| Impressions from the Chinese Zodiac Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Saxophone(s) SKU: PR.114423500 Composed by Chen Yi. Perform...(+)
Chamber Music
Saxophone(s) SKU:
PR.114423500 Composed
by Chen Yi. Performance
Score. Duration 3
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42350.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114423500). ISBN
9781491137758. UPC:
680160691531. Commi
ssioned by The Juilliard
School’s Music
Advancement Program,
IMPRESSIONS FROM THE
CHINESE ZODIAC is a suite
of three characteristic
pieces within reach of
advanced pre-college
saxophonists, and
introducing advanced
techniques. The work is
equally satisfying and
impressive for top-level
performers. The movements
are titled:1. Rooster
Singing Out in the
Morning2. Monkey Jumping
Around in the Forest3.
Tiger Walking Down from
the
Mountain. Commissioned
by The Juilliard School
for Juilliard’s Music
Advancement Program,
Impressions from the
Chinese Zodiac was
composed for any size
saxophone in 2022. It
consists of three
independent movements
featuring different
musical characteristics
with various performing
techniques. The
inspiration for the music
came from impressions of
three animal signs
(rooster, monkey, and
tiger), from the twelve
in the Chinese Zodiac.The
first piece begins with a
repeated phrase imitating
a rooster’s loud
singing in the morning;
the pitch with
fluttertongue sounds like
the noise from the
rooster’s throat),
followed by phrases of a
pentatonic melody drawn
from The Sun Is Rising
With Our Joy, a Chinese
folk song from Sichuan
province. There are
descending passages,
simulating the
dropping-down sound of
the singing. Each passage
is different from others,
each of which should be
played accurately and
smoothly. The melody is
moved up a step with
variation, followed by an
echo of the rooster
singing at the end of the
piece. Now the sky is
bright, so the rooster
call returns up four
scale steps!The second
piece includes two
Chinese folk songs:
Thinking of My Darling
(from Shanxi province)
and Guessing (from Yunnan
province). Both songs
have large interval skips
spanning different
registers, as well as
microtonal intervals in
their original singing,
which show the
characteristics of the
regional musical
languages respectively.
The tone colors should be
matched when registers
are changed. The
microtonal pitches
(quarter-tone flat or
three-quarter-tone flat)
may be done by bending
the tone with one’s
lips. The image is the
monkey jumping around
lively, and the music is
played humorously. The
high and long pitch with
a yelling-down effect at
the end of the piece
brings the music to an
exciting peak.The third
piece features the strong
and brave tiger, with
accented tones in the
lowest register. The
first 3-pitch motive is
developed throughout the
piece, while peristaltic
chromatic material is
formed in various shapes
and directions, to show
the gestures of a mighty
and fierce image.Getting
accustomed to special
fingerings for the
chromatic passages and
trills, along with
precisely notated
articulations, and the
techniques of tongue slap
and key clicks, are the
basic goals to achieve in
this piece. $12.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Day Time Impressions Piano seul - Intermédiaire Forsyth Publications
Piano Solo - Easy-Intermediate SKU: FP.FBS03 Composed by Sarah Baker. She...(+)
Piano Solo -
Easy-Intermediate SKU:
FP.FBS03 Composed by
Sarah Baker. Sheet Music
and Books. Nine pieces
on a day time theme
for solo piano, by Sarah
Baker. Suggested grade
4-5. Classical.
Collection. Forsyths
Publications #FBS03.
Published by Forsyths
Publications (FP.FBS03).
ISBN
9790570500192. Sara
h Baker is Vocal Composer
in Residence at Education
Music Services, an ABRSM
examiner and a well known
composer of songs and
musicals for primary
schools and massed-choral
events.
All this
experience has come
together in the creation
of this album of piano
pieces, inspired by
growing up in the
Chiltern Hills. Suitable
for players of around
grade 4-5 standard, her
evocative sound pieces
describe a crash-landing
hot air balloon, garden
invading cows and a even
a snake in a
pond!
Air
Balloon!: One vivid
memory I have as a child
is of the day that a hot
air balloon passed over
our house and made an
emergency landing on the
road in front! The sound
of the gas being blown
into the balloon to try
to keep it high enough to
pass the house sounded so
loud and intimidating,
and then there was the
bustle of the neighbours
as we all went out into
the street to watch. It
was both terrifying and
exhilarating to watch the
balloon float past and
then land so near
by.
Buzzards
Circling: There is
something so calming and
restful about watching
birds of prey circling in
the thermal currents of a
summer sky. Growing up in
the Chilterns gave me
plenty of opportunity to
watch buzzards and red
kites. This piano solo
captures the beauty of
their flight as they
glide so effortlessly
through the
air.
There’
s A Cow In The Garden
Eating The Flowers:
Inspired by the memory of
seeing an unexpected cow
in the garden! This
surreal image is captured
in a quirky waltz, as I
portray both the
absurdity of the moment
and the sense of wonder I
felt as a child, looking
out of the window and
seeing the cow walking
round and eating the
flowers. The final phrase
articulates my longing:
‘I wish it would
come
again’.
Wat
ching The World Go By: A
short, reflective piece,
remembering what it was
like to have time to just
sit and watch the world
go by from my bedroom
window.
Autumn
Skies: A miniature about
the beauty of Autumn
skies and the poignant
sense of loss for a
summer gone. Friends I
was fortunate to have
several children of my
own age living close by.
We seemed to be forever
making dens, playing out
in the street and
generally enjoying each
other’s company.
This piece reflects that
sense of
well-being.
Snake
In The Pond: One hot
summer I was astonished
and scared to see a grass
snake cooling off in our
garden pond! I watched,
both horrified and
fascinated, as it rose up
from the depths and then
disappeared again. Here I
portray the sense of the
hazy summer afternoon as
I peacefully watched the
tiny movements of fish in
the pond, contrasted with
the fear and excitement
of seeing the snake
appear.
Morning
Commute: I recollect many
mornings stuck in traffic
as my Dad took me to
school on his way to
work. There is one main
road out of the village
where I grew up, and that
got more and more
congested the closer we
got to the town. We may
not have chatted a lot,
but it was always good to
be together with my Dad,
lost in our own
thoughts.
The
Witch’s Cottage:
My siblings and I had a
fascination with a small
cottage nearby. It was
set back from the road in
a dark part of the woods
and we called it 'the
witch's cottage’.
Every time we passed, I
imagined I heard the
distant cackle of the
witch and wished I could
catch a glimpse of
her.
These pieces
are written to complement
my other collection,
Night Time Impressions,
which also draw on
childhood recollections,
particularly of the woods
behind the house where I
grew up. - Sarah Baker
2023. $12.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| Impressions (4) Peters
By Griffes. Edited by Donna K. Anderson. For medium (high) voice, piano. 1.Le Ja...(+)
By Griffes. Edited by
Donna K. Anderson. For
medium (high) voice,
piano. 1.Le Jardin(The
Garden); 2.Impression du
Matin(Early Morning in
London); 3.La Mer(The
Sea); 4.Le
Reveillon(Dawn)(Eng).
Duration ca.11. Published
by C.F. Peters.
$22.75 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| T. S. Eliot Impressions for Organ Orgue - Avancé MorningStar Music Publishers
Organ - Advanced SKU: MN.10-960 Composed by Dennis Bergin. Non Hymn-Based...(+)
Organ - Advanced SKU:
MN.10-960 Composed by
Dennis Bergin. Non
Hymn-Based. Instrumental
part. Duration 20
minutes. MorningStar
Music Publishers #10-960.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
(MN.10-960). UPC:
688670109607. This
work's four movements
were inspired by the four
Ariel poems of T.S.
Eliot. The poems are
entitled Journey of the
Magi, A Song for Simeon,
Animula, and Marina.
Colorful organ
registrations, late
twentieth-century musical
language and references
to other organ works and
chant melodies are
employed in this musical
representation of Eliot's
poetry. The poems mark,
in part, Eliot's
conversion experience to
orthodox Christianity.
The spiritual theme of
T.S. Eliot Impressions is
that of a journey from
darkness to light and
from despair to hope. A
tour-de-force concert
calibre work of some
twenty minutes in length.
Detailed notes by the
composer are included in
the publication and are
critical to the
understanding and
appreciation of this
extended work. $20.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Morning Bells Boosey and Hawkes
Choral (3-part divisi treble voices) SKU: HL.48020659 CME In High Voic...(+)
Choral (3-part divisi
treble voices) SKU:
HL.48020659 CME In
High Voice. Composed
by Anver Hanani. In High
Voice. Concert, Festival.
Octavo. 16 pages. Boosey
& Hawkes #M051479009.
Published by Boosey &
Hawkes (HL.48020659).
UPC: 884088409104.
6.75x10.5
inches. This
brilliant and impressive
work might be described
as an outburst of
optimism and brightness.
It is divided into three
main parts, each built
out of several short
sections, all connected
by a continuous flowing
piano accompaniment with
the texture shifting back
and forth between a
chorale-like hymn and a
three part canon. The
third part is a bell-like
finale. $1.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Impressions of Debussy (Segment 3 -La Mer) Fanfare [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Jalen Publishing
By Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Arranged by Jair Klarfeld / Jeff Yates. For March...(+)
By Claude Debussy
(1862-1918). Arranged by
Jair Klarfeld / Jeff
Yates. For Marching Band.
Jalen Marching Band.
Classical/Competition
Charts. Grade 3
(Medium-Easy). Score and
parts. Published by Jalen
Publishing
$60.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Overture to Tancredi (Gioacchino Rossini) Cloches - Intermédiaire MorningStar Music Publishers
By Martha Lynn Thompson. For handbells (4-5 octaves). Handbell Music. Concert. G...(+)
By Martha Lynn Thompson.
For handbells (4-5
octaves). Handbell Music.
Concert. Grade 4 .
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
$4.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
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