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Bohm: Calm as the Night for Bass Clarinet & Piano
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Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549410 Composed by Carl Bo…
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Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549410 Composed by Carl Bohm. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Romantic Period,Sacred,Standards,Wedding. Score and part. 12 pages. Jmsgu3 #3493691. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549410). Duration: ca. 4:00, Score: 7 pages, solo part: 2 pages, piano part: 3 pages. A very popular number for weddings, also effective for meditations and recital encores. Carl Bohm Carl Bohm, sometimes spelled with a K as in Karl Bohm, was born in 1844 and died in 1920. Bohm was a German composer, pianist, and songwriter. He was famous for writing songs with a light and optimistic atmosphere. Some of his most famous songs are Calm as the Night, Twilight, May Bells, Enfant Cheri, and The Fountain. In addition to his songs, he was a very popular composer of string quartets and string trios. His music was very popular and profitable. His publisher used some of the profits from sales of Bohm’s work to prepare the works of Johannes Brahms for publication. Output He certainly was prolific, not only with individual compositions but collections and albums of original music, such as the Bohm Album for the Pianoforte. The quality of his melodies is remarkable. They have a familiar quality similar to folk-songs. It’s no wonder they have become so popular.  His greatest masterpiece may well be the famous Calm as the Night as it is so well finished and refined. This song comes to us from a collection known simply as Lieder Op. 326. Calm as the Night (Still wie die Nacht) is listed as Number 27 in the collection. The song is scored for vocal duet and piano. The lyrics for Bohm’s Still wie die Nacht are anonymous. Lyrics: Still wie die Nacht Und tief wie das Meer, Soll deine Liebe sein! Wenn du mich liebst, So wie ich dich, Will ich dein eigen sein. Heiß wie der Stahl Und fest wie der Stein Soll deine Liebe sein! English: As quiet as the night And deep as the sea, Your love should be! If you love me The same as I love you, I want to be yours. As hot as steel And as firm as a rock, Your love should be!
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I Write The Songs
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Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549345 By Barry Manilow. B…
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Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549345 By Barry Manilow. By Bruce Johnston. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Contemporary,Rock. Score and part. 8 pages. Jmsgu3 #3486713. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549345). Duration: ca. 3:00, score: 5 pages, solo part: 1 page, piano part: 2 pages.Very famous song suitable for church, recital or nightclub. I Write the Songs is a popular song written by Bruce Johnston in 1975 and made famous by Barry Manilow. Manilow's version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1976[2] after spending two weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart in December 1975.[3] It won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year and was nominated for Record of the Year in 1977.[3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song of 1976.[4]The original version was recorded by The Captain & Tennille, who worked with Johnston in the early 1970s with The Beach Boys. It appears on their 1975 album, Love Will Keep Us Together. The first release of I Write the Songs as a single was by then teen-idol David Cassidy from his 1975 solo album The Higher They Climb, which was also produced by Bruce Johnston. Cassidy's version reached #11 on the UK Singles Chart in August of that year.[5]Johnston has stated that, for him, the I in the song is God,[2] and that songs come from the spirit of creativity in all of us. He has said that the song is not about his Beach Boys bandmate Brian Wilson.[6]Manilow was initially reluctant to record the song, stating in his autobiography Sweet Life: The problem with the song was that if you didn't listen carefully to the lyric, you would think that the singer was singing about himself. It could be misinterpreted as a monumental ego trip.[3] After persuasion by Clive Davis, then president of Arista Records, Manilow recorded the song, and his version of I Write the Songs was the first single taken from the album Tryin' to Get the Feeling. It first charted on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 15, 1975, reaching the top of the chart nine weeks later, on January 17, 1976. Wikipedia
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18 Christmas Songs
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Bass Clarinet & Piano - Grade 2 - Digital Download SKU: R0.40563 O Little Town O…
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Bass Clarinet & Piano - Grade 2 - Digital Download SKU: R0.40563 O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Good King Wenceslas / In Dulci Jubilo / Joy To The World / Stille Nacht / Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant / Jingle Bells / O Come, Little Children / Kling / Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes / O Holy Night / The First Nowell etc.... Arranged by Jerome Naulais. Bass Clarinet & Piano. Score and parts. 47 pages. Duration 33'19. Editions Marc Reift - Digital #40563. Published by Editions Marc Reift - Digital (R0.40563).
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Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Piano for Christmas, Vol. I (12 Arrangements)
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Small Ensemble Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1493822 Com…
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Small Ensemble Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1493822 Composed by Various. Arranged by Cindy Blevins. Christmas. 103 pages. Cindy Blevins #1070479. Published by Cindy Blevins (A0.1493822). Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Piano for Christmas, Vol. I contains 12 beautiful arrangements. You receive the scores and the separate parts. The audio sample is In Dulci Jubilo. The songs included in this book are: Angels From the Realms of Glory, Away in a Manger, Carol of the Bells, Ding Dong! Merrily On High, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, In Dulci Jubilo, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, O Holy Night, Pachelbel's Canon, Pat-a-pan, The First Noel and While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.
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Christmas Moments
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Small Ensemble Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.764977 Comp…
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Small Ensemble Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.764977 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Lori Archer Sutherland. 20th Century,Christmas,Sacred. Score and part. 19 pages. Lori Archer Sutherland #4717223. Published by Lori Archer Sutherland (A0.764977). Let your beginner students shine during the holidays with a collection of five Christmas songs. The piano part is also for beginner students so the soloist can play with friends or relatives who are at a similar level. This gives young pianists a chance to try their hands at collaborative piano early on in their playing careers. Each piece gives both players a chance at the melody and accompanying lines, resulting in an equally balanced duet between the instruments. Songs include: 1. Â O Come All Ye Faithful 2. Â O Come O Come Emmanuel 3. Â Bells Ringing tn the Tower 4. Â Silent Night 5. Â Joy to the World.
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Sullivan: The Lost Chord for Bass Clarinet & Piano
Bass Clarinet, Piano
Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549451 Composed by Sir Art…
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Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549451 Composed by Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Instructional,Romantic Period,Sacred,Standards. Score and part. 15 pages. Jmsgu3 #3497171. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549451). Score: 10 pages, solo part: 2 pages, piano part: 3 pages. Duration: 4:25. Not difficult, but requires sensitivity & dynamic control. Suitable for recitals, church meditations, or school programs. School Years First of all, Sullivan attended music school at the Royal Academy of Music. Because Sullivan was so talented, the Academy awarded him the Mendelssohn Scholarship for two years in a row. He, therefore, studied with John Goss, who studied with Thomas Atwood, who in turn studied with Mozart. Sullivan similarly studied the piano at the Academy with Arthur O’Leary. Study Abroad During his first year, he also earned money by singing solos in the Chapel Royal. At the end of his second year, the Academy consequently continued his scholarship and sent him to study at the Leipzig Conservatoire. He certainly studied composition, and likewise counterpoint and piano. Hence, during his final year in Leipzig, Sullivan finally completed his graduation composition project: Incidental Music for Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Association with Gilbert It seems like Sullivan built the bulk of his composing career largely in the 1860s. As a result, he became famous for his incidental music for the Tempest and his Irish Symphony. He, therefore, began collaborating with the poet W. S. Gilbert in the 1870s. Rather than focus on serious opera, Gilbert and Sullivan, in contrast, concentrated on comic opera such as H. M. S. Pinafore, the Pirates of Penzance, and the Mikado. Therefore, certainly as a result of his education and experience, Sullivan composed a total of 24 operas, 11 symphonic works, 10 choral pieces. Even more, he wrote a large number of noteworthy hymns such as Onward Christian Soldiers. Lost Chord The general style of his music is maybe similar to Mendelssohn, Schumann, and perhaps Liszt. It seems like Sullivan was fond of writing distinct melodies for each character in his operettas. His melodies combine together as the characters did. Furthermore, he was a master orchestrator, and therefore played the flute, clarinet, trumpet, and trombone fluently. The Lost Chord Sullivan wrote his most noteworthy song the Lost Chord in 1877. As a result, it was a great success and was certainly performed all over the world by a variety of singers such as Enrico Caruso. Because Sullivan was the most famous composer in England, the Lost Chord became the most famous of all British or American songs of the 1870s and 1890s. Consequently, in 1888 Thomas Edison recorded The Lost Chord for the phonograph. It was one of the first songs ever recorded. Furthermore, Queen Victoria knighted Sullivan in 1883. Â
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Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Harp for Christmas, Vol. II (12 Arrangements)
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Small Ensemble Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1494838 Com…
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Small Ensemble Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1494838 Composed by Various. Arranged by Cindy Blevins. Christmas. 100 pages. Cindy Blevins #1071404. Published by Cindy Blevins (A0.1494838). Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Piano for Christmas, Vol. II contains 12 beautiful arrangements. You receive the scores and the separate parts. The audio sample is We Three Kings. The songs included in this book are: Angels We Have Heard On High, Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella, Deck the Halls, God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, Greensleeves, In the Bleak Midwinter, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Joy to the World, Silent Night, Sussex Carol, The Son of Mary and We Three Kings.
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Mendelssohn: Song Without Words Op. 109 for Bass Clarinet & Piano
Bass Clarinet, Piano
Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549498 Composed by Felix B…
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Bass Clarinet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549498 Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Instructional,Romantic Period,Sacred,Standards. Score and part. 20 pages. Jmsgu3 #3501033. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549498). BASS CLARINET & PIANO - Score: 11 pages, solo part: 3 pages, piano part: 5 pages. Duration: 4:20. This is a popular recital piece that would work well also in church or school programs. Mendelssohn Background Felix Mendelssohn (1809 –1847) was, by all means, a German mastermind composer, musician, and orchestra conductor of the Romantic period. Consequently, Mendelssohn composed in the usual forms of the time - symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music, and chamber music. To summarize, his most famous works include his music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, The Hebrides Overture, his later Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, and his Octet for Strings. His most well-known piano pieces, by and large, are the Songs Without Words. Artistic Standing  Musical tastes change from time to time. Moreover, just such a change occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This plus rampant antisemitism brought a corresponding amount of undue criticism. Fortunately, however, his artistic inventiveness has indeed been critically re-evaluated. As a result, Mendelssohn is once again among the most prevalent composers of the Romantic era. Early Family Life Mendelssohn was, in fact, born into a prominent Jewish family. His grandfather was, notably, the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Felix was, in fact, raised without religion. At the age of seven, he was suddenly baptized as a Reformed Christian. He was, moreover, a child musical prodigy. Nevertheless, his parents did not attempt to exploit his talent. Early Adulthood Mendelssohn was, in general, successful in Germany. He conducted, in particular, a revival of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, specifically with his presentation of the St Matthew Passion in 1829. Felix was truly in demand throughout Europe as a composer, conductor, and soloist. For example, he visited Britain ten times. There, he premiered, namely, many of his significant works. His taste in music was. To be sure, inventive and well-crafted yet markedly conservative. This conservatism separated him by all means from more audacious musical colleagues like Liszt, Wagner, and Berlioz. Mendelssohn founded the Leipzig Conservatoire which, to clarify, became a defender of this conservative viewpoint. Mature Adulthood Schumann notably wrote that Mendelssohn was the Mozart of the nineteenth century, the most brilliant musician, the one who most clearly sees through the contradictions of the age and for the first time reconciles them. This observation points to a couple of features in particular that illustrate Mendelssohn's works and his artistic procedure. Musical Features In the first place, his musical style was fixed in his systematic mastery of the style of preceding masters. This being said, he certainly recognized and even developed early romanticism from the music of Beethoven and Weber. Secondly, it indicates that Mendelssohn sought to strengthen his inherited musical legacy rather than to exchange it with new forms and styles or replace it with exotic orchestration. Consequently, he diverged his contemporaries in the romantic period, such as Wagner, Berlioz, and Liszt. Mendelssohn revered Liszt's virtuosity at the keyboard but found his music rather insubstantial.
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Bass Clarinet, Piano
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Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn
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Mendelssohn: Song Without Words Op. 109 for Bass Clarinet & Piano
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