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We Have A Friend
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What a friend we have in Jesus (For String Orchestra)
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.511674 Composed by C.C.Conver…
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String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.511674 Composed by C.C.Converse. Arranged by Han-Ki Kim. Instructional,Sacred,Standards. Score and parts. 17 pages. Han-Ki Kim #4276737. Published by Han-Ki Kim (A0.511674). What a friend we have in Jesus is an arrangement for String Orchestra of a popular old hymn tune. It works great for offertories, special music for a worship service, or for the Concert where inspirational music is desired. Arranger is very experienced(with I Musici - world famous chamber group of Italy), and his works are very loved world widely. And, especially, Shown Bowing sign(All part) and Fingering (Vn and Va part) will be very helpful to player. Main Theme is rotated by parts, to give interest for all the player
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What a Friend We Have in Jesus x Salut d'Amour
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1191160 Composed by Charles C…
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String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1191160 Composed by Charles C. Converse, Edward Elgar. Arranged by Grace Kim. Praise & Worship. Score and parts. 17 pages. Encore Music #790679. Published by Encore Music (A0.1191160). Classical arrangement that combines a hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus with Elgar's Salut d'Amour.
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What A Friend We Have In Jesus (String Orchestra)
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1173664 Composed by Charles C…
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String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1173664 Composed by Charles C. Converse. Arranged by Tyler Adams. Christian,Instructional,Praise & Worship,Religious,Traditional. Score and Parts. 9 pages. Adams Arrangements #773812. Published by Adams Arrangements (A0.1173664). What A Friend We Have In Jesus freshly arranged for string orchestra.
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WE THREE KINGS - String Orchestra or Quartet - Intermediate
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.734340 Composed by John Henry…
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String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.734340 Composed by John Henry Hopkins Jr. Arranged by Dennis Ruello. Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score and parts. 13 pages. Chicory Music #2951949. Published by Chicory Music (A0.734340). We Three Kings, also known as We Three Kings of Orient Are or The Quest of the Magi, is a Christmas carol that was written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. in 1857. At the time of composing the carol, Hopkins served as the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and he wrote the carol for a Christmas pageant in New York City. Many versions of this song have been composed and it remains a popular Christmas carol. This intermediate level arrangement can be used for string quartet or string orchestra. It is in the string friendly key of e minor with no extremes in range or technique. Useful for performances at schools, churches or recitals. Performance time: approx.1 min. 55 sec.
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Seesaw: 2nd Violin
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_VN2 2nd Violin. Co…
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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_VN2 2nd Violin. Composed by Steven H. Brook. Instructional. Part. 1 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017313_VN2. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017313_VN2). UPC: 038081517254.The perfect technical piece for developing tone, listening skills, string crossings, smooth bow changes, and independence; as well as celebrating beautiful days at a park as melodies and dynamics move up and down between sections, as on a seesaw. The lines of music that the various instruments have weave up and down across each other as friendships weave throughout our lives. Imagine a leisurely day at the park, perhaps on a seesaw, and ponder this poem by the composer, Steven H. Brook. While pleasant breezes grace the sky, and clouds of joy drift gently by, our friendship bonds, we learn to play---and now, with you, we share today. (2:00)Concert/Contest; Festival.
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Seesaw: Viola
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_VA1 Viola. Compose…
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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_VA1 Viola. Composed by Steven H. Brook. Instructional. Part. 1 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017313_VA1. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017313_VA1). UPC: 038081517254.The perfect technical piece for developing tone, listening skills, string crossings, smooth bow changes, and independence; as well as celebrating beautiful days at a park as melodies and dynamics move up and down between sections, as on a seesaw. The lines of music that the various instruments have weave up and down across each other as friendships weave throughout our lives. Imagine a leisurely day at the park, perhaps on a seesaw, and ponder this poem by the composer, Steven H. Brook. While pleasant breezes grace the sky, and clouds of joy drift gently by, our friendship bonds, we learn to play---and now, with you, we share today. (2:00)Concert/Contest; Festival.
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Seesaw: String Bass
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_SB String Bass. Co…
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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_SB String Bass. Composed by Steven H. Brook. Instructional. Part. 1 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017313_SB. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017313_SB). UPC: 038081517254.The perfect technical piece for developing tone, listening skills, string crossings, smooth bow changes, and independence; as well as celebrating beautiful days at a park as melodies and dynamics move up and down between sections, as on a seesaw. The lines of music that the various instruments have weave up and down across each other as friendships weave throughout our lives. Imagine a leisurely day at the park, perhaps on a seesaw, and ponder this poem by the composer, Steven H. Brook. While pleasant breezes grace the sky, and clouds of joy drift gently by, our friendship bonds, we learn to play---and now, with you, we share today. (2:00)Concert/Contest; Festival.
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Seesaw: Cello
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_VC1 Cello. Compose…
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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_VC1 Cello. Composed by Steven H. Brook. Instructional. Part. 1 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017313_VC1. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017313_VC1). UPC: 038081517254.The perfect technical piece for developing tone, listening skills, string crossings, smooth bow changes, and independence; as well as celebrating beautiful days at a park as melodies and dynamics move up and down between sections, as on a seesaw. The lines of music that the various instruments have weave up and down across each other as friendships weave throughout our lives. Imagine a leisurely day at the park, perhaps on a seesaw, and ponder this poem by the composer, Steven H. Brook. While pleasant breezes grace the sky, and clouds of joy drift gently by, our friendship bonds, we learn to play---and now, with you, we share today. (2:00)Concert/Contest; Festival.
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Seesaw: Score
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PR-0005592 Score. Composed by…
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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PR-0005592 Score. Composed by Steven H. Brook. Instructional. Score. 8 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PR-0005592. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PR-0005592). UPC: 038081517254.The perfect technical piece for developing tone, listening skills, string crossings, smooth bow changes, and independence; as well as celebrating beautiful days at a park as melodies and dynamics move up and down between sections, as on a seesaw. The lines of music that the various instruments have weave up and down across each other as friendships weave throughout our lives. Imagine a leisurely day at the park, perhaps on a seesaw, and ponder this poem by the composer, Steven H. Brook. While pleasant breezes grace the sky, and clouds of joy drift gently by, our friendship bonds, we learn to play---and now, with you, we share today. (2:00)Concert/Contest; Festival.
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Seesaw: 3rd Violin (Viola [TC])
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_VN3 3rd Violin (Viola …
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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017313_VN3 3rd Violin (Viola [TC]). Composed by Steven H. Brook. Instructional. Part. 1 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017313_VN3. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017313_VN3). UPC: 038081517254.The perfect technical piece for developing tone, listening skills, string crossings, smooth bow changes, and independence; as well as celebrating beautiful days at a park as melodies and dynamics move up and down between sections, as on a seesaw. The lines of music that the various instruments have weave up and down across each other as friendships weave throughout our lives. Imagine a leisurely day at the park, perhaps on a seesaw, and ponder this poem by the composer, Steven H. Brook. While pleasant breezes grace the sky, and clouds of joy drift gently by, our friendship bonds, we learn to play---and now, with you, we share today. (2:00)Concert/Contest; Festival.
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Chopin's Polonaise in Ab
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1152573 Composed by Frederic …
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String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1152573 Composed by Frederic Chopin. Arranged by Ron Flintjer. Classical. Score and parts. 10 pages. Ron Flintjer #752800. Published by Ron Flintjer (A0.1152573). It's not often one can find a universally revered staple of the masters scripted beautifully for a young string orchestra, but that's what we have here. Although originally written in Ab major, this piece has been arranged in the key of C to make the performance a little less daunting for young musicians still learning their scales. Recorded and performed countless times by orchestras, instrumentalists, and vocalists around the world, Chopin's Polonaise is sure to make parents and friends nod with appreciation at the progress their young musicians are making. Let this piece be the first step into the classical repertoire for your budding artists! This is written for the level of Middle School String Orchestra and can be performed by levels even more advanced. Written for 1st Violin, 2nd Violin, Viola, Cello and String Bass. Four part harmony and at times five part.
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C. S. Chaconne (string orchestra)
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799513 Composed by Drake Mabr…
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String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799513 Composed by Drake Mabry. 20th Century,Jazz,Latin,World. Score and parts. 27 pages. Drake Mabry #3534831. Published by Drake Mabry (A0.799513). C. S. Chaconne was written for a very dear friend of mine when I was playing with a jazz group in Paris in the late 1980's. It's based on what we then called a Spanish jazz progression. Over the years I have made several arrangements of the piece for different ensembles. In this recent string orchestra version I've written solos for all the members of the string family, each with a different mood or character. The duration is 5'. This piece can be played separately or preceded by a companion piece, Meditation for string orchestra.
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C. S. Chaconne
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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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