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Handel - And the Glory of the Lord from Messiah (for Clarinet Quartet)
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George Frideric Handel
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Kenneth Abeling
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Handel - And the Glory of the
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Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque Period, Christian, Sacred, Christmas. Score, Set of Parts. 13 pages. Publis...
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Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque Period, Christian, Sacred, Christmas. Score, Set of Parts. 13 pages. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (S0.257461). - Score,Set of Parts - Baroque Period,Christian,Sacred,Christmas - LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
?And the Gloryof the Lord Shall be Revealed? from George Fredrick Handel?s Messiah, transcribed here for Clarinet Quartet. This is an intermediate toadvanced intermediate transcription from Part I of Handel?s Messiah andappropriate for sacred Christmas events. To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well as hundreds ofother arrangements and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest pricesavailable please visit www.lincolnmusicpublications.com. Playingtime: 2:50 Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPEXF9pWc0E
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Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone? (for Clarinet Quartet)
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George Nelson Allen?
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Kenneth Abeling
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Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alon
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Composed by George Nelson Allen?. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Christian, Spiritual, General Worship, Easter. Score, Set of Parts. 7 pages. Published by LINCOLN...
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Composed by George Nelson Allen?. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Christian, Spiritual, General Worship, Easter. Score, Set of Parts. 7 pages. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (S0.190657). - Score,Set of Parts - Christian,Spiritual,General Worship,Easter - LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
?Must Jesus Bear the CrossAlone?? by George Nelson Allen is the Hymn from which ?Take My Hand PreciousLord? was derived. It is a favoriteSpiritual, arranged here for Clarinet Quartet! This is a relatively easy arrangement and is suitable for a variety ofoccasions. For hundreds of other arrangements byKenneth Abeling at reduced prices please visit: www.lincolnmusicpublications.com Playingtime: 2:10 Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLnnwnsJD40
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Handel - Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah (for Clarinet Quartet)
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Handel - Hallelujah Chorus fro
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Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque Period, Christian, Sacred, Christmas. Score, Set of Parts. 14 pages. Publis...
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Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque Period, Christian, Sacred, Christmas. Score, Set of Parts. 14 pages. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (S0.164857). - Score,Set of Parts - Baroque Period,Christian,Sacred,Christmas - LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
This is the ?HallelujahChorus? from G. F. Handel?s Messiah transcribed here for ClarinetQuartet. For hundreds ofother arrangements by Kenneth Abeling please visit: www.lincolnmusicpublications.com Playingtime: 3:50. Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TovTZf-jL_8 ?
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Bizet – Selections from CARMEN (for Clarinet Quartet)
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Georges Bizet
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Kenneth Abeling
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Bizet – Selections from CARM
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Clarinet Quartet - Advanced - Digital Download Composed by Georges Bizet (1838-1875). Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Romantic Period, Opera. Score, Set ...
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Clarinet Quartet - Advanced - Digital Download Composed by Georges Bizet (1838-1875). Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Romantic Period, Opera. Score, Set of Parts. 39 pages. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
Selections from Carmen, Music by Georges Bizet, Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy arranged for Clarinet Quartet by Kenneth Abeling. This collection of excerpts includes: 1. Entr'acte to Act 3, 2. Prelude to Act 1, 3. Habanera, 4. Les triangles des sistres tintaient, 5. Toreador Song, 6. Je Vais Danser votre honneur, 7. Entr'acte to Act 4 and 8. Prelude to Act 1 (Reprise). This is an advanced arrangement featuring some of the most memorable melodies from Bizet’s Operatic Masterpiece. Playing time approximately 7:30. To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well as hundreds of other arrangements and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit: www.lincolnmusicpublications.com Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxxpXJQHTJc
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Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks (for Clarinet Quartet)
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Kenneth Abeling
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Handel – Music for the Royal
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514586 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Classical. 49 page...
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514586 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Classical. 49 pages. LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS #3454807. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (A0.514586). This is “Music for the Royal Fireworks†or Royal Fireworks Music by George Frideric Handel transcribed here for Clarinet Quartet. This is an easier advanced transcription of one Handel’s most popular works and may be performed in its entirety or as separate movements. It is quite appropriate for use during segments of religious services. The five movements are: I. Ouverture: Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, Allegro - II. Bourrée – III. La Paix: Largo alla siciliana – IV. La Réjouissance: Allegro – V. Menuets I and II. To view and listen to this piece IN ITS ENTIRETY as well hundreds of other arrangement and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit: www.lincolnmusicpublications.com. Playing time: 13:15  Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV1H-JmZZbMÂ
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Handel - Water Music Suite No. II Movements 1-5 (for Clarinet Quartet)
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George Friderick Handel
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Kenneth Abeling
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Handel - Water Music Suite No.
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514706 Composed by George Friderick Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Classical,Sacred,...
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514706 Composed by George Friderick Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Classical,Sacred,Wedding. 44 pages. LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS #3516361. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (A0.514706). Water Music Suite No. II in D Major (HWV 349) by George Friderick Handel transcribed for Clarinet Quartet by Kenneth Abeling. The Movements include: I. Overture (Allegro), II. Hornpipe, III. Minuet, IV. Lentement, V. Bourrée. Along with performance as a complete suite it is perfectly suited for use as individual movements, particularly for segments of Religious services or Wedding Ceremonies. The total playing time is 10:50 To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well as hundreds of other arrangements and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit: www.lincolnmusicpublications.com Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-zmgyYCqeQ
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Handel – Glory to God in the Highest from Messiah (for Clarinet Quartet)
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Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
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George Frideric Handel
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Kenneth Abeling
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Handel – Glory to God in the
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514474 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Christmas,Sacred. ...
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514474 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Christmas,Sacred. 8 pages. LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS #3244253. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (A0.514474). This is “Glory to God in the Highest†from George Fredrick Handel’s Messiah, transcribed here for Clarinet Quartet. This is an advanced intermediate to easy advanced transcription from Part I of Handel’s Messiah and appropriate for sacred Christmas events. To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well as hundreds of other arrangements and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit www.lincolnmusicpublications.com. Playing time: 2:00. Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uN6_dms9-c
$9.99
Handel - Water Music Suite No. I Movements 1-9 (for Clarinet Quartet)
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George Friderick Handel
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Kenneth Abeling
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Handel - Water Music Suite No.
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514701 Composed by George Friderick Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Classical,Sacred,...
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514701 Composed by George Friderick Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Classical,Sacred,Wedding. 81 pages. LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS #3515313. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (A0.514701). Water Music Suite No. I in F Major (HWV 348) by George Friderick Handel transcribed for Clarinet Quartet by Kenneth Abeling. The Movements include: 1. Overture (Largo – Allegro), 2. Adagio e staccato, 3. Allegro – Andante – Allegro da capo Aria, 4. Minuet I, 5. Air, 6. Minuet II, 7. Bourrée, 8. Hornpipe, 9. Andante. Along with performance as a complete suite it is perfectly suited for use as individual movements, particularly for segments of Religious services or Wedding Ceremonies. To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well as hundreds of other arrangements and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit: www.lincolnmusicpublications.com The total playing time: 24:35. Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAgGb_tmliU
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Handel - Behold the Lamb of God (from Messiah) (for Clarinet Quartet & optional Organ)
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Kenneth Abeling
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Handel - Behold the Lamb of Go
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514559 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Easter. 10 pages. ...
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514559 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Easter. 10 pages. LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS #3421181. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (A0.514559). Behold the Lamb of God from George Fredrick Handel’s Messiah, transcribed for Clarinet Quartet. This is an advanced intermediate transcription from Part II of Handel’s Messiah and appropriate for sacred Easter events. The organ part is completely optional but will enhance the transcription if available in a church setting and employ an organist! To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well hundreds of other arrangement and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit: www.lincolnmusicpublications.com. Playing time: 2:40  Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ps1ajQK10gÂ
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Handel - And With His Stripes We Are Healed (from Messiah) (for Clarinet Quartet & optional Organ)
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Handel - And With His Stripes
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514551 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Easter. 16 pages. ...
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Woodwind Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.514551 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Kenneth Abeling. Baroque,Easter. 16 pages. LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS #3421133. Published by LINCOLN MUSIC PUBLICATIONS (A0.514551). And With His Stripes We Are Healed from George Fredrick Handel’s Messiah, transcribed for Clarinet Quartet. This is an advanced intermediate transcription from Part II of Handel’s Messiah and appropriate for sacred Easter events. The organ part is completely optional but will enhance the transcription if available in a church setting and employ an organist! To view and listen to this piece in its entirety as well hundreds of other arrangement and transcriptions by Kenneth Abeling at the lowest prices available please visit: www.lincolnmusicpublications.com. Playing time: 2:05 Preview this score on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GZOxQQ6iCg
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Intermezzo from "Cavalleria rusticana" (Mascagni) - Clarinet Quartet
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Opera
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Intermezzo from "Cavalleria ru
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Clarinet Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet,E-Flat Clarinet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1325229 Composed by Pietro Mascagni. Arranged by Ro...
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Clarinet Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet,E-Flat Clarinet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1325229 Composed by Pietro Mascagni. Arranged by Rob Bushnell. Classical,Easter,Film/TV,Opera,Romantic Period. 15 pages. RBMusic #913462. Published by RBMusic (A0.1325229). In 1889, a struggling composer called Pietro Mascagni heard about a sponsored competition for one-act operas, specifically for young Italian composers who had not yet had an opera performed, only two months before the deadline. With little time, he selected the subject for his opera and asked his childhood friend, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (who was helped by Guido Menasci), to write a libretto for him. Mascagni selected a story that he had seen as a play in Milan in early 1884 by realist writer Giovanni Verga, “Rustic Chivalryâ€, or Cavalleria rusticana. A passionate love tragedy featuring seduction, adultery, revenge and murder, it is surprising set on Easter morning.Mascagni received only a few verses at a time from his librettists, but he was not worried because he had the opera clear in his mind: “I identified with the drama to such an extent that I felt it within myself in terms of music.†After two months’ of work, the music for Cavalleria rusticana was finished but he feared the opera would fail and put the music in a draw. Fortunately, his wife sent it off, he unanimously won the competition and was soon the talk of Europe. (At the premiere in May 1890 in Rome, Mascagni received no fewer than 60 curtain calls.) Unfortunately, it was a one-hit wonder with Mascagni unable to repeat its success, saying towards the end of his life that “it is a pity I wrote Cavalleria first for I was crowned before I became king.†He died, penniless, in 1945.Today, few people have heard of Mascagni’s name, and, if they have, it is rarely in relation to anything but one piece from Cavalleria rusticana, the Intermezzo. A short piece of purely orchestral music that is uses to denote the passage of time, the orchestration is very simple but it is such an indulgently beautiful melody (based on a hymn heard earlier in the short opera) that perfectly captures the peace of country living in Sicily against the intense feelings of the main characters and the looming tragedy to come.The piece is so popular that (along with the “Easter Hymn†from the same opera), it is the only reason Mascagni features in the Classic FM’s Hall of Fame.The piece was used in the 1980 film Raging Bull and the 1990 film The Godfather Part III.This arrangement includes alternative parts for clarinet in E-flat and alto clarinet in E-flat. A recording of the original song can be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgr-I1y1_2M.Other searchable terms: Italy, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Frank Vincent, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy GarcÃa, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Bridget Fonda, George Hamilton, Sofia Coppola.
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