| A Simple Song of Thanks Chorale Unison Unison, Piano [Octavo] Choristers Guild
By Susan Naylor Callaway. For unison choir and piano. General, Thanksgiving, Sac...(+)
By Susan Naylor Callaway.
For unison choir and
piano. General,
Thanksgiving, Sacred.
Sacred Anthem. Published
by Chorister's Guild.
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| Rise Again Songbook Paroles et Accords Hal Leonard
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| Rise Again Songbook Hal Leonard
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Blood. For Vocal. Vocal.
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| The Ultimate Fake Book - C Instruments (3rd Edition)
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| Lights! Camera! Christmas! Chorale Hal Leonard
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| Simple Gifts Chorale 3 parties SAB, Piano [Octavo] Faber Music Limited
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| Simple Songs For Young Singers Chorale Unison Unison/2-parties, Piano [Partition] Triune Music Inc.
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| Praise Songs For Two Voices [Livre + CD] Hope Publishing Company
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Lloyd Larson. Vocal Duets
- Lloyd Larson.
Contemporary, Sacred.
Book & Accompaniment CD.
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| SONG AND DANCE Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Vibraphone, soprano Saxophone SKU: PR.11441378S Duo for ...(+)
Chamber Music Vibraphone,
soprano Saxophone SKU:
PR.11441378S Duo
for Saxophones and
Percussion. Composed
by Shulamit Ran. Spiral.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2007. 12 pages.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41378S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11441378S). UPC:
680160585939. 11 x 14
inches. Commissione
d by Network for New
Music, who premiered the
work in April 2008, with
support from Philadelphia
Music Project, an
Artistic Initiative of
The Pew Charitable
Trusts, administered by
the University of the
Arts. “Song and
Dance†began its
life as a nascent melody
in the late eighties,
employing a similar
motivic cell as did three
of my works written over
a period of several years
— East Wind,
String Quartet No. 2
(Vistas), and Mirage.Â
At the ore of these three
works is the simplest of
melodic kernels —
a note encircled by its
two neighboring tones
(and more specifically, a
half step above and whole
step below). At the
time, I envisioned
writing a work for voice,
oboe, and marimba, and
had just begun it, only
to drop it in favor of
more pressing
compositional
assignments. Almost
twenty years later, the
vocal fragment finally
evolved into the
“song†of
this work, played here by
the soprano
saxophone. But it
seems that the song, all
these years, had been
waiting for its
counterpart, a dance.Â
Singing and dancing are
two of humankind’s
most basic and essential
impulses, transcending
time and place, reaching
back to the earliest
civilizations. The
resulting composition,
“Song and
Danceâ€, moves back
and forth between the
two, delineating its
various parts further
with the use of both
soprano and alto
saxophones, partnered by
mallet percussion
instruments —
mostly vibraphone and
marimba, with bells added
at the very end of the
work. The song
portions return to the
same melody, varied and
evolved over time, as new
materials are introduced
in the dance sections,
affecting the
presentation of the
recurring song
music. My thanks to
the Network for New Music
for commissioning this
work and allowing me the
freedom to choose its
format and
instrumentation.—S
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| Harvest Grace Fred Bock Music Company
Choral (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.8753130 Composed by Glenn Pickett. Full Sc...(+)
Choral (Score & Parts)
SKU: HL.8753130
Composed by Glenn
Pickett. Full Score and
Parts. Fred Bock
Publications. Fred Bock
Music Company #BG2558B.
Published by Fred Bock
Music Company
(HL.8753130). UPC:
884088565282. 5.5x5
inches. Bill Conner/Glenn
Pickett. Flowing
with dignity and
familiarity, this new,
original song of thanks
and praise is reminiscent
of an old folk song set
to new harmonies. The
melody supports a poem by
Bill Conner which
describes the bounty of
God's blessings. The easy
setting moves into a
simple canon that nicely
enhances any service of
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| Harvest Grace Chorale SATB SATB Fred Bock Music Company
By Glenn Pickett. SATB. Fred Bock Publications. 10 pages. Fred Bock Music Compan...(+)
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Fred Bock Publications.
10 pages. Fred Bock Music
Company #BG2558.
Published by Fred Bock
Music Company
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| The Real Book - Volume 3 Fake Book [Fake Book] Hal Leonard
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| Simple Songs For Slim Sundays Chorale 2 parties 2 parties Shawnee Press
By Various. Edited by Joseph M. Martin. For 2-part mixed / SAB. Choral book. Tex...(+)
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Joseph M. Martin. For
2-part mixed / SAB.
Choral book. Text
language: English. 88
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| Stuttgarter Schutz-Ausgabe: Zwolf geistliche Gesange (Gesamtausgabe, Bd. 15) Carus Verlag
SKU: CA.2091500 Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Gunter Graulich. T...(+)
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urtext. Cycles: Schutz:
Zwolf geistliche Gesange
SWV 420-431. Complete
editions / Selected
works: Heinrich Schutz
Complete Edition. German
title: Zwolf geistliche
Gesange. Sacred vocal
music, Magnificats, Mass
sections, Psalms, German,
Holy Week, Eucharist,
Communion, Prayer, Praise
and thanks, Morning,
midday, evening, Psalms,
Daily hours, Baptism, Our
Father. Full score
(complete edition /
selected edition). 168
pages. Carus Verlag #CV
20.915/00. Published by
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(CA.2091500). ISBN
9790007037338. This
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Augen warten auf dich,
Herre SWV 429, one of the
composer's most popular
vocal works. The twelve
four-part motet-style
settings published in
1657 demonstrate all the
attributes of his mature
style, using simple
homophonic settings as
effectively as demanding
polyphony. They represent
something of a
counterpart to the 1648
Geistliche Chormusik, but
here, Schutz paid greater
attention to practical
use in church services
and to the training of
the Dresden
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| Lights! Camera! Christmas! Hal Leonard
Choral (Preview Pak) SKU: HL.117739 A Blockbuster Musical for Young Vo...(+)
Choral (Preview Pak)
SKU: HL.117739
A Blockbuster Musical
for Young Voices.
Composed by John Jacobson
and Roger Emerson.
ExpressiveArts.
Christmas, Elementary,
Holiday, Musicals. 40
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.117739).
ISBN 9781480333888.
UPC: 884088890315.
6.75x10.5 inches. John
Jacobson/Roger
Emerson. Grab your
cameras! We're makin' a
movie about the one and
only Santa Claus –
but what style of movie
fits the greatest elfin
hero of all time? Thanks
to a little help from
Cecil B. DeGrille, Alfred
Pitchfork, Steven
Reelberg and a few other
illustrious filmmakers, a
young group of aspiring
directors experience
movie-making like never
before, from Epic
Extravaganza and Film
Noir to Spaghetti Western
and Super-hero-adventure
film. Watch out,
Hollywood! This musical
offers options for a
simple or elaborate
production, including the
choice of two endings and
suggestions for producing
your very own movie.
We'll even show you how!
Either way – it
will be a blockbuster!
This 40-minute musical
features six original
songs and connecting
script with over 50
speaking parts. The
Teacher Edition includes
piano/vocal song
arrangements and
choreography, script,
helpful production guide
and teaching objectives
linked to the National
Standards for each song.
For added value, the
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books include songs and
script, and will enhance
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for your young aspiring
actors/singers! Available
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CD, and Performance
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Singer books and P/A CD).
Approximate Performance
Time: 40 minutes.
Suggested for grades
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| Beautiful Melodies Piano Facile - Facile Hal Leonard
Super Easy Piano Piano/Keyboard SKU: HL.1315784 Super Easy Songbook(+)
Super Easy Piano
Piano/Keyboard SKU:
HL.1315784 Super
Easy Songbook. By
Various. Super Easy
Songbook. Pop, Standards.
Softcover. 96 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.1315784). ISBN
9798350110289. UPC:
196288179030. 9.0x12.0
inches. Even if
you've just started to
learn how to play
keyboard, you can play
nearly 50 beautiful pop
and standard songs with
iconic melodies thanks to
this Super Easy Songbook.
These arrangements
feature no page turns,
simple right-hand
melodies, letter names
inside each note, and
basic left-hand chord
diagrams along with
lyrics. This edition
features 46 songs,
including: All Is Found
â?¢ Bridge over
Troubled Water â?¢
Canon in D â?¢ Crazy
â?¢ Dos Oruguitas â?¢
Easy on Me â?¢
Faithfully â?¢ Fields
of Gold â?¢ Fur Elise,
WoO 59 â?¢ Hey Jude
â?¢ I See the Light
â?¢ Let It Be â?¢
Lift Me Up â?¢ A
Million Dreams â?¢ Open
Arms â?¢ Reflection
â?¢ Sunrise, Sunset
â?¢ Unchained Melody
â?¢ What Was I Made
For? â?¢ You Raise Me
Up â?¢ You Will Be
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| For the Mystic Harmony Theodore Presser Co.
Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clar...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet,
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Clarinet, Clarinet 1,
Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3,
Contrabass Clarinet,
Contrabassoon, English
Horn, Flute 1, Flute 2,
Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Piccolo,
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Saxophone, tenor
Saxophone SKU:
PR.165001000 Hymns
for Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Folio. Set of Score and
Parts.
4+24+24+16+8+4+4+24+12+12
+8+4+4+4+4+8+8+8+8+4+4+4+
4+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+4+16+4+
8+4+8+8+4+4+4+48 pages.
Duration 10 minutes, 41
seconds. Theodore Presser
Company #165-00100.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.165001000). ISBN
9781491129241. UPC:
680160669776. 9 x 12
inches. Commissione
d for a consortium of
high school and college
bands in the north Dallas
region, FOR THEMYSTIC
HARMONY is a 10-minute
inspirational work in
homage to Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon,patrons
of the Fort Worth
Symphony and the Van
Cliburn Competition.
Welcher draws melodic
flavorfrom five American
hymns, spirituals, and
folk tunes of the 19th
century. The last of
these sources toappear is
the hymn tune For the
Beauty of the Earth,
whose third stanza is the
quatrain: “For the
joy of earand eye, For
the heart and
mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony,
Linking sense to sound
and sight,â€giving
rise to the work’s
title. This work,
commissioned for a
consortium of high school
bands in the north Dallas
area, is my fifteenth
maturework for wind
ensemble (not counting
transcriptions). When I
asked Todd Dixon, the
band director
whospearheaded this
project, what kind of a
work he most wanted, he
first said
“something
that’s basically
slow,†butwanted to
leave the details to me.
During a long subsequent
conversation, he
mentioned that his
grandparents,Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon, were
prime supporters of the
Fort Worth Symphony,
going so far as to
purchase anumber of high
quality instruments for
that orchestra. This
intrigued me, so I asked
more about his
grandparentsand was
provided an 80-page
biographical sketch.
Reading that article,
including a long section
about theirdevotion to
supporting a young man
through the rigors of the
Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition fora
number of years, moved me
very much. Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon
weren’t just
supporters of the arts;
theywere passionate
lovers of music and
musicians. I determined
to make this work a
testament to that love,
and tothe religious faith
that sustained them both.
The idea of using extant
hymns was also suggested
by Todd Dixon,and this
10-minute work is the
result.I have employed
existing melodies in
several works, delving
into certain kinds of
religious music more than
a fewtimes. In seeking
new sounds, new ways of
harmonizing old tunes,
and the contrapuntal
overlaying of one
tunewith another, I was
able to make works like
ZION (using 19th-century
Revivalist hymns) and
LABORING SONGS(using
Shaker melodies) reflect
the spirit of the
composers who created
these melodies, without
sounding likepastiches or
medleys. I determined to
do the same with this new
work, with the added
problem of
employingmelodies that
were more familiar. I
chose five tunes from the
19th century: hymns,
spirituals, and
folk-tunes.Some of these
are known by differing
titles, but they all
appear in hymnals of
various Christian
denominations(with
various titles and
texts). My idea was to
employ the tunes without
altering their notes,
instead using aconstantly
modulating sense of
harmony —
sometimes leading to
polytonal harmonizations
of what are
normallysimple four-chord
hymns.The work begins and
ends with a repeated
chime on the note C: a
reminder of steeples,
white clapboard
churchesin the country,
and small church organs.
Beginning with a
Mixolydian folk tune of
Caribbean origin
presentedtwice with
layered entrances, the
work starts with a
feeling of mystery and
gentle sorrow. It
proceeds, after along
transition, into a second
hymn that is sometimes
connected to the sea
(hence the sensation of
water andwaves throughout
it). This tune, by John
B. Dykes (1823-1876), is
a bit more chromatic and
“shifty†than
mosthymn-tunes, so I
chose to play with the
constant sensation of
modulation even more than
the original does. Atthe
climax, the familiar
spiritual “Were you
there?†takes over,
with a double-time
polytonal feeling
propelling itforward at
“Sometimes it
causes me to
tremble.â€Trumpets
in counterpoint raise the
temperature, and the
tempo as well, leading
the music into a third
tune (ofunknown
provenance, though it
appears with different
texts in various hymnals)
that is presented in a
sprightlymanner. Bassoons
introduce the melody, but
it is quickly taken up by
other instruments over
three
“verses,â€cons
tantly growing in
orchestration and volume.
A mysterious second tune,
unrelated to this one,
interrupts it inall three
verses, sending the
melody into unknown
regions.The final melody
is “For the Beauty
of the Earth.†This
tune by Conrad Kocher
(1786-1872) is commonly
sung atThanksgiving
— the perfect
choice to end this work
celebrating two people
known for their
generosity.Keeping the
sense of constant
modulation that has been
present throughout, I
chose to present this
hymn in threegrowing
verses, but with a twist:
every four bars, the
“key†of the
hymn seems to shift
— until the
“Lord of all,
toThee we praiseâ€
melody bursts out in a
surprising compound
meter. This, as it turns
out, was the
“mystery
tuneâ€heard earlier
in the piece. After an
Ivesian, almost polytonal
climax, the Coda begins
over a long B( pedal. At
first,it seems to be a
restatement of the first
two phrases of “For
the Beauty†with
long spaces between them,
but it soonchanges to a
series of
“Amenâ€
cadences, widely
separated by range and
color. These, too, do not
conform to anykey, but
instead overlay each
other in ways that are
unpredictable but
strangely comforting.The
third verse of “For
the Beauty of the
Earth†contains
this quatrain:“For
the joy of ear and eye,
–For the heart and
mind’s delightFor
the mystic harmonyLinking
sense to sound and
sightâ€and it was
from this poetry that I
drew the title for the
present work. It is my
hope that audiences and
performerswill find
within it a sense of
grace: more than a little
familiar, but also quite
new and unexpected. $150.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| For the Mystic Harmony Theodore Presser Co.
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Bongos, Castanets, Celesta,...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass
Drum, Bassoon 1, Bassoon
2, Bongos, Castanets,
Celesta, Clarinet,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Clarinet 3, Contrabass
Clarinet, Contrabassoon,
English Horn, Euphonium,
Euphonium T.C., Flute 1,
Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2,
Horn 3 and more. SKU:
PR.16500100F Hymns
for Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Sws. Full score. 48
pages. Duration 10
minutes, 41 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#165-00100F. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16500100F). ISBN
9781491114421. UPC:
680160669783. 9 x 12
inches. Commissione
d for a consortium of
high school and college
bands in the north Dallas
region, FOR THEMYSTIC
HARMONY is a 10-minute
inspirational work in
homage to Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon,patrons
of the Fort Worth
Symphony and the Van
Cliburn Competition.
Welcher draws melodic
flavorfrom five American
hymns, spirituals, and
folk tunes of the 19th
century. The last of
these sources toappear is
the hymn tune For the
Beauty of the Earth,
whose third stanza is the
quatrain: “For the
joy of earand eye, For
the heart and
mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony,
Linking sense to sound
and sight,â€giving
rise to the work’s
title. This work,
commissioned for a
consortium of high school
bands in the north Dallas
area, is my fifteenth
maturework for wind
ensemble (not counting
transcriptions). When I
asked Todd Dixon, the
band director
whospearheaded this
project, what kind of a
work he most wanted, he
first said
“something
that’s basically
slow,†butwanted to
leave the details to me.
During a long subsequent
conversation, he
mentioned that his
grandparents,Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon, were
prime supporters of the
Fort Worth Symphony,
going so far as to
purchase anumber of high
quality instruments for
that orchestra. This
intrigued me, so I asked
more about his
grandparentsand was
provided an 80-page
biographical sketch.
Reading that article,
including a long section
about theirdevotion to
supporting a young man
through the rigors of the
Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition fora
number of years, moved me
very much. Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon
weren’t just
supporters of the arts;
theywere passionate
lovers of music and
musicians. I determined
to make this work a
testament to that love,
and tothe religious faith
that sustained them both.
The idea of using extant
hymns was also suggested
by Todd Dixon,and this
10-minute work is the
result.I have employed
existing melodies in
several works, delving
into certain kinds of
religious music more than
a fewtimes. In seeking
new sounds, new ways of
harmonizing old tunes,
and the contrapuntal
overlaying of one
tunewith another, I was
able to make works like
ZION (using 19th-century
Revivalist hymns) and
LABORING SONGS(using
Shaker melodies) reflect
the spirit of the
composers who created
these melodies, without
sounding likepastiches or
medleys. I determined to
do the same with this new
work, with the added
problem of
employingmelodies that
were more familiar. I
chose five tunes from the
19th century: hymns,
spirituals, and
folk-tunes.Some of these
are known by differing
titles, but they all
appear in hymnals of
various Christian
denominations(with
various titles and
texts). My idea was to
employ the tunes without
altering their notes,
instead using aconstantly
modulating sense of
harmony —
sometimes leading to
polytonal harmonizations
of what are
normallysimple four-chord
hymns.The work begins and
ends with a repeated
chime on the note C: a
reminder of steeples,
white clapboard
churchesin the country,
and small church organs.
Beginning with a
Mixolydian folk tune of
Caribbean origin
presentedtwice with
layered entrances, the
work starts with a
feeling of mystery and
gentle sorrow. It
proceeds, after along
transition, into a second
hymn that is sometimes
connected to the sea
(hence the sensation of
water andwaves throughout
it). This tune, by John
B. Dykes (1823-1876), is
a bit more chromatic and
“shifty†than
mosthymn-tunes, so I
chose to play with the
constant sensation of
modulation even more than
the original does. Atthe
climax, the familiar
spiritual “Were you
there?†takes over,
with a double-time
polytonal feeling
propelling itforward at
“Sometimes it
causes me to
tremble.â€Trumpets
in counterpoint raise the
temperature, and the
tempo as well, leading
the music into a third
tune (ofunknown
provenance, though it
appears with different
texts in various hymnals)
that is presented in a
sprightlymanner. Bassoons
introduce the melody, but
it is quickly taken up by
other instruments over
three
“verses,â€cons
tantly growing in
orchestration and volume.
A mysterious second tune,
unrelated to this one,
interrupts it inall three
verses, sending the
melody into unknown
regions.The final melody
is “For the Beauty
of the Earth.†This
tune by Conrad Kocher
(1786-1872) is commonly
sung atThanksgiving
— the perfect
choice to end this work
celebrating two people
known for their
generosity.Keeping the
sense of constant
modulation that has been
present throughout, I
chose to present this
hymn in threegrowing
verses, but with a twist:
every four bars, the
“key†of the
hymn seems to shift
— until the
“Lord of all,
toThee we praiseâ€
melody bursts out in a
surprising compound
meter. This, as it turns
out, was the
“mystery
tuneâ€heard earlier
in the piece. After an
Ivesian, almost polytonal
climax, the Coda begins
over a long B( pedal. At
first,it seems to be a
restatement of the first
two phrases of “For
the Beauty†with
long spaces between them,
but it soonchanges to a
series of
“Amenâ€
cadences, widely
separated by range and
color. These, too, do not
conform to anykey, but
instead overlay each
other in ways that are
unpredictable but
strangely comforting.The
third verse of “For
the Beauty of the
Earth†contains
this quatrain:“For
the joy of ear and eye,
–For the heart and
mind’s delightFor
the mystic harmonyLinking
sense to sound and
sightâ€and it was
from this poetry that I
drew the title for the
present work. It is my
hope that audiences and
performerswill find
within it a sense of
grace: more than a little
familiar, but also quite
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