| Hava Nagila Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Anglo Music
Brass Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.AMP-396-030 Arranged by Philip Sparke. Anglo...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.AMP-396-030
Arranged by Philip
Sparke. Anglo Music
Midway Series. Original
Light Music. Set (Score &
Parts). Composed 2013.
Anglo Music Press #AMP
396-030. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-396-030). 9x12
inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. Hava
Nagila (the title
means ‘let us
rejoice’) is
perhaps the best known
example of a style of
Jewish music called
‘klezmer’.
Klezmer music originated
in the
‘shtetl’
(villages) and the
ghettos of Eastern
Europe, where itinerant
Jewish troubadours, known
as
‘klezmorim’,
had performed at
celebrations,
particularly weddings,
since the early Middle
Ages.‘Klezmerâ€
is a Yiddish term
combining the Hebrew
words ‘kley’
(instrument) and
‘zemer’
(song) and the roots of
the style are found in
secular melodies, popular
dances, Jewish
‘hazanut’
(cantorial music) and
also the
‘nigunim’,
the wordless melodies
intoned by the
‘Hasidim’
(orthodox Jews).Since the
16th century, lyrics
hadbeen added to klezmer
music, due to the
‘badkhn’
(the master of ceremony
at weddings), to the
‘Purimshpil’
(the play of Esther at
Purim) and to traditions
of the Yiddish theatre,
but the term gradually
became synonymous with
instrumental music,
particularly featuring
the violin and clarinet.
The melody of Hava
Nagila was adapted
from a folk dance from
the Romanian district of
Bucovina. The commonly
used text is taken from
Psalm 118 of the Hebrew
bible.
Hava
Nagila (de titel
betekent ‘laat ons
gelukkig zijn’) is
misschien wel het
bekendste voorbeeld van
klezmer, een Joodse
muziekstijl.De
klezmermuziek komt van
oorsprong uit de sjtetls
(dorpen) en de
getto’s van
Oost-Europa, waar
rondtrekkende Joodse
troubadours, bekend als
klezmorim, al sinds de
middeleeuwen hadden
opgetreden bij
feestelijkheden, en dan
met name
bruiloften.Klezmer is een
Jiddische term waarin de
Hebreeuwse woorden kley
(instrument) en zemer
(lied) zijn samengevoegd.
De wortels van de stijl
liggen in wereldlijke
melodieën,
volksdansen, de
joods-liturgische hazanut
en ook de nigunim, de
woordeloze melodieën
zoals die worden
voorgedragen
doorchassidische
(orthodoxe) joden.Sinds
de 16e eeuw zijn er aan
de klezmermuziek ook
teksten toegevoegd,
dankzij de badchen (de
ceremoniemeester bij
huwelijken), het
poerimspel (het verhaal
van Esther tijdens
Poerim/het Lotenfeest) en
tradities binnen het
Jiddische theater, maar
de term werd geleidelijk
synoniem aan
instrumentale muziek met
een hoofdrol voor de
viool en klarinet.De
melodie van Hava
Nagila is afkomstig
van een volksdans uit de
Roemeense regio
Boekovina. De meest
gebruikte tekst voor het
lied kom uit psalm 118
van de Hebreeuwse Bijbel.
Hava
Nagila (auf Deutsch
‚Lasst uns
glücklich
sein’) ist
vielleicht das
bekannteste Beispiel
für den jüdischen
Musikstil namens
‚Klezmer’.
Klezmermusik hat ihren
Ursprung in den
Shtetls“
(Städtchen) und den
Ghettos Osteuropas,
woumherziehende
jüdische Troubadours,
die man
‚Klezmorim’
nannte, schon seit dem
frühen Mittelalter auf
Feiern, vor allem
Hochzeiten, zu spielen
pflegten. Klezmer ist ein
jiddischer Begriff, der
sich aus den
hebräischen Wörtern
‚kley’(Instr
ument) und
‚zemer’
(Lied) zusammensetzt. Die
Wurzeln des Musikstils
liegen in weltlichen
Melodien, populären
Tänzen, jüdischem
‚Chasanut’
(Kantorengesang) und auch
‚Niggunim’,
Melodien ohne Text,
vorgetragen von
den‚Chassidimâ€
(orthodoxen Juden).
Seit dem 16. Jahrhundert
wurden die
Klezmermelodien mit
Texten versehen, was auf
die
‚Badchan’
(Zeremonienmeister bei
Hochzeiten), auf das
‚Purimshpil’
(Das Esther-Spiel zum
Purimfest) und
aufTraditionen des
jiddischen Theaters
zurückgeht. Der
Begriff Klezmer wurde
jedoch mit der Zeit
gleichbedeutend mit
Instrumentalmusik, im
Besonderen mit den
Instrumenten Violine und
Klarinette. Die Melodie
von Hava Nagila
ist eine Adaption
einesVolkstanzes aus der
rumänischen Bukowina.
Der üblicherweise
verwendete Text stammt
aus Psalm 118 der
hebräischen Bibel.
Hava
Nagila (qui signifie
Réjouissons-nous) est
sans aucun doute la
chanson traditionnelle
hébra que de style
klezmer la plus connue de
toutes.La musique klezmer
est née dans les
shtetl (villages) et les
ghettos d’Europe
de l’Est, où
les baladins juifs
ambulants, appelés
klezmorim,
célébraient toutes
sortes de
cérémonies, en
particulier les mariages,
et ce depuis le début
du Moyen- ge.Le terme
yiddish klezmer est la
combinaison de deux mots
: klei, que l’on
peut traduire par
instrument et zemer qui
veut dire chanson. Cette
tradition musicale tire
ses origines dans les
mélodies profanes, les
danses populaires, la
musique juive hazanout
(musique vocale) ainsi
que les nigunim,les
mélodies sans paroles
entonnées par les
hassidim (juifs
orthodoxes).Au cours du
XVIe siècle, les
paroles ont été
ajoutées la musique
klezmer, afin
d’illustrer le
rôle du badkhn (le
maître de
cérémonie lors des
mariages), le
pourim-shpil (monologue
où est paraphrasé
le livre d’Esther)
ou encore les traditions
liées au thé tre
yiddish, mais le terme
est progressivement
devenu synonyme de
musique instrumentale, en
particulier dans une
interprétation au
violon et la
clarinette.La mélodie
Hava Nagila a
été adaptée
partir d’une danse
folklorique de la
région roumaine de
Bucovine. Le texte,
couramment utilisé,
est extrait du Psaume 118
de la bible hébra
que. $75.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Hava Nagila Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur] - Facile Anglo Music
Brass Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.AMP-396-130 Arranged by Philip Sparke. Anglo...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.AMP-396-130
Arranged by Philip
Sparke. Anglo Music
Midway Series. Original
Light Music. Score Only.
Composed 2013. 24 pages.
Anglo Music Press #AMP
396-130. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-396-130). 9x12
inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. Hava
Nagila (the title
means ‘let us
rejoice’) is
perhaps the best known
example of a style of
Jewish music called
‘klezmer’.
Klezmer music originated
in the
‘shtetl’
(villages) and the
ghettos of Eastern
Europe, where itinerant
Jewish troubadours, known
as
‘klezmorim’,
had performed at
celebrations,
particularly weddings,
since the early Middle
Ages.‘Klezmerâ€
is a Yiddish term
combining the Hebrew
words ‘kley’
(instrument) and
‘zemer’
(song) and the roots of
the style are found in
secular melodies, popular
dances, Jewish
‘hazanut’
(cantorial music) and
also the
‘nigunim’,
the wordless melodies
intoned by the
‘Hasidim’
(orthodox Jews).Since the
16th century, lyrics
hadbeen added to klezmer
music, due to the
‘badkhn’
(the master of ceremony
at weddings), to the
‘Purimshpil’
(the play of Esther at
Purim) and to traditions
of the Yiddish theatre,
but the term gradually
became synonymous with
instrumental music,
particularly featuring
the violin and clarinet.
The melody of Hava
Nagila was adapted
from a folk dance from
the Romanian district of
Bucovina. The commonly
used text is taken from
Psalm 118 of the Hebrew
bible.
Hava
Nagila (de titel
betekent ‘laat ons
gelukkig zijn’) is
misschien wel het
bekendste voorbeeld van
klezmer, een Joodse
muziekstijl.De
klezmermuziek komt van
oorsprong uit de sjtetls
(dorpen) en de
getto’s van
Oost-Europa, waar
rondtrekkende Joodse
troubadours, bekend als
klezmorim, al sinds de
middeleeuwen hadden
opgetreden bij
feestelijkheden, en dan
met name
bruiloften.Klezmer is een
Jiddische term waarin de
Hebreeuwse woorden kley
(instrument) en zemer
(lied) zijn samengevoegd.
De wortels van de stijl
liggen in wereldlijke
melodieën,
volksdansen, de
joods-liturgische hazanut
en ook de nigunim, de
woordeloze melodieën
zoals die worden
voorgedragen
doorchassidische
(orthodoxe) joden.Sinds
de 16e eeuw zijn er aan
de klezmermuziek ook
teksten toegevoegd,
dankzij de badchen (de
ceremoniemeester bij
huwelijken), het
poerimspel (het verhaal
van Esther tijdens
Poerim/het Lotenfeest) en
tradities binnen het
Jiddische theater, maar
de term werd geleidelijk
synoniem aan
instrumentale muziek met
een hoofdrol voor de
viool en klarinet.De
melodie van Hava
Nagila is afkomstig
van een volksdans uit de
Roemeense regio
Boekovina. De meest
gebruikte tekst voor het
lied kom uit psalm 118
van de Hebreeuwse Bijbel.
Hava
Nagila (auf Deutsch
‚Lasst uns
glücklich
sein’) ist
vielleicht das
bekannteste Beispiel
für den jüdischen
Musikstil namens
‚Klezmer’.
Klezmermusik hat ihren
Ursprung in den
Shtetls“
(Städtchen) und den
Ghettos Osteuropas,
woumherziehende
jüdische Troubadours,
die man
‚Klezmorim’
nannte, schon seit dem
frühen Mittelalter auf
Feiern, vor allem
Hochzeiten, zu spielen
pflegten. Klezmer ist ein
jiddischer Begriff, der
sich aus den
hebräischen Wörtern
‚kley’(Instr
ument) und
‚zemer’
(Lied) zusammensetzt. Die
Wurzeln des Musikstils
liegen in weltlichen
Melodien, populären
Tänzen, jüdischem
‚Chasanut’
(Kantorengesang) und auch
‚Niggunim’,
Melodien ohne Text,
vorgetragen von
den‚Chassidimâ€
(orthodoxen Juden).
Seit dem 16. Jahrhundert
wurden die
Klezmermelodien mit
Texten versehen, was auf
die
‚Badchan’
(Zeremonienmeister bei
Hochzeiten), auf das
‚Purimshpil’
(Das Esther-Spiel zum
Purimfest) und
aufTraditionen des
jiddischen Theaters
zurückgeht. Der
Begriff Klezmer wurde
jedoch mit der Zeit
gleichbedeutend mit
Instrumentalmusik, im
Besonderen mit den
Instrumenten Violine und
Klarinette. Die Melodie
von Hava Nagila
ist eine Adaption
einesVolkstanzes aus der
rumänischen Bukowina.
Der üblicherweise
verwendete Text stammt
aus Psalm 118 der
hebräischen Bibel.
Hava
Nagila (qui signifie
Réjouissons-nous) est
sans aucun doute la
chanson traditionnelle
hébra que de style
klezmer la plus connue de
toutes.La musique klezmer
est née dans les
shtetl (villages) et les
ghettos d’Europe
de l’Est, où
les baladins juifs
ambulants, appelés
klezmorim,
célébraient toutes
sortes de
cérémonies, en
particulier les mariages,
et ce depuis le début
du Moyen- ge.Le terme
yiddish klezmer est la
combinaison de deux mots
: klei, que l’on
peut traduire par
instrument et zemer qui
veut dire chanson. Cette
tradition musicale tire
ses origines dans les
mélodies profanes, les
danses populaires, la
musique juive hazanout
(musique vocale) ainsi
que les nigunim,les
mélodies sans paroles
entonnées par les
hassidim (juifs
orthodoxes).Au cours du
XVIe siècle, les
paroles ont été
ajoutées la musique
klezmer, afin
d’illustrer le
rôle du badkhn (le
maître de
cérémonie lors des
mariages), le
pourim-shpil (monologue
où est paraphrasé
le livre d’Esther)
ou encore les traditions
liées au thé tre
yiddish, mais le terme
est progressivement
devenu synonyme de
musique instrumentale, en
particulier dans une
interprétation au
violon et la
clarinette.La mélodie
Hava Nagila a
été adaptée
partir d’une danse
folklorique de la
région roumaine de
Bucovine. Le texte,
couramment utilisé,
est extrait du Psaume 118
de la bible hébra
que. $20.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Klezmer Suite Quatuor de Clarinettes: 4 clarinettes Advance Music
4 Clarinets (3 Clarinets in B-flat & Bass Clarinet in B-flat) SKU: AP.1-ADV84...(+)
4 Clarinets (3 Clarinets
in B-flat & Bass Clarinet
in B-flat) SKU:
AP.1-ADV8446 For
Clarinet Quartet.
Composed by Coen
Wolfgram. Quartet; Solo
Small Ensembles; Woodwind
- Clarinet Quartet.
Advance Music. Form:
Suite. Folk; Jewish
Heritage; World. Score
and Part(s). Advance
Music #01-ADV8446.
Published by Advance
Music (AP.1-ADV8446).
UPC: 805095084467.
English. Klezmer is
the Yiddish word for
musician, and is commonly
used to refer to Jewish
traditional music.
Originating from Eastern
Europe, Klezmer music
played an important part
during Jewish festivals
and celebrations, and
clearly reveals musical
influences from the
Balkan and Slavic
regions. This Klezmer
Suite is arranged by Coen
Wolfgram for 4 clarinets
(3 clarinets in B-flat &
bass clarinet in
B-flat). $21.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Klezmer! Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications
Grade 3 SKU: CL.012-4628-00 Composed by Webb. Concert Band. Concert Band ...(+)
Grade 3 SKU:
CL.012-4628-00
Composed by Webb. Concert
Band. Concert Band
Series. Audio recording
available separately
(item CL.WFR395). Score
and set of parts.
Composed 2018. Duration 4
minutes, 3 seconds. Opus
III Wind Orchestra
Publications
#012-4628-00. Published
by Opus III Wind
Orchestra Publications
(CL.012-4628-00).
An exciting
showcase designed to
feature your outstanding
clarinet players, Klezmer
is an excellent
introduction into the
rich, emotional and
energetic styles of the
music of Eastern Europe,
most commonly the Jewish
folk tradition. The
lyrical, yet boisterous
dances of Russians,
Romanian Gypsies and
other surrounding
cultures included in this
masterful work will bring
a unique and evocative
style piece well-suited
for concerts and
contests. A sure-fire hit
with audiences, and also
a great selection for
adult community bands.
Brilliant! $74.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Klezmer! Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications
Grade 3 SKU: CL.012-4628-01 Composed by Webb. Concert Band. Concert Band ...(+)
Grade 3 SKU:
CL.012-4628-01
Composed by Webb. Concert
Band. Concert Band
Series. Audio recording
available separately
(item CL.WFR395). Extra
full score. Composed
2018. Duration 4 minutes,
3 seconds. Opus III Wind
Orchestra Publications
#012-4628-01. Published
by Opus III Wind
Orchestra Publications
(CL.012-4628-01).
An exciting
showcase designed to
feature your outstanding
clarinet players, Klezmer
is an excellent
introduction into the
rich, emotional and
energetic styles of the
music of Eastern Europe,
most commonly the Jewish
folk tradition. The
lyrical, yet boisterous
dances of Russians,
Romanian Gypsies and
other surrounding
cultures included in this
masterful work will bring
a unique and evocative
style piece well-suited
for concerts and
contests. A sure-fire hit
with audiences, and also
a great selection for
adult community bands.
Brilliant! $9.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Berko's Journey Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Cello, Clarinet in...(+)
Orchestra Bass Clarinet,
Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1,
Bassoon 2, Cello,
Clarinet in Bb 1,
Clarinet in Bb 2,
Clarinet in Bb 3,
Contrabassoon, Double
Bass, English Horn, Flute
1, Flute 2, Flute 3,
Harp, Horn 1, Horn 3,
Horn 4, Oboe 1, Oboe 2,
Percussion 1 and more.
SKU: PR.11642143L
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Spiral. Large Score. 68
pages. Duration 20
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-42143L.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11642143L). UPC:
680160693320. 11 x 17
inches. For most of
my life, I never knew
where my father’s
family came from, beyond
a few broad strokes: they
had emigrated in the
early 1900s from Eastern
Europe and altered the
family name along the
way. This radically
changed in the summer of
2021 when my mother and
sister came across a
folder in our family
filing cabinet and made
an astounding discovery
of documents that
revealed when, where, and
how my great-grandfather
came to America. The
information I had been
seeking was at home all
along, waiting over forty
years to be
discovered.Berko
Gorobzoff, my
great-grandfather, left
Ekaterinoslav in 1904. At
that time, this city was
in the southern Russian
area of modern-day
Ukraine; as his family
was Jewish, he and his
siblings were attempting
to escape the ongoing
religious persecution and
pogroms instigated by
Tzar Nicholas II to root
out Jewish people from
Russia. Berko’s older
brother Jakob had already
emigrated to Illinois,
and Berko was traveling
with Chaje, Jakob’s
wife, to join him. Their
timing was fortuitous, as
the following year saw a
series of massive, brutal
pogroms in the region.
After arriving in
Illinois, Berko went on
to Omaha, Nebraska, where
he married my
great-grandmother Anna
about eighteen months
later. They remained in
Omaha for the rest of
their lives.There is one
more intriguing part to
this historical account:
I have a great-aunt in
Texas who, as it turns
out, is the youngest
daughter of Berko and
Anna. Through a series of
phone calls, my
great-aunt and I
discussed what she could
remember: her parents
spoke Yiddish at home,
her mother didn’t learn
to read or write in
English so my great-aunt
was tasked with writing
letters to family
members, Berko ran a
grocery store followed by
a small hotel, and her
parents enjoyed playing
poker with friends. Above
all else, neither of her
parents ever spoke a word
about their past or how
they got to America. This
was a common trait among
Eastern European Jewish
immigrants whose goal was
to “blend in” within
their new communities and
country.To
craft Berko’s
Journey, I melded the
facts I uncovered about
Berko with my own
research into methods of
transportation in the
early 1900s. Also, to
represent his heritage, I
wove two Yiddish songs
and one Klezmer tune into
the work. In movement
1, Leaving
Ekaterinoslav, we hear
Berko packing his
belongings, saying his
goodbyes to family and
friends, and walking to
the train station.
Included in this movement
is a snippet of the
Yiddish song “The
Miller’s Tears” which
references how the Jews
were driven out of their
villages by the Russian
army. In movement 2, In
Transit, we follow Berko
as he boards a train and
then a steamship, sails
across the Atlantic
Ocean, arrives at Ellis
Island and anxiously
waits in line for
immigration, jubilantly
steps foot into New York
City, and finally boards
a train that will take
him to Chicago. While
he’s on the steamship,
we hear a group of fellow
steerage musicians play a
klezmer tune
(“Freylachs in d
minor”). In movement
3, At Home in Omaha, we
hear Berko court and
marry Anna. Their
courtship is represented
by “Tumbalalaika,” a
Yiddish puzzle folksong
in which a man asks a
woman a series of riddles
in order to get better
acquainted with each
other and to test her
intellect.On a final
note, I crafted a musical
motive to represent Berko
throughout the piece.
This motive is heard at
the beginning of the
first movement; its first
pitches are B and E,
which represent the first
two letters of Berko’s
name. I scatter this
theme throughout the
piece as Berko travels
towards a new world and
life. As the piece
concludes, we hear
Berko’s theme
repeatedly and in close
succession, representing
the descendants of the
Garrop line that came
from Berko and
Anna. For most of my
life, I never knew where
my father’s family came
from, beyond a few broad
strokes: they had
emigrated in the early
1900s from Eastern Europe
and altered the family
name along the way. This
radically changed in the
summer of 2021 when my
mother and sister came
across a folder in our
family filing cabinet and
made an astounding
discovery of documents
that revealed when,
where, and how my
great-grandfather came to
America. The information
I had been seeking was at
home all along, waiting
over forty years to be
discovered.Berko
Gorobzoff, my
great-grandfather, left
Ekaterinoslav in 1904. At
that time, this city was
in the southern Russian
area of modern-day
Ukraine; as his family
was Jewish, he and his
siblings were attempting
to escape the ongoing
religious persecution and
pogroms instigated by
Tzar Nicholas II to root
out Jewish people from
Russia. Berko’s older
brother Jakob had already
emigrated to Illinois,
and Berko was traveling
with Chaje, Jakob’s
wife, to join him. Their
timing was fortuitous, as
the following year saw a
series of massive, brutal
pogroms in the region.
After arriving in
Illinois, Berko went on
to Omaha, Nebraska, where
he married my
great-grandmother Anna
about eighteen months
later. They remained in
Omaha for the rest of
their lives.There is one
more intriguing part to
this historical account:
I have a great-aunt in
Texas who, as it turns
out, is the youngest
daughter of Berko and
Anna. Through a series of
phone calls, my
great-aunt and I
discussed what she could
remember: her parents
spoke Yiddish at home,
her mother didn’t learn
to read or write in
English so my great-aunt
was tasked with writing
letters to family
members, Berko ran a
grocery store followed by
a small hotel, and her
parents enjoyed playing
poker with friends. Above
all else, neither of her
parents ever spoke a word
about their past or how
they got to America. This
was a common trait among
Eastern European Jewish
immigrants whose goal was
to “blend in” within
their new communities and
country.To
craftxa0Berko’s
Journey,xa0I melded the
facts I uncovered about
Berko with my own
research into methods of
transportation in the
early 1900s. Also, to
represent his heritage, I
wove two Yiddish songs
and one Klezmer tune into
the work. In movement
1,xa0Leaving
Ekaterinoslav,xa0we hear
Berko packing his
belongings, saying his
goodbyes to family and
friends, and walking to
the train station.
Included in this movement
is a snippet of the
Yiddish song “The
Miller’s Tears” which
references how the Jews
were driven out of their
villages by the Russian
army. In movement 2,xa0In
Transit,xa0we follow
Berko as he boards a
train and then a
steamship, sails across
the Atlantic Ocean,
arrives at Ellis Island
and anxiously waits in
line for immigration,
jubilantly steps foot
into New York City, and
finally boards a train
that will take him to
Chicago. While he’s on
the steamship, we hear a
group of fellow steerage
musicians play a klezmer
tune (“Freylachs in d
minor”). In movement
3,xa0At Home in
Omaha,xa0we hear Berko
court and marry Anna.
Their courtship is
represented by
“Tumbalalaika,” a
Yiddish puzzle folksong
in which a man asks a
woman a series of riddles
in order to get better
acquainted with each
other and to test her
intellect.On a final
note, I crafted a musical
motive to represent Berko
throughout the piece.
This motive is heard at
the beginning of the
first movement; its first
pitches are B and E,
which represent the first
two letters of Berko’s
name. I scatter this
theme throughout the
piece as Berko travels
towards a new world and
life. As the piece
concludes, we hear
Berko’s theme
repeatedly and in close
succession, representing
the descendants of the
Garrop line that came
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| Berko's Journey [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Cello, Clarinet in...(+)
Orchestra Bass Clarinet,
Bass Trombone, Bassoon 1,
Bassoon 2, Cello,
Clarinet in Bb 1,
Clarinet in Bb 2,
Clarinet in Bb 3,
Contrabassoon, Double
Bass, English Horn, Flute
1, Flute 2, Flute 3,
Harp, Horn 1, Horn 3,
Horn 4, Oboe 1, Oboe 2,
Percussion 1 and more.
SKU: PR.11642143S
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Sws. Score. 68 pages.
Duration 20 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-42143S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11642143S). UPC:
680160693313. 11 x 17
inches. For most of
my life, I never knew
where my father’s
family came from, beyond
a few broad strokes: they
had emigrated in the
early 1900s from Eastern
Europe and altered the
family name along the
way. This radically
changed in the summer of
2021 when my mother and
sister came across a
folder in our family
filing cabinet and made
an astounding discovery
of documents that
revealed when, where, and
how my great-grandfather
came to America. The
information I had been
seeking was at home all
along, waiting over forty
years to be
discovered.Berko
Gorobzoff, my
great-grandfather, left
Ekaterinoslav in 1904. At
that time, this city was
in the southern Russian
area of modern-day
Ukraine; as his family
was Jewish, he and his
siblings were attempting
to escape the ongoing
religious persecution and
pogroms instigated by
Tzar Nicholas II to root
out Jewish people from
Russia. Berko’s older
brother Jakob had already
emigrated to Illinois,
and Berko was traveling
with Chaje, Jakob’s
wife, to join him. Their
timing was fortuitous, as
the following year saw a
series of massive, brutal
pogroms in the region.
After arriving in
Illinois, Berko went on
to Omaha, Nebraska, where
he married my
great-grandmother Anna
about eighteen months
later. They remained in
Omaha for the rest of
their lives.There is one
more intriguing part to
this historical account:
I have a great-aunt in
Texas who, as it turns
out, is the youngest
daughter of Berko and
Anna. Through a series of
phone calls, my
great-aunt and I
discussed what she could
remember: her parents
spoke Yiddish at home,
her mother didn’t learn
to read or write in
English so my great-aunt
was tasked with writing
letters to family
members, Berko ran a
grocery store followed by
a small hotel, and her
parents enjoyed playing
poker with friends. Above
all else, neither of her
parents ever spoke a word
about their past or how
they got to America. This
was a common trait among
Eastern European Jewish
immigrants whose goal was
to “blend in” within
their new communities and
country.To
craft Berko’s
Journey, I melded the
facts I uncovered about
Berko with my own
research into methods of
transportation in the
early 1900s. Also, to
represent his heritage, I
wove two Yiddish songs
and one Klezmer tune into
the work. In movement
1, Leaving
Ekaterinoslav, we hear
Berko packing his
belongings, saying his
goodbyes to family and
friends, and walking to
the train station.
Included in this movement
is a snippet of the
Yiddish song “The
Miller’s Tears” which
references how the Jews
were driven out of their
villages by the Russian
army. In movement 2, In
Transit, we follow Berko
as he boards a train and
then a steamship, sails
across the Atlantic
Ocean, arrives at Ellis
Island and anxiously
waits in line for
immigration, jubilantly
steps foot into New York
City, and finally boards
a train that will take
him to Chicago. While
he’s on the steamship,
we hear a group of fellow
steerage musicians play a
klezmer tune
(“Freylachs in d
minor”). In movement
3, At Home in Omaha, we
hear Berko court and
marry Anna. Their
courtship is represented
by “Tumbalalaika,” a
Yiddish puzzle folksong
in which a man asks a
woman a series of riddles
in order to get better
acquainted with each
other and to test her
intellect.On a final
note, I crafted a musical
motive to represent Berko
throughout the piece.
This motive is heard at
the beginning of the
first movement; its first
pitches are B and E,
which represent the first
two letters of Berko’s
name. I scatter this
theme throughout the
piece as Berko travels
towards a new world and
life. As the piece
concludes, we hear
Berko’s theme
repeatedly and in close
succession, representing
the descendants of the
Garrop line that came
from Berko and
Anna. For most of my
life, I never knew where
my father’s family came
from, beyond a few broad
strokes: they had
emigrated in the early
1900s from Eastern Europe
and altered the family
name along the way. This
radically changed in the
summer of 2021 when my
mother and sister came
across a folder in our
family filing cabinet and
made an astounding
discovery of documents
that revealed when,
where, and how my
great-grandfather came to
America. The information
I had been seeking was at
home all along, waiting
over forty years to be
discovered.Berko
Gorobzoff, my
great-grandfather, left
Ekaterinoslav in 1904. At
that time, this city was
in the southern Russian
area of modern-day
Ukraine; as his family
was Jewish, he and his
siblings were attempting
to escape the ongoing
religious persecution and
pogroms instigated by
Tzar Nicholas II to root
out Jewish people from
Russia. Berko’s older
brother Jakob had already
emigrated to Illinois,
and Berko was traveling
with Chaje, Jakob’s
wife, to join him. Their
timing was fortuitous, as
the following year saw a
series of massive, brutal
pogroms in the region.
After arriving in
Illinois, Berko went on
to Omaha, Nebraska, where
he married my
great-grandmother Anna
about eighteen months
later. They remained in
Omaha for the rest of
their lives.There is one
more intriguing part to
this historical account:
I have a great-aunt in
Texas who, as it turns
out, is the youngest
daughter of Berko and
Anna. Through a series of
phone calls, my
great-aunt and I
discussed what she could
remember: her parents
spoke Yiddish at home,
her mother didn’t learn
to read or write in
English so my great-aunt
was tasked with writing
letters to family
members, Berko ran a
grocery store followed by
a small hotel, and her
parents enjoyed playing
poker with friends. Above
all else, neither of her
parents ever spoke a word
about their past or how
they got to America. This
was a common trait among
Eastern European Jewish
immigrants whose goal was
to “blend in” within
their new communities and
country.To
craftxa0Berko’s
Journey,xa0I melded the
facts I uncovered about
Berko with my own
research into methods of
transportation in the
early 1900s. Also, to
represent his heritage, I
wove two Yiddish songs
and one Klezmer tune into
the work. In movement
1,xa0Leaving
Ekaterinoslav,xa0we hear
Berko packing his
belongings, saying his
goodbyes to family and
friends, and walking to
the train station.
Included in this movement
is a snippet of the
Yiddish song “The
Miller’s Tears” which
references how the Jews
were driven out of their
villages by the Russian
army. In movement 2,xa0In
Transit,xa0we follow
Berko as he boards a
train and then a
steamship, sails across
the Atlantic Ocean,
arrives at Ellis Island
and anxiously waits in
line for immigration,
jubilantly steps foot
into New York City, and
finally boards a train
that will take him to
Chicago. While he’s on
the steamship, we hear a
group of fellow steerage
musicians play a klezmer
tune (“Freylachs in d
minor”). In movement
3,xa0At Home in
Omaha,xa0we hear Berko
court and marry Anna.
Their courtship is
represented by
“Tumbalalaika,” a
Yiddish puzzle folksong
in which a man asks a
woman a series of riddles
in order to get better
acquainted with each
other and to test her
intellect.On a final
note, I crafted a musical
motive to represent Berko
throughout the piece.
This motive is heard at
the beginning of the
first movement; its first
pitches are B and E,
which represent the first
two letters of Berko’s
name. I scatter this
theme throughout the
piece as Berko travels
towards a new world and
life. As the piece
concludes, we hear
Berko’s theme
repeatedly and in close
succession, representing
the descendants of the
Garrop line that came
from Berko and Anna. $40.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Arranging for Strings [Partition + Accès audio] Berklee
Berklee Guide. Songwriting, Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 128 pages. Pu...(+)
Berklee Guide.
Songwriting,
Instruction. Softcover
Audio
Online. 128 pages.
Published
by Berklee Press
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