Orchestra - Grade 1 SKU: AP.44841S Composed by Susan H. Day. Performance ...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 1
SKU: AP.44841S
Composed by Susan H. Day.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Fall;
Halloween. Score. 12
pages. Duration 2:35.
Highland/Etling
#00-44841S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.44841S).
UPC:
038081518411.
English.
Perfect
for your fall concert,
here is a piece that has
spooky lyrics to teach
the rhythms in the easy
melodic line. Upper
string parts are doubled,
and the cello part
doubles the bass line.
Everyone gets to do
glissando in this
original by Susan Day.
The piano part is
integral to the piece.
Feature some of your
orchestra members singing
the lyrics together with
the orchestra, or invite
members of the choir to
join with the orchestra!
Great fun for all,
especially at Halloween,
this one will stick in
their heads. Find out who
is this ghost in the
living room! (2:35).
Full Orchestra (Print) Choral (Orchestra Accompaniment) SKU: HL.334240 (+)
Full Orchestra (Print)
Choral (Orchestra
Accompaniment)
SKU:
HL.334240
A Celtic
Christmas
Celebration. Composed
by Joseph M. Martin.
Shawnee Sacred. Cantata,
Christmas, General
Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. Duration 2700
seconds. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.334240).
ISBN
9781540085146. UPC:
840126909050.
8.5x14.0x2.735
inches.
Inspired by
Celtic music traditions
and time-honored carols,
this new work overflows
with seasonal spirit.
From prophecy to
Epiphany, the cantata
covers the entire
Christmas story and wraps
it in jubilant and
approachable music.
Supported by encouraging
narration, dazzling
orchestrations and a
complete line of support
products, this
spectacular work will be
a warm holiday welcome to
your community of faith.
Songs include: A
Christmas Invitation; A
Festival Gathering of
Carols; Upon the Wind,
There Comes a Song; From
the Prophet Comes a
Promise; A Song of Joy;
The Silent Stars Go By;
Comfort and Joy; Look to
the Silver Sky; Sing of a
Merry Christmas; Glad
Tidings of Great Joy.
Score and Parts for Full
Orchestra (fl 1-2/pic,
ob/eng hn, cl 1-2, bn, hn
1-2, tpt 1-3, tbn 1-2,
tba, timp, perc 1-2, hp,
pno, vn 1-2, va, vc, db)
available as a Printed
Edition and as a digital
download. Score and Parts
for Celtic Consort (pno,
gtr, fl/pwhis, cl, bls,
perc, vn, vc) available
as a Printed Edition and
as a digital download.
Score and Parts for
Chamber Orchestra (pno,
fl, cl, tpt 1-2, tbn,
bls, perc, kybd strings)
available as a digital
download.
Country Song Orchestre - Intermédiaire/avancé Highland/Etling
Orchestra - Grade 4 SKU: AP.41265S From Two Songs Without Words, Op...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 4
SKU: AP.41265S
From Two Songs
Without Words, Op. 22,
No. 1. Composed
by Gustav Holst. Arranged
by Robert Sieving.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Masterworks; Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Form:
Transcription. 20th
Century; Folk; Masterwork
Arrangement; Romantic.
Score. 16 pages.
Highland/Etling
#00-41265S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.41265S).
UPC:
038081480800.
English.
This
beautiful folk melody
will capture the hearts
of students and
audiences. Originally
scored for large
orchestra, this string
arrangement captures the
essential qualities often
heard in the English
style of chamber music
for strings from the late
nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.
Holst's melody, with its
simple pentatonic
folksong theme, receives
the kind of mystical
transformation we often
associate with British
composers' treatments of
their indigenous
wellspring---the
folksong. All sections
share in the melodic
themes while passages for
a quartet of soloists add
textural interest. This
title is available in
MakeMusic Cloud.
Arranged by Thom Sharp.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Form: Dance.
Christmas; Novelty;
Secular; Traditional;
Winter. Score. 12 pages.
Highland/Etling
#00-40479S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.40479S).
UPC:
038081454436. English.
Traditional.
Spiced
up with lots of hand
percussion parts, this
fun-to-play arrangement
of a Christmas classic
dances its way through
Latin, waltz, disco, and
rock styles, all in first
position. Every section
gets multiple turns at
the melody, insuring that
all of the students are
noticed and challenged.
Rhythms that may be
unfamiliar or difficult
are repeated throughout
the arrangement,
simplifying the rehearsal
process.
Arranged by Thom Sharp.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Form: Dance.
Christmas; Novelty;
Secular; Traditional;
Winter. Score and
Part(s). 140 pages.
Highland/Etling
#00-40479. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.40479).
UPC:
038081454429. English.
Traditional.
Spiced
up with lots of hand
percussion parts, this
fun-to-play arrangement
of a Christmas classic
dances its way through
Latin, waltz, disco, and
rock styles, all in first
position. Every section
gets multiple turns at
the melody, insuring that
all of the students are
noticed and challenged.
Rhythms that may be
unfamiliar or difficult
are repeated throughout
the arrangement,
simplifying the rehearsal
process.
Concert Band; Orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: AP.49174S From Top Gun(+)
Concert Band; Orchestra -
Grade 2
SKU:
AP.49174S
From
Top Gun.
Composed by Giorgio
Moroder and Tom Whitlock.
Arranged by Michael
Story. 5 or More; Mixed
Instruments - Flexible
Instrumentation;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
Solo Small Ensembles. Pop
Young Band. Movie;
Pop/Rock. Score. 20
pages. Duration 2:15.
Alfred Music #00-49174S.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.49174S).
UPC:
038081563763.
English.
This
version of Danger Zone
arranged by Michael Story
is part of our Belwin
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.
This arrangement
of Kenny Loggins' rock
hit is from the movie Top
Gun. The familiar driving
bass line is the
foundation for this
energetic box office
favorite. Soaring
aerobatic ecstasy! (2:15)
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.29759 Arranged by Matt Turner. Performance Mu...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.29759
Arranged by Matt Turner.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Alternatives. Light
Concert. Score and
Part(s). 124 pages.
Duration 3:30.
Highland/Etling
#00-29759. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.29759).
UPC:
038081319155.
English.
A touch of
Copland, a splash of Ives
and a pinch of jazz
harmony give this
arrangement a
contemporary but
accessible sound. This
lush arrangement of
Foster's famous lullaby
offers students the
opportunity to experience
chromaticism within
beautiful moving lines
and harmonies. A violin
solo in the middle of the
piece offers an
improvisational flavor in
Americana fashion.
(3:30).
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.47472S Celebrating the past, while creatin...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.47472S
Celebrating the past,
while creating the
future. Composed by
Bob Phillips. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Score. 20
pages. Duration 4:24.
Highland/Etling
#00-47472S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.47472S).
UPC:
038081542034.
English.
With
lovely harmonies and
surprising melodic and
mood changes, this piece
will be perfect for
festivals and to bring
any concert to a rousing
close. From the
contemplative beginning
into a mysterious
interlude, then a driving
melody that moves from
4/4, this piece
transitions into an
accented segment in C
major, a playful
pizzicato section, and
then closes with the
original melody set in
9/8, creating a feeling
of coming home. With such
a wide variety of
settings in one piece,
teaching opportunities
abound.
Orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: AP.41248S Composed by Richard Meyer. MakeMusic C...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2
SKU: AP.41248S
Composed by Richard
Meyer. MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Explorer. Christmas;
Novelty; Secular; Winter.
Score. 12 pages.
Highland/Etling
#00-41248S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.41248S).
UPC:
038081480503.
English.
Imagine
four soloists playing
eight Boomwhackers on the
heads of eight brave
audience members while
being accompanied by
string orchestra. That's
the scenario of this
hilarious show-stopper.
Your audience will love
hearing Jingle Bells,
Good King Wenceslas, and
Deck the Halls like never
before. Used by the
composer with his own
orchestra and guest
teachers, this simple yet
highly effective novelty
number never fails!
Complete staging
instructions are
included. (2:00)
Correlates to String
Explorer Book 1, Unit 13.
This title is available
in MakeMusic Cloud.
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.48092 Composed by Richard Meyer. Masterworks;...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.48092
Composed by Richard
Meyer. Masterworks;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Score and
Part(s). 128 pages.
Duration 7:30.
Highland/Etling
#00-48092. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.48092).
UPC:
038081553948.
English.
This
emotional and heartfelt
piece, From Darkness,
Joyful Sounds Are Born,
by Richard Meyer, is all
about facing and
overcoming the hardships
we all encounter during
our lifetime. It begins
with a brief depiction of
happy times and then
descends into sounds of
sadness and sorrow.
Before long, joy emerges
in the form of cheerful
melodies, clapping,
stomping, and singing,
performed by the
orchestra and the
audience in a rousing
call-and-response
celebration. An amazing
way to bring together
everyone in the concert
hall, this selection is
sure to provide an
unforgettable experience
for your students and
their audience!
(7:30).
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.48092S Composed by Richard Meyer. Masterworks...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.48092S
Composed by Richard
Meyer. Masterworks;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Score. 24
pages. Duration 7:30.
Highland/Etling
#00-48092S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.48092S).
UPC:
038081553955.
English.
This
emotional and heartfelt
piece, From Darkness,
Joyful Sounds Are Born,
by Richard Meyer, is all
about facing and
overcoming the hardships
we all encounter during
our lifetime. It begins
with a brief depiction of
happy times and then
descends into sounds of
sadness and sorrow.
Before long, joy emerges
in the form of cheerful
melodies, clapping,
stomping, and singing,
performed by the
orchestra and the
audience in a rousing
call-and-response
celebration. An amazing
way to bring together
everyone in the concert
hall, this selection is
sure to provide an
unforgettable experience
for your students and
their audience!
(7:30).
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: PR.416415760 For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.416415760
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
Schickele. Study Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415760).
UPC:
680160636532. 9 x 12
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641576L For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641576L
For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Peter
Schickele. Large Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641576L).
UPC:
680160636549. 11 x 17
inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.14008392 Caroline Mathilde Act I (Concert Su...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.14008392
Caroline Mathilde Act
I (Concert Suite).
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
1999. 74 pages. Chester
Music #CH60949. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14008392).
ISBN
9780711936942.
The
story centres on the
English princess Caroline
Mathilde (1751-1775),
sister of George III, who
at the age of 15 was sent
to Denmark to marry the
17-year-old eccentric and
schizophrenic Danish
King, Christian VII. The
ballet portrays her
unhappy marriage, the
King's growing madness
and her fatal love-affair
with Struensee, the
King's influential
physician, which leads to
their arrest, his
execution and her exile,
at the age of 20,
separated from her two
young children. In
keeping with the period,
and perhaps also with the
traditions of Romantic
ballet, the music is
relatively simple in
harmony and form, and
most of the action is
conveyed in set-piece
dances. The suite, which
consists essentially of
the second half of Act I,
begins with one of these,
a bristling interplay of
wind and string ensembles
in D major, portraying in
the ballet a curious
nuptial game with the
king and princess on
movable pedestals. The
slow music that follows
has to do with the king's
healing by Dr. Struensee
and the new queen's
unquiet reverie (oboe and
cor anglais solos). Then
the suite, like the act,
is capped by a pair of
pas-de-deux, the first
savage and bizarre for
the royal couple, the
second rich and
passionate for the queen
and the miracle-working
doctor. Score
(miniature). Duration c.
25mins.
Composed by Brendan
Mcbrien. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles; String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Score. 16
pages. Highland/Etling
#00-38492S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.38492S).
UPC:
038081433653.
English.
With the
same sparkle and energy
of its predecessor,
Adra's Dance, this new
companion piece adds a
touch of maturity as
Adra's creator, the
composer's daughter, has
grown into a young lady.
Celebrate where we are,
where we're going, and
how thankful we are to
have this one life to
live, love, and grow as
your students and
audiences enjoy the
optimism and joy in this
music.
Orchestra SKU: BA.BA06861 Sinfonie (1923-1928). Composed by Leos J...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
BA.BA06861
Sinfonie
(1923-1928). Composed
by Leos Janacek. Arranged
by Leoš Faltus and
Miloš Štedron. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Complete Critical
Edition of the Works of
Leos Janacek H/3.
Complete edition, Score,
Set of parts. Duration 40
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA06861_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA06861).
ISBN 9790260104211.
34.3 x 27 cm
inches.
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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Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.47470S Composed by Richard Meyer. MakeMusic...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.47470S
Composed by Richard
Meyer. MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Halloween.
Score. 16 pages.
Highland/Etling
#00-47470S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.47470S).
ISBN
9781470656645. UPC:
038081541990.
English.
This ode
to the Wild West begins
with a mysterious
introduction using the
folk song All the Pretty
Little Horses in an eerie
setting that will send
shivers up the spines of
performers and audience
members alike. Brief
solos for violin, viola,
and cello are heard. The
pace then picks up as we
hear the driving and
energetic theme of the
Ghost Stallion riding
through the moonlit
countryside. The repeated
galloping rhythm
(eighth/two sixteenths)
appears in stretches and
is designed to improve
your students' abilities
to perform this
all-important bowing
pattern. This picturesque
and educationally sound
selection by Richard
Meyer is sure to capture
the imagination and
improve the technique of
everyone in both
intermediate and more
advanced orchestras. This
title is available in
MakeMusic Cloud.
English Fugue Orchestre - Intermédiaire Highland/Etling
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.4323 Composed by William Selby. Arranged by A...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.4323
Composed by William
Selby. Arranged by Art
Sheinberg. MakeMusic
Cloud; Masterworks;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Form: Fugue.
Baroque; Masterwork
Arrangement. Score and
Part(s). 136 pages.
Highland/Etling #00-4323.
Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.4323).
UPC:
038081026213.
English.
Art
Sheinberg has discovered
a gem from the late
English Baroque keyboard
literature and expertly
scored it to sound as if
it were originally for
strings. The violin ll
and viola parts are often
doubled, as are the cello
and bass parts; there are
essentially three parts
throughout. This gives a
full and balanced sound
which accommodates uneven
instrumentation. Violin l
parts are in third
position much of the
time, and alternate
fingerings given for the
other parts will keep
other advanced players
busy. The piece is in D
major throughout, with
the exception of brief
excursions into A and B
minor. Full of rhythmic
drive and sparkling
counterpoint, the piece
is a sure winner with
students and an excellent
vehicle to teach detached
style and ensemble
independence. This title
is available in MakeMusic
Cloud.
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.
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-1493L An Easter Cantata For Choir And Worshi...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-1493L
An
Easter Cantata For Choir
And Worship Leader.
Composed by Gregg Sewell.
Choral, cantatas.
Eastertide, Sacred.
Orchestration. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#30/1493L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-1493L).
UPC:
000308074642.
John'
s Gospel is the basis for
an innovative new musical
setting of the timeless
Easter story. The
composer weaves striking
new melodies and
traditional hymn tunes
together to produce a
vibrant, energetic work
of meditation and praise.
The congregation is
called on to sing with
the choir in a sensitive
setting of When I Survey
the Wondrous Cross and a
rousing arrangement of
Crown Him With Many
Crowns. New settings of
What Wondrous Love Is
This? and O Sacred Head,
Now Wounded are
ingeniously intertwined
with new anthems. An
inspirational and deeply
moving experience for
choir and congregation
alike. Performance time:
approx. 25 minutes. Flute
1 & 2, Violin 2, Viola,
Cello, Double Bass, Oboe
1 & 2, Horn, Trumpet 1 &
2, Trombone 1 & 2, Tuba,
Percussion (Windchimes,
Suspended Cymbal)
Glockenspiel,Triangle,Chi
mes, Snare Drum,Timpani,
Harp, Violin 1.
Orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: AP.31581S Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2
SKU: AP.31581S
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Arranged
by Andrew H. Dabczynski.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Explorer. Form:
Transcription. Classical;
Masterwork Arrangement.
Score. 12 pages.
Highland/Etling
#00-31581S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.31581S).
UPC:
038081350776.
English.
Mozart's
Early Quartet collection
is recognized as a crown
of string chamber music.
This accessible
arrangement, from an
arranger recognized for
his careful and creative
adaptations, is very true
to the original. An
interesting bass part has
been added, and the more
taxing rhythms,
accidentals and
embellishments have been
simplified. Playable by
younger players, yet
advanced students also
will find this piece
delightfully
satisfying---even
challenging---when played
at a faster tempo. Here's
a centerpiece for any
string orchestra concert
program! Correlates with
String Explorer Book One,
unit 13. This title is
available in MakeMusic
Cloud.
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.45889S Arranged by Jim Palmer. Performance ...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.45889S
Arranged by Jim Palmer.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Christmas;
Sacred; Traditional;
Winter. Score. 12 pages.
Duration 3:50.
Highland/Etling
#00-45889S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.45889S).
UPC:
038081529684. English.
Traditional.
A
Child for Three Kings, a
beautiful arrangement by
Jim Palmer, combines
Greensleeves and We Three
Kings to create a
Christmas concert
selection that will be
loved by students and
audiences alike. All
string parts are
interesting and include
both melodic and
accompaniment figures.
The rich harmonies and
beautiful melodies will
be a great addition to
any holiday performance.
(3:50).
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.45889 Arranged by Jim Palmer. Performance M...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.45889
Arranged by Jim Palmer.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Christmas;
Sacred; Traditional;
Winter. Score and
Part(s). 124 pages.
Duration 3:50.
Highland/Etling
#00-45889. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.45889).
UPC:
038081529677. English.
Traditional.
A
Child for Three Kings, a
beautiful arrangement by
Jim Palmer, combines
Greensleeves and We Three
Kings to create a
Christmas concert
selection that will be
loved by students and
audiences alike. All
string parts are
interesting and include
both melodic and
accompaniment figures.
The rich harmonies and
beautiful melodies will
be a great addition to
any holiday performance.
(3:50).
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.46710 Composed by Bob Phillips. Performance M...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.46710
Composed by Bob Phillips.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Programmatic.
Score and Part(s). 124
pages. Highland/Etling
#00-46710. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.46710).
UPC:
038081539553.
English.
An
elegant, beautiful,
sophisticated, and lyric
piece in C Major, this
new work includes melodic
content for all,
particularly the cellos.
With opportunities for
practicing shifting and
developing musicality, it
will suit any concert and
is perfect for serious
settings. Moment at
Angels Landing by Bob
Phillips provides great
practice in 2nd and 3rd
positions for violins and
violas as well as 3rd and
4th positions for cellos
and basses. There is some
upper position work for
the 1st
violins---presented in
divisi, so it is not
required of all students.
All students will have
opportunities to work on
a sustained and legato
sound with connected bow
strokes and sensitive
phrasing.
Orchestra - Grade 3 SKU: AP.46710S Composed by Bob Phillips. Performance ...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: AP.46710S
Composed by Bob Phillips.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Score. 12
pages. Highland/Etling
#00-46710S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.46710S).
UPC:
038081539560.
English.
An
elegant, beautiful,
sophisticated, and lyric
piece in C Major, this
new work includes melodic
content for all,
particularly the cellos.
With opportunities for
practicing shifting and
developing musicality, it
will suit any concert and
is perfect for serious
settings. Moment at
Angels Landing by Bob
Phillips provides great
practice in 2nd and 3rd
positions for violins and
violas as well as 3rd and
4th positions for cellos
and basses. There is some
upper position work for
the 1st
violins---presented in
divisi, so it is not
required of all students.
All students will have
opportunities to work on
a sustained and legato
sound with connected bow
strokes and sensitive
phrasing.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49046988 Lyric Trilogy After Maurice M...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49046988
Lyric Trilogy After
Maurice Maeterlinck Study
Score, French.
Composed by Aribert
Reimann. Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover. 280
pages. Duration 5400
seconds. Schott Music
#ED23491. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046988).
ISBN
9781705174333. UPC:
842819115281.
8.25x11.75x0.695
inches.
SYNOPSIS
Aribert Reimann's
'Trilogie lyrique' is
based on three plays by
Maurice Maeterlinck: In
L'Intruse, a family is
sitting at the table with
their blind grandfather.
They are waiting for the
doctor to arrive and tend
to his daughter who is
lying ill in bed after
having given birth: her
new-born son has not yet
made a single sound. The
old man senses that
something is wrong due to
the uneasy atmosphere in
the room. Who is sitting
in our midst? he asks. He
is the only one who
cansee the presence of
death. Interieur: Once
again a family is
gathered round the table
in the evening, but this
time we observe the
action from outside,
looking through the
window with the
grandfather and a
stranger: no sound can be
heard. Outside the house,
the stranger reports that
the eldest daughter has
drowned and that he has
pulled her out of the
river. Although the
corpse is already being
carried through the
village to the family,
the grandfather cannot
bring himself to destroy
this idyll. La Mort de
Tintagiles: The young
Tintagiles is told a
story about a mysterious
castle and the aged queen
who has all potential
heirsto the throne
murdered. His siblings
sense that Tintagiles has
been summoned to the
castle to be murdered,
but nobody openly
expresses this fact. It
is the sinister
messengers of death from
the interludes, now
visible as the queens
servants, who ful?l her
demand and snatch the
sleeping boy from his
sisters'arms. Commentary
'In comparison with his
Medea for example with
its stormy outbreaks of
emotion and violence,
Reimann's score is worked
in an impressive
refinement of sound. It
begins with rumbling,
hesitating and expressive
music in the first
section, demanding highly
ingenious sound effects
from the lower strings
including tapping and
faltering glissandos in
its noisy expression of
mortal fear. Inthe second
part, the woodwind
formation plays at times
almost in chamber music
fashion and is then
suddenly painfully
shrill. The third part
luxuriates and rages in
its rich, full
orchestration. The manner
in which Reimann displays
his mastery in textural
shading, the invention of
sounds welling up and
fading away, the rhythmic
and melodic capacity of
suffering and the music's
inner violence are all
utterly
compelling.'(Wolfgang
Schreiber, Opernwelt,
November 2017).