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.

Piano. By Isaac Albeniz. This edition: HN830. Piano (Harpsichord), 2-hands. Henle Music Folios. Urtext edition (Paper-bound). 14 pages. Published by Henle.

Violin, piano

SKU: FG.55011-754-9

Viulusonaatti. By Walter Wolff. By Yrjö Kilpinen. Classical. Book. Fennica Gehrman #55011-754-9. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-754-9).

ISBN 9790550117549.

Yrj� �¶ Kilpinen (1892-1959) is most known for his hundreds of lieds and song cycles. His instrumental compositions have been less know, ie. the six piano sonatas and suite for gamba and piano. Large-scale Sonata for violin and piano is dated in 1935 with opus number 87. The work was never finished, and National Library in Helsinki holds several sketches and versions in its Kilpinen collection.

In 2015 violinist Frida Backman commissioned a completion of the Sonata from composer Walter Wolff. Wolff worked on the sketches and versions until 2018, when the work was completed and the Sonata premiered.

The present publication is the first publication of the Sonata. It sheds light to Kilpinen as an instrumental composer.

The movements are: Allegro - Andante - Andante Moderato - Allegro

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Yrjö Kilpinen (1892-1959) tunnetaan lähinnä lied-sävellyksistä� �¤n, joita aktiivisina sävellysvuosina syntyikin satoja. Vähemmälle huomiolle ovat jääneet hänen instrumentaalisävellyk sensä, mm. kuusi pianosonaattia, sellosonaatti, sarja gamballe ja pianolle sekä muutamat pikkukappaleet.

Vuodelle 1935 päivätty neliosainen, laajamuotoinen sonaatti viululle ja pianolle (op. 87) jäi keskeneräiseksi. Suomen Kansalliskirjaston Kilpinen-kokoelmassa oli useita luonnoksia ja eri versioita. Sonaatin osista neljäs oli keskeneräisin.

Viulutaiteilija Frida Backman tilasi konserttiaan varten sonaatin täydennöksen säveltäjä Walter Wolffilta. Hän sai työnsä päätöksen 2018, jonka jälkeen sonaatti kantaesitettiin.

Fennica Gehrmanin julkaisu on sonaatin ensipainos, ja siten laajentaa kuvaamme Yrjö Kilpisestä instrumenttiteosten säveltäjänä.

Teoksen osat: Allegro - Andante - Andante Moderato - Allegro.

Piano

SKU: FG.55011-481-4

Sonata for Piano op. 16. Composed by Einari Marvia. Fennica Gehrman #55011-481-4. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-481-4).

ISBN 9790550114814.

Eina ri Marvia (1915-1997) was a Finnish composer, music publisher and musicologist. He studied composition with Erkki Melartin, Leevi Madetoja and Selim Palmgren. His style is harmonically rich and original. The influence of Brahms is particularly apparent in the keyboard idiom, which is quite dense at times and very demanding for the left hand. The legacy of European late Romanticism is also present in the rapidly shifting harmonies. The sonority of the texture, meanwhile, owes something to the Russian piano school. Piano Sonata Op. 16 (1945) is published now for the first time - and directly as an Urtext edition. Pianist DMus Risto-Matti Marin has delved into the deep end of the manuscript world; as a result of the research, a notable piano work now gets an edition it deserves.

Orequesta sinfonica, Orquesta camara, voces y coro (Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Solo Voices and Choir)

SKU: BO.B.3472

A la memoria de Salvador Espriu. Composed by Xavier Benguerel. Vocal Music. Choir. Duration 85:00. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (BO.B.3472).

ISBN 9788480208130.

Engl ish comments: The Requiem in memory of Salvador Espriu by Xavier Benguerel was commissioned by the Torroella de Montgri International Music Festival for a double commemoration: on the one hand, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Festival, and on the other, in remembrance of Catalan poet Salvador Espriu in the fifth year after his death. This concert, which was held on 5 October, was a brilliant closing gala performance and it was repeated twice on 6 and 7 October at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona. It was performed by the Orchestra and Choir of the Gran Teatro del Liceo, with soloists Enriqueta Tarres, soprano; Nelibel Martinez, mezzo soprano; Eduard Gimenez, tenor; and Carlos Chausson, baritone, with the additional collaboration of baritone Lluis Llach, conducted by Romano Gandolfi.

In my opinion, this work by Benguerel is a piece that was written with passion and sincerity, with great strength and depth, and it contains some very beautiful passages. It is written in a language through which, without abandoning his current musical thoughts, Benguerel manages to communicate with the audience in a dense work that lasts for an hour and a half. It is interspersed with seven poems by Espriu on the subject of death, some sung and others recited, which gives the Requiem great contrasts from a musical and linguistic point of view -in comparison with the Latin texts normally used in a requiem mass-, but within a successful and coherent unity. The performers certainly proved their worth, but much of the hard work that went into preparing the piece can be attributed not only to the performers, the composer and the poet in tribute to whom the work was written, but also to the conductor Romano Gandolfi, who is largely responsible for the success of the three performances of this Requiem. Benguerel himself says of the work: This Requiem is linked to my previous work, the Llibre Vermell, and it has been written without making any concessions, but with a true wish to communicate with the audience. I've got past the stage of musical experiments and I'm now working on bridging the gap between composer and audience, which I'm sure will be good for both.
--Comments written by Jordi Codina in the December 1990 issue of Nexus magazine

Comentario s del Espanol: El Requiem a la memoria de Salvador Espriu de Xavier Benguerel ha sido compuesto por encargo del Festival Internacional de Musica de Torroella de Montgri para una doble conmemoracion: por una parte, el decimo aniversario del Festival; por otra, el recuerdo de la figura del poeta catalan Salvador Espriu en el quinto ano de su fallecimiento. Este concierto, celebrado el dia 5 de octubre, constituyo una sesion de gala y de clausura brillante y tuvo una doble repeticion los dias 6 y 7en el Palau de la Musica Catalana de Barcelona. Fueron sus interpretes la Orquesta y el Coro del Gran Teatro del Liceo, con los solistas vocales Enriqueta Tarres, soprano; Nelibel Martinez, mezzo; Eduard Gimenez, tenor; y Carlos Chausson, baritono, con la colaboracion del tambien baritono Lluis Llach. Todos bajo la direccion de Romano Gandolfi.

A mi entender, la obra de Benguerel es una partitura escrita con pasion y sinceridad, posee una gran solidez, es profunda y contiene pasajes de una gran belleza. Esta escrita en un lenguaje con el que Benguerel, sin renunciar a su actual pensamiento musical, alcanza la comunicacion con el publico en una obra densa que dura una hora y media. La intercalacion de siete poemas de Espriu relacionados con el tema de la muerte, en una interpretacion cantada o recitada, segun los casos, otorga al Requiem grandes contrastes desde un punto de vista musical y lingŸistico Ð en contraposicion con los textos latinos propios de una misa de requiem Ð, pero dentro de una unidad conseguida y coherente. La labor de los interpretes demostro su categoria y el trabajo exhaustivo en la preparacion de la obra, que, ademas de los interpretes, el compositor y el poeta homenajeado, tuvo otro gran protagonista en la persona del director Romano Gandolfi, a quien se debe una gran parte del exito obtenido en las tres audiciones de este Requiem. El propio Benguerel ha dicho de la obra: Este Requiem entronca con mi obra anterior, el Llibre Vermell, y ha sido escrito sin concesiones, pero con una voluntad real de comunicacion con el publico. La epoca de los experimentos musicales ya se me paso y he entrado en una nueva etapa de acercamiento entre el compositor y el publico que, estoy convencido, beneficiara a ambos.
--Comentario escrito por Jordi Codina en la revista Nexus en diciembre de 1990

48 Early Works & Transcriptions. By Julio S. Sagreras. For Guitar (Classical). Solos. Chanterelle. Classic. Level: Intermediate. Book. Size 9x12. 144 pages. Published by Chanterelle.

Piano

SKU: GH.GE-10411

Composed by Jan-Erik Sahlberg. Educational. Gehrmans Musikforlag #GE 10411. Published by Gehrmans Musikforlag (GH.GE-10411).

ISBN 9790070104111.

Pian omagasinet ar en modern larobok i pianospel. I Pianomagasinet kommer musiken i forsta hand. Sammusicerandet, improvisationen och den blandade repertoaren hamtad fran olika genrer och med olika ursprung ger en bred ingang i pianospelet. Innehallet ar baserat pa en repertoar som med inbyggda ovningar for tonbildning och teknik utvecklar de instrumentala och musikaliska fardigheterna. Stor vikt laggs ocksa vid sangen och lyssnandet. Pianomagasinet ar indelat i progressivt upplagda kapitel. En koppling finns till Spelmagasinet (GE 10412) och Fiolmagasinet (GE 10410), men Pianomagasinet kan ocksa anvandas separat. Det eleven/eleverna spelar ar barigt av sig sjalvt och kraver inte lararkomp for att lata bra. Materialet ar flexibelt, samtidigt som det kan ge den styrning som manga elever och larare onskar. Jan-Erik Sahlberg ar pianist, pianopedagog och metodiklarare med lang erfarenhet av undervisning pa olika nivaer.

SATB choir, piano 4-hands

SKU: LO.10-5706L

Composed by Larry Shackley. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/5706L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.10-5706L).

ISBN 9780787777272.

Larr y Shackley has brilliantly arranged two famous carols, Sing We Now of Christmas and Masters In This Hall, for SATB choir and piano four-hands. This piece will be the showstopper moment of any Christmas concert or festival. Larry's penchant for writing exciting piano accompaniments is on full display, and each section of your choral ensemble is featured in always shifting vocal combinations. A two-hand accompaniment is also available. This one is not to be missed!

Piano

SKU: FG.55011-512-5

Pianosonaatti c-molli op. 1. Composed by Ilmari Hannikainen. Fennica Gehrman #55011-512-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-512-5).

ISBN 9790550115125.

Ilma ri Hannikainen (1892-1955) was the most important Finnish pianist during the first decades of the 1900s. In his lifetime he also was one of the country's most famous composers. Hannikainen studied composition with Erkki Melartin, Franz Schreker and Maximilian Steinberg. His piano techers include Elli Rangman-Bjorlin and Alexander Siloti. Piano Sonata C minor Op. 1 was completed in 1912, and is one of the largest-scale romantic piano compositions in the Finnish piano repertoire. The work is a joyride of flowing national romanticsm filled with youthful energy. Some technical influence from Chopin and Liszt is evident, as is from master Sibelius, the major figure in Finnish music at the time. The Piano Sonata is published now for the first time - and directly as an Urtext edition. Pianist Dmus Risto-Matti Marin and music engraver Jani Kyllonen have studied all surviving manuscript sources, resulting in a worthy edition of this great work for piano.

Ukulele

SKU: HL.14044454

Composed by Gernot Rodder. CARISCH - MUSIC SALES. General Merchandise. Carisch Edition #MF1932. Published by Carisch Edition (HL.14044454).

ISBN 9788850705863. French.

Play-backs, Exercices, Technique, Histoire, Theorie, Astuces. Le ukulele n'a jamais ete aussi populaire qu'aujourd'hui. Avec plus de 100 ans d'histoire et une popularite croissante au cours du 20eme siecle, le ukulele (Uke pour les intimes) est uninstrument qui a une longue tradition. Aujourd'hui le ukulele reste un des instruments les plus populaires, a la mode aussi bien dans la musique qu'au cinema. Cet ouvrage vous permettra d'apprendre tres facilement a jouer du Ukulele et vous donneraen plus une multitude de trucs et astuces. Il aborde les sujets les plus importants pour un debutant ; l'accompagnement rythmique, les structures et les techniques de strumming, les techniques de pincement des cordes et l'art de jouer les melodies.Les conseils sont vraiment tres simples et vous pourrez jouer soit en dechiffrant les partitions soit en lisant les tablatures. Cet ouvrage vous donne egalement des notions de bases de solfege, des exercices sur les accords et leurs enchainements.Enfin, le CD propose plusieurs exercices et pas moins de 11 morceaux populaires a ecouter et a jouer. Cet ouvrage fait du Ukulele un compagnon musical de poche pour toutes les occasions.

SKU: HL.14025590

Composed by Aksel H. Mathiesen. Music Sales America. Classical. Choral Score. Composed 2005. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH29131. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14025590).

ISBN 9788759876152. Danish.

Composed by Jason Eckardt (1971-). For violin, piano. Score and parts. 30 pages. Published by Carl Fischer

By Carlo Gesualdo. Edited by Denis Stevens. For 5 mixed voices. Madrigal. Renaissance Voices. Collection. Text Language: Italian. Published by Gaudia Music and Arts Publications

Easy

SKU: WD.080689577178

Composed by Ali Carlson. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Book. Word Music #080689577178. Published by Word Music (WD.080689577178).

UPC: 080689577178.

Caleb ’s mom has offered to host this year’s Sunday School Christmas party at their home. Sounds great, but...

Caleb’s mom, Mrs. Marlin, is a legendary, no-nonsense, better get it right math teacher who has had most of the kids from church in her math class at school. Convinced that his mom's penchant for turning everything into a math lesson will take the fun out of the evening, Caleb does his best to allay everyone's fears that the party might get hijacked by a math quiz! During the course of the evening, Mrs. Marlin shares the Christmas story as only a math teacher could; the songs tell the story...Countdown, What Sense Does a Census Make?, Treegonometry, He Can Count on Me, and It All Adds Up with Joy to the World!. Christmas by the numbers never sounded so good!!

COUNTING DOWN TO CHRISTMAS, created by Ali Carlson, is the newest release from Simply WordKidz, the best-selling, easy-learn-easy-sing children's series from Word Music & Church Resources. Simply WordKidz means no hassle, easy to learn, easy to sing, and easy for you to produce! Even more importantly, it will be easy for your church to fall in love with this fun and funny, warm and memorable Christmastime celebration for kids choir.

Casting:

• Caleb (age 8-12, 10 lines)
• Dylan (age 8-12, 11 line)
• Victoria (age 8-12, 11 lines)
• Peyton (age 8-12, 17 lines)
• Haley (8-12, 7 lines)
• Mrs. Marlin (age 30-50, 18 lines)

-All characters have been written to be played by either boy or girl actors
Fun Kit includes:

• Cinch Bag
• Listening CD
• Handy Functional and Flexible Calculator
• Counting Down to Christmas Rubber Bracelet

-Watch the Fun Kit Preview Video via the Video Tab

(String Trio). By Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908). Arranged by Fredo Jung and Gaede-Trio. For String Trio (Score and Parts). Schott. Book only. Schott Music #ED21011. Published by Schott Music

Violin

SKU: GH.GE-10410

Composed by Evabritt Gratte. Educational. Gehrmans Musikforlag #GE 10410. Published by Gehrmans Musikforlag (GH.GE-10410).

ISBN 978-91-7748-075-4.

Fiolmagasinet ar en modern larobok i fiolspel. I Fiolmagasinet kommer musiken i forsta hand. Sammusicerandet, improvisationen och den blandade repertoaren hamtad fran olika genrer och med olika ursprung ger en bred ingang i fiolspelet. Innehallet ar baserat pa en repertoar som med inbyggda ovningar for tonbildning och teknik utvecklar de instrumentala och musikaliska fardigheterna. Stor vikt laggs ocksa vid sangen och lyssnandet, samt balansen och rorelsen i kroppen. Fiolmagasinet ar indelat i progressivt upplagda kapitel. En koppling finns till Spelmagasinet (GE 10412) och Pianomagasinet (GE 10411), men Fiolmagasinet kan ocksa anvandas separat. Det eleven/eleverna spelar ar barigt av sig sjalvt och kraver inte lararkomp for att lata bra. Materialet ar flexibelt, samtidigt som det kan ge den styrning som manga elever och larare onskar. Evabritt Gratte var en av de forsta i Sverige som borjade arbeta med violinspel i helklass. Som violinpedagog och metodiklarare har Evabritt arbetat med utveckling av arbetsformer, material och metoder for att vidga violinundervisningens ramar till att kunna mota alla de elever som idag vill spela fiol pa ett gladjefyllt satt.

By Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953). Arranged by Douglas McLain. For piano and concert band. Baton Music Instrumental Series. Opus 10. Grade 5. Full score and parts. Duration 16:00. Published by Baton Music

(As Pants the Hart for S.A.T.B. Chorus, Tenor (or Soprano) solo, and Organ). By Charles Ives (1874-1954). Edited by Robert Ross. For SATB Chorus, Tenor (or Soprano) voice solo, Organ. Choral. Octavo. Standard notation. 16 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 30 sec

By Bernard Rands. (SATB). Schott. Size 7x10.5 inches. 43 pages. Published by Helicon.

By Harman. For Choral Collection: Mixed Choir. Published by Oxford University Press.

By Debbie Friedman. Arranged by Nancy Wetsch. (SATB). This edition: 993350. Transcontinental Music Choral. Jewish. 12 pages. Published by Transcontinental Music Publications.

Piano, violin

SKU: GH.GE-10412

Composed by Evabritt Gratte / Jan-Erik Sahlberg. En modern larobok i kammarmusik, dar en eller flera violinister kan mota en eller fler pianister redan fran borjan. Educational. Gehrmans Musikforlag #GE 10412. Published by Gehrmans Musikforlag (GH.GE-10412).

ISBN 9790070104128.

Spel magasinet ar nagot helt nytt: en modern larobok i kammarmusik, dar en eller flera violinister kan mota en eller flera pianister i princip fran allra forsta borjan och pa lika villkor. Att lyssna till andra manniskor ar en grundlaggande egenskap for barns utveckling till mogna vuxna. Att spela kammarmusik tranar denna formaga pa ett unikt satt. Ambitionen ar ocksa att varje elev ska fa tillit till sin egen ton och till sin formaga att sjalv uttrycka sig. Spelmagasinet ar progressivt upplagt. En koppling finns till Fiolmagasinet (GE 10410) och Pianomagasinet (GE 10411), men Spelmagasinet kan ocksa anvandas separat eller tillsammans med andra laromedel. Evabritt Gratte och Jan-Erik Sahlberg ar bada mangsidiga musiker, pedagoger och metodiklarare med lang erfarenhet av undervisning pa skilda nivaer.