Clarinet, Piano SKU: HU.HN987 For Clarinet and Piano. Composed by Johannes Brah...(+)
Clarinet, Piano
SKU: HU.HN987
For Clarinet and Piano.
Composed by Johannes
Brahms. Edited by Egon
Voss and Johannes Behr.
Woodwind, Repertoire,
Solos. Clarinet Sonatas
Op. 120. Softcover Book.
87 pages. G. Henle
#HN987. Published by G.
Henle
From the Concerto in A major. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)....(+)
From the Concerto in A
major.
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus
Mozart (1756-1791).
Arranged
by Martin Schelhaas. This
edition: urtext edition.
Stapled. Piano reduction,
Part. 5/3 pages.
Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA08649_00.
Published
by Baerenreiter Verlag
Composed by Harl
Mcdonald. This edition:
Study Score.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
84 pages. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #466-41177.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.466411770).
UPC:
680160640850. 9 x 12
inches.
Mississippi
I. Father of Waters: born
of the Highlands and the
Lakes; the Glaciers, the
Mountains, and the
Prairies. The picture of
your birth is clounded in
the ice and mists of
ancient ages but your
spirit remains our life
stream. II. The Red Man
knew your bountiful gifts
and gave thanks to the
Great Spirit on your
banks. -- The Spanish and
French Fathers brought
the glory of Christianity
to America on
Mississippi. But all men,
white and dark; --
Indian, Spaniard, and
Negro; Bourbon and
Yankee, combined to make
Mississippi the heart of
America. Saga of the
Mississippi Harl McDonald
Born near Boulder,
Colorado, July 27, 1899
Now living in
Philadelphia The original
suggestion for a
symphonic work on the
subject of the
Mississippi came
indirectly from the late
Booth Tarkington who saw
in it color and movement
and atmosphere
translatable into the
terms of music. In the
course of time, by the
mysterious processes of
composers' chemistry, it
took shape as a tone-poem
of two sections, one
representing the rise of
the great stream from its
primeval geologic
sources, the other the
human history of the
river. Mr. McDonald
devised the following
verbal outline of the
general scheme of his
diptych: I. Father of
Waters: born of the
Highlands and the Lakes;
the Glaciers, the
Mountains, and the
Prairies. The picture of
your birth is clounded in
the ice and mists of
ancient ages but your
spirit remains our life
stream. II. The Red Man
knew your bountiful gifts
and gave thanks to the
Great Spirit on your
banks. -- The Spanish and
French Fathers brought
the glory of Christianity
to America on
Mississippi. But all men,
white and dark; --
Indian, Spaniard, and
Negro; Bourbon and
Yankee, combined to make
Mississippi the heart of
America. The first of the
two movements, beginning
molto andante, is vaguel
modal to hint at
antiquity. It is built
upon the conventional two
themes, with an episode,
poco piu mosso,
misterioso, for
prehistoric murk and
muck. There are various
changes of pace and mood.
The second, Allegro ma
vigorosamente, prefigures
an Indian ceremony. A
theme presented by flute,
clarinet and bassoon is a
Canadian Indian fishing
call collected by the
late J.B. Beck. A later
passage of
quasi-Gregorian chant
identifies the French and
Spanish priests who made
the great river their
highway. The fishing-call
is altered in rhythm and
harmony to represent
Negro field hands and
roustabous. A turbulent
close brings all these
elemts together in the
muddy swirling currents
of the Mississippi. The
work was begun in the
summer of 1945, and was
revised and completed in
the summer of 1947. Harl
McDonald, who is the
manager of The
Philadelphia Orchestra,
has concerned himself
with music as an art, as
a science and as a
business in course of his
career. He was born on a
cattle ranch in the
Rockies, but since his
was a musical family, his
up-bringing combined
piano lessons with ranch
life. Years of study and
professional experience
followed in Los Angeles
and in Germany. In 1927
he was appointed lecuter
in composition at the
University of
Pennsylvania and he has
since then made is home
in Philadelphia. In 1933
under a grant of the
Rockefeller FOundation he
collaborated with
physicists in research
dealing with the
measurement of
instrumental and vocal
tone, new scale divisions
and the resultant
harmonies. In that same
year he was named head of
the University's music
faculty and conductor of
its choral organizations.
In 1939, having been a
member of the Board of
Directors for five years,
he was appointed manager
of The Philadelphia
Orchestra. He continus to
write, but otherwise his
entire attention is now
devoted to managerial
duties. Chief items in
the catalogue of his
compositions are four
symphonies, three
orchestra suites, a
half-dozen tone-poems,
three concertos and
considerable quantity of
choral music.
(Clarinet and Piano (Revised Edition)). Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)....(+)
(Clarinet and Piano
(Revised Edition)).
Composed by Johannes
Brahms (1833-1897). For
Clarinet, Piano
Accompaniment. Henle
Music Folios. Softcover.
92 pages. G. Henle
#HN987. Published by G.
Henle
For Piano, Clarinet (Viola) and Cello. Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-189...(+)
For Piano, Clarinet
(Viola)
and Cello. Composed by
Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897).
Edited by Katharina
Loose-
Einfalt and Klaus
Schilde.
Henle Music Folios.
Softcover. 38 pages. G.
Henle #HN1125. Published
by
G. Henle
Clarinet Etudes 5-8 Clarinette - Intermédiaire The Frederick Harris Music Company
Clarinet - Intermediate to Late Intermediate SKU: FH.WCS2 Clarinet Ser...(+)
Clarinet - Intermediate
to Late Intermediate
SKU: FH.WCS2
Clarinet Series, 2013
Edition. Composed by
The Royal Conservatory.
Clarinet Series, 2013
Edition. Book. 64 pages.
The Frederick Harris
Music Company #WCS2.
Published by The
Frederick Harris Music
Company (FH.WCS2).
ISBN
978-1-55440-586-2.
This new series offers a
sequenced approach to the
study of clarinet from
the beginner to advanced
levels. With a
progressive collection of
Repertoire, Etudes,
Recordings, Orchestral
Excerpts, and Technique,
the Clarinet Series, 2014
Edition provides complete
support for teachers and
students at every level
of study. Nine
progressive volumes of
Repertoire expose
students to a wealth of
music from the earliest
works for clarinet to
accompanied and
unaccompanied
contemporary
compositions. Students
will explore some of the
most definitive solo
pieces written for
clarinet, along with
popular folk tunes,
Klezmer melodies,
Classical solos, and
contemporary compositions
that incorporate
traditional and extended
techniques. Level
5: Etude in A Major -
Friedrich
Demnitz Exercise XIV -
Reginald Kell Etude in
C Major - Chris
Allen Etude in F Major
- Randall
Cunningham Etude in C
Major, op. 63, division
2, no. 10 - Carl
Baermann Shifting
Winds - James Rae The
Unexpected - James
Rae Dai's Surprise -
James Rae Level
6: Etude in E Major -
Friedrich Demnitz Rag
- Randall
Cunningham Etude in F
Major - Friedrich
Demnitz Gigue - Johann
Sebastian Bach Black
Puddin' Jig - James
Rae Elegie - James
Rae Etude in F sharp
Minor - Ivan
Mueller Romance, op.
63, division 2, no. 14 -
Carl Baermann Etude
No. 1 - Alfred
Uhl Cello Suite No. 1
in G Major, BWV 1007,
Menuet I and Menuet II -
Johann Sebastian
Bach Journeys - James
Rae A Sad Loss - James
Rae Serenade - Leon
Lester Level 7: Odd
Meter Etude No. 5 -
Everett Gates Etude in
A Minor - Ernst Sachse,
arr. Leon Lester Text
Book Prelude - James
Rae Bald lacheln mir
seelige Tage: Theme and
Variation I - Anton
Stadler Etude in C
Major, op. 31, no. 6 -
Franz Wilhelm Ferling,
arr. Cyrille
Rose Etude in A Minor
- Hyacinthe Klose, arr.
Leon Lester Etude in A
Minor, op. 3, no. 22 -
Federigo Fiorillio, arr.
Cyrille Rose Courante
- Johann Sebastian
Bach Etude in C Major,
op. 31, no. 5 - Franz
Wilhelm Ferling, arr.
Cyrille Rose Etude in
F Major - Alfred
Uhl Boo! - James
Rae Etude in D Minor -
Friedrich Demnitz, arr.
Leon Lester Level
8: Courante - Johann
Sebastian Bach Etude
in A Minor, op. 31, no. 8
- Franz Wilhelm Ferling,
arr. Cyrille
Rose Etude in A Minor
- Alfred Uhl Mr.
Pritchard's Bad Hair Day
- James Rae Etude in G
Major, op. 63, division
2, no. 43 - Carl
Baermann Questions and
Answers - James
Rae Etude in A Minor,
op. 31, no. 7 - Franz
Wilhelm Ferling, arr.
Cyrille Rose Romance
-Ludwig
Wiedemann Allemande -
Johann Sebastian
Bach Etude in E Minor,
op. 31, no. 3 - Franz
Wilhelm Ferling, arr.
Cyrille Rose Odd Meter
Etude No. 9 - Everett
Gates Etude No. 60 -
Paul Harris.
Chamber Music SKU: PR.164002120 Composed by Dan Welcher. Set of Score and...(+)
Chamber Music
SKU:
PR.164002120
Composed
by Dan Welcher. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
32+16+12+12+12 pages.
Duration 16 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00212. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.164002120).
UPC:
680160037582.
Works
of chamber music
including flute and
strings are not nearly as
numerous as those for
clarinet, or even the
oboe. Probably the reason
for this is the less
assertive, more pure tone
the flute possesses - it
can't compete for volume
or range with the
clarinet, except in its
top octave, and the
oboe's tone is more
penetrating and easily
discerned from within a
string texture.
Consequently, composers
who have written for
flute and strings have
done so in lightweight
divertimento works:
compare, for instance,
the delicate flute
quartets of Mozart with
his monumental quintet
for clarinet and strings.
When Karl and Joan
Karber approached me with
the ideas of writing a
work for flute and string
trio, I originally
thought it would be best
to write a humorous,
rather offhand piece -
but a look at their
repertoire (mostly
comprised of smaller
works of the Rococo
period) convinced me that
it was the last thing
they needed. In spite of
the challenge (or maybe
because of it?), I
determined to write a
large work, and a serious
work. Zephyrus (named for
the God of the West Wind,
in deference to the
flute) is a
three-movement work, with
each movement cast in a
very different form, but
all three being built of
the same twelve-note
series. There is also a
rhythmic motive and a
pair of themes that
appear in all three
movements. The
first movement plays with
the idea of contrast and
persuasion. The flute, at
the outset, is the
hell-for-leather
protagonist, charging and
swooping around the
strings - who seem oddly
unconcerned by his
passion. Indeed, they
have a more somber song
to sing - and as the
movement unfolds, the
flute becomes less and
less active, while the
strings become
increasingly enlivened.
By the midpoint, when all
four instruments are
finally in the same meter
and the same tempo, the
flute's energy has
finally infected the
other three players, and
this energy does not let
up until the movement's
abrupt final cadence.
The second
movement begins with a
tag from the first - as
if the energy left over
was too great to simply
stop. At length, though,
a very poignant flute
melody appears over an
almost bluesy harmony in
the strings. After this
has been fully exposed, a
slight increase in
motion, marked gently
rocking in triplets,
features a theme-fragment
from Leonard Bernstein's
Symphony No. 2 (Kaddish).
Bernstein died as I was
writing this work, and it
seemed quite natural to
encourage what was
already implicit in the
music, and create an
Elegy for L.B. The music
rises and peaks, then in
the recapitulation of the
opening the Kaddish theme
reappears, as the
ensemble suggests a
gentle song of sleep.
The final movement
is a Rondo-Variations
form, with the slight
alteration of adding the
main theme of the second
movement in what would be
the trio of the form. The
ritornello theme is a
kind of ethnic dance
music, almost an allusion
to the Klezmer ensembles
of Eastern Europe. The
successive episodes
between the ritornelli
are loosely organized
variations on the basic
theme, but always
beginning with a metric
modulation, a rhythmic
changing of gears. The
movement reaches and apex
of speed and furious
pulsing, then abruptly
pirouttes, and finishes.
Zephyrus was
written between April and
November of 1990 in
Austin, Aspen, and
Honolulu, and is
dedicated to Karl Kraber
and The Chamber Soloists
of Austin. --Dan
Welcher.
SKU: PR.16400212S Composed by Dan Welcher. With Standard notation. Durati...(+)
SKU: PR.16400212S
Composed by Dan Welcher.
With Standard notation.
Duration 16 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00212S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16400212S).
UPC:
680160037605.
Works
of chamber music
including flute and
strings are not nearly as
numerous as those for
clarinet, or even the
oboe. Probably the reason
for this is the less
assertive, more pure tone
the flute possesses - it
can't compete for volume
or range with the
clarinet, except in its
top octave, and the
oboe's tone is more
penetrating and easily
discerned from within a
string texture.
Consequently, composers
who have written for
flute and strings have
done so in lightweight
divertimento works:
compare, for instance,
the delicate flute
quartets of Mozart with
his monumental quintet
for clarinet and strings.
When Karl and Joan
Karber approached me with
the ideas of writing a
work for flute and string
trio, I originally
thought it would be best
to write a humorous,
rather offhand piece -
but a look at their
repertoire (mostly
comprised of smaller
works of the Rococo
period) convinced me that
it was the last thing
they needed. In spite of
the challenge (or maybe
because of it?), I
determined to write a
large work, and a serious
work. Zephyrus (named for
the God of the West Wind,
in deference to the
flute) is a
three-movement work, with
each movement cast in a
very different form, but
all three being built of
the same twelve-note
series. There is also a
rhythmic motive and a
pair of themes that
appear in all three
movements. The
first movement plays with
the idea of contrast and
persuasion. The flute, at
the outset, is the
hell-for-leather
protagonist, charging and
swooping around the
strings - who seem oddly
unconcerned by his
passion. Indeed, they
have a more somber song
to sing - and as the
movement unfolds, the
flute becomes less and
less active, while the
strings become
increasingly enlivened.
By the midpoint, when all
four instruments are
finally in the same meter
and the same tempo, the
flute's energy has
finally infected the
other three players, and
this energy does not let
up until the movement's
abrupt final cadence.
The second
movement begins with a
tag from the first - as
if the energy left over
was too great to simply
stop. At length, though,
a very poignant flute
melody appears over an
almost bluesy harmony in
the strings. After this
has been fully exposed, a
slight increase in
motion, marked gently
rocking in triplets,
features a theme-fragment
from Leonard Bernstein's
Symphony No. 2 (Kaddish).
Bernstein died as I was
writing this work, and it
seemed quite natural to
encourage what was
already implicit in the
music, and create an
Elegy for L.B. The music
rises and peaks, then in
the recapitulation of the
opening the Kaddish theme
reappears, as the
ensemble suggests a
gentle song of sleep.
The final movement
is a Rondo-Variations
form, with the slight
alteration of adding the
main theme of the second
movement in what would be
the trio of the form. The
ritornello theme is a
kind of ethnic dance
music, almost an allusion
to the Klezmer ensembles
of Eastern Europe. The
successive episodes
between the ritornelli
are loosely organized
variations on the basic
theme, but always
beginning with a metric
modulation, a rhythmic
changing of gears. The
movement reaches and apex
of speed and furious
pulsing, then abruptly
pirouttes, and finishes.
Zephyrus was
written between April and
November of 1990 in
Austin, Aspen, and
Honolulu, and is
dedicated to Karl Kraber
and The Chamber Soloists
of Austin. --Dan
Welcher.
[20 Virtuosic Studies for Clarinet]. Composed by Auguste Perier. Leduc. Class...(+)
[20 Virtuosic Studies for
Clarinet]. Composed by
Auguste Perier. Leduc.
Classical. CD only. 33
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL18023. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
By Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Edited by Christopher Hogwood. For Clarinet/Viol...(+)
By Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897). Edited by
Christopher Hogwood. For
Clarinet/Viola/Violoncell
o/Piano
(Clarinet/(Viola)/Violonc
ello/Piano). This
edition: Stapled, Urtext
edition. Performance
score, Set of parts. Text
Language: English/German.
Opus 114. 41/8/8/11
pages. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
Hymns
for Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Folio. Set of Score and
Parts.
4+24+24+16+8+4+4+24+12+12
+8+4+4+4+4+8+8+8+8+4+4+4+
4+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+4+16+4+
8+4+8+8+4+4+4+48 pages.
Duration 10 minutes, 41
seconds. Theodore Presser
Company #165-00100.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.165001000).
ISBN
9781491129241. UPC:
680160669776. 9 x 12
inches.
Commissione
d for a consortium of
high school and college
bands in the north Dallas
region, FOR THEMYSTIC
HARMONY is a 10-minute
inspirational work in
homage to Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon,patrons
of the Fort Worth
Symphony and the Van
Cliburn Competition.
Welcher draws melodic
flavorfrom five American
hymns, spirituals, and
folk tunes of the 19th
century. The last of
these sources toappear is
the hymn tune For the
Beauty of the Earth,
whose third stanza is the
quatrain: “For the
joy of earand eye, For
the heart and
mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony,
Linking sense to sound
and sight,â€giving
rise to the work’s
title. This work,
commissioned for a
consortium of high school
bands in the north Dallas
area, is my fifteenth
maturework for wind
ensemble (not counting
transcriptions). When I
asked Todd Dixon, the
band director
whospearheaded this
project, what kind of a
work he most wanted, he
first said
“something
that’s basically
slow,†butwanted to
leave the details to me.
During a long subsequent
conversation, he
mentioned that his
grandparents,Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon, were
prime supporters of the
Fort Worth Symphony,
going so far as to
purchase anumber of high
quality instruments for
that orchestra. This
intrigued me, so I asked
more about his
grandparentsand was
provided an 80-page
biographical sketch.
Reading that article,
including a long section
about theirdevotion to
supporting a young man
through the rigors of the
Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition fora
number of years, moved me
very much. Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon
weren’t just
supporters of the arts;
theywere passionate
lovers of music and
musicians. I determined
to make this work a
testament to that love,
and tothe religious faith
that sustained them both.
The idea of using extant
hymns was also suggested
by Todd Dixon,and this
10-minute work is the
result.I have employed
existing melodies in
several works, delving
into certain kinds of
religious music more than
a fewtimes. In seeking
new sounds, new ways of
harmonizing old tunes,
and the contrapuntal
overlaying of one
tunewith another, I was
able to make works like
ZION (using 19th-century
Revivalist hymns) and
LABORING SONGS(using
Shaker melodies) reflect
the spirit of the
composers who created
these melodies, without
sounding likepastiches or
medleys. I determined to
do the same with this new
work, with the added
problem of
employingmelodies that
were more familiar. I
chose five tunes from the
19th century: hymns,
spirituals, and
folk-tunes.Some of these
are known by differing
titles, but they all
appear in hymnals of
various Christian
denominations(with
various titles and
texts). My idea was to
employ the tunes without
altering their notes,
instead using aconstantly
modulating sense of
harmony —
sometimes leading to
polytonal harmonizations
of what are
normallysimple four-chord
hymns.The work begins and
ends with a repeated
chime on the note C: a
reminder of steeples,
white clapboard
churchesin the country,
and small church organs.
Beginning with a
Mixolydian folk tune of
Caribbean origin
presentedtwice with
layered entrances, the
work starts with a
feeling of mystery and
gentle sorrow. It
proceeds, after along
transition, into a second
hymn that is sometimes
connected to the sea
(hence the sensation of
water andwaves throughout
it). This tune, by John
B. Dykes (1823-1876), is
a bit more chromatic and
“shifty†than
mosthymn-tunes, so I
chose to play with the
constant sensation of
modulation even more than
the original does. Atthe
climax, the familiar
spiritual “Were you
there?†takes over,
with a double-time
polytonal feeling
propelling itforward at
“Sometimes it
causes me to
tremble.â€Trumpets
in counterpoint raise the
temperature, and the
tempo as well, leading
the music into a third
tune (ofunknown
provenance, though it
appears with different
texts in various hymnals)
that is presented in a
sprightlymanner. Bassoons
introduce the melody, but
it is quickly taken up by
other instruments over
three
“verses,â€cons
tantly growing in
orchestration and volume.
A mysterious second tune,
unrelated to this one,
interrupts it inall three
verses, sending the
melody into unknown
regions.The final melody
is “For the Beauty
of the Earth.†This
tune by Conrad Kocher
(1786-1872) is commonly
sung atThanksgiving
— the perfect
choice to end this work
celebrating two people
known for their
generosity.Keeping the
sense of constant
modulation that has been
present throughout, I
chose to present this
hymn in threegrowing
verses, but with a twist:
every four bars, the
“key†of the
hymn seems to shift
— until the
“Lord of all,
toThee we praiseâ€
melody bursts out in a
surprising compound
meter. This, as it turns
out, was the
“mystery
tuneâ€heard earlier
in the piece. After an
Ivesian, almost polytonal
climax, the Coda begins
over a long B( pedal. At
first,it seems to be a
restatement of the first
two phrases of “For
the Beauty†with
long spaces between them,
but it soonchanges to a
series of
“Amenâ€
cadences, widely
separated by range and
color. These, too, do not
conform to anykey, but
instead overlay each
other in ways that are
unpredictable but
strangely comforting.The
third verse of “For
the Beauty of the
Earth†contains
this quatrain:“For
the joy of ear and eye,
–For the heart and
mind’s delightFor
the mystic harmonyLinking
sense to sound and
sightâ€and it was
from this poetry that I
drew the title for the
present work. It is my
hope that audiences and
performerswill find
within it a sense of
grace: more than a little
familiar, but also quite
new and unexpected.
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass
Drum, Bassoon 1, Bassoon
2, Bongos, Castanets,
Celesta, Clarinet,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Clarinet 3, Contrabass
Clarinet, Contrabassoon,
English Horn, Euphonium,
Euphonium T.C., Flute 1,
Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2,
Horn 3 and more.
SKU:
PR.16500100F
Hymns
for Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Sws. Full score. 48
pages. Duration 10
minutes, 41 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#165-00100F. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16500100F).
ISBN
9781491114421. UPC:
680160669783. 9 x 12
inches.
Commissione
d for a consortium of
high school and college
bands in the north Dallas
region, FOR THEMYSTIC
HARMONY is a 10-minute
inspirational work in
homage to Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon,patrons
of the Fort Worth
Symphony and the Van
Cliburn Competition.
Welcher draws melodic
flavorfrom five American
hymns, spirituals, and
folk tunes of the 19th
century. The last of
these sources toappear is
the hymn tune For the
Beauty of the Earth,
whose third stanza is the
quatrain: “For the
joy of earand eye, For
the heart and
mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony,
Linking sense to sound
and sight,â€giving
rise to the work’s
title. This work,
commissioned for a
consortium of high school
bands in the north Dallas
area, is my fifteenth
maturework for wind
ensemble (not counting
transcriptions). When I
asked Todd Dixon, the
band director
whospearheaded this
project, what kind of a
work he most wanted, he
first said
“something
that’s basically
slow,†butwanted to
leave the details to me.
During a long subsequent
conversation, he
mentioned that his
grandparents,Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon, were
prime supporters of the
Fort Worth Symphony,
going so far as to
purchase anumber of high
quality instruments for
that orchestra. This
intrigued me, so I asked
more about his
grandparentsand was
provided an 80-page
biographical sketch.
Reading that article,
including a long section
about theirdevotion to
supporting a young man
through the rigors of the
Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition fora
number of years, moved me
very much. Norwood and
Elizabeth Dixon
weren’t just
supporters of the arts;
theywere passionate
lovers of music and
musicians. I determined
to make this work a
testament to that love,
and tothe religious faith
that sustained them both.
The idea of using extant
hymns was also suggested
by Todd Dixon,and this
10-minute work is the
result.I have employed
existing melodies in
several works, delving
into certain kinds of
religious music more than
a fewtimes. In seeking
new sounds, new ways of
harmonizing old tunes,
and the contrapuntal
overlaying of one
tunewith another, I was
able to make works like
ZION (using 19th-century
Revivalist hymns) and
LABORING SONGS(using
Shaker melodies) reflect
the spirit of the
composers who created
these melodies, without
sounding likepastiches or
medleys. I determined to
do the same with this new
work, with the added
problem of
employingmelodies that
were more familiar. I
chose five tunes from the
19th century: hymns,
spirituals, and
folk-tunes.Some of these
are known by differing
titles, but they all
appear in hymnals of
various Christian
denominations(with
various titles and
texts). My idea was to
employ the tunes without
altering their notes,
instead using aconstantly
modulating sense of
harmony —
sometimes leading to
polytonal harmonizations
of what are
normallysimple four-chord
hymns.The work begins and
ends with a repeated
chime on the note C: a
reminder of steeples,
white clapboard
churchesin the country,
and small church organs.
Beginning with a
Mixolydian folk tune of
Caribbean origin
presentedtwice with
layered entrances, the
work starts with a
feeling of mystery and
gentle sorrow. It
proceeds, after along
transition, into a second
hymn that is sometimes
connected to the sea
(hence the sensation of
water andwaves throughout
it). This tune, by John
B. Dykes (1823-1876), is
a bit more chromatic and
“shifty†than
mosthymn-tunes, so I
chose to play with the
constant sensation of
modulation even more than
the original does. Atthe
climax, the familiar
spiritual “Were you
there?†takes over,
with a double-time
polytonal feeling
propelling itforward at
“Sometimes it
causes me to
tremble.â€Trumpets
in counterpoint raise the
temperature, and the
tempo as well, leading
the music into a third
tune (ofunknown
provenance, though it
appears with different
texts in various hymnals)
that is presented in a
sprightlymanner. Bassoons
introduce the melody, but
it is quickly taken up by
other instruments over
three
“verses,â€cons
tantly growing in
orchestration and volume.
A mysterious second tune,
unrelated to this one,
interrupts it inall three
verses, sending the
melody into unknown
regions.The final melody
is “For the Beauty
of the Earth.†This
tune by Conrad Kocher
(1786-1872) is commonly
sung atThanksgiving
— the perfect
choice to end this work
celebrating two people
known for their
generosity.Keeping the
sense of constant
modulation that has been
present throughout, I
chose to present this
hymn in threegrowing
verses, but with a twist:
every four bars, the
“key†of the
hymn seems to shift
— until the
“Lord of all,
toThee we praiseâ€
melody bursts out in a
surprising compound
meter. This, as it turns
out, was the
“mystery
tuneâ€heard earlier
in the piece. After an
Ivesian, almost polytonal
climax, the Coda begins
over a long B( pedal. At
first,it seems to be a
restatement of the first
two phrases of “For
the Beauty†with
long spaces between them,
but it soonchanges to a
series of
“Amenâ€
cadences, widely
separated by range and
color. These, too, do not
conform to anykey, but
instead overlay each
other in ways that are
unpredictable but
strangely comforting.The
third verse of “For
the Beauty of the
Earth†contains
this quatrain:“For
the joy of ear and eye,
–For the heart and
mind’s delightFor
the mystic harmonyLinking
sense to sound and
sightâ€and it was
from this poetry that I
drew the title for the
present work. It is my
hope that audiences and
performerswill find
within it a sense of
grace: more than a little
familiar, but also quite
new and unexpected.
Composed by Howard Shore, edited by Bill Gallifor, Jeannette DeLisa. For clarine...(+)
Composed by Howard Shore,
edited by Bill Gallifor,
Jeannette DeLisa. For
clarinet solo. Includes
clarinet solo book and
accompaniment CD. With
standard notation.
Movies. 28 pages. 9x12
inches. Published by
Warner Brothers.
(Clarinet with Piano Reduction). Composed by Louis Spohr (1784-1859). Edited by ...(+)
(Clarinet with Piano
Reduction). Composed by
Louis Spohr (1784-1859).
Edited by Christoph
Sobanski and Ulrich
Scheideler. For Clarinet,
Piano Accompaniment.
Henle Music Folios.
Softcover. G. Henle
#HN995. Published by G.
Henle
(20 Short Recital and Study Pieces for the Intermediate Player). Composed by...(+)
(20 Short Recital and
Study
Pieces for the
Intermediate
Player). Composed by John
Walker. Edited by Michael
Walsh. For clarinet,
piano.
Score and Audio CD. 28
pages. Published by Carl
Fischer
(for Clarinet, Basset Horn (or 2 Clarinets) and Piano). Composed by Felix Bartho...(+)
(for Clarinet, Basset
Horn (or 2 Clarinets) and
Piano). Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn
(1809-1847). Edited by
Frank Heidlberger. For
Clarinet, Piano,
Bassetthorn. Henle Music
Folios. Softcover. G.
Henle #HN1067. Published
by G. Henle
Clarinet and Piano (Clarinet) SKU: HL.14001647 Composed by James Power. A...(+)
Clarinet and Piano
(Clarinet)
SKU:
HL.14001647
Composed
by James Power. Arranged
by James Power. Music
Sales America. Jazz. Book
[Softcover]. 42 pages.
Music Sales #PM1942100R.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14001647).
ISBN
9780711994300.
Many
clarinetists would like
to try a little jazz.
This book contains a
collection of melodic,
playable jazz and modern
themes for clarinet with
piano / keyboard
accompaniment. Most
pieces contain a theme
and an ad lib chorus. A
suggested ad lib is
written but the students
may like to improvise
their own. After
practising the clarinet
part, get together with a
piano student - the
result could surprise
you!
(Clarinet/Piano) SKU: HL.48181481 Composed by Eugene Bozza. Leduc. Classi...(+)
(Clarinet/Piano)
SKU:
HL.48181481
Composed
by Eugene Bozza. Leduc.
Classical. Softcover. 10
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL21040. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48181481).
UPC:
888680844462.
9.0x12.0x0.089
inches.
Claribel is
a piece for Clarinet and
Piano, composed by Eugene
Bozza. Written for upper
intermediate players as
quite challenging, this
melodic work is dedicated
to Henri Dubois, a French
professor at the
Valenciennes
Conservatoire. Divided
into seven distinctive
parts, Claribel begins
with the Piano, the parts
being in the following
order: - Moderato -
Andantino - Piu vivo -
Vivo - Allegro Vivo ? on
the last measures of the
Clarinet Solo - Meno
Mosso - Allegro Vivo ?
for the final It also
features a Clarinet solo
starting at the number
11. Eugene Bozza won
different prizes at the
Conservatoire de Paris
such as the First Prize
for the Violin,
conducting and
composition, as well as
the Grand Prix de Rome.
He composed several
operas, chamber works and
ballets among
others..
(Clarinet in B-flat with Piano Reduction). Composed by Bernhard Henrik Crusell (...(+)
(Clarinet in B-flat with
Piano Reduction).
Composed by Bernhard
Henrik Crusell
(1775-1838). Edited by
Nicolai Pfeffer. For
Clarinet, Piano
Accompaniment. Henle
Music Folios. Softcover.
34 pages. G. Henle
#HN1210. Published by G.
Henle
Clarinet - Late Intermediate to Advanced SKU: FH.WCE1 Clarinet Series,...(+)
Clarinet - Late
Intermediate to Advanced
SKU: FH.WCE1
Clarinet Series, 2013
Edition. Composed by
The Royal Conservatory.
Clarinet Series, 2013
Edition. Book. 48 pages.
The Frederick Harris
Music Company #WCE1.
Published by The
Frederick Harris Music
Company (FH.WCE1).
ISBN
978-1-55440-588-6.
This new series offers a
sequenced approach to the
study of clarinet from
the beginner to advanced
levels. With a
progressive collection of
Repertoire, Etudes,
Recordings, Orchestral
Excerpts, and Technique,
the Clarinet Series, 2014
Edition provides complete
support for teachers and
students at every level
of study. Nine
progressive volumes of
Repertoire expose
students to a wealth of
music from the earliest
works for clarinet to
accompanied and
unaccompanied
contemporary
compositions. Students
will explore some of the
most definitive solo
pieces written for
clarinet, along with
popular folk tunes,
Klezmer melodies,
Classical solos, and
contemporary compositions
that incorporate
traditional and extended
techniques. Level
7: De Hebriden, op.
26: Overture - Felix
Mendelssohn Symphony
No. 39, K 543: II, III,
IV - Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Symphony No. 5,
op. 64: I, II - Pyotr
Il'yich
Tchaikovsky Symphony
No. 2, op. 36: II -
Ludwig van
Beethoven Piano
Concerto No. 2, op. 18:
II - Sergei
Rachmaninoff Symphony
No. 6 (Pastoral), op. 68:
I - Ludwig van
Beethoven Level
8: Prince Igor:
Polovtsian Dance No. 8,
Polovtsian Dance No. 17 -
Aleksandr Borodin Il
barbiere di Siviglia:
Overture - Gioachino
Rossini Symphony No. 4
(Italian), op. 90: IV -
Felix
Mendelssohn Symphony
No. 4, op. 98: II -
Johannes
Brahms Ouverture zu
Offenbach's Orpheus in
der Unterwelt - Carl
Binder Symphony No. 8
(Unfinished), D 759: II -
Franz
Schubert Symphonie
fantastique: III - Hector
Berlioz Level
9: Symphony No. 6
(Pastoral), op. 68 : I,
II, III - Ludwig van
Beethoven Symphony No.
3, op. 90: I, II -
Johannes
Brahms Symphony No. 4,
op. 60: II - Ludwig van
Beethoven Semiramide:
Overture - Gioachino
Rossini Symphony No. 3
(Scottish), op. 56: II -
Felix
Mendelssohn Prelude a
l'apres midi d'un faune -
Claude
Debussy Symphony no.
9, op. 125: II - Ludwig
van Beethoven Level
10: Symphony No. 2,
op. 27: III - Sergei
Rachmaninoff Violin
Concerto, op. 61: II -
Ludwig van
Beethoven Incidental
Music to A Midsummer
Night's Dream, op. 61:
Scherzo - Felix
Mendelssohn Symphony
No. 1, op. 39: I, III -
Jean
Sibelius Variations on
a Theme by Haydn, op.
56a: Variation II,
Variation IV, Variation V
- Johannes
Brahms Symphony No. 8,
op. 93: III - Ludwig van
Beethoven Sheherazade,
op. 35: II, III, IV -
Nicolai
Rimsky-Korsakov Associ
ate: B_, A, C
Clarinet: Capriccio
espagnole, op. 34: I,
III, IV - Nicolai
Rimsky-Korsakov Dances
of Galanta - Zoltan
Kodaly Pini di Roma:
III - Ottorino
Respighi Suite de
l'oiseau de feu:
Variation de l'oiseau de
feu - Igor
Stravinsky Symphony
No. 6 (Pathetique), op.
74: I - Pyotr Il'yich
Tchaikovsky Symphony
No. 9, op. 70: II, III -
Dmitri
Shostakovich Don Juan,
op. 20 - Richard
Strauss Symphonie
fantastique: V - Hector
Berlioz Peter and the
Wolf, op. 67: Nervoso -
Sergei
Prokofiev Prince Igor:
Polovtsian Dance No. 17 -
Aleksandr
Borodin Associate: E_
Clarinet: Symphony no.
5, op 100: IV - Sergei
Prokofiev Till
Eulenspiegels lustige
Streiche, op. 28 -
Richard
Strauss Symphony no.
5, op. 47: II - Dmitri
Shostakovich Symphonie
fantastique: V - Hector
Berlioz Bolero -
Maurice
Ravel Associate: Bass
Clarinet: Les
Huguenots: Trio from act
5 - Giacomo
Meyerbeer Violin
Concerto no. 1, op. 77:
II - Dmitri
Shostakovich Grand
Canyon Suite: III - Ferde
Grofe Don Quixote, op.
35: Sancho Panza,
Variation X - Richard
Strauss.
Clarinet - Late Intermediate SKU: FH.WC7 Clarinet Series, 2013 Edition...(+)
Clarinet - Late
Intermediate
SKU:
FH.WC7
Clarinet
Series, 2013 Edition.
Composed by The Royal
Conservatory. Clarinet
Series, 2013 Edition.
Book/CD. 88/36 pages. The
Frederick Harris Music
Company #WC7. Published
by The Frederick Harris
Music Company (FH.WC7).
ISBN
978-1-55440-583-1.
This new series offers a
sequenced approach to the
study of clarinet from
the beginner to advanced
levels. With a
progressive collection of
Repertoire, Etudes,
Recordings, Orchestral
Excerpts, and Technique,
the Clarinet Series, 2014
Edition provides complete
support for teachers and
students at every level
of study. Nine
progressive volumes of
Repertoire expose
students to a wealth of
music from the earliest
works for clarinet to
accompanied and
unaccompanied
contemporary
compositions. Students
will explore some of the
most definitive solo
pieces written for
clarinet, along with
popular folk tunes,
Klezmer melodies,
Classical solos, and
contemporary compositions
that incorporate
traditional and extended
techniques. Level
7: De Hebriden, op.
26: Overture - Felix
Mendelssohn Symphony
No. 39, K 543: II, III,
IV - Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart Symphony No. 5,
op. 64: I, II - Pyotr
Il'yich
Tchaikovsky Symphony
No. 2, op. 36: II -
Ludwig van
Beethoven Piano
Concerto No. 2, op. 18:
II - Sergei
Rachmaninoff Symphony
No. 6 (Pastoral), op. 68:
I - Ludwig van
Beethoven Level
8: Prince Igor:
Polovtsian Dance No. 8,
Polovtsian Dance No. 17 -
Aleksandr Borodin Il
barbiere di Siviglia:
Overture - Gioachino
Rossini Symphony No. 4
(Italian), op. 90: IV -
Felix
Mendelssohn Symphony
No. 4, op. 98: II -
Johannes
Brahms Ouverture zu
Offenbach's Orpheus in
der Unterwelt - Carl
Binder Symphony No. 8
(Unfinished), D 759: II -
Franz
Schubert Symphonie
fantastique: III - Hector
Berlioz Level
9: Symphony No. 6
(Pastoral), op. 68 : I,
II, III - Ludwig van
Beethoven Symphony No.
3, op. 90: I, II -
Johannes
Brahms Symphony No. 4,
op. 60: II - Ludwig van
Beethoven Semiramide:
Overture - Gioachino
Rossini Symphony No. 3
(Scottish), op. 56: II -
Felix
Mendelssohn Prelude a
l'apres midi d'un faune -
Claude
Debussy Symphony no.
9, op. 125: II - Ludwig
van Beethoven Level
10: Symphony No. 2,
op. 27: III - Sergei
Rachmaninoff Violin
Concerto, op. 61: II -
Ludwig van
Beethoven Incidental
Music to A Midsummer
Night's Dream, op. 61:
Scherzo - Felix
Mendelssohn Symphony
No. 1, op. 39: I, III -
Jean
Sibelius Variations on
a Theme by Haydn, op.
56a: Variation II,
Variation IV, Variation V
- Johannes
Brahms Symphony No. 8,
op. 93: III - Ludwig van
Beethoven Sheherazade,
op. 35: II, III, IV -
Nicolai
Rimsky-Korsakov Associ
ate: B_, A, C
Clarinet: Capriccio
espagnole, op. 34: I,
III, IV - Nicolai
Rimsky-Korsakov Dances
of Galanta - Zoltan
Kodaly Pini di Roma:
III - Ottorino
Respighi Suite de
l'oiseau de feu:
Variation de l'oiseau de
feu - Igor
Stravinsky Symphony
No. 6 (Pathetique), op.
74: I - Pyotr Il'yich
Tchaikovsky Symphony
No. 9, op. 70: II, III -
Dmitri
Shostakovich Don Juan,
op. 20 - Richard
Strauss Symphonie
fantastique: V - Hector
Berlioz Peter and the
Wolf, op. 67: Nervoso -
Sergei
Prokofiev Prince Igor:
Polovtsian Dance No. 17 -
Aleksandr
Borodin Associate: E_
Clarinet: Symphony no.
5, op 100: IV - Sergei
Prokofiev Till
Eulenspiegels lustige
Streiche, op. 28 -
Richard
Strauss Symphony no.
5, op. 47: II - Dmitri
Shostakovich Symphonie
fantastique: V - Hector
Berlioz Bolero -
Maurice
Ravel Associate: Bass
Clarinet: Les
Huguenots: Trio from act
5 - Giacomo
Meyerbeer Violin
Concerto no. 1, op. 77:
II - Dmitri
Shostakovich Grand
Canyon Suite: III - Ferde
Grofe Don Quixote, op.
35: Sancho Panza,
Variation X - Richard
Strauss.