PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- John-McCabe

SATB with organ. Composed by John McCabe (1939-). Choral. Sacred. Score. Composed 2015. 92 pages. Novello & Co Ltd. #MUSNOV294899. Published by Novello & Co Ltd.

String Quartet

SKU: HL.14021094

Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV120834. Published by Music Sales (HL.14021094).

ISBN 9780853609216.

This Quartet was commissioned by the Delme String Quartet, to whom it is dedicated. First performed by the Quartet, London 1982. Duration 20 minutes. A Score is also available for sale.

Double Bass

SKU: HL.14021087

Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 8 pages. Music Sales #NOV955163. Published by Music Sales (HL.14021087).

8.25x12.0x0.059 inches.

John McCabe's Pueblo for solo Double Bass. Duration: approx. 7 minutes.

Pueblo is an off-shoot of a series of compositions inspired by desert country, and it was commissioned by Leon Bosch with the aid of funds provided by North West Arts. The piece is continous, falling into several sections, and is largeley based on the high circling motif heard at the start and referred to again in the harmonics at the close.
It is prefaced by the following quotation from Scenes in American Deserta by Reyner Banham, published by Thames and Hudson:

'Clouds, high and flat, were now building up in thesky, the wind was settling to silent calm, the weather was very cold, and the stream through the center of the pueblo was almost frozen across, the Indians chipping out ice to melt down for water.'

The aim in writing the piece was to express in musical terms a response to the vivid picture of a scene relating to life in the American desert conveyed by Reyner Banham's text. Although not numbered among other Desert works, this belongs to this family of compositions, along with another Banham setting, written for the King's Singers, Scenes In America Deserta. - John McCabe
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Wind Quintet

SKU: HL.14007457

Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America. Classical. Set. Music Sales #NOV120421. Published by Music Sales (HL.14007457).

UPC: 888680605735. 8.5x11.75x0.313 inches.

John McCabe's Concerto For Piano And Wind Quintet. Commissioned by the Birmingham Chamber Music Society, for first performance by the Venturi Ensemble (Sebastian Bell, Philip Jones, Roy Jowitt, Alan Hammond, James Diack, and John McCabe) on 21 February 1970.

String Ensemble and Piano

SKU: HL.14023164

Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America. Classical. Set. Music Sales #NOV120217. Published by Music Sales (HL.14023164).

John McCabe's Nocturnal For Piano Quintet was composed in 1966, commissioned by the Park Lane Group, London, and first performed by the Lancaster University Ensemble.

Duration: Approximately 13 minutes.

Composers Note: 

The title of this work is a reference to John Donne's poem A Nocturnal upon St Lucie's Day, the mood of which is reflected in the quintet. It falls into several movements, played without a break: Introduction (Andante), setting forth the main thematic ideas of the music; Nocturne 1 (Allegro vivo), an agitated, virtuoso, scherzo-like section; a tripartite central part of the work consisting of two Cadenzasframing a brief Interlude, the first Cadenza being largely for strings, the second mainly for piano, and the Interlude harking back to the feeling of the Introduction; Nocturne 2 (Andante molto), a slow piece gradually building to a unison theme on strings accompanied by a tolling piano background. This dies down to lead to an Epilogue, ending with a final reference to the work's opening bars. 

Violin, Horn and Piano - intermediate-advanced

SKU: HL.14008205

Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America. Classical. Set. Music Sales #NOV120364. Published by Music Sales (HL.14008205).

ISBN 9781785585890. 8.25x11.75x0.65 inches.

This is an exciting chamber work for Horn, Violin and Piano, composed by John McCabe in 1967. This expressive and adventurous work will provide an enjoyable challenge for your chamber group. The Horn in F and Violin parts are included on separate inserts.