Concert Band/Harmonie and Piano SKU: BT.BMP8091417 Composed by Leroy Ande...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie and
Piano
SKU:
BT.BMP8091417
Composed by Leroy
Anderson. Arranged by
Jörg Murschinski. Set
(Score & Parts). Composed
2008. Beriato Music
#BMP8091417. Published by
Beriato Music
(BT.BMP8091417).
A lot is known
about the American
composer Leroy Anderson.
This son of Swedish
immigrants played the
piano, organ, accordion,
trombone, tuba and double
bass. He spoke several
languages fluently and
graduated from Harvard
with first-class
honours.While on military
service, the army also
commissioned him to write
a manual on Icelandic
grammar.He already
started writing musical
arrangements as a
student, and from his
30th year arranged and
composed for the Boston
Pops Orchestra. Such
melodiesas Serenata, The
Typewriter, Sleigh Ride
and Bugler�s
Holiday made him world
famous. His best-known
work, Blue Tango, reached
number one in the US
charts in 1952, and it
sold more than a million
copies. In 1975, a year
after hisdeath, he was
given a star at the Walk
of Fame in Hollywood.Most
of his works last no
longer than three
minutes, about the
maximum length of a
single at that time. One
work that lasts longer is
his 1953 Piano Concerto
in C for piano and
orchestra.The first
performance was in
Chicago, conducted by the
composer and with Eugene
List at the piano.
However, after three
performances he was no
longer happy with the
work and withdrew it. He
always intended to revise
it, but never got round
to it. Itwas only in 1989
that the Anderson family
decided to republish the
work.This three-part
composition is on the one
hand characterised by a
careless elegance, but on
the other one can hear
the influence of
Rachmaninoff, Copland,
Gershwin, and
evenBeethoven and Mozart,
as well as the Viennese
classics.Anderson used
the sonata form for the
first movement. It ends
with a cadenza that
carries us on into the
second part (in e minor).
The third part is a
typically cheerful
American folk dance in2/4
time, a so-called Hoe
Down, with a lilting,
lyrical passage as its
middle section. At the
end comes a solo passage
followed by a rapid
close.In this piano
concerto, Anderson
combines a rigidly
classical form of
composition with simple
andappealing themes and
elements from light
music. So this work is a
perfect synthesis of
light music and what is
called serious music, in
the same way as
Gershwin�s
Rhapsody in Blue. A work
that can be played
equally well in a
concerthall, at an
open-air concert or even
a pop
concert.
Hymne an die Nacht Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 2 SKU: BT.DHP-1053899-140 Composed by Ludwi...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 2
SKU:
BT.DHP-1053899-140
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Arranged by
Michael Bilkes. Your
Favorite Classics. Score
Only. Composed 2005. 16
pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1053899-140. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1053899-140).
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Hymne an die
Nacht is a deeply moving
theme by the master
composer Ludwig van
Beethoven. It is taken
from his Sonata No. 23 in
F minor, Op. 57
(Appassionata), which he
composed between
1804-1806. This theme
originates from the
second movement of this
famous sonata which
Beethoven himself
considered his best work
in this genre. The
passion of this sonata
inspired Michael Bilkes
to make this beautiful
arrangement.
Hymne an die
Nacht is een
ontroerend thema van
meestercomponist Ludwig
van Beethoven. Het is
afkomstig uit zijn sonate
nr. 23 in F-mineur, opus
57 (Appassionata),
die hij componeerde in
1804-1806. Dit thema komt
uithet tweede deel van
deze beroemde sonate, die
door Beethoven zelf werd
beschouwd als zijn beste.
Het inspireerde Michael
Bilkes tot het schrijven
van deze mooie
bewerking.
Die
Hymne an die Nacht ist
ein bewegendes Thema aus
der Sonate Nr. 23 in
f-Moll, op. 57
(Apassionata) von
Ludwig van Beethoven,
welche er in den Jahren
1804-1806 komponierte.
Das hier verwendete Thema
ist aus dem zweiten Satz
dieser berühmten
Sonate, die seit jeher
gerne zu vielen
festlichen Anlässen
gespielt wird. Michael
Bilkes ließ sich davon
zu dieser schönen
Bearbeitung inspirieren.
Hymne
an die Nacht
(Hei’ge Nacht, o
geisse du) è un canto
appassionato del grande
compositore Ludwig van
Beethoven. La linea
melodica è tratta dal
secondo movimento della
celebre Sonata per piano
n. 23 in Fa minore Op. 57
detta
“Appassionataâ€
(1804-1806) che
Beethoven stesso
considerava come la
più riuscita. Ispirato
da questo capolavoro,
Michael Bilkes ha
realizzato un armonioso
arrangiamento per
banda.
Concert
Band, Grade 3.5, 3:30
Score. Composed by
Edward Elgar. Arranged by
Franco Cesarini. Editions
Franco Cesarini.
Classical, Concert Band,
Variations. Softcover.
Duration 210 seconds. Hal
Leonard #EFC025-SC.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4008688).