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Let It Go
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1238258 By Idina Menzel. By K…
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String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1238258 By Idina Menzel. By Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Arranged by Jon Bakken. Film/TV. Score and Parts. 4 pages. Jon Bakken #833733. Published by Jon Bakken (A0.1238258). Arrangement of Let It Go from Frozen: The Broadway Musical for beginning string orchestra.
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Let It Go
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1223457 By Idina Menzel. By K…
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String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1223457 By Idina Menzel. By Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Arranged by Julie Doubleday. Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop. Score and Parts. 18 pages. Julie Doubleday #819649. Published by Julie Doubleday (A0.1223457). Let It Go for String Orchestra.
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Let It Go (from Frozen) (9-Piece Digital Pack)
String Orchestra
Orchestra percussion - Level 3-4 - Digital Download SKU: HX.283531 From Frozen
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Orchestra percussion - Level 3-4 - Digital Download SKU: HX.283531 From Frozen. By Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Arranged by Larry Moore. Disney,Film/TV. Part. 2 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #0. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.283531).
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Let It Go - Conductor Score (Full Score)
Let It Go - Violin 1
Let It Go - Violin 2
Let It Go - Violin 3 (Viola Treble Clef)
Let It Go - Viola
Let It Go - Cello
Let It Go - Bass
Let It Go - Piano
Let It Go - Percussion
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Let It Go (from Frozen) (9-Piece Digital Pack)
String Orchestra
Orchestra Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: HX.286857 From Frozen. By …
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Orchestra Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: HX.286857 From Frozen. By Idina Menzel. By Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Arranged by Robert Longfield. Children,Disney,Film/TV,Pop. Individual instrument part. 2 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #0. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.286857).
Digital Pack includes
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Let It Go - Conductor Score (Full Score)
Let It Go - Violin 1
Let It Go - Violin 2
Let It Go - Violin 3 (Viola T.C.)
Let It Go - Viola
Let It Go - Cello
Let It Go - String Bass
Let It Go - Percussion
Let It Go - Piano
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Let It Go (from Frozen) (5-Piece Digital Pack)
String Orchestra
Level 3-4 - Digital Download SKU: HX.383127 By Idina Menzel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez…
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Level 3-4 - Digital Download SKU: HX.383127 By Idina Menzel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Robert Lopez. Arranged by Robert Longfield. This edition: scorch. Children,Disney,Film/TV. 1 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #0. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.383127).
Digital Pack includes
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Let It Go (from Frozen) - Conductor Score (Full Score)
Let It Go (from Frozen) - Violin 1
Let It Go (from Frozen) - Violin 2
Let It Go (from Frozen) - Viola
Let It Go (from Frozen) - Cello
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Let Her Go
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.851943 By Passenger. By Micha…
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String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.851943 By Passenger. By Michael David Rosenberg. Arranged by Caroline McCaskey. Rock. Score and parts. 20 pages. AltStrings #2150699. Published by AltStrings (A0.851943). This arrangement of Let Her Go features the first violin. It includes some syncopation, and is appropriate for intermediate players.
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Let It Go
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1250353 By Idina Menzel. By K…
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String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1250353 By Idina Menzel. By Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Arranged by Joseph Perkins. Broadway,Children,Film/TV,Musical/Show,Pop. Score and Parts. 24 pages. Joseph Perkins #844662. Published by Joseph Perkins (A0.1250353). From the Disney Animated Hit, FrozenGuidelines for Young String Series: Simplified Rhythms with limited syncopation Limit length to 2:30 1st position for all instruments. (No bass shifting) Keys of C, G or D with limited accidentals Avoid extended 3rd finger in Violin/Viola Suggested bowings as needed Violin III used as Viola substitute Optional String Bass Part Optional Piano and Percussion Parts Includes a set of parts that have annotated fingerings.
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Let It Go
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.498688 By Idina Menzel. By Kristen Ande…
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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.498688 By Idina Menzel. By Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Arranged by Franz Bader moringa-music.com. Broadway,Film/TV,Musical/Show,Pop. Score and parts. 23 pages. Published by Franz Bader (A0.498688). Arrangement for STRING ORCHESTRA.
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Let It Go
String Orchestra
By Idina Menzel. By Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson- Lopez. Arranged by Susie Winkw…
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By Idina Menzel. By Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson- Lopez. Arranged by Susie Winkworth winkmusic.co.uk. Musical/Show. Score and parts. 28 pages. Winkmusic.co.uk #6562363. Published by winkmusic.co.uk
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Let It Go (Frozen) String Orchestra
String Orchestra
String Trio, String Quartet, String Orchestra - Intermediate - Digital Download By …
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String Trio, String Quartet, String Orchestra - Intermediate - Digital Download By Demi Lovato, Idina Menzel. Arranged by Kathryn Griesinger. Score, Set of Parts. 30 pages. Published by Kathryn Griesinger
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Daphne ... An Imaginary Ballet (2015) for string orchestra, full score
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.869398 Composed by Thomas Obo…
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String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.869398 Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Baroque,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 38 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #432015. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869398). Instrumentation: Violins 1a. Violins 1b. Violins 2a. Violins 2b. Viola. Cello. Double bass. Program note. I go to Rome every year during my winter break from teaching. My favorite statue in the Galleria Borghese is Bernini's Apollo and Daphne. It is amazingly alive and beautiful. When the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston asked me to write a work for string orchestra, I immediately thought of the fabulous Apollon Musagète by Stravinsky. Wouldn't it be fun to write a companion piece to the Stravinsky and call it Daphne? And since the Stravinsky Apollo is a ballet, my Daphne would be one as well, although an imaginary one. Daphne is in three sections. 1. Moderato ... Apollo struts around at a party, flirting with the nymphs and then suddenly he notices Daphne. He falls in love immediately. 2. Fuga ... Unnerved by Apollo's attention, Daphne flees. Apollo chases after her. 3. Largo ... Apollo catches up to Daphne and declares his love for her. She struggled to free herself from him and calls for help. To save Daphne from Apollo, her father Ladon, the river god, transforms Daphne into a laurel tree. Curtain.Audio link. Copy and paste the URL link into your browser.https://thomasoboelee.bandcamp.com/album/daphne-an-imaginary-ballet-2015
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Let It Go (from Frozen)
String Orchestra
By Idina Menzel. Score, Set of Parts. 30 pages. Published by Pangtience (H0.145495-256109)…
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By Idina Menzel. Score, Set of Parts. 30 pages. Published by Pangtience (H0.145495-256109). - Score,Set of Parts - - Pangtience
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Modus Operandi
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1021131 Composed by Daniel Bu…
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String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1021131 Composed by Daniel Burwasser. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and Parts. 36 pages. Head and Stem #5853635. Published by Head and Stem (A0.1021131). Modus Operandi is a latin phrase meaning method or way of doing something. The work was composed in various stages beginning in 2016 and completed in 2019. It is scored for strings only and begins with a slow, lyrical introduction followed by a faster section made up of a series of lively, rhythmical figures which get passed around each section of the orchestra. Modus Operandi was premiered on December 15, 2021 by the Jackson Heights Orchestra, Patricia Glunt, music director and conductor. For more information, go to: https://www.danielburwasser.com/To contact the composer directly, go to: danielburwasser9@gmail.comYoutube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@danielburwasser60.
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Get Here
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1418234 By Dave Koz. By Brend…
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String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1418234 By Dave Koz. By Brenda Russell. Arranged by Spencer Bundy. 20th Century,Pop. 20 pages. Spencer Bundy #999789. Published by Spencer Bundy (A0.1418234). Originally this song was released in 1988, when it was the title track on the composers fourth studio album. It wasn't until 1991 and the cover version released by Oleta Adams, that the song would go on to become an international hit.
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Mr Beveridge's Maggot - String Orchestra
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.527311 Composed by Traditiona…
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String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.527311 Composed by Traditional English. Arranged by Michelle Taylor-Cohen. Baroque,Standards,World. Score and parts. 26 pages. Saturn Strings #5194823. Published by Saturn Strings (A0.527311). This piece originally appeared in John Playford’s ‘The Dancing Master’ (first published 1661) which was a manual for dancing, complete with sheet music and instructions for how to do the steps for each dance. It is thought that the term ‘maggot’ simply means ‘favourite’, though it has also been argued that it means the same as the modern term ‘earworm’, meaning a tune that gets stuck in your head and won’t go away!In recent years this melody is best known from its inclusion in several Jane Austen TV and film adaptations, including BBC’s Pride & Prejudice (1995) and Emma (1996).
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Irish National Anthem (Unofficial) for String Orchestra
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by trad. Arranged by Ke…
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String Orchestra - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by trad. Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century, European, Patriotic. Score, Set of Parts. 10 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions
Londonderry Air arranged for String Orchestra.<br> <br> A big band version of the song is used as the theme for The Danny Thomas Show (a.k.a. Make Room For Daddy).<br> <br> "Danny Boy" was used to represent Northern Ireland at the start of the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, sung by a choir of children on the Giant’s Causeway.<br> <br> On November 25, 2014, the Vancouver Canucks used the song in honor of the recently deceased Pat Quinn, who played and worked in many executive capacities for the team.<br> <br> There are various theories as to the true meaning of "Danny Boy". Some listeners have interpreted the song to be a message from a parent to a son going off to war or leaving as part of the Irish diaspora.<br> <br> The 1918 version of the sheet music included alternative lyrics ("Eily Dear"), with the instructions that "when sung by a man, the words in italic should be used; the song then becomes "Eily Dear", so that "Danny Boy" is only to be sung by a lady". In spite of this, it is unclear whether this was Weatherly’s intent.<br> <br> Why the name Londonderry Air? Londonderry and Derry refer to the same place, a city in the north of Ireland, and also to the surrounding county. Supposedly the city of Derry was founded by St. Colmcille, although archaeological evidence shows that people were living there thousands of years earlier. There is an excellent museum in the city, which is worth a visit if you want to find out more. The name of the city was actually "Doire", corrupted to "Derry" by people who can’t pronounce Irish. It thought to derive from an Irish root meaning "oak tree".<br> <br> Moving quickly along in history, about a millenium later the government of England was having a difficult time colonizing Ireland because of the fierce and warlike clans living there, especially in the north of the country, Ulster. The monarchs of England, almost all of whom were notorious cheapskates, were continually looking about for ingenious ways to conquer places without actually having to put up the money themselves, or run the risk of unpopularity if they lost. In the case of Ireland, some of these schemes of the "Brish gummit" (as it is termed nowadays in Ulster) are still producing unfortunate long-term consequences.<br> <br> In 1608, King James I gave the city of Derry to the City of London corporation. I guess the deal could be summed up by saying that if the City of London could figure out a way to chase all the inhabitants out of Derry, they would be allowed to keep the loot, minus a percentage for the King of course. If they lost, well too bad. In celebration of this historic agreement, the name of Derry was officially changed to Londonderry. (For further information, check out the Northern Ireland Tourist Board’s History of Derry.)<br> <br> The linguistic outcome of all this today is that, if you think that King James’s deal with the City of London was a good idea, you call both the city and county "Londonderry". If you do, you are probably a supporter of the Unionist movement that seeks to keep Ulster a part of the United Kingdom. If you think it was a bad idea, you call both "Derry", and you are probably a supporter of the Irish Nationalist cause. Or you might just be someone who thinks it’s confusing for kings to be going around changing the names of places all the time for no good reason.<br> <br> You can find plenty of discussion about the political side of the question elsewhere, but here let’s look at the musical side. We have an air, collected in county Derry/Londonderry, and it doesn’t have a title. What do we call it?<br> <br> If you were a proper Victorian, there’s no way you were going to call it the Londonderry Air, much less the Derry Air, because of the improper sentiments that these titles might suggest. My parents tell me that in their youth in Australia, it was usually called the Air from County Derry. (This would, I suppose, support Winston Churchill’s theory that Australia was inhabited by "convicts and Irishmen".)<br> <br> My mother also sends the following information, referring to an arrangement of the tune by the Australian composer Percy Grainger:<br> <br> Just another note about Danny Boy, that I grew up in Australia believing to be the Air from County Derry. We were looking through some LP’s last night (back to vinyl yet!) and found a Mercury Wing Classical Favorites stereo LP SRW18060, COUNTRY GARDENS and other favorites by Percy Grainger {played by} Eastman-Rochester Pops, Frederick Fennell, conducting. The cover notes included the following: "Irish Tune from County Derry was harmonised in memory of Irish childhood friends in Australia." Considered by many to be Grainger’s masterpiece of harmonization, the tune was collected many years ago by Miss Jane Ross of New Town, Limavady, Ireland. Grainger has set it for many instrumental combinations. So there’s another variant on the name for it. It doesn’t say who wrote the notes, but the bits in quotes for each of the works on the record are Grainger’s original comments.<br> <br> The references to Londonderry Air that I’ve seen don’t go back any earlier than the late 1930s. For example, the Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) in February 1940. Bing Crosby’s version was recorded in July 1941 (reference). (So many different things I could check up on!) Londonderry was an important American naval base during WWII, but the US hadn’t come into the war in 1940.<br> <br> Need an anthem fast? They are ALL in my store! 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