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Someone Else's Story
Piano solo
Interactive Download SKU: HX.397352 By Benny Andersson. This edition: Interactive D…
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Interactive Download SKU: HX.397352 By Benny Andersson. This edition: Interactive Download. Pop. Piano Solo. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard Europe (HX.397352).
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Someone Else's Story (from Chess)
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C Instrument,Chords,Lyrics,Melody,Piano and Keyboard,Voice - Interactive Download SKU: HX.439376 By ANDERSSON And ULVAEUS. This edition: Interactive Download,scorch. Broadway,Classical,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #758975. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.439376).
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Someone Else's Story
Flute Trio: 3 flutes
Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Trio Flute - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.991524 C…
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Trio Flute - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.991524 Composed by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice. Arranged by Drini Botha. Contemporary. 4 pages. Drini Botha #3014143. Published by Drini Botha (A0.991524). A popular flute trio arrangement for school concerts. .
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Someone Else's Story
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
Piano Trio Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1302765 By Atwoo…
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Piano Trio Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1302765 By Atwood & Comeaux. By Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice. Arranged by Derek STUART-CLARK. Broadway,Musical/Show. 10 pages. DEREK STUART-CLARK #892388. Published by DEREK STUART-CLARK (A0.1302765). A ballad from Chess arranged as a piano trio. The key has been changed to suit the instruments.
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Someone Else's Story
Oboe, Piano (duet)
Oboe,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797922 Composed by Benny Andersson,…
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Oboe,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797922 Composed by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice. Arranged by Gail Ford. Contemporary. Score and part. 6 pages. Gail Ford #3359467. Published by Gail Ford (A0.797922). Beautiful ballad from the musical 'Chess', for oboe and piano. Ideal encore piece, or for musical/theatre themed events.
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The Story of a Leader
Choral SATB
Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1143904 Composed by Igor K…
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1143904 Composed by Igor Korneitchouk. 20th Century,A Cappella,Contemporary,Religious. Octavo. 37 pages. Studio at the Post #744209. Published by Studio at the Post (A0.1143904). Duration: 16 minutes, 33 pp. Description: Exodus is a great story that belongs to everyone. Not only is it central to Judaism, not only is it integral to the Christian Bible, it is an immortal story that has been, and continues to be, an inspiration to oppressed peoples everywhere on this planet. It is relevant not just as ancient scripture but as living text, to be rediscovered by each new generation of an ever-widening Family of Man. The theme of struggle against oppression and slavery was just as relevant to the early Christians persecuted in Ancient Rome as it was relevant to the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960's, just as relevant to the Soviet Jews wishing to emigrate as it is to the South African Blacks resisting Apartheid. From the Dark Ages and the Spanish Inquisition, to Ghandi's emancipation of India, to the Holocaust, to, full-circle, the ongoing struggles in Palestine today, the story of Exodus is a guiding light in a dim and often grim world. According to the composer: The Story of a Leader is a collection of ‘re-chorales’ I created one summer when I was totally immersed in a post-educational obsession with the 371 Chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach. We used to study these to learn the rules of harmony and voice-leading (no parallel fifths, avoid crossed voices, etc.) at the Cleveland Institute of Music where I began my compositional career. That summer, now a professor of music in my own right, I discovered many broken and bent rules by the master himself and, along with the glory of being able to work through these Chorales myself at the piano, I felt an incredible feeling of liberation and possibilities unmediated by instructors of music theory. I began by stripping away all that Bach wrote, leaving only the hymn tunes which were not his to begin with. These tunes existed long before Bach used them for his tonal experiments, some attributed to Martin Luther, or someone else, others simply listed as ‘anonymous’. The same is true for the texts, which were then translated into English mostly in the 19th century (the provenance of each can be found herein on the first page of each of my reharmonizations). In some cases I modified the text to fit the context. I selected 12 of these ‘re-chorales,’ linking them together based on their texts in a kind of logic that worked for me, and created a narrative that told The Story of a Leader (Moses). This story is highlighted in the music with such techniques as cross-modal harmonies, points of imitation, a beer drinking song in one instance, and in another, to symbolize the parting of the seas for Moses’ people, an inversion of the soprano line in the bass..
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Suite of a Thousand Faces
Orchestra
Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1025416 Composed by Jehad Choat…
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Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1025416 Composed by Jehad Choate. Contemporary,Jazz,Latin. Score and parts. 45 pages. Jehad Choate #5818515. Published by Jehad Choate (A0.1025416). Based off the texts of Joseph Campbell, this is a musical representation of the hero’s journey with a twist: The hero becomes fully aware of the cycle they are both blessed and cursed to follow. With every step, the hero fights the tropes of mythology, but can they escape their own fate?Movement I: The Calling introduces our main theme naively. It's done in a style reflective of all action/adventure genres: romantically boastful, one dimensional and confident. But as the call to adventure imposes itself on the hero, the hero begins to think that all is not what it seems to be.Movement II: The Motions is a set of trials where the hero experiences great loss, triumphant battles, and a renewed image. Yet, that is just the cycle they expected and its trite conclusion and three act distinction troubles the hero.Movement III: A Fool’s Reckoning is a response to being a pawn in someone else’s story. It takes all learned elements and tries to distort them to be something new and different. But what if this transformation was all part of the same cycle? The hero fights until they forget what they fight for. Reluctantly resilient, they carry on wondering if there was ever anything heroic about them at all.
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Someone Else's Story by The Accompanist - Piano/Vocal/Chords, Singer Pro
Piano, Voice
Sheet Music for Someone Else's Story from Chess arranged for Piano/Vocal/Chords;Singe…
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Sheet Music for Someone Else's Story from Chess arranged for Piano/Vocal/Chords;Singer Pro in F# Major. Digital sheet music from Musicnotes. --
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Someone Else's Story from Chess - Audition Cut - Short
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
Someone Else's Story - from Chess Digital Sheetmusic plus an interactive, downloadabl…
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Someone Else's Story - from Chess Digital Sheetmusic plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file, scoring: Audition Cut - Short;Piano/Vocal/Guitar;Singer Pro, instruments: Voice;Piano;Guitar; 2 pages -- Show/Broadway~~Musical~~80s~~Musical Theatre~~Post Golden Age~~Ballad~~Pop~~Contemporary
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Someone Else's Story from Chess - Audition Cut - Long
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
Someone Else's Story - from Chess Digital Sheetmusic plus an interactive, downloadabl…
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Someone Else's Story - from Chess Digital Sheetmusic plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file, scoring: Audition Cut - Long;Piano/Vocal/Guitar;Singer Pro, instruments: Voice;Piano;Guitar; 3 pages -- Show/Broadway~~Musical~~80s~~Musical Theatre~~Post Golden Age~~Ballad~~Pop~~Contemporary
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Someone Else's Story [Excerpt] from Chess - Piano/Vocal/Chords, Singer Pro
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
Someone Else's Story [Excerpt] - from Chess Digital Sheetmusic - instantly downloadab…
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Someone Else's Story [Excerpt] - from Chess Digital Sheetmusic - instantly downloadable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file (this arrangement contains partial lyrics), scoring: Piano/Vocal/Chords;Singer Pro, instruments: Voice;Piano; 1 pages -- Musical~~Show/Broadway
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Someone Else's Story from Chess - Piano/Vocal
Piano, Voice
Performed by: Dennis DeYoung: Someone Else's Story Digital Sheetmusic - instantly dow…
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Performed by: Dennis DeYoung: Someone Else's Story Digital Sheetmusic - instantly downloadable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file (this arrangement contains complete lyrics), scoring: Piano/Vocal, instruments: Voice;Piano; 5 pages -- Show/Broadway~~Musical
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Someone Else's Story
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
By Tim Rice and Chess (Musical). For piano, voice, and guitar (chords only). Broadway; Mus…
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By Tim Rice and Chess (Musical). For piano, voice, and guitar (chords only). Broadway; Musical/Show. 5 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Someone Else's Story from Chess for Clarinet Choir
Clarinet Ensemble
By Tim Rice. Arranged by Lisa Ochoco. Score, Set of Parts. 17 pages. Published by Lisa Och…
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By Tim Rice. Arranged by Lisa Ochoco. Score, Set of Parts. 17 pages. Published by Lisa Ochoco (H0.241537-758975). - Score,Set of Parts - - Lisa Ochoco
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Someone Else's Story from Chess for Flute Choir
Flute ensemble
By Tim Rice. Arranged by Lisa Ochoco. Score, Set of Parts. 21 pages. Published by Lisa Och…
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By Tim Rice. Arranged by Lisa Ochoco. Score, Set of Parts. 21 pages. Published by Lisa Ochoco (H0.224945-758975). - Score,Set of Parts - - Lisa Ochoco
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Someone Else's Story
Piano, Voice
By Benny Andersson. For Piano/Vocal. Broadway; Musical/Show. Piano/Vocal. 5 pages. Publish…
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By Benny Andersson. For Piano/Vocal. Broadway; Musical/Show. Piano/Vocal. 5 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Tim Rice: Someone Else's Story (from Chess) - voice & other instruments (fake book)
Melody line, (Lyrics) and Chords
Instantly printable sheet music by Tim Rice for voice & other instruments (fake book) …
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Instantly printable sheet music by Tim Rice for voice & other instruments (fake book) of MEDIUM skill level. / classical,standards,broadway
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Benny Andersson: Someone Else's Story - voice & piano
Piano, Voice
Instantly printable sheet music by Benny Andersson for voice & piano of MEDIUM skill l…
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Instantly printable sheet music by Benny Andersson for voice & piano of MEDIUM skill level. / musical/show,broadway
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Bjorn Ulvaeus: Someone Else's Story for voice, piano and guitar
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
Instantly printable sheet music by Tim Rice for voice & piano of MEDIUM skill level. /…
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Instantly printable sheet music by Tim Rice for voice & piano of MEDIUM skill level. / musical/show,broadway
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The Huron Carol [SATB]
Choral SATB
Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download Composed by Traditional French Folk Song.…
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download Composed by Traditional French Folk Song. Arranged by Laurie Betts Hughes. A Cappella, Christmas, Contemporary, Sacred. Octavo. 13 pages. Dandelion Music Press #3104061. Published by Dandelion Music Press
A haunting choice to introduce your mid-level choirs to a cappella choral textures, and a nice counterpoint to the season of Major tonalities. The composer writes: "I was introduced to this tune from a beautiful children's picture book illustrated by Frances Tyrrell. The imagery of the Christ child appearing in a far-removed cultural context was eye-opening as I considered the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jesus I knew. I was delighted to find a lesser-known, hauntingly beautiful, and fresh Christmas piece in the face of more familiar carols. It was like re-discovering the nativity story for the first time through someone else's perspective."
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Marshmello - Happier
Piano, Voice
Piano Solo, Piano/Vocal/Chords - Intermediate - Digital Download By Marshmello &…
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Piano Solo, Piano/Vocal/Chords - Intermediate - Digital Download By Marshmello & Bastille, Marshmello (Feat. Bastille). Arranged by Mario Stallbaumer. 7 pages. Published by Mario Stallbaumer
Here's how to play "Happier" by Marshmello (feat. Bastille) on piano!<br> <br> With this piano sheet music, you can play "Happier" on piano.<br> It's an accurate piano arrangement of the whole song which is not too hard to play, and sounds fantastic!<br> <br> The whole melody is included in the piano part, so it sounds great when played as an instrumental version. However, you can also use these piano sheets to accompany singers, or sing along yourself!<br> This sheet music comes with a seperate system for the singer, and includes the song's full lyris.<br> <br> "Happier" is a follow-up to Marshmello's super-hit "Friends" (feat. Anne-Marie), and it's a beautiful collaboration with British indie-band Bastille.<br> <br> Here are the full lyrics to "Happier":<br> <br> Lately, I've been, I've been thinking<br> I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier<br> When the morning comes<br> When we see what we've become<br> In the cold light of day we're a flame in the wind<br> Not the fire that we've begun<br> Every argument, every word we can't take back<br> 'Cause with the all that has happened<br> I think that we both know the way that the story ends<br> Then only for a minute<br> I want to change my mind<br> 'Cause this just don't feel right to me<br> I want to raise your spirits<br> I want to see you smile but<br> Know that means I'll have to leave<br> Know that means I'll have to leave<br> Lately, I've been, I've been thinking<br> I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier<br> When the evening falls<br> And I'm left there with my thoughts<br> And the image of you being with someone else<br> Well, that's eating me up inside<br> But we run our course, we pretend that we're okay<br> Now if we jump together at least we can swim<br> Far away from the wreck we made<br> Then only for a minute<br> I want to change my mind<br> 'Cause this just don't feel right to me<br> I want to raise your spirits<br> I want to see you smile but<br> Know that means I'll have to leave<br> Know that means I'll have to leave<br> Lately, I've been, I've been thinking<br> I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier<br> So I'll go, I'll go<br> I will go, go, go<br> So I'll go, I'll go<br> I will go, go, go<br> Lately, I've been, I've been thinking<br> I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier<br> Even though I might not like this<br> I think that you'll be happier, I want you to be happier<br> Then only for a minute (only for a minute)<br> I want to change my mind<br> 'Cause this just don't feel right to me<br> I want to raise your spirits<br> I want to see you smile but<br> Know that means I'll have to leave<br> Know that means I'll have to leave<br> Lately, I've been, I've been thinking<br> I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier<br> So I'll go, I'll go<br> I will go, go, go<br>
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Irish National Anthem (Unofficial) for String Orchestra
String Orchestra
String Orchestra - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by trad. Arranged by Ke…
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String Orchestra - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by trad. Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century, European, Patriotic. Score, Set of Parts. 10 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions
Londonderry Air arranged for String Orchestra.<br> <br> A big band version of the song is used as the theme for The Danny Thomas Show (a.k.a. Make Room For Daddy).<br> <br> "Danny Boy" was used to represent Northern Ireland at the start of the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, sung by a choir of children on the Giant’s Causeway.<br> <br> On November 25, 2014, the Vancouver Canucks used the song in honor of the recently deceased Pat Quinn, who played and worked in many executive capacities for the team.<br> <br> There are various theories as to the true meaning of "Danny Boy". Some listeners have interpreted the song to be a message from a parent to a son going off to war or leaving as part of the Irish diaspora.<br> <br> The 1918 version of the sheet music included alternative lyrics ("Eily Dear"), with the instructions that "when sung by a man, the words in italic should be used; the song then becomes "Eily Dear", so that "Danny Boy" is only to be sung by a lady". In spite of this, it is unclear whether this was Weatherly’s intent.<br> <br> Why the name Londonderry Air? Londonderry and Derry refer to the same place, a city in the north of Ireland, and also to the surrounding county. Supposedly the city of Derry was founded by St. Colmcille, although archaeological evidence shows that people were living there thousands of years earlier. There is an excellent museum in the city, which is worth a visit if you want to find out more. The name of the city was actually "Doire", corrupted to "Derry" by people who can’t pronounce Irish. It thought to derive from an Irish root meaning "oak tree".<br> <br> Moving quickly along in history, about a millenium later the government of England was having a difficult time colonizing Ireland because of the fierce and warlike clans living there, especially in the north of the country, Ulster. The monarchs of England, almost all of whom were notorious cheapskates, were continually looking about for ingenious ways to conquer places without actually having to put up the money themselves, or run the risk of unpopularity if they lost. In the case of Ireland, some of these schemes of the "Brish gummit" (as it is termed nowadays in Ulster) are still producing unfortunate long-term consequences.<br> <br> In 1608, King James I gave the city of Derry to the City of London corporation. I guess the deal could be summed up by saying that if the City of London could figure out a way to chase all the inhabitants out of Derry, they would be allowed to keep the loot, minus a percentage for the King of course. If they lost, well too bad. In celebration of this historic agreement, the name of Derry was officially changed to Londonderry. (For further information, check out the Northern Ireland Tourist Board’s History of Derry.)<br> <br> The linguistic outcome of all this today is that, if you think that King James’s deal with the City of London was a good idea, you call both the city and county "Londonderry". If you do, you are probably a supporter of the Unionist movement that seeks to keep Ulster a part of the United Kingdom. If you think it was a bad idea, you call both "Derry", and you are probably a supporter of the Irish Nationalist cause. Or you might just be someone who thinks it’s confusing for kings to be going around changing the names of places all the time for no good reason.<br> <br> You can find plenty of discussion about the political side of the question elsewhere, but here let’s look at the musical side. We have an air, collected in county Derry/Londonderry, and it doesn’t have a title. What do we call it?<br> <br> If you were a proper Victorian, there’s no way you were going to call it the Londonderry Air, much less the Derry Air, because of the improper sentiments that these titles might suggest. My parents tell me that in their youth in Australia, it was usually called the Air from County Derry. (This would, I suppose, support Winston Churchill’s theory that Australia was inhabited by "convicts and Irishmen".)<br> <br> My mother also sends the following information, referring to an arrangement of the tune by the Australian composer Percy Grainger:<br> <br> Just another note about Danny Boy, that I grew up in Australia believing to be the Air from County Derry. We were looking through some LP’s last night (back to vinyl yet!) and found a Mercury Wing Classical Favorites stereo LP SRW18060, COUNTRY GARDENS and other favorites by Percy Grainger {played by} Eastman-Rochester Pops, Frederick Fennell, conducting. The cover notes included the following: "Irish Tune from County Derry was harmonised in memory of Irish childhood friends in Australia." Considered by many to be Grainger’s masterpiece of harmonization, the tune was collected many years ago by Miss Jane Ross of New Town, Limavady, Ireland. Grainger has set it for many instrumental combinations. So there’s another variant on the name for it. It doesn’t say who wrote the notes, but the bits in quotes for each of the works on the record are Grainger’s original comments.<br> <br> The references to Londonderry Air that I’ve seen don’t go back any earlier than the late 1930s. For example, the Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) in February 1940. Bing Crosby’s version was recorded in July 1941 (reference). (So many different things I could check up on!) Londonderry was an important American naval base during WWII, but the US hadn’t come into the war in 1940.<br> <br> Need an anthem fast? They are ALL in my store! 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