New Strategies and Techniques for Success. By David Newell. Instructional. Textbook. 215 pages. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, and Nursery Rhymes for Primary Music Students. Composed by Greg Foreman and Valeaira Luppens. This edition: Primary Book and Enhanced CD. Book; Classroom/Pre-School; Enhanced CD; General Music and Classroom Publications; Reproducible. Folk. 68 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45332).

(Making Music with Random Stuff). Composed by Mark Shelton. Classroom Music. Grade 4-8. Book and CD with printable parts. 88 pages. Heritage Music Press #75/1027H. Published by Heritage Music Press

12 Creative Lesson Plans with Student-Made Puppets. Composed by Greg Foreman and Valeaira Luppens. This edition: Book. General Music and Classroom Publications. Book. 48 pages. Alfred Music #00-47767. Published by Alfred Music

(Second Edition with CD-ROM). Composed by Tom Rudolph. Music Education. Book. Text language: English. 468 pages. Published by GIA Publications

(15 Do-It-Yourself Learning Stations for the Music Classroom). Composed by Danielle Bayert. Book; Classroom/Pre-School; Enhanced CD; General Music and Classroom Publications; Reproducible. 32 pages. Published by Alfred Music

(Combining Orff Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory). By Diane Lange. A practical guide for elementary and middle school teachers. Music education. Book. 120 pages. Published by GIA Publications

By Eric Taylor. Theory textbook. For Theory textbook. Level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 128 pages. Published by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).

By Eric Taylor. For Theory textbook. Level: 6, 7, 8. 168 pages. Published by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).

By Daniel Anker, Carol Ponder and Donna Santman. Preface by Eric Booth. This edition: Book, Listening CD and Teacher's DVD. Textbook - General. Instructional Book, CD and DVD. 104 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

(for Music Groups of All Ages). By Bonnie J Krueger. For Games, Enhanced CD. General music

Illustrated by William Gillock/Later Elementary Level. Arranged by Carolyn Jones Campbell. Willis. Book only. Size 9x12 inches. 32 pages. Published by Willis Music.

Illustrated by William Gillock/Mid-Elementary Level. Arranged by Carolyn Jones Campbell. Willis. Size 9x12 inches. 32 pages. Published by Willis Music.

Introductory Harmonic Immersion Solfege for Individuals and Choirs. By Marilyn Shenenberger; James Jordan. Music Education. Instructional. 64 pages. Published by GIA Publications.

Practical Approaches to Grading. Composed by Antonio Garcia. Music Education. 144 pages. GIA Publications #200478. Published by GIA Publications

Volume 1, No. 1. By Lajos Bardos. (SATB). EMB. Book only. Size 7.5x10.5 inches. 80 pages. Published by Editio Musica Budapest.

Soprano, Clarinet, Trumpet, Violin & Viola. Composed by Nico Muhly. Music Sales America. Contemporary, Classical. Softcover. St. Rose Music #SRO100109. Published by St. Rose Music (HL.14043629).

Piano

SKU: HL.14046098

Composed by Felix Sierra. CARISCH - MUSIC SALES. Tuition. General Merchandise. Real Musical #REALMK19075. Published by Real Musical (HL.14046098).

ISBN 9788438712528. Spanish.

Nueva edicion de la coleccion Lenguaje Musical de Felix Sierra que abarca los 4 cursos de Grado Elemental y 2 de Grado Medio. Cada curso consta de dos volumenes: A y B. En esta nueva edicion se han ampliado el numero de ejercicios dedicados, tanto ala formacion ritmica y de lectura de notas - escasa en la edicion original-, como a la entonacion de melodias. Los ejercicios de entonacion incluyen un sencillo acompanamiento pianistico, con el que se pretende un triple objetivo: facilitar suestudio estabilizando la afinacion, ayudar a la interiorizacion de las funciones armonicas y aproximarlos a esa musica que, como se ha dicho con fina ironia, tambien existe fuera de los conservatorios. No se trata, con ellos, de descifrar unapartitura. A pesar de lo limitado de los medios empleados, se puede -y se debe- realizar con estas piezas en miniatura una labor artistica. El CD que se incluye con el libro, aunque nunca puede suplir al profesor, si que, al menos en parte, cumpleesta funcion. Otra novedad la constituye la inclusion del arreglo para instrumentos escolares de una de las canciones con que se inicia cada unidad didactica, canciones que siguen siendo la materia principal que se desarrolla en el resto de launidad. Canciones y melodias a una y dos voces con acompanamiento de piano, ejercicios de ritmo y lectura de notas, percusion corporal, pequenas obras escritas para instrumentos de laminas, nociones de teoria, juegos musicales, practica de laimprovisacion y la creacion musical... y todo ello con un riguroso planteamiento didactico en el que la armonia es el eje vertebrador de todas las actividades que se proponen. Ayudar a descubrir el apasionante mundo musical debe de ser, a juicio delautor, la tarea principal del maestro de musica. Esperamos con estos libros, favorecer esta dificil labor. Lenguaje Musical , Lecciones De Entonacion y Educacion Auditiva son las colecciones de Felix Sierra que contemplan la ensenanza del lenguajemusical. Se trabaja en este cuaderno la tonalidad de DO mayor -sin alteraciones accidentales y sin incluir la nota SI-, las figuras blanca, negra, corchea, sus silencios y el puntillo aplicado a la blanca y a la negra, los compases de dos y tres porcuatro, la anacrusa, la ligadura de union y las funciones armonicas basicas: tonica, dominante y subdominante.

Piano

SKU: HL.14046100

Composed by Felix Sierra. CARISCH - MUSIC SALES. Tuition. General Merchandise. Real Musical #MK19122. Published by Real Musical (HL.14046100).

ISBN 9788438712535. Spanish.

Nueva edicion de la coleccion Lenguaje Musical de Felix Sierra que abarca los 4 cursos de Grado Elemental y 2 de Grado Medio. Cada curso consta de dos volumenes: A y B. En esta nueva edicion se han ampliado el numero de ejercicios dedicados, tanto ala formacion ritmica y de lectura de notas-escasa en la edicion original-, como a la entonacion de melodias. Los ejercicios de entonacion incluyen un sencillo acompanamiento pianistico, con el que se pretende un triple objetivo: facilitar su estudioestabilizando la afinacion, ayudar a la interiorizacion de las funciones armonicas y aproximarlos a esa musica que, como se ha dicho con fina ironia, tambien existe fuera de los conservatorios. No se trata, con ellos, de descifrar una partitura. Apesar de lo limitado de los medios empleados, se puede -y se debe- realizar con estas piezas en miniatura una labor artistica. El CD que se incluye con el libro, aunque nunca puede suplir al profesor, si que, al menos en parte, cumple esta funcion.Otra novedad la constituye la inclusion del arreglo para instrumentos escolares de una de las canciones con que se inicia cada unidad didactica, canciones que siguen siendo la materia principal que se desarrolla en el resto de la unidad. Canciones ymelodias a una y dos voces con acompanamiento de piano, ejercicios de ritmo y lectura de notas, percusion corporal, pequenas obras escritas para instrumentos de laminas, nociones de teoria, juegos musicales, practica de la improvisacion y la creacionmusical... y todo ello con un riguroso planteamiento didactico en el que la armonia es el eje vertebrador de todas las actividades que se proponen. Ayudar a descubrir el apasionante mundo musical debe de ser, a juicio del autor, la tarea principal delmaestro de musica. Esperamos con estos libros, favorecer esta dificil labor. Lenguaje Musical, Lecciones De Entonacion y Educacion Audivita son las colecciones de Felix Sierra que contemplan la ensenanza del lenguaje musical. En un ambito de decima(LA a DO) y tratando de que se interiorice la modalidad, se trabajan en este cuaderno las tonalidades de DO, mayor y menor y LA, menor y mayor. Ademas de las figuras presentadas en el cuaderno anterior, en este se incluyen la semicorchea y lasincopa, el compas de seis por ocho, la clave de FA y se sigue trabajando con las funciones armonicas basicas: tonica, dominante y subdominante.

Choral TBB chorus

SKU: CF.CM9588

Composed by Tomas Luis de Victoria. Arranged by Jeb Mueller. Fold. Performance Score. 8 pages. Duration 1 minute, 59 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9588. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9588).

ISBN 9781491154106. UPC: 680160912605. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: Eb major. Latin. Traditional Latin.

Tomas Luis de Victoria (15481611) is widely considered the greatest Spanish Renaissance composer and one of the most influential musicians of his time. Included in his oeuvre are two settings of the Pange lingua, both produced in 1581. This motet is excerpted from the first of those and incorporates the original Roman melody, or cantus firmus. (He composed his second Pange lingua based on a Spanish melody.) The baritones anchor the motet by singing the tune in augmentation. This line should be intoned with a flowing, legato articulation that incorporates subtle phrasing and text stresses. The more rhythmic tenor and bass lines complement the melody and illustrate the hopeful nature of its text. Singing this piece with two pulses per measure will encourage a steady and vital performance. Composers provided minimal performance details in their scores during this period in music history, so I added a time signature, bar lines, dynamics, and metronome markings in order to facilitate performances that musicologists believe mimic those of Victorias time. It should be noted that dynamics are largely subjective, so performers may make alternative choices. Each tenuto indicates word stress; the most musical performances will incorporate gentle crescendos and decrescendos before and after each of them. Lastly, using minimal vibrato, especially at cadences, will imbue this wonderful motet with style and clarity. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Victoria received much of his training in Italy, therefore making Italianate Latin most appropriate. Pure vowels are critical to correct pronunciation, and those phonemes remain constant without exceptions. The most problematic of the vowels is o, which sounds similar to the English words bought and got. The letter t should be produced dentally: lift the tongue to the top of the mouth as in English, but aspirate less on the release. All occurrences of s should be soft and never hardened to [z], such as in praise. Verbum caro, panem verum, [v??bum k??? p?n?m v?rum] verbo carnem efficit: fitque sanguis Christi merum. [v??b? k??n?m ??fit?it fitkw? s??gwis k?isti m??um] Et si sensus deficit, ad firmandum cor sin cerum. [?t si s?nsus ?d?fit?it, ?d fi??m?ndum k?? sin t???um] Jeb Mueller.
TomA!s Luis de Victoria (1548a1611) is widely considered the greatest Spanish Renaissance composer and one of the most influential musicians of his time. Included in his oeuvre are two settings of the Pange lingua, both produced in 1581. This motet is excerpted from the first of those and incorporates the original Roman melody, or cantus firmus. (He composed his second Pange lingua based on a Spanish melody.) The baritones anchor the motet by singing the tune in augmentation. This line should be intoned with a flowing, legato articulation that incorporates subtle phrasing and text stresses. The more rhythmic tenor and bass lines complement the melody and illustrate the hopeful nature of its text. Singing this piece with two pulses per measure will encourage a steady and vital performance. Composers provided minimal performance details in their scores during this period in music history, so I added a time signature, bar lines, dynamics, and metronome markings in order to facilitate performances that musicologists believe mimic those of Victoriaas time. It should be noted that dynamics are largely subjective, so performers may make alternative choices. Each tenuto indicates word stress; the most musical performances will incorporate gentle crescendos and decrescendos before and after each of them. Lastly, using minimal vibrato, especially at cadences, will imbue this wonderful motet with style and clarity. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Victoria received much of his training in Italy, therefore making Italianate Latin most appropriate. Pure vowels are critical to correct pronunciation, and those phonemes remain constant without exceptions. The most problematic of the vowels is ao,a which sounds similar to the English words bought and got. The letter ata should be produced dentally: lift the tongue to the top of the mouth as in English, but aspirate less on the release. All occurrences of asa should be soft and never hardened to [z], such as in praise. Verbum caro, panem verum, [vEE 3/4 bum kEE 3/4 E pEnEm vErum] verbo carnem efficit: fitque sanguis Christi merum. [vEE 3/4 bE kEE 3/4 nEm EEfitEit fitkwE sEAgwis kE 3/4 isti mEE 3/4 um] Et si sensus deficit, ad firmandum cor sin cerum. [Et si sEnsus EdEfitEit, Ed fiE 3/4 EmEndum kEE 3/4 sin tEEE 3/4 um] Jeb Mueller.
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) is widely considered the greatest Spanish Renaissance composer and one of the most influential musicians of his time. Included in his oeuvre are two settings of the Pange lingua, both produced in 1581. This motet is excerpted from the first of those and incorporates the original Roman melody, or cantus firmus. (He composed his second Pange lingua based on a Spanish melody.) The baritones anchor the motet by singing the tune in augmentation. This line should be intoned with a flowing, legato articulation that incorporates subtle phrasing and text stresses. The more rhythmic tenor and bass lines complement the melody and illustrate the hopeful nature of its text. Singing this piece with two pulses per measure will encourage a steady and vital performance. Composers provided minimal performance details in their scores during this period in music history, so I added a time signature, bar lines, dynamics, and metronome markings in order to facilitate performances that musicologists believe mimic those of Victoria's time. It should be noted that dynamics are largely subjective, so performers may make alternative choices. Each tenuto indicates word stress; the most musical performances will incorporate gentle crescendos and decrescendos before and after each of them. Lastly, using minimal vibrato, especially at cadences, will imbue this wonderful motet with style and clarity. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Victoria received much of his training in Italy, therefore making Italianate Latin most appropriate. Pure vowels are critical to correct pronunciation, and those phonemes remain constant without exceptions. The most problematic of the vowels is o, which sounds similar to the English words bought and got. The letter t should be produced dentally: lift the tongue to the top of the mouth as in English, but aspirate less on the release. All occurrences of s should be soft and never hardened to [z], such as in praise. Verbum caro, panem verum, [verbum karo panem verum] verbo carnem efficit: fitque sanguis Christi merum. [verbo karnem 'efitSit fitkwe saNGgwis kristi merum] Et si sensus deficit, ad firmandum cor sin cerum. [et si sensus 'defitSit, ad fir'mandum kor sin tSerum] Jeb Mueller.
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) is widely considered the greatest Spanish Renaissance composer and one of the most influential musicians of his time. Included in his oeuvre are two settings of the Pange lingua, both produced in 1581. This motet is excerpted from the first of those and incorporates the original Roman melody, or cantus firmus. (He composed his second Pange lingua based on a Spanish melody.) The baritones anchor the motet by singing the tune in augmentation. This line should be intoned with a flowing, legato articulation that incorporates subtle phrasing and text stresses. The more rhythmic tenor and bass lines complement the melody and illustrate the hopeful nature of its text. Singing this piece with two pulses per measure will encourage a steady and vital performance. Composers provided minimal performance details in their scores during this period in music history, so I added a time signature, bar lines, dynamics, and metronome markings in order to facilitate performances that musicologists believe mimic those of Victoria's time. It should be noted that dynamics are largely subjective, so performers may make alternative choices. Each tenuto indicates word stress; the most musical performances will incorporate gentle crescendos and decrescendos before and after each of them. Lastly, using minimal vibrato, especially at cadences, will imbue this wonderful motet with style and clarity. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Victoria received much of his training in Italy, therefore making Italianate Latin most appropriate. Pure vowels are critical to correct pronunciation, and those phonemes remain constant without exceptions. The most problematic of the vowels is o, which sounds similar to the English words bought and got. The letter t should be produced dentally: lift the tongue to the top of the mouth as in English, but aspirate less on the release. All occurrences of s should be soft and never hardened to [z], such as in praise. Verbum caro, panem verum, [verbum karo panem verum] verbo carnem efficit: fitque sanguis Christi merum. [verbo karnem 'efitSit fitkwe saNGgwis kristi merum] Et si sensus deficit, ad firmandum cor sin cerum. [et si sensus 'defitSit, ad fir'mandum kor sin tSerum] Jeb Mueller.
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) is widely considered the greatest Spanish Renaissance composer and one of the most influential musicians of his time. Included in his oeuvre are two settings of the Pange lingua, both produced in 1581. This motet is excerpted from Pange lingua more hisapano. The baritones anchor the motet by singing the tune in augmentation. This line should be intoned with a flowing, legato articulation that incorporates subtle phrasing and text stresses. The more rhythmic tenor and bass lines complement the melody and illustrate the hopeful nature of its text. Singing this piece with two pulses per measure will encourage a steady and vital performance. Composers provided minimal performance details in their scores during this period in music history, so I added a time signature, bar lines, dynamics, and metronome markings in order to facilitate performances that musicologists believe mimic those of Victoria's time. It should be noted that dynamics are largely subjective, so performers may make alternative choices. Each tenuto indicates word stress; the most musical performances will incorporate gentle crescendos and decrescendos before and after each of them. Lastly, using minimal vibrato, especially at cadences, will imbue this wonderful motet with style and clarity. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Victoria received much of his training in Italy, therefore making Italianate Latin most appropriate. Pure vowels are critical to correct pronunciation, and those phonemes remain constant without exceptions. The most problematic of the vowels is o, which sounds similar to the English words bought and got. The letter t should be produced dentally: lift the tongue to the top of the mouth as in English, but aspirate less on the release. All occurrences of s should be soft and never hardened to [z], such as in praise. Verbum caro, panem verum, [verbum karo panem verum] verbo carnem efficit: fitque sanguis Christi merum. [verbo karnem 'efitSit fitkwe saNGgwis kristi merum] Et si sensus deficit, ad firmandum cor sin cerum. [et si sensus 'defitSit, ad fir'mandum kor sin tSerum] Jeb Mueller.
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) is widely considered the greatest Spanish Renaissance composer and one of the most influential musicians of his time. Included in his oeuvre are two settings of the Pange lingua, both produced in 1581. This motet is excerpted from Pange lingua more hisapano.The baritones anchor the motet by singing the tune in augmentation. This line should be intoned with a flowing, legato articulation that incorporates subtle phrasing and text stresses. The more rhythmic tenor and bass lines complement the melody and illustrate the hopeful nature of its text. Singing this piece with two pulses per measure will encourage a steady and vital performance.Composers provided minimal performance details in their scores during this period in music history, so I added a time signature, bar lines, dynamics, and metronome markings in order to facilitate performances that musicologists believe mimic those of Victoria’s time. It should be noted that dynamics are largely subjective, so performers may make alternative choices. Each tenuto indicates word stress; the most musical performances will incorporate gentle crescendos and decrescendos before and after each of them. Lastly, using minimal vibrato, especially at cadences, will imbue this wonderful motet with style and clarity.PRONUNCIATION GUIDEVictoria received much of his training in Italy, therefore making Italianate Latin most appropriate. Pure vowels are critical to correct pronunciation, and those phonemes remain constant without exceptions. The most problematic of the vowels is “o,” which sounds similar to the English words bought and got. The letter “t” should be produced dentally: lift the tongue to the top of the mouth as in English, but aspirate less on the release. All occurrences of “s” should be soft and never hardened to [z], such as in praise.Verbum caro, panem verum,[vɛɾbum kɑɾɔ pɑnɛm vɛrum]verbo carnem efficit: fitque sanguis Christi merum.[vɛɾbɔ kɑɾnɛm ˈɛfitʃit fitkwɛ sɑŋgwis kɾisti mɛɾum]Et si sensus deficit, ad firmandum cor sin cerum.[ɛt si sɛnsus ˈdɛfitʃit, ɑd fiɾˈmɑndum kɔɾ sin tʃɛɾum]Jeb Mueller.

(A Fun Way for Kids to Begin Creating Music) Written by Jennifer Wilson. Instructional book and CD for easy piano. With easy piano notation, black and white photos, instructional photos, illustrations, instructional text and composition activities. 47 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 6

SKU: BT.AMP-028-140

Composed by Philip Sparke. Elite Series. Concert Piece. Score Only. Composed 2005. 68 pages. Anglo Music Press #AMP 028-140. Published by Anglo Music Press (BT.AMP-028-140).

English-German-French- Dutch.

The piece reflects the composer's fascination with the origins of the universe and deep space in general. The title comes from a theory, formulated by Pythagoras, that the cosmos was ruled by the same laws he had discovered that govern the ratios of note frequencies of the musical scale. (‘Harmonia’ in Ancient Greek, which means scale or tuning rather than harmony - Greek music was monophonic). He also believed that these ratios corresponded to the distances of the six known planets from the sun and that the planets each produced a musical note which combined to weave a continuous heavenly melody (which, unfortunately, we humans cannot hear). In this work, these six notesform the basis of the sections MUSIC OF THE SPHERES and HARMONIA. The pieces opens with a horn solo called t = 0, a name given by some scientists to the moment of the Big Bang when time and space were created, and this is followed by a depiction of the BIG BANG itself, as the entire universe bursts out from a single point. A slower section follows called THE LONELY PLANET which is a meditation on the incredible and unlikely set of circumstances which led to the creation of the Earth as a planet that can support life, and the constant search for other civilisations elsewhere in the universe. ASTEROIDS AND SHOOTING STARS depicts both the benign and dangerous objects that are flying through space and which constantly threaten our planet, and the piece ends with THE UNKNOWN, leaving in question whether our continually expanding exploration of the universe will eventually lead to enlightenment or destruction.

Dit werk weerspiegelt de fascinatie van de componist voor het heelal. Het begint met een hoornsolo met de naam t = 0, waarmee sommige wetenschappers de oerknal aanduiden. Dan volgt een weergave van de oerknal zelf. Het volgendegedeelte, The Lonely Planet, is een meditatie over het ongelooflijke samenspel van omstandigheden dat leidde tot het ontstaan van de Aarde. Asteroids and Shooting Stars beschrijft objecten in de ruimte. Het werkeindigt met The Unknown, waarmee we in het ongewisse blijven over de gevolgen van onze verdere verkenning van het universum. In 2005 won Philip Sparke met Music of the Spheres de National Band Association/William D.Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest.

Dieses Werk handelt vom Weltall und unserem Platz im Universum, auf dem Weltbild von Pythagoras basierend. Am einfachsten lässt sich diese außergewöhnliche Komposition wohl als Filmmusik ähnliches Stück beschreiben ? Musik zu einem Science-Fiction-Film eines Ripley Scott oder Steven Spielberg oder auch Musik, wie sie ein John Williams oder Danny Elfman schreiben würde: absolut stimmungsvoll, brillant instrumentiert mit Klangfarben, Strukturen, Effekten und Timbres, gemischt mit fließenden musikalischen Linien, die die Substanz des Themas auf den Punkt treffen. Dieses atemberaubende neue Stück hebt Ihr Blasorchester auf ein höheres Niveau, sowohl im technischen als auchmusikalischen Sinn.

La fresque Music of the Spheres (“La musique des sphères”) souligne la fascination qu’éprouve le compositeur pour les origines de l’univers. L’orchestration est proche de la musique de film. Le climat musical est ample, sonore et contrasté.

Music of the Spheres evidenza il fascino che le origini dell’universo esercitano su Philip Sparke. Il titolo proviene da una teoria del matematico greco Pitagora, secondo la quale il cosmo è retto dalle stesse leggi che governano i rapporti di frequenza tra le note della scala musicale. Questa composizione inizia con un assolo di corno chiamato t = 0, nozione che definisce il momento del big-bang. The Lonely Planet (Il pianeta solitario) è una meditazione sulle circostanze che hanno portato alla creazione della terra. Asteroids and Shooting Stars (Asteroidi e Stelle cadenti) descrive i molteplici oggetti che si muovono nello spazio e che rappresentano unrischio per il nostro pianeta. Le battute finali portano verso l’ignoto (The Unknown) sollevando una domanda la cui risposta resta in sospeso: la nostra continua avanzata nell’esplorazione dell’Universo porter un giorno alla scoperta o alla distruzione?

Brass Band - Grade 6

SKU: BT.AMP-028-130

Composed by Philip Sparke. Elite Series. Concert Piece. Score Only. Composed 2003. Anglo Music Press #AMP 028-130. Published by Anglo Music Press (BT.AMP-028-130).

The piece reflects the composer's fascination with the origins of the universe and deep space in general. The title comes from a theory, formulated by Pythagoras, that the cosmos was ruled by the same laws he had discovered that govern the ratios of note frequencies of the musical scale. (‘Harmonia’ in Ancient Greek, which means scale or tuning rather than harmony - Greek music was monophonic). He also believed that these ratios corresponded to the distances of the six known planets from the sun and that the planets each produced a musical note which combined to weave a continuous heavenly melody (which, unfortunately, we humans cannot hear). In this work, these six notesform the basis of the sections MUSIC OF THE SPHERES and HARMONIA. The pieces opens with a horn solo called t = 0, a name given by some scientists to the moment of the Big Bang when time and space were created, and this is followed by a depiction of the BIG BANG itself, as the entire universe bursts out from a single point. A slower section follows called THE LONELY PLANET which is a meditation on the incredible and unlikely set of circumstances which led to the creation of the Earth as a planet that can support life, and the constant search for other civilisations elsewhere in the universe. ASTEROIDS AND SHOOTING STARS depicts both the benign and dangerous objects that are flying through space and which constantly threaten our planet, and the piece ends with THE UNKNOWN, leaving in question whether our continually expanding exploration of the universe will eventually lead to enlightenment or destruction.

Dit werk weerspiegelt de fascinatie van de componist voor het heelal. Het begint met een hoornsolo met de naam t = 0, waarmee sommige wetenschappers de oerknal aanduiden. Dan volgt een weergave van de oerknal zelf. Het volgendegedeelte, The Lonely Planet, is een meditatie over het ongelooflijke samenspel van omstandigheden dat leidde tot het ontstaan van de Aarde. Asteroids and Shooting Stars beschrijft objecten in de ruimte. Het werkeindigt met The Unknown, waarmee we in het ongewisse blijven over de gevolgen van onze verdere verkenning van het universum. In 2005 won Philip Sparke met Music of the Spheres de National Band Association/William D.Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest.

Mit diesem großartigen Werk, das dem Auftraggeber der Yorkshire Building Society Band am Europäischen Brass Band Wettbewerb 2004 in Glasgow als Selbstwahlstück zu einem weiteren Titel verhalf, beweist Philip Sparke einmal mehr seine außergewöhnlichen kompositorischen Fähigkeiten. Dieses Werk über die Ursprünge des Universums führt uns vom Urknall, vorbei an einsamen Planeten, Asteroiden und Sternschnuppen schließlich ins Unbekannte - die ungewisse Zukunft. Ein Glanzstück und eine echte Herausforderung für jeden Spitzen-Brass Band!

La fresque Music of the Spheres (“La musique des sphères”) souligne la fascination qu’éprouve le compositeur pour les origines de l’univers. L’orchestration est proche de la musique de film. Le climat musical est ample, sonore et contrasté.

Music of the Spheres evidenza il fascino che le origini dell’universo esercitano su Philip Sparke. Il titolo proviene da una teoria del matematico greco Pitagora, secondo la quale il cosmo è retto dalle stesse leggi che governano i rapporti di frequenza tra le note della scala musicale. Questa composizione inizia con un assolo di corno chiamato t = 0, nozione che definisce il momento del big-bang. The Lonely Planet (Il pianeta solitario) è una meditazione sulle circostanze che hanno portato alla creazione della terra. Asteroids and Shooting Stars (Asteroidi e Stelle cadenti) descrive i molteplici oggetti che si muovono nello spazio e che rappresentano unrischio per il nostro pianeta. Le battute finali portano verso l’ignoto (The Unknown) sollevando una domanda la cui risposta resta in sospeso: la nostra continua avanzata nell’esplorazione dell’Universo porter un giorno alla scoperta o alla distruzione?

Composed by Murray McLachlan. Book; Piano Technique; Reference Textbooks; Technique Musicianship. Faber Edition: Piano Professional Series. Published by Faber Music

By Bruce Pearson. Band Methods. Standard of Excellence. Level: Book A,1. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.