Drumset - Advanced; Beginner; Intermediate SKU: PE.0692284087 A Crash ...(+)
Drumset - Advanced;
Beginner; Intermediate
SKU: PE.0692284087
A Crash Course in All
Musical Styles for
Drumset. Composed by
Jim Riley.
Method/Instruction;
Percussion - Drumset
Method or Collection;
Technique Musicianship.
Blues; Funk; Fusion;
Jazz; Jazz/Fusion; Metal;
Pop; Pop/Rock; Rock;
Swing. Book and Digital
Download. 80 pages.
Edition Peters
#98-0692284087. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.0692284087).
ISBN
9780692284087. UPC:
860117000108.
English.
If you are
a drummer looking to
expand your knowledge of
musical styles, Survival
Guide for the Modern
Drummer is the book for
you. From pop to country,
metal to jazz, and Latin
to Motown, Jim Riley
(drummer and musical
director for Rascal
Flatts) has crammed his
considerable stage and
studio experience into
this amazing resource.
The book includes 124
play-along tracks which
were meticulously
recorded with just the
right musicians for each
recording, creating an
authentic and inspiring
library. Tempo software
and audio performance of
each of the 318 grooves
are also included making
learning these grooves
even easier. From
beginner to advanced,
this book truly has
something for everyone.
If you dream of taking
your drumming to the next
level, Survival Guide for
the Modern Drummer is the
book that can help you
make that a reality. For
the first time, groove
tracks are now
downloadable, so you'll
have everything you need
in one place.
Inspiring Teaching Strategies, In-depth Technical Advice, and Imaginative Ide...(+)
Inspiring Teaching
Strategies, In-depth
Technical Advice, and
Imaginative Ideas for
Piano Teachers and
Pianists. Composed by
Anthony Williams.
Reference Textbooks;
Textbook - Piano. Faber
Edition. Book. Faber
Music #12-0571539645.
Published by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571539645).
Song of Survival Chorale SSAA SSAA A Cappella [Octavo] Theodore Presser Co.
Song of Survival (For Treble Chorus, A Cappella). Composed by Edvard Hagerup Gri...(+)
Song of Survival (For
Treble Chorus, A
Cappella). Composed by
Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Frederic Chopin. Edited
by Norah Chambers.
Arranged by Margaret
Dryburgh Norah Chambers.
Mixed chorus. For SATB
Choir. Choral. Piano
reduction/vocal score.
Standard notation. 14
pages. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
SKU: TV.462 Book/CD. Published by Themes & Variations (TV.462). ISBN 9...(+)
SKU: TV.462
Book/CD. Published by
Themes & Variations
(TV.462).
ISBN
9781894096706.
Sant
a has a problem - he's a
million dollars over
budget! The only way he
can think of to come up
with a million dollars is
to be a contestant on
Survival III at the North
Pole. Santa and his team,
the Hollyberriez compete
against Rudolph (Rudy)
and his team, the
Mistletoze in a series of
challenges - snowball
throwing, stocking
filling, candy cane
hanging and sleigh
pulling. In the end, the
final contestants decide
that it's better to work
together than to compete
and Santa gets the money
to finish the toys in
time for Christmas. The
Teachers Handbook
includes piano
accompaniments,
reproducible student
pages, easy to understand
choreography, costume
suggestions and staging
ideas AND public
performance rights. The
CD includes a vocal guide
to help your students
learn the songs, and
accompaniments only in
case you don't have a
pianist. Don't want to
produce a musical? Use
the songs with your
choir!
SKU: GI.G-9199 Moving from Survival to Vision. Composed by John L....(+)
SKU: GI.G-9199
Moving from Survival
to Vision. Composed
by John L. Benham. Music
Education. 234 pages. GIA
Publications #9199.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-9199).
ISBN 9781622772087.
English.
A summary
of the practice of music
advocacy, this book
compiles research and
thirty years’
experience of one of the
nation’s most
successful advocates for
music education. It gives
music educators,
administrators, school
board members, and
community advocates
step-by-step procedures
for saving and building
school music programs.
John L. Benham has been
in music education for
over forty years and has
worked as an advocacy
consultant saving and
building music programs
for thirty years. His
advocacy work and the
methods presented in this
book have saved $70
million in proposed music
cuts, equivalent to
approximately 2,000
teaching positions and
500,000 music students.
Read what people have to
say about Music Advocacy:
Moving from Survival to
Vision: Finally—a
how to book for music
education in our own
districts! John L. Benham
provides us with
‘the right
stuff’ as well as
rules to ensure that
programs stay intact and
keep complacency at bay.
This must-have resource
helps us understand
educational processes and
how budget decisions are
made. It also provides
suggestions on how to
involve all constituents
in the process of
advocacy by guaranteeing
that the best interest of
the students remains the
basis for all decision
making. Music programs
can be saved even when
cuts appear to be
imminent, and Music
Advocacy: Moving from
Survival to Vision
provides effective,
proactive strategies not
only to avoid these cuts
but also to establish a
long-term plan for
continued development.
—Marcia M. Neel,
president, Music
Education Consultants,
Inc. Â John Benham is
a rare individual who
walks his talk with a
sense of mission unknown
in common hours, and
every person connected
with arts education is
the beneficiary of his
immeasurable commitment
and dedication. Once
again he has come to the
forefront of the
profession by sharing his
profound knowledge and
wisdom. Simply put, this
book represents a
tried-and-true blueprint
of success. It is a
priceless gift to the
future of our educational
landscape and a
reflective tribute to the
visionary contribution of
an author of purpose.
—Tim
Lautzenheiser, Attitude
Concepts for Today, Inc.
 Benham’s new
book is a must-have for
every music department at
both the K–12 and
collegiate levels. His
theory of reverse
economics along with his
guidance have saved music
education experiences for
thousands of students as
well as many careers.
This book provides
information on scheduling
issues as well as a clear
explanation of his
reverse economics theory.
It gives a step-by-step
outline on how to handle
threats to music
programs. The book is a
wealth of information and
is highly recommended.
—Mary Wagner,
chair, Fairfax Arts
Coalition for Education,
and National ASTA past
president  As a music
retailer who has worked
closely with John L.
Benham for over ten
years, I appreciate his
discovery of reverse
economics. It is
brilliantly simple and
proves the financial
efficacy of a healthy
music department! Every
instrument retailer needs
to share this vital
resource with all of
their school customers.
This is the manual that
every music department
needs to fully support
their program. The
information needs to be
shared with your school
board every year.Â
—Doug Schmitt,
vice president of music
education, Schmitt Music
Stores.
SKU: HL.151138 A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age(+)
SKU: HL.151138
A Survival Guide for
Making Music in the
Internet Age. Music
Pro Guides. Music
Business, Reference.
Softcover. 272 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.151138).
ISBN
9781495045219. UPC:
888680085605.
8.5x11.0x0.651 inches.
Bobby Owsinski Music Pro
Guides.
Today's
music industry is
constantly changing at a
dizzying pace, and this
Music 4.1: A Survival
Guide for Making Music in
the Internet Age is fully
equipped to help you
navigate it. Written for
artists overwhelmed by
the seemingly endless
options of the quickly
evolving Internet, this
is the only book that
offers a comprehensive
strategy for online
success. In Music 4.1,
Bobby Owsinski includes
an in-depth look at the
economics of streaming
music, with the real
information about
royalties that
distributors and record
labels don't want you to
know and that simply
can't be found anywhere
else. The book also looks
at how revenue is
generated from YouTube
and other video streaming
services, and it provides
techniques for optimizing
both videos and channels
for maximum success. Also
included are lists of
effective tips (both
high- and low-tech) and
checklists with every
chapter, as well as a
reference list of online
tools for inexpensive
music and merchandise
distribution, sales,
marketing, and promotion.
With fresh interviews
from several of today's
successful music industry
innovators, Music 4.1
reveals new and proven
pathways to success in
the new paradigm of the
modern music world.
Organ SKU: AP.12-0571507719 Volume 1. England 1510-1590. Ed...(+)
Organ
SKU:
AP.12-0571507719
Volume 1.
England 1510-1590.
Edited by James Dalton.
Masterworks; Organ -
Method or Collection.
Faber Edition: Early
Organ Series. Masterwork.
Book. Faber Music
#12-0571507719. Published
by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571507719).
ISBN 9780571507719.
English.
The Faber
Early Organ Series is
among the most
comprehensive anthologies
of early organ music ever
published. In 18 volumes
it spans two centuries
and six geographical
regions, presenting a
broad and balanced view
of the main forms, styles
and composers. Within
each geographical region
the pieces, most of which
are for manuals only, are
arranged by date of
composition or
publication. The
presentation is both
scholarly and practical;
all of the music has been
newly edited from the
earliest surviving
sources according to a
systematic editorial
method that preserves as
many features of the
original notation as
possible while making it
fully accessible to
modern players. In every
volume, an informative
Introduction sets the
music in historical
context. There are also
helpful sections on
Ornamentation and
Registration, and a
Critical Commentary
giving detailed
information on the
sources.
Choral SSA Choir and Piano SKU: CF.BL1315 Composed by Jacob Narverud...(+)
Choral SSA Choir and
Piano
SKU:
CF.BL1315
Composed by
Jacob Narverud. 8 pages.
Duration 3 minutes, 3
seconds. BriLee Music
#BL1315. Published by
BriLee Music (CF.BL1315).
UPC: 672405011822.
Key: F
major.
DawnQuiet
miles of golden sky,And
in my heart a sudden
flower.I want to clap my
hands and sighFor Beauty
in her secret
bower. Quiet golden
miles of dawnâ??Smiling
all the East along;And in
my heart nigh fully
grown,A little rose-bud
of a song.â??From
â??Last Songsâ? by
Francis LedwidgeDawn,
radiant dawn!When morning
comes my fears are
gone.Daylight breaks, my
soul awakes!And songs of
Love sing
on. â??Italics:
Additional text by Jacob
NarverudAbout the
PoetFrancis Ledwidge
(1887â??1917) was an
Irish poet from Slane,
County Meath. Ledwidge
started writing at an
early age and was first
published in a local
newspaper when he was
fourteen years old.
Ledwidge left the local
national school shortly
after and worked as a
farm hand, road surface
mender, and copper miner
at Beaupark Mine near
Slane. Ledwidge became
friends with a local
landowner, the writer
Lord Dunsany, who gave
him a workspace in the
library of Dunsany Castle
and introduced him to
literary figures,
including William Butler
Yeats and Katherine
Tynan. Some of
Ledwidgeâ??s manuscripts
are held in the National
Library of Ireland. The
main surviving
collection, including his
early works and personal
letters, are in the
archives of Dunsany
Castle.
Mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB) (CHOR) SKU: HL.49012105 Poems by Edward Bon...(+)
Mixed choir
(SSSAAATTTBBB) (CHOR)
SKU: HL.49012105
Poems by Edward
Bond. Composed by
Hans Werner Henze. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Schott Kammerchor Reihe
(Choral Music).
Classical. Choral Score.
Composed 1981-1983. 64
pages. Duration 17'.
Schott Music #SKR20007.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49012105).
ISBN
9790001101417. UPC:
884088108557.
8.25x11.75x0.238 inches.
German -
English.
What was
Hell like? (SSSAAATTTBBB)
* The Point to be Noted
(SSAA) * You Who Survived
(SATBB) * It was Changed
(TTTBBB) * Orpheus
(SSAATTBB).
Odyssee Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile Gobelin Music Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 3 SKU: BT.GOB-000508-140 Composed by Jan Bo...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 3
SKU:
BT.GOB-000508-140
Composed by Jan Bosveld.
Score Only. 20 pages.
Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000508-140. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000508-140).
The Odyssee
tells the story of
Odysseus, the undaunted
hero. In times long
ago the blind poet Homer
wrote this famous epic.
The Odyssey follows
the Iliad, the story of
the bloody war between
the Greek and the
Trojans. This battle
endsafter ten years
thanks to the Odysseys
famous trick. the Trojan
Horse. The Odyssey
is not a war epic, but a
story about perseverance,
loyalty, adventure, and
the survival instinct of
its ingenious hero.
In The Odyssey, Homer
describes howOdysseus,
the king of Ithaca, had
to endure another ten
years of affliction after
the ten years of war in
Troy before he could
finally return to his
home land. During
those years, his wife,
Penelope, had to try and
keep her many admirers
away.These men not only
wanted het hand but also
the kingship. To prove
her husbands worth, she
played a trick: As soon
as I have finished
weaving this shroud for
my father-in-law,
Laertes, I will choose
one of you to become my
husband, she
promisedthem. But
during the night, she
secretly loosened what
she had woven during the
day, prolonging the time
until Odysseus would
finally return. After
twenty long years, when
he finally stood at the
door, she wondered: Is
this really my husband?
Ishe an imposter?
Cunningly, she asked him
to move the bed, because
only she and her husband
know that the bed was
immovable and was build
around an old three
trunk! Odysseus was
deeply moved: this really
was his wife, his
Penelope! Nearly
threethousands years
later, the loyalty and
strength of this
character, and all the
dangerous adventures that
Odysseus survived thanks
to courage and
intelligence, still moves
us today.
Odyssee
by Jan Bosveld is not
just an adventure story,
butrather a
characteristic piece in
which memories of Homers
story can be heard.
The composition opens
with a firm, stirring
theme describing our
hero, Odysseus, in
detail: This man is not
to be taken lightly.
The further
development of thisshort
introduction completes
this character sketch:
trustworthy, perseverant,
and a genius. After
that we can picture
Odysseus on the lonely
beach of Ogygia. Do the
trumpets depict his
memories of the war of
Troy? Does he think of
his wife, as werecognise
the weaving loom of
Penelope in the murmuring
eighth? In the
solemn, plaintive part
that follows, we can
imagine Penelope feeling
lonely, sitting in the
womens room with her
servants.One of the girls
plays the harp, but that
does notclear the sombre
atmosphere. Then we can
imagine seeing the
sorceress Circe, who
changed Odysseus men into
swine. After she gives a
simple magic sign
something follows that
reminds us of the sound
of pigs grunting. Then
the Odysseus theme
resounds:the hero comes
to savi his comrades.
Assisted by Hermes, he
forces Circe to lift the
spell. The piece ends
the same way as it began,
with an animated theme:
Odysseus is still the
same, undefeated and not
to be taken
lighty!
Het
muzikale relaas van de
Griekse schrijver Homerus
over de held Odyssee in
een karakterstuk vol
herinneringen. Een
stevig opgewekt thema
symboliseert de
grootsheid van Odyssee en
zijn karaktertrekken -
betrouwbaar, volhardenden
vernuftig. De tegenslagen
welke hij tegenkomt en in
het tweede tragische
gedeelte dreigen te
escaleren, nemen in het
derde snelle gedeelte bij
zijn verschijning toch
weer een positieve
wending. Nijmegenaar
Jan Bosveld bewijstin dit
originele werk dat hij op
de hoogte is van de
onmogelijkheden, maar
vooral de ongekende
mogelijkheden van
muzikanten uit de lagere
afdelingen.
Odyssee Fanfare [Conducteur] - Facile Gobelin Music Publications
Fanfare Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.GOB-000432-120 Composed by Jan Bosveld. Sc...(+)
Fanfare Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.GOB-000432-120
Composed by Jan Bosveld.
Score Only. 20 pages.
Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000432-120. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000432-120).
The Odyssee
tells the story of
Odysseus, the undaunted
hero. In times long
ago the blind poet Homer
wrote this famous epic.
The Odyssey follows
the Iliad, the story of
the bloody war between
the Greek and the
Trojans. This battle
endsafter ten years
thanks to the Odysseys
famous trick. the Trojan
Horse. The Odyssey
is not a war epic, but a
story about perseverance,
loyalty, adventure, and
the survival instinct of
its ingenious hero.
In The Odyssey, Homer
describes howOdysseus,
the king of Ithaca, had
to endure another ten
years of affliction after
the ten years of war in
Troy before he could
finally return to his
home land. During
those years, his wife,
Penelope, had to try and
keep her many admirers
away.These men not only
wanted het hand but also
the kingship. To prove
her husbands worth, she
played a trick: As soon
as I have finished
weaving this shroud for
my father-in-law,
Laertes, I will choose
one of you to become my
husband, she
promisedthem. But
during the night, she
secretly loosened what
she had woven during the
day, prolonging the time
until Odysseus would
finally return. After
twenty long years, when
he finally stood at the
door, she wondered: Is
this really my husband?
Ishe an imposter?
Cunningly, she asked him
to move the bed, because
only she and her husband
know that the bed was
immovable and was build
around an old three
trunk! Odysseus was
deeply moved: this really
was his wife, his
Penelope! Nearly
threethousands years
later, the loyalty and
strength of this
character, and all the
dangerous adventures that
Odysseus survived thanks
to courage and
intelligence, still moves
us today.
Odyssee
by Jan Bosveld is not
just an adventure story,
butrather a
characteristic piece in
which memories of Homers
story can be heard.
The composition opens
with a firm, stirring
theme describing our
hero, Odysseus, in
detail: This man is not
to be taken lightly.
The further
development of thisshort
introduction completes
this character sketch:
trustworthy, perseverant,
and a genius. After
that we can picture
Odysseus on the lonely
beach of Ogygia. Do the
trumpets depict his
memories of the war of
Troy? Does he think of
his wife, as werecognise
the weaving loom of
Penelope in the murmuring
eighth? In the
solemn, plaintive part
that follows, we can
imagine Penelope feeling
lonely, sitting in the
womens room with her
servants.One of the girls
plays the harp, but that
does notclear the sombre
atmosphere. Then we can
imagine seeing the
sorceress Circe, who
changed Odysseus men into
swine. After she gives a
simple magic sign
something follows that
reminds us of the sound
of pigs grunting. Then
the Odysseus theme
resounds:the hero comes
to savi his comrades.
Assisted by Hermes, he
forces Circe to lift the
spell. The piece ends
the same way as it began,
with an animated theme:
Odysseus is still the
same, undefeated and not
to be taken
lighty!
Het
muzikale relaas van de
Griekse schrijver Homerus
over de held Odyssee in
een karakterstuk vol
herinneringen. Een
stevig opgewekt thema
symboliseert de
grootsheid van Odyssee en
zijn karaktertrekken -
betrouwbaar, volhardend
en vernuftig.
Detegenslagen welke hij
tegenkomt en in het
tweede tragische gedeelte
dreigen te escaleren,
nemen in het derde snelle
gedeelte bij zijn
verschijning toch weer
een positieve wending.
Nijmegenaar Jan
Bosveld bewijst in dit
originele werk dat hij
opde hoogte is van de
onmogelijkheden, maar
vooral de ongekende
mogelijkheden van
muzikanten uit de lagere
afdelingen.
Odyssee Fanfare [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Gobelin Music Publications
Fanfare Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.GOB-000432-020 Composed by Jan Bosveld. Se...(+)
Fanfare Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.GOB-000432-020
Composed by Jan Bosveld.
Set (Score & Parts). 71
pages. Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000432-020. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000432-020).
The Odyssee
tells the story of
Odysseus, the undaunted
hero. In times long
ago the blind poet Homer
wrote this famous epic.
The Odyssey follows
the Iliad, the story of
the bloody war between
the Greek and the
Trojans. This battle
endsafter ten years
thanks to the Odysseys
famous trick. the Trojan
Horse. The Odyssey
is not a war epic, but a
story about perseverance,
loyalty, adventure, and
the survival instinct of
its ingenious hero.
In The Odyssey, Homer
describes howOdysseus,
the king of Ithaca, had
to endure another ten
years of affliction after
the ten years of war in
Troy before he could
finally return to his
home land. During
those years, his wife,
Penelope, had to try and
keep her many admirers
away.These men not only
wanted het hand but also
the kingship. To prove
her husbands worth, she
played a trick: As soon
as I have finished
weaving this shroud for
my father-in-law,
Laertes, I will choose
one of you to become my
husband, she
promisedthem. But
during the night, she
secretly loosened what
she had woven during the
day, prolonging the time
until Odysseus would
finally return. After
twenty long years, when
he finally stood at the
door, she wondered: Is
this really my husband?
Ishe an imposter?
Cunningly, she asked him
to move the bed, because
only she and her husband
know that the bed was
immovable and was build
around an old three
trunk! Odysseus was
deeply moved: this really
was his wife, his
Penelope! Nearly
threethousands years
later, the loyalty and
strength of this
character, and all the
dangerous adventures that
Odysseus survived thanks
to courage and
intelligence, still moves
us today.
Odyssee
by Jan Bosveld is not
just an adventure story,
butrather a
characteristic piece in
which memories of Homers
story can be heard.
The composition opens
with a firm, stirring
theme describing our
hero, Odysseus, in
detail: This man is not
to be taken lightly.
The further
development of thisshort
introduction completes
this character sketch:
trustworthy, perseverant,
and a genius. After
that we can picture
Odysseus on the lonely
beach of Ogygia. Do the
trumpets depict his
memories of the war of
Troy? Does he think of
his wife, as werecognise
the weaving loom of
Penelope in the murmuring
eighth? In the
solemn, plaintive part
that follows, we can
imagine Penelope feeling
lonely, sitting in the
womens room with her
servants.One of the girls
plays the harp, but that
does notclear the sombre
atmosphere. Then we can
imagine seeing the
sorceress Circe, who
changed Odysseus men into
swine. After she gives a
simple magic sign
something follows that
reminds us of the sound
of pigs grunting. Then
the Odysseus theme
resounds:the hero comes
to savi his comrades.
Assisted by Hermes, he
forces Circe to lift the
spell. The piece ends
the same way as it began,
with an animated theme:
Odysseus is still the
same, undefeated and not
to be taken
lighty!
Het
muzikale relaas van de
Griekse schrijver Homerus
over de held Odyssee in
een karakterstuk vol
herinneringen. Een
stevig opgewekt thema
symboliseert de
grootsheid van Odyssee en
zijn karaktertrekken -
betrouwbaar, volhardend
en vernuftig.
Detegenslagen welke hij
tegenkomt en in het
tweede tragische gedeelte
dreigen te escaleren,
nemen in het derde snelle
gedeelte bij zijn
verschijning toch weer
een positieve wending.
Nijmegenaar Jan
Bosveld bewijst in dit
originele werk dat hij
opde hoogte is van de
onmogelijkheden, maar
vooral de ongekende
mogelijkheden van
muzikanten uit de lagere
afdelingen.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.46500013L For Wind Ensemble. Composed by...(+)
Band Concert Band
SKU:
PR.46500013L
For
Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Contemporary. Large
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2010.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#465-00013L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.46500013L).
UPC:
680160600151. 11 x 14
inches.
I n 1803,
President Thomas
Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clarks
Corps of Discovery to
find a water route to the
Pacific and explore the
uncharted West. He
believed woolly mammoths,
erupting volcanoes, and
mountains of pure salt
awaited them. What they
found was no less
mind-boggling: some 300
species unknown to
science, nearly 50 Indian
tribes, and the Rockies.
I have been a student of
the Lewis and Clark
expedition, which Thomas
Jefferson called the
Voyage of Discovery, for
as long as I can
remember. This
astonishing journey,
lasting more than
two-and-a-half years,
began and ended in St.
Louis, Missouri and took
the travelers up more
than a few rivers in
their quest to find the
Northwest Passage to the
Pacific Ocean. In an age
without speedy
communication, this was
akin to space travel out
of radio range in our own
time: no one knew if,
indeed, the party had
even survived the voyage
for more than a year.
Most of them were
soldiers. A few were
French-Canadian voyageurs
hired trappers and
explorers, who were
fluent in French (spoken
extensively in the
region, due to earlier
explorers from France)
and in some of the Indian
languages they might
encounter. One of the
voyageurs, a man named
Pierre Cruzatte, also
happened to be a
better-than-average
fiddle player. In many
respects, the travelers
were completely on their
own for supplies and
survival, yet,
incredibly, only one of
them died during the
voyage. Jefferson had
outfitted them with food,
weapons, medicine, and
clothing and along with
other trinkets, a box of
200 jaw harps to be used
in trading with the
Indians. Their trip was
long, perilous to the
point of near
catastrophe, and arduous.
The dream of a Northwest
Passage proved ephemeral,
but the northwestern
quarter of the continent
had finally been
explored, mapped, and
described to an anxious
world. When the party
returned to St. Louis in
1806, and with the
Louisiana Purchase now
part of the United
States, they were greeted
as national heroes. I
have written a sizeable
number of works for wind
ensemble that draw their
inspiration from the
monumental spaces found
in the American West.
Four of them (Arches, The
Yellowstone Fires,
Glacier, and Zion) take
their names, and in large
part their being, from
actual national parks in
Utah, Wyoming, and
Montana. But Upriver,
although it found its
voice (and its finale) in
the magnificent Columbia
Gorge in Oregon, is about
a much larger region.
This piece, like its
brother works about the
national parks, doesnt
try to tell a story.
Instead, it captures the
flavor of a certain time,
and of a grand adventure.
Cast in one continuous
movement and lasting
close to fourteen
minutes, the piece falls
into several subsections,
each with its own
heading: The Dream (in
which Jeffersons vision
of a vast expanse of
western land is opened);
The Promise, a chorale
that re-appears several
times in the course of
the piece and represents
the seriousness of the
presidential mission; The
River; The Voyageurs; The
River II ; Death and
Disappointment; Return to
the Voyage; and The River
III . The music includes
several quoted melodies,
one of which is familiar
to everyone as the
ultimate river song, and
which becomes the
through-stream of the
work. All of the quoted
tunes were either sung by
the men on the voyage, or
played by Cruzattes
fiddle. From various
journals and diaries, we
know the men found
enjoyment and solace in
music, and almost every
night encampment had at
least a bit of music in
it. In addition to
Cruzatte, there were two
other members of the
party who played the
fiddle, and others made
do with singing, or
playing upon sticks,
bones, the ever-present
jaw harps, and boat
horns. From Lewis
journals, I found all the
tunes used in Upriver:
Shenandoah (still popular
after more than 200
years), Vla bon vent,
Soldiers Joy, Johnny Has
Gone for a Soldier, Come
Ye Sinners Poor and Needy
(a hymn sung to the tune
Beech Spring) and Fishers
Hornpipe. The work
follows an emotional
journey: not necessarily
step-by-step with the
Voyage of Discovery
heroes, but a kind of
grand arch. Beginning in
the mists of history and
myth, traversing peaks
and valleys both real and
emotional (and a solemn
funeral scene), finding
help from native people,
and recalling their zeal
upon finding the one
great river that will, in
fact, take them to the
Pacific. When the men
finally roar through the
Columbia Gorge in their
boats (a feat that even
the Indians had not
attempted), the
magnificent river
combines its theme with
the chorale of Jeffersons
Promise. The Dream is
fulfilled: not quite the
one Jefferson had
imagined (there is no
navigable water passage
from the Missouri to the
Pacific), but the dream
of a continental
destiny.
Odyssee Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Gobelin Music Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 3 SKU: BT.GOB-000508-010 Composed by Jan Bo...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 3
SKU:
BT.GOB-000508-010
Composed by Jan Bosveld.
Set (Score & Parts). 72
pages. Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000508-010. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000508-010).
The Odyssee
tells the story of
Odysseus, the undaunted
hero. In times long
ago the blind poet Homer
wrote this famous epic.
The Odyssey follows
the Iliad, the story of
the bloody war between
the Greek and the
Trojans. This battle
endsafter ten years
thanks to the Odysseys
famous trick. the Trojan
Horse. The Odyssey
is not a war epic, but a
story about perseverance,
loyalty, adventure, and
the survival instinct of
its ingenious hero.
In The Odyssey, Homer
describes howOdysseus,
the king of Ithaca, had
to endure another ten
years of affliction after
the ten years of war in
Troy before he could
finally return to his
home land. During
those years, his wife,
Penelope, had to try and
keep her many admirers
away.These men not only
wanted het hand but also
the kingship. To prove
her husbands worth, she
played a trick: As soon
as I have finished
weaving this shroud for
my father-in-law,
Laertes, I will choose
one of you to become my
husband, she
promisedthem. But
during the night, she
secretly loosened what
she had woven during the
day, prolonging the time
until Odysseus would
finally return. After
twenty long years, when
he finally stood at the
door, she wondered: Is
this really my husband?
Ishe an imposter?
Cunningly, she asked him
to move the bed, because
only she and her husband
know that the bed was
immovable and was build
around an old three
trunk! Odysseus was
deeply moved: this really
was his wife, his
Penelope! Nearly
threethousands years
later, the loyalty and
strength of this
character, and all the
dangerous adventures that
Odysseus survived thanks
to courage and
intelligence, still moves
us today.
Odyssee
by Jan Bosveld is not
just an adventure story,
butrather a
characteristic piece in
which memories of Homers
story can be heard.
The composition opens
with a firm, stirring
theme describing our
hero, Odysseus, in
detail: This man is not
to be taken lightly.
The further
development of thisshort
introduction completes
this character sketch:
trustworthy, perseverant,
and a genius. After
that we can picture
Odysseus on the lonely
beach of Ogygia. Do the
trumpets depict his
memories of the war of
Troy? Does he think of
his wife, as werecognise
the weaving loom of
Penelope in the murmuring
eighth? In the
solemn, plaintive part
that follows, we can
imagine Penelope feeling
lonely, sitting in the
womens room with her
servants.One of the girls
plays the harp, but that
does notclear the sombre
atmosphere. Then we can
imagine seeing the
sorceress Circe, who
changed Odysseus men into
swine. After she gives a
simple magic sign
something follows that
reminds us of the sound
of pigs grunting. Then
the Odysseus theme
resounds:the hero comes
to savi his comrades.
Assisted by Hermes, he
forces Circe to lift the
spell. The piece ends
the same way as it began,
with an animated theme:
Odysseus is still the
same, undefeated and not
to be taken
lighty!
Het
muzikale relaas van de
Griekse schrijver Homerus
over de held Odyssee in
een karakterstuk vol
herinneringen. Een
stevig opgewekt thema
symboliseert de
grootsheid van Odyssee en
zijn karaktertrekken -
betrouwbaar, volhardenden
vernuftig. De tegenslagen
welke hij tegenkomt en in
het tweede tragische
gedeelte dreigen te
escaleren, nemen in het
derde snelle gedeelte bij
zijn verschijning toch
weer een positieve
wending. Nijmegenaar
Jan Bosveld bewijstin dit
originele werk dat hij op
de hoogte is van de
onmogelijkheden, maar
vooral de ongekende
mogelijkheden van
muzikanten uit de lagere
afdelingen.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.465000130 For Large Wind Ensemble. Compo...(+)
Band Concert Band
SKU:
PR.465000130
For
Large Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Sws. Contemporary. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2010.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#465-00013. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.465000130).
ISBN
9781598064070. UPC:
680160600144. 9x12
inches.
Following a
celebrated series of wind
ensemble tone poems about
national parks in the
American West, Dan
Welcher’s Upriver
celebrates the Lewis &
Clark Expedition from the
Missouri River to
Oregon’s Columbia
Gorge, following the
Louisiana Purchase of
1803. Welcher’s
imaginative textures and
inventiveness are freshly
modern, evoking our
American heritage,
including references to
Shenandoah and other folk
songs known to have been
sung on the expedition.
For advanced players.
Duration:
14’. In 1803,
President Thomas
Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William
Clark’s Corps of
Discovery to find a water
route to the Pacific and
explore the uncharted
West. He believed woolly
mammoths, erupting
volcanoes, and mountains
of pure salt awaited
them. What they found was
no less mind-boggling:
some 300 species unknown
to science, nearly 50
Indian tribes, and the
Rockies.Ihave been a
student of the Lewis and
Clark expedition, which
Thomas Jefferson called
the “Voyage of
Discovery,†for as
long as I can remember.
This astonishing journey,
lasting more than
two-and-a-half years,
began and ended in St.
Louis, Missouri —
and took the travelers up
more than a few rivers in
their quest to find the
Northwest Passage to the
Pacific Ocean. In an age
without speedy
communication, this was
akin to space travel out
of radio range in our own
time: no one knew if,
indeed, the party had
even survived the voyage
for more than a year.
Most of them were
soldiers. A few were
French-Canadian voyageurs
— hired trappers
and explorers, who were
fluent in French (spoken
extensively in the
region, due to earlier
explorers from France)
and in some of the Indian
languages they might
encounter. One of the
voyageurs, a man named
Pierre Cruzatte, also
happened to be a
better-than-average
fiddle player. In many
respects, the travelers
were completely on their
own for supplies and
survival, yet,
incredibly, only one of
them died during the
voyage. Jefferson had
outfitted them with food,
weapons, medicine, and
clothing — and
along with other
trinkets, a box of 200
jaw harps to be used in
trading with the Indians.
Their trip was long,
perilous to the point of
near catastrophe, and
arduous. The dream of a
Northwest Passage proved
ephemeral, but the
northwestern quarter of
the continent had finally
been explored, mapped,
and described to an
anxious world. When the
party returned to St.
Louis in 1806, and with
the Louisiana Purchase
now part of the United
States, they were greeted
as national heroes.Ihave
written a sizeable number
of works for wind
ensemble that draw their
inspiration from the
monumental spaces found
in the American West.
Four of them (Arches, The
Yellowstone Fires,
Glacier, and Zion) take
their names, and in large
part their being, from
actual national parks in
Utah, Wyoming, and
Montana. But Upriver,
although it found its
voice (and its finale) in
the magnificent Columbia
Gorge in Oregon, is about
a much larger region.
This piece, like its
brother works about the
national parks,
doesn’t try to
tell a story. Instead, it
captures the flavor of a
certain time, and of a
grand adventure. Cast in
one continuous movement
and lasting close to
fourteen minutes, the
piece falls into several
subsections, each with
its own heading: The
Dream (in which
Jefferson’s vision
of a vast expanse of
western land is opened);
The Promise, a chorale
that re-appears several
times in the course of
the piece and represents
the seriousness of the
presidential mission; The
River; The Voyageurs; The
River II ; Death and
Disappointment; Return to
the Voyage; and The River
III .The music includes
several quoted melodies,
one of which is familiar
to everyone as the
ultimate “river
song,†and which
becomes the
through-stream of the
work. All of the quoted
tunes were either sung by
the men on the voyage, or
played by
Cruzatte’s fiddle.
From various journals and
diaries, we know the men
found enjoyment and
solace in music, and
almost every night
encampment had at least a
bit of music in it. In
addition to Cruzatte,
there were two other
members of the party who
played the fiddle, and
others made do with
singing, or playing upon
sticks, bones, the
ever-present jaw harps,
and boat horns. From
Lewis’ journals, I
found all the tunes used
in Upriver: Shenandoah
(still popular after more
than 200 years),
V’la bon vent,
Soldier’s Joy,
Johnny Has Gone for a
Soldier, Come Ye Sinners
Poor and Needy (a hymn
sung to the tune
“Beech
Springâ€) and
Fisher’s Hornpipe.
The work follows an
emotional journey: not
necessarily step-by-step
with the Voyage of
Discovery heroes, but a
kind of grand arch.
Beginning in the mists of
history and myth,
traversing peaks and
valleys both real and
emotional (and a solemn
funeral scene), finding
help from native people,
and recalling their zeal
upon finding the one
great river that will, in
fact, take them to the
Pacific. When the men
finally roar through the
Columbia Gorge in their
boats (a feat that even
the Indians had not
attempted), the
magnificent river
combines its theme with
the chorale of
Jefferson’s
Promise. The Dream is
fulfilled: not quite the
one Jefferson had
imagined (there is no
navigable water passage
from the Missouri to the
Pacific), but the dream
of a continental
destiny.
By Denis Diblasio. Published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz. (SCAT) This book and C...(+)
By Denis Diblasio.
Published by Jamey
Aebersold Jazz. (SCAT)
This book and CD examines
some of the problems that
vocalists encounter and
how to deal with them.
Designed for the vocalist
that feels alone in the
world of
instrumentalists.
Includes chapters on
Jargon, preparing songs,
chord voicings, scat
singing, scales and
chords, ear training and
more...all supported by
actual examples on the
CD!
Composed by Dmitri Kourliandski. For 2 automobiles and orchestra. Classical: 20t...(+)
Composed by Dmitri
Kourliandski. For 2
automobiles and
orchestra. Classical:
20th Century
(Contemporary). Score. 24
pages. Published by
Editions Jobert
Concert Band and Vocal Soloist (Score) - Grade 5 SKU: HL.44011763 Poem...(+)
Concert Band and Vocal
Soloist (Score) - Grade 5
SKU: HL.44011763
Poems by Graeme
King. Composed by
Marco Putz. De Haske
Concert Band. Concert
Piece. Score Only.
Composed 2010. De Haske
Publications #1094768.
Published by De Haske
Publications
(HL.44011763).
The hymn Nun
ruhen alle Walder (Now
All Forests Rest),
arranged by J.S. Bach
(No. 6, So sei nun,
Seele, deine, from
Cantata BWV 13), is a
guiding light throughout
this four-movement
composition. Pütz
wrote this work as a
musical outcry against
the wilful, profit-driven
destruction of our
environment. When Bach
used the word ruhen (to
rest) over 350 years ago,
it probably had a
different nuance from the
meaning it has today. At
the beginning of the 21st
century - the so-called
age of progress - nun
ruhen alle Walder should
mean now all forests die
. Massive
industrialization and
globalization, coupled
with pure greed,
corruption, political
scandals, an
ever-wideninggap between
the rich and poor, and
other such senseless
human actions, are
pushing our blue planet
closer and closer to the
point of no return. This
work is not intended to
be a ranting accusation.
It should remind us of
the beauty and harmony
that can exist all around
us in nature, if we take
care of it. Pütz
hopes that this will, one
day, help put a greater
emphasis on humanity's
survival, and coexistence
with nature rather than
the exploitation
described earlier. All
four texts were created
by Australian poet Graeme
King, whose works were
discovered by Pütz,
by chance on the
internet. Pütz was
especially captivated by
King's clarity, and
intrigued by the
possibilities of adapting
and melding the strong
rhythmical structure of
King's writing with his
own musical language. The
four movements are as
follows: 1. Tears of
Nature 2. Grrrevolution
3. Stand up! 4. Tomorrow
The world premiere of
Four Earth Songs took
place on 7 July 2009 at
the 14th WASBE-Conference
in Cincinnati (USA). This
work is dedicated in
friendship to Jouke
Hoekstra, conductor, and
the Frysk Fanfare Orkest
(the Frisian
Fanfare-Orchestra).
De hymne Nun
ruhen alle Walder,
gearrangeerd door J.S.
Bach (nr. 6, So sei nun,
Seele, deine, uit cantate
BWV 13), is de leidraad
in deze vierdelige
compositie. Putz schreef
het werk als een muzikaal
protest tegen de
moedwillige,op winstbejag
gebaseerde vernietiging
van ons milieu. Toen Bach
het woord 'ruhen'
(rusten) meer dan 350
jaar geleden gebruikte,
lag er waarschijnlijk een
andere nuance in dan
tegenwoordig. Aan het
begin van de 21e eeuw -
dezogenaamde eeuw van de
vooruitgang - zou 'nun
ruhen alle Walder' zelfs
kunnen betekenen: 'nu
sterven alle bossen'. De
grootschalige
industrialisatie en
globalisering, in
combinatie met pure
hebzucht, corruptie,
politieke schandalen,een
groeiende kloof tussen
arm en rijk, en andere
dwaze menselijke
verrichtingen, brengen
onze blauwe planeet
steeds verder in de
problemen, tot er
misschien geen weg terug
meer is. Dit werk is niet
bedoeld als een
beschuldigendetirade. Het
moet ons wijzen op de
schoonheid en harmonie
die in de natuur om ons
heen kan bestaan, als we
er goed voor zorgen. Putz
hoopt dat er op een dag
meer nadruk gelegd zal
worden op het overleven
van de mensheid
invreedzame co-existentie
met de natuur, zonder de
eerdergenoemde
uitbuiting. Alle vier de
teksten zijn geschreven
door de Australische
dichter Graeme King,
wiens werk Putz bij
toeval tegenkwam op het
internet. Hij werd
getroffendoor Kings
helderheid en raakte
geintrigeerd door de
mogelijkheid de sterke
ritmische structuur van
Kings teksten om te
zetten in zijn eigen
muzikale taal. De vier
delen zijn de volgende:
1. Tears of Nature 2.
Grrrevolution 3.Stand up!
4. Tomorrow De
wereldpremiere van Four
Earth Songs vond plaats
op 7 juli 2009 tijdens de
14e WASBE Conference in
Cincinnati (VS). Dit werk
is in vriendschap
opgedragen aan dirigent
Jouke Hoekstra en zijn
Fryskt Fanfare
Der
Choral Nun ruhen alle
Walder, hier in einer
Bearbeitung von J.S. Bach
(Nr. 6 So sei nun, Seele,
deine aus der Kantate BWV
13), zieht sich wie ein
roter Faden durch diese
viersatzige Komposition,
die als musikalischer
Aufschrei (Anfang!) gegen
die mutwillige,
profitgesteuerte
Zerstorung unserer Umwelt
gedacht ist. Sicher hatte
das Wort ruhen vor
über 350 Jahren,
als der Liedtext
entstand, eine andere
Bedeutung als heute. Zu
Beginn des 21.
Jahrhunderts, im
sogenannten Zeitalter des
Fortschritts,
müsste es leider
wohl eher heissen: Nun
sterben alle Walder...
Massive
Industrialisierung,
Globalisierung, aber auch
Profitgier, Korruption,
politische
Unfahigkeit,krasse
Unterschiede zwischen arm
und reich, und
schlussendlich die
Uneinsichtigkeit des
einzelnen Menschen haben
dazu geführt, dass
der Blaue Planet heute
kurz vor dem Kollaps
steht. Dieses Werk soll
jedoch nicht nur
anklagen, es soll auch
die verbliebenen
Schonheiten unserer Natur
aufzeigen, in der
Hoffnung, dass es einmal
gelingen wird, die
Rettung der Natur und den
Schutz der Umwelt
über die oben
genannten Interessen zu
stellen. Alle vier Texte
stammen aus der Feder des
australischen Dichters
Graeme King, dessen Werk
der Komponist durch einen
glücklichen Zufall
im Internet entdeckte.
Besonders inspirierend
war die Direktheit von
Graemes Aussagen, aber
auch die kraftvolle
Rhythmik seiner Verse mit
den daraus resultierenden
Moglichkeiten der
musikalischen Umsetzung.
Die vier Satze sind wie
folgt
überschrieben: 1.
Tears of Nature 2.
Grrrevolution 3. Stand
up! 4. Tomorrow Die
offizielle
Uraufführung von
Four Earth Songs fand am
7. Juli 2009 statt,
anlasslich der 14.
WASBE-Konferenz in
Cincinnati (USA). Das
Werk ist dem Dirigenten
Jouke Hoekstra und dem
Frysk Fanfare Orkest
(Friesischen
Fanfareorchester) in
aller Freundschaft
gewidmet.
Le
cantique Nun ruhen alle
Walder, dont la ligne
melodique fut reprise par
Jean-Sebastien Bach pour
son choral So sein nun,
Seele, deine (Choral
ndeg6 - Cantate BWV 13),
est le fil conducteur de
cette oeuvre en quatre
mouvements concue comme
un cri contre la
destruction volontaire de
la nature pour le profit.
Plus de trois siecles
nous separent du temps de
Bach. Si les mots sont
restes les memes, leur
sens primitif connait
cependant quelques
nuances. Ainsi, au XXIe
siecle - considere comme
le << siecle du progres
>>, il conviendrait de
traduire Nun ruhen alle
Walder (les forets se
reposent ) par Les forets
se meurent. La
mondialisation et
l'industrialisation
massiveassociees a
l'avidite predatrice, a
la corruption politique,
aux actions humaines
irrationnelles et au
fosse grandissant entre
riches et pauvres
conduisent notre planete
bleue a se rapprocher
chaque jour un peu plus
du point de non retour.
Cette composition n'est
pas une accusation
acerbe, mais plutot une
exhortation a prendre
soin de cette beaute si
harmonieuse que nous
offre la nature. Et
peut-etre, prendrons-nous
enfin conscience de
l'importance d'une
situation de coexistence
avec la nature,
necessaire pour la survie
de l'espece humaine, et
non d'exploitation qui
conduit a la destruction.
Un jour, alors qu'il
naviguait sur Internet,
Marco Pütz
decouvrit l'oeuvre du
poete australien Graeme
King. Fascine par la
clarte de l'ecriture et
le rythme des vers, Marco
Pütz imagina les
multiples possibilites
d'adaptation et de mise
en musique qu'offrent les
poemes de King. Il
choisit quatre poemes sur
la nature pour creer son
oeuvre Four Earth Songs
(Quatre chants de la
terre). 1. Tears of
Nature (Les larmes de la
Nature) 2. Grrrevolution
3. Stand up! (Levez-vous
!) 4. Tomorrow (Demain)
Four Earth Songs est
dedie amicalement a
l'Orchestre de Fanfare de
Frise (Frysk Fanfare
Orkest) et a son chef,
Jouke Hoekstra. L'oeuvre
a ete donnee en creation
mondiale par l'orchestre
dedicataire a l'occasion
de la 14eme Convention de
la WASBE a Cincinnati
aux.
Funeral
music. Composed by
Georg Philipp Telemann.
Edited by Klaus Hofmann.
This edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Telemann-Archiv. Viola da
gamba 2. Sacred vocal
music, Cantatas,
Mourning, death. Single
Part, Viola da gamba 2.
TVWV 4:17. 12 pages.
Duration 30 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
39.139/13. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3913913).
ISBN
9790007216184. Text
language:
German.
With the
final verse of the Book
of Daniel from the Old
Testament and a related
cantata text, Telemann
mourns the death of a
prominent, but until now
unknown dignitary in a
cantata marked by great
intimacy and with
exquisite
instrumentation. Jakob
Ditmar, the Kantor of the
Nikolaikirche in Berlin,
to whom we owe the
survival of this work,
contributed two beautiful
chorale settings for a
performance in 1757.
First critical edition of
this cantata. Score and
part available separately
- see item
CA.3913900.
Band concert band - Grade 3.5 SKU: KJ.WB316F Composed by Quincy C. Hillia...(+)
Band concert band - Grade
3.5
SKU: KJ.WB316F
Composed by Quincy C.
Hilliard. Bandworks.
Score. Neil A. Kjos Music
Company #WB316F.
Published by Neil A. Kjos
Music Company
(KJ.WB316F).
Quincy Hilliard
gives us another
uplifting and powerful
contest/festival piece.
The bold 5/4 rhythms in
the low winds are framed
by the trumpet fanfares
that open and close the
work.
SKU: GI.G-317190 A Guide to the Top 100 Works in Grades IV, V, VI....(+)
SKU: GI.G-317190
A Guide to the Top 100
Works in Grades IV, V,
VI. Composed by Chad
Nicholson. Music
Education. 196 pages. GIA
Publications #317190.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-317190).
ISBN
9781574630923. UPC:
884088398736.
The
individual selection of
quality literature - one
of the most important
responsibilities facing
today's band director -
is greatly simplified
using this one-of-a kind
publication. It is the
ultimate tool in concert
planning and programming
benefiting both
entry-level and
experienced conductors by
compiling all of the
information needed for
reliable music selection.
Assisting conductors
recall works they may
have heard but not yet
conducted, brief incipits
of prominent melodic
themes are included, as
are cost, duration,
availability,
instrumentation,
recordings, publishers,
solos, and tips on
programming. With
hundreds of new works
produced each year, this
handy survival guide to
music selection is a must
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conductor. ... a
much-needed addition to
our profession ... this
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library! - Ray E. Cramer,
Emeritus Director of
Bands, Indiana University
Click here for a YouTube
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Trumpet & Piano SKU: ST.C133 Composed by Mark Tanner. Wind & brass music....(+)
Trumpet & Piano
SKU:
ST.C133
Composed by
Mark Tanner. Wind & brass
music. Clifton Edition
#C133. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C133).
ISBN
9790570811335.
As I
sit myself down to write
this brief foreword, I
ask myself can there be
music more stirring than
these old Cornish folk
melodies? Though not
Cornish myself (I confess
to being born a little
further up the road, in
Bristol), I feel I have
spent sufficient time in
these 'ere parts to
resonate with the sturdy
brass band tradition that
continues to permeate
this incomparably
beautiful, rugged county.
One can almost detect a
French 'accent' when
listening to the piano
music of Debussy, and
likewise, speaking as a
lapsed brass player,
there is undoubtedly
something of the Cornish
twang about Trelawny when
played on a cornet or
euphonium. Then again,
one gets a different, yet
entirely convincing
effect upon hearing these
melodies rendered on
woodwind instruments;
hence, with a little
gamesmanship on my part,
I am pleased to see my
collection of these
fifteen delectable
ditties come to fruition
in the form of
arrangements for treble
clef brass instruments
(in B flat and E flat),
trombone and tuba (bass
clef), horn in F, flute,
clarinet and bassoon.
While many will find
themselves humming the
likes of Going up
Camborne Hill, Lamorna or
The Helston Furry Dance
even before they have
turned to the first page
- for these are indelibly
intertwined with Cornish
culture – I wonder if I
might draw your attention
to The Cornish Squire,
The Pool of Pilate and
Cold Blows the Wind Today
Sweetheart, which are
quite simply sublime
melodies, perhaps needing
that extra bit of help in
bringing them to mind
nowadays. In the best
tradition of musical
hand-me-downs, Cornish
folk music works equally
ideally sung and played,
and only by doing so on a
regular basis can such
traditions hope to
continue forward with
vigour and authority. A
legitimate way of
achieving this is to
revitalise the harmonic
scheme of these ancient
tunes and bring them up
to date for a modern
audience; after all, it
was such an approach that
fuelled the imagination
of Benjamin Britten and
Ralph Vaughan Williams in
decades past, while
skilfully paying homage
to the underlying charm
and, for want of a better
word, simplicity, of the
original music. But this
is only a start – for
without an energetic
response from younger
generations, Cornish folk
music is destined to
wither on the vine in
much the same way as is
happening with the
Cornish dialect. So, put
your instrument to your
lips and proceed, not
with caution, but with
enthusiasm and a smile,
for your great
grandparents (and perhaps
even their grandparents)
would surely raise a
glass if they could hear
you doing your bit to
ensure the survival of
this splendid
heritage. Timeless
Cornish melodies, cooked
up for hungry brass
players Grades 1–4
(ABRSM Grades 1, 2 &
4 syllabuses) Former
Spartan Press Cat. No.:
SP1213.
The Hive Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire FJH
Concert Band Concert Band - Grade 3.5; Grade 4 SKU: FJ.B1368S Survival...(+)
Concert Band Concert Band
- Grade 3.5; Grade 4
SKU: FJ.B1368S
Survival and
Sacrifice. Composed
by Erik Morales. Concert
Band. FJH Concert Band.
Programmatic. Score.
Duration 6:00. The FJH
Music Company Inc
#98-B1368S. Published by
The FJH Music Company Inc
(FJ.B1368S).
English.
This
serious programmatic work
depicts a day in the life
of a honeybee hive by
drawing on various
musical effects
throughout. The opening
section, Daybreak, is
tranquil and serene, yet
intensifies as the hive
becomes active. A flurry
of musical activity
accompanies the next
section, Scouting for
Pollen, as forager bees
disperse. Other
interesting sections
include Directional
Tango, Her Majesty, the
Queen, Hungry Bear
(depicting the ransacking
of the hive), and New
Cycle Begins, during
which several of the
previous themes come back
in a brilliant collage of
musical sounds and
textures. Experience the
full gamut of styles in
this brilliant and highly
entertaining work!
About FJH
Concert
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Desig
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Independence is
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lines are cross-cued.
Usually includes an
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section. Grades 3 -
3.5