Scenes
historiques op.25,
op.66. Composed by
Jean Sibelius. Edited by
Kari Kilpelainen. Linen.
Complete Works.
Late-romantic; Early
modern. Complete Works.
228 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #SON 625.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.SON-625).
ISBN 9790004803271. 10
x 12.5 inches.
In
1998, at the end of the
20th century, Breitkopf &
Hartel started the
publication of the
Complete Edition, which
is made possible thanks
to the cooperation of the
various Sibelius
publishers. The Editors
(Helsinki University
Library and The Sibelius
Society of Finland) and
the Editorial Committee
(Chairman: Timo Virtanen,
Helsinki) believe that
the volumes of JSW will
provide the basis for a
now conception of the
creative work of Jean
Sibelius.Reviews: One
immediately recognizes
the towering production
quality of these volumes
- a point that can be
extended to all volumes
thus far published in the
set. The music is a joy
to read; and the lucidity
and thoroughness of the
texts ... are models of
scholarly editions, and
should be required
reading for all
bibliography and
music-editing courses.
... In sum, the JSW is a
remarkable project: the
scholarship is
impeccable, the music
scores and texts are
simply a joy to study.
Edward Jurkowski, Notes
December 2011: 442-443At
the back of this
magnificent book are
pages of critical
commentary on a
bar-by-bar analysis of an
endless supply of musical
notation requiring
interpretation by the
editor. ... For the
general, non-musically
trained, purchaser of the
edition there is the
magisterial introduction
to read, and fascinating
reading it is. Edward W.
Clark, Sibelius Society
Newsletter 2009 The
Sibelius pieces, however,
are a revelation. I
opened this magnificently
produced volume -
complete with
multilingual critical
report and generous
facsimiles of original
manuscripts - expecting
Grieg-style
quasi-nationalistic
character pieces, and was
instead presented with an
incredible array of
styles, textures,
harmonic languages and
levels of difficulty.
Chris White, Piano
Professional Summer 2009:
2This is not only a
scholarly edition of one
of the composer's major
works, it is also a model
for the philological
editing of music in
general. ... JSW has
chosen to have the
emendations reflected in
two places, in certain
cases even in three: as
graphic indications in
the music text, in prose
form in the critical
commentary, and sometimes
also in the form of a
warning footnote on the
music page. There can be
no doubt that such a
procedure is very
user-friendly, but it
disturbs the appearance
of the music and may
mislead the user into
thinking that there are
two or more equally valid
readings. Niels Krabbe,
Fontes Artis Musicae
54/2, 2007: 248 Editorial
standards are high
throughout, and maintain
a careful balance between
the competing demands of
practical exigency and
the need to provide as
much scholarly evidence
of variants as possible.
The critical commentaries
provide concise and
effective descriptions of
the sources and, where
appropriate, information
on compositional genesis
and historical context.
The introduction to each
volume provide useful
background information on
historical reception,
including much new
material not previously
brought to light in
Tawaststjerna's
biography. Daniel M.
Grimley,
Nineteenth-Century Music
Review 2/2, 2005:
244.
Ouverture JS 145,
Baletscen JS 163.
Composed by Jean
Sibelius. Edited by Tuija
Wicklund. Linen. Complete
Works. Late-romantic;
Early modern. Complete
Works. 196 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 627. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.SON-627).
ISBN
9790004803295. 10 x 12.5
inches.
In 1998, at
the end of the 20th
century, Breitkopf &
Hartel started the
publication of the
Complete Edition, which
is made possible thanks
to the cooperation of the
various Sibelius
publishers. The Editors
(Helsinki University
Library and The Sibelius
Society of Finland) and
the Editorial Committee
(Chairman: Timo Virtanen,
Helsinki) believe that
the volumes of JSW will
provide the basis for a
now conception of the
creative work of Jean
Sibelius.Reviews: One
immediately recognizes
the towering production
quality of these volumes
- a point that can be
extended to all volumes
thus far published in the
set. The music is a joy
to read; and the lucidity
and thoroughness of the
texts … are models
of scholarly editions,
and should be required
reading for all
bibliography and
music-editing courses.
… In sum, the JSW
is a remarkable project:
the scholarship is
impeccable, the music
scores and texts are
simply a joy to study.
Edward Jurkowski, Notes
December 2011: 442-443At
the back of this
magnificent book are
pages of critical
commentary on a
bar-by-bar analysis of an
endless supply of musical
notation requiring
interpretation by the
editor. … For the
general, non-musically
trained, purchaser of the
edition there is the
magisterial introduction
to read, and fascinating
reading it is. Edward W.
Clark, Sibelius Society
Newsletter 2009 The
Sibelius pieces, however,
are a revelation. I
opened this magnificently
produced volume -
complete with
multilingual critical
report and generous
facsimiles of original
manuscripts - expecting
Grieg-style
quasi-nationalistic
character pieces, and was
instead presented with an
incredible array of
styles, textures,
harmonic languages and
levels of difficulty.
Chris White, Piano
Professional Summer 2009:
2This is not only a
scholarly edition of one
of the composer's major
works, it is also a model
for the philological
editing of music in
general. … JSW has
chosen to have the
emendations reflected in
two places, in certain
cases even in three: as
graphic indications in
the music text, in prose
form in the critical
commentary, and sometimes
also in the form of a
warning footnote on the
music page. There can be
no doubt that such a
procedure is very
user-friendly, but it
disturbs the appearance
of the music and may
mislead the user into
thinking that there are
two or more equally valid
readings. Niels Krabbe,
Fontes Artis Musicae
54/2, 2007: 248 Editorial
standards are high
throughout, and maintain
a careful balance between
the competing demands of
practical exigency and
the need to provide as
much scholarly evidence
of variants as possible.
The critical commentaries
provide concise and
effective descriptions of
the sources and, where
appropriate, information
on compositional genesis
and historical context.
The introduction to each
volume provide useful
background information on
historical reception,
including much new
material not previously
brought to light in
Tawaststjerna's
biography. Daniel M.
Grimley,
Nineteenth-Century Music
Review 2/2, 2005:
244.
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For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
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With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415760).
UPC:
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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.
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It was only
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Symphony that Beethoven
completed the Pastoral
Symphony. The two formed
a complementary work
pair, consigned together
to a patron in June 1808,
publicly premiered in
Vienna in December 1808,
and published by
Breitkopf & Hartel in the
spring of 1809. During
this period, Beethoven
revised the symphony
several times. Only in
the course of preparing
for publication did
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& Hartel a letter,
together with a list of
corrections, disclosing
the title that he
desired, Pastoral
Symphony or recollections
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than painting. The
Pastoral with its
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nature, characterizing in
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Leoš
Janácek’s
symphonic fragment Dunaj
(The Danube) dates from
the period of the
composition of
“Katya
Kabanovaâ€. The
composer was not
concerned with a
musical-picturesque
description of a river
landscape, but with the
mythical link between
women’s destinies
and
water.
“Pale
green waves of the
Danube! There are so many
of you, and one followed
by another. You remain
interlocked in a
continuous flow. You
surprise yourselves where
you ended up – on
the Czech shores! Look
back downstream and you
will have an impression
of what you have left
behind in your haste. It
pleases you here. Here I
will rest with my
symphony.†Thus
Leoš Janácek
described the idea behind
the composition project
which occupied him in
1923/24. However, after
further work, it remained
incomplete in 1926. His
“symphonyâ€
entitled Dunaj has
survived as a
continuously-notated,
four-movement bundle of
sketches in score form.
It is one of the works
which occupied him until
his death. The scholarly
reconstruction by the two
Brno composers Miloš
Štedron and Leoš
Faltus closely follows
the original
manuscript.
A
whole conglomeration of
motifs stands behind the
incomplete work. What at
first seems like a
counterpart to
Smetana’s Vltava,
in fact doesn’t
turn out to be a musical
depiction of the Danube.
On the contrary, the
fateful link between the
destiny of women, water
and death permeates the
range of motifs found in
the work. It seems to be
no coincidence that
Janácek, whilst
working on the opera
Katya Kabanova, in which
the Volga, as the river
bringing death plays an
almost mythical role,
planned a Danube
symphony, and that its
content was linked with
the destiny of women: in
the sketches, two poems
were found which may have
provided the stimulus for
several movements of the
symphony. He copied a
poem by Pavla
Kriciková into the
second movement, in which
a girl remarks that
whilst bathing in a pond,
she was observed by a
man. Filled with shame,
the young naked woman
jumps into the water and
drowns. The outer
movements likewise draw
on the poem
“Lola†by the
Czech writer Sonja
Špálová,
published under the
pseudonym Alexander
Insarov. This is about a
prostitute who asks for
her heart’s
desire: she is given a
palace, but then goes on
a long search for it and
is finally no longer
wanted by anyone. She
suffers, feels cold and
just wants a warm fire.
Janácek adds his
remark “she jumps
into the Danube†to
the inconclusive
ending.
To these
tangible literary models
is added Adolf
Veselý’s verbal
account which reports
that the composer wanted
to portray “in the
Danube, the female sex
with all its passions and
driving forcesâ€.
The third movement is
said to characterise the
city of Vienna in the
form of a
woman.
It is
evident that in his
composition, Janácek
was not striving for a
simple, natural lyricism.
The River Danube is
masculine in the Slavic
language –
“ten Dunajâ€
– and assumes an
almost mythical
significance in the
national character,
indeed often also a role
bringing death. The four
movements are motivically
conceived. Elements of
sound painting, small
wave-like figures in the
first movement, motoric,
driving movements in the
third are obvious
evocations of water. And
the content and the
literary level are easy
to discover. The
“tremolo of the
four timpaniâ€,
which was amongst
Janácek’s first
inspirations, appears in
the second movement. It
is not difficult to
retrace in it the fate of
the drowning bather. The
oboe enters lamentoso
towards the end of the
movement over timpani
playing tremolo, its
descending figure is
taken over by the flute,
then upper strings and
intensified considerably.
The motif of drowning
– Lola’s
despair – returns
again in the fourth
movement in the clarinet,
before the work ends
abruptly and
dramatically.
One
special effect is the use
of a soprano voice in the
motor-driven third
movement. The singer
vocalises mainly in
parallel with the solo
oboe, but also in
dialogue with other parts
such as the viola
d’amore, which
Janácek used in
several late works as a
sort of “voice of
loveâ€.
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(Chopin National Edition 33 B Vol. VIIIa). Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-184...(+)
(Chopin National Edition
33 B Vol. VIIIa).
Composed by Frederic
Chopin (1810-1849).
Edited by Jan Ekier and
Pawel Kaminski. For
Orchestra (Study Score).
PWM. 110 pages. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600911. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne
ISBN 9790006523375.
32.9 x 23.9 cm inches.
Text Language:
French/German. Preface:
Soury, Thomas. Louis de
Cahusac.
Rameau's
“Les Fêtes de
l'Hymen et de
l'Amour†was long
considered second-rate
because its première
was associated with a
political event. Yet this
ballet abounds in novel
dramaturgical effects
that foreshadow his later
operas, such as
“Zaïsâ€,
“Zoroastreâ€
and “Les
Boradesâ€. Working
together with his
librettist Cahusac,
Rameau sought to weave
the dance numbers,
choruses and stage
machinery more tightly
into the main plot. He
also experimented with
stylistic devices unique
to this work, the most
famous being
unquestionably the scene
in which the Nile
overflows its banks (an
impressive ten-voice
double chorus with solo
voices and orchestra) and
the sextet from
“Arurisâ€, a
scoring found nowhere
else in his
uvre.
For the
first time, this
scholarly-critical
edition of “Les
Fêtes de l'Hymen et de
l'Amour†presents a
reference version of the
work that is based on all
the major sources for
both the libretto and the
music, including two
recent musical
discoveries. As most of
the performance material
for the première has
vanished, our edition is
based on the version
prepared for the Acadmie
Royale de Musique in
1748.
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Orchestra SKU: HL.51489068 Study Score. Composed by Franz Joseph H...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.51489068
Study
Score. Composed by
Franz Joseph Haydn.
Edited by Horst Walter.
Henle Music Folios.
Classical. Softcover. 85
pages. G. Henle #HN9068.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51489068).
UPC:
840126951967.
6.75x9.5x0.278
inches.
Haydn
arrived in London at the
beginning of February
1794 for his second stay
in England. Two movements
of the Symphony in G
major Hob. I:100 had
already been completed by
then, and the finished
work was premiered on 31
March. The trumpet
fanfare in the second
movement and the use of
“janissaryâ€
percussion gave the
symphony its nickname
“Military
Symphony,†which
Haydn himself even used.
Its success in London was
enormous; in 1794/95
alone, the work was
performed nine times and
thus quickly became one
of the most popular Haydn
symphonies of all time.
To everyone wishing to
become more acquainted
with this symphony, let
this inexpensive study
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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.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14028038 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14028038
Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. 95 pages. Music
Sales #KP00294. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14028038).
ISBN
9788759854730.
12.0x16.5x0.3 inches.
English.
The word
GONG is saturated with
associations: the
splendour of the Orient,
mysticism, drama, loud
metallic clangour,
violent impact, etc. The
present piece draws upon
all those connotations,
but it is primarily a
symphonic drama about the
life and behaviour of the
sun, our closest star and
prime source of life on
Earth. Describing the sun
in music is not a new
idea, of course; during a
visit to Greece, Carl
Nielsen was inspired by
the orbit of the sun and
its very un-Danish
ferocity and thus wrote
the Helios Overture. GONG
is a Helios Overture too,
of sorts, albeit more
abstract. Recent
astronomical research
shows, that the surface
of the sun reverberates
like a gong, in four
different, simultaneous
tempi (not directly
depicted in the score,
though); the sun looks
like a GONG, - the O in
the written work looks
like the sun; there is
even a solar research
group called GONG (Global
Oscillation Network
Group). Formally the
composition follows the
life and fate of the sun,
from the initial
explotional birth through
the hyper-activity as
energy source as we know
it today to the final,
predicted flaring up and
collapse into a so-called
white dwarf. But - being
a musical composition,
not an astrophysical
thesis - GONG is brought
to its compositional
conclusion by a real
concert-ending, a chord
taken from the middle of
the piece and sustained
over several bars, from
virtual nothingness to
full force.
Composed by Howard
Skempton. Orchestral
parts for sale. Full
score. 16 pages. Duration
13'. Oxford University
Press #9780193676503.
Published by Oxford
University Press
(OU.9780193676503).
ISBN 9780193676503. 12
x 8 inches.
Lento
is monolithic; major and
minor triads generate a
sequence of
processionals. The tempo
is more or less constant.
It uses the same
orchestral forces as
Wagner's prelude to
Parsifal, though
deployment is radically
different. Most of Lento
is scored for strings
only. A central episode
turns the spotlight on
the trombones and the
bassoons. Otherwise,
woodwind, brass and
timpani serve primarily
to lend weight to
restatements of the two
principal subjects.
Orchestra - Grade 4 SKU: AP.41225S Movement 1. Composed by Felix B...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 4
SKU: AP.41225S
Movement 1.
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Arranged by Kirk Moss.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Masterworks; Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Belwin Concert String
Orchestra. Masterwork
Arrangement; Romantic.
Score. 48 pages. Belwin
Music #00-41225S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.41225S).
UPC:
038081478876.
English.
A slow and
somber Grave introduction
leads to a light-hearted
Allegro, presenting an
ideal piece to teach
sonata form to your
students. The clearly
marked bowings and
artist-level fingerings
will save precious
rehearsal minutes and
contribute to a
professional sound. This
arrangement re-scores the
first movement of
Sinfonia No. 9 from six
voices, requiring two
separate viola parts, to
the traditional
five-voice string
orchestra. Consistent
with selected
professional performances
of the work, the first of
two recapitulations has
been seamlessly omitted
to create a more balanced
form, eliminate
redundancies akin to
counterpoint exercises,
and showcase the young
composer's emerging
creativity by emphasizing
his striking use of the
key of A-major before
reaffirming the home key.
The elimination of a
repeat reduces the
duration to 8:30. (11:30)
This title is available
in MakeMusic Cloud.
Mvt. II Sarabande and Mvt. III Gavotte. Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-19...(+)
Mvt. II Sarabande and
Mvt. III Gavotte.
Composed by Edvard Grieg
(1843-1907). Arranged by
Victor Lopez. Full
Orchestra; Masterworks;
Part(s); Score. Belwin
Concert Full Orchestra.
Form: Suite;
Transcription. Masterwork
Arrangement; Romantic.
218 pages. Published by
Belwin Music (AP.44820).
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.
Baritone; Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49045995 Chinese Songs Barit...(+)
Baritone; Orchestra
(Study Score)
SKU:
HL.49045995
Chinese Songs Baritone
and Orchestra.
Composed by Krzysztof
Penderecki. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Study Score.
Chinese, Classical,
Symphony. Softcover.
Composed 2008/2017. 72
pages. Duration 1080
seconds. Schott Music
#ED22970. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045995).
ISBN
9790001203692. UPC:
842819100195.
8.25x11.75x0.184 inches.
German.
The history
of the symphony is full
of curiosities, ranging
from works that are
extremely long or scored
for extensive
instrumental forces to
those of dubious
authorship. There are
also famous symphonies
labelled as No. 0, works
with alternate or
multiple opus numbers,
and a wealth of
'unfinished' symphonies.
Krzysztof Pendereckis 6.
Sinfonie can also be
included in this
category, since his
Seventh and Eighth were
completed decades ago.
This work is comprised of
eight songs on Chinese
texts connected by solo
intermezzos played on the
Chinese stringed
instrument,erhu. As in
his two preceding works,
the focus here is on
vowels. This work,
however, is scored for
smaller orchestral forces
and possesses a more
intimate chamber music
character, at times with
greater melancholy than
before. Penderecki has
declared this symphony to
be his farewell from the
genre, although we know
from experience that
anything is possible with
symphonies.
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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explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
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Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.132243 Chopin National Edition. Co...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.132243
Chopin National
Edition. Composed by
Frederic Chopin. Edited
by Jan Ekier and Pawel
Kaminski. PWM. Classical.
Study Score. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600913. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.132243).
UPC:
884088970772.
Piano
concertos combine two
elements: pure playing
and full poetic
expression. Virtuosity
and romance. Pianistic
brilliance, educated in
the works in the stile
brillant, brought to
perfection, but at the
same time - a farewell.
Both are forms of direct
expression of the
personality of the
composer, which showed
itself in them for the
first time with so much
strength and is
manifested in a group of
characteristics of
forming Chopin's
individual style. Piano
Concerto in F minor In
terms of size,
substantially smaller
than the E minor concerto
and also a different kind
of expression: more
lyrical, drawn in
delicate pastel colours.
Especially famous is the
second movement, the
Larghetto, which Chopin
wrote under the
inspiration of his first
love. Critical
source-edition edited by
Jan Ekier and Pawel
Kaminski based on
manuscripts, copies
approved by Chopin
himself, and first
editions. Its purpose is
to present the works of
Chopin in authentic
form.
The Fairy Queen Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Eulenburg
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49010354 Two Suites from the Opera...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49010354
Two Suites from the
Opera. Composed by
Henry Purcell. Edited by
William Leonard Reed.
Arranged by William
Leonard Reed. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Study Score.
20 pages. Duration 15'.
Eulenburg Edition
#ETP891. Published by
Eulenburg Edition
(HL.49010354).
ISBN
9790200207613. UPC:
073999921113.
5.25x7.5x0.075
inches.
With more
than 1,200 titles from
the orchestral and choral
repertoire, from chamber
music and musical
theatre, Edition
Eulenburg is the world's
largest series of scores,
covering large part of
music history from the
Baroque to the Classical
era and looking back on a
long tradition.
(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 (Orchestra) SKU: HL.14019146 Composed by Magnus Lindberg. Music...(+)
Orchestra (Orchestra)
SKU: HL.14019146
Composed by Magnus
Lindberg. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Score. 170 pages. Music
Sales #KP00137. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14019146).
ISBN
9788759855775.
12.0x16.5x0.525 inches.
English.
The
harmonic model for this
piece is based on a
subdivision of pitches in
primary and secondary
notes, in principle any
chord can be viewed from
it's structural qualities
including interval
content and symmetry, but
it might also be
conceived from a more
acoustical point of view.
The parallel basis for
this work is a sequence
of 12-tone chords
repeated as a chaconne,
every chord has it's
Alter-Ego, an overtone
series the fundamentals
of which together form a
bass line. By
articulating the cycle
differently, with always
varied diagonal paths
between two layers
Lindberg has aimed to
give the music some
direction despite it's
vague repetitive
structure. Work for
Orchestra premiered at
the Queen Elizabeth Hall,
London, by the London
Sinfonietta under the
direction of Esa-Pekka
Salonen, April 1990.
Orchestra (2.2.2.2.dble
bsn.serp - 2.2.3.0 - timp
- str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5581
Urtext
based on the Leipzig
Mendelssohn Complete
Edition. Composed by
Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn. Edited by
Thomas Schmidt.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Symphony; Romantic. Full
score. 140 pages.
Duration 30'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5581.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-5581).
ISBN 9790004213919. 10
x 12.5 inches.
A
Programmatic Declaration
of BeliefFelix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy
composed his Reformation
Symphony for the
celebrations marking the
300th anniversary of the
Confessio Augustana, the
Protestant declaration of
faith. Owing to various
and only partially
explained reasons, there
was no performance in
1830, the year in
question; it was only two
years later that the
composer conducted the
premiere of his work, now
heavily revised, in
Berlin. There was only
one more performance in
Mendelssohn's lifetime,
this one conducted by
Julius Rietz in
Dusseldorf; the composer
had since distanced
himself from his
opus.Conceived for the
concert hall, the
symphony formulates its
theological references
through the integration
of various motives. This
occurs in the finale, for
example, in which
Mendelssohn quotes the
Luther chorale Ein feste
Burg in the flute, from
where it builds up to a
triumphant principal
theme. The strong
extra-musical aspect must
have been one of the
reasons for the
composer's later
avoidance of this score,
especially since
Mendelssohn was becoming
increasingly skeptical
about explicitly
programmatic music in the
instrumental domain. Next
to the Dusseldorf
performance material of
1837, two scribal copies
have been examined for
the first time; they
transmit the main stages
of the version of
1830.
Orchestra (2.2.2.2.dble
bsn.serp - 2.2.3.0 - timp
- str)
SKU:
BR.PB-5598-07
Urtext based on the
Leipzig Mendelssohn
Complete Edition.
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Symphony; Romantic. Study
Score. 132 pages.
Duration 30'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 5598-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-5598-07).
ISBN
9790004214954. 6.5 x 9
inches.
A
Programmatic Declaration
of BeliefFelix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy
composed his Reformation
Symphony for the
celebrations marking the
300th anniversary of the
Confessio Augustana, the
Protestant declaration of
faith. Owing to various
and only partially
explained reasons, there
was no performance in
1830, the year in
question; it was only two
years later that the
composer conducted the
premiere of his work, now
heavily revised, in
Berlin. There was only
one more performance in
Mendelssohn's lifetime,
this one conducted by
Julius Rietz in
Dusseldorf; the composer
had since distanced
himself from his
opus.Conceived for the
concert hall, the
symphony formulates its
theological references
through the integration
of various motives. This
occurs in the finale, for
example, in which
Mendelssohn quotes the
Luther chorale Ein feste
Burg in the flute, from
where it builds up to a
triumphant principal
theme. The strong
extra-musical aspect must
have been one of the
reasons for the
composer's later
avoidance of this score,
especially since
Mendelssohn was becoming
increasingly skeptical
about explicitly
programmatic music in the
instrumental domain. Next
to the Dusseldorf
performance material of
1837, two scribal copies
have been examined for
the first time; they
transmit the main stages
of the version of
1830.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14042598 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14042598
Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2013.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH31776. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14042598).
ISBN
9788759827482.
Prog
ramme Note Poul Ruders
WIND-DRUMMING
WIND-DRUMMING was written
in 1979 on a commission
from The Danish
Percussion Ensemble. The
piece is a clash of two
kinds of
sound-associations, the
mystic, exotic impact of
Latin-American drumming,
and the more well dressed
reputation of Western
concert-instruments, in
this case a wind-quintet
(w. electric flute). The
two instrumental camps
either melt into one soft
humming ritual or are
split wide apart, the
winds tearing their way
through the undergrowth
of rainforest-drumming.
There is more than one
way of getting on to
WIND-DRUMMING: obviously
it is about the
confrontation of two
incongruent ways of
living, a lament on the
damage done tothe
tropical rainforests of
the world by modern
civilisation. One can
hear it plainly as a
direct rhythm-show, a
downright number or a
joyous homage to the most
exiting kind of
folkloristic music at
all: the carnal spell of
the Brazilian Samba. Poul
Ruders.
Cumberland Cross Orchestre [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
Concert Band; Orchestra - Grade 4 SKU: AP.49212S Composed by Carl Stromme...(+)
Concert Band; Orchestra -
Grade 4
SKU:
AP.49212S
Composed by
Carl Strommen. 5 or More;
Mixed Instruments -
Flexible Instrumentation;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
Solo Small Ensembles.
Alfred Concert Band.
Score. Duration 3:30.
Alfred Music #00-49212S.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.49212S).
ISBN
9781470648534. UPC:
038081569338.
English.
This
version of Cumberland
Cross by Carl Strommen 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 5 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. 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.
Your band will
sound great with Carl
Strommen's classic
original piece.
Cumberland Cross explores
the rich American folk
style in two sections.
The first has broad,
moving harmonies under a
Shenandoah-like melody,
and the second a lively
dance reminiscent of
Copland. It is not too
difficult, yet very
impressive!
Concert Band; Orchestra - Grade 4 SKU: AP.49212 Composed by Carl Strommen...(+)
Concert Band; Orchestra -
Grade 4
SKU:
AP.49212
Composed by
Carl Strommen. 5 or More;
MakeMusic Cloud; Mixed
Instruments - Flexible
Instrumentation;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
Solo Small Ensembles.
Alfred Concert Band.
Score and Part(s).
Duration 3:30. Alfred
Music #00-49212.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.49212).
ISBN
9781470648527. UPC:
038081569321.
English.
This
version of Cumberland
Cross by Carl Strommen 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 5 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. 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.
Your band will
sound great with Carl
Strommen's classic
original piece.
Cumberland Cross explores
the rich American folk
style in two sections.
The first has broad,
moving harmonies under a
Shenandoah-like melody,
and the second a lively
dance reminiscent of
Copland. It is not too
difficult, yet very
impressive!