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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
New - Drums
Not classified
11,183
Piano & keyboards
Piano solo
23,699
Piano, Voice
4,404
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
4,173
Easy Piano
3,247
C Instruments
703
Organ
660
1 Piano, 4 hands
331
Big Note Piano
217
Piano Accompaniment
159
2 Pianos, 4 hands
138
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
129
Accordion
85
Piano Quintet: piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
61
Piano (band part)
44
Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
44
Organ, Piano (duet)
20
Melody line, Piano
19
Harpsichord
18
Piano Quartet: piano, 2 violins, cello
14
Keyboard
11
Organ, Trumpet (duet)
7
2 Pianos, 8 hands
5
1 Piano, 6 hands
4
Accordion, Voice
4
Solo instrument and Organ
3
2 Accordions
1
+ 21 instrumentations
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Guitars
Guitar notes and tablatures
1,788
Melody line, (Lyrics) and Chords
849
Guitar
781
Ukulele
346
Lyrics and Chords
259
Bass guitar
183
Piano, Guitar (duet)
147
2 Guitars (duet)
102
Lap Steel Guitar
97
Guitar (band part)
44
Banjo
40
Dulcimer
29
Mandolin
22
4 Guitars (Quartet)
13
Guitar Ensemble
12
3 Guitars (trio)
10
Baritone Ukulele
8
Ukulele Ensemble
8
Mandolin, Guitar (duet)
6
Band Scores
5
Electric Bass (band part)
4
Dobro
2
2 Ukuleles
1
Guitar, Flute, Clarinet
1
Guitar, Orchestra
1
Plectrum Orchestra
1
Guitar, Violin, Cello (trio)
1
2 Mandolins (duet)
1
+ 23 instrumentations
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Voice
Choral SATB
4,748
Choral 3-part
1,399
Choral Unison
1,349
Choral 2-part
1,128
Choral TTBB
631
Choral SSAA
342
Choral Instrumental Pak
283
Vocal duet, Piano
266
Choral
115
Vocal duet
105
Voice solo
94
Soprano voice, Piano
91
Alto voice, Piano
75
High voice
57
Tenor voice, Piano
50
Baritone voice, Piano
48
Choral SSATB
30
Medium voice, Piano
19
Low voice, Piano
17
Tenor voice
12
Choral SSAATTBB
11
Mezzo-Soprano voice, Piano
8
Soprano voice
7
Soli, Mixted choir and accompaniment
7
Voice, Guitar
7
Choral SSATTB
5
Choral SSAB a cappella
5
Choral, Organ
3
Choral SSAATB
3
Choral SATBB
2
Choral SSATBB
2
Choral SATTBB A Cappella
2
Choral SAATB A Cappella
2
Choral SSAATB A Cappella
1
Low voice
1
Choral SATTBB, keyboard
1
Medium Voice
1
Choral SSAB, Piano
1
Choral, Orchestra
1
High voice, Piano
1
+ 35 instrumentations
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Woodwind
Flute and Piano
1,647
Clarinet and Piano
1,245
Oboe, Piano (duet)
1,101
Alto Saxophone and Piano
774
Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
713
2 Saxophones (duet)
677
Saxophone Quartet: 4 saxophones
671
Flute
620
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
554
Saxophone (band part)
524
Clarinet
513
Tenor Saxophone and Piano
472
Alto Saxophone
418
Saxophone Quintet: 5 Saxophones
395
2 Flutes (duet)
381
2 Clarinets (duet)
338
Tenor Saxophone
315
Soprano Saxophone and Piano
304
Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
273
Clarinet (band part)
259
Oboe (band part)
233
English horn, Piano
216
Flute Quartet: 4 flutes
178
Flute, Clarinet (duet)
168
Saxophone ensemble
159
Baritone Saxophone, Piano
153
2 Oboes (duet)
148
Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
139
Flute ensemble
135
Saxophone
133
Flute (band part)
120
Clarinet Ensemble
119
3 Saxophones (trio)
117
Clarinet Quintet: 5 clarinets
114
Clarinet, Violin (duet)
107
3 Clarinets (trio)
103
2 Recorders (duet)
100
Flute Quintet : 5 flutes
93
Oboe, Bassoon (duet)
87
Clarinet, Trumpet (duet)
84
Oboe, Clarinet (duet)
83
Oboe
82
Flute Trio: 3 flutes
75
Flute, Violin, Piano
67
Soprano Saxophone
66
Flute, Violin
66
Clarinet, Harp (duet)
64
Flute and Guitar
63
Bass Clarinet, Piano
60
Recorder
59
Flute, Saxophone (duet)
54
Oboe, Flute
52
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon (trio)
50
Clarinet and Viola
48
Flute, Viola (duet)
47
Descant (Soprano) Recorder
47
Flute, Cello, Piano (trio)
44
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (trio)
43
Clarinet, Bassoon (duet)
42
Flute, Trumpet (duet)
41
Flute, Violoncello
35
Baritone Saxophone
33
Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon.
33
Clarinet, Cello (duet)
25
Flute, Oboe (duet)
24
Ocarina
23
Eb Instruments
23
English Horn
21
Recorder Quartet
20
Flute, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
19
Flute, Harp and Cello
19
Treble (Alto) Recorder
18
Oboe, Cello
18
Flute, French horn (duet)
16
2 Flutes, Piano
15
Clarinet, Guitar (duet)
14
Flute, Oboe, Bassoon
13
Clarinet, Cello, Piano (trio)
13
Flute, Trombone (duet)
13
5 Recorders
11
Flute, Violin and Violoncello
10
Harmonica
10
Saxophone and Guitar
10
Descent (Soprano) Recorder, Piano
10
Tenor Recorder
10
Clarinet, Trombone (duet)
9
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Piano
9
2 Saxophones, Piano
8
Flute, Oboe, Piano (trio)
7
2 Clarinets, Piano
7
Oboe, Violin (duet)
7
Pennywhistle
7
3 Recorders (trio)
7
Flute, Viola and Piano
7
3 Oboes
7
Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon (Quartet)
6
Piccolo
6
4 Oboes
6
Piccolo, Piano
5
Oboe and viola (duet)
5
Bass Clarinet
5
Flute, Bassoon, and Piano
5
Recorder Ensemble
5
Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano
4
Oboe, Cello and Piano
4
2 English horns and Pianoforte
3
Bagpipe
3
Oboe, Harp
3
Flute, Violin, Guitar
3
Flute and String Quartet
3
Clarinet, trumpet and piano
3
Flute, trombone and piano
3
2 Harmonicas
2
Recorder, Piano
2
Oboe, Guitar (duet)
2
Flute, Tuba (duet)
2
Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
2
Saxophone and Organ
2
Flute, Basso continuo
2
English Horn, Guitar (duet)
2
Oboe, Clarinet and Piano (Trio)
2
Wind ensemble
2
Flute, harp and violin
2
Clarinette, Viola and Piano (trio)
1
Saxophone and Piano
1
Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano
1
2 Oboes, 2 Horns and 2 Bassoons
1
Clarinet, Double bass (duet)
1
Flute, Viola and harp
1
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Basso continuo
1
Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
1
Oboe, Trumpet (duet)
1
Oboe and Orchestra
1
Clarinet, Tuba
1
Saxophone and Harp
1
Oboe, Violin, Piano
1
Flute, Oboe, Violin
1
Oboe ensemble
1
Flute, viola, cello and guitar
1
Oboe, Trombone (duet)
1
Clarinet, Orchestra
1
2 Oboes, Piano
1
Flute, Clarinet, Violin (trio)
1
+ 138 instrumentations
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Woodbrass
Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
742
Trombone and Piano
646
Trumpet
612
Trumpet, Piano
593
French Horn and Piano
449
Trombone
419
Brass quartet : 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba
382
Trumpet (band part)
374
Trombone (band part)
365
French horn
333
Tuba and Piano
228
Brass Quartet
227
English horn, Piano
216
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone
210
2 Trumpets (duet)
188
2 Trombones (duet)
177
Tuba
170
Trumpet, Trombone (duet)
138
French horn (band part)
115
2 French horns (duet)
115
Trumpet, Saxophone (duet)
111
Euphonium, Piano (duet)
102
Trumpet ensemble
97
Tuba (band part)
89
Brass Quartet: 4 trombones
71
Brass Quartet: 4 horns
64
Trombone ensemble
61
Trumpet, Horn (duert)
39
2 Tubas (duet)
38
Brass Quartet: 4 trumpets
30
Bb Instruments
25
Horn Ensemble
25
Bass Clef Instruments
23
English Horn
21
Brass Trio
20
Tuba and Organ
19
2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
19
3 Trombones (trio)
19
Euphonium
18
2 Euphoniums (duet)
17
3 Trumpets (trio)
16
4 Tubas
14
Trombone, Horn (duet)
13
Euphonium, Tuba (duet)
13
Trumpet, Tuba (duet)
13
Clarinet, Horn (duet)
11
Trombone, Tuba (duet)
11
Horn, Cello (duet)
11
Horn, Tuba (duet)
10
Tuba or Euphonium or Saxhorn
8
Bass Trombone and Piano
7
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
7
Bass Trombone
7
Cornet
6
F Instruments
6
Trumpet, Cello (duet)
4
3 French horns (trio)
4
French Horn and Harp
4
Trumpet, Cello, Piano
4
Tuba ensemble
3
2 English horns and Pianoforte
3
Trombone and Orchestra
2
French horn and Basson (duet)
2
English Horn, Guitar (duet)
2
Brass quartet : Horn, Trombone, Tuba, B-Flat Trumpet
2
Trombone, Organ
2
Trumpet, Euphonium (duet)
2
2 Trumpets, Keyboard (piano or organ)
2
Trumpet, Bassoon (duet)
1
Horn and Organ
1
Trumpet, violin (duet)
1
2 Trombones, Piano
1
Trombone, Violin (duet)
1
3 Euphoniums
1
Trumpet, Harp
1
3 Tubas (trio)
1
Horn, Cello and Piano
1
Trumpet, Orchestra
1
+ 73 instrumentations
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Strings
Harp
2,401
Violin and Piano
1,892
String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello
1,736
Cello, Piano
1,165
Viola, Piano
1,055
Violin
784
Cello
635
Viola
397
Violin, Cello (duet)
336
2 Violins (duet)
300
Double bass, Piano (duet)
248
String Trio: violin, viola, cello
242
2 Cellos (duet)
235
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
213
Violin (band part)
185
Violin, Viola (duet)
181
Harp, Flute (duet)
181
2 Harps (duet)
171
Double Bass
167
2 Violas (duet)
161
Doublebass (band part)
124
Viola (band part)
110
String Trio: 2 violins, cello
81
Viola, Cello (duet)
59
4 Cellos
57
Harp, Violin (duet)
55
Cello (band part)
51
Violin, Guitar (duet)
40
2 Double basses (duet)
38
String Trio: 3 violins
37
Piano Trio: Violin, Viola, Piano
34
String Trio: 3 cellos
24
String quartet: 4 violins
19
String Trio: 3 violas
17
Violin ensemble
17
String Trio: 2 violins, viola
17
Viola ensemble
15
Harp, Voice
15
Violin, Bassoon (duet)
15
Cello, String Bass (duet)
15
String Quintet: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
14
String trio
13
3 Harps
11
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos
11
Cello, Guitar (duet)
11
String Quartet : 4 violas
11
Viola and Bassoon
10
Viola, Guitar (duet)
8
Harp and Piano
6
Violin, Basso continuo
5
Harp, Cello (duet)
5
Cello Ensemble
5
Violin, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
4
4 Harps
4
2 Violins, Piano
4
5 Harps
3
Harp, Violin, Violoncello
3
2 Cellos, Piano
3
Flute, Doublebass (duet)
3
Cello, Organ
2
Autoharp
2
4 Double Basses
2
3 double basses
2
Harp, Orchestra
2
Viola and Harp
2
Violin, Clarinet and Guitar
1
Harp and mandolin
1
Violin, Organ
1
Harp (band part)
1
Violin, Tuba (duet)
1
Violoncello, Basso continuo
1
2 Violas, Piano
1
+ 67 instrumentations
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Orchestra & Percussion
Concert band
3,697
Orchestra
904
String Orchestra
893
Marching band
551
Jazz Ensemble
497
Brass ensemble
332
Handbells
280
Chamber Orchestra
180
Percussion (band part)
145
Jazz combo
126
Percussion Ensemble
63
Percussion
47
Timpani (band part)
40
Marimba
30
Vibraphone
27
Xylophone, Piano
24
Xylophone
15
Woodwind Quintet
11
String Quintet : 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Doublebass, Keyboard
8
Timpani
8
2 Xylophones
4
Orchestra, Violin
4
Piano and Orchestra
4
Woodwind Quartet: any 4 woodwinds
4
Drum (band part)
3
School Ensemble
3
Snare drums
2
Xylophone (band part)
2
Flexible Instrumentation
2
Brass Quintet: other combinaisons
2
Marimba, Piano (duet)
1
Marimba, Saxophone (duet)
1
Vibraphone and Marimba
1
Drums
1
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David Hurd: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Organ
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David Hurd: Sonata for Alto Sa
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Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
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Instrumental Duet Alto Saxophone,Instrumental Duet,Organ - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.534347 Composed by David Hurd. Concert,Contemporary,Standar...
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Instrumental Duet Alto Saxophone,Instrumental Duet,Organ - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.534347 Composed by David Hurd. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score and parts. 41 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3364727. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.534347). In three movements: 1. Fantasia 2. Aria 3. FugueDavid Hurd was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 27 January 1950. Prior to his under-graduate studies at Oberlin College, he attended both the High School of Music and Art and the Juilliard School. Upon graduation from Oberlin in 1971 (Mus.B.), he was appointed Assistant Organist of Trinity Parish in lower Manhattan where he served under the direction of Larry King. He was appointed to the faculty of Duke University in 1972 concurrent with graduate studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1973 he returned to New York as Organist and Music Director at the Chapel of the Intercession, a position he retained until 1978 when he was named Composer in Residence for a season. In 1976 he was appointed to the faculty of The General Theological Seminary in New York City where he is presently Professor of Church Music and Organist. In addition, has served as Director of Music at All Saints Church, New York City, from 1985 to 1997 and is currently Director of Music at The Church of the Holy Apostles. In 1977 he was awarded first prizes both in organ playing and in improvisation at the International Congress of Organists. He has concertized throughout North America since that time under the representation of Phillip Truckenbrod. He has performed both at National and Regional Conventions of the American Guild of Organists. In 1981 he was invited to perform at the Internationaal Orgelfestival Haarlem, meeting in Gouda, the Netherlands, during which he received the diploma for improvisation of the Stichting Internationaal Orgelconcours. His principal organ teachers were Bronson Ragan, Garth Peacock, and Arthur Poister. In 2009, Dr. Hurd was named the 15th Distinguished Composer of the American Organ Guild. Other composers who have received this award include Virgil Thomson, Ned Rorem, Daniel Pinkham, Conrad Susa, William Bolcom and Dominick Argento. Dr. Hurd will be honored at a special concert during the 2010 AGO convention which will feature a newly commissioned work. He has received many commissions for choral, organ, and instrumental works, and has composed much liturgical music. Among his published works are organ pieces, choral works and many original hymn settings. His liturgical compositions and arrangements are also found in several major hymnals. He served on the Standing Commission on Church Music of the Episcopal Church from 1976 to 1985. He has been a visiting lecturer at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and a visiting professor at the Yale School of Music. In 1987 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, by the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. The following year he received two honorary degrees; the Doctor of Sacred Music from The Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, and the Doctor of Humane Letters from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois.
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What Would Nina Simone Say? For Soprano Sax & Organ (9'50")
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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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