| Viola Spaces for Two 2 Altos (duo) - Avancé Schott
(Performance Score). Composed by Garth Knox. For Viola Duet. String. Softcover. ...(+)
(Performance Score).
Composed by Garth Knox.
For Viola Duet. String.
Softcover. Schott Music
#ED21835. Published by
Schott Music
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| String Quartet No. 4 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114414250 Composed by Lowell Lieberm...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet SKU:
PR.114414250 Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard Notation. Op.
103. 28+9+8+9+8 pages.
Duration 25 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41425. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114414250). UPC:
680160607846. Lowel
l Liebermann's 4th String
Quartet was commissioned
by the Canandaigua Lake
Chamber Music Festival
and the Wood Library,
Canandaigua, NY, for the
Orion Quartet in
celebration of their 20th
Anniversary. The quartet
was premiered by the
Orions at the Canandaigua
Lake Chamber Music
Festival in Rochester, NY
on February 9th, 2008. To
quote the writer Mark
Greenberg: It's a
remarkable piece. The
mood is elegiacal and
meditative, the melodic
lines sinuous and
searching, the harmonies
rich and astonishingly
beautiful. Liebermann
works within the
traditions of Western
tonality, but that is a
mansion with many rooms.
Liebermann inhabits all
of them as his expressive
purposes require, and he
doesn't mind knocking
down a wall to create new
harmonic spaces. The
Fourth Quartet doesn't
exactly fit the
neoromantic niche into
which Liebermann is
sometimes placed. Much of
the music, especially
near the beginning, is a
highly advanced and fluid
chromatic expressionism
with modernist
tendencies. Sometimes
this roiling cloudscape
breaks open to allow a
patch of near-classical
harmony and
almost-resolution. Near
the midpoint the clouds
lift in leaping
modulations. Several
chordal passages recall
Russian Orthodox chant.
Suddenly, when you've
begun to think the
somber, deliberate pace
has gone on a bit too
long, Liebermann
introduces a kind of
hobbled, stilted jazz
idiom. The piece dies in
pensive quiet. $43.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Viola Spaces - Contemporary Viola Studies, Volume 1 Alto seul [Partition] Schott
(Contemporary Viola Studies, Volume 1). By Garth Knox. String. Softcover. 28 pag...(+)
(Contemporary Viola
Studies, Volume 1). By
Garth Knox. String.
Softcover. 28 pages
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| Alchemy in Silent Spaces Orchestre d'harmonie Hal Leonard
Concert Band (Score) SKU: HL.4002119 Full Score. Composed by Steve...(+)
Concert Band (Score)
SKU: HL.4002119
Full Score.
Composed by Steven
Bryant. Steve Bryant. 22
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.4002119).
UPC: 073999263251.
11x17 inches. This
large-scale
three-movement work,
commissioned by Ray
Cramer and the Indiana
University Wind Ensemble,
embodies the
transformation of silence
into sound. The opening
movement is sparse,
utilizing mallet
percussion, harp, and
piano to create a
floating sense of
timelessness. Featuring
extensive solo flute,
this floating texture
gradually builds over
several minutes,
ultimately launching
itself into a grandiose,
warm, harmonically
consonant blanket of
sound. The second
movement continues the
focus on solo flute, and
again opens slowly,
gradually gaining
momentum, but at a faster
pace than in the first
movement. The music
spirals upward and
outward, but instead of
reaching a plateau, winds
itself out and comes to a
grinding halt in the
upper range of the
ensemble. Five brief,
solemn chords conclude
the movement, which
immediately erupts into
Movement III, music of
unceasing, unsettling,
motion, propelled by a
driving ostinato which is
repeatedly interrupted by
bittersweet moments of
lyricism, all the while
pushing toward an
unforgiving climax. The
movements may also be
performed separately.
There is no explicit
narrative to the piece,
though many particular
elements do have personal
quasi-biographical
significance. Ultimately,
this is music of both
personal and musical
transformation.
NO
TE: This work is
available as a rental
item directly from the
composer. For details,
e-mail
rental@stevenbryant.com.
The score is also
available separately for
purchase from Hal
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| Note Speller - Book One
Piano seul [Partition] - Débutant Schaum Publications
This edition: Revised. Method/Instruction; Piano - Schaum Method Supplement. Not...(+)
This edition: Revised.
Method/Instruction; Piano
- Schaum Method
Supplement. Note Reading.
Instructional book. With
standard notation and
instructional text. 36
pages. Schaum
Publications, Inc.
#00-EL00159A. Published
by Schaum Publications,
Inc.
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| Concerto - Piano And Orchestra - Solo Part Schott
Piano and orchestra - difficult SKU: HL.49046544 For piano and orchest...(+)
Piano and orchestra -
difficult SKU:
HL.49046544 For
piano and orchestra.
Composed by Gyorgy
Ligeti. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Softcover. Composed
1985-1988. Duration 24'.
Schott Music #ED23178.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49046544). ISBN
9781705122655. UPC:
842819108726.
9.0x12.0x0.224
inches. I composed
the Piano Concerto in two
stages: the first three
movements during the
years 1985-86, the next
two in 1987, the final
autograph of the last
movement was ready by
January, 1988. The
concerto is dedicated to
the American conductor
Mario di Bonaventura. The
markings of the movements
are the following: 1.
Vivace molto ritmico e
preciso 2. Lento e
deserto 3. Vivace
cantabile 4. Allegro
risoluto 5. Presto
luminoso.The first
performance of the
three-movement Concerto
was on October 23rd, 1986
in Graz. Mario di
Bonaventura conducted
while his brother,
Anthony di Bonaventura,
was the soloist. Two days
later the performance was
repeated in the Vienna
Konzerthaus. After
hearing the work twice, I
came to the conclusion
that the third movement
is not an adequate
finale; my feeling of
form demanded
continuation, a
supplement. That led to
the composing of the next
two movements. The
premiere of the whole
cycle took place on
February 29th, 1988, in
the Vienna Konzerthaus
with the same conductor
and the same pianist. The
orchestra consisted of
the following: flute,
oboe, clarinet, bassoon,
horn, trumpet, tenor
trombone, percussion and
strings. The flautist
also plays the piccoIo,
the clarinetist, the alto
ocarina. The percussion
is made up of diverse
instruments, which one
musician-virtuoso can
play. It is more
practical, however, if
two or three musicians
share the instruments.
Besides traditional
instruments the
percussion part calls
also for two simple wind
instruments: the swanee
whistle and the
harmonica. The string
instrument parts (two
violins, viola, cello and
doubles bass) can be
performed soloistic since
they do not contain
divisi. For balance,
however, the ensemble
playing is recommended,
for example 6-8 first
violins, 6-8 second, 4-6
violas, 4-6 cellos, 3-4
double basses. In the
Piano Concerto I realized
new concepts of harmony
and rhythm. The first
movement is entirely
written in bimetry:
simultaneously 12/8 and
4/4 (8/8). This relates
to the known triplet on a
doule relation and in
itself is nothing new.
Because, however, I
articulate 12 triola and
8 duola pulses, an
entangled, up till now
unheard kind of polymetry
is created. The rhythm is
additionally complicated
because of asymmetric
groupings inside two
speed layers, which means
accents are
asymmetrically
distributed. These
groups, as in the talea
technique, have a fixed,
continuously repeating
rhythmic structures of
varying lengths in speed
layers of 12/8 and 4/4.
This means that the
repeating pattern in the
12/8 level and the
pattern in the 4/4 level
do not coincide and
continuously give a
kaleidoscope of renewing
combinations. In our
perception we quickly
resign from following
particular rhythmical
successions and that what
is going on in time
appears for us as
something static,
resting. This music, if
it is played properly, in
the right tempo and with
the right accents inside
particular layers, after
a certain time 'rises, as
it were, as a plane after
taking off: the rhythmic
action, too complex to be
able to follow in detail,
begins flying. This
diffusion of individual
structures into a
different global
structure is one of my
basic compositional
concepts: from the end of
the fifties, from the
orchestral works
Apparitions and
Atmospheres I
continuously have been
looking for new ways of
resolving this basic
question. The harmony of
the first movement is
based on mixtures, hence
on the parallel leading
of voices. This technique
is used here in a rather
simple form; later in the
fourth movement it will
be considerably
developed. The second
movement (the only slow
one amongst five
movements) also has a
talea type of structure,
it is however much
simpler rhythmically,
because it contains only
one speed layer. The
melody is consisted in
the development of a
rigorous interval mode in
which two minor seconds
and one major second
alternate therefore nine
notes inside an octave.
This mode is transposed
into different degrees
and it also determines
the harmony of the
movement; however, in
closing episode in the
piano part there is a
combination of diatonics
(white keys) and
pentatonics (black keys)
led in brilliant,
sparkling quasimixtures,
while the orchestra
continues to play in the
nine tone mode. In this
movement I used isolated
sounds and extreme
registers (piccolo in a
very low register,
bassoon in a very high
register, canons played
by the swanee whistle,
the alto ocarina and
brass with a harmon-mute'
damper, cutting sound
combinations of the
piccolo, clarinet and
oboe in an extremely high
register, also
alternating of a
whistle-siren and
xylophone). The third
movement also has one
speed layer and because
of this it appears as
simpler than the first,
but actually the rhythm
is very complicated in a
different way here. Above
the uninterrupted, fast
and regular basic pulse,
thanks to the asymmetric
distribution of accents,
different types of
hemiolas and inherent
melodical patterns appear
(the term was coined by
Gerhard Kubik in relation
to central African
music). If this movement
is played with the
adequate speed and with
very clear accentuation,
illusory
rhythmic-melodical
figures appear. These
figures are not played
directly; they do not
appear in the score, but
exist only in our
perception as a result of
co-operation of different
voices. Already earlier I
had experimented with
illusory rhythmics,
namely in Poeme
symphonique for 100
metronomes (1962), in
Continuum for harpsichord
(1968), in Monument for
two pianos (1976), and
especially in the first
and sixth piano etude
Desordre and Automne a
Varsovie (1985). The
third movement of the
Piano Concerto is up to
now the clearest example
of illusory rhythmics and
illusory melody. In
intervallic and chordal
structure this movement
is based on alternation,
and also inter-relation
of various modal and
quasi-equidistant harmony
spaces. The tempered
twelve-part division of
the octave allows for
diatonical and other
modal interval
successions, which are
not equidistant, but are
based on the alternation
of major and minor
seconds in different
groups. The tempered
system also allows for
the use of the
anhemitonic pentatonic
scale (the black keys of
the piano). From
equidistant scales,
therefore interval
formations which are
based on the division of
an octave in equal
distances, the
twelve-tone tempered
system allows only
chromatics (only minor
seconds) and the six-tone
scale (the whole-tone:
only major seconds).
Moreover, the division of
the octave into four
parts only minor thirds)
and three parts (three
major thirds) is
possible. In several
music cultures different
equidistant divisions of
an octave are accepted,
for example, in the
Javanese slendro into
five parts, in Melanesia
into seven parts, popular
also in southeastern
Asia, and apart from
this, in southern Africa.
This does not mean an
exact equidistance: there
is a certain tolerance
for the inaccurateness of
the interval tuning.
These exotic for us,
Europeans, harmony and
melody have attracted me
for several years.
However I did not want to
re-tune the piano
(microtone deviations
appear in the concerto
only in a few places in
the horn and trombone
parts led in natural
tones). After the period
of experimenting, I got
to pseudo- or
quasiequidistant
intervals, which is
neither whole-tone nor
chromatic: in the
twelve-tone system, two
whole-tone scales are
possible, shifted a minor
second apart from each
other. Therefore, I
connect these two scales
(or sound resources), and
for example, places occur
where the melodies and
figurations in the piano
part are created from
both whole tone scales;
in one band one six-tone
sound resource is
utilized, and in the
other hand, the
complementary. In this
way whole-tonality and
chromaticism mutually
reduce themselves: a type
of deformed
equidistancism is formed,
strangely brilliant and
at the same time
slanting; illusory
harmony, indeed being
created inside the
tempered twelve-tone
system, but in sound
quality not belonging to
it anymore. The
appearance of such
slantedequidistant
harmony fields
alternating with modal
fields and based on
chords built on fifths
(mainly in the piano
part), complemented with
mixtures built on fifths
in the orchestra, gives
this movement an
individual, soft-metallic
colour (a metallic sound
resulting from
harmonics). The fourth
movement was meant to be
the central movement of
the Concerto. Its
melodc-rhythmic elements
(embryos or fragments of
motives) in themselves
are simple. The movement
also begins simply, with
a succession of
overlapping of these
elements in the mixture
type structures. Also
here a kaleidoscope is
created, due to a limited
number of these elements
- of these pebbles in the
kaleidoscope - which
continuously return in
augmentations and
diminutions. Step by
step, however, so that in
the beginning we cannot
hear it, a compiled
rhythmic organization of
the talea type gradually
comes into daylight,
based on the simultaneity
of two mutually shifted
to each other speed
layers (also triplet and
duoles, however, with
different asymmetric
structures than in the
first movement). While
longer rests are
gradually filled in with
motive fragments, we
slowly come to the
conclusion that we have
found ourselves inside a
rhythmic-melodical whirl:
without change in tempo,
only through increasing
the density of the
musical events, a
rotation is created in
the stream of successive
and compiled, augmented
and diminished motive
fragments, and increasing
the density suggests
acceleration. Thanks to
the periodical structure
of the composition,
always new but however of
the same (all the motivic
cells are similar to
earlier ones but none of
them are exactly
repeated; the general
structure is therefore
self-similar), an
impression is created of
a gigantic, indissoluble
network. Also, rhythmic
structures at first
hidden gradually begin to
emerge, two independent
speed layers with their
various internal
accentuations. This
great, self-similar whirl
in a very indirect way
relates to musical
associations, which came
to my mind while watching
the graphic projection of
the mathematical sets of
Julia and of Mandelbrot
made with the help of a
computer. I saw these
wonderful pictures of
fractal creations, made
by scientists from Brema,
Peitgen and Richter, for
the first time in 1984.
From that time they have
played a great role in my
musical concepts. This
does not mean, however,
that composing the fourth
movement I used
mathematical methods or
iterative calculus;
indeed, I did use
constructions which,
however, are not based on
mathematical thinking,
but are rather craftman's
constructions (in this
respect, my attitude
towards mathematics is
similar to that of the
graphic artist Maurits
Escher). I am concerned
rather with intuitional,
poetic, synesthetic
correspondence, not on
the scientific, but on
the poetic level of
thinking. The fifth, very
short Presto movement is
harmonically very simple,
but all the more
complicated in its
rhythmic structure: it is
based on the further
development of ''inherent
patterns of the third
movement. The
quasi-equidistance system
dominates harmonically
and melodically in this
movement, as in the
third, alternating with
harmonic fields, which
are based on the division
of the chromatic whole
into diatonics and
anhemitonic pentatonics.
Polyrhythms and harmonic
mixtures reach their
greatest density, and at
the same time this
movement is strikingly
light, enlightened with
very bright colours: at
first it seems chaotic,
but after listening to it
for a few times it is
easy to grasp its
content: many autonomous
but self-similar figures
which crossing
themselves. I present my
artistic credo in the
Piano Concerto: I
demonstrate my
independence from
criteria of the
traditional avantgarde,
as well as the
fashionable
postmodernism. Musical
illusions which I
consider to be also so
important are not a goal
in itself for me, but a
foundation for my
aesthetical attitude. I
prefer musical forms
which have a more
object-like than
processual character.
Music as frozen time, as
an object in imaginary
space evoked by music in
our imagination, as a
creation which really
develops in time, but in
imagination it exists
simultaneously in all its
moments. The spell of
time, the enduring its
passing by, closing it in
a moment of the present
is my main intention as a
composer. (Gyorgy
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| Thumb Position Studies for the Cello, Book Two Violoncelle C. Harvey Publications
Composed by Cassia Harvey. For cello. Instructional; string techniques. Method b...(+)
Composed by Cassia
Harvey. For cello.
Instructional; string
techniques. Method book.
46 pages. Published by C.
Harvey Publications
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| Noona Comprehensive Piano Playing with Sound Level 2 Piano seul Heritage Music Press
By Walter Noona. Piano. Level: Level 2. Piano method. Published by Heritage Musi...(+)
By Walter Noona. Piano.
Level: Level 2. Piano
method. Published by
Heritage Music Press.
$14.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Parting Glass Chorale SATB SATB A Cappella Heritage Music Press
SATB choir (a cappella) SKU: LO.15-3977H Composed by Kirsten Pagel. Chora...(+)
SATB choir (a cappella)
SKU: LO.15-3977H
Composed by Kirsten
Pagel. Choral. Concert.
Octavo. Heritage Music
Press #15/3977H.
Published by Heritage
Music Press
(LO.15-3977H). ISBN
9780787778378. Kirs
ten Pagel's sophisticated
and musically mature a
cappella setting of this
Irish folk tune is truly
exquisite! Expressive and
full of rich and resonate
harmonic touches, this is
a setting that is sure to
become a staple in your
choir's repertoire for
many different
performance purposes.
Available in SATB, SSAA,
and TTBB, high school and
college choirs will love
the challenge of tuning
these rich chords and
singing this in live,
resonate spaces. $2.65 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Theory Notebook Complete Piano seul [Livre] Santorella Publications
Composed by John Brimhall. For Piano. Paperback. Instructional, Method. Book. 11...(+)
Composed by John
Brimhall. For Piano.
Paperback. Instructional,
Method. Book. 112 pages.
Published by Santorella
Publications
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| Canyonland Skies - Intermédiaire Carl Fischer
Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3 - Grade ...(+)
Orchestra Cello,
Contrabass, Piano, Viola,
Violin 1, Violin 2,
Violin 3 - Grade 3
SKU: CF.CAS80
Composed by Deborah Baker
Monday. Carl Fischer
Concert String Orchestra
Series. Set of Score and
Parts. With Standard
notation.
16+8+5+2+5+5+4+12 pages.
Duration 3 minutes, 43
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CAS80. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CAS80). ISBN
9780825894817. UPC:
798408094812. 9 x 12
inches. Key: D
major. Composer
Deborah Baker Monday
provides us with an
exciting new composition
that contains all of the
grandeur of the American
West. With wide open
spaces, reminiscent of
pieces from the Americana
composers of the last
century, this will be a
perfect choice to
highlight your group at
contest and festival
performances. Canyonla
nd Skies is a
programmatic work which
was composed for the 2013
Utah/American String
Teachers Association
(ASTA) composition
competition. The required
element for the contest
was that the entry should
have a theme based on
something native to the
state of Utah.This
original work attempts to
represent the brilliance
of the Utah sky; the
clearest blue by day,
with its blinding bright
sun and the deepest dark
blue of night, with a
palette of stars which
are breathtaking. The
sunrise and sunset
scenarios are uniquely
remarkable from wherever
one may be observing. At
any one moment or
another, these
magnificent visions of
color are always fresh
and different.Canyonland
Skies uses the bright key
of D major to maximize
the sonority of the
string instruments.
Excellent opportunities
for drone-like intonation
practices abound.
Scalewise passages build
and build for the strong
harmonic changes which
drive the piece to a
contrasting section.G
major dominates the
jaunty middle section,
which suggests a smooth
ride on an open road.
Melodic opportunities
abound while the piece
soars to a satisfying
reflection of the opening
material.Canyonland Skies
is the winning
Composition of the 2013
Composition Contest
sponsored by the Utah
Chapter of the American
String Teachers
Association.Sit back and
begin a road trip with
your students. With your
navigation they will
create a soundtrack for
this beautiful
journey.
About Carl
Fischer Concert String
Orchestra
Series Thi
s series of pieces (Grade
3 and higher) is designed
for advancing ensembles.
The pieces in this series
are characterized
by: - Expanded use
of rhythms, ranges and
keys but technical
demands are still
carefully
considered
- More
comprehensive bowing
techniques
- Viola
T.C.
included
- Careful
selection of keys and
degree of difficulty for
advancing
musicians
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| Rudiments of Music [Partition] Boosey and Hawkes
Book 4. By Cora B. Ahrens. (Vol 4). Boosey and Hawkes Scores and Books. Softcov...(+)
Book 4. By Cora B.
Ahrens. (Vol 4). Boosey
and Hawkes Scores and
Books. Softcover. Size
6.8x10.5 inches. 46
pages. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes.
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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,
Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2,
Clarinet, Clarinet 1,
Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3,
Contrabass Clarinet,
Contrabassoon, English
Horn, Flute 1, Flute 2,
Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Piccolo,
alto Saxophone, soprano
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
new and unexpected. $25.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Finnish Kantele Techniques, Exercises, Tunes and Arrangements for Five and Ten-String Kanteles - Débutant Mel Bay
Kantele - beginning Folk, Perfect binding. Method. Book and online audio. 116 ...(+)
Kantele - beginning
Folk, Perfect binding.
Method.
Book and online audio.
116
pages. Mel Bay
Publications,
Inc #30857M. Published by
Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
$24.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Anatomy of Tone GIA Publications
SKU: GI.G-9421 Applying Voice Science to Choral Ensemble Pedagogy....(+)
SKU: GI.G-9421
Applying Voice Science
to Choral Ensemble
Pedagogy. Composed by
James Jordan, Kathy
Kessler-Price, and Sean
McCarther. Evoking Sound.
Music Education. 210
pages. GIA Publications
#9421. Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-9421).
ISBN
9781622772414. View
free introductory videos
here:
https://www.youtube.com/p
laylist?list=PLI8XD78pv6C
O0qiH0EhkouNkn_jgyIzVf
 This important
volume brings together
the latest knowledge of
voice science, voice
pedagogy, conducting, and
accompanying into a
single volume. It is a
valuable resource for
choral conductors, no
matter the age or
experience of their
ensembles. The Anatomy of
Tone explores essential
aspects of anatomy,
physiology, and
acoustics, and describes
their impact on choral
teaching and rehearsal.
In addition, this book
reviews groundbreaking
scientific information on
spacing of singers and
its effect upon
intonation and vocal
health. This volume
contains pedagogical
information pertaining
to: Breathing Resonance
Formants in the Choral
Rehearsal Structuring the
Choral Warm-Up The Use of
Breath as a Foundation of
Expressive Choral Singing
The Use of Legato as a
Primary Tool in the
Choral Rehearsal Choral
Spacing for Balanced
Resonance Teaching of
Specific Vowels and Their
Internal Architectures
Use of Harmonically Based
Warm-Ups Piano
Accompanying to Support
Good Vocalism and
Building Listening Skills
 Though knowledge of
vocal anatomy/physiology
and acoustical theories
have existed for
centuries, technology now
enables singers to see
their voices in action,
to measure sound pressure
levels in
performance/rehearsal
spaces, and to understand
resonance frequencies
within the human
instrument in ways we
never have before. Take
advantage of this
information! Put it into
action to create choirs
whose singers do not have
to pay the price of
over-singing. Enable
singers to sing
throughout their
lifespans with joy and
freedom, thereby
producing the most
exquisite music of which
they—and
you—are capable.
—Kathy Kessler
Price, from the Foreword
GRAMMY-nominated
conductor James Jordan is
Professor and Senior
Conductor at Westminster
Choir College, where he
conducts the Westminster
Schola Cantorum and the
internationally acclaimed
Westminster Williamson
Voices. Baritone Sean
McCarther serves as
Assistant Professor of
Voice at Westminster
Choir College, where he
teaches studio voice and
voice science. Soprano
Kathy Kessler Price is
Associate Professor of
Voice at Westminster
Choir College, where she
teaches graduate voice
pedagogy courses and
applied voice, and
directs the Westminster
Presser Voice
Laboratory. $30.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Marin Marais Variations Schott
Score and Parts Viola Ensemble (Score & Parts) - difficult SKU: HL.49019375(+)
Score and Parts Viola
Ensemble (Score & Parts)
- difficult SKU:
HL.49019375 Viola
Quartet. Composed by
Garth Knox. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. String Ensemble.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 2007/2010. 52
pages. Duration 10'.
Schott Music #VAB79.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49019375). ISBN
9790001189460. UPC:
884088924065.
9.0x12.0x0.144
inches. Many
violists know Garth Knox
as author of Viola Spaces
(ED 20520), the
groundbreaking compendium
of modern playing
techniques on the viola.
In this edition, he
applies them to
variations on the famous
'Folies Espagne' by the
French gamba virtuoso
Marin Marais. Each
variation is dedicated to
a certain technique, such
as the generation of
harmonics, quarter tones,
glissando, tremolo and
others. The piece is
ideally suited both for
lessons and for concert
performances. Performers
and listeners are going
to enjoy it. $24.99 - Voir plus => Acheter | | |
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