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Symphony No. 2 ... A Phantasmagorey Ballet (1998)
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Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.869368 Composed by Thomas Oboe …
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Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.869368 Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Baroque,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 126 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #33643. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869368). Instrumentation: 3232-4331-timp-2perc-pf-hp-strings. Program note. Nineteen ninety-eight marks the tenth anniversary of my plunge into the world of ballet. I continue to take classes three or four times a week. It's fun, athletic, and challenging. And I'm still working on the basic notion of spotting in my pirouettes ... So when Max Hobart of the Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston agreed to premiere a new work of mine I knew it had to be a symphonic ballet. Coincidentally, I discovered that my favorite cartoonist, Edward Gorey, is also a balletomane. He lived in New York City between 1953 and 1986 and never missed a single performance of the New York City Ballet. Apparently his leaving New York to live permanently on Cape Cod was prompted by the death of George Balanchine in 1983. Among Edward Gorey's many books there is one, The Gilded Bat, about a young woman, Maud Splaytoe, and her adventures in the ballet world. She dies in the end when the plane she is in flies into a great, dark bird. Hmmm, I thought, The Gilded Bat would make a nice adagio movement. To complete the work, I found four other Gorey books that attracted me in mood and texture: The Nursery Frieze - dogs running across the edge of a nursery ceiling, barking out words whose sequence provides no sense or meaning, e.g., Archipelago, cardamon, obloquy, ignavia, samisen, bandages, wax, Gavelkind, ... ; The Raging Tide - a fantastical story about four creatures, Figbash, Hooglyboo, Naeelah and Skrump, who would not stop abusing each other; The Utter Zoo - an alphabet book of zoo animals of Edward Gorey's concoction, e.g., Ampoo, Boggerslosh, Crunk, Dawbis, Epitwee, ... ; and The Blue Aspic - a macabre story of a mad fan, Jasper Ankle, who stalks an opera diva, Ortenzia Caviglia. When he finally meets her at the stage-door after a performance, he stabs her in the throat and cries, J'ai trouvé Hortense! Symphony No. 2 ... A Phantasmagorey Ballet is in five movements: I. The Nursery Frieze, Con moto. II. The Gilded Bat Adagio: Pas seul for Mirella Splatova, aka Maud SplaytoeIII. The Raging Tide Presto: Pas de Quatre for Figbash, Hooglyboo, Naeelah and Skrump. IV. The Blue Aspic Allegro: Valzer alla Prokofiev ... Pas de deux for Jasper Ankle and Ortenzia Caviglia. V. The Utter Zoo Largo: Grand Funk Finale. This work is dedicated to my wife, Kristin Beckwith, whom I met ten years ago at the Boston Ballet, and who continues to be my one and only ballet teacher.Audio link: https://thomasoboelee.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-no-2-a-phantasmagorey-ballet-1998
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I Am
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.924873 Composed by Stanley M. Hoffman. 20th Century,Contemporary,Jewish. Octavo. 8 pages. Stanleymhoffman.com #4784655. Published by stanleymhoffman.com (A0.924873). The poem sometimes called I Am due to its repetition of the phrase, hence the title of the present composition. Is the poem inspired? The tetragrammaton Hebrew name for God, which transliterates roughly to YHWH, means I am that I am. There is something almost mystical about this poem as it was poet’s first one. Mary Elizabeth Frye was an orphan who had never received a formal education. In 1932, she and her spouse offered shelter from the Holocaust to a young Jewish woman named Margaret Schwarzkopf. When Margaret received news that her mother had died in Germany, the distressed houseguest told Mary in all hopelessness that she had never had the chance to stand by my mother’s grave and shed a tear. Mary then wrote the poem on a torn-off section of a brown paper bag. She said the words just came to her..
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I Never Met A Woman
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By Los Lonely Boys. For guitar. Pop; Rock. Guitar TAB. 10 pages. Published by Hal Leonard …
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By Los Lonely Boys. For guitar. Pop; Rock. Guitar TAB. 10 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Ringo Garza: I Never Met A Woman for guitar
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Instantly printable sheet music by Los Lonely Boys for guitar (tablature) of MEDIUM skill level. / pop,rock
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Everything for the Church Soloist-Digital Download
Vocal, Solo Solo Voice - Digital Download SKU: H1.804DP Arranged by Don Doig, Jack …
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Vocal, Solo Solo Voice - Digital Download SKU: H1.804DP Arranged by Don Doig, Jack Schrader, and John F. Wilson. General Worship. Collection. 392 pages. Hope Publishing - Digital #804DP. Published by Hope Publishing - Digital (H1.804DP). By Various Writers.140 Christian songs by Various Writers Contains over 140 songs including: Because He Lives, Communion Song, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, the Holy City, I Wonder as I Wander, Learning to Lean, Malotte's Lord's Prayer, Wedding Song, and The Palms. Contains over 140 songs including: Because He Lives, Communion Song, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, the Holy City, I Wonder as I Wander, Learning to Lean, Malotte's Lord's Prayer, Wedding Song, and The Palms.
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: A Song About Me A Worthy Woman Above the Hills of Time All In The Name Of Jesus Alleluia (Schubert) Amazing Grace Because He Lives Because You Are God's Chosen Ones The Birthday of the King The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power The Body of Our Lord Born Again Bread Of The World In Mercy Broken Bridal Prayer Bring Back The Springtime Chosen of the Lord Christ Living Within You Clean Before My Lord Come, Praise the Lord! Communion Song Eternal Life Flee As A Bird For Those Tears I Died Gentle Like Jesus The Gift Of Love Give Me Jesus Give Them All To Jesus Grace Greater Than Our Sin Great Is Thy Faithfulness Have Thine Own Way, Lord! He Carried My Cross He Died for Me He Shall Feed His Flock He Turned The Water Into Wine He Was There All The Time He's a Wonderful Lord The Heavens Declare His Glory Help Us Accept Each Other Here's My Life Here's One His Eye Is On The Sparrow Ho! Everyone Who Is Thirsty The Holy City How Big Is God How Quiet Is the Night How Real! Hush Now I Am His And He Is Mine I Am the Vine I Am Willing, Lord I Heard About A Man I Just Came To Praise The Lord I Know Where I'm Going I Saw the Lord, and All Beside Was Darkness I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked I Want Jesus to Walk with Me I Wonder as I Wander I Wonder Why? If Jesus Had Not Come If My People Will Pray If with All Your Hearts If You Need a Helping Hand I'm Goin' Home In Jesus' Name In the Image of God Into My Heart It Was His Love It Won't Stop Ivory Palaces Jesus Is Lord Of All Jesus Revealed in Me Just A Closer Walk With Thee Just Because I Asked Lead Me To Calvary Learning to Learn Life Indeed Like A Child Little Baby Jesus Lonely Voices The Lord Is My Light Lord, Listen to Your Children Lord, Show the Way Lord, Take Control of Me The Lord's Prayer Love Came Down At Christmas Love Theme Love Was When Marvelous Mystery May the Mind of Christ Mirror More (Than You'll Ever Know) My Cup Overflows My Jesus, I Love Thee My Tribute The New 23rd New Wind Blowin' No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus No Power of My Own Nothing ... Everything O Father in Heaven O Glorious Love! O Holy Night O Lord Most Holy O Rest in the Lord O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus Of Love I Sing Oh, What Love! Open the Gates of the Temple The Palms Praise The Lord, He Never Changes Reach Out to Your Neighbor Ring The Bells Rise Again Savior, My Heart Is Thine Seek Ye First Shepherd Of Love Something Beautiful So Great Is His Mercy Spirit Of God Strength to My Soul Sweet Is the Name of Jesus Take God By the Hand Take My Life Ten Thousand Angels Thank You for These Gifts Thanks to God That Someday Is Now That's Why We Are Beautiful Then shall the righteous shine forth There's A Quiet Understanding They Led Him Away This Is My Commandment This Is The Time I Must Sing The Touch Of The Master's Hand The Twenty-Third Psalm (Malotte) Until Then Wedding Song Welcome Home, Children What God Hath Promised What Grace Is This! What Have They Done? Whither Thou Goest Who Are You to Disagree? Who Is This Boy? Who Shall Separate Us? Who Will Go? Worthy Is The Lamb Yes, God Is Real You're Something Special
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Le streghe
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.976872 Composed by Monica Bergo. Children,Con…
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.976872 Composed by Monica Bergo. Children,Contemporary,Halloween. Score. 8 pages. Monica Bergo #3240587. Published by Monica Bergo (A0.976872). 2017 Holiday Contest Entry♫ *'¯` * • .¸¸. ♫ ♫ Witches *'¯` * • .¸¸. ♫ It seemed a day so, like many others, I wake up and commitments already there are pressing who asks, who call, they have all need leave me alone want my dream Today, I'm sorry, but is not the day from these chains I feel disconnected and run happy in the thick of the wood I reach my nest my hidden place I never afraid in the woods at night With they I find again the right atmosphere and there, around the fire there is my family the only, the true that resembles me the most And in my reflection are barefoot and shabby but just so , I feel myself and while we wait something to happen dolls in hand we look for a prey if in the Middle Ages they had burned us stronger and bad now we are back Between 1000 potions between powders and concoctions we here manufacture the strange mixtures And dance around the fire Of us, cares little to you we are ugly, we are ungainly we are dirty and unkempt and turned, turned around, there is a place in the world where it does not matter the look and appearance. And while we intone the chants to the moon a strange mantra to bring good luck I feel observed because there hidden he's , he followed me in the thick of wood I stop petrified and now I'm afraid because he knows nothing of my dark half and I see the contempt I can see it in his face and I have a heavy heart tears soaked-.... What I could say I would tell him do not go while time seems to stop a moment seems eternal.... But who cares half woman half witch If really you're interested maybe you love me the same.... and I look at you go away in my eyes nostalgy and a tear goes I think of what will not be strange actress consumed identity lost I try wherever my part always change my fate. And watch you disappear something inside me dies I would like an elixir of love it gives you back &n.
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WITCHS
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1012708 Composed by Monica Bergo. Contemporar…
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1012708 Composed by Monica Bergo. Contemporary. Score. 11 pages. Moni Bergo #5742971. Published by Moni Bergo (A0.1012708). Music and song composed by me♫ *'¯` * • .¸¸. ♫ ♫ Witches *'¯` * • .¸¸. ♫ It seemed a day so, like many others, I wake up and commitments already there are pressing who asks, who call, they have all need leave me alone want my dream Today, I'm sorry, but is not the day from these chains I feel disconnected and run happy in the thick of the wood I reach my nest my hidden place I never afraid in the woods at night With they I find again the right atmosphere and there, around the fire there is my family the only, the true that resembles me the most And in my reflection are barefoot and shabby but just so , I feel myself and while we wait something to happen dolls in hand we look for a prey if in the Middle Ages they had burned us stronger and bad now we are back Between 1000 potions between powders and concoctions we here manufacture the strange mixtures And dance around the fire Of us, cares little to you we are ugly, we are ungainly we are dirty and unkempt and turned, turned around, there is a place in the world where it does not matter the look and appearance. And while we intone the chants to the moon a strange mantra to bring good luck I feel observed because there hidden he's , he followed me in the thick of wood I stop petrified and now I'm afraid because he knows nothing of my dark half and I see the contempt I can see it in his face and I have a heavy heart tears soaked-.... What I could say I would tell him do not go while time seems to stop a moment seems eternal.... But who cares half woman half witch If really you're interested maybe you love me the same.... and I look at you go away in my eyes nostalgy and a tear goes I think of what will not be strange actress consumed identity lost I try wherever my part always change my fate. And watch you disappear something inside me dies I would like an elixir of love it gives you back
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Danza gitana
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.976849 Composed by Monica Bergo. Children,Con…
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.976849 Composed by Monica Bergo. Children,Contemporary. Score. 10 pages. Monica Bergo #3236735. Published by Monica Bergo (A0.976849). 2017 Holiday Contest EntryGYPSY DANCE And it is another day that passes and goes I know that one the same will not return I feel restless, I lose my colors Invaded by the gray of the outside world Need love And that sense of emptiness Suspended in limbo, I move in slow motion invent a fairy tale that time which was I miss the affection of my tribe I wear a dress from 1000 colors Weave hair with grass and flowers Again gypsy in this other my life It is not just a fairy tale, it is a never ending story Between the elves, the fairies and gypsy violins In the woods near to ancient kingdoms I feel beautiful too, happy and accepted here's the trivial woman who has transformer dance gypsy cries inside of me It is a fire that melts this cold there is freedom it is desire to live It is dances gypsy and I’m the queen Again this decomposes my identity Nemesis goes crazy and unleash My spirit Which is young and free I mud and Diamond Matte and shining I alpha female of a group of witches Unleashed storms, threats suspended Then a rainbow of many colors Here the rain is over, wake up the flowers We dance happy in this my kingdom In a circle, spell of a beautiful dream Another my world I will not return If I’m not anyone Leave me alone I will not return In this tale, I will hide A still picture On the surface I will be Turn the page and I animet and the end will be Disappearance Monica, in the world here But in this my kingdom forever I will live From a cover I will smile I’m not gypsy, not even Queen but inside me I remained a child Gypsy violins do not sound I miss the affection of my tribe and I go back to that time when everything was empty dream and fly was my only game I'm not so bad in the world here in the shoes I wear in my reality dance gypsy cries inside of me It is a fire that melts this cold there is freedom it is desire to live It is dances gypsy and I’m the queen I tread with joy my but and my if The inadequacy I do not know what And yet I know that thrill try The apparent death, far and distant The dance gypsy , here,under the moon Ancient ritual that brings good luck You will be welcome in my tribe In this my book, the end can write to you ... Monica Bergo
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The Lost Chord for Tuba Choir
Instrumental Duet Euphonium,Instrumental Duet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0…
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Instrumental Duet Euphonium,Instrumental Duet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.780114 Composed by Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan. Arranged by Graham Boag. 20th Century. Score and parts. 30 pages. Graham Boag #6474497. Published by Graham Boag (A0.780114). The Lost Chord is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness.The manuscript is dated 13 January 1877; Fred Sullivan died five days later. The lyric was written as a poem by Adelaide Anne Procter called A Lost Chord,published in 1858 in The English Woman's Journal.The song was immediately successful and became particularly associated with American contralto Antoinette Sterling, with Sullivan's close friend and mistress, Fanny Ronalds,and with British contralto Clara Butt.Sullivan was proud of the song and later noted:I have composed much music since then,but have never written a second Lost Chord.Many singers have recorded the song, including Enrico Caruso, who sang it at the Metropolitan Opera House on 29 April 1912 at a benefit concert for families of victimsof the Titanic disaster.The piece has endured as one of Sullivan's best-known songs, and the setting is still performed today.Alternative Treble Clef parts included
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The Lost Chord for Double Bass Choir
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Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.780036 Composed by Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan. Arranged by Graham Boag. Concert,Standards. Individual part. 15 pages. Graham Boag #5023179. Published by Graham Boag (A0.780036). The Lost Chord is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness. The manuscript is dated 13 January 1877; Fred Sullivan died five days later. The lyric was written as a poem by Adelaide Anne Procter called A Lost Chord, published in 1858 in The English Woman's Journal. The song was immediately successful and became particularly associated with American contralto Antoinette Sterling, with Sullivan's close friend and mistress, Fanny Ronalds, and with British contralto Clara Butt. Sullivan was proud of the song and later noted: I have composed much music since then, but have never written a second Lost Chord. Many singers have recorded the song, including Enrico Caruso, who sang it at the Metropolitan Opera House on 29 April 1912 at a benefit concert for families of victims of the Titanic disaster. The piece has endured as one of Sullivan's best-known songs, and the setting is still performed today. .
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Three Latin Elegies to Lesbia
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Choir, SATB - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Mark D. Templeton. 21st Cen…
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Choir, SATB - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Mark D. Templeton. 21st Century, Contemporary Classical, Modern, Neo-Classical. Sheet Music Single. 20 pages. Published by Mark Templeton Choral Music
Three LatinElegies to Lesbiais a setting of three poems written by the ancient Roman poet, Gaius ValeriusCatullus (84-54 B.C.E.). His muse in these poems is understood to beLesbia, the name believed to have been given by Catullus to his mistress.Lesbia was really Clodia, the sexually promiscuous wife of proconsul QuintusCaecilius Metellus Celer. Clodia was said to have many lovers, and Catullus’torment and obsession for her is well documented in 13 of his poems where thename, Lesbia, is used. His first poem addressed to Lesbia (Catullus 51) is a freetranslation of a poem by the ancient Greek poet, Sappho. Scholars havesuggested that Catullus chose the name, Lesbia, because of his affinity forSappho, who it is believed was a lesbian.<br> <br> Odie et Amo (Catullus 85), one of the mostcelebrated elegiac couplets composed by Catullus, has inspired many composers withits duality of emotions. The most well-known setting is from Carl Orff’s Catulli Carmina, part of Trionfi, themusical triptych that also includes the Carmina Burana andTrionfo di Afrodite. Unlike Orff’s driving rhythms of outwardlyexpressive anguish, my setting is a more introspective interpretation. It is asif the music is surrendering to the mercurial personalities that Catullus andall humans possess, the tortured ability to hate and love at the same time.<br> <br> Lesbia mi dicit semper male (Catullus 92) consists of two elegiaccouplets. Catullus’ earlier poem, 83,brings some context to 92. In thefirst part of 83, Catullus says:<br> <br> Lesbia keeps insulting me in front of her husband:<br> <br> thisfills the fatuous idiot with delight.<br> <br> Mule, doyou perceive nothing? If she shut up and ignored me<br> <br> that’dshow healthy indifference;…<br> <br> In 92, Catullus expounds on the idea of whyLesbia insults him in front of her husband. Catullus reckons that he is alwayscursing her, and he loves her. She always curses him, so she must love him aswell. In his desperation, Catullus uses his wit and humor to reason that hisobsessive love for Lesbia is reciprocated. This setting of 92 uses incessant driving rhythms in the women’s voices to paint thewords, “Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacetumquam de me” (Lesbia always speaks ill of me, never shuts up about me). The repeating rhythmsreturn in the men’s voices when Catullus says he does the same, “quia sunt totidem mea: deprecor illamassidue” (…it’s the same with me: I’m continually complaining.) The piececomes to a final rest after Catullus realizes the he will always be cursed tolove her.<br> <br> Mea Lesbia (Catullus 87) also consists of twoelegiac couplets. Catullus was only one of Lesbia’s many lovers, and he oftenwrote of his jealousy and disdain for her unfaithful actions. This elegy waswritten at a time when Lesbia had been particularly cruel toward Catullus.Despite being broken hearted, his obsession with her never waned. In hisdespair and desperation, he basically says, “My love for you is so great thatno other woman could possibly even know what love is.” This setting of 87 returns to a more introspectivenature where Catullus surrenders his love forever to Lesbia.
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