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Chamber Music Anvil, Bass Drum, Crotales, Glockenspiel, Gong, Percussion, Suspended Cymbal, Tam-tam, Triangle, Tubular Bells, Vibraphone, Violin

SKU: PR.114410790

Composed by Daniel Dorff. Set of performance scores. With Standard notation. Composed 1993. 32+32 pages. Duration 13 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41079. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114410790).

ISBN 9781491112687. UPC: 680160015580. 9 x 12 inches.

THREE MYSTERIES OF NAGASAKI was inspired by the eerie darkness and ambiguous bells of the oldest Western church in Japan. Dorff’s program note describes impressions of his visit to Nagasaki while withholding any explanation of the three movements. The 13-minute work is a duo for violin and one percussionist, with an array of pitched and unpitched ringing metallic instruments plus bass drum.
THREE MYSTERIES OF NAGASAKI was inspired by the ambiguous bells of the oldest Western church in Japan.In an island nation that used to thrive on isolation from the rest of the world, Nagasaki has long been a vulnerable exception. From the 16th through 19th centuries, it was Japan’s only international port, open to Portuguese and Dutch traders. From this sole crossroads, Christianity (along with European food, flowers, and language) began flowing into the otherwise insular culture. The US Navy’s presence in the 1800s added to Nagasaki being Japan’s exposed Achilles’ heel, which may be why Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is set in this city, with Cho-Cho-San’s vulnerability symbolizing the risk of openness to Western influence.I’ve had occasion to visit Nagasaki, and have never felt so haunted. Aside from the unspeakable atrocity of 1945 and the lasting presence of that horror, there also remains a mysterious air of not really being in pure Japan, or in the present day. Nowhere was this more obvious than within the Ōura Basilica, the earliest Christian church built in Japan. Decades after visiting the basilica, I still recall its oddly distorted and slowly pealing bells, and timeless incense floating in relative darkness. The mysterious bells have stayed with me both for their own sonority, and as a subconscious reminder of everything Nagasaki is and was.Composed for a violinist-percussionist couple who ended a decades-long relationship just as I completed the work (and never performing it), it was originally called simply THREE MYSTERIES; I couldn’t make a direct reference in the title because it felt too raw. Looking back years later, the updated title THREE MYSTERIES OF NAGASAKI seems to ask more questions than it answers.

Music by George Gershwin (1898-1937), Ira Gershwin, arranged by Tom Gerou. Songbook for easy solo piano. Series: Simply Gershiwn. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Arranged by Bruce Nelson, music by Dave Brubeck. Songbook for easy solo piano. Series: Simply Brubeck. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Charles Mingus. Arranged by Sy Johnson. Score and Parts. Simply Mingus for Jazz Ensemble. Grade 4

Simplified SATB Choir

SKU: WD.080689062278

Composed by Mark Mcclure. Arranged by Mark McClure & Russell Mauldin. Choral. Simply the Best Series. Sacred Anthem. Book. Word Music #080689062278. Published by Word Music (WD.080689062278).

UPC: 080689062278.

With the weekly demands of providing music for corporate worship, choirs need an easy solution for quality worship music. Music ministries need arrangements that provide options for performance, conserve rehearsal time, and are consistent with the same style and integrity of the selections already at use in their program. Simply...the Best is that solution: an easy-to-sing booklet with three proven anthems re-arranged to maximize rehearsal efficiency. The songs are familiar and the parts are easy enough to learn in as little as one rehearsal. Simply...the Best arrangements are even crafted to work when there are no men available to sing, creating flexibility and the option for a women's-only choir.

An exclusive benefit of the Simply...the Best series is the Virtual Accompanist trax (included on the CD accompaniment trax.) The Virtual Accompanist trax includes the women's parts being sung and played on the left channel and men's voice parts being sung and played on the right. By panning the trax to either side, you can let each section hear its parts separately.

Whether you sing all three songs together or on separate occasions, with live accompaniment or with the split track accompaniment CD, this series is a simple solution to encourage choirs to lift their voices in praise. No choir is too small or too large to benefit from the practical arrangements and the new trax features of Simply...the Best.

By Rob Nockowitz. For Guitar. ISBN 1-58560-494-1. There are three main uses of this Handy Guide. The "gigging musician" will benefit from all the popular licks and can draw on this information as you would with an encyclopedia. For example, if you need a Classic Rock lick for your evening gig, simply turn to the Classic Rock section and transpose one of the licks into the desired key. For the student, just bring this guide to one of your lessons and have your teacher walk you through the licks and offer additional suggestions. For the guitar instructor, Portable Alternative Rock Licks is a fantastic resource for teaching your students popular sounding licks without having to spend countless hours transcribing them on your own. Now you can spend that extra time playing these licks and sharing in the excitement with each of your students. Here's an example of the types of licks we've already transcribed for you; Classic Rock Licks / Heavy Metal Licks / Alternative Licks This is just one of the many "case-style" chord books available from Santorella Publications.

(A Trivial Trifle). By Kevin Kaisershot. For 3 Alto Saxophones. Mixed Instruments - Flexible Instrumentation; Part(s); Trio. Eighth Note Publications. 12 pages. Published by Eighth Note Publications

(A Trivial Trifle). By Kevin Kaisershot. For 3 F Horns. Brass - French Horn Trio; Trio. Eighth Note Publications. 12 pages. Published by Eighth Note Publications