By Dan Donnelly. For Guitar. Guitar Method or Supplement. Book and CD. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Orchestra - Grade 2

SKU: AP.38406S

Arranged by Sandra Dackow. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Orchestra Expressions. Folk; Traditional; World. Score. 8 pages. Alfred Music #00-38406S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.38406S).

UPC: 038081438634. English. Traditional Scottish.

Conjure images of bagpipes, drums, and parades, and enjoy familiar Scottish music in this lovely arrangement of an ancient tune. All parts remain in 1st position. The optional percussion will add to the mood but is also cued in the lower strings.

About Orchestra Expressions

< p>Play great songs such as Over the Rainbow, Batman, This Land Is Your Land, and Star Wars (Main Title). Listen to and play a variety of styles of music: popular, traditional, classical, folk and patriotic. Read and write music; compose and improvise. Perform in a concert and play for your family and friends. Be a conductor of the orchestra. Learn about composers, such as Antonin Dvorak, Johann Pachelbel, Jacques Offenbach, Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, George M. Cohan, George Frideric Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Neal Hefti, and John Williams. Discover how music and art are related. Learn about a variety of musical ensembles including string orchestra, full orchestra, mariachi band, steel drum band, dixieland jazz band, rock band, and more. Play music from around the world, including North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Arranged by Sandra Dackow. Orchestra. Part(s); Score; String Orchestra. Orchestra Expressions Book 2. Folk; Traditional; World. Grade 2. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

(Fender Special Edition G-DEC Guitar Play-Along Pack). By Eric Clapton. Fender G-Dec Guitar Play-Along. Softcover with DVD-ROM. Guitar tablature. Published by Hal Leonard

SKU: AP.74-0143180401

Composed by Randy Bachman. Artist/Personality; Reference Textbooks; Textbook - General. Rock. Book. Alfred Music #74-0143180401. Published by Alfred Music (AP.74-0143180401).

ISBN 9780143180401. English.

Randy Bachman has been rolling out chart-topping songs his whole life---You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, These Eyes, American Woman, Takin' Care of Business---and, since 2005, treating fans to a lifetime of rock 'n' roll stories on his hit CBC Radio show, Vinyl Tap. His approach is always fresh--even the most hardcore music fans will be surprised by what they can learn from Bachman. Whether he is touring with Ringo Starr, jamming with Little Richard, or recording with Neil Young, music is his life, and his anecdotes put you at the center of it all. A fifty-year career in music is full of extreme highs and lows. It is also a life filled with some very colorful characters. Bachman's stories are candid and always entertaining. These are his best stories. The most memorable Vinyl Tap moments are all here, from Randy's Guitarology 101 to his favorite songs to be played at funerals. For fans of the radio show and perennial rock 'n' roll lovers from the sixties through to today, Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories invites readers to relive their favorite musical experiences. And for new fans, it opens up a joyous world of rock and popular music. Despite his success, Bachman is still that kid from Winnipeg, and his enthusiasm for great music is as strong as ever. Funny, raucous, and engaging, Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories is irresistible.

Guitar; Methods and Music for Children

SKU: UT.CH-106

Composed by Carlo de Nonno. Saddle stitching. Classical. Ut Orpheus #CH 106. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.CH-106).

ISBN 9790215315921. 9 x 12 inches.

The first impulse to compose these 3 Little Suites for Guitar came from the desire to offer very young students compositions not framed by the usual features of â??music for childrenâ?? but, rather, meant to introduce into their musical horizon sonorities, rhythms, and expressive modalities not generally experienced in the more â??traditionalâ?? courses of study.
As the compositions developed, the project underwent some slight modifications, so that in the end one could say that the three suites became progressively more difficult, though remaining, in their deep essence, quite â??simpleâ??.
I would recommend paying careful attention to the titles of the pieces and to the expressive markings. Although it was not my intention to write â??descriptiveâ?? music, I have tried to handle these pieces like stage scripts, giving each a specific â??characterâ??. For this purpose my long experience as a composer of theatre music has been very helpful.
It would give me great satisfaction if guitarists of every age would enjoy performing these suites. I would like teachers to find in them cues for proposing to their pupils further refinements concerning both technique and expression, never forgetting how inexpressible music truly is.
(Carlo de Nonno).

SKU: GI.G-CD-703

Composed by Jill Trinka. Music Education. CD only. GIA Publications #703. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-CD-703).

And other folk songs, singing games, and play parties for kids of all ages. Enrich children's lives with this delightful collection of traditional music. Play the CD at school, at home, and in the car for enjoyment or study. CONTENTS: Black Snake - Buffalo Gals - By'm Bye - Charlie Over the Ocean - The Devil's Questions - Goin' Down to Cairo - Great Big House - Here Sits a Monkey - Hop Along, Peter - How Old Are You? - I Wonder Where Maria's Gone - It Rained a Mist - The Little Black Bull (Hoosen Johnny) - Mister Rabbit - Naughty Little Kitty - Nobody's Business - Old Brass Wagon - Over in the Meadow - Pizza, Pizza - Shady Grove - Sourwood Mountain - Suliram - Teddy Bear - Three Jolly Rogues of Lynne - Up, Down - We Like Spinach - When I First Came to This Land. Also available: Little Black Bull Book and CD, G-6963, $36.95.

Chamber Music Bass Clarinet 2, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, alto Saxophone, soprano Saxophone

SKU: PR.114414480

18 Transcriptions of J.S. Bach for Chamber Winds. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Folder. Baroque. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 64+12+12+12+12+12+12+12+1 2+12+12+12+12+12+12 pages. Duration 48 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41448. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114414480).

ISBN 9781598063264. UPC: 680160597932. 9x12 inches. Key: Bb major. Transcribed by Carter Pann.

A unique collection of elegant transcriptions of Bach’s keyboard and instrumental gems scored for 10 woodwinds, with flexible scoring and ossia parts – ideal for schools and “pull-out” groups on wind ensemble concerts.
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is a gift. Nearly every piece that poured out of this man is as inspired and perfected as the next. His body of work has cut a deep incision in the recorded history of music and set a benchmark to which all the contrapuntal masters who followed have aspired to meet.The transcriptions found within this volume add to the thousands upon thousands of versions of his music already re-worked for different groups and media. The music here does not, however, embellish Bach’s own scores (save but for a couple of instances in which it was felt necessary to add an inner voice to serve the expansive range of the ten woodwinds). The selections are ordered (loosely) to assume a smooth, inclined trajectory of both difficulty and musical breadth. The first piece is a small and simpleminuet, the last is a long interior movement of one of the most beloved and advanced violin concertos in the whole repertoire.As a keyboard player I grew up learning and falling in love with much of Bach’s music at the piano. For this very reason, much of this volume consists of the composer’s keyboard works. One cannot, however, deny many of the most cherished works from Bach’s oeuvre when compiling a set of transcriptions, and many of those “hits” are included here as well.Departing from a traditional harmoniemusik ensemble, I have replaced the horns here with saxophones. There are two reasons: 1) the nature of much of this music requires instruments with an ease of agility not executable so readily on the horn; and 2) the opportunity for saxophone players to be included in such an ensemble was very attractive, pedagogically.I hope you enjoy these gems from such a great genius.

Organ

SKU: HL.14011001

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Music Sales America. Baroque. Book [Softcover]. 12 pages. Music Sales #NOV010016. Published by Music Sales (HL.14011001).

11.75x8.25x0.43 inches.

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) was a German Baroque composer who is revered for the originality and skill of his contrapuntal and harmonic techniques. He spent most of his life working as an organist and choirmaster, but was also employed as a composer a many different Royal Courts. However, his skill as an organist and composer for Organ is what gained him the reputation he enjoyed during his lifetime.

This is perhaps epitomised by his Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542), often referred to as the Great Fantasia and Fugue. It has been edited by Sir Frederick Bridge and James Higgs.

Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5

SKU: CF.YAS13F

Composed by Muzio Clementi. Arranged by Douglas Townsend. Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series. Classical. Full score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #YAS13F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YAS13F).

ISBN 9780825848339. UPC: 798408048334. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: G major.

IApart from some of his Sonatinas, Opus 36, Clementi's life and music are hardly known to the piano teachers and students of today. For example, in addition to the above mentioned Sonatinas, Clementi wrote sixty sonatas for the piano, many of them unjustly neglected, although his friend Beethoven regarded some of them very highly. Clementi also wrote symphonies (some of which he arranged as piano sonatas), a substantial number of waltzes and other dances for the piano as well as sonatas and sonatinas for piano four-hands.In addition to composing, Clementi was a much sought after piano teacher, and included among his students John Field (Father of the 'Nocturne'), and Meyerbeer.In his later years, Clementi became a very successful music publisher, publishing among other works the first English edition of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, in the great composer's own arrangement for the piano, as well as some of his string quartets. Clementi was also one of the first English piano manufacturers to make pianos with a metal frame and string them with wire.The Sonatina in C, Opus 36, No. 1 was one of six such works Clementi wrote in 1797. He must have been partial to these little pieces (for which he also provided the fingerings), since they were reissued (without the fingering) by the composer shortly after 1801. About 1820, he issued ''the sixth edition, with considerable improvements by the author;· with fingerings added and several minor changes, among which were that many of them were written an octave higher.IIIt has often been said, generally by those unhampered by the facts, that composers of the past (and, dare we add, the present?), usually handled their financial affairs with their public and publishers with a poor sense of business acumen or common sense. As a result they frequently found themselves in financial straits.Contrary to popular opinion, this was the exception rather than the rule. With the exception of Mozart and perhaps a few other composers, the majority of composers then, as now, were quite successful in their dealings with the public and their publishers, as the following examples will show.It was not unusual for 18th- and 19th-century composers to arrange some of their more popular compositions for different combinations of instruments in order to increase their availability to a larger music-playing public. Telemann, in the introduction to his seventy-two cantatas for solo voice and one melody instrument (flute, oboe or violin, with the usual continua) Der Harmonische Gottesdienst, tor example, suggests that if a singer is not available to perform a cantata the voice part could be played by another instrument. And in the introduction to his Six Concertos and Six Suites for flute, violin and continua, he named four different instrumental combinations that could perform these pieces, and actually wrote out the notes for the different possibilities. Bach arranged his violin concertos for keyboard, and Beethoven not only arranged his Piano Sonata in E Major, Opus 14, No. 1 for string quartet, he also transposed it to the key of F. Brahm's well-known Quintet in F Minor for piano and strings was his own arrangement of his earlier sonata for two pianos, also in F Minor.IIIWe come now to Clementi. It is well known that some of his sixty piano sonatas were his own arrangements of some of his lost symphonies, and that some of his rondos for piano four-hands were originally the last movements of his solo sonatas or piano trios.In order to make the first movement of his delightful Sonatina in C, Opus 36, No. 1 accessible to young string players, I have followed the example established by the composer himself by arranging and transposing one of his piano compositions from one medium (the piano) to another. (string instruments). In order to simplify the work for young string players, in the process of adapting it to the new medium it was necessary to transpose it from the original key of C to G, thereby doing away with some of the difficulties they would have encountered in the original key. The first violin and cello parts are similar to the right- and left-hand parts of the original piano version. The few changes I have made in these parts have been for the convenience of the string players, but in no way do they change the nature of the music.Since the original implied a harmonic framework in many places, I have added a second violin and viola part in such a way that they not only have interesting music to play, but also fill in some of the implied harmony without in any way detracting from the composition's musical value. Occasionally, it has been necessary to raise or lower a few passages an octave or to modify others slightly to make them more accessible for young players.It is hoped that the musical value of the composition has not been too compromised, and that students and teachers will come to enjoy this little piece in its new setting as much as pianists have in the original one. This arrangement may also be performed by a solo string quartet. When performed by a string orchestra, the double bass part may be omitted.- Douglas TownsendString editing by Amy Rosen.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

Thi s series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels

Edited by Steven Osborne. Classical. Textbook. Trinity College London #TCL024091. Published by Trinity College London

Band concert band - Grade 1

SKU: CF.BPS117

Composed by Tyler Arcari. Beginning Band (BPS). Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 8+2+8+2+5+2+2+8+3+6+3+1+2 +3+12+2 pages. Duration 1:34. Carl Fischer Music #BPS117. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.BPS117).

ISBN 9781491152034. UPC: 680160909537.

Auror a Eclipsed was inspired by the solar eclipse of 2017.  During a solar eclipse, a beautiful and fascinating aurora sometimes forms around the moon creating an eerie outline. This “ring of fire” is actually the sun’s outer edges being revealed for the human eye. An aggressive composition younger students will enjoy playing over and over again.
I wrote Aurora Eclipsed while looking outside at 2017’s solar eclipse. I find space and celestial bodies so fascinating. To think of how small we are compared to the scale of even just the moon is impressive.During a solar eclipse, a beautiful and fascinating aurora sometimes forms around the moon creating an eerie outline. This “ring of fire” is actually the sun’s outer edges being revealed for the human eye. About the work:Unlike most of my young-band pieces, Aurora Eclipsed begins at its peak tempo. The rhythmic pattern in m. 2 is repeated throughout the piece and is used in the melody in order to help facilitate the teaching of eighth-note patterns. The melodic pattern changes slightly at m. 25, while remaining just as repetitious as the previous pattern, giving everyone ample opportunity for exposure. At m. 25 the directions call for euphonium and bassoon only. This is merely a color choice and can easily be used with trombones to fill the need or to help strengthen your students' playing. The use of sfz is not used very much in this level of music, but I thought with the addition of the accents that it would be a great opportunity to teach this colorful effect.

Composed by David Barrett. Harmonica: Diatonic, Saddle- stitched. Technique, Theory and Reference. Book and online audio. 36 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30453M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Band concert band - Grade 1

SKU: CF.BPS117F

Composed by Tyler Arcari. Beginning Band (BPS). Full score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #BPS117F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.BPS117F).

ISBN 9781491152713. UPC: 680160910212.

Auror a Eclipsed was inspired by the solar eclipse of 2017.  During a solar eclipse, a beautiful and fascinating aurora sometimes forms around the moon creating an eerie outline. This “ring of fire” is actually the sun’s outer edges being revealed for the human eye. An aggressive composition younger students will enjoy playing over and over again.
I wrote Aurora Eclipsed while looking outside at 2017’s solar eclipse. I find space and celestial bodies so fascinating. To think of how small we are compared to the scale of even just the moon is impressive.During a solar eclipse, a beautiful and fascinating aurora sometimes forms around the moon creating an eerie outline. This “ring of fire” is actually the sun’s outer edges being revealed for the human eye. About the work:Unlike most of my young-band pieces, Aurora Eclipsed begins at its peak tempo. The rhythmic pattern in m. 2 is repeated throughout the piece and is used in the melody in order to help facilitate the teaching of eighth-note patterns. The melodic pattern changes slightly at m. 25, while remaining just as repetitious as the previous pattern, giving everyone ample opportunity for exposure. At m. 25 the directions call for euphonium and bassoon only. This is merely a color choice and can easily be used with trombones to fill the need or to help strengthen your students' playing. The use of sfz is not used very much in this level of music, but I thought with the addition of the accents that it would be a great opportunity to teach this colorful effect.

Composed by Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Softcover. 212 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Concert Band - Grade 1

SKU: AP.CB9914C

Composed by Frankie Sullivan III and Jim Peterik. Arranged by Gerald Sebesky. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Pop Beginning Band. Movie; Rock. Score. 12 pages. Belwin Music #00-CB9914C. Published by Belwin Music (AP.CB9914C).

UPC: 029156989441. English.

The sound of the ringside bell announces yet another showing of one of the great Rocky films. Here is the theme music from Rocky III, originally recorded by the group Survivor and recognized worldwide. Here is an arrangement for your youngest ensemble that will not create problems with technique, allowing for pure enjoyment of music made famous in the movies! (1:32) Very Easy.

By Mark Williams. Concert Band. Concert Band. Accent on Achievement. Light Concert; Novelty. Grade .5. Conductor Score and Parts. 120 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3 - Grade 2

SKU: CF.YAS103

Composed by Joseph Compello. SWS FS. Young String Orchestra. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 16+16+4+10+10+10+4+8 pages. Carl Fischer Music #YAS103. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YAS103).

ISBN 9780825889080. UPC: 798408089085. 8.5 x 11 inches. Key: B minor.

Joseph Compello depicts the planet Mars with The Red Planet, a heavy, brooding piece in 5/4. This piece provides cross-curricular opportunities to work with the school’s science department. Best of all, it will allow your group to show off the maturity of their playing.
The Red Planet is an original concert piece in time for a string ensemble with at least one year’s training. The opening section should be played in a boldly aggressive style. To give the parts a less complex appearance, staccato quarter-notes are used in lieu of eighth-notes followed by eight-rests. This notation will enable young players to count with greater ease.Notes on the performance:Measure 7 introduces the main theme in the first violins.Measure 15 introduces a secondary theme which becomes increasingly important as thepiece progresses.Measure 24 introduces a third theme and its counter-melody. This section should be played in a lyrically flowing style, in contrast to the main theme from m. 9.Measure 35, marked fugato, will require particular attention to entrances. The playing style reverts to the boldness of the opening mood.Measure 55 is the recapitulation with an addition of a new chromatic line. This line, given to first violins, should be soaring and equal in volume to the main theme. Note that the secondary theme (originally played in m. 15) is played only after the repeat.Measure 66 should be played much more slowly and in a grandiose manner. Here, the main theme should be given much more weight than it received in the opening statement.Note that at m. 68 the secondary theme concludes the piece ponderously in thelow strings. The conductor may dictate each note at this point and disregard the meter.This arrangement has been recorded by Carl Fischer. The performance is available on line free of charge.Thank you for choosing this composition. I hope your students and audience will find it instructiveand enjoyable.Joseph CompelloGlen Arm, Maryland.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

Thi s series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels

(Featuring: We Three Kings / Silent Night / Jolly Old St. Nicholas). Arranged by Ralph Ford. Orchestra. For full (Marimba, Bells, timp, Suspended Cymbal,Snare Drum, Bass Drum,opt. Drumset, sleigh bells, pno). Full Orchestra; Part(s); Score. Belwin Concert

(Featuring: We Three Kings / Silent Night / Jolly Old St. Nicholas). Arranged by Ralph Ford. Orchestra. Full Orchestra; Score. Belwin Concert Full Orchestra. Form: Medley; Waltz. Christmas; Jazz; Light Concert; Swing; Winter. Grade 3. 12 pages. Published by Belwin Publishing