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Simply Second Nature
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
Interactive Download SKU: HX.305578 By Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman. This edition: …
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Interactive Download SKU: HX.305578 By Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman. This edition: Interactive Download. Musical/Show. Piano/Vocal/Guitar. 5 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.305578).
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Simply Second Nature from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [Musical] - Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
Marc Shaiman - Simply Second Nature - from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Digital Sheet…
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Marc Shaiman - Simply Second Nature - from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Digital Sheetmusic - instantly downloadable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file (this arrangement contains complete lyrics), scoring: Piano/Vocal/Guitar, instruments: Voice;Piano;Guitar; 5 pages -- Musical~~Show/Broadway
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Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman: Simply Second Nature - voice, piano or guitar
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
Instantly printable sheet music by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman for voice, piano or gu…
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Instantly printable sheet music by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman for voice, piano or guitar of MEDIUM skill level. / musical/show
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String Quartet No. 9
String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet - difficult - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q778629 (Beethoven-Study I…
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String quartet - difficult - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q778629 (Beethoven-Study IV). Composed by Joerg Widmann. Downloadable, Score and parts. Duration 35 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q778629. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q778629). The 9th String Quartet forms the penultimate work in my Beethoven Study quartet cycle. Chronologically, however, it was composed after the 10th Quartet Cavatina. And indeed, when composing it, it felt like the conclusion of the cycle. While the 6th Quartet Studie über Beethoven, which opened the cycle, was still in one movement, the 7th in two and the 8th in three, this 9th Quartet is a four-movement work. The sacred musical number 9 inspired me to create an especially substantial and intense composition. The second movement, a Scherzo, and the fourth movement Allegro alla marcia have become simply gigantic in their dimensions and in the density of information and impulses in comparison to their historical models. This 9th quartet has a particular focus on Beethoven’s still unattainable Quartet in C# minor op. 131. The radical nature and modernity of this work are still burning issues for us today. As in the other quartets in the cycle, I have been amazed at the new forms which have evolved during my preoccupation with their historical models and the extent of previously unknown spiritual depths in my own music during the process of composition. While my study of Beethoven's symphonies in the orchestral piece Con brio led to the discovery of new tonal possibilities for the orchestra (the timpani treatment!) and the juxtaposition of Beethoven's choral fantasy with the Latin Dies irae in my ARCHE oratorio made it possible to develop new theological and thematic points of focus, in the string quartet cycle it is above all the development and discovery of new forms that could only emerge through the study of Beethoven's quartets. Jörg Widmann.
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Heather On The Hill
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1392374 By Nathan Eva…
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Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1392374 By Nathan Evans. By Alan Jukes, Lewis Gardiner, Nathan Evans, and Stephen Jukes. Arranged by Barry McCormick. Celtic,Irish,Pop,Singer/Songwriter,Traditional,Wedding. Score. 6 pages. B. McCormick #975903. Published by B. McCormick (A0.1392374). If you love Scottish folk music and the viral sensation Nathan Evans, you will enjoy this digital sheet music download of his song Heather on the Hill. This song is a musical tribute to love, nature, and the enduring beauty of Scotland, with poetic lyrics and evocative imagery. Nathan Evans is a former postman who became famous for his TikTok videos of sea shanties and other traditional songs.This arrangement has the melody on a separate line above the piano stave and the piano part contains the melody for the instrumental parts in the intro and at the end of the second and third choruses. The piano part for the verses and chorus is simply an accompaniment that vamps to the chordal structure of the tune. The piece was arranged and formatted with ease of readability in mind and to conserve space so that less paper is needed if printed. A guitar chord sheet is also included in this arrangement to add more value to this purchase.This sheet music is suitable for intermediate to advanced players who want to learn or perform this catchy and romantic song. You can play it solo or with a singer, or even with a band or a choir. You can also use it as a basis for your own creative interpretations or arrangements. This song is perfect for weddings, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, or any occasion where you want to express your love for someone or for Scotland.Don't miss this opportunity to get this exclusive digital sheet music download of Heather on the Hill by Nathan Evans. You will receive a PDF file that you can print or view on any device. Order now and enjoy playing this beautiful song today!
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Heather On The Hill
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The Settling Years: (Piano/Choral Score)
Choral SATB
SATB choir and piano or wind quintet and piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.4286…
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SATB choir and piano or wind quintet and piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.4286-E Composed by Libby Larsen. Choral score. 52 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #4286-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.4286-E). English.This piece is a three-part collection based on poetry by American pioneers. The texts are full of a kind of raw energy, swashbuckling attitude, and profundity of heart and commitment characteristic of those settlers west of the Hudson. I had also looked at the more erudite essays of Coleridge-Taylor, Thoreau, and Emerson but chose the rougher stanzas because the primitive voices, the pioneers, were profound, simply in the way they expressed the nature of their experiences. The first piece, 'Comin’ to Town,' is about cowboys after a month on the range—bawdy, rowdy, and raucous. The second, 'Beneath These Alien Stars,' is about the bonding of the human spirit to the land. The third piece, 'A Hoopla,' depicts a barn dance and vocalists circle ‘round the instruments, stomp, clap, and generally perform with abandon, vigor, and boisterousness. The Settling Years was commissioned and premiered by The Singing Sergeants and the United States Air Force Band for the 150th anniversary of the Music Educators National Convention.-Libby LarsenInstrumental Parts include: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, and Piano.
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Handel: Largo (from Xerxes) for bassoon and piano
Bassoon, Piano (duet)
Bassoon,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1311222 Composed by G F Handel. …
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Bassoon,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1311222 Composed by G F Handel. Arranged by Colin Kirkpatrick. Baroque,Historic,Instructional,Opera. Score and part. 8 pages. Colin Kirkpatrick Publications #900214. Published by Colin Kirkpatrick Publications (A0.1311222). This piece is probably Handel’s best-known melody, although it began life as an operatic aria. The opera was called Xerxes, sometimes written Serses and pronounced something like “ZERT-seesâ€. It was commissioned by The King’s Theatre in London and composed by Handel (who had become naturalized British and lived in London at the time) around 1737 and 1738. The opera is loosely based on the real historical figure King Xerxes, who ruled from around 522-486 BC and was the fourth king of the Achaemenid Empire, a vast region that covered most of the present-day Middle East including modern Turkey.  The melody is often known simply as Handel’s Largo (despite being marked “Larghetto†in the musical score) and is the opening aria in the opera. Known by its opening line Ombra mai fu the aria is sung by Xerxes to a plane tree: “Tender and beautiful fronds of my beloved plane tree, let fate smile upon you...â€Although the melody has survived over the years, the opera itself was a complete failure when it was first performed at the King’s Theatre in London’s Haymarket in 1738. The style of the opera was not appreciated by London opera-goers and it generally received poor reviews. The audience may have been confused by the innovative nature of the work because Handel introduced unexpected comic elements into the plot.This arrangement for bassoon is in E flat major. In the solo part, the lowest note is the B flat on the second line of the bass clef and the highest note is the E flat just above the bass staff. The piano part has been kept as simple as possible. Being so well-known, this piece would make a suitable encore. Â
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Handel: Largo
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Four World Variants for Clarinet Quartet
Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Clarinet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.837482…
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Clarinet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.837482 Composed by Brett L. Wery. 20th Century,Concert,Contemporary,World. 76 pages. Sonata Grendel Publishing #3133453. Published by Sonata Grendel Publishing (A0.837482). All the movements of Four World Variants are based on one theme. The theme proper can be heard in the fugue subject of the first movement. The second movement uses the theme in retrograde inversion (backwards and upside down) to emulate the music of Gagaku. Gagaku literally translates as elegant music and is the ancient imperial court music of Japan. The third movement uses the theme in retrograde (simply backwards) to create a sarabande. Sarabandes are typically associated with the dance suites of the Baroque era but are said to have originated in Central and North America. The Sarabande was banned for a time in 16th century Spain for it’s lascivious nature. The final movement uses the original form of the theme combined with a traditional drumming pattern of the Ewe people of Togo, Benin, and Ghana, West Africa. I. Europe: An Enlightenment Fugue II. Asia: A Gagaku Serenade III. A New World Sarabande IV. Africa: Ewe Polyrhythms This 14 minute suite is scored for two four B-flat clarinets and is ideal for high school, college or professional players. You can find information on Brett L. Wery’s music at: http://www.societyofcomposers.org/members/BrettL.Wery/ or follow him on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/werymusic/
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The Sundials
Piano Trio,String Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004152 Composed by Matthew S…
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Piano Trio,String Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004152 Composed by Matthew Scott Phillips. Contemporary. Score and parts. 98 pages. Matthew Scott Phillips #5800833. Published by Matthew Scott Phillips (A0.1004152). Throughout the centuries, civilizations have used sundials to tell time. This instrument consists of a gnomon (Greek for knower), a long pole or incline, whose shadow is cast onto a flat stone or metal plate, that either lies on the ground or is erected onto a wall. This plate is marked with the hours of the day, and the gnomon's shadow passes over the marks. More than just an ancient timepiece, these instruments are doorways to the eternal past, and prophets of the eternal future. They bare witness to the infinite fleeting-ness of the lives of human beings. Unlike a modern watch or digital clock, in which every second enjoys its own momentary significance, the hours as marked by the sundial flow into one another in a continuous stream, that is ultimately timeless. The final hour of any mortal creature is, in this way, no more significant than the first, and all our hours seem insignificant in the context of the cosmos' grandness. Etched upon a great many sundials, in Greek, Latin, English, German, or French, is a motto designed to inspire human beings to consider these truths. Why so many sundial makers felt the need to inscribe on their creations their own philosophies and musings is unclear. Yet, each of these mottos seems contrived to express the contemplations of time and eternity so integral to the sundials' existence. Mottos such as umbra sumus (we amount to shadow) often hold multiple meanings. The we referred to can be the hours, which seem extant only because of the shadow passing over them. Or it can refer to the ephemeral nature of our lives, which on the grand calendar of eternity are so short as to be nothing. Or perhaps it warns that time itself is no more than an illusion; a shadow. Whether they are existential, humorous (I only count the sunny hours), or offer advice (use the hours, don't count them), these mottos are intended to give us pause: to compel us to look for a moment, not at the fleeting significance of our mundane lives, ticked away as they are in tiny hours, but to consider the eternal time that lies beyond us, and to therefore be briefly in contact with it. This composition, approximately an hour long and written for piano trio (Piano, Violin, and Cello), intends as its goal the same purpose as the mottos that inspired it. To transport those who listen to it (listen not merely hear) away from the earthly, and into the cosmic. Each movement is named after a different motto. The mottos, their English translations and the locations of the sundials that bare (or once bore) them is listed at the front. This is one hour, hopefully, that will not simply fade away, but rather will be one spent in the company of the eternal. .
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The Settling Years: 1. Comin' to Town (Piano/Choral Score)
Choral SATB
SATB choir, wind quintet, and piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8560-E Comp…
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SATB choir, wind quintet, and piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8560-E Composed by Libby Larsen. Instrument part. 28 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8560-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8560-E). English.This piece is a three-part collection based on poetry by American pioneers. The texts are full of a kind of raw energy, swashbuckling attitude, and profundity of heart and commitment characteristic of those settlers west of the Hudson. I had also looked at the more erudite essays of Coleridge-Taylor, Thoreau, and Emerson but chose the rougher stanzas because the primitive voices, the pioneers, were profound, simply in the way they expressed the nature of their experiences. The first piece, 'Comin’ to Town,' is about cowboys after a month on the range—bawdy, rowdy, and raucous. The second, 'Beneath These Alien Stars,' is about the bonding of the human spirit to the land. The third piece, 'A Hoopla,' depicts a barn dance and vocalists circle ‘round the instruments, stomp, clap, and generally perform with abandon, vigor, and boisterousness. The Settling Years was commissioned and premiered by The Singing Sergeants and the United States Air Force Band for the 150th anniversary of the Music Educators National Convention.-Libby LarsenInstrumental Parts include: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, and Piano.
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Fountains of the Deep (SATB, Piano, Horns, Timpani, Perc)
Choral SATB
Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799654 Composed by D. M. G…
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799654 Composed by D. M. Gardner. Christian,Concert,Contemporary. Octavo. 55 pages. D. M. Gardner Music #481051. Published by D. M. Gardner Music (A0.799654). SATB, Piano, Horns, Timpani, PercussionBE ADVISED, IF YOU SIT IN THE FRONT ROW, YOU MAY WANT TO BRING A RAINCOAT!In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. (Gen 7:11-12 KJV)Quietly the first drops of rain begin to fall... One, two... The wind begins to stir, becoming audible. And in a moment it seems thousands of heavy raindrops fall upon the mountains and hills and plains, as though a veil of water had suddenly descended upon the earth from the heavens. Fountains of the Deep musically portrays the events of the Bible concerning the great waters in a tumultuous storm of notes thundering from the grand piano and percussion. Simultaneously, the choir calls out for help while being tossed by the tempestuous seas, swallowed by a great fish, and chased to the edge of the sea by Pharaoh.The text in Fountains of the Deep is a mixed narrative that combines scripture with an imagined exclamation at the cataclysmic events of the day. Still comes the rain, still comes the rain, never ceasing! Whether it was one man, thousands, or all of mankind, the Lord has chosen to use the great depths of the sea to do his Will. This dramatic sonic reenactment brings the listener as close to the action as one would wish to get.PURCHASE INCLUDES FULL SCORE AND ALL PARTS - priced to be purchased as a choral score, so, please purchase one copy per performer...Thank you!)Difficulty: Moderate (Choir)/Intermediate/Advanced (Piano)NOTE: While Ab minor may seem like an extreme key, it plays very well on the piano and gives the choir a very full sound. However, Fountains can easily be performed in A minor, as desired, by simply removing the key signature (for the Horns, also add a sharp (E minor)Approx. 4 minutes and 50 seconds in lengthTo learn more about the composer, please visit https://www.dmgardner.com
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Remember Me from SIMPLE SONGS
Piano solo
Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.941049 Composed by Joshua Allen. Co…
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.941049 Composed by Joshua Allen. Contemporary,Standards. Score. 4 pages. Joshua Allen Music #4716371. Published by Joshua Allen Music (A0.941049). Remember Me is the fifth title in a collection of solo piano pieces called SIMPLE SONGS. Remember Me is inspired by separation from loved ones, both brief and lasting. The piece begins simply enough, but quickly grows in complexity with areas of two-against three that add to the beauty and expressive nature of this piece. This movement is suitable for advancing pianists and is approximately 3 minutes and 27 seconds in length.SIMPLE SONGS is a collection of original compositions for solo piano simple in construction, varied in form and content, and vastly enjoyable to perform and hear. Each title is available separately and as a collection. For other titles from this collection or other works by this composer/arranger, please visit https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/published-by-joshua-allen-music/9059
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Remember Me from SIMPLE SONGS
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Neve
Guitar
Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.914745 Composed by Eric J Roth. 20…
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Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.914745 Composed by Eric J Roth. 20th Century,Contemporary. Individual part. 6 pages. Eric J Roth #5733799. Published by Eric J Roth (A0.914745). Two pages of music.Neve (pronounced NEEV) is an ancestral name within my family, to whom this piece is dedicated. The word appears in multiple languages and has a variety of meanings. In British English, Neve has two definitions, both of which have long been out of common usage. The first definition refers to a younger male relative such as a nephew or grandson. The second refers to a spendthrift. Neve is also found in Irish as a girl’s name. In various Latin and Romance languages, it refers to snow or glaciers. Neve is one of a set of four pieces composed in late 2019 and early 2020. The publication of the entire set is forthcoming, but I am also offering Neve here as a short standalone work. Composed for guitar solo, Neve evokes a young boy’s leisurely daydream. The 3/2 time signature, marked andante, and opening G major tonality convey the sense of a lazy weekend day outside in the woods or by the water. Like many daydreams, Neve starts out simply before wandering off into different moods and ideas. A recurring transitional passage (set as a quasi hemiola) serves to modulate to new tonal areas, each of which has its own distinct character. The brief section in A Dorian is marked con moto and evokes the thoughts of excitement and adventure. This is followed by a contrapuntal section in E minor with hints of Dorian. The mood here is more subdued and perhaps even melancholy. The penultimate section in C# minor (with hints of pentatonic and Phrygian) suggests a longing for faraway exotic places before returning to G major to end the piece.
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Balta ainava
Piano solo
Piano - intermediate - Digital Download (White Scenery (Winter)). Composed by Peteris…
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Piano - intermediate - Digital Download (White Scenery (Winter)). Composed by Peteris Vasks (1946-). This edition: single sheet. Downloadable. Duration 7 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q12485. Published by Schott Music - Digital
Peteris Vasks occupies a special position in the circle of Baltic composers. He is not only the most significant and popular composer ever to come out of Latvia. he always speaks to his listeners with a fervent intensity that seems to point to something higher. This higher aspect is without a doubt something that stands above the world of humanity but is also present within each person: divine nature.<br> <br> "I am deeply rooted in nature, in the nature of the North. It influences all of my music. The nature we know is also quite various. we have four very distinct seasons. The winter is very long, the summer very short and therefore all the more beautiful and longed for. The seasons in between are quite dramatic."<br> <br> The first of Peteris Vasks's Seasons pieces was not written with the intention of forming a complete cycle. For his friend, Talivaldis Deksnis, he composed in 1980 Balta ainava - White Landscape (Winter), in 1981 Rudens muzika - Autumn Music, and in 1995 the Pavasara muzika - Spring Music. In 2008, Zala ainava - Green Landscape (Summer) came into being, the piece which completed the cycle.<br> <br> In 2009, as a kind of "encore", Vasks wrote Vasaras vakara muzika - Music for a Summer Evening based on old sketches. this, of all the pieces, is the one most anchored in tradition. Only the two newest pieces - both of which have to do with summer - have a fixed metrical structure. The three earlier works are metrically free, notated without bar lines, which gives them an improvisatory character.<br> <br> Vasks says of the individual pieces in the cycle: "In Balta ainava everything is white. A new year begins. It is a quiet meditation, a new beginning, with only two themes.<br> <br> Pavasara muzika. Quasi una Sonata - the most demanding piece in this cycle - is intense, an impressive development. Spring comes slowly, with much drama. It is like a battle, until it is simply there. This multi-faceted piece, with its bird songs, lives from conflicts and dramatic intensification and ends in ecstatic rapture. Zala ainava is based on two themes. Our summer is very brief and offers a respite after the battles. And it is so beautiful! The music reflects joy and contentment. The first theme brings a kind of pure energy. the second is more devoted to tone painting. At the end, a five-note quotation from a well-known Latvian folksong about a drunkard is heard.<br> <br> Rudens muzika begins pianissimo on a quiet September day, in a peaceful, sunny atmosphere. Now the autumn storms sweep over the land. a gentle sadness settles on the people and on nature, which surrenders its splendor. After a last great storm, the snow comes again as a symbol of purified conclusion and a new beginning. Vasaras vakara muzika takes place at the quiet end of a summer day. The sun sets. Slowness. Memories of previous experiences surface. With the memories' appearance comes an increase in intensity. Towards the end, a kind of folksong is heard: 'We have survived the time of tyranny and retained our identity'. The ending is quiet, everything is asleep."<br> <br> Christoph Schluren<br> <br> Translation: John Patrick Thomas and W. Richard Rieves
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