55 song highlights from the history of ASCAP celebrating their representation of some of the best songwriters of all time. Songs include: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life · Ain't No Mountain High Enough · As Time Goes By · At Last · Before He Cheats · Bleeding Love · Blue Skies · Defying Gravity · Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) · I Will Survive · Just the Way You Are · Livin' on a Prayer · Moon River · My Funny Valentine · Over the Rainbow · Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head · Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) · Someone to Watch over Me · Tenderly · The Way We Were · We've Only Just Begun · You Are the Sunshine of My Life · and more. Includes an introduction by ASCAP a foreword by Paul Williams song notes by decade plus photos!

Morton Gould's Serenade Of Carols for SATB choir with SATB soloists and Orchestra. Reduction for Piano 4 hands.Contents:I. We Three Kings The Babe Of Bethlehem Rocking Greensleeves(3:00)II. Boar's Head Carol Patapan Carol of Service (3:00)III. Come Love We God! Coventry Carol The Holly And The Ivy (4:00)IV. Irish Carol God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Wassail Song My Dancing Day(3:30)Born in Richmond Hill New York on 10 December 1913 Morton Gould was recognised early on as a child prodigy with the ability to improvise and compose. At the age of six he had his first compositionpublished. He studied at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School) but his most important teachers were Abby Whiteside (Piano) and Vincent Jones (composition).Gould enjoyed an illustrious career. Inaddition to gaining a Pulitzer Prize for 'Stringmusic' he was Musical America's 1994 Composer-of-the-Year and recieved a Kennedy Center Honor in recognition of lifetime contributions to American culture.A long-time memberof the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers Gould was elected president of ASCAP in 1986 a post he held until 1994. In 1986 he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Healso served on the board of the American Symphony Orchestra League and on the National Endowment for the Arts music panel.

Score-Morton Gould's Minstrel Show for Orchestra. Study score.Born in Richmond Hill New York on 10 December 1913 Morton Gould was recognised early on as a child prodigy with the ability toimprovise and compose. At the age of six he had his first composition published. He studied at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School) but his most important teachers were Abby Whiteside (Piano) and Vincent Jones(composition).Gould enjoyed an illustrious career. In addition to gaining a Pulitzer Prize for 'Stringmusic' he was Musical America's 1994 Composer-of-the-Year and recieved a Kennedy Center Honor in recognition oflifetime contributions to American culture.A long-time member of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers Gould was elected president of ASCAP in 1986 a post he held until 1994. In 1986 he waselected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He also served on the board of the American Symphony Orchestra League and on the National Endowment for the Arts music panel.

Score-Morton Gould's Santa Fe Saga for Concert Band.Born in Richmond Hill New York on 10 December 1913 Morton Gould was recognised early on as a child prodigy with the ability to improviseand compose. At the age of six he had his first composition published. He studied at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School) but his most important teachers were Abby Whiteside (Piano) and Vincent Jones(composition).Gould enjoyed an illustrious career. In addition to gaining a Pulitzer Prize for 'Stringmusic' he was Musical America's 1994 Composer-of-the-Year and recieved a Kennedy Center Honor in recognition oflifetime contributions to American culture.A long-time member of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers Gould was elected president of ASCAP in 1986 a post he held until 1994. In 1986 he waselected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He also served on the board of the American Symphony Orchestra League and on the National Endowment for the Arts music panel.

Score and Parts-String Quartet No. 2 was the winner of the 2000 ASCAP Leo Kaplan Award and also received a 2000 BMI Student Composer Award. This 23-minute piece was first performed by The Chiara Quartet November 15 1999 at The Juilliard School's Paul Hall in New York.

An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs including sacred and secular works from simple four-part settings to more expansive yet accessible repertoire in an exciting variety of styles.O Saving Victim was completed on 16th March 2003 and was premiered by the choir of St Mary's Church Goochland VA directed by Hope Armstrong Erb.The solo lines in this piece should blend with the rest of the chorus as much as possible. In large choirs the solo lines in bars 21-22 and 26-30 may be sung by a pair or small group of people to preservebalance. This does not apply to the unaccompanied solos in bar 30-35.Zachary Wadsworth's 'vivid vital and prisimatic' music has established him as one of the leading composers of his generation especially among those writing vocal choral and operatic works. As winner of the 2011 King James Bible Composition Award Wadsworth's anthem Out of the South Cometh the Whirlwind was performed by the choir of Westminster Abbey in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II. Other recent honours include awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters ASCAP and the American Composers Forum and performances by the Washington National Opera Chorus Boston Metro Opera Long Leaf Opera the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra. Wadsworth's music is widely broadcast and distributed with a recent commission from Choir and Organ magazine and frequent airings on the BBC NPR and CBC.

Novello New Choral Series-In Out of the south cometh the whirlwind chant-like melodies and colourful organ writing combine to explore the relationship between God and the natural world. Awarded a 2011 King James Bible Composition Award the work uses rich language from the Book of Job to chart a trajectory from doubt toward belief. At the opening lyrical melodies build from a single pitch to proclaim the majesty of the ?wondrous works of God.? But doubt painted with nervous lines in the altos and basses soon invades only to be diffused by a beautiful voice from beyond a treble solo. Their faith restored the choir joyfully celebrates God?s power and mystery and the anthem ends inquiet contemplation.The Novello New Choral Series is an inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers offering pieces for all types of choirs including sacred and secular works from simple four-part settings to more expansive yet accessible repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. This collection is perfect for choirs looking to broaden their repertoire and explore some of the best new music around.Zachary Wadsworth (b.1983) is a prizewinning young composer whose works have been hailed as ?astonishingly confident? and ?mesmerizing? (News & Observer). His song cycle Pictures of the Floating World was premiered at the Lincoln Center and his opera Venus and Adonis was recently staged by the Boston Metro Opera. His works have been published by E.C. Schirmer and Alliance Music recorded on Gothic Records and broadcast on NPR?s Performance Today and BBC Radio?s The Choir. A winner of the 2011 King James Bible Composition Awards Zachary has also received prizes from the American Academy of Arts and Letters ASCAP and the Lotte Lehmann Foundation. A native of Richmond Virginia he currently lives in Calgary Alberta.'Zachary Wadsworth's Out of the South Cometh the Whirlwind is a highly imaginative and compelling

Standard US Set (without european suppl. parts)-Morton Gould's Ballad For Band for Symphonic Band. Score and parts.Born in Richmond Hill New York on 10 December 1913 Morton Gould was recognised early on as a child prodigy with theability to improvise and compose. At the age of six he had his first composition published. He studied at the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School) but his most important teachers were Abby Whiteside (Piano) andVincent Jones (composition).Gould enjoyed an illustrious career. In addition to gaining a Pulitzer Prize for 'Stringmusic' he was Musical America's 1994 Composer-of-the-Year and recieved a Kennedy Center Honor inrecognition of lifetime contributions to American culture.A long-time member of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers Gould was elected president of ASCAP in 1986 a post he held until 1994.In 1986 he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He also served on the board of the American Symphony Orchestra League and on the National Endowment for the Arts music panel.

Transcribed for Viola by Alan H. Arnold ASCAP. Includes Allegro Indian Lament Scherzo and Finale.

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