PARTITIONS GRATUITES : SAXOPHONE ALTO
- Sound Of Madness

SSA Choir

SKU: BT.MUSM570366118

Composed by Kerry Andrew. Classical. Vocal Score. 11 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570366118. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570366118).

English.

Kerry Andrew 's Luna-cy for three voices (SSA). Duration: 5 minutes Composed: 2001 Also published as part of UYMP's Songspin Songbook, ISMN M 57036 603 3. A cuckoo called: I looked towards the sound, but only the moon of the dawn was there. Fujiwara Sanesada. Translation by Geoffrey Bownas and Anthony Thwaite from ‘The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse’ (Penguin Books 1964, Revised edition 1998, 2009). Reproduced by permission of Penguin Books Ltd. I had an animalistic expression of madness in mind for this piece. The Japanese tanka above seemed to encapsulate the idea of madness associated with the moon ('lunar'= 'lunacy') and with cuckoos.

By Gregory B. Rudgers. Concert Band. For Concert Band. Carl Fischer First Plus Performance Series. Level: Grade 1.5. Score and Set of Parts. Duration 2:23. Published by Carl Fischer.

(A Comprehensive Guide to Guitars, Amps, and Effects for the Dedicated Guitarist). By Tobias Hurwitz. For Guitar. Book; CD; Guitar Reference; Reference Textbooks. The Serious Guitarist. 128 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Concert Band Concert Band - Grade 1.5

SKU: CF.FPS64F

Composed by Gregory B. Rudgers. Carl Fischer First Plus Performance Series. Full score. With Standard notation. Duration 2:23. Carl Fischer Music #FPS64F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FPS64F).

ISBN 9780825867682. UPC: 798408067687. 9 X 12 inches. Key: D phrygian.

The sounds of gears, gadgets, and all things mechanical form the basis for this unique, beginning band piece by Carl Fischer Music newcomer Gregory Rudgers. There is a hint of the futuristic in the sounds and textures that students will encounter. A fun change of pace for the developing band.

Book with Play-Along Tracks. Composed by Various. Real Book Play-Along. Softcover Audio Online. 440 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

C Edition Book/USB Flash Drive Pack. Composed by Various. Real Book Play- Along. Softcover with USB. 440 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Concert Band Concert Band - Grade 3

SKU: FJ.B1491S

Score Only. Composed by Brian Balmages. Concert Band. FJH Concert Band. Programmatic. Score. Duration 4:45. The FJH Music Company Inc #98-B1491S. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc (FJ.B1491S).

English.

This contemporary work based on Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven tells the eerie story of a man confronted by a raven, and his slow descent into utter madness. A haunting piano line supports the opening melody in alto saxophone, surrounded by contemporary effects and textures. As the man becomes more irritated, the music picks up in tempo and becomes increasingly dissonant and violent until it errupts in a cacophony of chaos. Finally, the man breaks, and the unsettling sounds of the opening piano return. Absolutely stunning.

About FJH Concert Band

Desig ned for high school groups and upper-level middle school groups. Independence is encouraged, but many lines are cross-cued. Usually includes an expanded percussion section. Grades 3 - 3.5

Chamber Music Clarinet, Flute, Percussion, Piano, Tape, Violoncello, soprano voice

SKU: PR.11140180S

For Mezzo-soprano Voice and Chamber Ensemble with Tape. Composed by Shulamit Ran. Text: Five Poems of Nelly Sachs, Translation from German of Nos. I, III and IV by Ruth and Matthew Mead, of No. II by Michael Roloff and No. V by Michael Hamburger. Contemporary. Set of performance scores. With Standard notation. Composed 1969. 52 pages. Duration 18 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #111-40180S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11140180S).

UPC: 680160601691. Text: Nelly Sachs. Nelly Sachs. Text: Five Poems of Nelly Sachs, Translation from German of Nos. I, III and IV by Ruth and Matthew Mead, of No. II by Michael Roloff and No. V by Michael Hamburger.

O The Chimneys is a setting of five poems by Nelly Sachs, the great German-Jewish 1966 Nobel Prize co-winner in literature, whose writing concerned itself almost entirely with the subject of the holocaust. Composed in 1969, the work was my own personal way of saying, through my own art, do not forget. Shockingly, these words have as much relevance today as they did when the work was written. Today we find ourselves having to say do not forget, do not distort, do not deny it ever happened.   I selected the five poems from Sachs' O The Chimneys collection, retaining its grimly evocative title even though I did not include the actual poem by that name. In scoring the work for female voice, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, piano and percussion, I aimed to give myself the broadest possible palette of instrumental colors while using the smallest number of participants. Yet as I was planning the final moments of my cycle, I felt that instrumental sound alone would not suffice to express the horror. An electronic tape segment was added to the work's final climax.   The first two poems (A Dead Child Speaks and Already Embraced by the Arm of Heavenly Solace), both depicting the tearing of a child away from his mother, are treated essentially as one unit, with the first acting as an introduction to the second. These two, and the cycle's apocalyptic fifth poem (Hell is Naked from Glowing Enigmas II), act as the two weighty pillar points, so to speak, surrounding the more introspective two middle poems (Fleeing and Someone Comes). To maximize dramatic differentiation within the constraints of a relentlessly tragic subject matter, I used range as a means to delineate contrast, by dividing the sounds available to me into low and dark (mvt. III) vs. high and, at times, eerily bright (mvt. IV) colors. Thus the two middle poems are intended to balance the frenzied madness of which the work's outer parts are made.   The work received its first performance in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Auditorium on January 19, 1970.   --Shulamit Ran.