(C Edition) For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, lyr...(+)
(C Edition) For voice and
C instrument. Format:
fakebook. With vocal
melody, lyrics and chord
names. Series: Hal
Leonard Fake Books. 856
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.140401340 Sketches for Piano. Composed...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.140401340
Sketches for
Piano. Composed by
Harry T. Burleigh. Edited
by Lara Downes. 16 pages.
Duration 18 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#140-40134. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.140401340).
ISBN
9781491134450. UPC:
680160684953.
Best
known for his settings of
spirituals and influence
on Dvorák, Henry T.
Burleigh was a celebrated
baritone, and a prolific
composer of original
works. FROM THE SOUTHLAND
is a suite of six
atmospheric scenes of the
American south, inspired
by Black musical and
cultural traditions. FROM
THE SOUTHLAND is within
reach of intermediate
pianists and artistically
suited for professional
recitals. In 1835,
Henry T.
Burleigh’s
maternal grandfather
purchased his own release
from slavery for the sum
of $50, and traveled
north out of Maryland to
begin a new life as a
free man. He established
his family in Ithaca, NY,
and then moved to the
bustling lakefront city
of Erie, PA, where three
decades later his
grandson Henry would be
born and raised.For
Burleigh, the
“Southlandâ€
that inspired this
collection of piano
sketches was a distant
place that could not have
been more different from
the physical world he
knew, up there in the
northern snowbelt. And
yet these southern
landscapes and vignettes
must have been intensely
present in his
consciousness, absorbed
through the stories and
songs he first learned at
his grandfather’s
knee.The music of the
South – the
spirituals and work songs
he heard as a child
–would travel with
Burleigh throughout his
long and illustrious
musical life. Even as he
progressed through his
early classical training,
his career as a baritone
soloist in Erie’s
churches and synagogue,
his move to New York to
study at the National
Conservatory of Music,
and his rise to national
prominence as a concert
soloist, these ancestral
melodies stayed firmly
centered in his musical
identity.When he wrote
From the Southland, his
only composition for solo
piano, Burleigh was just
beginning his career as a
composer. The art songs
that would establish him
as one of
America’s best
known composers in the
genre were still to come.
And so were his iconic
arrangements of
spirituals that would
bring the songs of
slavery onto concert
stages around the world,
transformed into timeless
and uniquely American
music.These little piano
sketches bring together
all the things that made
Burleigh the musician he
was – the lush,
late-romantic style of
his time; a broad vision
for American music; and a
profound respect for his
heritage, a memory of the
world his grandfather
left behind, and a love
of the music he brought
with him.
(Over 850 Classical Themes and Melodies in the Original Keys) For C instrument. ...(+)
(Over 850 Classical
Themes and Melodies in
the Original Keys) For C
instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With vocal melody
(excerpts) and chord
names. Lassical. Series:
Hal Leonard Fake Books.
646 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, lyrics and chor...(+)
For voice and C
instrument. Format:
fakebook. With vocal
melody, lyrics and chord
names. Traditional pop
and vocal standards.
Series: Hal Leonard Fake
Books. 424 pages. 9x12
inches. Published by Hal
Leonard.
Chamber Music Dizi, Erhu, Piccolo, Zheng SKU: PR.11441684S For Dizi, E...(+)
Chamber Music Dizi, Erhu,
Piccolo, Zheng
SKU:
PR.11441684S
For
Dizi, Erhu, Pipa, And
Zheng. Composed by
Chen Yi. Premiered at
Weill Recital Hall in
Carnegie Hall in New York
City. Traditional. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2014.
36 pages. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41684S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11441684S).
UPC:
680160625253. 9 x 12
inches.
On the
occasion of its 30th
anniversary, the ensemble
Music From China
commissioned Chen Yi for
a new work, which became
Three Dances from China
South, scored for Chinese
instruments. Its three
descriptive movements
(Lions Playing Ball,
Bamboo Dance, Lusheng
Dance) are each inspired
by folk dances from the
southeastern provinces of
China. My chamber
ensemble work Three
Dances From China South
is commissioned by Music
From China tocelebrate
its 30th anniversary, and
scored for Chinese
traditional instruments
dizi, erhu, pipa, and
zheng. The commission
has been made possible by
the Chamber Music America
Classical
CommissioningProgram,
with generous funding
provided by The Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, and
the Chamber Music America
Endowment Fund. Â The
world premiere is given
at Weill Recital Hall in
Carnegie Hall in New York
City, on November 21,
2014. Â My Three Dances
From China South is
dedicated to Susan Cheng,
the founder and Executive
Director of Music From
China, to celebrate the
30th anniversary of
MFC. There are three
movements in my Three
Dances From China South
for dizi, erhu, pipa, and
zheng. Â Thematerial in
the first movement Lions
Playing Ball is drawn
from a folk tune played
in the
accompanyingensemble for
the folk dance under the
same title in Chaozhou
region in Guangdong
province. Â The image
of the folk dance is
vivid and entertaining.
 The movement includes
several variations on the
theme. Â The variation
methods are inspired by
the various rhythmic
patterns used in the
traditional ensemble
playing. The melodic
material features a
special mode with a
tritone interval taken
from the folk tune.
 There are also
lyrical sections with
polyphonic layers in the
variations.The music in
the second movement is
inspired by the folk
Bamboo Dance, which is
popular in Li
minoritypeople from
Hainan Island in the
south. Â The aged old
folk dance is for ritual
ceremony and harvest
celebration in the
history, in which there
are pairs of people
holding the ends of the
long bamboo rods and
clapping them loudly in
stable pulse, for groups
of dancers to dance
between the bamboo shapes
on the floor, in musical
rhythms and ensemble
patterns. Â A musical
motive with a jumping
interval and articulation
is used throughout the
movement.The third
movement is called
Lusheng Dance. Â I have
witnessed the folk dance
performance of the Dong
minority people in
Guangxi province in the
1980’s.  The
exciting scene inspired
me to imitate the large
lusheng ensemble playing
style in my ensemble of
four Chinese instrumental
musicians without using
the sheng (a wind
instrument with metal
pipes that is popular in
concert music, and
similar to the folk
lusheng). Â On top of
the rhythmic patterns, I
imitated a two--voice
folk song of Zhuang
minority people in the
same province. Â The
melody is played by the
leading erhu and
dizi.—Chen Yi.
For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, lyrics and chor...(+)
For voice and C
instrument. Format:
fakebook. With vocal
melody, lyrics and chord
names. Folk. Series: Hal
Leonard Fake Books. 536
pages. 9.6x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
For C instrument and voice. Format: fakebook (spiral bound). With chord names, v...(+)
For C instrument and
voice. Format: fakebook
(spiral bound). With
chord names, vocal melody
and lyrics. Jazz. Series:
Hal Leonard Fake Books.
448 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Fakebook for Eb instrument and voice. With vocal melody, lyrics and leadsheet no...(+)
Fakebook for Eb
instrument and voice.
With vocal melody, lyrics
and leadsheet notation.
Series: Hal Leonard Fake
Books. 448 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Luminary Piano et Orchestre [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Composed by Narong Prangcharoen. First ...(+)
Concerto for Piano and
Orchestra. Composed
by Narong Prangcharoen.
First performed by the
Thailand Philharmonic
Orchestra, Dariusz
Mikulksi, conductor, with
Christopher Janwong
McKiggan as piano
soloist. Contemporary.
Full score (study). With
Standard notation.
Composed 2016. 80 pages.
Duration 24 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41609. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416416090).
Chamber Music Dizi, Erhu, Piccolo, Zheng SKU: PR.114416840 For Dizi, E...(+)
Chamber Music Dizi, Erhu,
Piccolo, Zheng
SKU:
PR.114416840
For
Dizi, Erhu, Pipa, And
Zheng. Composed by
Chen Yi. Premiered at
Weill Recital Hall in
Carnegie Hall in New York
City. Traditional. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 2014.
36+8+12+12+8 pages.
Duration 11 minutes, 50
seconds. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41684.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114416840).
ISBN
9781491101285. UPC:
680160625239. 9 x 12
inches.
On the
occasion of its 30th
anniversary, the ensemble
Music From China
commissioned Chen Yi for
a new work, which became
Three Dances from China
South, scored for Chinese
instruments. Its three
descriptive movements
(Lions Playing Ball,
Bamboo Dance, Lusheng
Dance) are each inspired
by folk dances from the
southeastern provinces of
China. Commissioned by
the Barlow Endowment for
Music Composition at
Brigham Young University,
the two-movement trio
Tibetan Tunes was written
for the New Pacific Trio
(Igor Veligan, violin,
Nina Flyer, cello, and
Sonia Leong, piano). It
was premiered at the
Conservatory of Music at
University of the Pacific
on Jan. 27, 2007 in
Stockton, California.The
first movement is
inspired by the Tibetan
folk tune “Du
Mu†as played on a
recorder (Xiongling).
This music presents the
rich gestures of Du Mu
(the name of a god in
Tibetan Buddhism) in a
serene mood.“Dui
Xie†is a kind of
Tibetan folk ensemble
music using the same tune
in the introduction and
coda, played with the
plucked instrument
Zhamunie, the bamboo
flute, and the fiddle
Erhu, often performed
with singing and tap
dancing. The pitch
materials of this
movement are drawn from
folk ensemble music and
the lyrical Tibetan folk
song
“Amaliehuo.â€.
Oboe SKU: BT.9781408105283 Composed by Helen McKean. Abracadabra. Method....(+)
Oboe
SKU:
BT.9781408105283
Composed by Helen McKean.
Abracadabra. Method. Book
with CD. Collins Music
Publishing
#9781408105283. Published
by Collins Music
Publishing
(BT.9781408105283).
Piano - Grade 7-8 SKU: ST.C463 Composed by Federico Ruiz. Edited by Clara...(+)
Piano - Grade 7-8
SKU:
ST.C463
Composed by
Federico Ruiz. Edited by
Clara Rodriguez. Piano
and keyboard music.
Collection. Clifton
Edition #C463. Published
by Clifton Edition
(ST.C463).
ISBN
9790570814633.
This
volume contains
contrasting works by
Federico Ruiz spanning
quite a large and rich
period of his
compositional output that
goes from his early
Micro-Suite (1971), to
lilting, sweet and
rhythmic Venezuelan
waltzes passing by the
mysterious, intimate, and
intense Nocturno (1994)
plus pieces originally
composed for film, and
theatre. Real eclecticism
in styles, moods and
atmospheres that show
Ruizâ??s talents and
scope.
The
Nocturno is a deep,
intriguing, substantial
piece presenting a
satisfying length which
moves from different
paths of the mind and the
heart written in an
abstract, chromatic
idiom, that does not
dissociate itself from
the Venezuelan waltz and
the joropo. One could
perhaps say that there is
a deconstruction of the
latter. For the
interpretation, the
composer has suggested to
me that it is allowed to
have some flexibility in
the tempo. Ruiz kindly
dedicated it to me, and I
have had the pleasure of
performing it in many
concerts.
Although
all highly expressive,
the Three Venezuelan
Waltzes present in this
collection as well as the
piece titled Aliseo, are
works that are close to
the colourful Venezuelan
folk tradition. Federico
Ruiz had given me two of
them when we first met:
â??Tu Presenciaâ??
(1981) and
â??EloÃsaâ?? (1989)
and then I attended a
performance of the play
â??Office Number Oneâ??
by Miguel Otero Silva
with a fantastic actor,
Elba Escobar in the role
of Carmen Rosa and, I
just fell in love and was
very moved by the
incidental music that I
later discovered, by
reading the programme,
had been written by
Federico Ruiz. Later that
evening, I called him and
asked to please make a
piano score of the
composition, so I could
have the desired piece in
my hands. That is how
â??Carmen Rosaâ?
waltz (1987) came to
exist in a piano
version.
â??Elois
aâ?? is another
Venezuelan waltz with
more jazzy harmonies
where precision in the
rhythm and elegant
playing is also
essential, as it is in
most of his
pieces.
â??Tu
Presenciaâ?? was
dedicated to his mother,
Margarita. It is written
with the structure of the
Venezuelan waltz, which
consists of a nostalgic
subject that leads to a
faster, happier middle
section where the typical
graceful rhythm is given
by the left-hand
accompaniment figure of a
dotted crotchet followed
by a quaver and a
crotchet.
The
craft and magic found in
the five movements of the
Micro-Suite is based on a
dodecaphonic row by Ernst
Krenek. They remind us of
the idiom of the Second
Viennese School. These
real miniatures seem to
tell short stories. The
â??Preludioâ?? is full
of humour. I imagine
dancing figures given by
the jumps all over the
keyboard and extreme
dynamics; the phrases
give the impression of a
conversation with many
questions and answers.
The â??Invenciónâ??
is a kaleidoscopic piece
where the hands mirror
each other. The
â??Passacagliaâ?? is
the longest movement, at
just over a minute where
the prime motif is
repeated three times on
the bass line. For its
construction Federico
Ruiz uses as well the
retrograde and the
retrograde inversion of
the twelve-tone series.
It must be played
expressively with dynamic
contrasts between
pianissimo and louder
events. The
â??Scherzoâ?? has
repetitive motifs of a
minor third in both hands
and the â??Finalâ??
displays virtuosic
passages for the
pianist.
Composed by Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Hal Leonard Fake Books. Classical. Diff...(+)
Composed by Various. For
Piano/Keyboard. Hal
Leonard Fake Books.
Classical. Difficulty:
medium to
medium-difficult.
Fakebook. Melody line,
chord names and lyrics
(on some songs). 413
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard
Complete Lyrics for Over 1000 Songs from Broadway to Rock. By Various. Lyric Lib...(+)
Complete Lyrics for Over
1000 Songs from Broadway
to Rock. By Various.
Lyric Library. Softcover.
Size 8.5x11 inches. 373
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard.
Orchestra String Sextet, Piano - Grade 3 SKU: CF.CAS106 Composed by Grego...(+)
Orchestra String Sextet,
Piano - Grade 3
SKU:
CF.CAS106
Composed by
Gregory Singer. SWS FS.
Carl Fischer Concert
String Orchestra Series.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
16+16+5+2+5+5+3+12 pages.
Duration 3 minutes, 18
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CAS106. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CAS106).
ISBN
9781491146668. UPC:
680160904167. 9 x 12
inches. Key: D
major.
Gregory
Singer brings us a
descriptive work inspired
by the story of a father
and son who fought on
different sides in the
America Civil War. The
composition begins with a
tender melancholic ballad
that leads to a cheerful
fiddle tune. The piece is
brought to a dynamic
conclusion when the
themes are stated in
counterpoint. This
composition was inspired
by a story of a father
and son that fought in
the American Civil War .
My original version for
full symphony orchestra
had lyrics that tells the
story of a father
fighting for the North
and his son fighting for
the South . In the story,
the father and son both
die in the same battle
fighting for the opposite
sides . The mother and
daughter are waiting for
their return and have
prepared food for them .
Alas, they will never
return .It is a
melancholy, sentimental
melody with a cheerful
up-tempo section
representing the mother's
and daughter’s
memories of the happy
times together .
About Carl
Fischer Concert String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of pieces (Grade
3 and higher) is designed
for advancing ensembles.
The pieces in this series
are characterized
by:
Expanded use
of rhythms, ranges and
keys but technical
demands are still
carefully
considered
More
comprehensive bowing
techniques
Viola
T.C.
included
Careful
selection of keys and
degree of difficulty for
advancing
musicians
For 5 Percussionists
and Orchestra.
Composed by Ellen Taaffe
Zwilich. Contemporary.
Large Score. With
Standard notation.
Composed 2003. 72 pages.
Duration 30 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#446-41192L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.44641192L).
UPC:
680160610860. 11 x 14
inches.
One of my
greatest pleasures in
writing a concerto is
exploring the new world
that opens for me each
time I enter the
sometimes alien, but
always fascinating, world
of a solo instrument or
instruments. For me, the
challenge is to discover
the deepest nature of the
solo instrument (its
karma, if you will) and
to allow that essential
character to guide the
shape and form of the
work and the nature of
the interaction between
soloists and orchestra.
In recent years, many of
us have become more aware
of the musical world
outside the Western
tradition of musics that
follow different
procedures and spring
from other aesthetics.
And contemporary
percussionists have
opened many of these
worlds to us, as they
have ventured around the
globe, participating in
Brazilian Samba schools,
studying Gamelan and
African drumming with
local experts, collecting
instruments from Asia and
Africa and South America
and the South Pacific,
widening our horizons in
the process. I will never
forget our first meeting
in Toronto when Nexus
invited me into their
world of hundreds of
exciting percussion
instruments. The vast
array of instruments in
the collection of the
Nexus ensemble is truly
global in scope as well
as offering a thrilling
sound-universe. I was
inspired by the
incredible range of sound
and moved by the fact
that so many of these
instruments were musical
reflections of a
spiritual dimension.
After long consideration,
I decided that it would
not only be impossible,
but even undesirable for
this
Western-tradition-steeped
composer to attempt to
use these instruments in
a culturally authentic
way. My goal was an
existential kind of
authenticity: searching
instead for universal
ideas that would be true
to both myself and the
performers while
acknowledging the
traditional uses of the
instruments. Since many
percussion instruments
are associated with
various kinds of ritual,
I decided that I would
allow that concept to
shape my piece. Rituals
is in four movements,
each issuing from a
ritual associated with
percussion, but with the
orchestral interaction
providing an essential
element in the musical
form. I. Invocation
alludes to the traditions
of invoking the spirit of
the instruments, or the
gods, or the ancestors
before performing. II.
Ambulation moves from a
processional, through
march and dance to
fantasy based on all
three. III. Remembrances
alludes to traditions of
memorializing. IV.
Contests progresses from
friendly competition
games, contests to a
suggestion of a battle of
big band drummers, to
warlike exchanges. In the
2nd and 4th movements,
another percussion
tradition, improvisation,
is employed. Written into
these movements are a
number of seeds for
improvisation.
Indications in the score
call for the soloists to
improvise in three
different ways, marked A
for percussion alone;
marked B for percussion
with and in response to
the orchestra; and C
where the percussionists
are free to add and
embellish the written
parts. These
improvisations should
grow out of and embellish
previous motives and
gestures in the
movement.
Melody, Lyrics & Simplified Chords in the Key of C. By Various. Fake Book (Inclu...(+)
Melody, Lyrics &
Simplified Chords in the
Key of C. By Various.
Fake Book (Includes
melody line and chords).
Softcover. Size 9x12
inches. 200 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.