Composed
by Chris Campbell. Cps.
Full score. 20 pages.
Duration 3 minutes, 28
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CPS257F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS257F).
ISBN
9781491161678. UPC:
680160920358.
The
original intent for this
piece was to evoke a
fantasy atmosphere of
huge mythical constructs,
such as stone edifices,
rising from a lunar
surface softly
illuminated by reflected
light from another
galactic source. It is
meant to give an
impression of a single
vision, allowing the
listener or player to
imagine a personal
interpretation of their
own. The story behind
this particular title
comes from the late 19th
century. Before the
widespread use of
electric streetlights,
many large American and
European cities erected
large structures - some
as tall as 165 feet -
intended to brighten the
cities at night at times
when there was
insufficient natural
moonlight. Referred to at
that time as Moonlight
Towers, the only ones
still in existence and in
use today are found in
Austin, Texas. These
man-made wonders may not
be as stunning as
naturally-formed stone
edifices, but they are
nevertheless
eye-catching. One of
these structures in a
large park is adorned
with strands of lights
every December to
resemble a gigantic
Christmas tree which can
be seen for miles. In
this composition, measure
81 through measure 97
depicts four of the
remaining thirteen towers
in four different
settings in Austin. This
piece is also intended to
capture the wonder of
these singular relics of
history, with a fantasy
atmosphere of their
own. The original
intent for this piece was
to evoke a fantasy
atmosphere of huge
mythical constructs, such
as stone edifices, rising
from a lunar surface
softly illuminated by
reflected light from
another galactic source.
It is meant to give an
impression of a single
vision, allowing the
listener or player to
imagine a personal
interpretation of their
own. The story behind
this particular title
comes from the late 19th
century. Before the
widespread use of
electric streetlights,
many large American and
European cities erected
large structures - some
as tall as 165 feet -
intended to brighten the
cities at night at times
when there was
insufficient natural
moonlight. Referred to at
that time as Moonlight
Towers, the only ones
still in existence and in
use today are found in
Austin, Texas. These
man-made wonders may not
be as stunning as
naturally-formed stone
edifices, but they are
nevertheless
eye-catching. One of
these structures in a
large park is adorned
with strands of lights
every December to
resemble a gigantic
Christmas tree which can
be seen for miles. In
this composition, measure
81 through measure 97
depicts four of the
remaining thirteen towers
in four different
settings in Austin. This
piece is also intended to
capture the wonder of
these singular relics of
history, with a fantasy
atmosphere of their
own.
Composed
by Dong-In Choi. Full
score. 20 pages. Duration
5 minutes. Carl Fischer
Music #CPS265F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS265F).
ISBN
9781491161753. UPC:
680160920440.
Remem
brance was written in
November 2018. In
remembrance of what it
took for us to be here...
was the only original
program note. The piece
can mean different things
to different people;
however, it brings unity
to all under the theme of
remembrance. We fight for
many things: love,
patriotism, freedom,
ideology,
possession...all of which
have cost tremendous
sacrifice. It was the
battles, the blood and
sweat, and the sacrifice
of those that came before
us that created the world
as we know it.
Remembrance is a tender,
melancholic reflection
that silently gives
thanks to every step and
every sacrifice that was
made to bring us what we
have today. Yes, what we
have may not be
perfect--nor is it
anywhere near
complete--but with each
generation's
responsibility to carry
the torch and never
forget, hopefully we can
make everything worth it.
Performance Notes This
tender piece is an
excellent opportunity to
explore nuanced phrasing.
While many sections may
play similar parts, often
the phrasing and dynamics
are marked differently
across the band. Each of
these discrepancies
should be brought out and
add to the perpetual
motion of the piece.
Encourage confident, yet
subtle entrances and
furthermore, think about
the ends of notes as
important as the
beginning. Really bring
out the hairpins in
sections such as m. 29,
m. 67, and m. 81 as
expressive devices.
Despite the piece's major
key, through the various
levels of dissonance and
tension, both the
ensemble and the audience
should feel the
sacrifices and tragedy
that this piece
celebrates. The tempo
should not be much slower
than the marked tempos
and with the careful
observation of the
various tempo changes,
there should be a
constant momentum pushing
throughout the piece, all
the way past the end that
leaves the audience in
thought with an
uplifting, pensive, and
gentle clarinet
chord. Remembrance was
written in November 2018.
“In remembrance of
what it took for us to be
here...†was the
only original program
note. The piece can mean
different things to
different people;
however, it brings unity
to all under the theme of
remembrance.We fight for
many things: love,
patriotism, freedom,
ideology,
possession...all of which
have cost tremendous
sacrifice. It was the
battles, the blood and
sweat, and the sacrifice
of those that came before
us that created the world
as we know it.
Remembrance is a tender,
melancholic reflection
that silently gives
thanks to every step and
every sacrifice that was
made to bring us what we
have today. Yes, what we
have may not be
perfect—nor is it
anywhere near
complete—but with
each generation’s
responsibility to carry
the torch and never
forget, hopefully we can
make everything worth
it.Performance NotesThis
tender piece is an
excellent opportunity to
explore nuanced phrasing.
While many sections may
play similar parts, often
the phrasing and dynamics
are marked differently
across the band. Each of
these discrepancies
should be brought out and
add to the perpetual
motion of the piece.
Encourage confident, yet
subtle entrances and
furthermore, think about
the ends of notes as
important as the
beginning. Really bring
out the hairpins in
sections such as m. 29,
m. 67, and m. 81 as
expressive devices.
Despite the
piece’s major key,
through the various
levels of dissonance and
tension, both the
ensemble and the audience
should feel the
sacrifices and tragedy
that this piece
celebrates.The tempo
should not be much slower
than the marked tempos
and with the careful
observation of the
various tempo changes,
there should be a
constant momentum pushing
throughout the piece, all
the way past the end that
leaves the audience in
thought with an
uplifting, pensive, and
gentle clarinet
chord.
Composed by Michael Nyman. Music Sales America. Classical, Opera. Book Only. Com...(+)
Composed by Michael
Nyman. Music Sales
America. Classical,
Opera. Book Only.
Composed 2008. 120 pages.
Chester Music
#MUSCH66693. Published by
Chester Musi
In All Major and Minor Keys. Composed by J. B. Albert. Edited by Julie DeRoche...(+)
In All Major and Minor
Keys.
Composed by J. B. Albert.
Edited by Julie DeRoche.
Book.
With Standard notation.
32
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#O99X. Published by Carl
Fischer Music
(16 Worship Selections for One Piano, Four Hands). Arranged by Victor Labens...(+)
(16 Worship Selections
for
One Piano, Four Hands).
Arranged by Victor
Labenske.
For Piano. Book; Duet or
Duo; Piano Duet (1 Piano,
4
Hands). Sacred Performer
Duet Collections.
Contemporary Christian;
Sacred. Intermediate;
Late
Intermediate. 124 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
SKU: HL.333271 The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin and His Co...(+)
SKU: HL.333271
The Pre-Civil War
Innovations of C.F.
Martin and His
Contemporaries.
Edited by Peter Szego and
Robert Shaw. Guitar
Reference. Guitar
Reference. Hardcover. 310
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.333271).
ISBN 9781458405760.
UPC: 884088578350.
10.75x11.0x1.067 inches.
Edited by Robert Shaw &
Peter
Szego.
Inventing
the American Guitar is
the first book to
describe the early
history of American
guitar design in detail.
It tells the story of how
a European instrument was
transformed into one with
all of the design and
construction features
that define the iconic
American flat-top guitar.
This transformation
happened within a mere 20
years, a remarkably brief
period. The person who
dominates this history is
C. F. Martin Sr.,
America's first major
guitar maker and the
founder of the Martin
Guitar Company, which
continues to produce
outstanding flat-top
guitars today. After
emigrating from his
native Saxony to New York
in 1833, Martin quickly
established a guitar
making business,
producing instruments
modeled after those of
his mentor, Johann
Stauffer of Vienna. By
the time he moved his
family and business to
rural Pennsylvania in
1839, Martin had absorbed
and integrated the
influence of Spanish
guitars he had seen and
heard in New York. In
Pennsylvania, he evolved
further, inventing a
uniquely American guitar
that was fully developed
before the outbreak of
the Civil War. Inventing
the American Guitar
traces Martin's evolution
as a craftsman and
entrepreneur and explores
the influences and
experiments that led to
his creation of the
American guitar that is
recognized and played
around the world today.
To learn more about the
history of the Martin
guitar, click here to
view the video and
article from BBC, How
Martin Guitars Became an
'American
Stratavarius'.
Clarinet and piano (original scoring: clar,orch) SKU: BR.MR-2259 Piano...(+)
Clarinet and piano
(original scoring:
clar,orch)
SKU:
BR.MR-2259
Piano
reduction. Composed
by Andreas Spaeth. Edited
by John P. Newhill. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Musica Rara. In spite of
his more than 200 works,
Andreas Spath remains a
minor figure in Romantic
music. But this is of
little concern to today's
clarinetists, who can now
enjoy his idiomatic
Variations on a Theme by
Mozart op. 104.
Variations; Solo
concerto; Romantic. Piano
reduction. 24 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel #MR
2259. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.MR-2259).
ISBN
9790004488058. 9 x 12
inches.
In spite of
his more than 200 works,
Andreas Spath remains a
minor figure in Romantic
music. But this is of
little concern to
today’s
clarinetists, who can now
enjoy his idiomatic
"Variations on a
Theme by Mozart" op.
104. Just as Beethoven
before him and many other
composers of his own time
and later, Spath chooses
the duet "Bei
Mannern, welche Liebe
fuhlen," a popular
theme from the then still
very successful Magic
Flute, and leads it
knowledgeably through all
of the clarinet’s
registers. The new
edition is based on the
first print, published
during Spath’s
lifetime.