes this
piece written in the true
Italian style of the 6/8
couples dance. Thought to
have been danced to ward
off the effects of the
bite of the tarantula
spider, there's nothing
that severe here---just a
wonderful, percussive
rondo. The piece features
some lively syncopation
and ends with an extended
finish that gets more
rousing with each passing
measure. Your audiences
will be tapping their
feet from the opening
measure, and your
orchestra will want to
play it over and
over.