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- Blue Sky

Concert Band (Score) - beginning

SKU: HL.4005528

Composed by Francois Dorion. First Concepts (Concert Band). Concert. Softcover. 12 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.4005528).

UPC: 888680747565. 9.0x12.0x0.028 inches.

Even on cloudy days your beginning band will have fun with Blue Sky Rock. There are melody spots for all instruments, including a question and answer section, and easy rhythms with no syncopation.

(SSAATTBB choir)

SKU: HL.48024961

SATB divisi a cappella. Composed by Arnesen and Kim André. Boosey & Hawkes Sacred Choral. Octavo. Boosey & Hawkes #M060137129. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024961).

UPC: 840126950366.

Compo ser's note: My approach to arranging this carol, as well as the other carols in Nordic Christmas, was to look at the text (originally in Danish by Nikolai Grundtvig, 1783-1872) and its background to see if there are new meanings hidden in the material. Perhaps there are circumstances around its creation or messages the original authors were trying to say that somehow get lost in the way they are interpreted today. Lovely is the dark blue sky is usually performed as a lustrous up-tempo carol, but thinking of Grundtvig's story and life, writing this text between episodes of severe mental illness, and his vision of a child looking at the dark blue sky at night, I made the atmosphere of this arrangement more dreamy, still and full of wonder. I still wanted to keep it childlike, with the choir singing tenderly and the soprano solo is ideally sung by a child. The melody was written 'by an old man who had never before composed any music', as stated in the 1853 hymnbook in which this melody first appeared. It is the only known composition of its writer, the Norwegian-Danish Jacob Gerhard Meidell (1778-1857), who was a captain in the Danish Army and later a customs inspector in Copenhagen. The text was written by one of the great Danish hymn writers, N F S Grundtvig in 1810. It was written between a manic and a depressive episode. During a time of being well, he wanted to write about Christmas through the eyes of a child. The message is simple, as a children's song with storybook elements.

By Wilco. Play It Like It Is (Authentic note-for-note transcriptions). Guitar tablature. 104 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music.

By Electric Light Orchestra. By Jeff Lynne. Arranged by Roger Emerson. Pop Choral Series. Pop/Rock, Shuffle, Pop, Rock. Octavo. 20 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.250198).

By Electric Light Orchestra. By Jeff Lynne. Arranged by Jack Holt and Matt Conaway. Contemporary Marching Band. Rock. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard

((from NBC's The Sing-Off)). By Electric Light Orchestra and NBC's The Sing-Off. By Jeff Lynne. Arranged by Deke Sharon. SATB DV A Cappella. Pop Choral Series. 20 pages

By Electric Light Orchestra and Jeff Lynne. Arranged by Roger Holmes. Young Jazz (Jazz Ensemble). Jazz, Rock. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard

Choral; Piano Accompaniment (ShowTrax CD)

SKU: HL.250201

By Electric Light Orchestra. By Jeff Lynne. Arranged by Roger Emerson. Pop Choral Series. Pop, Pop/Rock, Rock, Shuffle. CD. Duration 200 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.250201).

UPC: 888680714178. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

Made popular by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), it is hard to find such a happy song from any era. The lyrics are positive and up beat and the overall feel is simple joy. This classic pop song is a wonderful addition to your concert.