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duction Gustave Vogt's
Musical Paris Gustave
Vogt (1781-1870) was born
into the Age of
Enlightenment, at the
apex of the
Enlightenment's outreach.
During his lifetime he
would observe its effect
on the world. Over the
course of his life he
lived through many
changes in musical style.
When he was born,
composers such as Mozart
and Haydn were still
writing masterworks
revered today, and
eighty-nine years later,
as he departed the world,
the new realm of
Romanticism was beginning
to emerge with Mahler,
Richard Strauss and
Debussy, who were soon to
make their respective
marks on the musical
world. Vogt himself left
a huge mark on the
musical world, with
critics referring to him
as the grandfather of the
modern oboe and the
premier oboist of Europe.
Through his eighty-nine
years, Vogt would live
through what was perhaps
the most turbulent period
of French history. He
witnessed the French
Revolution of 1789,
followed by the many
newly established
governments, only to die
just months before the
establishment of the
Third Republic in 1870,
which would be the
longest lasting
government since the
beginning of the
revolution. He also
witnessed the
transformation of the
French musical world from
one in which opera
reigned supreme, to one
in which virtuosi,
chamber music, and
symphonic music ruled.
Additionally, he
experienced the
development of the oboe
right before his eyes.
When he began playing in
the late eighteenth
century, the standard
oboe had two keys (E and
Eb) and at the time of
his death in 1870, the
System Six Triebert oboe
(the instrument adopted
by Conservatoire
professor, Georges
Gillet, in 1882) was only
five years from being
developed. Vogt was born
March 18, 1781 in the
ancient town of
Strasbourg, part of the
Alsace region along the
German border. At the
time of his birth,
Strasbourg had been
annexed by Louis XIV, and
while heavily influenced
by Germanic culture, had
been loosely governed by
the French for a hundred
years. Although it is
unclear when Vogt began
studying the oboe and
when his family made its
move to the French
capital, the Vogts may
have fled Strasbourg in
1792 after much of the
city was destroyed during
the French Revolution. He
was without question
living in Paris by 1798,
as he enrolled on June 8
at the newly established
Conservatoire national de
Musique to study oboe
with the school's first
oboe professor,
Alexandre-Antoine
Sallantin (1775-1830).
Vogt's relationship with
the Conservatoire would
span over half a century,
moving seamlessly from
the role of student to
professor. In 1799, just
a year after enrolling,
he was awarded the
premier prix, becoming
the fourth oboist to
achieve this award. By
1802 he had been
appointed repetiteur,
which involved teaching
the younger students and
filling in for Sallantin
in exchange for a free
education. He maintained
this rank until 1809,
when he was promoted to
professor adjoint and
finally to professor
titulaire in 1816 when
Sallantin retired. This
was a position he held
for thirty-seven years,
retiring in 1853, making
him the longest serving
oboe professor in the
school's history. During
his tenure, he became the
most influential oboist
in France, teaching
eighty-nine students,
plus sixteen he taught
while he was professor
adjoint and professor
titulaire. Many of these
students went on to be
famous in their own
right, such as Henri Brod
(1799-1839), Apollon
Marie-Rose Barret
(1804-1879), Charles
Triebert (1810-1867),
Stanislas Verroust
(1814-1863), and Charles
Colin (1832-1881). His
influence stretches from
French to American oboe
playing in a direct line
from Charles Colin to
Georges Gillet
(1854-1920), and then to
Marcel Tabuteau
(1887-1966), the oboist
Americans lovingly
describe as the father of
American oboe playing.
Opera was an important
part of Vogt's life. His
first performing position
was with the
Theatre-Montansier while
he was still studying at
the Conservatoire.
Shortly after, he moved
to the Ambigu-Comique
and, in 1801 was
appointed as first oboist
with the Theatre-Italien
in Paris. He had been in
this position for only a
year, when he began
playing first oboe at the
Opera-Comique. He
remained there until
1814, when he succeeded
his teacher,
Alexandre-Antoine
Sallantin, as soloist
with the Paris Opera, the
top orchestra in Paris at
the time. He played with
the Paris Opera until
1834, all the while
bringing in his current
and past students to fill
out the section. In this
position, he began to
make a name for himself;
so much so that specific
performances were
immortalized in memoirs
and letters. One comes
from a young Hector
Berlioz (1803-1865) after
having just arrived in
Paris in 1822 and
attended the Paris
Opera's performance of
Mehul's Stratonice and
Persuis' ballet Nina. It
was in response to the
song Quand le bien-amie
reviendra that Berlioz
wrote: I find it
difficult to believe that
that song as sung by her
could ever have made as
true and touching an
effect as the combination
of Vogt's instrument...
Shortly after this,
Berlioz gave up studying
medicine and focused on
music. Vogt frequently
made solo and chamber
appearances throughout
Europe. His busiest
period of solo work was
during the 1820s. In 1825
and 1828 he went to
London to perform as a
soloist with the London
Philharmonic Society.
Vogt also traveled to
Northern France in 1826
for concerts, and then in
1830 traveled to Munich
and Stuttgart, visiting
his hometown of
Strasbourg on the way.
While on tour, Vogt
performed Luigi
Cherubini's (1760-1842)
Ave Maria, with soprano
Anna (Nanette) Schechner
(1806-1860), and a
Concertino, presumably
written by himself. As a
virtuoso performer in
pursuit of repertoire to
play, Vogt found himself
writing much of his own
music. His catalog
includes chamber music,
variation sets, vocal
music, concerted works,
religious music, wind
band arrangements, and
pedagogical material. He
most frequently performed
his variation sets, which
were largely based on
themes from popular
operas he had, presumably
played while he was at
the Opera. He made his
final tour in 1839,
traveling to Tours and
Bordeaux. During this
tour he appeared with the
singer Caroline Naldi,
Countess de Sparre, and
the violinist Joseph
Artot (1815-1845). This
ended his active career
as a soloist. His
performance was described
in the Revue et gazette
musicale de Paris as
having lost none of his
superiority over the
oboe.... It's always the
same grace, the same
sweetness. We made a trip
to Switzerland, just by
closing your eyes and
listening to Vogt's oboe.
Vogt was also active
performing in Paris as a
chamber and orchestral
musician. He was one of
the founding members of
the Societe des Concerts
du Conservatoire, a group
established in 1828 by
violinist and conductor
Francois-Antoine Habeneck
(1781-1849). The group
featured faculty and
students performing
alongside each other and
works such as Beethoven
symphonies, which had
never been heard in
France. He also premiered
the groundbreaking
woodwind quintets of
Antonin Reicha
(1770-1836). After his
retirement from the Opera
in 1834 and from the
Societe des Concerts du
Conservatoire in 1842,
Vogt began to slow down.
His final known
performance was of
Cherubini's Ave Maria on
English horn with tenor
Alexis Dupont (1796-1874)
in 1843. He then began to
reflect on his life and
the people he had known.
When he reached his 60s,
he began gathering
entries for his Musical
Album of Autographs.
Autograph Albums Vogt's
Musical Album of
Autographs is part of a
larger practice of
keeping autograph albums,
also commonly known as
Stammbuch or Album
Amicorum (meaning book of
friendship or friendship
book), which date back to
the time of the
Reformation and the
University of Wittenberg.
It was during the
mid-sixteenth century
that students at the
University of Wittenberg
began passing around
bibles for their fellow
students and professors
to sign, leaving messages
to remember them by as
they moved on to the next
part of their lives. The
things people wrote were
mottos, quotes, and even
drawings of their family
coat of arms or some
other scene that meant
something to the owner.
These albums became the
way these young students
remembered their school
family once they had
moved on to another
school or town. It was
also common for the
entrants to comment on
other entries and for the
owner to amend entries
when they learned of
important life details
such as marriage or
death. As the practice
continued, bibles were
set aside for emblem
books, which was a
popular book genre that
featured allegorical
illustrations (emblems)
in a tripartite form:
image, motto, epigram.
The first emblem book
used for autographs was
published in 1531 by
Andrea Alciato
(1492-1550), a collection
of 212 Latin emblem
poems. In 1558, the first
book conceived for the
purpose of the album
amicorum was published by
Lyon de Tournes
(1504-1564) called the
Thesaurus Amicorum. These
books continued to
evolve, and spread to
wider circles away from
universities. Albums
could be found being kept
by noblemen, physicians,
lawyers, teachers,
painters, musicians, and
artisans. The albums
eventually became more
specialized, leading to
Musical Autograph Albums
(or Notestammbucher).
Before this
specialization, musicians
contributed in one form
or another, but our
knowledge of them in
these albums is mostly
limited to individual
people or events. Some
would simply sign their
name while others would
insert a fragment of
music, usually a canon
(titled fuga) with text
in Latin. Canons were
popular because they
displayed the
craftsmanship of the
composer in a limited
space. Composers
well-known today,
including J. S. Bach,
Telemann, Mozart,
Beethoven, Dowland, and
Brahms, all participated
in the practice, with
Beethoven being the first
to indicate an interest
in creating an album only
of music. This interest
came around 1815. In an
1845 letter from Johann
Friedrich Naue to
Heinrich Carl
Breidenstein, Naue
recalled an 1813 visit
with Beethoven, who
presented a book
suggesting Naue to
collect entries from
celebrated musicians as
he traveled. Shortly
after we find Louis Spohr
speaking about leaving on
his grand tour through
Europe in 1815 and of his
desire to carry an album
with entries from the
many artists he would
come across. He wrote in
his autobiography that
his most valuable
contribution came from
Beethoven in 1815.
Spohr's Notenstammbuch,
comprised only of musical
entries, is
groundbreaking because it
was coupled with a
concert tour, allowing
him to reach beyond the
Germanic world, where the
creation of these books
had been nearly
exclusive. Spohr brought
the practice of
Notenstammbucher to
France, and in turn
indirectly inspired Vogt
to create a book of his
own some fifteen years
later. Vogt's Musical
Album of Autographs
Vogt's Musical Album of
Autographs acts as a form
of a memoir, displaying
mementos of musicians who
held special meaning in
his life as well as
showing those with whom
he was enamored from the
younger generation. The
anonymous Pie Jesu
submitted to Vogt in 1831
marks the beginning of an
album that would span
nearly three decades by
the time the final entry,
an excerpt from Charles
Gounod's (1818-1893)
Faust, which premiered in
1859, was submitted.
Within this album we find
sixty-two entries from
musicians whom he must
have known very well
because they were
colleagues at the
Conservatoire, or
composers of opera whose
works he was performing
with the Paris Opera.
Other entries came from
performers with whom he
had performed and some
who were simply passing
through Paris, such as
Joseph Joachim
(1831-1907). Of the
sixty-three total
entries, some are
original, unpublished
works, while others came
from well-known existing
works. Nineteen of these
works are for solo piano,
sixteen utilize the oboe
or English horn, thirteen
feature the voice (in
many different
combinations, including
vocal solos with piano,
and small choral settings
up to one with double
choir), two feature
violin as a solo
instrument, and one even
features the now obscure
ophicleide. The
connections among the
sixty-two contributors to
Vogt's album are
virtually never-ending.
All were acquainted with
Vogt in some capacity,
from long-time
friendships to
relationships that were
created when Vogt
requested their entry.
Thus, while Vogt is the
person who is central to
each of these musicians,
the web can be greatly
expanded. In general, the
connections are centered
around the Conservatoire,
teacher lineages, the
Opera, and performing
circles. The
relationships between all
the contributors in the
album parallel the
current musical world, as
many of these kinds of
relationships still
exist, and permit us to
fantasize who might be
found in an album created
today by a musician of
the same standing. Also
important, is what sort
of entries the
contributors chose to
pen. The sixty-three
entries are varied, but
can be divided into
published and unpublished
works. Within the
published works, we find
opera excerpts, symphony
excerpts, mass excerpts,
and canons, while the
unpublished works include
music for solo piano,
oboe or English horn,
string instruments
(violin and cello), and
voice (voice with piano
and choral). The music
for oboe and English horn
works largely belong in
the unpublished works of
the album. These entries
were most likely written
to honor Vogt. Seven are
for oboe and piano and
were contributed by
Joseph Joachim, Pauline
Garcia Viardot
(1821-1910), Joseph
Artot, Anton Bohrer
(1783-1852), Georges
Onslow (1784-1853),
Desire Beaulieu
(1791-1863), and Narcisse
Girard (1797-1860). The
common thread between
these entries is the
simplicity of the melody
and structure. Many are
repetitive, especially
Beaulieu's entry, which
features a two-note
ostinato throughout the
work, which he even
included in his
signature. Two composers
contributed pieces for
English horn and piano,
and like the previous
oboe entries, are simple
and repetitive. These
were written by Michele
Carafa (1787-1872) and
Louis Clapisson
(1808-1866). There are
two other entries that
were unpublished works
and are chamber music.
One is an oboe trio by
Jacques Halevy
(1799-1862) and the other
is for oboe and strings
(string trio) by J. B.
Cramer (1771-1858). There
are five published works
in the album for oboe and
English horn. There are
three from operas and the
other two from symphonic
works. Ambroise Thomas
(1811-1896) contributed
an excerpt from the
Entr'acte of his opera La
Guerillero, and was
likely chosen because the
oboe was featured at this
moment. Hippolyte Chelard
(1789-1861) also chose to
honor Vogt by writing for
English horn. His entry,
for English horn and
piano, is taken from his
biggest success, Macbeth.
The English horn part was
actually taken from Lady
Macbeth's solo in the
sleepwalking scene.
Vogt's own entry also
falls into this category,
as he entered an excerpt
from Donizetti's Maria di
Rohan. The excerpt he
chose is a duet between
soprano and English horn.
There are two entries
featuring oboe that are
excerpted from symphonic
repertoire. One is a
familiar oboe melody from
Beethoven's Pastoral
Symphony entered by his
first biographer, Anton
Schindler (1796-1864).
The other is an excerpt
from Berlioz's choral
symphony, Romeo et
Juliette. He entered an
oboe solo from the Grand
Fete section of the
piece. Pedagogical
benefit All of these
works are lovely, and fit
within the album
wonderfully, but these
works also are great oboe
and English horn music
for young students. The
common thread between
these entries is the
simplicity of the melody
and structure. Many are
repetitive, especially
Beaulieu's entry, which
features a two-note
ostinato throughout the
work in the piano. This
repetitive structure is
beneficial for young
students for searching
for a short solo to
present at a studio
recital, or simply to
learn. They also work
many technical issues a
young player may
encounter, such as
mastering the rolling
finger to uncover and
recover the half hole.
This is true of Bealieu's
Pensee as well as
Onslow's Andantino.
Berlioz's entry from
Romeo et Juliette
features very long
phrases, which helps with
endurance and helps keep
the air spinning through
the oboe. Some of the
pieces also use various
levels of ornamentation,
from trills to grace
notes, and short
cadenzas. This allows the
student to learn
appropriate ways to
phrase with these added
notes. The chamber music
is a valuable way to
start younger students
with chamber music,
especially the short
quartet by Cramer for
oboe and string trio. All
of these pieces will not
tax the student to learn
a work that is more
advanced, as well as give
them a full piece that
they can work on from
beginning to end in a
couple weeks, instead of
months. Editorial Policy
The works found in this
edition are based on the
manuscript housed at the
Morgan Library in New
York City (call number
Cary 348, V886. A3). When
possible, published
scores were consulted and
compared to clarify pitch
and text. The general
difficulties in creating
an edition of these works
stem from entries that
appear to be hastily
written, and thus omit
complete articulations
and dynamic indications
for all passages and
parts. The manuscript has
been modernized into a
performance edition. The
score order from the
manuscript has been
retained. If an entry
also exists in a
published work, and this
was not indicated on the
manuscript, appropriate
titles and subtitles have
been added tacitly. For
entries that were
untitled, the beginning
tempo marking or
expressive directive has
been added as its title
tacitly. Part names have
been changed from the
original language to
English. If no part name
was present, it was added
tacitly. All scores are
transposing where
applicable. Measure
numbers have been added
at the beginning of every
system. Written
directives have been
retained in the original
language and are placed
relative to where they
appear in the manuscript.
Tempo markings from the
manuscript have been
retained, even if they
were abbreviated, i.e.,
Andte. The barlines,
braces, brackets, and
clefs are modernized. The
beaming and stem
direction has been
modernized. Key
signatures have been
modernized as some of the
flats/sharps do not
appear on the correct
lines or spaces. Time
signatures have been
modernized. In a few
cases, when a time
signature was missing in
the manuscript, it has
been added tacitly.
Triplet and rhythmic
groupings have been
modernized. Slurs, ties,
and articulations
(staccato and accent)
have been modernized.
Slurs, ties, and
articulations have been
added to parallel
passages tacitly.
Courtesy accidentals
found in the manuscript
have been removed, unless
it appeared to be helpful
to the performer. Dynamic
indications from the
manuscript have been
retained, except where
noted. --Kristin
Leitterman. Introducti
onGustave Vogt’s
Musical ParisGustave Vogt
(1781–1870) was
born into the “Age
of Enlightenment,â€
at the apex of the
Enlightenment’s
outreach. During his
lifetime he would observe
its effect on the world.
Over the course of his
life he lived through
many changes in musical
style. When he was born,
composers such as Mozart
and Haydn were still
writing masterworks
revered today, and
eighty-nine years later,
as he departed the world,
the new realm of
Romanticism was beginning
to emerge with Mahler,
Richard Strauss and
Debussy, who were soon to
make their respective
marks on the musical
world. Vogt himself left
a huge mark on the
musical world, with
critics referring to him
as the “grandfather
of the modern oboeâ€
and the “premier
oboist of
Europe.â€Through his
eighty-nine years, Vogt
would live through what
was perhaps the most
turbulent period of
French history. He
witnessed the French
Revolution of 1789,
followed by the many
newly established
governments, only to die
just months before the
establishment of the
Third Republic in 1870,
which would be the
longest lasting
government since the
beginning of the
revolution. He also
witnessed the
transformation of the
French musical world from
one in which opera
reigned supreme, to one
in which virtuosi,
chamber music, and
symphonic music ruled.
Additionally, he
experienced the
development of the oboe
right before his eyes.
When he began playing in
the late eighteenth
century, the standard
oboe had two keys (E and
Eb) and at the time of
his death in 1870, the
“System Sixâ€
Triébert oboe (the
instrument adopted by
Conservatoire professor,
Georges Gillet, in 1882)
was only five years from
being developed.Vogt was
born March 18, 1781 in
the ancient town of
Strasbourg, part of the
Alsace region along the
German border. At the
time of his birth,
Strasbourg had been
annexed by Louis XIV, and
while heavily influenced
by Germanic culture, had
been loosely governed by
the French for a hundred
years. Although it is
unclear when Vogt began
studying the oboe and
when his family made its
move to the French
capital, the Vogts may
have fled Strasbourg in
1792 after much of the
city was destroyed during
the French Revolution. He
was without question
living in Paris by 1798,
as he enrolled on June 8
at the newly established
Conservatoire national de
Musique to study oboe
with the school’s
first oboe professor,
Alexandre-Antoine
Sallantin
(1775–1830).Vogtâ
€™s relationship with
the Conservatoire would
span over half a century,
moving seamlessly from
the role of student to
professor. In 1799, just
a year after enrolling,
he was awarded the
premier prix, becoming
the fourth oboist to
achieve this award. By
1802 he had been
appointed
répétiteur, which
involved teaching the
younger students and
filling in for Sallantin
in exchange for a free
education. He maintained
this rank until 1809,
when he was promoted to
professor adjoint and
finally to professor
titulaire in 1816 when
Sallantin retired. This
was a position he held
for thirty-seven years,
retiring in 1853, making
him the longest serving
oboe professor in the
school’s history.
During his tenure, he
became the most
influential oboist in
France, teaching
eighty-nine students,
plus sixteen he taught
while he was professor
adjoint and professor
titulaire. Many of these
students went on to be
famous in their own
right, such as Henri Brod
(1799–1839),
Apollon Marie-Rose Barret
(1804–1879),
Charles Triebert
(1810–1867),
Stanislas Verroust
(1814–1863), and
Charles Colin
(1832–1881). His
influence stretches from
French to American oboe
playing in a direct line
from Charles Colin to
Georges Gillet
(1854–1920), and
then to Marcel Tabuteau
(1887–1966), the
oboist Americans lovingly
describe as the
“father of American
oboe playing.â€Opera
was an important part of
Vogt’s life. His
first performing position
was with the
Théâtre-Montansier
while he was still
studying at the
Conservatoire. Shortly
after, he moved to the
Ambigu-Comique and, in
1801 was appointed as
first oboist with the
Théâtre-Italien in
Paris. He had been in
this position for only a
year, when he began
playing first oboe at the
Opéra-Comique. He
remained there until
1814, when he succeeded
his teacher,
Alexandre-Antoine
Sallantin, as soloist
with the Paris Opéra,
the top orchestra in
Paris at the time. He
played with the Paris
Opéra until 1834, all
the while bringing in his
current and past students
to fill out the section.
In this position, he
began to make a name for
himself; so much so that
specific performances
were immortalized in
memoirs and letters. One
comes from a young Hector
Berlioz
(1803–1865) after
having just arrived in
Paris in 1822 and
attended the Paris
Opéra’s
performance of
Mehul’s Stratonice
and Persuis’
ballet Nina. It was in
response to the song
Quand le bien-amié
reviendra that Berlioz
wrote: “I find it
difficult to believe that
that song as sung by her
could ever have made as
true and touching an
effect as the combination
of Vogt’s
instrument…â€
Shortly after this,
Berlioz gave up studying
medicine and focused on
music.Vogt frequently
made solo and chamber
appearances throughout
Europe. His busiest
period of solo work was
during the 1820s. In 1825
and 1828 he went to
London to perform as a
soloist with the London
Philharmonic Society.
Vogt also traveled to
Northern France in 1826
for concerts, and then in
1830 traveled to Munich
and Stuttgart, visiting
his hometown of
Strasbourg on the way.
While on tour, Vogt
performed Luigi
Cherubini’s
(1760–1842) Ave
Maria, with soprano Anna
(Nanette) Schechner
(1806–1860), and a
Concertino, presumably
written by himself. As a
virtuoso performer in
pursuit of repertoire to
play, Vogt found himself
writing much of his own
music. His catalog
includes chamber music,
variation sets, vocal
music, concerted works,
religious music, wind
band arrangements, and
pedagogical material. He
most frequently performed
his variation sets, which
were largely based on
themes from popular
operas he had, presumably
played while he was at
the Opéra.He made his
final tour in 1839,
traveling to Tours and
Bordeaux. During this
tour he appeared with the
singer Caroline Naldi,
Countess de Sparre, and
the violinist Joseph
Artôt
(1815–1845). This
ended his active career
as a soloist. His
performance was described
in the Revue et gazette
musicale de Paris as
having “lost none
of his superiority over
the oboe….
It’s always the
same grace, the same
sweetness. We made a trip
to Switzerland, just by
closing your eyes and
listening to
Vogt’s
oboe.â€Vogt was also
active performing in
Paris as a chamber and
orchestral musician. He
was one of the founding
members of the
Société des
Concerts du
Conservatoire, a group
established in 1828 by
violinist and conductor
François-Antoine
Habeneck
(1781–1849). The
group featured faculty
and students performing
alongside each other and
works such as Beethoven
symphonies, which had
never been heard in
France. He also premiered
the groundbreaking
woodwind quintets of
Antonin Reicha
(1770–1836).After
his retirement from the
Opéra in 1834 and from
the Société des
Concerts du Conservatoire
in 1842, Vogt began to
slow down. His final
known performance was of
Cherubini’s Ave
Maria on English horn
with tenor Alexis Dupont
(1796–1874) in
1843. He then began to
reflect on his life and
the people he had known.
When he reached his 60s,
he began gathering
entries for his Musical
Album of
Autographs.Autograph
AlbumsVogt’s
Musical Album of
Autographs is part of a
larger practice of
keeping autograph albums,
also commonly known as
Stammbuch or Album
Amicorum (meaning book of
friendship or friendship
book), which date back to
the time of the
Reformation and the
University of Wittenberg.
It was during the
mid-sixteenth century
that students at the
University of Wittenberg
began passing around
bibles for their fellow
students and professors
to sign, leaving messages
to remember them by as
they moved on to the next
part of their lives. The
things people wrote were
mottos, quotes, and even
drawings of their family
coat of arms or some
other scene that meant
something to the owner.
These albums became the
way these young students
remembered their school
family once they had
moved on to another
school or town. It was
also common for the
entrants to comment on
other entries and for the
owner to amend entries
when they learned of
important life details
such as marriage or
death.As the practice
continued, bibles were
set aside for emblem
books, which was a
popular book genre that
featured allegorical
illustrations (emblems)
in a tripartite form:
image, motto, epigram.
The first emblem book
used for autographs was
published in 1531 by
Andrea Alciato
(1492–1550), a
collection of 212 Latin
emblem poems. In 1558,
the first book conceived
for the purpose of the
album amicorum was
published by Lyon de
Tournes
(1504–1564) called
the Thesaurus Amicorum.
These books continued to
evolve, and spread to
wider circles away from
universities. Albums
could be found being kept
by noblemen, physicians,
lawyers, teachers,
painters, musicians, and
artisans.The albums
eventually became more
specialized, leading to
Musical Autograph Albums
(or Notestammbücher).
Before this
specialization, musicians
contributed in one form
or another, but our
knowledge of them in
these albums is mostly
limited to individual
people or events. Some
would simply sign their
name while others would
insert a fragment of
music, usually a canon
(titled fuga) with text
in Latin. Canons were
popular because they
displayed the
craftsmanship of the
composer in a limited
space. Composers
well-known today,
including J. S. Bach,
Telemann, Mozart,
Beethoven, Dowland, and
Brahms, all participated
in the practice, with
Beethoven being the first
to indicate an interest
in creating an album only
of music.This interest
came around 1815. In an
1845 letter from Johann
Friedrich Naue to
Heinrich Carl
Breidenstein, Naue
recalled an 1813 visit
with Beethoven, who
presented a book
suggesting Naue to
collect entries from
celebrated musicians as
he traveled. Shortly
after we find Louis Spohr
speaking about leaving on
his “grand
tour†through
Europe in 1815 and of his
desire to carry an album
with entries from the
many artists he would
come across. He wrote in
his autobiography that
his “most valuable
contribution†came
from Beethoven in 1815.
Spohr’s
Notenstammbuch, comprised
only of musical entries,
is groundbreaking because
it was coupled with a
concert tour, allowing
him to reach beyond the
Germanic world, where the
creation of these books
had been nearly
exclusive. Spohr brought
the practice of
Notenstammbücher to
France, and in turn
indirectly inspired Vogt
to create a book of his
own some fifteen years
later.Vogt’s
Musical Album of
AutographsVogt’s
Musical Album of
Autographs acts as a form
of a memoir, displaying
mementos of musicians who
held special meaning in
his life as well as
showing those with whom
he was enamored from the
younger generation. The
anonymous Pie Jesu
submitted to Vogt in 1831
marks the beginning of an
album that would span
nearly three decades by
the time the final entry,
an excerpt from Charles
Gounod’s
(1818–1893) Faust,
which premiered in 1859,
was submitted.Within this
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Songbook. Edition Dux
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Published by Edition Dux
Verlag (M7.DUX-342).
ISBN
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Ukulele-Ding 2 contains
200 songs from Pop and
Rock for campfires,
outings and parties. In
order to be able to sing
the songs optimally and
accompany them with the
ukulele, suitable keys
and chords have been
chosen. The chords are
given directly above the
lyrics, so you can sing
and play directly from
the sheet. A fingering
chart for all ukuleles in
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Chamber Music Cello, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2 SKU: PR.114419030 Score...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2
SKU: PR.114419030
Score and Parts.
Composed by Mohammed
Fairouz. Sws. Score and
parts. With Standard
notation. 68 pages.
Duration 25 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41903. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114419030). ISBN
9781491114124. UPC:
680160669851. 9 x 12
inches. A
fascination with
polycultural synergy
between diverse literary
textsdrives the
inspiration for much of
Mohammed Fairouz’s
prodigiouscreative
output, including
instrumental music as
well as vocal. Inhis
profound and extensive
essay preceding the
score, Fairouz shedslight
on how Edgar Allen
Poe’s “Israfel”
relates to the
prophetsand prophesies of
the Quran, Old Testament,
and New Testament.The
eight-movement quartet
may be heard as a
dramatic galleryof
portraits and of
story-telling,
flourishing in a
post-traditionallanguage
that is at once
vernacular and spiritual,
Middle Easternand
Western. The complete set
of score and parts is
included in
thispublication. (See
pages 2-3 of score for
clear distinction of
paragraphs,
etc.)Prophesies, by
Mohammed FairouzEdgar
Allen Poe’s rendition
of Israfel was the point
of departure for the
final movement of my
previous stringquartet
which is titled The Named
Angels. At the opening of
his poem, Poe evokes the
Quran:“And the angel
Israfel, whose
heartstrings are a lute,
and who has the sweetest
voice of all God’s
creatures.”This informs
the first lines of the
poem that, in turn, gave
me the title for the
final movement of The
Named
Angels,“Israfel’s
Spell”:In Heaven a
spirit doth dwell“Whose
heartstrings are a
lute”None sing so
wildly wellAs the angel
Israfel,And the giddy
stars (so legends
tell),Ceasing their
hymns, attend the spellOf
his voice, all mute.It is
the end of that poem,
however, that is the
starting point for the
current quartet,
Prophesies, which
concernsitself with
mortal prophets rather
than eternal Angelic
spirits.If I could
dwellWhere IsrafelHath
dwelt, and he where I,He
might not sing so wildly
wellA mortal melody,While
a bolder note than this
might swellFrom my lyre
within the sky.Islamic
thought has asked us to
look at the example of
the prophets. That’s
significant because of
the fact thatJoseph and
all the prophets were
human beings with the
flaws of human beings. No
prophet was perfect,
andIslamic tradition has
never asked its followers
to aspire to the example
of the Angels, the
perfected ones. Instead
weare given the gift of
our prophets. While The
Named Angels drew on the
motion and energy of
everlasting
spirits,Prophesies is a
depiction of the
movements within our own
mortal coil.This quartet
is a continuation of a
long tradition of Muslim
artists telling their
stories and singing their
songs.Many of these
renditions are, in fact,
figurative and (contrary
to popular belief) the
Quran contains no
“Islamicedict”
prohibiting figurative
renditions of the figures
described in the Old
Testament, New Testament,
or Quran.The majority of
artists, however, have
preferred eternal and
abstract forms such as
words and their
calligraphicrepresentatio
ns, poems (Yusuf and
Zuleikha or the
Conference of Birds come
immediately to mind),
architecture,and many
other non-figurative art
forms to the
representation of man.
These cold, ancient, and
everlasting shapesof
unending time flourished,
and the divine infinity
of representing geometric
forms gained favor over
the placementof the
explicit representation
of mankind and our own
likeness at the center of
the universes.Adding the
string quartet to these
forms which express the
recursive spheres of
heavens and earth
abstractly shouldexplain
why I have chosen to
render higher things
through the use of music
without the addition of
words or anyother
art-form. It is the
abstract art of pure
form, in which all is
form and all is content,
which compels me.
Thisquartet should be
seen as no more
programmatic than the
arches of the Great
Mosque at Cordoba.The
first movement, Yāqub
(Jacob), is slow, quiet
and prayerful. It evokes
the patient sorrow of a
slow choraledeveloping
over time as it coaxes
our pulse out of the
ticking of a clock-like
meter that defines our
day-to-day livesand into
a divine eternity.The
second, Saleh, imagines
the spirit of that
desert-prophet through
the use of a Liwa; the
dance-sequence that
hasbeen such a prevalent
form of expression in the
Arabian Peninsula for
much of our recorded
history.The third
movement is titled
Dawoōd, and it is
emblematic of the beloved
Prophet, King, and
Psalmist, David.Though it
has no lyrics, the
movement functions as a
dabkeh (an ancient dance
native to the Levant) and
also “sets”the
opening of Psalm 100
(Make a joyful noise unto
the Lord, all ye lands).
This line is never set to
music or sung inthe
quartet but is evoked
through the rhythmic
shape of the violin part
which imitates the
phonology and rhythmof my
speaking the opening line
in the Hebrew and
develops the contours of
that line incessantly
throughout
themovement.3The fourth
movement is an ode to
Yousef (Joseph) and
relates to the first
movement in tempo and
tone just as
Josephrelates to Jacob,
his father. Together, the
first and fourth
movements provide a sort
of Lamentation and
relief.Joseph had the
appearance of a noble
angel, but he was very
much a human being. And
the story of this
particularprophet had
tragic beginnings many
years before he found
himself in a position of
power in Egypt. Back in
his youth,still among the
Israelites, Joseph
experienced a series of
revelations through his
dreams that spoke of his
impendingcareer in
prophecy. He confided his
dreams to his father, the
Prophet Jacob, who told
his son of the greatness
thatawaited him in his
future only to have his
brothers throw him into a
well and leave him for
dead. Joseph
eventuallyfound his way
from Israel to Egypt and
rose out of slavery into
a position of power.
Meanwhile, famine engulfs
Israel.Forty years pass,
and back in the land of
Jacob and Rachel, of
Joseph’s brothers and
Abraham’s tribe, Israel
wasnot spared the effects
of the famine. They
sorely lacked Joseph’s
prophecy and his vision.
The Qur’an then tells
usthat Jacob, sensing
Joseph, sends the other
brothers to Egypt
instructing them to come
back with food and
grain.Arriving in Egypt,
they unwittingly appear
before Joseph. They
don’t recognize their
little brother who has
risen toa position of
might, dressed in his
Egyptian regalia. They
ask for the food and the
grain.After some
conversation, Joseph is
no longer able to contain
his emotion. Overcome, he
reveals himself to his
nowterrified brothers. He
embraces them. He asks
them eagerly, “How is
our father?” Joseph
gives them the gift of
thefood and the grain
that they came in search
of. He relieves them from
hunger and alleviates
their fear. He sendsthem
back with proof that he
is alive, and it is this
joyful proof from the
miraculous hands of a
prophet that bringsback
the ancient Jacob’s
vision after 40 years of
blindness.In this story,
I am struck by the fact
that Joseph may not have
made the decision to
forgive his brothers on
thespot, but that
something inside the
prophet’s soul found
forgiveness and peace for
the brothers who had so
gravelywronged him at
some point along his
journey. I would suspect
this point to have been
present at Joseph’s
inception,even before he
had ever been
wronged.This is proof, if
we needed it, that
Joseph’s angel-like
beauty was not only
physical and external,
but also internalas well:
Joseph possessed a
profound loveliness of
spirit that bound his
appearance and his soul.
In Joseph, formand soul
are one.Time is to
musicians what light is
to a painter. In this
way, the story of Joseph
also shows us that time
can affectour perception
of even the most tragic
wounds. In fact, the most
common Arabic word for
“human being” is
insaan,which shares its
roots with the word
insaa, “to forget.”
While our ability to
remember is essential to
how we learnabout
ourselves, our capacity
to “forgive and
forget” may also be one
of our great gifts as
human beings.The fifth
movement follows my ode
to Joseph with a
structural memory of
Mūsa (Moses). The
movement consistsentirely
of descending motifs
which I constructed as an
indication of Moses’
descending movement as he
emergedto his people from
the heights of Mt. Sinai.
The music is constructed
in five phrases which
function as a
formalreference to the
five books of Moses, the
Pentateuch. The movement
is placed as the fifth of
the quartet for the
samereason.While Joseph
is always evoked as
supremely beautiful in
the Books of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam,
Suleiman(Solomon) is
described as surpassing
in his quicksilver
intelligence. This
movement is composed of a
seven-partriddle which
passes by in an instant
but can be caught by the
attentive listener. From
Solomon, we work our
wayback to Yishak (Isaac)
in a seventh movement
that evokes Isaac’s
literal meaning in Arabic
and Hebrew: laughter.The
eighth and final movement
of this quartet is named
for the Patriarch of the
entire Book: Ibrahim
(Abraham). Itrelates to
Isaac just as Joseph
relates to Jacob; they
are father and son. The
lines are prayerful and
contemplative;the form of
the music evolves from a
fugue joining together
many different forms of
prayer into a single
tapestry ofcounterpoint,
to the cyclical form of
this entire quartet which
is rendered through the
motion of pilgrims
circling theKaaba (cube)
in Mecca — a structure
which was built by
Abraham for Hagaar and
their son Ismail.These
are just some of the
figures that are
cherished by all three of
the Middle Eastern
monotheisms
(Judaism,Christianity,
and Islam) that the
Qur’an refers to
collectively as Ahl
Al-Kitab. This Arabic
phrase is most
commonlytranslated as
“The People of the
Book,” but here the
most common translation
is a flawed one: the
Arabic word“ahl”
means “family” and
not just “people.” A
better translation would
be “Family of the
Book.” Each of the
eightmovements of
Prophesies grows from a
single musical cell.This
quartet is a family
album.—Mohammed Fairouz
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| The Violinist’s Daily Warm-Ups and Scale System Violon Carl Fischer
Chamber Music Violin SKU: CF.BF131 Composed by Roland Vamos. With Standar...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: CF.BF131
Composed by Roland Vamos.
With Standard notation.
168 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #BF131. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.BF131). ISBN
9781491153765. UPC:
680160911264. 9 x 12
inches. Inspired by
Clarence Cameron
White’s book The
Violinist’s Daily
Dozen, The
Violinist’s Daily
Sixteen is a collection
of daily exercises
compiled by Roland Vamos.
Intended for student and
professional violinists,
the collection provides
the performer with a
variety of exercises for
daily warm-ups. Mr. Vamos
also focuses on
developing dexterity and
flexibility in the
fingers and joints, the
first and fourth fingers
in particular. Each of
the sixteen exercises is
notated for each of the
four strings, and Vamos
recommends that the
exercises be practiced as
warm-ups, choosing a
different string for each
day of practice.Also
included with the Daily
Sixteen is a
comprehensive set of
studies for developing
fluency with scales and
arpeggios. Mr.
Vamos’ unique
methodology is to begin
with major scales and
arpeggios, followed by
minor scales and
arpeggios, all of which
are notated in two, three
and four octaves.
Alternate fingers are
provided, as well as a
variety of slurred and
mixed bowings using the
three parts of the bow
whenever feasible. It is
a remarkably systematic
approach to performing
scales and arpeggios on
the violin and will
surely benefit students
and professionals
alike. ForewordThis
short hand-setting set of
exercises was inspired by
a book entitled The
Violinist’s Daily
Dozen, conceived by
Clarence Cameron White, a
prominent
African-American
violinist, composer and
arranger who enjoyed the
bulk of his career in the
first half of the
twentieth century.I have
practiced this set of
exercises since I was
twelve years old. It has
served me as a superb
warm-up and hand setting
tool. Over the years, I
have found that there are
some aspects of this
warm-up routine that were
not given sufficient
attention or not
addressed at all.
Consequently, I have
expanded the Daily Dozen
to create a new work
entitled The
Violinist’s Daily
Sixteen.I have also paid
particular attention in
this work as to how these
exercises are to be
practiced. In exercises
one and two, I have
indicated some notes to
be played before the
actual written exercises.
This is to ensure that
the fourth finger will be
over the string in a
position ready to strike
even though it is not
being used. Before
playing exercises three,
four, nine, ten, eleven
and twelve, I have
indicated silent fingers
to be placed on the notes
they would be playing if
they were being used.I
have replaced Mr.
White’s grace
notes with notes of
specific value and have
slowed down the exercises
so that the first joint
(the joint nearest the
string) of each finger
can move with flexibility
and strength. At no time
should the first joint
buckle.In Mr.
White’s version,
the last exercise gave
the first finger some
very valuable backward
extensions. In this
exercise (number 14 in
this book), I caution the
student not to move the
hand along with the first
finger. The hand should
remain in position while
the first finger
independently moves back
and forth.It became
obvious to me that if the
first finger were given
the opportunity to
develop the dexterity
that Mr. White’s
twelfth exercise
emphasizes, the fourth
finger could benefit from
an exercise that gives it
a forward extension.
Consequently, I added
another exercise to
create a Baker’s
Dozen (thirteen).Several
years later, I felt that
the second and third
fingers should also have
an exercise to further
develop their
dexterity…hence
exercise fourteen was
added to create a
“Vamos
Dozen.â€Because the
first finger did not have
sufficient practice in
the development of the
first joint in the
original version, I have
added two exercises to
precede White’s
fifth exercise. After
re-working and
re-numbering these
exercises, I have come up
with a total of sixteen
exercises. It is my
suggestion that these be
practiced as a warm-up,
choosing a different
string each
day.—Roland
VamosEvanston, Illinois
2017Â PrefaceScales are
a means of teaching a
person the fingerboard on
his or her instrument.
The fingers move across
the strings and are
required to make shifts,
all in highly organized
patterns. Scales and
arpeggios are the
foundation upon which our
repertoire is built. Many
scale books have been
written; each one being
organized in its own
specific way. The Flesch
Scale System has been a
standard for many
decades. It is very
comprehensive and
systematic. From the
point of view of
establishing similar
patterns, it has one
drawback: it is organized
by starting with a major
key, followed by its
relative minor, going
through the circle of
fifths. I believe that it
is more profitable to do
only major scales with
their arpeggios first,
going up chromatically,
and then follow them in a
similar way with the
minor scales. In using
this approach, the
similarities in
fingerings between the
various scales are more
apparent. It is also
profitable to have
alternate fingerings
whenever possible. My
approach to scales and
arpeggios includes a
variety of slurred and
mixed bowings using the
three parts of the bow
whenever feasible. These
bowings are not
all-inclusive. Whenever a
particularly awkward
bowing pattern is
encountered in the
repertoire, it can be
practiced as an
additional bowing
variation in the scales
and arpeggios. Â Â I
have chosen to introduce
the three and four octave
scales by teaching two
octave scales across the
strings in one position
going up chromatically
through seven positions;
starting on the first,
second, third, and
finally fourth fingers in
major and melodic
minor.—Roland
VamosEvanston, Illinois
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| Toner Fra Filmen Wilhelm Hansen
Voice SKU: HL.14022962 Arranged by Ulla Hjorth Nielsen. Music Sales Ameri...(+)
Voice SKU:
HL.14022962 Arranged
by Ulla Hjorth Nielsen.
Music Sales America.
TV-Film-Musical-Show.
Book [Softcover].
Composed 2005. 213 pages.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH30515. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14022962). ISBN
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Musical, melodrama, farce
and comedy - well known
film genres have through
the last 70 years
produced film songs, that
deserve to be remembered,
played and sung. Many of
which have become beloved
evergreens. Toner fra
filmen contains 100 songs
that explain why. Tunes
from the movie - Toner
fra filmen is the first
Danish song book, that
concentrates on songs
written directly to the
film medium - from 1932
until 2002. From swing
music to a sailor's
waltz, from rock'n'roll
to rap music, and the
publication contains 100
compositions and lyrics
and with that the answer
to why a specific film
song book is relevant.
The answer is quality and
diversity.Toner fra
filmen is a song book
that is supposed to
strengthen the joy of
singing and the memory of
everyone interested in
songs and films.
Predictable catchy tunes
by eg. Sven Gyldmark
standing side by side
with surprises that have
almost been forgotten by
most but deserve a
renaissance. Toner fra
filmen is released now as
the quality in the
national film production
makes people walk away
from the television and
into the darkness of the
movie theatre to laugh
and cry. Back at the
television screen we
enjoy the old Danish
movies that make us wish
to refresh the film
songs. Most of us
seldomly remember more
than the refrain, and
then the need to look at
the score arises. The
songs chosen to Toner fra
filmen has of course been
an integrated part of the
movies' set up, but they
can manage on their own.
There are a lot of love
songs, but there are also
songs for every taste and
temperament, nice as well
as sexy, short, long,
poetic etc etc. The book
makes you want to sing
and play and is at the
same time a piece of
Danish cultural
history. $36.25 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Songs for Praise and Worship Piano, Voix et Guitare Hal Leonard
(253 of the finest praise and worship songs). Composed by Various. For voice, pi...(+)
(253 of the finest praise
and worship songs).
Composed by Various. For
voice, piano and guitar
(chords only). Sacred
Folio. Gospel and
Worship. Difficulty:
medium. Songbook (spiral
bound). Vocal melody,
piano accompaniment,
lyrics and chord names.
420 pages. Hal Leonard
#080689006395. Published
by Hal Leonard
$34.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Singer's Anthology of American Standards Hal Leonard
Tenor Piano Accompaniment; Tenor; Vocal (BOOK) SKU: HL.238676 Tenor Ed...(+)
Tenor Piano
Accompaniment; Tenor;
Vocal (BOOK) SKU:
HL.238676 Tenor
Edition. Composed by
Various. Edited by
Richard Walters. Vocal
Collection. Standards.
Softcover. 160 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.238676). ISBN
9781495098437. UPC:
888680700409.
9.0x12.0x0.425
inches. Some of the
most famous and enduring
songs from “the
great American
songbook†have been
selected and edited
especially for singers in
this landmark series,
with songs from George
& Ira Gershwin,
Richard Rodgers &
Lorenz Hart, Jerome Kern,
Cole Porter, Irving
Berlin and many others.
The music all dates from
the 1920s to the early
1960s, in a musical style
that pre-dates the rock
era. The majority of the
songs appear in all four
volumes, though some
songs are uniquely in the
women's volumes or men's
volumes. Unlike standard
piano/vocal sheet music,
the edition does not have
the melody in the piano
accompaniment, which
gives the singer more
vocal freedom. Keys have
been carefully chosen for
each voice type. Each
volume also includes a
historical note about
each song, often citing
recording artists who
became associated with a
song. $22.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| The Singer's Anthology of American Standards Hal Leonard
Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Piano Accompaniment; Vocal (Book) SKU: HL.238675 Me...(+)
Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Piano
Accompaniment; Vocal
(Book) SKU:
HL.238675
Mezzo-Soprano/Alto
Edition. Composed by
Various. Edited by
Richard Walters. Vocal
Collection. Standards.
Softcover. 162 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.238675). ISBN
9781495098420. UPC:
888680700393.
9.0x12.0x0.424
inches. Some of the
most famous and enduring
songs from “the
great American
songbook†have been
selected and edited
especially for singers in
this landmark series,
with songs from George
& Ira Gershwin,
Richard Rodgers &
Lorenz Hart, Jerome Kern,
Cole Porter, Irving
Berlin and many others.
The music all dates from
the 1920s to the early
1960s, in a musical style
that pre-dates the rock
era. The majority of the
songs appear in all four
volumes, though some
songs are uniquely in the
women's volumes or men's
volumes. Unlike standard
piano/vocal sheet music,
the edition does not have
the melody in the piano
accompaniment, which
gives the singer more
vocal freedom. Keys have
been carefully chosen for
each voice type. Each
volume also includes a
historical note about
each song, often citing
recording artists who
became associated with a
song. $22.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Giraffe Piano Volume 1 Piano seul - Facile EMB (Editio Musica Budapest)
Piano - easy SKU: BT.EMBZ14967 Essential Sonatinas for Music Education...(+)
Piano - easy SKU:
BT.EMBZ14967
Essential Sonatinas
for Music Education -
Ausgewählte Sonatinen
für die
Musikausbildung. By
Jozsef Sarmai.
Educational Tool. Book
Only. Composed 2016. 44
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ14967.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ14967).
Hungarian-English-Germ
an-French. Sonatina
s form a vital part of
the teaching material for
beginner and intermediate
piano students. Compared
to the great classical
piano sonatas, they are
technically and musically
simpler and typically
shorter. However, they
still convey the basic
elements of Classical
style: the relation of
melody to accompaniment,
articulation,
stylistically authentic
playing, and correct
interpretation. For the
two volumes of Giraffe
Piano, the most favoured
and instructive of the
sonatinas have been
chosen. Volume 1 contains
simpler pieces and Volume
2 is compromised of
moderately difficult
ones. Correct
interpretation of the
pieces is facilitated by
added performance and
fingeringmarks. Learning
is helped along by clear
presentation of the
score, carefully placed
page turns, and by
inspiration from colour
images showing the
keyboard instruments of
the 1720-1820 period for
which the pieces were
written. The most notable
of them is the giraffe
piano, after which the
collection is named.
Im Lehrstoff
für Anfänger und
fortgeschrittene
Klavierschüler auf
Mittelstufenniveau sind
Sonatinen unverzichtbar.
Sie sind technisch und
musikalisch einfacher und
vor allem kürzer als
die großen klassischen
Klaviersonaten, zugleich
kann man an ihnengut die
Grundelemente des
klassischen Stils, das
Verhältnis von Melodie
und Begleitung, eine
klare, stilgetreue
Vortragsweise und die
richtige Formgebung
üben. In den zwei
Bänden des
Giraffenklaviers
haben wir die
beliebtesten und auch
für den Unterricht am
meisten geeigneten
Sonatinen
zusammengestellt. Im 1.
Band befinden sich
leichte, im 2.
mittelschwere Stücke.
Den richtigen Vortrag der
Stücke unterstützt
der Herausgeber mit HIlfe
von Artikulations- und
Vortragszeichen sowie
Fingersätzen. Über
das klare Notenbild und
die sorgsam gewählten
Stellen zum Umblättern
hinaus machen farbige
Bilder von
zeitgenössischen,
zwischen 1720 und1820
gebauten
Tasteninstrumenten,
für die auch Stücke
des Bandes geschrieben
wurden, ihre Aneignung zu
einem besonderen
Erlebnis. Das
eigentümlichste unter
ihnen war das auf dem
Umschlag abgebildete
Giraffenklavier, das dem
Album auch seinen Namen
gab. $19.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| America, the Beautiful Carl Fischer
Choral TB chorus with Piano and optional Solos SKU: CF.CM9709 Materna<...(+)
Choral TB chorus with
Piano and optional Solos
SKU: CF.CM9709
Materna. Composed
by Samuel Ward. Arranged
by Aaron Humble. 8 pages.
Duration 2:30. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9709.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CM9709).
ISBN 9781491160046.
UPC: 680160918645. Key:
Bb major. English.
Katharine Bates.
Katharine L.
Bates. As long as I
can remember, I've been
drawn to this beautiful
poetry written by
Katharine Lee Bates. The
text is incredibly
evocative, and it
describes a country that
is beautifully diverse in
population and landscape.
For this particular
setting, I've chosen to
use some of the original
text that is not often
sung: Till selfish gain
no longer stain, The
banner of the free! It's
a gentle reminder that we
are at our best when we
put our neighbors first.
One challenge that this
piece presents is the
overwhelming use of
quarter notes in the
melody. I encourage you
to speak the text and
find and stress those
important and evocative
words more than those
that are not. So often
the key to the right
musical phrasing is in
the text, right before
our eyes. This piece
works well accompanied or
a cappella, to provide
the most opportunity for
performing in concerts,
assemblies, and civic or
sacred settings when
there is not a piano
available. Thank you for
selecting this piece.
Savor the text, and lift
your voices to celebrate
our nation as we all
strive to make tomorrow
better than today. As
long as I can remember,
I’ve been drawn to
this beautiful poetry
written by Katharine Lee
Bates. The text is
incredibly evocative, and
it describes a country
that is beautifully
diverse in population and
landscape. For this
particular setting,
I’ve chosen to use
some of the original text
that is not often sung:
“Till selfish gain
no longer stain, The
banner of the
free!â€Â
It’s a gentle
reminder that we are at
our best when we put our
neighbors first.One
challenge that this piece
presents is the
overwhelming use of
quarter notes in the
melody. I encourage you
to speak the text and
find and stress those
important and evocative
words more than those
that are not. So often
the key to the right
musical phrasing is in
the text, right before
our eyes.This piece works
well accompanied or a
cappella, to provide the
most opportunity for
performing in concerts,
assemblies, and civic or
sacred settings when
there is not a piano
available. Thank you for
selecting this piece.
Savor the text, and lift
your voices to celebrate
our nation as we all
strive to make tomorrow
better than today. $2.25 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Fanfare: Generation Next - Facile Carl Fischer
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bells, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, C...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass
Drum, Bassoon, Bells,
Chimes, Clarinet 1,
Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3,
Crash Cymbals, Euphonium,
Euphonium T.C., Flute 1,
Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2,
Mallet Percussion 1,
Mallet Percussion 2,
Mallet Percussion 3,
Marimba, Oboe and more. -
Grade 3 SKU:
CF.CPS233 Composed by
Zachary Cairns. Folio.
Cps. Set of Score and
Parts.
8+8+4+8+8+8+2+2+4+4+2+2+8
+8+8+4+4+3+3+3+2+4+4+4+2+
1+6+3+20 pages. Duration
2 minutes, 36 seconds.
Carl Fischer Music
#CPS233. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS233). ISBN
9781491156322. UPC:
680160914869. 9 x 12
inches. Fanfare:
Generation Next Fanfare:
Generation Next is a
piece I wrote in honor of
Mr. Dean Zirkle,
long-time director of
bands at Camp Hill Senior
High School (near
Harrisburg, PA). I had
been working as Dean's
marching band
arranger/composer for
eleven years when he
announced his upcoming
retirement, and I felt
compelled to write a
piece to pay tribute to
his remarkable
contributions to music
education and to the
lives of his students and
colleagues. The piece is
built on two primary
ideas. The first idea is
a musical rendering of
the name Dean. D, E, and
A are all musical notes,
but N is not. I have
chosen to use a neighbor
tone (a note a half-step
above or below a given
note) to finish off the
name. (MUSIC EXAMPLE)
This melodic idea occurs
throughout the
composition in a variety
of transformations.
Sometimes it is presented
with the exact notes
shown above; sometimes
the interval structure is
maintained, but the pitch
series is transposed
(G-A-D-C#, for example);
sometimes the four notes
are played in order,
sometimes out of order;
sometimes the first three
notes (D-E-A) sound
together as a chord; etc.
(MUSIC EXAMPLE) The
second idea is a rhythmic
motive, established in
the opening brass
fanfare. (MUSIC EXAMPLE)
This rhythm is later
transformed to the accent
pattern shown below,
which is used as an
ostinato throughout much
of the allegro section of
the piece.
 . Fanfare:
Generation
Next Fanfare:
Generation Next is a
piece I wrote in honor of
Mr. Dean Zirkle,
long-time director of
bands at Camp Hill Senior
High School (near
Harrisburg, PA). I had
been working as
Dean’s marching
band arranger/composer
for eleven years when he
announced his upcoming
retirement, and I felt
compelled to write a
piece to pay tribute to
his remarkable
contributions to music
education and to the
lives of his students and
colleagues.The piece is
built on two primary
ideas. The first idea is
a musical rendering of
the name
“Dean.†D, E,
and A are all musical
notes, but N is not. I
have chosen to use a
“neighbor
tone†(a note a
half-step above or below
a given note) to finish
off the name.(MUSIC
EXAMPLE)This melodic idea
occurs throughout the
composition in a variety
of transformations.
Sometimes it is presented
with the exact notes
shown above; sometimes
the interval structure is
maintained, but the pitch
series is transposed
(G-A-D-C#, for example);
sometimes the four notes
are played in order,
sometimes out of order;
sometimes the first three
notes (D-E-A) sound
together as a chord;
etc.(MUSIC EXAMPLE)The
second idea is a rhythmic
motive, established in
the opening brass
fanfare.(MUSIC
EXAMPLE)This rhythm is
later transformed to the
accent pattern shown
below, which is used as
an ostinato throughout
much of the allegro
section of the
piece.   . $85.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Fanfare: Generation Next [Conducteur] - Facile Carl Fischer
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bells, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, C...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass
Drum, Bassoon, Bells,
Chimes, Clarinet 1,
Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3,
Crash Cymbals, Euphonium,
Euphonium T.C., Flute 1,
Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2,
Mallet Percussion 1,
Mallet Percussion 2,
Mallet Percussion 3,
Marimba, Oboe and more. -
Grade 3 SKU:
CF.CPS233F Composed
by Zachary Cairns. Sws.
Cps. Full score. 20
pages. Duration 2
minutes, 36 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CPS233F.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CPS233F).
ISBN 9781491156339.
UPC: 680160914876. 9 x 12
inches. Fanfare:
Generation Next Fanfare:
Generation Next is a
piece I wrote in honor of
Mr. Dean Zirkle,
long-time director of
bands at Camp Hill Senior
High School (near
Harrisburg, PA). I had
been working as Dean's
marching band
arranger/composer for
eleven years when he
announced his upcoming
retirement, and I felt
compelled to write a
piece to pay tribute to
his remarkable
contributions to music
education and to the
lives of his students and
colleagues. The piece is
built on two primary
ideas. The first idea is
a musical rendering of
the name Dean. D, E, and
A are all musical notes,
but N is not. I have
chosen to use a neighbor
tone (a note a half-step
above or below a given
note) to finish off the
name. (MUSIC EXAMPLE)
This melodic idea occurs
throughout the
composition in a variety
of transformations.
Sometimes it is presented
with the exact notes
shown above; sometimes
the interval structure is
maintained, but the pitch
series is transposed
(G-A-D-C#, for example);
sometimes the four notes
are played in order,
sometimes out of order;
sometimes the first three
notes (D-E-A) sound
together as a chord; etc.
(MUSIC EXAMPLE) The
second idea is a rhythmic
motive, established in
the opening brass
fanfare. (MUSIC EXAMPLE)
This rhythm is later
transformed to the accent
pattern shown below,
which is used as an
ostinato throughout much
of the allegro section of
the piece.
 . Fanfare:
Generation
Next Fanfare:
Generation Next is a
piece I wrote in honor of
Mr. Dean Zirkle,
long-time director of
bands at Camp Hill Senior
High School (near
Harrisburg, PA). I had
been working as
Dean’s marching
band arranger/composer
for eleven years when he
announced his upcoming
retirement, and I felt
compelled to write a
piece to pay tribute to
his remarkable
contributions to music
education and to the
lives of his students and
colleagues.The piece is
built on two primary
ideas. The first idea is
a musical rendering of
the name
“Dean.†D, E,
and A are all musical
notes, but N is not. I
have chosen to use a
“neighbor
tone†(a note a
half-step above or below
a given note) to finish
off the name.(MUSIC
EXAMPLE)This melodic idea
occurs throughout the
composition in a variety
of transformations.
Sometimes it is presented
with the exact notes
shown above; sometimes
the interval structure is
maintained, but the pitch
series is transposed
(G-A-D-C#, for example);
sometimes the four notes
are played in order,
sometimes out of order;
sometimes the first three
notes (D-E-A) sound
together as a chord;
etc.(MUSIC EXAMPLE)The
second idea is a rhythmic
motive, established in
the opening brass
fanfare.(MUSIC
EXAMPLE)This rhythm is
later transformed to the
accent pattern shown
below, which is used as
an ostinato throughout
much of the allegro
section of the
piece.   . $14.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Thirty-two Rose Etudes for Flute Flûte traversière et Piano [Partition + CD] Carl Fischer
(Based on the Etudes of Franz Whilhelm Ferling). By John Walker, Franz Wilhelm F...(+)
(Based on the Etudes of
Franz Whilhelm Ferling).
By John Walker, Franz
Wilhelm Ferling. Edited
by Amy Porter. Arranged
by Cyrille Rose. For
flute and piano. Carl
Fischer Classic Studies.
Book and CD. 44 pages.
Published by Carl Fischer
$19.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| 101 Popular Songs For Accordion Accordéon Santorella Publications
101 Popular Songs for Accordion composed by Various. Arranged by Jay Latulippe. ...(+)
101 Popular Songs for
Accordion composed by
Various. Arranged by Jay
Latulippe. For accordion.
This edition: Paperback.
Collection. Popular.
Book. Text Language:
English. 192 pages.
Published by Santorella
Publications
(1)$19.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| 101 Popular Songs For Guitar Guitare notes et tablatures Santorella Publications
101 Popular Songs for Guitar composed by Various. Arranged by Jay Latulippe. For...(+)
101 Popular Songs for
Guitar composed by
Various. Arranged by Jay
Latulippe. For guitar.
This edition: Paperback.
Collection. Popular.
Book. Text Language:
English; Standard
notation, tablature,
chords and lyrics. 192
pages. Published by
Santorella Publications
$19.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Sound Matters [Conducteur] Schott
(Score) SKU: HL.49003135 An Anthology of Listening Material for GCSE M...(+)
(Score) SKU:
HL.49003135 An
Anthology of Listening
Material for GCSE
Music. Composed by
Bruce Cole and David
Bowman. This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical,
Collection. Score. 200
pages. Schott Music
#ED12351. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49003135). ISBN
9780946535132. UPC:
884088991623.
8.25x11.75x0.436 inches.
English. This
anthology of 72 music
examples, consisting of
the Teacher's Manual,
Pupil's Questions, Music
Book and two recordings
on CD or cassettes, is
intended to provide
comprehensive resource
materials for the
listening component of
the GCSE music
syllabuses. The extracts
have been selected
especially to illustrate
the periods, styles and
rudiments of music
encompassed within the
syllabuses, and the four
components of the
publication produced to
ensure maximum assistance
to the teacher in the
classroom. Selected
contents: MUSIC IN THE
LATE RENAISSANCE O quam
gloriosum est regnum * T.
Morley: MUSIC IN THE
BAROQUE ERA: H. Purcell:
Hark, each tree (from Ode
for St Cecilia's Day) *
A. Vivaldi: Second
Allegro (from Op. 3 No.
11) * G.F. Handel: Lascia
ch'io * J.S. Bach:
Erschienen ist der
herrliche Tag (BWV 629) *
F. Couperin: Le
Petit-Rein MUSIC IN THE
ROMANTIC PERIOD: F.
Schubert: Am Meer (from
Schwanengesang) * H.
Berlioz: Un Bal (from
Symphonie fantastique) *
F. Chopin: Mazurka (Op. 7
No. 5) * R. Schumann:
Fantasiestuck (Op. 73 No.
1) * R. Wagner: Prelude
(to Tristan and Isolde) *
R. Strauss: Epilog (from
Till Eulenspiegels
lustige Streiche) * MUSIC
IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY:
B. Bartok: Third movement
(from Sonata for two
Pianos and Percussion) *
K. Stockhausen: Zyklus *
C. Berberian: Stripsody *
JAZZ AND POP: F. Molton:
Peace in the Valley * Bix
Beiderbecke and his Gang:
Jazz Me Blues * The
Platters: Only You * E.
Fitzgerald: Mack the
Knife * S. Getz and A.
Gilberto: The Girl From
Ipanema and more. $20.95 - Voir plus => Acheter | | |
| Six Sonatas Potenza Music
Bass trombone or tuba and piano SKU: P2.80062 Composed by Johann Galliard...(+)
Bass trombone or tuba and
piano SKU:
P2.80062 Composed by
Johann Galliard. Arranged
by Micah Everett. Solo
music, 18th century.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.80062).
These settings
of the Galliard bassoon
sonatas grew out of a
perceived need for more
intermediate-early
advanced solo literature
for the bass trombone, as
well as more settings of
Baroque-period works for
that instrument. While
the sonatas are playable
on the bass trombone in
their original keys
(whether at pitch or down
one octave), by setting
them in lower keys I have
endeavored to make them
useful for developing
tone quality and
technique in the valve
register, while not going
so low that clarity and
facility might be
compromised (as can be
the case when playing in
the original keys down
one octave). The new keys
I have chosen for each of
the sonatas are closely
related to the original
ones, in every case down
a perfect fourth or
perfect fifth, so
something of the sound of
the original keys is
maintained. Other than
the key changes I have
made very few adjustments
to the intervals in the
solo or left hand
keyboard parts; in the
places where I have done
the most editing I have
provided cues for the
original intervals and/or
rhythms so that the
player can choose whether
to perform the simplified
part I have provided or
something closer to the
original. The new keys
(as well as copyright
considerations)
necessitated that I
provide entirely new
figured bass realizations
for the accompanist's
right hand. These are
entirely my own, though
in the early stages of
this project I did
consult with Professor
Stacy Rodgers, my
colleague and
collaborator at the
University of
Mississippi. I have
provided more than a
simple harmonic
accompaniment in my
realization; each
movement has a number of
short melodic passages to
provide interest in the
keyboard part for both
performer and listener.
Still, I have been
purposefully reserved in
writing these parts, and
in no case should the
keyboardist feel
obligated to strictly
adhere to the part as I
have written it. I have
left the figured bass in
the score so that the
performer can modify
and/or build upon what I
have provided,
particularly in the
repeats (as Professor
Rodgers did when playing
and recording one of the
sonatas with me). I have
labeled the accompaniment
part simply as keyboard
with the understanding
that these sonatas were
originally intended for
performance with
harpsichord (assisted by
cello or bassoon) or
organ, though I am sure
that the vast majority of
performances of these
arrangements will have
piano as the accompanying
instrument. My keyboard
part has thus been
written with that
instrument in mind. If
performing with
harpsichord assisted by
cello or bassoon those
players will need to make
adjustments in places
where the bass lines
extend below the ranges
of their instruments.
While I am confident that
my right hand part is a
faithful realization of
the harmonic structure
indicated by the
composer, no attempt has
been made either in my
keyboard realization or
in my light editing of
the solo part to adhere
to present scholarly
conventions regarding the
interpretation of early
music. I have constructed
these arrangements to
meet the needs of
twenty-first-century
student (and
professional) bass
trombonists, and thus I
have provided the
interpretive markings
which I believe will
yield the most pleasing
performances on that
instrument. That said, I
have sought to be modest
in my indications of
tempo, dynamics,
articulation, and
ornamentation, as these
sonatas will admit
varying interpretations
in those respects.
Performers and teachers
are welcome and
encouraged to experiment
in order to find the
interpretations which
they think most
effective. Although I
originally created these
arrangements with the
bass trombone in mind, I
am sure that they will
work equally well on
tuba. Due to range
considerations similar to
those I mentioned above
for the bass trombone,
they might be
particularly
better-suited to
performance on the F or
E-flat tubas than
previous editions of
these sonatas. I am
looking forward to using
these arrangements with
my students on both
instruments, and hope
that others will find
them useful, as well. $29.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Four Thousand Holes Chester
Score and Parts Percussion; Piano (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.234541 For P...(+)
Score and Parts
Percussion; Piano (Score
& Parts) SKU:
HL.234541 For
Piano and Percussion -
Score and Parts.
Composed by John Luther
Adams. Music Sales
America. Classical. Set.
Composed 2017. Duration
1950 seconds. Chester
Music #CH86273. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.234541).
9.25x12.0x0.571
inches.
English. 'Four
Thousand Holes is my own
effort to re-appropriate
and reclaim for myself
something of my own
musical past. For the
first time since my days
as a rocker, I've chosen
to restrict myself to
major and minor triads -
those most basic elements
of Western music (both
pop and classical). But
I've tried to assimilate
them fully into my own
musical world.
Approaching these simple
chords as found objects,
I've superimposed them in
multiple streams of
tempo, to create darker
harmonies and lush fields
of sound. In recent
years, I've been
fortunate enough to form
a close musical
partnership with Stephen
Drury. Steve's
extraordinary gifts
inspired me to explore
expansive forms and
textures (similar to
those of my orchestral
music) with only one or
two performers, In
essence, Four Thousand
Holes is a concerto. To
begin I composed the
score for the electronic
tracks. Steve recorded
all of the individual
chords that occur in the
score. I took these
recordings,
time-stretched them,
reversed their envelopes,
and knit the reversed
sounds together with
their original decays.
The resulting waves of
sound I layered into ten
independent tracks to
create the virtual
'orchestra'. Next I
composed the Piano part,
articulating the peaks of
all the electronic tracks
simultaneously - a feat
of coordination that
demands considerable
virtuosity from the
pianist. Finally I
composed another
multi-layered part for
metallic percussion
sounds that I think of as
sparks emanating from the
piano. In Four Thousand
Holes, strong musical
currents fall and rise,
again and again, as
points and lines are
juxtaposed with heavy,
hammered chords. The mix
of 'live' and electronic
sounds blurs the
distinction between
musical figure and
ground. As in much of my
recent music, I conceive
of the entire piece as a
single complex sonority
that evolves slowly. As
we settle into the sound,
we begin to hear longer
lines, counterpoint, and
maybe even the occasional
trace of a tune.' - John
Luther Adams. $45.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| La guitare dans tous ses etats, Volume 1 Guitare Guitare classique - Débutant Productions OZ
The many faces of the guitar, Volume 1. By Various. Arranged by Collectif. For g...(+)
The many faces of the
guitar, Volume 1. By
Various. Arranged by
Collectif. For guitar
solo. Level: 1. 28 pages.
Published by Les
Productions d'OZ. (DZ
1041)
$10.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| La guitare dans tous ses etats, Volume 1 (CD included) Guitare Guitare classique [CD] - Débutant Productions OZ
The many faces of the guitar, Volume 1. By Various. Arranged by Collectif. For g...(+)
The many faces of the
guitar, Volume 1. By
Various. Arranged by
Collectif. For guitar
solo. Level: 1. 28 pages.
Published by Les
Productions d'OZ. (DZ
1041CD)
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| La guitare dans tous ses etats, Volume 2 (CD included) Guitare Guitare classique [Partition + CD] - Débutant Productions OZ
The many faces of the guitar, Volume 2. By Various. Arranged by Collectif. For g...(+)
The many faces of the
guitar, Volume 2. By
Various. Arranged by
Collectif. For guitar
solo. Level: 1.5. 32
pages. Published by Les
Productions d'OZ. (DZ
1042CD)
$16.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores Violon et Piano Boosey and Hawkes
Violin and Piano. By Hilary Hahn. By Various. Boosey and Hawkes Chamber M...(+)
Violin and Piano.
By Hilary Hahn. By
Various. Boosey and
Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical, Contemporary.
Softcover. 340 pages.
Boosey and Hawkes
#M051107933. Published by
Boosey and Hawkes
(HL.48023059).
$54.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Empuries (Partitura) Editorial de Musica Boileau
Orchestra and Cobla SKU: BO.B.3260 Composed by Josep Ma Ruera. Instrument...(+)
Orchestra and Cobla
SKU: BO.B.3260
Composed by Josep Ma
Ruera. Instrumental Sets.
Duration 40:52. Published
by Editorial de Musica
Boileau (BO.B.3260).
ISBN
9788480207584. Engl
ish comments:
Empuries is the result of
the interest Ruera showed
throughout his life for
the culture and music of
ancient Greece. As he
himself writes in the
introduction to the
composition: The motives
behind this work were
inspired by contemplating
and analysing the melos
of ancient Greece. The
few melodies that have
been discovered from
those far-off times
inspired the composer of
Empuries to create this
work, conceived with the
Greek modal system in
mind, and adapted to
modern instruments and
tastes. The tetrachord
and pentachords of these
forms are the very bases
of this work. The
descending drift of the
cadence, the harmonic
priority of the upper and
lower notes of the
tetrachords and the
displacement of these
chords to different
acoustic levels, make it
impossible to specify the
classic concept of a set
tonality which, within
the improvised musical
working of the piece,
leads to a naturally
intertonal or atonal
piece of music. Empuries
came to light in 1971,
when it won group A of
the Ciutat de Barcelona
prize. But one must, in
fact, go back to the
1930s to find its true
origins. Ruera made his
first foray into the
theme of ancient Greece
with the sardana,
Empuries, la grega, with
which he won first prize
in the Jocs Florals in
Girona, in 1931. Shortly
afterwards, he wrote a
piece of organ music
entitled Bucolics, in the
Greek modal style, which
was destroyed during the
Spanish civil war. Ruera
continued to work on the
theme and in 1936 he
presented his work Tres
moviments simfonics, for
a big band, inspired by
the ancient Greek modes,
at the XIV International
Festival of the ISCM held
in Barcelona. The work
was chosen to debut in
the festival's opening
concert on 19 April 1936
at Palacio de Bellas
Artes in Barcelona. In
1959, Ruera won the Pau
Casals Prize at the Jocs
Florals de la Llengua
Catalana, held at the
Sorbonne in Paris, for
his work, Empuries: poema
per a cobla i orquestra,
which would later become
the fourth movement of
Empuries. Nine years
later, in 1968, Barcelona
City Orchestra, conducted
by Antoni Ros Marba, gave
the first ever
performance of the
symphonic poem Pastoral,
written to be the first
movement of Empuries, in
Granollers. The final
step was when he finally
completed the work, won
the Ciutat de Barcelona
prize, opened in
Granollers on 2 May 1976
and recorded it for the
Columbia de Barcelona
label in 1977. Anna Maria
Piera
Comentario
s del Espanol: La
obra Empuries es fruto
del interes que el
maestro Ruera demostro a
lo largo de su vida por
la cultura y la musica de
la antigua Grecia. Como
el mismo escribe en la
cabecera de la
composicion: Los motivos
generadores de esta obra
estan inspirados en la
contemplacion y en el
analisis del melos de la
antigua Grecia. Las pocas
melodias que hasta el
momento se han podido
descubrir de aquellos
tiempos remotos sugieren
al autor de Empuries la
realizacion de esta obra,
concebida pensando en el
sistema modal griego,
adaptado a los
instrumentos y gustos
modernos. Los tetracordes
y pentacordes de dichas
modalidades son las
celulas en las que se
basa la obra. El sentido
descendiente de la
cadencia, la prioridad
armonica de la notas
extremas de los
tetracordes y el
desplazamiento de estos
acordes a varias alturas
acusticas, hacen que no
sea posible precisar el
clasico concepto de una
tonalidad determinada y
que lleven, dentro del
funcionamiento
contrapuntistico, a una
musica naturalmente
intertonal o atonal.
Empuries vio la luz en el
ano 1971, ganando el
Premio Ciutat de
Barcelona, grupo A, pero
en realidad tenemos que
retroceder hasta los anos
30 para encontrar sus
verdaderos origenes. La
primera incursion en el
tema de la antigua Gracia
la hizo con la sardana
Empuries, la grega, con
la que gano el primer
premio en los Jocs
Florals de Gerona del ano
1931. Poco despues
escribio una pieza para
organo titulada Bucolics,
en el estilo modal
griego, que fue destruida
durante la Guerra Civil
espanola. Ruera continuo
trabajando en el tema y
en el ano 1936 presento
su obra Tres moviments
simfonics, en version
para gran banda,
inspirada en las antiguas
modalidades griegas, en
el XIV Festival
Internacional de la SIMC
que se celebro en
Barcelona. La obra fue
escogida para ser
estrenada en el concierto
inaugural de dicho
festival, el 19 de abril
de 1936, en el Palacio de
Bellas Artes de
Barcelona. En el 1959,
Ruera gano el Premio Pau
Casals en los Jocs
Florals de la Llengua
Catalana celebrados en la
Sorbona de Paris con la
obra Empuries: poema per
a cobla i orquestra, que
sera con el paso del
tiempo el cuarto
movimiento de Empuries.
Nueve anos mas tarde, en
1968, la Orquestra Ciutat
de Barcelona, bajo la
direccion de Antoni Ros
Marba, interpreto en
Granollers la primera
audicion del poema
sinfonico Pastoral,
pensado como primer
movimiento de Empuries.
El ultimo eslabon fue
terminar definitivamente
la obra, ganar el Premio
Ciutat de Barcelona,
estrenarla en Granollers
el 2 de mayo de 1976 y
grabarla para la casa
discografica Columbia de
Barcelona, en 1977. $42.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| Day And Night, Kopi [Conducteur] Music Sales
Alto, Piano Accompaniment, Cello SKU: HL.14008447 Composed by Per Norgard...(+)
Alto, Piano
Accompaniment, Cello
SKU: HL.14008447
Composed by Per Norgard.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Score. Music
Sales #KP00375. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14008447). ISBN
9788759876428.
Danish. Day And
Night (1982) by Per
Norgard. Programme Note
DAY AND NIGHT (1982) - 2
short songs for alto,
piano (and cello ad
lib.). The
contrasting constellation
of these two poems (Ted
Hughes' ”A
Kill” and William
Shakespeare's ”How
Silver sweet
sound”, from Romeo
and Juliet, act 2, III)
do not call for much
explanation by the
composer: the world's
woes in Hughes' poem (in
the form of delivery
problems during a child's
birth) is follow by the
balsamic words of love -
to the night - by
Shakespeare. Another ode
to the night might have
been chosen, I do not
know any other that, in
so few words, creates
such an atmosphere of
love and enchanted night
as thispoem by
Shakespeare. Per
Norgard . $8.25 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Pathway to Success - Teacher's Edition GIA Publications
SKU: GI.G-10120 Habits for Creating a Culture of Excellence. Compo...(+)
SKU: GI.G-10120
Habits for Creating a
Culture of
Excellence. Composed
by Scott Rush and Tim
Lautzenheiser. This
edition: Teacher's
edition. Habits. Music
Education. 116 pages. GIA
Publications #10120.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10120). ISBN
9781622774388. NEW
DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION:
For teachers using
Pathway to Success, GIA
Publications has created
a Google Form that allows
students to
electronically submit
their answers to all
questions in the Pathway
to Success Student
Workbook. To download
your own copy of the
Google Form, use the
following link:
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orms/d/1JaU8fAOfaIMz0jSdg
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U/copy. In music programs
across the country,
student leadership is
often thought of in terms
of titles, authority
status, section leader
positions, and being in
charge of others—a
responsibility assumed by
only a select few. But
what if we reframed and
broadened the idea of
leadership to include all
students as leaders of
their own pathway in
life? Band director Scott
Rush and leadership
legend Tim Lautzenheiser
join forces to create
Pathway to Success, a
dynamic and engaging
resource that fosters the
leadership qualities of
every student, not just
the chosen few. This
workbook guides students
through ten sequential
levels as they journey up
the metaphorical mountain
of self-leadership. Along
the way, students will
encounter lessons,
activities, stories,
quotes, and questions
that address the key
qualities of any
effective leader:
communication, attitude,
honesty, trust,
integrity,
self-discipline,
emotional health, goal
setting, relationships,
cooperation, loyalty,
selflessness. Upon
reaching the summit,
students are challenged
to create a
moonshot—to set a
goal and achieve
something that has never
been done before! True
leadership begins with
self-reflection in each
and every student. All
students can benefit when
they see themselves as
their own best leaders,
and therein lies the
foundation of a culture
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Success is a
groundbreaking leadership
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inspire student growth
and enhance any band,
choir, or orchestra
program—and
beyond. To borrow a
phrase: All children have
talents, however, not all
children have opportunity
and encouragement.
Pathway to Success by Tim
Lautzenheiser and Scott
Rush describes in detail
the how and provides that
encouragement young
people need to overcome
any reservations and
reluctance they may have
to step forward and
become a leader! History
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who responded to a
challenge and rose to
greatness as a leader.
This book is invaluable
for any age! Leadership
by example. Pathway to
Success. I wish it was
available when I was a
student. Tim and Scott
nailed it! —
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Orchestra Clinic. $34.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
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