| 1712 Overture Orchestre Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra SKU: PR.416415760 For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
PR.416415760 For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
Schickele. Study Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415760). UPC:
680160636532. 9 x 12
inches. The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams. $39.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| 1712 Overture Orchestre Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641576L For Really Big Orchestra. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
PR.41641576L For
Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Peter
Schickele. Large Score.
With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#416-41576L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641576L). UPC:
680160636549. 11 x 17
inches. The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams. $80.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Songs of Harriet Tubman Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Piano, soprano voice SKU: PR.411411690 Composed by Nkeiru O...(+)
Chamber Music Piano,
soprano voice SKU:
PR.411411690 Composed
by Nkeiru Okoye. 32
pages. Duration 25
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #411-41169.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.411411690). UPC:
680160686032. The
four name arias in
HARRIET TUBMAN: When I
crossed that Line To
Freedom, portray stages
in the title character's
transformation from slave
to freedom-fighter.
First, as a child, she
introduces herself as
Araminta, who is often
called, Minty. Her naive
prattlings establish a
dramatic contrast between
childhood's contentment
and the harsh realities
of slave existence. My
name is Harriet, now.
Don't call me Minty any
more, declares the
teenaged heroine. Having
survived a series of
abusive masters and a
debilitating injury, she
asserts her rites of
womanhood through the
shedding of her childhood
moniker. The grown
Harriet Tubman
reintroduces herself as a
free woman, recounting
the harrowing tale of
escape from slavery.
Confronted by bittersweet
poignancy at having
crossed the line to
freedom without family to
welcome her, she is
inspired towards a new
goal: returning home to
rescue loved ones. In the
final aria, Tubman, a
seasoned conductor on the
Underground Railroad,
embraces the folkloric
title given to her by
escapees and aspiring
runaways. I am 'Moses,
the Liberator,' she
proclaims. Her
transformation is
complete. The four
“name†arias
in HARRIET TUBMAN: When I
crossed thatLine To
Freedom, portray stages
in the title character's
transformationfrom slave
to freedom-fighter.First,
as a child, she
introduces herself as
“Araminta,â€
who is oftencalled,
“Minty.†Her
naïve prattlings
establish a dramatic
contrastbetween
childhood's contentment
and the harsh realities
of
slaveexistence.“My
name is Harriet, now.
Don't call me Minty any
more,†declares
theteenaged heroine.
Having survived a series
of abusive masters and
adebilitating injury, she
asserts her rites of
womanhood through
theshedding of her
childhood moniker.The
grown Harriet Tubman
reintroduces herself as a
free woman,recounting the
harrowing tale of escape
from slavery. Confronted
bybittersweet poignancy
at having crossed the
line to freedom
withoutfamily to welcome
her, she is inspired
towards a new goal:
returninghome to rescue
loved ones.In the final
aria, Tubman, a seasoned
conductor on the
UndergroundRailroad,
embraces the folkloric
title given to her by
escapees andaspiring
runaways. “I am
'Moses, the
Liberator,'†she
proclaims.
Hertransformation is
complete. $27.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| a2 (b) [Conducteur] University Of York Music Press
Violin and Cello SKU: BT.MUSM570360130 Composed by Thomas Simaku. Score O...(+)
Violin and Cello SKU:
BT.MUSM570360130
Composed by Thomas
Simaku. Score Only. 9
pages. University of York
Music Press
#MUSM570360130. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570360130).
English. For
Violin and Cello.
Published 2008. Dedicated
to Peter Sheppard
Skaerved and Neil Heyde.
This music was composed
during my DAAD residency
in Berlin in October —
November 2007. If I were
to describe it in one
sentence, I would say
that it is based on the
idea of 'two things
seen/heard as one'. a2 (a
due) is a well-known term
to musicians; it is often
found in orchestral
scores indicating a given
passage that is to be
played by two instruments
of the same family.
Although violin and cello
could well be regarded as
'first cousins' of the
string family, the
literal implementation of
the term a2 as a
'compositional strategy'
would have been too much
(!) for a piece of
chamber music consisting
of no more than two
players. Not
surprisingly, this never
happens in this work; in
fact, the opposite is
true: regardless of how
it appears on paper (i.e.
on one or two staves),
the music for each
instrument is constantly
based on two layers. This
musical 'interpretation'
of the title gives an
indication as to how the
textural format of the
piece operates. However,
this was by no means the
only thought that
'preoccupied' my mind
whilst composing this
music. Berlin made a
profound impression on
me. The remnants of the
wall in Bernauer
Straße and the cobbled
two-stone line tracing
the wall across where it
once stood — a clear
reminder of what not so
long ago there were two
different worlds in one
city — provoked a
strikingly dramatic
effect. Border,
death-strip, killing, and
escape to freedom had a
particularly evocative
resonance, especially of
the time when I lived for
three years in a remote
town in Southern Albania
right at the border with
Greece. There, there was
a nameless road whose
destination the
authorities did not want
you to know, but the
locals called it the
'death-road'. In no way
programmatic, in this
context, the
extra-musical dimension
of the principal idea is
very much part of the
piece. Here, the musical
and extra-musical
interpretations cannot
easily be separated, for
they are two parts of the
same thing: a2. As if to
add another dimension to
this idea, there are two
versions of this piece:
for viola & cello and
violin & cello. The
first version was
premiéred by Garth Knox
and Rohan de Saram at the
2008 Intrasonus Festival
in Venice.. $18.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| a2 (a) [Conducteur] University Of York Music Press
Viola and Cello SKU: BT.MUSM570360116 Composed by Thomas Simaku. Score On...(+)
Viola and Cello SKU:
BT.MUSM570360116
Composed by Thomas
Simaku. Score Only. 9
pages. University of York
Music Press
#MUSM570360116. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570360116).
English. For
Viola and Cello.
Published 2008. Dedicated
to Garth Knox and Rohan
de Saram First
performance: Intrasonus
Festival Venice, 3 May
2008 This music was
composed during my DAAD
residency in Berlin in
October — November
2007. If I were to
describe it in one
sentence, I would say
that it is based on the
idea of 'two things
seen/heard as one'. a2 (a
due) is a well-known term
to musicians; it is often
found in orchestral
scores indicating a given
passage that is to be
played by two instruments
of the same family.
Although violin and cello
could well be regarded as
'first cousins' of the
string family, the
literal implementation of
the term a2 as a
'compositional strategy'
would have been too much
(!) for a piece of
chamber music consisting
of no more than two
players. Not
surprisingly, this never
happens in this work; in
fact, the opposite is
true: regardless of how
it appears on paper (i.e.
on one or two staves),
the music for each
instrument is constantly
based on two layers. This
musical 'interpretation'
of the title gives an
indication as to how the
textural format of the
piece operates. However,
this was by no means the
only thought that
'preoccupied' my mind
whilst composing this
music. Berlin made a
profound impression on
me. The remnants of the
wall in Bernauer
Straße and the cobbled
two-stone line tracing
the wall across where it
once stood — a clear
reminder of what not so
long ago there were two
different worlds in one
city — provoked a
strikingly dramatic
effect. Border,
death-strip, killing, and
escape to freedom had a
particularly evocative
resonance, especially of
the time when I lived for
three years in a remote
town in Southern Albania
right at the border with
Greece. There, there was
a nameless road whose
destination the
authorities did not want
you to know, but the
locals called it the
'death-road'. In no way
programmatic, in this
context, the
extra-musical dimension
of the principal idea is
very much part of the
piece. Here, the musical
and extra-musical
interpretations cannot
easily be separated, for
they are two parts of the
same thing: a2. As if to
add another dimension to
this idea, there are two
versions of this piece:
for viola & cello and
violin & cello. The
first version was
premiéred by Garth Knox
and Rohan de Saram at the
2008 Intrasonus Festival
in Venice.. $18.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| The Definitive Bob Dylan Songbook (Small Format) Paroles et Accords [Partition] Music Sales
By Bob Dylan. By Bob Dylan. Arranged by Don Giller and Ed Lozano. Music Sales Am...(+)
By Bob Dylan. By Bob
Dylan. Arranged by Don
Giller and Ed Lozano.
Music Sales America.
Folk, Pop, Rock.
Softcover. Composed 2016.
788 pages. Music Sales
#AM978923. Published by
Music Sale
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| Finding Ursula Vaughan Williams
An anthology of new songs for voice and Piano on poems by Ursula Vaughan William...(+)
An anthology of new songs
for voice and Piano on
poems by Ursula Vaughan
Williams. -
Nicola LeFanu Finding,
for Baritone and
Piano
- Jeremy Dale
Roberts Spoken to a
Bronze Head, for Mezzo
Soprano/SopranoandPiano
li>
- Alastair Borthwick
Time being, for
Baritone/Tenor and
Piano
- Leonidas
Sakallarides Place, for
Soprano and
Piano
- Elegy for
Soprano and
Piano
- Anthony
Payne The
Headland,forBaritone/Mezz
o-Soprano/Countertenor
and Piano
- Thomas
Simaku Need for Speech,
for Soprano and
Piano
- Evis
Sammoutis This girl is
dead, for Soprano and
Piano
- Richard
Tsang There must be time
forgrief,for Soprano and
Piano
-
-
Finding [LeFanu, Nicola]
-
-
Spoken To A Bronze Head
[Roberts, Jeremy Dale]
-
-
Time Being [Borthwich,
Alastair]
-
-
Place [Sakallarides,
Leonidas]
-
-
Elegy [Sakallarides,
Leonidas]
-
-
The Headland [Payne,
Anthony]
-
-
Need For Speech [Simaku,
Thomas]
-
-
This Girl Is Dead
[Sammoutis, Evis]
-
-
There Must Be Time For
Grief [Tsang, Richard]
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| Follow the Drinking Gourd Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
Arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle. Arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle. For String Orchestr...(+)
Arranged by Carrie Lane
Gruselle. Arr. Carrie
Lane Gruselle. For String
Orchestra. String
Orchestra. String
Orchestra. Folk Song;
Spiritual. Level: 3
(grade 3). Conductor
Score and Parts. 1 pages.
Published by Alfred
Publishing.
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