Arranged by Jerry Novak, performed by The Manhattan Transfer. Octavo for SATB ch...(+)
Arranged by Jerry Novak,
performed by The
Manhattan Transfer.
Octavo for SATB choir,
piano accompaniment,
guitar, bass and drums.
Series: Hal Leonard Hal
Leonard Choral. 16 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
By Thomas L. Dvorak and Bob Margolis. Band music reviews - grade 1 music divided...(+)
By Thomas L. Dvorak and
Bob Margolis. Band music
reviews - grade 1 music
divided into three
subgradings; method
reviews. Grade 1.
Hardcover book. 140
pages. Published by
Manhattan Beach Music
Royal Coronation Dances Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Manhattan Beach Music
Concert band - Grade 3 SKU: MH.1-59913-054-8 Composed by Bob Margolis. Su...(+)
Concert band - Grade 3
SKU:
MH.1-59913-054-8
Composed by Bob Margolis.
Suitable for advanced
middle school, high
school, community and
college bands. Conductor
score and set of parts.
Duration 4:45. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-054-8).
ISBN
9781599130545.
Roya
l Coronation Dances is
the first sequel to the
Fanfare Ode & Festival,
both being settings of
dance music originally
arranged by Gervaise in
the mid 16th-century (the
next sequel is The
Renaissance Fair, which
uses music of Susato and
Praetorius). Fanfare Ode
& Festival has been
performed by many tens of
thousands of students,
both in high school and
junior high school. I
have heard that some of
them are amazed that the
music they are playing
was first played and
danced to over 400 years
ago. Some students tend
to think that music
started with Handel and
his Messiah to be
followed by Beethoven and
his Fifth Symphony, with
naught in between or
before of consequence.
Although Royal Coronation
Dances is derived from
the same source as
Fanfare Ode & Festival,
they are treated in
different ways. I
envisioned this new suite
programmatically -- hence
the descriptive movement
titles, which I imagined
to be various dances
actually used at some
long-ago coronation. The
first movement depicts
the guests, both noble
and common, flanked by
flag and banner bearers,
arriving at the palace to
view the majestic event.
They are festive, their
flags swirling the air,
their cloaks brightly
colored. In the second
movement, the queen in
stately measure moves to
take her place on the
throne as leader and
protector of the realm.
In the third movement,
the jesters of the court
entertain the guests with
wild games of sport.
Musically, there are
interesting sonorities to
recreate. Very special
attention should be given
to the tambourine/tenor
drum part in the first
movement. Their lively
rhythms give the movement
its power. Therefore they
should be played as
distinctly and
brilliantly as possible.
The xylophone and
glockenspiel add clarity,
but must not be allowed
to dominate. Observe
especially the differing
dynamics; the intent is
to allow much buzzing
bass to penetrate. The
small drum (starting at
meas. 29) should be
played expressively, with
attention to the notated
articulations, with the
brass light and detached,
especially in a lively
auditorium. It is of some
further interest that the
first dance is extremely
modal. The original is
clearly in G mixolydian
mode (scale:
G-A-B-C-D-E-F-G).
However, other editors
might put in F-sharps in
many places (changing the
piece almost to G major),
in the belief that such
ficta would have been
automatically put in by
the 16th-century
performers as they
played. I doubt it. I
have not only eschewed
these within the work,
but even at the cadences.
So this arrangement is
most distinctly modal
(listen to the F-naturals
in meas. 22 and 23, for
instance), with all the
part-writing as Gervaise
wrote it. In the second
movement, be careful that
things do not become too
glued together. In the
16th century this music
might have been played by
a consort of recorders,
instruments very light of
touch and sensitive to
articulation. Concert
band can easily sound
heavy, and although this
movement has been scored
for tutti band, it must
not sound it. It is
essential, therefore,
that you hear all the
instruments, with none
predominating. Only when
each timbre can be heard
separately and
simultaneously will the
best blend occur, and
consequently the greatest
transparency. So aim for
a transparent, spacious
tutti sound in this
movement. Especially have
the flutes, who do this
so well, articulate
rather sharply, so as to
produce a chiffing sound,
and do not allow the
quarter-notes to become
too tied together in the
entire band. The entrance
of the drums (first
tenor, then bass) are
events and as such should
be audible. Incidentally,
this movement begins in F
Major and ends in D
Minor: They really didn't
care so much about those
things then. The third
movement (one friend has
remarked that it is the
most Margolisian of the
bunch, but actually I am
just getting subtler, I
hope) again relies upon
the percussion (and the
scoring) to make its
points. Xylophone in this
movement is meant to be
distinctly audible.
Therefore, be especially
sure that the xylophone
player is secure in the
part, and also that the
tambourine and toms sound
good. This movement must
fly or it will sink, so
rev up the band and
conduct it in 1 for this
mixolydian jesting. I
suppose the wildly
unrelated keys (clarinets
and then brass at the
end) would be a good
16th-century joke, but to
us, our
put-up-the-chorus-a-half-
step ears readily accept
such shenanigans.
Ensemble instrumentation:
1 Full Score, 1 Piccolo,
4 Flute 1, 4 Flute 2 & 3,
2 Oboe 1 & 2, 2 Bassoon 1
& 2, 1 Eb Clarinet, 4 Bb
Clarinet 1, 4 Bb Clarinet
2, 4 Bb Clarinet 3, 2 Eb
Alto Clarinet, 1 Eb
Contra Alto Clarinet, 3
Bb Bass & Bb Contrabass
Clarinet, 2 Eb Alto
Saxophone 1, 2 Eb Alto
Saxophone 2, 2 Bb Tenor
Saxophone, 2 Eb Baritone
Saxophone, 3 Bb Trumpet
1, 3 Bb Trumpet 2, 3 Bb
Trumpet 3, 4 Horn in F 1
& 2, 2 Trombone 1, 4
Trombone 2 & 3, 3
Euphonium (B.C.), 2
Euphonium (T.C.), 4 Tuba,
1 String Bass, 1 Timpani
(optional), 2 Xylophone &
Glockenspiel, 5
Percussion.
The Headless Horseman Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile Manhattan Beach Music
By Timothy Broege. Concert band. Suitable for middle school and high school band...(+)
By Timothy Broege.
Concert band. Suitable
for middle school and
high school bands. Level:
Grade 2. Conductor Full
Score. Duration 2:00.
Published by Manhattan
Beach Music.
Fantasia Nova Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Manhattan Beach Music
Concert band - Grade 5 SKU: MH.1-59913-082-3 Composed by Bob Margolis. Su...(+)
Concert band - Grade 5
SKU:
MH.1-59913-082-3
Composed by Bob Margolis.
Suitable for community
bands, high school bands,
and college bands. 14
minutes duration if
played as a suite; or
movements 1 or 3 may be
performed separately.
Conductor score and set
of parts. Duration 14:00.
Published by Manhattan
Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-082-3).
ISBN
9781599130828.
Fant
asia Nova is a suite
comprising two concert
marches and a slow,
middle movement that
derives its themes from
both marches. Ragtime
(composed in early
September, 1978) is a new
from old sort of piece.
Although its tunefulness
and harmonies have an
old-fashioned character,
its structure,
development, and
orchestration are unusual
for a march. In the
chorale section (measures
111 - 148) the band
director must be very
careful in balancing, for
each of the elements must
come through. More
important is that the
audience be brought up by
this section -- filled
with a joyous exaltation;
great attention must be
paid to sonority and the
band must play earnestly.
Ragtime stands on its own
and may be performed
separately. Dreams
(composed in late
September, 1978) is the
traditional march of the
two. It is very closely
modeled (in structure
only) to Sousa's Stars
and Stripes Forever. It
even includes a tricky
piccolo solo, although
the accompaniment has a
chorale texture, almost
like a school alma mater.
This march has a
patriotic, inspirational
sound, because it was
composed for the town of
Irondequoit, New York --
for a Town March contest
held by the town's
community concert band.
It did not, so far as I
know, become the town's
march; one can hear the
name, Irondequoit,
throughout the Trio, for
every turn of the melody
(in fact, each group of
four notes) fits the
accent pattern
(Ih-RON-dih-kwoit) of the
town's name. Parade
stands on its own as a
complete work and may be
performed separately.
Ensemble instrumentation:
1 Piccolo, 6 Flutes, 2
1st & 2nd Oboes, 1
English Horn, 1 Eb
Clarinet, 3 1st Bb
Clarinet, 3 2nd Bb
Clarinet, 3 3rd Bb
Clarinet, 1 Eb Alto
Clarinet, 2 Bb Bass
Clarinet, 1 Eb Contrabass
Clarinet (optional), 2
1st & 2nd Bassoons, 1
Contrabassoon (optional),
1 1st Eb Alto Saxophone,
1 2nd Eb Alto Saxophone,
1 Bb Tenor Saxophone, 1
Eb Baritone Saxophone, 3
1st Bb Cornets, 3 2nd Bb
Cornets, 3 3rd Bb
Cornets, 1 1st Horn in F,
1 2nd Horn in F, 2 3rd
and 4th Horns in F, 2 1st
Trombones, 2 2nd
Trombones, 2 3rd
Trombones, 1 Euphonium
(Treble Clef), 2
Euphonium (Bass Clef), 4
Tuba, 1 String Bass, 1
Timpani (Triangle), 5
Percussion.
Frank Ticheli : Vesuvius Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Manhattan Beach Music
By Frank Ticheli. Concert band. Suitable for high school, community, and college...(+)
By Frank Ticheli. Concert
band. Suitable for high
school, community, and
college bands. Conductor
Full Score. Duration
9:00. Published by
Manhattan Beach Music.
Level: Grade 4.
Eine praktische Sammlung aus 15 beliebten Märschen von John Philip Sousa, neu...(+)
Eine praktische Sammlung
aus 15 beliebten
Märschen von John
Philip Sousa, neu
instrumentiert von Philip
Sparke.John Philip Sousa
wurde am 6. November 1854
in Washington geboren.
Obgleich er ein
vielseitiger Komponist
war und fünfzehn
Operetten, Suiten,
Humoresken,
programmatische
Konzertmusik, Tänze
usw. schuf und
keinesfalls für das
Blasorchester alleine
arbeitete, ist er in
überwiegendem Maße
nur als Marschkomponist
ein Begriff. Sousa
gehörte zu den
Menschen, die ohne
Unterbrechung arbeiten
und es erstaunt daher
nicht, dass er nach einer
Konzertprobe am 6.
März 1932 in Reading,
im Staat Pennsylvania.
verstarb.Die Idee, die
hinter dieser Sammlung
von Sousas
bekanntestenMärschen
steckt, ist, heutige
Blasorchester mit einer
praktischen Ausgabe, ganz
im Sinne von Sousas
eigener
Aufführungspraxis und
Instrumentierung,
auszustatten. Der
englische Komponist
Philip Sparke zeichnet
für diese
Neuinstrumentierung
verantwortlich. Als
quelle dienten ihm Kopien
von Sousas
Originalpartituren und
historische Aufnahmen.Die
Partitur enthält viele
nützliche
Informationen. Philip
Sparke gibt in seinem
Vorwort wertvolle
Hinweise zu Besetzung und
Aufführungspraxis. Des
Weiteren ist eine
ausführliche
Biographie von John
Philip Sousa und zu jedem
Marsch eine
Werkbeschreibung
enthalten. Letztere
wurden in fachkundiger
Weise von Werner Probst
verfasst.Inhalt: El
Capitan o Hands Across
the Sea o King Cotton o
Manhattan Beach o Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine o
Semper Fidelis o The Beau
Ideal o The Black Horse
Troop o The Fairest of
the Fair o The High
School Cadets o The
Invincible Eagle o The
Liberty Bell o The Stars
and Stripes Forever o The
Thunderer o The
Washington Post
Riders to Stonehenge Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Débutant Manhattan Beach Music
By Gregory B.Rudgers. Concert band. Suitable for elementary and middle school ba...(+)
By Gregory B.Rudgers.
Concert band. Suitable
for elementary and middle
school bands. Level:
Grade 1. Conductor score
and set of parts.
Duration 2:20. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music.
Beginning Band Method. Composed by Frank Ticheli / Gregory B. Rudgers. Ed...(+)
Beginning Band
Method. Composed by
Frank Ticheli / Gregory
B. Rudgers. Edited by Bob
Margolis. Method book.
Published by Manhattan
Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-177-3).
Clarinet Rhapsody Clarinette, Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Manhattan Beach Music
By Donald J. Young. Solo clarinet and concert band. Suitable for advanced middle...(+)
By Donald J. Young. Solo
clarinet and concert
band. Suitable for
advanced middle school,
high school, community
and college bands. Level:
Grade 3 (band) - Grade 4
(solo). Conductor score
and set of parts.
Duration 7:30. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music.
Performed by Manhattan Transfer, lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, music by Manning Sher...(+)
Performed by Manhattan
Transfer, lyrics by Eric
Maschwitz, music by
Manning Sherwin, arranged
by Alan Billingsley.
Octavo for SATB chorus
and piano accompaniment.
Choral. 8 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, arranged by Gene Puerling, performed by Manhattan Tran...(+)
Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz,
arranged by Gene
Puerling, performed by
Manhattan Transfer, music
by Manning Sherwin.
Octavo for SATB a
cappella chorus. Series:
Hal Leonard Hal Leonard
Choral. 8 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Gold-Rush Rag Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Manhattan Beach Music
Concert band - Grade 4 SKU: MH.1-59913-066-1 Composed by Stephen Kent Goo...(+)
Concert band - Grade 4
SKU:
MH.1-59913-066-1
Composed by Stephen Kent
Goodman. Suitable for
high school, community,
and college bands.
Conductor score and set
of parts. Duration 3:00.
Published by Manhattan
Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-066-1).
ISBN
9781599130668.
The
discovery of the yellow
metal at Sutter's Mill in
California's Sacramento
Valley in 1849 was only
the beginning of
subsequent gold-rushes to
occur in the state.
Gold-Rush Rag was written
to commemorate all of the
California gold rushes
from past to present --
not only for the precious
metal, but for all the
opportunities that
California has offered.
This work is dedicated to
the Sacramento Valley
Symphonic Band, conducted
by Dr. Lester E. Lehr.
Ensemble instrumentation:
1 Piccolo, 6 Flutes, 2
Oboe 1-2, 2 Bassoon 1-2,
1 Eb Clarinet, 4 Bb
Clarinet 1, 4 Bb Clarinet
2, 4 Bb Clarinet 3, 1 Eb
Alto Clarinet, 3 Bb Bass
Clarinet, 4 Eb Alto
Saxophone 1-2, 1 Bb Tenor
Saxophone, 1 Eb Baritone
Saxophone, 3 Bb Cornet 1,
3 Bb Cornet 2, 3 Bb
Cornet 3, 2 Horn in F
1-2, 2 Horn in F 3-4, 2
Trombone 1, 2 Trombone 2,
2 Trombone 3, 3 Euphonium
BC, 2 Euphonium TC, 5
Tuba, 1 Bells, 2
Triangle/Tambourine, 3
Snare Drum/Bass
Drum/Crash Cymbals.
Concert band - Grade 4 SKU: MH.1-59913-020-3 Composed by Liadov. Arranged...(+)
Concert band - Grade 4
SKU:
MH.1-59913-020-3
Composed by Liadov.
Arranged by Don Wilcox.
Suitable for high school,
community, and college
bands. Conductor score
and set of parts.
Duration 6:45. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-020-3).
ISBN
9781599130200.
Prog
ram Notes: Festival in
Russia is a transcription
for concert band of
Anatoli Liadov's dazzling
orchestral work,
Polonaise (Op. 49).
Written at the turn of
the century, its
energetic dance rhythms
and melodic
expressiveness will bring
a delightful Old World
charm to today's
audiences. Liadov
(1855-1914) was a student
of Rimsky-Korsakov at the
St. Petersburg
Conservatory, and
succeeded him as the
composition teacher. (One
of Liadov's most notable
students at the
Conservatory was Sergei
Prokofiev.) At the time
the Polonaise was written
(1899), Liadov was at the
height of his profession
and one of his era's most
respected and
widely-known composers.
The first performance of
this transcription for
concert band was given by
the West Virginia
University Wind Symphony
at the Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts on
February 24, 1988, Don
Wilcox conducting.
Ensemble instrumentation:
1 Piccolo, 4 Flute I, 4
Flute II, 1 Oboe I, 1
Oboe II, 1 English Horn,
1 Bassoon I, 1 Bassoon
II, 1 Eb Clarinet, 4 Bb
Clarinet I, 4 Bb Clarinet
II, 4 Bb Clarinet III, 1
Eb Alto Clarinet, 1 Eb
ContrabassClarinet, 3 Bb
Bass Clarinet & Bb
Contrabass Clarinet, 3 Eb
Alto Saxophone I, 3 Eb
Alto Saxophone II, 2 Bb
Tenor Saxophone, 2 Eb
Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb
Cornet I, 3 Bb Cornet II,
3 Bb Cornet III, 2 Bb
Trumpet I, 2 Bb Trumpet
II, 2 F Horn I & III, 2 F
Horn II & IV, 2 Trombone
I, 2 Trombone II, 2 Bass
Trombone, 3 Euphonium, 2
Euphonium T.C., 4 Tuba, 2
Timpani, 2 Bells &
Vibraphone, 3 Chimes,
Triangle & Cymbals, 2
Xylophone & Marimba, 2
Snare Drum & Bass
Drum.
By Timothy Broege. Concert band. Suitable for high school, community, and colleg...(+)
By Timothy Broege.
Concert band. Suitable
for high school,
community, and college
bands. Level: Grade 4.
Conductor Full Score.
Duration 7:00. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music.
Fantasia Nova Orchestre d'harmonie Manhattan Beach Music
Composed by Bob Margolis. Concert band. Suitable for community bands, high schoo...(+)
Composed by Bob Margolis.
Concert band. Suitable
for community bands, high
school bands, and college
bands. 14 minutes
duration if played as a
suite; or movements 1 or
3 may be performed
separately. Grade 5.
Conductor Full Score.
Duration 14:00. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music
Lyric Music [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Manhattan Beach Music
By Robert Starer. Concert band - solo trumpet feature. Suitable for advanced mid...(+)
By Robert Starer. Concert
band - solo trumpet
feature. Suitable for
advanced middle school,
high school, community
and college bands. Level:
Grade 3. Conductor score
and set of parts.
Duration 4:00. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music.
Voyager [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Manhattan Beach Music
Composed by John W. Stout. Suitable for high school, community, and college band...(+)
Composed by John W.
Stout. Suitable for high
school, community, and
college bands. Conductor
score and set of parts.
Duration 4:30. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music
(MH.1-59913-076-9).
Dream Lover Chorale SSAA SSAA A Cappella Barbershop Harmony Society
By Manhattan Transfer and James Taylor. By Bobby Darin (1936-1973). Arranged b...(+)
By Manhattan Transfer and
James Taylor. By Bobby
Darin
(1936-1973). Arranged by
Kohl Kitzmiller.
Barbershop
Harmony Society. A
Cappella,
Barbershop. Octavo. 8
pages.
Barbershop Harmony
Society
#213187. Published by
Barbershop Harmony
Society
This collection provides a practical edition of 15 Sousa classics that can be us...(+)
This collection provides
a practical edition of 15
Sousa classics that can
be used for marching as
well as the concert hall.
All are arranged by
Philip Sparke for today's
bands, and the updated
engravings are a great
addition toany school or
community band library.
Includes: The Beau Ideal
· Black Horse Troop
· El Capitan · The
Fairest of the Fair ·
Hands Across the Sea ·
High School Cadets ·
The Invincible Eagle ·
King Cotton · The
Liberty Bell
·Manhattan Beach ·
Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine · Semper
Fidelis · Stars and
Stripes Forever · The
Thunderer · Washington
Post. Note: At 5.75 x 8
inches, the student books
are slightly larger than
traditional marching band
size.
Eine
praktische Sammlung mit
15 beliebten Märschen
von John Philip Sousa,
neu instrumentiert von
Philip Sparke. Die Idee,
die hinter dieser
Sammlung von Sousas
bekanntesten Märschen
steckt, ist, heutige
Blasorchester mit einer
praktischen Ausgabe, ganz
im Sinne von Sousas
eigener
Aufführungspraxis und
Instrumentierung,
auszustatten. Der
englische Komponist
Philip Sparke zeichnet
für diese
Neuinstrumentierung
verantwortlich. Als
Quelle dienten ihm Kopien
von Sousas
Originalpartituren und
historische Aufnahmen.Die
Partitur enthält viele
nützliche
Informationen. Philip
Sparke gibt in seinem
Vorwort wertvolle
Hinweise zu Besetzung und
Aufführungspraxis. Des
weiteren sind
eineausführliche
Biographie von John
Philip Sousa sowie zu
jedem Marsch eine
Werkbeschreibung
enthalten. Diese wurden
in fachkundiger Weise von
Werner Probst verfasst
Ave Maria Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Manhattan Beach Music
By Franz Schubert. Arranged by Frank Ticheli. Concert band. Suitable for advance...(+)
By Franz Schubert.
Arranged by Frank
Ticheli. Concert band.
Suitable for advanced
middle school, high
school, community and
college bands. Level:
Grade 3. Conductor score
and set of parts.
Duration 4:30. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music.
America Verses Orchestre d'harmonie - Facile Manhattan Beach Music
By Timothy Broege. Concert band. Suitable for middle school and high school band...(+)
By Timothy Broege.
Concert band. Suitable
for middle school and
high school bands. Grade
2. Conductor Full Score.
Duration 5:30. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music
. Conductor Full Score.
Electronic Keyboard; Organ; Piano/Keyboard SKU: HL.265488 E-Z Play Tod...(+)
Electronic Keyboard;
Organ; Piano/Keyboard
SKU: HL.265488
E-Z Play Today
#86. Composed by
Leonard Cohen. E-Z Play
Today. Pop. Softcover. 72
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.265488).
ISBN 9781540022301.
UPC: 888680731953.
9.0x12.0x0.203
inches.
15 of
Cohen's best songs
presented in our easy to
read and play E-Z Play(r)
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