By Kenneth Baker. For Voice, Piano, Guitar (with chord symbols). Boogie Woogie, Blues, Rock. Sheet Music. 48 pages. Published by Music Sales.

String Quartet - Grade 3

SKU: MA.EMR-54396

Christmas / Weihnachten. Composed by Kurt Sturzenegger. Score and parts. Duration 6'09. Editions Marc Reift #EMR 54396. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-54396).

1. D'un arbre seculaire / 2. Mon beau sapin / 3. Les bergers dans la montagne / 4. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her / 5. Farandole de Noel / 6. Il est ne le divin enfant / 7. A toi la gloire / 8. De bon matin j'ai entendu le train etc...

Clarinet quartet or choir

SKU: P2.30104

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Joshua Mietz. Chamber music. Published by Potenza Music (P2.30104).

Dedicated to Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz, String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 was finished on June 25, 1799 with some revisions thereafter. Beethoven initially felt it to be a work in progress and commented that he had not yet learned to write quartets properly. Despite his perfectionism, only minor changes were made after the premier performance. Compositionally, this work is best aligned with the string quartets of Mozart and Haydn - two of Beethoven's largest influences; however, a seasoned listener can feel his strain against the established norms of the classical period. The opening motive of the first movement is a six-note turn that was originally heard over 130 times throughout the movement. The composer later scaled this number down to 109 in subsequent revisions. It follows closely to a sonata allegro form and, with the exception of his typical dramatic dynamic changes, follows the patterns established by his predecessors.

Flute quartet (2 Fl. Afl. BFl.) (2 Fl., Afl., BFl.) - Advanced

SKU: FT.FM884

Composed by Richard Strauss. Arranged by Robert Rainford. 4 Movement quartet arrangement. Classical. Score and Parts. Forton Music #FM884. Published by Forton Music (FT.FM884).

ISBN 9790570487837. 21 x 30 cm inches.

This quartet is an arrangement of Richard Strauss' string quartet; an early work (1881), but one that he thought enough of to have published with an official opus number. The String Quartet, not unlike the D Minor Symphony and Piano Sonata Op. 5 of the same period, reveals the young composer's devotion to the Viennese masters, and Haydn in particular. The piece is written in a standard four-movement form -- Allegro, Scherzo, Andante cantabile, and Finale: Allegro vivace -- with the outer movements bearing most of the compositional weight. Strauss uses sonata form in the first movement, and while the Quartet shows his early training in the Classical aesthetic, it is nonetheless a Straussian work in several respects: instrumental colour is granted particular importance, the texture is frequently light and contrapuntal, and the melodies are lively and lyrical. Moreover, the inner voices participate with uncharacteristic significance in the weaving of the work's contrapuntal textures. This is a full arrangement of the quartet, and as such the first and last movements in particular are lengthy and complex. The first flute carries a lot of the melodic passage work in the outer movements particularly, and will require strong technique and stamina to perform effectively. All parts participate in the contrapuntal nature of the music; the alto and bass flutes also have melodic solos particularly in the slow movement.

Composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Arranged by Keith Terrett. For 2 clarinets, alto clarinet, 3 bass clarinets. Classical; 20th century. Score and parts. 47 pages (score); parts vary. Published by Alea Publishing

String quartet (or flute and violin and viola and cello), double bass ad libitum

SKU: KU.GM-799A

Composed by Werner Thomas-Mifune. Edited by Werner Thomas-Mifune. Bach format (230 x 302). Staple Bound. Full score, parts. 20 pages. Edition Kunzelmann #GM-799a. Published by Edition Kunzelmann (KU.GM-799A).

SKU: HL.48184883

Composed by Michelle Odile Gillot. Leduc. Classical. CD. Alphonse Leduc #AL28208. Published by Alphonse Leduc (HL.48184883).

Michelle-Odile Gillot and Christian Bickel compiles an excellent aid to aural training. Aural Music contains 14 lessons with corresponding text. Included within the 14 lessons in Aural Music are movements from famous works, including J. S. Bach's Magnificat, String Quartets by Beethoven and Schumann and Stravinsky's Octet. Gillot and Bickel's Aural Music provides progressive aural training through use of exciting and well-loved pieces by the great composers..

(Cello/String Bass). Arranged by Victor LÌ_pez. For Cello/String Bass. A and D Partbook; Mixed Instruments - Flexible Instrumentation. U.Play.Plus. Solo--A, Duet--B/C/D, Trio--C, Quartet--D. Pop/Rock. Grade 2.5; Grade 3. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

String Quartet & Solo Instrument (C Concert, B-flat, E-flat, or Bass Clef )

SKU: AP.1-ADV6005

For String Quartet & Solo Instrument. Composed by David Liebman. Quartet; Solo Small Ensembles; String Quartet. Advance Music. Jewish Heritage; Sacred. Score and Part(s). Advance Music #01-ADV6005. Published by Advance Music (AP.1-ADV6005).

UPC: 805095060058. English.

Atonement commemorates the holiest day of the year in the Jewish faith, called Yom Kippur. On that day an individual repents for transgressions which may have occurred during the past year. Fasting and prayer are the activities which begin at sundown with the chanting of Kol Nidre and end twenty four hours later. Part of the piece quotes the beginning strains of Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem.

It is adaptable to any solo instrument. Solo parts are included for C concert, B-flat, E-flat, and bass clef instruments.

Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Piccolo, Ride Cymbal, Tambourine, Tom-tom, Triangle, Wood Block, alto Saxophone 1 and more. - Grade 3

SKU: CF.CPS264

Composed by Lauren Bernofsky. Cps. Set of Score and Parts. 1+8+8+4+4+8+8+8+4+4+4+4+4 +4+4+4+4+4+28 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 39 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CPS264. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CPS264).

ISBN 9781491161418. UPC: 680160920006.

Some of the first music I remember hearing as a child was folk dance music from around the world. My parents were avid folk dancers, and they used to host weekly folk dance evenings in our basement. Some nights, when I was supposed to be in bed, I would stand with my ear to the door, listening to this fascinating music that drifted up the stairs. I didn't know what each piece was, but the melodies have stayed with me. Tropanka is one of those tunes. Tropanka (pronounced tro-PAHN-kuh) is a folk dance from Bulgaria, and the title means stomping dance. One can hear two repeated notes at the end of each phrase - this is where the dancers stomp. Patsh Tantz (pronounced PAHTSH tahnts) is a classic example of Klezmer, which is East European Jewish folk music. The title is Yiddish for clapping dance, and all the players get the chance to clap at certain points in their individual part. Klezmer music is often quite exciting, and this arrangement includes the characteristic accelerando, building excitement as the piece drives to the end. Both movements should be played rhythmically, and as it is folk music that would be danced to by untrained dancers, often wearing boots or other flat-soled shoes, adding weight to many of the downbeats will help bring out the earthy character of the music. Since my parents met while folk dancing, I made these arrangements (originally in a version for string quartet) as a gift in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Some of the first music I remember hearing as a child was folk dance music from around the world. My parents were avid folk dancers, and they used to host weekly folk dance evenings in our basement.  Some nights, when I was supposed to be in bed, I would stand with my ear to the door, listening to this fascinating music that drifted up the stairs. I didn’t know what each piece was, but the melodies have stayed with me. Tropanka is one of those tunes. Tropanka (pronounced “tro-PAHN-kuh� �) is a folk dance from Bulgaria, and the title means “stomping dance”. One can hear two repeated notes at the end of each phrase – this is where the dancers stomp. Patsh Tantz (pronounced “PAHTSH tahnts”) is a classic example of Klezmer, which is East European Jewish folk music. The title is Yiddish for “clapping dance”, and all the players get the chance to clap at certain points in their individual part. Klezmer music is often quite exciting, and this arrangement includes the characteristic accelerando, building excitement as the piece drives to the end.Both movements should be played rhythmically, and as it is folk music that would be danced to by untrained dancers, often wearing boots or other flat-soled shoes, adding weight to many of the downbeats will help bring out the “earthy” character of the music. Since my parents met while folk dancing, I made these arrangements (originally in a version for string quartet) as a gift in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.

Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Piccolo, Ride Cymbal, Tambourine, Tom-tom, Triangle, Wood Block, alto Saxophone 1 and more. - Grade 3

SKU: CF.CPS264F

Composed by Lauren Bernofsky. Cps. Full score. 28 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 39 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CPS264F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CPS264F).

ISBN 9781491161746. UPC: 680160920433.

Some of the first music I remember hearing as a child was folk dance music from around the world. My parents were avid folk dancers, and they used to host weekly folk dance evenings in our basement. Some nights, when I was supposed to be in bed, I would stand with my ear to the door, listening to this fascinating music that drifted up the stairs. I didn't know what each piece was, but the melodies have stayed with me. Tropanka is one of those tunes. Tropanka (pronounced tro-PAHN-kuh) is a folk dance from Bulgaria, and the title means stomping dance. One can hear two repeated notes at the end of each phrase - this is where the dancers stomp. Patsh Tantz (pronounced PAHTSH tahnts) is a classic example of Klezmer, which is East European Jewish folk music. The title is Yiddish for clapping dance, and all the players get the chance to clap at certain points in their individual part. Klezmer music is often quite exciting, and this arrangement includes the characteristic accelerando, building excitement as the piece drives to the end. Both movements should be played rhythmically, and as it is folk music that would be danced to by untrained dancers, often wearing boots or other flat-soled shoes, adding weight to many of the downbeats will help bring out the earthy character of the music. Since my parents met while folk dancing, I made these arrangements (originally in a version for string quartet) as a gift in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Some of the first music I remember hearing as a child was folk dance music from around the world. My parents were avid folk dancers, and they used to host weekly folk dance evenings in our basement.  Some nights, when I was supposed to be in bed, I would stand with my ear to the door, listening to this fascinating music that drifted up the stairs. I didn’t know what each piece was, but the melodies have stayed with me. Tropanka is one of those tunes. Tropanka (pronounced “tro-PAHN-kuh� �) is a folk dance from Bulgaria, and the title means “stomping dance”. One can hear two repeated notes at the end of each phrase – this is where the dancers stomp. Patsh Tantz (pronounced “PAHTSH tahnts”) is a classic example of Klezmer, which is East European Jewish folk music. The title is Yiddish for “clapping dance”, and all the players get the chance to clap at certain points in their individual part. Klezmer music is often quite exciting, and this arrangement includes the characteristic accelerando, building excitement as the piece drives to the end.Both movements should be played rhythmically, and as it is folk music that would be danced to by untrained dancers, often wearing boots or other flat-soled shoes, adding weight to many of the downbeats will help bring out the “earthy” character of the music. Since my parents met while folk dancing, I made these arrangements (originally in a version for string quartet) as a gift in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.

Saxophone Ensemble 4 Saxophones & Rhythm Section & Strings + CD Play Back / Play Along - Grade 3, Grade 4

SKU: MA.EMR-24846

Composed by Jerome Naulais. 4 Saxophones (S(A)ATT) & Rhythm Section & Strings (+ Play Back / Play Along CD optional). Score and parts. Duration 17'52. Editions Marc Reift #EMR 24846. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-24846).

Love Train / Marche Turque / Sentimental Bossa / Take 3 / Westside.

4 Clarinets & Rhythm Section & Strings + CD Play Back / Play Along - Grade 3, Grade 4

SKU: MA.EMR-24834

Composed by Jerome Naulais. 4 Clarinets & Rhythm Section & Strings (+ CD Playback / Play Along CD optional). Score and parts. Duration 17'52. Editions Marc Reift #EMR 24834. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-24834).

Love Train / Marche Turque / Sentimental Bossa / Take 3 / Westside.

Concert Band

SKU: AP.12-0571572391

Composed by Frank Bridge. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Faber Edition. Score. Faber Music #12-0571572391. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571572391).

ISBN 9780571572397. English.

Frank Bridge (1879--1941) was one of the leading English composers of his time. In October 1922, he adapted his popular string quartet Sir Roger de Coverley for full symphony orchestra and Sir Henry Wood agreed, at the last minute, to include it in the last night of the Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts at the end of that month. This elaborate and colourful orchestral version has never been widely performed, but has now been brilliantly transcribed by Alastair Wheeler to provide a miniature dance poem for grade 5 level concert band. Bridge's lively treatment of one of England's most famous traditional dance melodies will make a fitting end to any concert, with the strains of Auld Lang Syne introduced by Bridge as a nod towards Sir Roger de Coverley's traditional function as the final dance of a Christmas Ball, as it was in Old Mr. Fezziwig's party in Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Concert Band

SKU: AP.12-0571572383

Composed by Frank Bridge. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Faber Edition. Score and Part(s). Faber Music #12-0571572383. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571572383).

ISBN 9780571572380. English.

Frank Bridge (1879--1941) was one of the leading English composers of his time. In October 1922, he adapted his popular string quartet Sir Roger de Coverley for full symphony orchestra and Sir Henry Wood agreed, at the last minute, to include it in the last night of the Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts at the end of that month. This elaborate and colourful orchestral version has never been widely performed, but has now been brilliantly transcribed by Alastair Wheeler to provide a miniature dance poem for grade 5 level concert band. Bridge's lively treatment of one of England's most famous traditional dance melodies will make a fitting end to any concert, with the strains of Auld Lang Syne introduced by Bridge as a nod towards Sir Roger de Coverley's traditional function as the final dance of a Christmas Ball, as it was in Old Mr. Fezziwig's party in Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Chorus a cappella

SKU: BR.CHB-5234-02

Composed by Fanny Cecile Mendelssohn. Edited by Gottfried Heinz and J. Draheim. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Fanny Hensel's choral works not only stand up to comparison with any of the rich and varied choral works of the Romantic era - they also rank among the best. Very likely to become hits! (Musica). Song; Romantic. Choral score. 4 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 5234-02. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5234-02).

ISBN 9790004411537. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German.

Madame Hensel, Mendelssohn's sister, whose eyes speak intelligence and profundity''. This diary entry made by Robert Schumann in June 1843 succinctly but fittingly characterizes Fanny Hensel, without a doubt the most significant woman composer of the 19th century. Born in Hamburg on 14 November 1805, she was the eldest sister of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. In 1829 she married the Prussian court painter and occasional poet Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861). After her sudden death in Berlin on 14 May 1847 as a result of a stroke, the music journalist Ludwig Rellstab poignantly wrote that she shared the brotherhood ef talent with her famous sibling.Fanny Hensel was given the same excellent and comprehensive musical training as her precocious brother, including composition lessons with Goethe's friend Carl Friedrich Zelter. Felix and Fanny not only loved each other tenderly, but they also maintained an intensive, life-long exchange of ideas which proved musically profitable to both of them. However, it was only in 1846 that Mendelssohn gave up his resistance to Fanny's publication plans. And so, just shortly before her death, she was able to publish a carefully selected sample of her songs and piano pieces.Not only these pieces, but also a few orchestral and chamber-music works (e.g. the String Quartet in E flat major, KM 2255) and, in particular, choral music occupy an important position in her oeuvre. Most of her choral works were written in 1846, and she was able to rehearse them with the chorus she conducted at the famous Sunday Concerts in the Mendelssohn home. She had six of these choral songs published in a revised version under the title Gartenlieder Op. 3 by the Berlin music publisher Bote & Bock. The title of the Gartenlieder brings to mind Mendelssohn's well-known Lieder im Freien zu singen (Opera 41, 48, 59; ChB 4763-4780), published before 1846. But, as far as the quality of their melodic writing, the compositional technique, and the choice of texts are concerned, as well as the perfect balance between folk-like simplicity and polished design, they are as outstanding as the works of her brother.

Fanny Hensel's choral works not only stand up to comparison with any of the rich and varied choral works of the Romantic era - they also rank among the best. Very likely to become hits! (Musica).

By Ernest Chausson (1855-1899). For Cello and Piano. Masterworks; Part(s); Score; Solo; String - Cello and Piano. Faber Edition. Impressionistic; Masterwork; Romantic. 12 pages. Published by Faber Music

Woodwind ensemble Woodwind Quartet & Rhythm Section & Strings + CD Play Back / Play Along - Grade 3-4

SKU: MA.EMR-24822

Love Train / Marche Turque / Sentimental Bossa / Take 3 / Westside. Composed by Jerome Naulais. Woodwind Quartet & Rhythm Section & Strings (+ Play Back / Play Along CD optional). Score and parts. Duration 17'52. Editions Marc Reift #EMR 24822. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-24822).

1st Part: Clarinet or Soprano Saxophone or Flute or Alto Saxophone / 2nd Part: Clarinet or Alto Saxophone / 3rd Part: Clarinet or Tenor Saxophone / 4th Part: Tenor Sax or Bass Clarinet or Bassoon.

2 Fl. Afl. BFl. (CbFl) - Intermediate-Advanced

SKU: FT.FM653

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Arranged by Robert Rainford. This is the first of a series of 13 String Symphonies (sometimes labelled 'Sinfonia') that were composed by Mendelssohn in his early teens. It has been arranged for flute quartet/quintet. Remarkably, these pieces were undiscovered until the early 1960's. Score and Parts. Forton Music #FM653. Published by Forton Music (FT.FM653).

ISBN 9790570485529. English.

This is the first of a series of 13 String Symphonies (sometimes labelled 'Sinfonia') that were composed by Mendelssohn in his early teens. It has been arranged for flute quartet/quintet. Remarkably, these pieces were undiscovered until the early 1960's. This earliest symphony shows his rigorous training in Bach counterpoint and chorale harmonies, but still has pointers toward his own individual style that was to develop throughout his lifetime. It follows the standard three movement form.