| I Will Lift My Eyes Unto The Hills Chorale SATB SATB Shawnee Press
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| The Salley Gardens' Red, Red Rose Shawnee Press
Orchestration Choral (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.35022853 Arranged by Joseph ...(+)
Orchestration Choral
(Score & Parts) SKU:
HL.35022853 Arranged
by Joseph M. Martin.
Shawnee Press. Concert,
Festival, Irish,
Multicultural, Poetry.
Shawnee Press #LB0445.
Published by Shawnee
Press (HL.35022853).
UPC: 747510179122.
8.5x11.0x0.141
inches. The
familiar and well-loved
words of Robert Burn's
poem, My Love Is Like a
Red, Red Rose, are set to
the Irish folk song The
Salley Gardens, creating
this lovely and moving
choral work by Joseph
Martin. The orchestration
lifts this choral to new
heights and allows the
singer to fully
understand the depth of
the poem and appreciate a
melody often lost in
familiarity. Truly
breathtaking! $55.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Prophesies [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Cello, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2 SKU: PR.114419030 Score...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2
SKU: PR.114419030
Score and Parts.
Composed by Mohammed
Fairouz. Sws. Score and
parts. With Standard
notation. 68 pages.
Duration 25 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41903. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114419030). ISBN
9781491114124. UPC:
680160669851. 9 x 12
inches. A
fascination with
polycultural synergy
between diverse literary
textsdrives the
inspiration for much of
Mohammed Fairouz’s
prodigiouscreative
output, including
instrumental music as
well as vocal. Inhis
profound and extensive
essay preceding the
score, Fairouz shedslight
on how Edgar Allen
Poe’s “Israfel”
relates to the
prophetsand prophesies of
the Quran, Old Testament,
and New Testament.The
eight-movement quartet
may be heard as a
dramatic galleryof
portraits and of
story-telling,
flourishing in a
post-traditionallanguage
that is at once
vernacular and spiritual,
Middle Easternand
Western. The complete set
of score and parts is
included in
thispublication. (See
pages 2-3 of score for
clear distinction of
paragraphs,
etc.)Prophesies, by
Mohammed FairouzEdgar
Allen Poe’s rendition
of Israfel was the point
of departure for the
final movement of my
previous stringquartet
which is titled The Named
Angels. At the opening of
his poem, Poe evokes the
Quran:“And the angel
Israfel, whose
heartstrings are a lute,
and who has the sweetest
voice of all God’s
creatures.”This informs
the first lines of the
poem that, in turn, gave
me the title for the
final movement of The
Named
Angels,“Israfel’s
Spell”:In Heaven a
spirit doth dwell“Whose
heartstrings are a
lute”None sing so
wildly wellAs the angel
Israfel,And the giddy
stars (so legends
tell),Ceasing their
hymns, attend the spellOf
his voice, all mute.It is
the end of that poem,
however, that is the
starting point for the
current quartet,
Prophesies, which
concernsitself with
mortal prophets rather
than eternal Angelic
spirits.If I could
dwellWhere IsrafelHath
dwelt, and he where I,He
might not sing so wildly
wellA mortal melody,While
a bolder note than this
might swellFrom my lyre
within the sky.Islamic
thought has asked us to
look at the example of
the prophets. That’s
significant because of
the fact thatJoseph and
all the prophets were
human beings with the
flaws of human beings. No
prophet was perfect,
andIslamic tradition has
never asked its followers
to aspire to the example
of the Angels, the
perfected ones. Instead
weare given the gift of
our prophets. While The
Named Angels drew on the
motion and energy of
everlasting
spirits,Prophesies is a
depiction of the
movements within our own
mortal coil.This quartet
is a continuation of a
long tradition of Muslim
artists telling their
stories and singing their
songs.Many of these
renditions are, in fact,
figurative and (contrary
to popular belief) the
Quran contains no
“Islamicedict”
prohibiting figurative
renditions of the figures
described in the Old
Testament, New Testament,
or Quran.The majority of
artists, however, have
preferred eternal and
abstract forms such as
words and their
calligraphicrepresentatio
ns, poems (Yusuf and
Zuleikha or the
Conference of Birds come
immediately to mind),
architecture,and many
other non-figurative art
forms to the
representation of man.
These cold, ancient, and
everlasting shapesof
unending time flourished,
and the divine infinity
of representing geometric
forms gained favor over
the placementof the
explicit representation
of mankind and our own
likeness at the center of
the universes.Adding the
string quartet to these
forms which express the
recursive spheres of
heavens and earth
abstractly shouldexplain
why I have chosen to
render higher things
through the use of music
without the addition of
words or anyother
art-form. It is the
abstract art of pure
form, in which all is
form and all is content,
which compels me.
Thisquartet should be
seen as no more
programmatic than the
arches of the Great
Mosque at Cordoba.The
first movement, Yāqub
(Jacob), is slow, quiet
and prayerful. It evokes
the patient sorrow of a
slow choraledeveloping
over time as it coaxes
our pulse out of the
ticking of a clock-like
meter that defines our
day-to-day livesand into
a divine eternity.The
second, Saleh, imagines
the spirit of that
desert-prophet through
the use of a Liwa; the
dance-sequence that
hasbeen such a prevalent
form of expression in the
Arabian Peninsula for
much of our recorded
history.The third
movement is titled
Dawoōd, and it is
emblematic of the beloved
Prophet, King, and
Psalmist, David.Though it
has no lyrics, the
movement functions as a
dabkeh (an ancient dance
native to the Levant) and
also “sets”the
opening of Psalm 100
(Make a joyful noise unto
the Lord, all ye lands).
This line is never set to
music or sung inthe
quartet but is evoked
through the rhythmic
shape of the violin part
which imitates the
phonology and rhythmof my
speaking the opening line
in the Hebrew and
develops the contours of
that line incessantly
throughout
themovement.3The fourth
movement is an ode to
Yousef (Joseph) and
relates to the first
movement in tempo and
tone just as
Josephrelates to Jacob,
his father. Together, the
first and fourth
movements provide a sort
of Lamentation and
relief.Joseph had the
appearance of a noble
angel, but he was very
much a human being. And
the story of this
particularprophet had
tragic beginnings many
years before he found
himself in a position of
power in Egypt. Back in
his youth,still among the
Israelites, Joseph
experienced a series of
revelations through his
dreams that spoke of his
impendingcareer in
prophecy. He confided his
dreams to his father, the
Prophet Jacob, who told
his son of the greatness
thatawaited him in his
future only to have his
brothers throw him into a
well and leave him for
dead. Joseph
eventuallyfound his way
from Israel to Egypt and
rose out of slavery into
a position of power.
Meanwhile, famine engulfs
Israel.Forty years pass,
and back in the land of
Jacob and Rachel, of
Joseph’s brothers and
Abraham’s tribe, Israel
wasnot spared the effects
of the famine. They
sorely lacked Joseph’s
prophecy and his vision.
The Qur’an then tells
usthat Jacob, sensing
Joseph, sends the other
brothers to Egypt
instructing them to come
back with food and
grain.Arriving in Egypt,
they unwittingly appear
before Joseph. They
don’t recognize their
little brother who has
risen toa position of
might, dressed in his
Egyptian regalia. They
ask for the food and the
grain.After some
conversation, Joseph is
no longer able to contain
his emotion. Overcome, he
reveals himself to his
nowterrified brothers. He
embraces them. He asks
them eagerly, “How is
our father?” Joseph
gives them the gift of
thefood and the grain
that they came in search
of. He relieves them from
hunger and alleviates
their fear. He sendsthem
back with proof that he
is alive, and it is this
joyful proof from the
miraculous hands of a
prophet that bringsback
the ancient Jacob’s
vision after 40 years of
blindness.In this story,
I am struck by the fact
that Joseph may not have
made the decision to
forgive his brothers on
thespot, but that
something inside the
prophet’s soul found
forgiveness and peace for
the brothers who had so
gravelywronged him at
some point along his
journey. I would suspect
this point to have been
present at Joseph’s
inception,even before he
had ever been
wronged.This is proof, if
we needed it, that
Joseph’s angel-like
beauty was not only
physical and external,
but also internalas well:
Joseph possessed a
profound loveliness of
spirit that bound his
appearance and his soul.
In Joseph, formand soul
are one.Time is to
musicians what light is
to a painter. In this
way, the story of Joseph
also shows us that time
can affectour perception
of even the most tragic
wounds. In fact, the most
common Arabic word for
“human being” is
insaan,which shares its
roots with the word
insaa, “to forget.”
While our ability to
remember is essential to
how we learnabout
ourselves, our capacity
to “forgive and
forget” may also be one
of our great gifts as
human beings.The fifth
movement follows my ode
to Joseph with a
structural memory of
Mūsa (Moses). The
movement consistsentirely
of descending motifs
which I constructed as an
indication of Moses’
descending movement as he
emergedto his people from
the heights of Mt. Sinai.
The music is constructed
in five phrases which
function as a
formalreference to the
five books of Moses, the
Pentateuch. The movement
is placed as the fifth of
the quartet for the
samereason.While Joseph
is always evoked as
supremely beautiful in
the Books of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam,
Suleiman(Solomon) is
described as surpassing
in his quicksilver
intelligence. This
movement is composed of a
seven-partriddle which
passes by in an instant
but can be caught by the
attentive listener. From
Solomon, we work our
wayback to Yishak (Isaac)
in a seventh movement
that evokes Isaac’s
literal meaning in Arabic
and Hebrew: laughter.The
eighth and final movement
of this quartet is named
for the Patriarch of the
entire Book: Ibrahim
(Abraham). Itrelates to
Isaac just as Joseph
relates to Jacob; they
are father and son. The
lines are prayerful and
contemplative;the form of
the music evolves from a
fugue joining together
many different forms of
prayer into a single
tapestry ofcounterpoint,
to the cyclical form of
this entire quartet which
is rendered through the
motion of pilgrims
circling theKaaba (cube)
in Mecca — a structure
which was built by
Abraham for Hagaar and
their son Ismail.These
are just some of the
figures that are
cherished by all three of
the Middle Eastern
monotheisms
(Judaism,Christianity,
and Islam) that the
Qur’an refers to
collectively as Ahl
Al-Kitab. This Arabic
phrase is most
commonlytranslated as
“The People of the
Book,” but here the
most common translation
is a flawed one: the
Arabic word“ahl”
means “family” and
not just “people.” A
better translation would
be “Family of the
Book.” Each of the
eightmovements of
Prophesies grows from a
single musical cell.This
quartet is a family
album.—Mohammed Fairouz
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| Sanctuary Shawnee Press
Choral (10 listening CDs) SKU: HL.35029961 A Cantata of Hope and Peace...(+)
Choral (10 listening CDs)
SKU: HL.35029961
A Cantata of Hope and
Peace. Composed by
Joseph M. Martin. Shawnee
Sacred. Cantata, General
Worship, Holy Week, Lent.
CD only. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.35029961). ISBN
9781495001369. UPC:
888680028930. 5x5
inches. This
service in song is a
contemplation of the hope
we find in Christ.
Incorporating new
original anthems and
fresh treatments of
time-honored hymns and
traditional sacred songs,
this work reflects upon
the ministry and passion
of Christ's last days.
The narration includes
scriptures of assurance
and words of comfort and
peace. The music is
written in an expressive
melodic style, bringing a
gentle beauty that will
touch all who experience
it. Supported by two
orchestration choices and
other helpful companion
products, this 40 minute
work is ideal for Lenten
or Holy Week worship
gatherings. Consider this
musical journey of faith
and discover a place of
refuge in God's unfailing
love and His sanctuary of
grace.
Moving!
Songs
include: Prelude of
Peace; Sanctuary of
Grace; Shelter of Hope;
Hosanna! A Procession of
Promise; In the Shadow of
Your Wing; Give to the
Winds Your Fears; Flee as
a Bird; Sanctuary of the
Soul; Postlude of
Peace. $69.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Rejoice, Rejoice Ye People Shawnee Press
Orchestration Choral (Score & Parts) SKU: HL.35018084 Composed by Joseph ...(+)
Orchestration Choral
(Score & Parts) SKU:
HL.35018084 Composed
by Joseph M. Martin.
Shawnee Sacred. Print on
demand - publisher prints
this title after order is
received. Advent,
Christmas/Advent Sacred,
Easter, Palm Sunday.
Shawnee Press #LB5765.
Published by Shawnee
Press (HL.35018084).
UPC: 747510062905.
9.0x14.0x0.712
inches. This
lilting anthem of
unbridled joy serves a
dual purpose. From the
best-selling Christmas
cantata, MorningStar, the
text recalls the words
from Isaiah anticipating
the coming of the
Messiah. Yet, the
language is also
appropriate for Palm
Sunday, Resurrection
Sunday, or Eastertide as
it triumphantly proclaims
Christ as King and his
victory over sin and
death. The choral
includes text appropriate
for Palm Sunday and
Advent, making this
anthem an exceeding
value. The melody is
infectious, as is the
feeling of overwhelming
happiness this anthem
invokes. Rejoice,
Rejoice, Ye People is a
must for your
library. $50.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| The Runner's Song Shawnee Press
Choral (orchestration on CD-rom) SKU: HL.35028116 Composed by Joseph M. M...(+)
Choral (orchestration on
CD-rom) SKU:
HL.35028116 Composed
by Joseph M. Martin.
Shawnee Sacred. General
Worship, Memorial,
Pentecost. CD-ROM, Full
Score and Parts.
Published by Shawnee
Press (HL.35028116).
UPC: 884088610579. 5x5
inches. Uses: Pentecost, General,
Memorial
Script
ure: II Timothy
4:7-8; Philippians 1:6;
Isaiah 40:31
This
commissioned anthem was
written in memory of a
runner who made an impact
on the community of faith
in which he participated.
The composer wrote words
that were specific to
this work but also
represented a larger
truth to all believers.
Finding Scriptures that
enabled this perspective,
he crafted an anthem that
tonally paints the effect
of running the good race
and even soaring with
victory. $60.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| A Breathing Place Chorale SATB Daybreak Music
Composed by Heather Sorenson. Daybreak Choral Series. Communion, General Worsh...(+)
Composed by Heather
Sorenson.
Daybreak Choral Series.
Communion, General
Worship,
Pentecost. Octavo. 16
pages.
Published by Daybreak
Music
$2.25 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| A Prayer for Healing Chorale 3 parties SSA Brookfield Press
Choral (SSA Choir) SKU: HL.365086 Composed by Joseph M. Martin. Brookfiel...(+)
Choral (SSA Choir)
SKU: HL.365086
Composed by Joseph M.
Martin. Brookfield Choral
Series. General Worship,
Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages.
Duration 280 seconds.
Published by Brookfield
Press (HL.365086).
UPC: 840126960792.
6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
III John 2, Jeremiah
14:1-22, John 14:27, John
9:1-41. Written
during the height of the
pandemic, this song of
spiritual and physical
wellness speaks to many
moments of need. Opening
with the first few chords
of O God, Our Help in
Ages Past, the anthem is
framed as a petition for
God's healing mercy. The
fragile melody gently
rises and falls,
breathing with the
sincerity of the lyrics.
In the silence help us
hear words of hope and
promise clear. Teach us
not to live in fear. Lord
of all, we pray to You. A
true anthem of hope! $2.10 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Sanctuary Orchestre Shawnee Press
Orchestra (CD-ROM) Choral (ORCH CDROM) SKU: HL.35029955 A Cantata of H...(+)
Orchestra (CD-ROM) Choral
(ORCH CDROM) SKU:
HL.35029955 A
Cantata of Hope and
Peace. Composed by
Joseph M. Martin. Shawnee
Sacred. Cantata, Easter,
General Worship, Holy
Week, Lent. CD-ROM.
Duration 2400 seconds.
Published by Shawnee
Press (HL.35029955).
ISBN 9781495018374.
UPC: 888680028879.
5.0x5.0x0.2
inches. This
service in song is a
contemplation of the hope
we find in Christ.
Incorporating new
original anthems and
fresh treatments of
time-honored hymns and
traditional sacred songs,
this work reflects upon
the ministry and passion
of Christ's last days.
The narration includes
scriptures of assurance
and words of comfort and
peace. The music is
written in an expressive
melodic style, bringing a
gentle beauty that will
touch all who experience
it. Supported by two
orchestration choices and
other helpful companion
products, this 40 minute
work is ideal for Lenten
or Holy Week worship
gatherings. Consider this
musical journey of faith
and discover a place of
refuge in God's unfailing
love and His sanctuary of
grace. Moving! Songs
include: Prelude of
Peace; Sanctuary of
Grace; Shelter of Hope;
Hosanna! A Procession of
Promise; In the Shadow of
Your Wing; Give to the
Winds Your Fears; Flee as
a Bird; Sanctuary of the
Soul; Postlude of
Peace. $350.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| A Communion Invitation Chorale SATB SATB Harold Flammer Music
By Joseph M. Martin. Words by Mary Martin. For SATB Choir. Sheet Music. Publishe...(+)
By Joseph M. Martin.
Words by Mary Martin. For
SATB Choir. Sheet Music.
Published by Harold
Flammer Music.
$2.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Play Mormon Hymns, Book 3 Piano seul - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
16 Piano Arrangements of Traditional Hymns. Arranged by Linda Christensen an...(+)
16 Piano Arrangements of
Traditional Hymns.
Arranged
by Linda Christensen and
David M. Love. Book;
Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Play Mormon
Hymns. Hymn; Sacred. 32
pages. Published by
Alfred
Music
$9.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Ring the Christmas Bells Chorale Jubilate Music
Composed by Joseph M. Martin, words by Tina English. Choral (Sacred); Choral O...(+)
Composed by Joseph M.
Martin,
words by Tina English.
Choral
(Sacred); Choral Octavo;
Worship Resources. Alfred
Sacred: The Music of
Christmas. Christmas;
Sacred;
Winter. Published by
Jubilate
Music Group
$2.15 $2.0425 (- 5%) Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Goin' to the Holy City SATB Chorale SATB SATB Shawnee Press
By J. Paul Williams. For SATB Choir. Choral, Bass/Percussion, Tracks, General Us...(+)
By J. Paul Williams. For
SATB Choir. Choral,
Bass/Percussion, Tracks,
General Use, All Saints
Day, Homecomings,
Missions, Youth Choirs
and Sacred. Sheet Music.
Published by Shawnee
Press.
$2.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| On the Road to Jerusalem Shawnee Press
StudioTrax CD Choral (STUDIOTRX CD) SKU: HL.35027045 From Song of the ...(+)
StudioTrax CD Choral
(STUDIOTRX CD) SKU:
HL.35027045 From
Song of the Shadows.
Composed by Joseph M.
Martin. Harold Flammer
Easter. Easter, Palm
Sunday. CD. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.35027045). UPC:
884088466657. 5.0x5.0x0.2
inches. Uses: Palm
Sunday Scripture: Luke
19:36-38 From the iconic
Lenten cantata, Song of
the Shadows, we are
pleased to release this
important Palm Sunday
anthem individually with
its original
orchestration. Full of
irony, this poignant
anthem reminds the
listener that the
hosannas of Palm Sunday
soon become cries of
“crucify.â€
Words cannot describe the
impact this dramatic
anthem has on its
audience. A masterpiece!
Available separately:
SATB, iPrint Orch CD-ROM,
StudioTrax CD. Duration:
3:43. $26.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Love Is Our Theme Chorale SATB Shawnee Press
Choral (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.35032791 Composed by Joseph M. Martin. Shawne...(+)
Choral (SATB Choir)
SKU: HL.35032791
Composed by Joseph M.
Martin. Shawnee Sacred.
General Worship, Sacred.
Octavo. 12 pages.
Published by Shawnee
Press (HL.35032791).
UPC: 888680926038.
6.75x10.5 inches. A
powerful song of unity
wraps the audience in
passionate music and
meaningful words. The
main theme in a lilting
meter gradually builds to
an impressive climax,
delivering a credo for
the worshipping church:
“Grace is our
music; love is our theme.
Hope is our message;
peace is our
dream.” Wonderfully
conceived for church
dedication moments or
heritage observances,
this sermon in song will
minister to the community
of faith and its
mission. $2.10 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| The Celtic Choir Shawnee Press
Choral (celtic consort orch) SKU: HL.35029339 Consort Orchestra (CD-RO...(+)
Choral (celtic consort
orch) SKU:
HL.35029339
Consort Orchestra
(CD-ROM). Composed by
Joseph M. Martin. Shawnee
Sacred. Celtic, Sacred.
CD-ROM, Score and Parts.
Published by Shawnee
Press (HL.35029339).
UPC: 884088955519. 5x5
inches. Consort
Orchestra
(CD-ROM/includes score
and parts for flute
(penny whistle), violin,
cello, guitar, piano and
percussion): The
soaring beauty of
traditional folk music
and Gaelic-inspired
original songs permeates
this collection with
fresh sounds and
expressive words. From
lilting dance-like songs
of praise to noble hymn
tunes that encourage and
motivate, this gathering
of sacred songs provides
a great variety of
styles, tempos and
usages. Decorated with
optional acoustic
instruments and driven by
well-crafted piano parts,
these anthems are
designed to work for
choirs of any size. Catch
the wave of enthusiasm
for this ancient, musical
culture and bring a
refreshing spirit of
worship into your
ministry! Songs include:
Celtic Praise Song
• In the Valley
Flows a River • The
Master Has Come • A
Celtic Hosanna •
Come to the Upper Room
• Here is Love
• Celtic Alleluia
• Not I, But Christ
• A Celtic
Blessing. Score and
parts for flute (penny
whistle), violin, cello,
guitar, piano and
percussion. $69.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| On the Road to Jerusalem Orchestre Shawnee Press
Orchestration Choral (Orchestra) SKU: HL.35027044 From Song of the Sha...(+)
Orchestration Choral
(Orchestra) SKU:
HL.35027044 From
Song of the Shadows.
Composed by Joseph M.
Martin. Harold Flammer
Easter. Easter, Palm
Sunday. CD-ROM. Published
by Shawnee Press
(HL.35027044). UPC:
884088466640.
5.0x5.0x0.176
inches. Uses: Palm
Sunday Scripture: Luke
19:36-38 From the iconic
Lenten cantata, Song of
the Shadows, we are
pleased to release this
important Palm Sunday
anthem individually with
its original
orchestration. Full of
irony, this poignant
anthem reminds the
listener that the
hosannas of Palm Sunday
soon become cries of
crucify. Words cannot
describe the impact this
dramatic anthem has on
its audience. A
masterpiece! The
orchestration includes
parts for: piano, flute 1
& 2, oboe, clarinet 1
& 2, bassoon, horn 1
& 2, trumpet 1,
trumpet 2 & 3,
trombone 1 & 2, bass
trombone/tuba, timpani,
percussion 1 & 2,
harp, violin 1, violin 2,
viola, cello, double
bass. Available
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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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Intermediate Level.
Composed
by Various. Piano.
Classical.
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Duration
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| Without Form and Void Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.362034230 A Prologue to THE CREATION ...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.362034230
A Prologue to THE
CREATION by Franz Joseph
Haydn. Composed by
Dan Welcher. Sws.
Premiered at the
Northwest Hills United
Methodist Church, Austin,
TX. Choral. Performance
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed July 5
2014. 16 pages. Duration
5:15. Theodore Presser
Company #362-03423.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.362034230). ISBN
9781598069556. UPC:
680160624225. Letter
inches.
English. When the
Texas Choral Consort
asked Welcher to write a
short prologue to Haydn's
The Creation, his first
reaction was that Haydn
already presents Chaos in
his introductory
movement. As he thought
about it, Welcher began
envisioning a truer void
to precede Haydn's
depiction of Chaos within
the scope of 18th-century
classical style - quoting
some of Haydn's themes
and showing human voices
and inhuman sounds in a
kind of pre-creation
melange of color, mood,
and atmosphere. Welcher
accepted this challenge
with the proviso that his
prologue would lead
directly into Haydn's
masterpiece without
stopping, and certainly
without applause in
between. Scored for mixed
chorus and Haydn's
instrumentation, Without
Form and Void is a
dramatically fresh yet
pragmatic enhancement to
deepen any performance of
Haydn's The Creation.
Orchestral score and
parts are available on
rental. When Brent
Baldwin asked me to
consider writing a short
prologue to THE CREATION,
my first response was
“Why?â€Â
THE CREATION already
contains a prologue;
it’s called
“Representation of
Chaosâ€, and
it’s
Haydn’s way of
showing the formless
universe. How could a
new piece do anything but
get in the way? But
the more I thought about
it, the more it made
sense. The Age of
Enlightenment’s
idea of
“Chaos†was
just extended
chromaticism, no more
than Bach used (in fact,
Bach went
further).Perhaps there
might be a way to use the
full resources of the
modern orchestra (or at
least, a Haydn-sized
orchestra) and the modern
chorus to really present
a cosmic soup of unborn
musical atoms, just
waiting for
Haydn’s sure touch
to animate them.Â
Perhaps it could even
quote some of
Haydn’s themes
before he knew them
himself, and also show
human voices and inhuman
sounds in a kind of
pre-creation mélange
of color, mood, and
atmosphere. So I
accepted the challenge,
with the proviso that my
new piece not be treated
as some kind of
“overtureâ€,
but would instead be
allowed to lead directly
into Haydn’s
masterpiece without
stopping, and certainly
without applause. I
crafted this five minute
piece to begin with a
kind of “music of
the spheresâ€
universe-hum, created by
tuned wine glasses and
violin harmonics. The
chorus enters very soon
after, with the opening
words of Genesis
whispered simultaneously
in as many languages as
can be found in a
chorus. The first two
minutes of my work are
all about unborn human
voices and unfocused
planetary sounds,
gradually becoming more
and more
“coherentâ€
until we finally hear
actual pitches, melodies,
and words. Three of
Haydn’s melodies
will be heard, to be
specific, but not in the
way he will present them
an hour from now.Â
It’s almost as if
we are listening inside
the womb of the universe,
looking for a faint
heartbeat of worlds,
animals, and people to
come. At the end of
the piece, the chorus
finally finds its voice
with a single word:
“God!â€,Â
and the orchestra finally
finds its own pulse as
well. The unstoppable
desire for birth must now
be answered, and it
is----by Haydn’s
marvelous oratorio. I
am not a religious man in
any traditional
sense. Neither was
Haydn, nor Mozart, nor
Beethoven. But all of
them, as well as I, share
in what is now called a
humanistic view of how
things came to be, how
life in its many forms
developed on this planet,
and how Man became the
recorder of history.Â
The gospel according to
John begins with a parody
of Genesis: “In
the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word
was God.â€Â  I
love that phrase, and
it’s in that
spirit that I offer my
humble
“opener†to
the finest work of one of
the greatest composers
Western music has ever
known. My piece is
not supposed to sound
like Haydn.Â
It’s supposed to
sound like a giant
palette, on which a
composer in 1798 might
find more outrageous
colors than his era would
permit…but which, I
hope, he would have been
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SKU: GI.G-1125 GIA WindWorks Series. Composed by Eugene M. Corporo...(+)
SKU: GI.G-1125
GIA WindWorks
Series. Composed by
Eugene M. Corporon. GIA
WindWorks. Music
Education. GIA
Publications #1125.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-1125).
The creation of
the WindWorks label
represents an expanded
relationship between the
North Texas Wind Symphony
and GIA Publications.
GIA’s generous
support and ongoing
dedication to wind music
has made it possible for
the ensemble to continue
producing recordings of
the highest quality that
are a testament to the
perseverance and work
ethic of everyone
involved. Track Listing:
Flying Jewels (2021) |
James M. David Caribbean
Berceuse (2021) | Paquito
D’Rivera (b. 1948)
And yet your touch upon
them will not pass
(2021)Â | Joseph Turrin
(b. 1947) Euphonium
Concerto (2020) | Edward
Gregson (b.
1945), trans. Jack
Stamp Dialogues Song
Without Words A Celtic
Bacchanal American
Gothic (2019)
|Â Michael Daugherty
(b. 1954), mvt. 1 and 3
trans. Danny Galyen On a
Roll Winter Dreams
Pitchfork  This is
the last recording Eugene
Migliaro Corporon will
conduct for the WindWorks
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| Conversational Solfege, Level 2 CD Chorale SATB SATB, Clavier GIA Publications
SATB choir, keyboard accompaniment SKU: GI.G-527 Level 2. Composed...(+)
SATB choir, keyboard
accompaniment SKU:
GI.G-527 Level
2. Composed by John
M. Feierabend. Choral.
Conversational Solfege.
Music Education. Octavo.
GIA Publications #527.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-527).
Text by Noel
Goemanne. Conversat
ional Solfege is a
dynamic and captivating
first-through-eighth
grade general music
program that enables
students to become
independent musical
thinkers with the help of
a rich variety of folk
and classical
music. It is organized
around increasingly
complex rhythmic and
melodic content. Each new
rhythmic or melodic
element is discovered
first in patterns and
then reinforced with folk
songs, rhymes, and
classical examples.
Central to the
Conversational Solfege
program is the use of
music harvested from our
rich and diverse American
musical history. This
variety of music serves
as a common thread that
spans and bonds
generations. Each book
contains varied song
material so the teacher
can select appropriate
music for the lower
grades or older
beginners. This 12-step
teaching method carefully
brings students from
readiness to, ultimately,
creating music through
inner hearing and then
transferring their
musical thoughts into
notation—in other
words, to compose music!
This CD provides
14Â classical
selections referenced in
Conversational Solfege
Level 2. These examples
provide reinforcement for
emerging literacy skills,
and they also enable
students to listen to
wonderful classical
examples with greater
attention. Listening to
classical music can be
challenging for
elementary students. With
nothing to hang onto, the
many notes can be too
much to comprehend and
attention soon wanes. But
with minimal literacy
skills, students will
have enough musical
information to discover
that classical music can
be accessible and
appealing. In the
included booklet, timings
are given for each
selection and the
portions of the music
that are readable by the
students are reproduced.
Whether using this CD
with Conversational
Solfege instructional
materials or simply as a
resource of classical
music with simple to read
rhythmic and melodic
material, both teachers
and students will delight
in discovering this
wonderful music through
literacy. This series is
a complete, innovative
approach to teaching
music that will stay
fresh year after year.
CONTENTS Conversational
Solfege Unit 5:Â 1.
Antonin Dvorak •
New World Theme
Conversational Solfege
Unit 6:Â 2. Franz
Joseph Haydn •
Theme from  the
Surprise Symphony, 3.
Camille
Saint-Sans •
Turtles from Carnival of
the Animals, 4. Ludwig
van Beethoven •
Symphony No. 7, 2nd
Movement, 5. Josef
Strauss •
Feuerfest (Fireproof)
Polka, Op. 269
Conversational Solfege
Unit 7:Â 6. Jacques
Offenbach •
Can-Can, 7. Dmitry
Kabalevsky •
Pantomime from the
Comedians, 8. Edvard
Grieg • In the
Hall of the Mountain King
Conversational Solfege
Unit 9 and Unit 11:Â 9.
Jacques
Offenbach •
Barcarolle Conversational
Solfege Unit 10:Â 10.
Edvard Grieg •
Morning Conversational
Solfege Unit 11:Â 11.
Ottorino
Respighi •
Ground in G
Conversational Solfege
Unit 12:Â 12. Johann
Sebastian Bach •
Jesu, Joy of Men's
Desiring, 13. Jean
Sibelius •
Finlandia Conversational
Solfege Unit 13:Â 14.
Ludwig Van
Beethoven •
Symphony No. 6, Movement
5Â John M. Feierabend
is Professor Emeritus and
former Director of Music
Education at The Hartt
School of Music,
University of Hartford,
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| Hymns Re-Harmonized - Keepsake Edition
Piano seul Word Music
Piano Solo. Arranged by Carol Tornquist. Sacred Folio. Size 9.25x12 inches. 248 ...(+)
Piano Solo. Arranged by
Carol Tornquist. Sacred
Folio. Size 9.25x12
inches. 248 pages.
Published by Word Music.
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| 33 Contemporary Hymns for Solo Piano - Volume 2 Piano seul [Partition] Word Music
By Various. Arranged by Carol Tornquist, Bill Wolaver. Songbook. Softcover. 104 ...(+)
By Various. Arranged by
Carol Tornquist, Bill
Wolaver. Songbook.
Softcover. 104 pages.
Published by Word Music.
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| Two Ave Marias for Violin and Piano: Bach/Gounod and Schubert Violon et Piano Lauren Keiser Music Publishing
For Violin and Piano Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Violin/Piano) SKU: HL.97847...(+)
For Violin and Piano
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Violin/Piano)
SKU: HL.978474
Arranged by Endre Granat.
LKM Music. Classical,
General Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. Lauren Keiser
Music Publishing
#S511046. Published by
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing (HL.978474).
ISBN 9781638871361.
UPC: 196288090922.
9.0x12.0x0.102
inches. This one of
a kind album pairs two of
the most performed Ave
Maria's for violin and
piano, meticulously
edited by Jascha Heifetz'
protege, Endre Granat.
The first of these is
Schubert's melody, which
was originally composed
as a setting of a song
from Walter Scott's
popular narrative poem
The Lady of the Lake,
titled, “Ellen's Third
Song” (Ellens dritter
Gesang). The opening
words and refrain of
Ellen's song, namely
“Ave Maria” (Latin
for “Hail Mary”), may
have led to the idea of
adapting Schubert's
melody as a setting for
the full text of the
traditional Roman
Catholic prayer. The
Latin version of the song
is now so frequently used
with Schubert's melody
that it has led to the
misconception that he
originally wrote the
melody as a setting for
the “Ave Maria.” The
second Ave Maria in this
collection was created
when Gounod famously
improvised the melody
over the background of
J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 1
in C major, BWV 846, from
The Well-Tempered
Clavier. Gounod's
beatiful improvisation
was transcribed by his
future father-in-law
Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume
Zimmermann, which was
published with the Bach
keyboard accompaniment in
1835 under the title
“Méditation sur le
Premier Prélude de Piano
de S. Bach.” Alongside
Schubert's version, the
Bach/Gounod Ave Maria has
become a fixture at
funerals, wedding masses,
and quinceañeras. Both
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the twentieth
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