Composed by Jeb Patton. Instructional book & 2 CDs. Published by Sher Music Company

SKU: BR.BV-426

Complete Letters in 35 Volumes and Supplements. Composed by Richard Wagner. Buchverlag Breitkopf & Hartel (Music Books). Romantic period. Book. Breitkopf and Haertel #BV 426. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.BV-426).

ISBN 9783765104268. 5.5 x 8.5 inches.

The Bayreuth Festival company's financial situation is so precarious in 1874 that Wagner decides to discontinue. When at the last minute, the loan of 100,000 thalers from Ludwig II's cabinet treasury secures the work progress, the stage technology for the festival theater and the decor for the Ring des Nibelungen are commissioned, though the 1875 performance date can no longer be kept. Causing unrest is Wagner's move into his longed-for, own residence, dubbed Wahnfried. He also spends the year composing the Gotterdammerungscore, completing its last score page on 21 November 1874, thus finishing the Ringafter more than 20 years.

Band concert band - beginner, intermediate, advanced

SKU: KJ.W78

Composed by Dean Sorenson. Band method. Excellence in Jazz Pedagogy, Vol. 1. Book (not sheet music). 88 pages. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #W78. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.W78).

ISBN 9780849770258.

Exce llence in Jazz Pedagogy is a series of short, targeted publications by renowned jazz educator, composer, and performer Dean Sorenson. Each book in this collection focuses on specific topics important to anyone teaching or studying jazz.

Use the books in the series as:
* reference guides for the working music educator.
* supplements to instrumental techniques and methods courses that are a part of music education degree programs.
* stand-alone texts for undergraduate or graduate level jazz pedagogy courses.
* introductions to jazz topics for students studying privately.
* refreshers for seasoned jazz professionals.

I n Volume 1: Jazz Ensemble Auditions and Repertoire Selection, the author takes a look at the reasons for teaching jazz in school music programs, the rationale behind the grading of jazz materials, and some of the basics to starting a jazz ensemble program--in particular holding auditions and selecting repertoire. Included with each book is online access to correlated duplicable resources in the Kjos Multimedia Library.

Chamber orchestra

SKU: HH.HH005-FSC

Composed by Lawrence Casserley. Chamber Orchestra. Full score. Duration 10 minutes, 30 seconds. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH005-FSC. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH005-FSC).

ISBN 9790708024101.

Spar ingly scored, these miniatures are full of surprise and delight. The work consists of nine short sections played continuously. In Mixture 1 Incantation, linear counterpoint for high woodwind and low strings is interspersed by distinctive brass figures and percussion motives. A brief Solo for double bass leads into Interlude 1 where harmonic writing is broken by short woodwind fragments before Duet where a simple rhythmic cell is developed by the brass instruments. Mixture 2 Exultation alternate block chords with active rhythmic activity. The Trio for flute, clarinet and percussion is followed by Interlude 2 where woodwind and string counterpoint is interrupted by static chords. After a short Quartet for trumpet and strings, Mixture 3 Apotheosis combines the techniques of the earlier movements. An original and rewarding work.

Chamber orchestra

SKU: HH.HH005-MIN

Composed by Lawrence Casserley. Chamber Orchestra. Miniature score. Duration 10 minutes, 30 seconds. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH005-MIN. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH005-MIN).

ISBN 9790708024095.

Spar ingly scored, these miniatures are full of surprise and delight. The work consists of nine short sections played continuously. In Mixture 1 Incantation, linear counterpoint for high woodwind and low strings is interspersed by distinctive brass figures and percussion motives. A brief Solo for double bass leads into Interlude 1 where harmonic writing is broken by short woodwind fragments before Duet where a simple rhythmic cell is developed by the brass instruments. Mixture 2 Exultation alternate block chords with active rhythmic activity. The Trio for flute, clarinet and percussion is followed by Interlude 2 where woodwind and string counterpoint is interrupted by static chords. After a short Quartet for trumpet and strings, Mixture 3 Apotheosis combines the techniques of the earlier movements. An original and rewarding work.

Chamber orchestra

SKU: HH.HH005-IPT

Composed by Lawrence Casserley. Chamber Orchestra. Set of parts. Duration 10 minutes, 30 seconds. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH005-IPT. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH005-IPT).

ISBN 9790708024705.

Spar ingly scored, these miniatures are full of surprise and delight. The work consists of nine short sections played continuously. In Mixture 1 Incantation, linear counterpoint for high woodwind and low strings is interspersed by distinctive brass figures and percussion motives. A brief Solo for double bass leads into Interlude 1 where harmonic writing is broken by short woodwind fragments before Duet where a simple rhythmic cell is developed by the brass instruments. Mixture 2 Exultation alternate block chords with active rhythmic activity. The Trio for flute, clarinet and percussion is followed by Interlude 2 where woodwind and string counterpoint is interrupted by static chords. After a short Quartet for trumpet and strings, Mixture 3 Apotheosis combines the techniques of the earlier movements. An original and rewarding work.

Book - Grade 3-6

SKU: LO.75-1050H

Composed by D. Brian Weese. Classroom Music. Reproducible collection. Heritage Music Press #75/1050H. Published by Heritage Music Press (LO.75-1050H).

ISBN 9780787756451.

Teac hing composition is easy and engaging with this step-by-step workbook that guides your students through writing notes, analyzing music, and composing their own. It begins with simple notation practice, and by the last page, students will be composing six-measure melodies using a variety of notes and pitches. This book is especially effective in classrooms using the recorder, but flexible enough that students' compositions can be played on any pitched instrument you choose.

Piano - Intermediate

SKU: FJ.W9469

Composed by David Karp. Piano Solo; Piano Supplemental. Written For You. Traditional. Score. The FJH Music Company Inc #98-W9469. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc (FJ.W9469).

UPC: 241444408506. English.

A summer cottage on a lake is the idyllic setting for this coloristic, lyrical solo. The piece begins with a beautiful left-hand melody accompanied by impressionistic right-hand chords. Teenagers as well as adults will enjoy playing this lovely tone poem.

About FJH Written For You Piano Solos

Spar kling and lyrical pieces which promote musical expression.

Score and Parts. By Gustav Holst. Arranged by Johan De Meij. Amstel Concert Bands. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Amstel Music.

Grade 3

SKU: CL.032-4042-00

Composed by Vuono. Jazz Ensemble. Audio recording available separately (item CL.991-2011-01). Score and set of parts. Composed 2011. Duration 3 minutes, 37 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #032-4042-00. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.032-4042-00).

Take a catchy melody, add a clever set of chord changes, and top it all off with tight oh-so-swinging ensemble writing, and it all adds up to one tremendously fun and musical experience from the trusted pen of composer/arranger Rob Vuono, Jr.! Hook, Line, and Swinger cooks from beginning to end and, not coincidentally, offers a great hook, plenty of hip lines, and swing to spare. The brass ranges are modest, and the tempo is flexible; the chart works beautifully at a leisurely 160 or an edgier 180, so the choice is yours. Solos are for Alto Sax, Trumpet, and Piano, but the solo section may be extended, so this piece works beautifully as an opener, closer, or featured piece for concert and contest. An added vibe part is provided for an extra dash of cool, but is totally optional. Hook, Line, and Swinger is a refreshing and exciting chart that is fun to play as well as listen to, and is sure to be a mainstay in any library!

Grade 3

SKU: CL.032-4042-01

Composed by Jr. Vuono. Jazz Ensemble. Audio recording available separately (item CL.991-2011-01). Extra full score. Composed 2011. Duration 3 minutes, 37 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #032-4042-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.032-4042-01).

Take a catchy melody, add a clever set of chord changes, and top it all off with tight oh-so-swinging ensemble writing, and it all adds up to one tremendously fun and musical experience from the trusted pen of composer/arranger Rob Vuono, Jr.! Hook, Line, and Swinger cooks from beginning to end and, not coincidentally, offers a great hook, plenty of hip lines, and swing to spare. The brass ranges are modest, and the tempo is flexible; the chart works beautifully at a leisurely 160 or an edgier 180, so the choice is yours. Solos are for Alto Sax, Trumpet, and Piano, but the solo section may be extended, so this piece works beautifully as an opener, closer, or featured piece for concert and contest. An added vibe part is provided for an extra dash of cool, but is totally optional. Hook, Line, and Swinger is a refreshing and exciting chart that is fun to play as well as listen to, and is sure to be a mainstay in any library!

(Op. 100, 105, 109 Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 2088). By Johann Friedrich BurgmÌ_ller. Edited by Louis Oesterle. Piano Collection. Softcover. 108 pages. G. Schirmer #2088. Published by G. Schirmer

Double concerto (solos: fl.hp - 0.2.0.0 - 2.0.0.0 - str)

SKU: BR.PB-15135-07

Urtext. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Andras Adorjan. Orchestra; stapled. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).

In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag

Solo concerto; Classical. Study Score. 60 pages. Duration 27'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 15135-07. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-15135-07).

ISBN 9790004214718. 6.5 x 9 inches.

Mozart excitedly reported to his father that the Comte de Guines played the flute incomparably, while his daughter was magnifique at the harp. He apparently had no reservations about writing a double concerto for this unusual scoring in Paris in 1778 and even though he had just admitted to his father that he couldnt stand the flute. It is surprising, then, that Mozart produced a singular, fairly easily performable work. Could it be that he exaggerated their technical abilities for some reason or other when he described his patrons to his father?The source situation is clear: An autograph has survived which is definitive in every respect, and can be incontestably included in a modern Urtext edition, down to the distinction between staccato dots and dashes.Cadenzas in the piano reduction by Robert D. Levin.

Basso (cello/double bass) (solos: fl.hp - 0.2.0.0 - 2.0.0.0 - str)

SKU: BR.OB-15134-26

Urtext. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Andras Adorjan. Orchestra; stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library).

In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag

Solo concerto; Classical. Part. 8 pages. Duration 27'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 15134-26. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-15134-26).

ISBN 9790004341506. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Mozart excitedly reported to his father that the Comte de Guines played the flute incomparably, while his daughter was magnifique at the harp. He apparently had no reservations about writing a double concerto for this unusual scoring in Paris in 1778 and even though he had just admitted to his father that he couldnt stand the flute. It is surprising, then, that Mozart produced a singular, fairly easily performable work. Could it be that he exaggerated their technical abilities for some reason or other when he described his patrons to his father?The source situation is clear: An autograph has survived which is definitive in every respect, and can be incontestably included in a modern Urtext edition, down to the distinction between staccato dots and dashes.Cadenzas in the piano reduction by Robert D. Levin.

Double concerto (solos: fl.hp - 0.2.0.0 - 2.0.0.0 - str)

SKU: BR.PB-15134

Urtext. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Andras Adorjan. Orchestra; stapled. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).

In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag

Solo concerto; Classical. Full score. 56 pages. Duration 27'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 15134. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-15134).

ISBN 9790004214701. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Mozart excitedly reported to his father that the Comte de Guines played the flute incomparably, while his daughter was magnifique at the harp. He apparently had no reservations about writing a double concerto for this unusual scoring in Paris in 1778 and even though he had just admitted to his father that he couldnt stand the flute. It is surprising, then, that Mozart produced a singular, fairly easily performable work. Could it be that he exaggerated their technical abilities for some reason or other when he described his patrons to his father?The source situation is clear: An autograph has survived which is definitive in every respect, and can be incontestably included in a modern Urtext edition, down to the distinction between staccato dots and dashes.Cadenzas in the piano reduction by Robert D. Levin.

Concert Band - Grade 3.5

SKU: KJ.WB539F

Composed by Anthony Oâ??Toole. Band/Repertoire. Score. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #WB539F. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.WB539F).

UPC: 084027053379.

Inspi red by the painting Skating in Central Park, this work evokes that magical feeling of holiday cheer that begins with the first glimpse of the white snow and icicles hanging from the window on a cold morning. Composer Anthony Oâ??Toole makes use of holiday music vernacular in his original tone poem thatâ??s sure to become a yearly staple in your winter concerts.

Concert Band - Grade 3.5

SKU: KJ.WB539

Composed by Anthony Oâ??Toole. Band/Repertoire. Score and parts. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #WB539. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.WB539).

UPC: 084027053362.

Inspi red by the painting Skating in Central Park, this work evokes that magical feeling of holiday cheer that begins with the first glimpse of the white snow and icicles hanging from the window on a cold morning. Composer Anthony Oâ??Toole makes use of holiday music vernacular in his original tone poem thatâ??s sure to become a yearly staple in your winter concerts.

Concert Band - Grade 1.5

SKU: AP.37791

Arranged by Scott Watson. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Challenger Band Series. Christmas; Folk; Sacred; Traditional; Winter. Score and Part(s). 126 pages. Duration 3:50. Alfred Music #00-37791. Published by Alfred Music (AP.37791).

UPC: 038081434179. English. Traditional.

The Appalachian folk carol, Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head, was collected by folk musicologist (and the composer of the tune, I Wonder as I Wander), John Jacob Niles, in the early Twentieth Century. This hauntingly beautiful arrangement of the tune explores the Nativity with peaceful reverence and mysterious wonder. Watson's writing includes expressive tempo changes, lush scoring for full band, transparent episodes for woodwinds, and delicate percussion writing, offering bands ample opportunity for performing with musical beauty and eloquence. (3:50).

Unison voices, congregation, handbells, and organ - Beginning

SKU: MN.50-0079

Composed by Michael Burkhardt. Advent, Christmas, Advent Candlelighting, Lessons and Carols. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-0079. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-0079).

UPC: 688670500794. English.

A simple but transcendent setting of the chant tune CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM, this movement from Kneeling in Bethlehem begins with men in unison against a handbell ostinato. The second stanza is women in unison with organ. The third stanza is full choir in unison, with organ and bell chords punctuating occasionally. The remaining two stanzas are also in unison, with the final one set against full organ and random ringing. Requires 11 bells out of the four octave range.

String Quartet - Grade 4

SKU: BT.WH31498

Composed by Hans Abrahamsen. Score Only. Composed 2013. 42 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH31498. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (BT.WH31498).

ISBN 9788759824603. English.

String Quartet No.4 was composed by Hans Abrahamsen in 2012. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and Wigmore Hall For the Arditti Quartet. Programme note: The basic idea for my Fourth String Quartet was very clear to me: It should be quiet and soft music or to put it in a german term: hoch im Himmel gesungen ... (”High singing in heaven…”). Each of the four movements has a different scordatura/pitch. The first movement begins like my work ”Schnee” sky-high with an airy and soft melody by the first violin. The second movement is fast and ”movement and joy”-like. It consists of two duets and a reverse style counterpoint. While the sections were progressively longerin the first movement they are getting shorter and shorter in the second. ”Dark, heavy and earthy” is the third movement and its pizzicato recalls big black raindrops falling to the ground. It is the dark and grainy counterpart to the first movement whereas the fourth movement corresponds to the second. The fourth movement was planned as a dark and heavy counterpart but it turned out to be like ”babbling” music of a child. My Fourth String Quartet has become in its way a serene and cool piece. So the Quartet has been finished luckyly after twenty years it was already in 1990 that I was commissioned by Wittener Tage für Neue Musik to write the piece for Arditti Quartet. Hans Abrahamsen.

String Quartet No.4 was composed by Hans Abrahamsen in 2012. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and Wigmore Hall For the ArdittiQuartet. Programme note: The basic idea for my Fourth String Quartet was very clear to me: It should be quiet and soft music or to put it in a german term: hoch im Himmel gesungen ... (High singing in heaven). Each of the four movements has a different scordatura/pitch. The first movement begins - like my work 'Schnee' - sky-high with an airy and soft melody by the first violin. The second movement is fast and movement and joy-like. It consists of two duets and a reverse style counterpoint. While the sections were progressively longer in the first movement they are getting shorter and shorter in the second. Dark, heavy and earthy is the third movement and its pizzicato recalls big black raindrops falling to the ground. It is the dark and grainy counterpart to the first movement whereas the fourth movement corresponds to the second. The fourth movement was planned as a dark and heavy counterpart but it turned out to be like babbling music of a child. My Fourth String Quartet has become in its way a serene and cool piece. So the Quartet has been finished luckiyly after twenty years - it was already in 1990 that I was commissioned by Wittener Tage fur Neue Musik to write the piece for Arditti Quartet. Hans Abrahamsen