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ACCORDION
AUTOHARP
BAGPIPE
BANJO
BASS
BASSOON
BOOKS
BOUZOUKI
BUGLE
CHORAL - VOCAL…
CLARINET
CORNET
DIDGERIDOO
DJ GEAR
DRUM
DULCIMER
ENGLISH HORN
EUPHONIUM
FLUTE
FRENCH HORN
GUITAR
HANDBELLS
HARMONICA
HARP
HARPSICHORD
LAP STEEL GUIT…
LUTE
MANDOLIN
MARCHING BAND
MARIMBA
MUSIC COURSE
OBOE
OCARINA
ORCHESTRA - BA…
ORGAN
PANPIPES
PERCUSSION
PIANO
RECORDER
SAXOPHONE
SYNTHESIZER K…
TROMBONE
TRUMPET
TUBA
UKULELE
VIBRAPHONE
VIOLA
VIOLIN - FIDDL…
VIOLONCELLO - …
XYLOPHONE
ZITHER
Cat
Not classified
9,260
Piano & keyboards
Piano solo
30,987
Big Note Piano
3,342
Accordion
2,632
Organ
2,598
Easy Piano
1,995
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
1,523
Piano, Voice
1,482
C Instruments
424
1 Piano, 4 hands
281
Piano Accompaniment
198
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
103
Keyboard
60
2 Pianos, 4 hands
50
Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
30
Piano (band part)
28
Harpsichord
26
Organ, Trumpet (duet)
11
Organ, Piano (duet)
10
Piano Quintet: piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
8
Piano Quartet: piano, 2 violins, cello
6
Melody line, Piano
4
1 Piano, 6 hands
3
2 Pianos, 8 hands
3
2 Organs (duet)
2
Accordion - Piano, Voice, Guitar chords
2
Accordion ensemble
1
2 Accordions
1
Accordion, Voice
1
Solo instrument and Organ
1
+ 24 instrumentations
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Guitars
Guitar
5,247
Bass guitar
3,872
Guitar notes and tablatures
1,625
Ukulele
512
Lyrics and Chords
443
Melody line, (Lyrics) and Chords
280
2 Guitars (duet)
69
Guitar (band part)
53
4 Guitars (Quartet)
23
Dulcimer
17
Mandolin
14
Guitar Ensemble
12
Banjo
12
3 Guitars (trio)
9
Piano, Guitar (duet)
6
Mandolin, Guitar (duet)
6
Baritone Ukulele
3
Lap Steel Guitar
2
Ukulele Ensemble
2
Guitar, Violin, Cello (trio)
1
Dobro
1
Band Scores
1
Guitar, Orchestra
1
+ 18 instrumentations
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Voice
Voice solo
5,866
Choral SATB
2,299
Choral 3-part
822
Choral 2-part
461
Choral Unison
282
Choral TTBB
282
Vocal duet, Piano
218
Choral SSAA
209
Soprano voice, Piano
77
Tenor voice, Piano
55
Vocal duet
51
Choral
45
Baritone voice, Piano
37
Choral Instrumental Pak
36
Alto voice, Piano
27
High voice
27
Low voice, Piano
18
Medium voice, Piano
17
Choral SSAATTBB
13
Tenor voice
7
Choral SSATB
7
Soprano voice
5
Choral SSAB a cappella
3
Choral SSATTB
3
Soli, Mixted choir and accompaniment
2
Low voice
2
Voice, Guitar
2
Soprano voice, Orchestra
1
Choral, Organ
1
Choral SATTBB A Cappella
1
Choral SSAATB
1
Choral SATBB
1
+ 27 instrumentations
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Woodwind
Saxophone
17,787
Flute
8,308
Clarinet
7,704
Alto Saxophone
1,504
Tenor Saxophone
1,406
Recorder
1,231
Oboe
838
Flute and Piano
654
Soprano Saxophone
627
Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
554
Saxophone Quartet: 4 saxophones
541
Clarinet and Piano
507
Oboe, Piano (duet)
458
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
418
Alto Saxophone and Piano
388
2 Saxophones (duet)
347
Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
309
Descant (Soprano) Recorder
306
2 Flutes (duet)
303
Saxophone Quintet: 5 Saxophones
301
Tenor Saxophone and Piano
278
Saxophone (band part)
277
Ocarina
269
2 Clarinets (duet)
214
Treble (Alto) Recorder
211
Baritone Saxophone, Piano
173
Flute Quartet: 4 flutes
155
Oboe (band part)
153
Soprano Saxophone and Piano
150
3 Saxophones (trio)
144
3 Clarinets (trio)
131
Clarinet Ensemble
129
Clarinet (band part)
100
Flute Trio: 3 flutes
92
Flute, Clarinet (duet)
90
Clarinet Quintet: 5 clarinets
85
Saxophone ensemble
84
2 Oboes (duet)
80
2 Recorders (duet)
79
Flute ensemble
73
Bass Clarinet, Piano
73
Flute (band part)
64
English horn, Piano
62
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (trio)
62
Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon.
61
Oboe, Clarinet (duet)
55
Baritone Saxophone
52
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon (trio)
50
Clarinet, Bassoon (duet)
48
Flute Quintet : 5 flutes
46
Oboe, Bassoon (duet)
42
Recorder Quartet
40
Recorder Ensemble
36
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Piano
35
Clarinet, Violin (duet)
33
Flute and Guitar
32
Flute, Violoncello
29
Flute, Violin
26
Flute, Oboe (duet)
26
English Horn
25
Oboe, Cello
22
Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
22
Oboe, Flute
22
Flute, Oboe, Bassoon
21
Clarinet, Cello (duet)
21
Flute, Viola (duet)
19
Clarinet, Guitar (duet)
19
Tenor Recorder
19
Flute, Violin, Piano
19
Flute, Oboe, Piano (trio)
18
3 Recorders (trio)
17
Harmonica
17
Flute, Bassoon, and Piano
15
Clarinet, Trumpet (duet)
14
Clarinet and Viola
14
Flute, Saxophone (duet)
13
5 Recorders
12
2 Clarinets, Bassoon
11
Flute, Violin and Violoncello
10
Oboe and viola (duet)
10
Descent (Soprano) Recorder, Piano
10
Flute, Cello, Piano (trio)
9
Piccolo
9
Flute, Trumpet (duet)
9
Oboe, Violin (duet)
9
Eb Instruments
8
Bass Clarinet
8
Piccolo, Piano
8
Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon (Quartet)
8
Flute, harp and violin
7
2 Flutes, Piano
7
Flute, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
7
2 Saxophones, Piano
6
Clarinet, Harp (duet)
6
3 Oboes
5
Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano
5
Recorder, Piano
5
Clarinet, Trombone (duet)
5
Clarinet, Cello, Piano (trio)
5
Flute, Trombone (duet)
4
Wind ensemble
4
Clarinet, Organ
4
Saxophone and Organ
4
Flute and Strings Trio
4
Saxophone and Guitar
4
Oboe, Harp
3
Flute, Harp and Cello
3
Flute, Organ (duet)
3
2 Clarinets, Piano
3
Flute, Viola and harp
3
Flute, Basso continuo
3
Flute, Viola and Cello
2
Oboe, Violin, Piano
2
English Horn, Guitar (duet)
2
Oboe, Trombone (duet)
2
Recorder, Guitar (duet)
2
Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
2
Clarinet, trumpet and piano
2
Flute, trombone and piano
2
Clarinet, Double bass (duet)
2
Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano (trio)
2
Oboe, Guitar (duet)
2
4 Oboes
2
Clarinet, Tuba
2
Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
1
Oboe ensemble
1
Oboe, Cello and Piano
1
3 Recorders, Piano
1
Pennywhistle
1
Clarinette, Viola and Piano (trio)
1
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Basso continuo
1
Flute, Tuba (duet)
1
Flute, Viola and Piano
1
Saxophone and Harp
1
Flute, Clarinet, Violin (trio)
1
Pan Flute
1
2 Flutes, Basso continuo
1
Flute, Orchestra
1
English horn, Harp (duet)
1
+ 134 instrumentations
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Woodbrass
Trumpet
6,825
Trombone
6,300
Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
896
French horn
733
Tuba
484
Trumpet, Piano
463
Euphonium
423
Trombone and Piano
391
French Horn and Piano
317
Tuba and Piano
238
Brass quartet : 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba
223
Trombone (band part)
205
Trumpet (band part)
181
2 Trumpets (duet)
146
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone
134
Brass Quartet
124
Euphonium, Piano (duet)
111
2 Trombones (duet)
84
Brass Quartet: 4 trombones
71
Trumpet, Trombone (duet)
69
2 French horns (duet)
65
English horn, Piano
62
French horn (band part)
62
Tuba (band part)
42
Trombone ensemble
37
Brass Quartet: 4 horns
31
2 Tubas (duet)
28
English Horn
25
Brass Quartet: 4 trumpets
21
3 Trombones (trio)
21
Trumpet ensemble
18
Trumpet, Horn (duert)
18
Trumpet, Saxophone (duet)
17
4 Tubas
17
Horn Ensemble
15
Brass Trio
14
2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
13
Bass Trombone
13
3 Tubas (trio)
10
Bass Trombone and Piano
10
Bb Instruments
9
Trombone, Horn (duet)
8
3 Trumpets (trio)
8
Bass Clef Instruments
8
Trumpet and Guitar
6
Cornet
6
Trumpet, Bassoon (duet)
6
Trumpet, Cello (duet)
6
Horn, Cello (duet)
5
Trumpet, violin (duet)
3
2 Euphoniums (duet)
3
Euphonium, Tuba (duet)
3
Trumpet, Tuba (duet)
3
Horn, Tuba (duet)
3
Tuba and Organ
3
French Horn and Harp
3
Trombone, Tuba (duet)
2
English Horn, Guitar (duet)
2
F Instruments
2
French horn and Basson (duet)
2
Trumpet, Harp
2
Tuba or Euphonium or Saxhorn
2
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
2
4 Euphoniums
2
Trombone, Organ
1
Clarinet, Horn (duet)
1
3 French horns (trio)
1
2 French horns, Piano
1
Trumpet, Trombone, Piano
1
Trombone and Orchestra
1
Trombone, Violin (duet)
1
2 Trombones, Piano
1
Tuba ensemble
1
Cornet and Orchestra
1
English horn, Harp (duet)
1
2 Trumpets, Keyboard (piano or organ)
1
+ 71 instrumentations
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Strings
Violin
5,039
Cello
3,320
Viola
2,659
String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello
1,839
Violin and Piano
858
Cello, Piano
546
Viola, Piano
463
Double Bass
442
Harp
354
Violin, Cello (duet)
249
2 Violins (duet)
238
String Trio: violin, viola, cello
234
2 Cellos (duet)
199
Double bass, Piano (duet)
189
Violin (band part)
161
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
150
Violin, Viola (duet)
137
2 Violas (duet)
124
String Trio: 2 violins, cello
106
Viola (band part)
89
Doublebass (band part)
83
Viola, Cello (duet)
55
String Trio: 3 violins
54
4 Cellos
54
2 Double basses (duet)
39
String Trio: 3 cellos
37
Piano Trio: Violin, Viola, Piano
35
Violin, Bassoon (duet)
32
Cello (band part)
31
Violin, Guitar (duet)
30
String quartet: 4 violins
24
2 Harps (duet)
23
String Trio: 3 violas
23
String Trio: 2 violins, viola
22
Harp, Flute (duet)
21
String Quartet : 4 violas
19
Cello, Guitar (duet)
19
2 Violins, Piano
16
String Quintet: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
16
Cello, String Bass (duet)
14
Harp, Violin (duet)
12
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos
10
Viola, Guitar (duet)
10
Harp, Voice
8
Violin, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
8
Viola and Bassoon
8
String trio
7
Viola ensemble
7
Violin ensemble
7
Harp, Cello (duet)
6
Violin, Organ
5
4 Double Basses
5
Cello Ensemble
5
Violoncello, Basso continuo
4
Harp, Violin, Violoncello
4
Viola and Harp
3
Flute, Doublebass (duet)
3
Violin, Tuba (duet)
3
Autoharp
3
Violin, Basso continuo
3
Cello, Organ
2
2 Cellos, Piano
2
3 Harps
2
3 double basses
2
2 Violins and Basso
1
Harp and mandolin
1
Harp and Piano
1
Cello, Orchestra
1
4 Harps
1
+ 64 instrumentations
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Orchestra & Percussion
Drums
6,298
Concert band
2,941
Orchestra
1,856
String Orchestra
1,004
Handbells
617
Jazz Ensemble
376
Marching band
268
Chamber Orchestra
267
Brass ensemble
237
Percussion
162
Jazz combo
111
Percussion Ensemble
60
Percussion (band part)
59
Drum (band part)
34
Xylophone, Piano
33
Marimba
27
String Quintet : 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Doublebass, Keyboard
21
Vibraphone
11
Xylophone
11
Big band
8
School Ensemble
7
Vibraphone and Marimba
5
Timpani (band part)
5
Flexible Instrumentation
4
Orchestra, Violin
3
Timpani
3
2 Xylophones
2
2 Percussions
1
Piano and Orchestra
1
2 Marimbas
1
Brass Quintet: other combinaisons
1
3 Percussions
1
Xylophone (band part)
1
Snare drums
1
Woodwind Quintet
1
+ 30 instrumentations
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Thérèse Brenet : A Thing of Beauty Is A Joy Forever" for alto saxophone and organ
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Instrumental Duet Alto Saxophone,Instrumental Duet,Organ - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.532885 Composed by Therese Brenet. Contemporary,Spiritual,S...
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Instrumental Duet Alto Saxophone,Instrumental Duet,Organ - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.532885 Composed by Therese Brenet. Contemporary,Spiritual,Standards. Score and parts. 21 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #119469. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.532885). This work was inspired by the poem of the same name by Keats. It was written originally for saxophone and organ by its comissioner the saxophonist Paul Wehage and Françoise Lvéchin-Gangloff, the organist at the Church of Sain Roch in Paris where the work was premièred on February 12, 2012 It also exists in a version for saxophone and piano and for saxophone and string orchestra (with harp). The orchestral version was recorded on Thérèse Brenet's CD Le Livre de L'Harmonie du Monde on JTB-Prod (http://www.jtbprod.com/llhm.htm ) The work is not a literal illustration of the poem, but an evocation of emotional states between a Romantic literary work and the music which the writing inspired more than a century and a half later, seen through a Modern musical aesthetic. I. - A thing of beauty...(Une belle chose... ) - 1’45 II.- ...is a joy for ever... (...est une joie pour toujours...) - 1’ III. - its lovelyness increases (...son charme s'amplifie...) - 4’ IV. - it will never fall into nothingness... (il ne tombera jamais dans le néant...) - 4’15 Total duration : 11'.
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Les Larmes du dieu sans nom for alto saxophone and organ
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Saxophone and Organ
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Jean-Thierry Boisseau
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Les Larmes du dieu sans nom fo
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Instrumental Duet Alto Saxophone,Instrumental Duet,Organ - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1150713 Composed by Jean-Thierry Boisseau. 20th Century,Cla...
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Instrumental Duet Alto Saxophone,Instrumental Duet,Organ - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1150713 Composed by Jean-Thierry Boisseau. 20th Century,Classical,Multicultural,World. Score and parts. 16 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #750899. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.1150713). The God without a name is a pre-Columbian mask which depicts a God who appears to be crying. This evocative work is in one extended movement.
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Choir-loft Meditations a romp for organ and alto sax TITLE PAGE
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Saxophone and Organ
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John Sinopoulo-Wilson
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Choir-loft Meditations a romp
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John Sinopoulo-Wilson
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Instrumental Duet Alto Saxophone,Instrumental Duet,Organ - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.947307 Composed by John Sinopoulo-Wilson. 20th Century,Conc...
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Instrumental Duet Alto Saxophone,Instrumental Duet,Organ - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.947307 Composed by John Sinopoulo-Wilson. 20th Century,Concert,Contemporary. Score and parts. 1 pages. John Sinopoulo-Wilson #3447411. Published by John Sinopoulo-Wilson (A0.947307). A set of pieces dicated to church musicians who occassionallywonder if they have served too long 1 TheToxology 2 Noster Clericus-our clergyman 3 Hymnus, to that girl in the choir we look at too much when conducting4 Hauling in the Sheaves We'are in the Money
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What Would Nina Simone Say? For Soprano Sax & Organ (9'50")
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Saxophone and Organ
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Contemporary
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Judith Cloud
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What Would Nina Simone Say? Fo
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Judith Cloud
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Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Organ,Soprano Saxophone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.981222 Composed by Judith Cloud. Contemporary. Score and...
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Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Organ,Soprano Saxophone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.981222 Composed by Judith Cloud. Contemporary. Score and parts. 24 pages. Judith Cloud #6690537. Published by Judith Cloud (A0.981222). What Would Nina Simone Say? For Soprano Sax and Organ (9'50)Program NotesI became interested in Nina Simone in the spring of 2018. She was born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, my own hometown. I knew little about her while I was growing up. Later I heard she was an activist and the sentiment around town I observed was that there was far from a feeling of pride about who Nina Simone was. If that really was the case (and I have no proof of it) there was a dramatic change with the creation of The Nina Simone Project in 2006. I was still ignorant of this, having lived in Arizona for most of my adult life. But researching Simone led me to an immense feeling of pride for my hometown when I read about the support she had from the white community in the 1940’s. Without that encouragement and financial support, as well as artistic support from a local piano teacher, Muriel Mazzanovich, Mrs. Mazzy, as she was called and who Nina treasured and respected all of her life, Nina Simone would never have reached the world with her unique prodigious musical talent. She was a diva by all counts and her original compositions reflect a balance of words with music that is far superior to what her contemporaries were creating. A bronze sculpture of her by Zenos Frudakis now stands on Main Street in Tryon. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times? Simone asked in an interview. That to me is the definition of an artist. The feminist writer Germaine Greer declared Every generation has to discover Nina Simone. She is evidence that female genius is real. What would Nina Simone say today? I think she’d be mad as hell and screaming about revolution, probably still advocating for the use of violence. I’ve used some of Simone’s energetic and compelling motives in this composition. It is my own tribute to her genius and to how she gave to the world so much even though she was plagued with agonizing physical and mental ailments. That suffering seems to me an undercurrent in each video I have watched of her concerts. What I would give to have been in her presence for one of those concerts! She embodied music as an art form, revering her musical teachers, Bach, especially. That she never achieved her main goal of becoming the first female African-American classical pianist of world stature is perhaps not so sad when you think of how many more people she moved with her talent expressed in jazz and folk popular idioms. But she was prone to violence and many people, even those closest to her, were often fearful of her rage. She was misunderstood for so many years and it was only in the last two decades of her life that her moods were somewhat controlled through use of prescription drugs. The musical life that began for Eunice Waymon when she was seven years old playing the piano and organ for services at St. Luke’s C.M.E. Church (where her mother was the preacher) in Tryon, N.C. traversed many cities in many countries. She died at the age of 70 in 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, France.
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