| Love Unknown (Choral Score) Chorale SATB SATB, Orgue [Vocal Score] MorningStar Music Publishers
(A Festival of Passion Readings and Hymns). By Michael Burkhardt. For SATB choir...(+)
(A Festival of Passion
Readings and Hymns). By
Michael Burkhardt. For
SATB choir, organ,
handbells, optional brass
quartet, cello/bass
instrument, Orff
instruments, violin. Holy
Week/Three Days, Lent.
Moderately easy. Choral
score. 72 pages. Duration
50 minutes. Published by
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Publishers
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| Three Sketches (Tres Apuntes) Guitare Schott
Guitar - advanced to difficult SKU: HL.49010840 Guitar Solo. Compo...(+)
Guitar - advanced to
difficult SKU:
HL.49010840 Guitar
Solo. Composed by Leo
Brouwer. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Gitarren-Archiv
(Guitar Archive).
Classical. Composed 1959.
8 pages. Schott Music
#GA426. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49010840). ISBN
9783795798352. UPC:
073999663662.
9.0x12.0x0.075
inches. Edition
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| Joy: A Carol Collection (Twenty A Cappella Christmas Favorites) Chorale SATB SATB A Cappella [Octavo] Alfred Publishing
Arranged by Jay Althouse. Collection for SAB A Cappella. 24 pages. Published by ...(+)
Arranged by Jay Althouse.
Collection for SAB A
Cappella. 24 pages.
Published by Alfred
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| Three Early Songs (1933) Peters
By John Cage. For voice, piano. This edition: Photoprint Edition. Photoprint edi...(+)
By John Cage. For voice,
piano. This edition:
Photoprint Edition.
Photoprint editions are
made to order. Printed on
high quality paper and
cover stock, they are
made on a Canon digital
printer from clean
digital masters. Most of
the photoprint editions
are saddle stitched, but
larger books have wire
spiral binding. Published
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| Dynamic Hymn Introductions for Organ, Vol. 2 Orgue Lorenz Publishing Company
Composed by Jason D. Payne. For organ: 3-staff. Sacred. Moderately advanced. Lor...(+)
Composed by Jason D.
Payne. For organ:
3-staff. Sacred.
Moderately advanced.
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#70/1970L. Published by
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| Megahits of 2013 Piano, Voix et Guitare - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
(23 Pop, Rock, Country, TV, and Movie Chartbusters (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)). By Car...(+)
(23 Pop, Rock, Country,
TV, and Movie
Chartbusters
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar)). By
Carrie Underwood, Kelly
Clarkson, Alicia Keys,
Demi Lovato, Jim
Brickman, Phillip
Phillips, Frank Ocean,
Jewel, Justin Timberlake,
Bruno Mars, Ellie
Goulding, Neon Trees, Owl
City, Carly Rae Jepsen,
Lee Brice, Darius Rucker,
and Jessie J. For Guitar;
Keyboard; Piano; Voice.
This edition:
Piano/Vocal/Guitar. Book;
P/V/C Mixed Folio;
Piano/Vocal/Chords.
Megahits. Pop/Rock. 164
pages. Published by
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| The Circus King Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire RBC Publications
Concert Band Concert Band - late intermediate SKU: RU.10299 Composed by C...(+)
Concert Band Concert Band
- late intermediate
SKU: RU.10299
Composed by Charles E.
Duble. Edited by Timothy
Rhea. Arranged by Edited
by Timothy Rhea.
Contest/Festival. Legacy
of the March. Score and
Parts. RBC Publications
#10299. Published by RBC
Publications (RU.10299).
9 x 12
inches. Duble
dedicated The Circus King
March to my friend Jack
Phillips, Musical
Director, John H.
Sparks’ Shows. In 1916,
when he composed this
march, Duble was playing
trombone in the Sparks’
Shows Band. During his
twenty-three years of
trouping he performed
with at least eight
circus bands. $65.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Psalm Twenty & Three Chorale SATB SATB Beckenhorst Press
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| Metamorphosen Boosey and Hawkes
String Ensemble (Parts) SKU: HL.48024809 Realisation for String Septet...(+)
String Ensemble (Parts)
SKU: HL.48024809
Realisation for String
Septet by Rudolf Leopold
Parts. Composed by
Richard Strauss. Boosey &
Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical. Softcover. 60
pages. Duration 1440
seconds. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060136665. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024809). ISBN
9781784545604. UPC:
888680978990.
9.0x12.0x0.169
inches. In 1990 a
short score of Strauss's
late masterpiece
Metamorphosen was
discovered in Switzerland
and acquired by the
Bavarian State Library in
Munich. It is headed
'Metamorphosen. Andante
(für 2 Violinen, 2
Bratschen, 2 Celli[,]
Contrabass) Richard
Strauss'. This gives rise
to the assumption that
the composer had clearly
conceived the piece as
scored for seven strings
and then changed his
mindon receiving a
commission from Paul
Sacher to write a work
for a larger string
group. The short score
bears the date 31 March
1945 at the end, the full
score for twenty-three
strings having already
been started on 13 March.
Rudolf Leopold, concert
cellist and professor of
cello at the University
of Music, Graz, prepared
the septet performing
version of Metamorphosen,
of which the study score
was published in 1996. He
explains that, for the
most part, the 23-part
version consists of
doublings. “In the
realisation of the
'original version' for
string sextet and double
bass I have made use of
both the short score and
the final score so that
the complete tonal image
appears in a chamber
music format whilst
retaining certain
interesting details from
the short score (for
example the original
closing
modulation).â€. $75.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Mythology Suite Theodore Presser Co.
Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Cl...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet,
Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Clarinet 3, Clarinet 4,
Clarinet 5, Clarinet 6,
Contrabassoon, English
Horn, Euphonium, Flute 1,
Flute 2, Flute 3, Flute
4, Flute 5, Harp, Horn 1,
Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4,
Oboe 1 and more. SKU:
PR.415411560 Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Study
Score. With Standard
notation. 66 pages.
Duration 19 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#415-41156. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.415411560). UPC:
680160642946. 9 x 12
inches. The
Mythology Suite consists
of three movements of my
Mythology Symphony, which
I arranged for large wind
ensemble. The
arrangements of The
Lovely Sirens and
Penelope Waits were
commissioned by James
Ripley and Carthage
College for the Carthage
Wind Orchestra's 2017
Japan tour. I added
Pandora Undone to
complete the set; Stephen
Squires and the Chicago
College of Performing
Arts gave the premiere of
the entire Suite in
February 2017. Movement
1: The Lovely Sirens The
Sirens were sea nymphs,
usually pictured as part
woman and part bird, who
lived on a secluded
island surrounded by
rocks. Their enchanting
song was irresistible to
passing sailors, who were
lured to their deaths as
their ships were
destroyed upon the rocks.
The Lovely Sirens
presents three ideas: the
Sirens' beautiful song,
an unfortunate group of
sailors whose course
takes them near the
island, and the disaster
that befalls the sailors.
The sailors' peril is
represented by the Morse
code S.O.S. signal (three
dots, three dashes, and
three dots--represented
musically by short and
long rhythms). The S.O.S.
signal grows increasingly
more insistent and
distressed as it becomes
obvious that the sailors,
smitten with the voices
of the Sirens, are headed
for their demise.
Movement 2: Penelope
Waits This quiet movement
represents Queen
Penelope, the faithful
wife of Odysseus, as she
patiently waits twenty
years for her husband's
return from fighting the
Trojan Wars. Penelope
herself is represented as
an oboe. She is
accompanied by the
ensemble as she keeps at
bay the suitors who wish
to marry her and inherit
her riches. Movement 3:
Pandora Undone This
movement is, in turns,
both lighthearted and
serious. The music
depicts a young, naive
Pandora who, while
dancing around her house,
spies a mysterious box.
She tries to resist
opening it, but her
curiosity ultimately gets
the best of her. When she
cracks the lid open and
looks inside, all evils
escape into the world.
Dismayed by what she has
done, she looks inside
the box once more. She
discovers hope still in
the box and releases it
to temper the escaped
evils and assuage
mankind's new
burden. The Mytholo
gy Suite consists of
three movements of
my Mythology
Symphony, which I
arranged for large wind
ensemble. The
arrangements of The
Lovely
Sirens and Penelope
Waits were
commissioned by James
Ripley and Carthage
College for the Carthage
Wind Orchestra’s
2017 Japan tour. I
added Pandora
Undone to complete the
set; Stephen Squires and
the Chicago College of
Performing Arts gave the
premiere of the entire
Suite in February
2017.Movement 1:Â The
Lovely
SirensThe Sirens were
sea nymphs, usually
pictured as part woman
and part bird, who lived
on a secluded island
surrounded by rocks.
Their enchanting song was
irresistible to passing
sailors, who were lured
to their deaths as their
ships were destroyed upon
the rocks. The Lovely
Sirens presents three
ideas: the Sirens’
beautiful song, an
unfortunate group of
sailors whose course
takes them near the
island, and the disaster
that befalls the sailors.
The sailors’ peril
is represented by the
Morse code S.O.S. signal
(three dots, three
dashes, and three
dots—represented
musically by short and
long rhythms). The S.O.S.
signal grows increasingly
more insistent and
distressed as it becomes
obvious that the sailors,
smitten with the voices
of the Sirens, are headed
for their demise.Movement
2:Â Penelope WaitsThis
quiet movement represents
Queen Penelope, the
faithful wife of
Odysseus, as she
patiently waits twenty
years for her husband's
return from fighting the
Trojan Wars. Penelope
herself is represented as
an oboe. She is
accompanied by the
ensemble as she keeps at
bay the suitors who wish
to marry her and inherit
her riches.Movement
3:Â Pandora UndoneThis
movement is, in turns,
both lighthearted and
serious. The music
depicts a young, naïve
Pandora who, while
dancing around her house,
spies a mysterious box.
She tries to resist
opening it, but her
curiosity ultimately gets
the best of her. When she
cracks the lid open and
looks inside, all evils
escape into the world.
Dismayed by what she has
done, she looks inside
the box once more. She
discovers hope still in
the box and releases it
to temper the escaped
evils and assuage
mankind's new burden. $47.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Mythology Suite Theodore Presser Co.
Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Cl...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet,
Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Clarinet 3, Clarinet 4,
Clarinet 5, Clarinet 6,
Contrabassoon, English
Horn, Euphonium, Flute 1,
Flute 2, Flute 3, Flute
4, Flute 5, Harp, Horn 1,
Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4,
Oboe 1 and more. SKU:
PR.41541156L Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Large
Score. With Standard
notation. 66 pages.
Duration 19 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#415-41156L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41541156L). UPC:
680160642953. 11 x 17
inches. The
Mythology Suite consists
of three movements of my
Mythology Symphony, which
I arranged for large wind
ensemble. The
arrangements of The
Lovely Sirens and
Penelope Waits were
commissioned by James
Ripley and Carthage
College for the Carthage
Wind Orchestra's 2017
Japan tour. I added
Pandora Undone to
complete the set; Stephen
Squires and the Chicago
College of Performing
Arts gave the premiere of
the entire Suite in
February 2017. Movement
1: The Lovely Sirens The
Sirens were sea nymphs,
usually pictured as part
woman and part bird, who
lived on a secluded
island surrounded by
rocks. Their enchanting
song was irresistible to
passing sailors, who were
lured to their deaths as
their ships were
destroyed upon the rocks.
The Lovely Sirens
presents three ideas: the
Sirens' beautiful song,
an unfortunate group of
sailors whose course
takes them near the
island, and the disaster
that befalls the sailors.
The sailors' peril is
represented by the Morse
code S.O.S. signal (three
dots, three dashes, and
three dots--represented
musically by short and
long rhythms). The S.O.S.
signal grows increasingly
more insistent and
distressed as it becomes
obvious that the sailors,
smitten with the voices
of the Sirens, are headed
for their demise.
Movement 2: Penelope
Waits This quiet movement
represents Queen
Penelope, the faithful
wife of Odysseus, as she
patiently waits twenty
years for her husband's
return from fighting the
Trojan Wars. Penelope
herself is represented as
an oboe. She is
accompanied by the
ensemble as she keeps at
bay the suitors who wish
to marry her and inherit
her riches. Movement 3:
Pandora Undone This
movement is, in turns,
both lighthearted and
serious. The music
depicts a young, naive
Pandora who, while
dancing around her house,
spies a mysterious box.
She tries to resist
opening it, but her
curiosity ultimately gets
the best of her. When she
cracks the lid open and
looks inside, all evils
escape into the world.
Dismayed by what she has
done, she looks inside
the box once more. She
discovers hope still in
the box and releases it
to temper the escaped
evils and assuage
mankind's new
burden. The Mytholo
gy Suite consists of
three movements of
my Mythology
Symphony, which I
arranged for large wind
ensemble. The
arrangements of The
Lovely
Sirens and Penelope
Waits were
commissioned by James
Ripley and Carthage
College for the Carthage
Wind Orchestra’s
2017 Japan tour. I
added Pandora
Undone to complete the
set; Stephen Squires and
the Chicago College of
Performing Arts gave the
premiere of the entire
Suite in February
2017.Movement 1:Â The
Lovely
SirensThe Sirens were
sea nymphs, usually
pictured as part woman
and part bird, who lived
on a secluded island
surrounded by rocks.
Their enchanting song was
irresistible to passing
sailors, who were lured
to their deaths as their
ships were destroyed upon
the rocks. The Lovely
Sirens presents three
ideas: the Sirens’
beautiful song, an
unfortunate group of
sailors whose course
takes them near the
island, and the disaster
that befalls the sailors.
The sailors’ peril
is represented by the
Morse code S.O.S. signal
(three dots, three
dashes, and three
dots—represented
musically by short and
long rhythms). The S.O.S.
signal grows increasingly
more insistent and
distressed as it becomes
obvious that the sailors,
smitten with the voices
of the Sirens, are headed
for their demise.Movement
2:Â Penelope WaitsThis
quiet movement represents
Queen Penelope, the
faithful wife of
Odysseus, as she
patiently waits twenty
years for her husband's
return from fighting the
Trojan Wars. Penelope
herself is represented as
an oboe. She is
accompanied by the
ensemble as she keeps at
bay the suitors who wish
to marry her and inherit
her riches.Movement
3:Â Pandora UndoneThis
movement is, in turns,
both lighthearted and
serious. The music
depicts a young, naïve
Pandora who, while
dancing around her house,
spies a mysterious box.
She tries to resist
opening it, but her
curiosity ultimately gets
the best of her. When she
cracks the lid open and
looks inside, all evils
escape into the world.
Dismayed by what she has
done, she looks inside
the box once more. She
discovers hope still in
the box and releases it
to temper the escaped
evils and assuage
mankind's new burden. $95.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Transcriptions of Lieder Piano seul Carl Fischer
Chamber Music Piano SKU: CF.PL1056 Composed by Clara Wieck-Schumann, Fran...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: CF.PL1056
Composed by Clara
Wieck-Schumann, Franz
Schubert, and Robert
Schumann. Edited by
Nicholas Hopkins.
Collection. With Standard
notation. 128 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #PL1056.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.PL1056).
ISBN 9781491153390.
UPC: 680160910892.
Transcribed by Franz
Liszt. Introduction
It is true that Schubert
himself is somewhat to
blame for the very
unsatisfactory manner in
which his admirable piano
pieces are treated. He
was too immoderately
productive, wrote
incessantly, mixing
insignificant with
important things, grand
things with mediocre
work, paid no heed to
criticism, and always
soared on his wings. Like
a bird in the air, he
lived in music and sang
in angelic fashion.
--Franz Liszt, letter to
Dr. S. Lebert (1868) Of
those compositions that
greatly interest me,
there are only Chopin's
and yours. --Franz Liszt,
letter to Robert Schumann
(1838) She [Clara
Schumann] was astounded
at hearing me. Her
compositions are really
very remarkable,
especially for a woman.
There is a hundred times
more creativity and real
feeling in them than in
all the past and present
fantasias by Thalberg.
--Franz Liszt, letter to
Marie d'Agoult (1838)
Chretien Urhan
(1790-1845) was a
Belgian-born violinist,
organist and composer who
flourished in the musical
life of Paris in the
early nineteenth century.
According to various
accounts, he was deeply
religious, harshly
ascetic and wildly
eccentric, though revered
by many important and
influential members of
the Parisian musical
community. Regrettably,
history has forgotten
Urhan's many musical
achievements, the most
important of which was
arguably his pioneering
work in promoting the
music of Franz Schubert.
He devoted much of his
energies to championing
Schubert's music, which
at the time was unknown
outside of Vienna.
Undoubtedly, Urhan was
responsible for
stimulating this
enthusiasm in Franz
Liszt; Liszt regularly
heard Urhan's organ
playing in the
St.-Vincent-de-Paul
church in Paris, and the
two became personal
acquaintances. At
eighteen years of age,
Liszt was on the verge of
establishing himself as
the foremost pianist in
Europe, and this
awakening to Schubert's
music would prove to be a
profound experience.
Liszt's first travels
outside of his native
provincial Hungary were
to Vienna in 1821-1823,
where his father enrolled
him in studies with Carl
Czerny (piano) and
Antonio Salieri (music
theory). Both men had
important involvements
with Schubert; Czerny
(like Urhan) as performer
and advocate of
Schubert's music and
Salieri as his theory and
composition teacher from
1813-1817. Curiously,
Liszt and Schubert never
met personally, despite
their geographical
proximity in Vienna
during these years.
Inevitably, legends later
arose that the two had
been personal
acquaintances, although
Liszt would dismiss these
as fallacious: I never
knew Schubert personally,
he was once quoted as
saying. Liszt's initial
exposure to Schubert's
music was the Lieder,
what Urhan prized most of
all. He accompanied the
tenor Benedict
Randhartinger in numerous
performances of
Schubert's Lieder and
then, perhaps realizing
that he could benefit the
composer more on his own
terms, transcribed a
number of the Lieder for
piano solo. Many of these
transcriptions he would
perform himself on
concert tour during the
so-called Glanzzeit, or
time of splendor from
1839-1847. This publicity
did much to promote
reception of Schubert's
music throughout Europe.
Once Liszt retired from
the concert stage and
settled in Weimar as a
conductor in the 1840s,
he continued to perform
Schubert's orchestral
music, his Symphony No. 9
being a particular
favorite, and is credited
with giving the world
premiere performance of
Schubert's opera Alfonso
und Estrella in 1854. At
this time, he
contemplated writing a
biography of the
composer, which
regrettably remained
uncompleted. Liszt's
devotion to Schubert
would never waver.
Liszt's relationship with
Robert and Clara Schumann
was far different and far
more complicated; by
contrast, they were all
personal acquaintances.
What began as a
relationship of mutual
respect and admiration
soon deteriorated into
one of jealousy and
hostility, particularly
on the Schumann's part.
Liszt's initial contact
with Robert's music
happened long before they
had met personally, when
Liszt published an
analysis of Schumann's
piano music for the
Gazette musicale in 1837,
a gesture that earned
Robert's deep
appreciation. In the
following year Clara met
Liszt during a concert
tour in Vienna and
presented him with more
of Schumann's piano
music. Clara and her
father Friedrich Wieck,
who accompanied Clara on
her concert tours, were
quite taken by Liszt: We
have heard Liszt. He can
be compared to no other
player...he arouses
fright and astonishment.
His appearance at the
piano is indescribable.
He is an original...he is
absorbed by the piano.
Liszt, too, was impressed
with Clara--at first the
energy, intelligence and
accuracy of her piano
playing and later her
compositions--to the
extent that he dedicated
to her the 1838 version
of his Etudes d'execution
transcendante d'apres
Paganini. Liszt had a
closer personal
relationship with Clara
than with Robert until
the two men finally met
in 1840. Schumann was
astounded by Liszt's
piano playing. He wrote
to Clara that Liszt had
played like a god and had
inspired indescribable
furor of applause. His
review of Liszt even
included a heroic
personification with
Napoleon. In Leipzig,
Schumann was deeply
impressed with Liszt's
interpretations of his
Noveletten, Op. 21 and
Fantasy in C Major, Op.
17 (dedicated to Liszt),
enthusiastically
observing that, I feel as
if I had known you twenty
years. Yet a variety of
events followed that
diminished Liszt's glory
in the eyes of the
Schumanns. They became
critical of the cult-like
atmosphere that arose
around his recitals, or
Lisztomania as it came to
be called; conceivably,
this could be attributed
to professional jealousy.
Clara, in particular,
came to loathe Liszt,
noting in a letter to
Joseph Joachim, I despise
Liszt from the depths of
my soul. She recorded a
stunning diary entry a
day after Liszt's death,
in which she noted, He
was an eminent keyboard
virtuoso, but a dangerous
example for the
young...As a composer he
was terrible. By
contrast, Liszt did not
share in these negative
sentiments; no evidence
suggests that he had any
ill-regard for the
Schumanns. In Weimar, he
did much to promote
Schumann's music,
conducting performances
of his Scenes from Faust
and Manfred, during a
time in which few
orchestras expressed
interest, and premiered
his opera Genoveva. He
later arranged a benefit
concert for Clara
following Robert's death,
featuring Clara as
soloist in Robert's Piano
Concerto, an event that
must have been
exhilarating to witness.
Regardless, her opinion
of him would never
change, despite his
repeated gestures of
courtesy and respect.
Liszt's relationship with
Schubert was a spiritual
one, with music being the
one and only link between
the two men. That with
the Schumanns was
personal, with music
influenced by a hero
worship that would
aggravate the
relationship over time.
Nonetheless, Liszt would
remain devoted to and
enthusiastic for the
music and achievements of
these composers. He would
be a vital force in
disseminating their music
to a wider audience, as
he would be with many
other composers
throughout his career.
His primary means for
accomplishing this was
the piano transcription.
Liszt and the
Transcription
Transcription versus
Paraphrase Transcription
and paraphrase were
popular terms in
nineteenth-century music,
although certainly not
unique to this period.
Musicians understood that
there were clear
distinctions between
these two terms, but as
is often the case these
distinctions could be
blurred. Transcription,
literally writing over,
entails reworking or
adapting a piece of music
for a performance medium
different from that of
its original; arrangement
is a possible synonym.
Adapting is a key part of
this process, for the
success of a
transcription relies on
the transcriber's ability
to adapt the piece to the
different medium. As a
result, the pre-existing
material is generally
kept intact, recognizable
and intelligible; it is
strict, literal,
objective. Contextual
meaning is maintained in
the process, as are
elements of style and
form. Paraphrase, by
contrast, implies
restating something in a
different manner, as in a
rewording of a document
for reasons of clarity.
In nineteenth-century
music, paraphrasing
indicated elaborating a
piece for purposes of
expressive virtuosity,
often as a vehicle for
showmanship. Variation is
an important element, for
the source material may
be varied as much as the
paraphraser's imagination
will allow; its purpose
is metamorphosis.
Transcription is adapting
and arranging;
paraphrasing is
transforming and
reworking. Transcription
preserves the style of
the original; paraphrase
absorbs the original into
a different style.
Transcription highlights
the original composer;
paraphrase highlights the
paraphraser.
Approximately half of
Liszt's compositional
output falls under the
category of transcription
and paraphrase; it is
noteworthy that he never
used the term
arrangement. Much of his
early compositional
activities were
transcriptions and
paraphrases of works of
other composers, such as
the symphonies of
Beethoven and Berlioz,
vocal music by Schubert,
and operas by Donizetti
and Bellini. It is
conceivable that he
focused so intently on
work of this nature early
in his career as a means
to perfect his
compositional technique,
although transcription
and paraphrase continued
well after the technique
had been mastered; this
might explain why he
drastically revised and
rewrote many of his
original compositions
from the 1830s (such as
the Transcendental Etudes
and Paganini Etudes) in
the 1850s. Charles Rosen,
a sympathetic interpreter
of Liszt's piano works,
observes, The new
revisions of the
Transcendental Etudes are
not revisions but concert
paraphrases of the old,
and their art lies in the
technique of
transformation. The
Paganini etudes are piano
transcriptions of violin
etudes, and the
Transcendental Etudes are
piano transcriptions of
piano etudes. The
principles are the same.
He concludes by noting,
Paraphrase has shaded off
into
composition...Composition
and paraphrase were not
identical for him, but
they were so closely
interwoven that
separation is impossible.
The significance of
transcription and
paraphrase for Liszt the
composer cannot be
overstated, and the
mutual influence of each
needs to be better
understood. Undoubtedly,
Liszt the composer as we
know him today would be
far different had he not
devoted so much of his
career to transcribing
and paraphrasing the
music of others. He was
perhaps one of the first
composers to contend that
transcription and
paraphrase could be
genuine art forms on
equal par with original
pieces; he even claimed
to be the first to use
these two terms to
describe these classes of
arrangements. Despite the
success that Liszt
achieved with this type
of work, others viewed it
with circumspection and
criticism. Robert
Schumann, although deeply
impressed with Liszt's
keyboard virtuosity, was
harsh in his criticisms
of the transcriptions.
Schumann interpreted them
as indicators that
Liszt's virtuosity had
hindered his
compositional development
and suggested that Liszt
transcribed the music of
others to compensate for
his own compositional
deficiencies.
Nonetheless, Liszt's
piano transcriptions,
what he sometimes called
partitions de piano (or
piano scores), were
instrumental in promoting
composers whose music was
unknown at the time or
inaccessible in areas
outside of major European
capitals, areas that
Liszt willingly toured
during his Glanzzeit. To
this end, the
transcriptions had to be
literal arrangements for
the piano; a Beethoven
symphony could not be
introduced to an
unknowing audience if its
music had been subjected
to imaginative
elaborations and
variations. The same
would be true of the 1833
transcription of
Berlioz's Symphonie
fantastique (composed
only three years
earlier), the
astonishingly novel
content of which would
necessitate a literal and
intelligible rendering.
Opera, usually more
popular and accessible
for the general public,
was a different matter,
and in this realm Liszt
could paraphrase the
original and manipulate
it as his imagination
would allow without
jeopardizing its
reception; hence, the
paraphrases on the operas
of Bellini, Donizetti,
Mozart, Meyerbeer and
Verdi. Reminiscence was
another term coined by
Liszt for the opera
paraphrases, as if the
composer were reminiscing
at the keyboard following
a memorable evening at
the opera. Illustration
(reserved on two
occasions for Meyerbeer)
and fantasy were
additional terms. The
operas of Wagner were
exceptions. His music was
less suited to paraphrase
due to its general lack
of familiarity at the
time. Transcription of
Wagner's music was thus
obligatory, as it was of
Beethoven's and Berlioz's
music; perhaps the
composer himself insisted
on this approach. Liszt's
Lieder Transcriptions
Liszt's initial
encounters with
Schubert's music, as
mentioned previously,
were with the Lieder. His
first transcription of a
Schubert Lied was Die
Rose in 1833, followed by
Lob der Tranen in 1837.
Thirty-nine additional
transcriptions appeared
at a rapid pace over the
following three years,
and in 1846, the Schubert
Lieder transcriptions
would conclude, by which
point he had completed
fifty-eight, the most of
any composer. Critical
response to these
transcriptions was highly
favorable--aside from the
view held by
Schumann--particularly
when Liszt himself played
these pieces in concert.
Some were published
immediately by Anton
Diabelli, famous for the
theme that inspired
Beethoven's variations.
Others were published by
the Viennese publisher
Tobias Haslinger (one of
Beethoven's and
Schubert's publishers in
the 1820s), who sold his
reserves so quickly that
he would repeatedly plead
for more. However,
Liszt's enthusiasm for
work of this nature soon
became exhausted, as he
noted in a letter of 1839
to the publisher
Breitkopf und Hartel:
That good Haslinger
overwhelms me with
Schubert. I have just
sent him twenty-four new
songs (Schwanengesang and
Winterreise), and for the
moment I am rather tired
of this work. Haslinger
was justified in his
demands, for the Schubert
transcriptions were
received with great
enthusiasm. One Gottfried
Wilhelm Fink, then editor
of the Allgemeine
musikalische Zeitung,
observed of these
transcriptions: Nothing
in recent memory has
caused such sensation and
enjoyment in both
pianists and audiences as
these arrangements...The
demand for them has in no
way been satisfied; and
it will not be until
these arrangements are
seen on pianos
everywhere. They have
indeed made quite a
splash. Eduard Hanslick,
never a sympathetic
critic of Liszt's music,
acknowledged thirty years
after the fact that,
Liszt's transcriptions of
Schubert Lieder were
epoch-making. There was
hardly a concert in which
Liszt did not have to
play one or two of
them--even when they were
not listed on the
program. These
transcriptions quickly
became some of his most
sough-after pieces,
despite their extreme
technical demands.
Leading pianists of the
day, such as Clara Wieck
and Sigismond Thalberg,
incorporated them into
their concert programs
immediately upon
publication. Moreover,
the transcriptions would
serve as inspirations for
other composers, such as
Stephen Heller, Cesar
Franck and later Leopold
Godowsky, all of whom
produced their own
transcriptions of
Schubert's Lieder. Liszt
would transcribe the
Lieder of other composers
as well, including those
by Mendelssohn, Chopin,
Anton Rubinstein and even
himself. Robert Schumann,
of course, would not be
ignored. The first
transcription of a
Schumann Lied was the
celebrated Widmung from
Myrten in 1848, the only
Schumann transcription
that Liszt completed
during the composer's
lifetime. (Regrettably,
there is no evidence of
Schumann's regard of this
transcription, or even if
he was aware of it.) From
the years 1848-1881,
Liszt transcribed twelve
of Robert Schumann's
Lieder (including one
orchestral Lied) and
three of Clara (one from
each of her three
published Lieder cycles);
he would transcribe no
other works of these two
composers. The Schumann
Lieder transcriptions,
contrary to those of
Schubert, are literal
arrangements, posing, in
general, far fewer
demands on the pianist's
technique. They are
comparatively less
imaginative in their
treatment of the original
material. Additionally,
they seem to have been
less valued in their day
than the Schubert
transcriptions, and it is
noteworthy that none of
the Schumann
transcriptions bear
dedications, as most of
the Schubert
transcriptions do. The
greatest challenge posed
by Lieder transcriptions,
regardless of the
composer or the nature of
the transcription, was to
combine the vocal and
piano parts of the
original such that the
character of each would
be preserved, a challenge
unique to this form of
transcription. Each part
had to be intact and
aurally recognizable, the
vocal line in particular.
Complications could be
manifold in a Lied that
featured dissimilar
parts, such as Schubert's
Auf dem Wasser zu singen,
whose piano accompaniment
depicts the rocking of
the boat on the
shimmering waves while
the vocal line reflects
on the passing of time.
Similar complications
would be encountered in
Gretchen am Spinnrade, in
which the ubiquitous
sixteenth-note pattern in
the piano's right hand
epitomizes the
ever-turning spinning
wheel over which the
soprano voice expresses
feelings of longing and
heartache. The resulting
transcriptions for solo
piano would place
exceptional demands on
the pianist. The
complications would be
far less imposing in
instances in which voice
and piano were less
differentiated, as in
many of Schumann's Lieder
that Liszt transcribed.
The piano parts in these
Lieder are true
accompaniments for the
voice, providing harmonic
foundation and rhythmic
support by doubling the
vocal line throughout.
The transcriptions, thus,
are strict and literal,
with far fewer demands on
both pianist and
transcriber. In all of
Liszt's Lieder
transcriptions,
regardless of the way in
which the two parts are
combined, the melody
(i.e. the vocal line) is
invariably the focal
point; the melody should
sing on the piano, as if
it were the voice. The
piano part, although
integral to contributing
to the character of the
music, is designed to
function as
accompaniment. A singing
melody was a crucial
objective in
nineteenth-century piano
performance, which in
part might explain the
zeal in transcribing and
paraphrasing vocal music
for the piano. Friedrich
Wieck, father and teacher
of Clara Schumann,
stressed this point
repeatedly in his 1853
treatise Clavier und
Gesang (Piano and Song):
When I speak in general
of singing, I refer to
that species of singing
which is a form of
beauty, and which is a
foundation for the most
refined and most perfect
interpretation of music;
and, above all things, I
consider the culture of
beautiful tones the basis
for the finest possible
touch on the piano. In
many respects, the piano
and singing should
explain and supplement
each other. They should
mutually assist in
expressing the sublime
and the noble, in forms
of unclouded beauty. Much
of Liszt's piano music
should be interpreted
with this concept in
mind, the Lieder
transcriptions and opera
paraphrases, in
particular. To this end,
Liszt provided numerous
written instructions to
the performer to
emphasize the vocal line
in performance, with
Italian directives such
as un poco marcato il
canto, accentuato assai
il canto and ben
pronunziato il canto.
Repeated indications of
cantando,singend and
espressivo il canto
stress the significance
of the singing tone. As
an additional means of
achieving this and
providing the performer
with access to the
poetry, Liszt insisted,
at what must have been a
publishing novelty at the
time, on printing the
words of the Lied in the
music itself. Haslinger,
seemingly oblivious to
Liszt's intent, initially
printed the poems of the
early Schubert
transcriptions separately
inside the front covers.
Liszt argued that the
transcriptions must be
reprinted with the words
underlying the notes,
exactly as Schubert had
done, a request that was
honored by printing the
words above the
right-hand staff. Liszt
also incorporated a
visual scheme for
distinguishing voice and
accompaniment, influenced
perhaps by Chopin, by
notating the
accompaniment in cue
size. His transcription
of Robert Schumann's
Fruhlings Ankunft
features the vocal line
in normal size, the piano
accompaniment in reduced
size, an unmistakable
guide in a busy texture
as to which part should
be emphasized: Example 1.
Schumann-Liszt Fruhlings
Ankunft, mm. 1-2. The
same practice may be
found in the
transcription of
Schumann's An die Turen
will ich schleichen. In
this piece, the performer
must read three staves,
in which the baritone
line in the central staff
is to be shared between
the two hands based on
the stem direction of the
notes: Example 2.
Schumann-Liszt An die
Turen will ich
schleichen, mm. 1-5. This
notational practice is
extremely beneficial in
this instance, given the
challenge of reading
three staves and the
manner in which the vocal
line is performed by the
two hands. Curiously,
Liszt did not use this
practice in other
transcriptions.
Approaches in Lieder
Transcription Liszt
adopted a variety of
approaches in his Lieder
transcriptions, based on
the nature of the source
material, the ways in
which the vocal and piano
parts could be combined
and the ways in which the
vocal part could sing.
One approach, common with
strophic Lieder, in which
the vocal line would be
identical in each verse,
was to vary the register
of the vocal part. The
transcription of Lob der
Tranen, for example,
incorporates three of the
four verses of the
original Lied, with the
register of the vocal
line ascending one octave
with each verse (from low
to high), as if three
different voices were
participating. By the
conclusion, the music
encompasses the entire
range of Liszt's keyboard
to produce a stunning
climactic effect, and the
variety of register of
the vocal line provides a
welcome textural variety
in the absence of the
words. The three verses
of the transcription of
Auf dem Wasser zu singen
follow the same approach,
in which the vocal line
ascends from the tenor,
to the alto and to the
soprano registers with
each verse.
Fruhlingsglaube adopts
the opposite approach, in
which the vocal line
descends from soprano in
verse 1 to tenor in verse
2, with the second part
of verse 2 again resuming
the soprano register;
this is also the case in
Das Wandern from
Mullerlieder. Gretchen am
Spinnrade posed a unique
problem. Since the poem's
narrator is female, and
the poem represents an
expression of her longing
for her lover Faust,
variation of the vocal
line's register, strictly
speaking, would have been
impractical. For this
reason, the vocal line
remains in its original
register throughout,
relentlessly colliding
with the sixteenth-note
pattern of the
accompaniment. One
exception may be found in
the fifth and final verse
in mm. 93-112, at which
point the vocal line is
notated in a higher
register and doubled in
octaves. This sudden
textural change, one that
is readily audible, was a
strategic means to
underscore Gretchen's
mounting anxiety (My
bosom urges itself toward
him. Ah, might I grasp
and hold him! And kiss
him as I would wish, at
his kisses I should
die!). The transcription,
thus, becomes a vehicle
for maximizing the
emotional content of the
poem, an exceptional
undertaking with the
general intent of a
transcription. Registral
variation of the vocal
part also plays a crucial
role in the transcription
of Erlkonig. Goethe's
poem depicts the death of
a child who is
apprehended by a
supernatural Erlking, and
Schubert, recognizing the
dramatic nature of the
poem, carefully depicted
the characters (father,
son and Erlking) through
unique vocal writing and
accompaniment patterns:
the Lied is a dramatic
entity. Liszt, in turn,
followed Schubert's
characterization in this
literal transcription,
yet took it an additional
step by placing the
register of the father's
vocal line in the
baritone range, that of
the son in the soprano
range and that of the
Erlking in the highest
register, options that
would not have been
available in the version
for voice and piano.
Additionally, Liszt
labeled each appearance
of each character in the
score, a means for
guiding the performer in
interpreting the dramatic
qualities of the Lied. As
a result, the drama and
energy of the poem are
enhanced in this
transcription; as with
Gretchen am Spinnrade,
the transcriber has
maximized the content of
the original. Elaboration
may be found in certain
Lieder transcriptions
that expand the
performance to a level of
virtuosity not found in
the original; in such
cases, the transcription
approximates the
paraphrase. Schubert's Du
bist die Ruh, a paradigm
of musical simplicity,
features an uncomplicated
piano accompaniment that
is virtually identical in
each verse. In Liszt's
transcription, the
material is subjected to
a highly virtuosic
treatment that far
exceeds the original,
including a demanding
passage for the left hand
alone in the opening
measures and unique
textural writing in each
verse. The piece is a
transcription in
virtuosity; its art, as
Rosen noted, lies in the
technique of
transformation.
Elaboration may entail an
expansion of the musical
form, as in the extensive
introduction to Die
Forelle and a virtuosic
middle section (mm.
63-85), both of which are
not in the original. Also
unique to this
transcription are two
cadenzas that Liszt
composed in response to
the poetic content. The
first, in m. 93 on the
words und eh ich es
gedacht (and before I
could guess it), features
a twisted chromatic
passage that prolongs and
thereby heightens the
listener's suspense as to
the fate of the trout
(which is ultimately
caught). The second, in
m. 108 on the words
Betrogne an (and my blood
boiled as I saw the
betrayed one), features a
rush of
diminished-seventh
arpeggios in both hands,
epitomizing the poet's
rage at the fisherman for
catching the trout. Less
frequent are instances in
which the length of the
original Lied was
shortened in the
transcription, a tendency
that may be found with
certain strophic Lieder
(e.g., Der Leiermann,
Wasserflut and Das
Wandern). Another
transcription that
demonstrates Liszt's
readiness to modify the
original in the interests
of the poetic content is
Standchen, the seventh
transcription from
Schubert's
Schwanengesang. Adapted
from Act II of
Shakespeare's Cymbeline,
the poem represents the
repeated beckoning of a
man to his lover. Liszt
transformed the Lied into
a miniature drama by
transcribing the vocal
line of the first verse
in the soprano register,
that of the second verse
in the baritone register,
in effect, creating a
dialogue between the two
lovers. In mm. 71-102,
the dialogue becomes a
canon, with one voice
trailing the other like
an echo (as labeled in
the score) at the
distance of a beat. As in
other instances, the
transcription resembles
the paraphrase, and it is
perhaps for this reason
that Liszt provided an
ossia version that is
more in the nature of a
literal transcription.
The ossia version, six
measures shorter than
Schubert's original, is
less demanding
technically than the
original transcription,
thus representing an
ossia of transcription
and an ossia of piano
technique. The Schumann
Lieder transcriptions, in
general, display a less
imaginative treatment of
the source material.
Elaborations are less
frequently encountered,
and virtuosity is more
restricted, as if the
passage of time had
somewhat tamed the
composer's approach to
transcriptions;
alternatively, Liszt was
eager to distance himself
from the fierce
virtuosity of his early
years. In most instances,
these transcriptions are
literal arrangements of
the source material, with
the vocal line in its
original form combined
with the accompaniment,
which often doubles the
vocal line in the
original Lied. Widmung,
the first of the Schumann
transcriptions, is one
exception in the way it
recalls the virtuosity of
the Schubert
transcriptions of the
1830s. Particularly
striking is the closing
section (mm. 58-73), in
which material of the
opening verse (right
hand) is combined with
the triplet quarter notes
(left hand) from the
second section of the
Lied (mm. 32-43), as if
the transcriber were
attempting to reconcile
the different material of
these two sections.
Fruhlingsnacht resembles
a paraphrase by
presenting each of the
two verses in differing
registers (alto for verse
1, mm. 3-19, and soprano
for verse 2, mm. 20-31)
and by concluding with a
virtuosic section that
considerably extends the
length of the original
Lied. The original
tonalities of the Lieder
were generally retained
in the transcriptions,
showing that the tonality
was an important part of
the transcription
process. The infrequent
instances of
transposition were done
for specific reasons. In
1861, Liszt transcribed
two of Schumann's Lieder,
one from Op. 36 (An den
Sonnenschein), another
from Op. 27 (Dem roten
Roslein), and merged
these two pieces in the
collection 2 Lieder; they
share only the common
tonality of A major. His
choice for combining
these two Lieder remains
unknown, but he clearly
recognized that some
tonal variety would be
needed, for which reason
Dem roten Roslein was
transposed to C>= major.
The collection features
An den Sonnenschein in A
major (with a transition
to the new tonality),
followed by Dem roten
Roslein in C>= major
(without a change of key
signature), and
concluding with a reprise
of An den Sonnenschein in
A major. A three-part
form was thus established
with tonal variety
provided by keys in third
relations (A-C>=-A); in
effect, two of Schumann's
Lieder were transcribed
into an archetypal song
without words. In other
instances, Liszt treated
tonality and tonal
organization as important
structural ingredients,
particularly in the
transcriptions of
Schubert's Lieder cycles,
i.e. Schwanengesang,
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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. $31.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| 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.
Gobeli
n Music Publications. $31.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| 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.
Gobeli
n Music Publications. $181.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| 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. $181.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Semper Gratus [Conducteur] - Facile Carl Fischer
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bells, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, C...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass
Drum, Bassoon, Bells,
Chimes, Clarinet 1,
Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3,
Crash Cymbals, Euphonium,
Euphonium T.C., Flute 1,
Flute 2, Gong, Horn 1,
Horn 2, Mallet Percussion
1, Mallet Percussion 2,
Mallet Percussion 3,
Marimba, Oboe and more. -
Grade 3 SKU:
CF.CPS251F Composed
by Patrick Glenn Harper.
Full score. 25 pages.
Carl Fischer Music
#CPS251F. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS251F). ISBN
9781491159880. UPC:
680160918478. About
the Music Semper Gratus
is Latin for always
grateful. The piece was
written in honor of James
E. Champion, who taught
band for thirty-eight
years, twenty-five of
which were spent in
Florence, Alabama, where
he was my elementary
school and high school
band director. His bands
consistently achieved
superior ratings
throughout his career. He
holds
multi-decade-spanning
memberships in
professional music
education organizations,
continues to serve in
helping with Alabama
Bandmasters Association
events, and conducts and
performs in various
community bands and
ensembles. As my band
director at Bradshaw High
School, Mr. Champion
encouraged me to perform
one of my first
compositions, a clarinet
quartet, at solo/ensemble
festival. He taught his
students the fundamentals
of music, the technical
aspects of performance,
and exposed them to the
great standards of band
literature. But in doing
so, he also modeled
leadership, work-ethic,
good character, and
fostered the love of the
activity of band that led
me to choose music
education as a career.
And for that, I will
always be grateful.
Performance Notes
Measures 1-12: The
beginning of the piece
should be performed in a
majestic, fanfare-like
style. The woodwind cues
should only be used if
absolutely needed during
this section. Measures
41-58: The concert toms
should establish a
presence, but not
overpower the winds. The
triangle and woodblock
parts should be heard
distinctly over the
concert toms. A higher
pitched woodblock should
be used for this section.
(A set of claves could be
used in place of the
woodblock if desired.)
Measures 59-94: The
entirety of the middle
section should be played
in a rubato style to
maximize musical
expression, exaggerating
dynamics and ritardando
sections. The
quarter-note triplets in
the middle and low winds
should be emphasized at
m. 70. The molto
ritardando that begins at
m. 70 should be allowed
to build as long as
possible in m. 71 before
reaching the musical apex
of the middle section at
m. 72. At mm. 92-94,
depending on the size of
the ensemble, you may
want to limit the number
of players (or put one
per part) to achieve the
most delicate sound
possible. Measures
95-End: In mm. 99-107, be
sure that the eighth-note
running mallet parts are
heard as a background
texture, but do not
overpower the winds. In
mm. 114-115, the accents
on beats 2 and 4 in the
lower winds should be
exaggerated to contrast
the feel of the previous
four measures. In m. 118,
all winds should cut off
and breathe on beat two
for maximum impact on the
next three
measures. About the
MusicSemper Gratus is
Latin for “always
grateful.†The
piece was written in
honor of James E.
Champion, who taught band
for thirty-eight years,
twenty-five of which were
spent in Florence,
Alabama, where he was my
elementary school and
high school band
director. His bands
consistently achieved
superior ratings
throughout his career. He
holds
multi-decade-spanning
memberships in
professional music
education organizations,
continues to serve in
helping with Alabama
Bandmasters Association
events, and conducts and
performs in various
community bands and
ensembles. As my band
director at Bradshaw High
School, Mr. Champion
encouraged me to perform
one of my first
compositions, a clarinet
quartet, at solo/ensemble
festival. He taught his
students the fundamentals
of music, the technical
aspects of performance,
and exposed them to the
great standards of band
literature. But in
doing so, he also modeled
leadership, work-ethic,
good character, and
fostered the love of the
activity of band that led
me to choose music
education as a
career. And for that,
I will always be
grateful.Performance
NotesMeasures
1-12:Â Â The
beginning of the piece
should be performed in a
majestic, fanfare-like
style. The woodwind
cues should only be used
if absolutely needed
during this
section.Measures
41-58:Â Â The
concert toms should
establish a presence, but
not overpower the
winds.  The
triangle and woodblock
parts should be heard
distinctly over the
concert toms. A
higher pitched woodblock
should be used for this
section. (A set of
claves could be used in
place of the woodblock if
desired.)Â Measures
59-94:Â Â The
entirety of the middle
section should be played
in a rubato style to
maximize musical
expression, exaggerating
dynamics and ritardando
sections.  The
quarter-note triplets in
the middle and low winds
should be emphasized at
m. 70.  The molto
ritardando that begins at
m. 70 should be allowed
to build as long as
possible in m. 71 before
reaching the musical apex
of the middle section at
m. 72. At mm.
92–94, depending
on the size of the
ensemble, you may want to
limit the number of
players (or put one per
part) to achieve the most
delicate sound
possible.Measures
95-End:Â Â In mm.
99–107, be sure
that the eighth-note
running mallet parts are
heard as a background
texture, but do not
overpower the winds. In
mm. 114–115, the
accents on beats 2 and 4
in the lower winds should
be exaggerated to
contrast the feel of the
previous four measures.
 In m. 118, all winds
should cut off and
breathe on beat two for
maximum impact on the
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Score and Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. Arranged by Johan De Meij. Amstel Conce...(+)
Score and Parts. By
Dmitri Shostakovich.
Arranged by Johan De
Meij. Amstel Concert
Bands. Size 9x12 inches.
Published by Amstel
Music.
$119.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
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Parts Only. By Dmitri Shostakovich. Arranged by Johan De Meij. Amstel Concert Ba...(+)
Parts Only. By Dmitri
Shostakovich. Arranged by
Johan De Meij. Amstel
Concert Bands. Published
by Amstel Music.
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| Choral Works: Bartok Complete Edition with Critical Report, Volume 9 Chorale [Critical Reports] G. Henle
Subscriber price within a subscription to the series: $322.50. Composed by Bel...(+)
Subscriber price within a
subscription to the
series:
$322.50. Composed by Bela
Bartok (1881-1945).
Edited
by Laszlo Somfai, Marton
Kerekfy, and Miklos
Szabo.
Henle Complete Edition.
Classical. Hardcover. 443
pages. G. Henle #HN6205.
Published by G. Henle
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| Semper Gratus - Facile Carl Fischer
Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Bells, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, ...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet,
Bassoon, Bells, Chimes,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Clarinet 3, Euphonium,
Euphonium T.C., Flute 1,
Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2,
Mallet Percussion 1,
Mallet Percussion 2,
Mallet Percussion 3,
Marimba, Oboe, Percussion
1, Percussion 2 and more.
- Grade 3 SKU:
CF.CPS251 Composed by
Patrick Glenn Harper. Set
of Score and Parts.
28+8+8+4+8+8+8+4+4+4+4+4+
4+8+8+8+4+4+6+6+6+4+8+1+4
+2+2+12+2+8 pages.
Duration 4 minutes, 27
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CPS251. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS251). ISBN
9781491159873. UPC:
680160918461. About
the Music Semper Gratus
is Latin for always
grateful. The piece was
written in honor of James
E. Champion, who taught
band for thirty-eight
years, twenty-five of
which were spent in
Florence, Alabama, where
he was my elementary
school and high school
band director. His bands
consistently achieved
superior ratings
throughout his career. He
holds
multi-decade-spanning
memberships in
professional music
education organizations,
continues to serve in
helping with Alabama
Bandmasters Association
events, and conducts and
performs in various
community bands and
ensembles. As my band
director at Bradshaw High
School, Mr. Champion
encouraged me to perform
one of my first
compositions, a clarinet
quartet, at solo/ensemble
festival. He taught his
students the fundamentals
of music, the technical
aspects of performance,
and exposed them to the
great standards of band
literature. But in doing
so, he also modeled
leadership, work-ethic,
good character, and
fostered the love of the
activity of band that led
me to choose music
education as a career.
And for that, I will
always be grateful.
Performance Notes
Measures 1-12: The
beginning of the piece
should be performed in a
majestic, fanfare-like
style. The woodwind cues
should only be used if
absolutely needed during
this section. Measures
41-58: The concert toms
should establish a
presence, but not
overpower the winds. The
triangle and woodblock
parts should be heard
distinctly over the
concert toms. A higher
pitched woodblock should
be used for this section.
(A set of claves could be
used in place of the
woodblock if desired.)
Measures 59-94: The
entirety of the middle
section should be played
in a rubato style to
maximize musical
expression, exaggerating
dynamics and ritardando
sections. The
quarter-note triplets in
the middle and low winds
should be emphasized at
m. 70. The molto
ritardando that begins at
m. 70 should be allowed
to build as long as
possible in m. 71 before
reaching the musical apex
of the middle section at
m. 72. At mm. 92-94,
depending on the size of
the ensemble, you may
want to limit the number
of players (or put one
per part) to achieve the
most delicate sound
possible. Measures
95-End: In mm. 99-107, be
sure that the eighth-note
running mallet parts are
heard as a background
texture, but do not
overpower the winds. In
mm. 114-115, the accents
on beats 2 and 4 in the
lower winds should be
exaggerated to contrast
the feel of the previous
four measures. In m. 118,
all winds should cut off
and breathe on beat two
for maximum impact on the
next three
measures. About the
MusicSemper Gratus is
Latin for “always
grateful.†The
piece was written in
honor of James E.
Champion, who taught band
for thirty-eight years,
twenty-five of which were
spent in Florence,
Alabama, where he was my
elementary school and
high school band
director. His bands
consistently achieved
superior ratings
throughout his career. He
holds
multi-decade-spanning
memberships in
professional music
education organizations,
continues to serve in
helping with Alabama
Bandmasters Association
events, and conducts and
performs in various
community bands and
ensembles. As my band
director at Bradshaw High
School, Mr. Champion
encouraged me to perform
one of my first
compositions, a clarinet
quartet, at solo/ensemble
festival. He taught his
students the fundamentals
of music, the technical
aspects of performance,
and exposed them to the
great standards of band
literature. But in
doing so, he also modeled
leadership, work-ethic,
good character, and
fostered the love of the
activity of band that led
me to choose music
education as a
career. And for that,
I will always be
grateful.Performance
NotesMeasures
1-12:Â Â The
beginning of the piece
should be performed in a
majestic, fanfare-like
style. The woodwind
cues should only be used
if absolutely needed
during this
section.Measures
41-58:Â Â The
concert toms should
establish a presence, but
not overpower the
winds.  The
triangle and woodblock
parts should be heard
distinctly over the
concert toms. A
higher pitched woodblock
should be used for this
section. (A set of
claves could be used in
place of the woodblock if
desired.)Â Measures
59-94:Â Â The
entirety of the middle
section should be played
in a rubato style to
maximize musical
expression, exaggerating
dynamics and ritardando
sections.  The
quarter-note triplets in
the middle and low winds
should be emphasized at
m. 70.  The molto
ritardando that begins at
m. 70 should be allowed
to build as long as
possible in m. 71 before
reaching the musical apex
of the middle section at
m. 72. At mm.
92–94, depending
on the size of the
ensemble, you may want to
limit the number of
players (or put one per
part) to achieve the most
delicate sound
possible.Measures
95-End:Â Â In mm.
99–107, be sure
that the eighth-note
running mallet parts are
heard as a background
texture, but do not
overpower the winds. In
mm. 114–115, the
accents on beats 2 and 4
in the lower winds should
be exaggerated to
contrast the feel of the
previous four measures.
 In m. 118, all winds
should cut off and
breathe on beat two for
maximum impact on the
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Piano - Grade 5 SKU: ET.PNO101 Composed by Richard Lane. Contemporary. Ed...(+)
Piano - Grade 5 SKU:
ET.PNO101 Composed by
Richard Lane.
Contemporary. Editions
BIM #PNO101. Published by
Editions BIM (ET.PNO101).
ISBN
9790207009739. Char
acterized by
impressionistic and modal
elements with far-ranging
moods, from a whimsical
carnival first movement
to a sad soul-searching
second movement, followed
by a cheery,
fairytale-like third
movement. In 1959,
Richard Lane was
twenty-six years old and
he wrote his first of
eleven piano sonatas. At
the time, he had just
finished serving in the
US Army as a musician and
was selected to be an
inaugural member of the
Young Composers Project,
which was sponsored by
the Ford Foundation. As
part of this project,
Lane was assigned to
compose music for the
secondary level (public
schools) in Rochester,
New York, where he
previously graduated from
the Eastman School of
Music. In 1959, Lane
composed twenty pieces,
seven of which were for
the Rochester public
schools, ranging from
choral and orchestral
works. The remaining
thirteen pieces which
Lane wrote at this time
were vocal and
instrumental solos, as
well as other orchestral
and choral works, and one
opera. Of the twenty
pieces, three of them
were for solo piano,
including the Piano
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