PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- Dusk

Composed by Daniel Dorff. Premiere: Kimberly Reighley alto flute, Douglas McNames cello; Wilmington, DE. Score and part(s). Composed 2016. 28 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41831. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114418310).

String quartet - difficult

SKU: HL.49044143

For string quartet. Composed by Detlev Mueller-Siemens. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Ensemble. Softcover. Composed 2011. 96 pages. Duration 12'. Schott Music #ED21351. Published by Schott Music (HL.49044143).

ISBN 9790001187237.

...c alled dusk II for string quartet draws its inspiration from a line in Samuel Beckett's short story Lessness: 'Figment dawn dispeller of figments and the other called dusk'.The work is a kind of double Chaconne, each part of which contains 26 chords based on specific permutations of fundamental notes and their harmonics. Each of the parts pass through alternating, harmonically contrasted planes, becoming entwined in the manner of a chimera through their rhythmic structure and dynamics. This intermittently produces a sort of 'inner voice' which runs through all four instruments. The fundamental notes and harmonics separate during the progress of the composition, becoming independent and then disintegrating. The consonant harmony resulting from the amalgamation of the two planes ultimately collapses into a rigid motor-like linearity. Detlev Muller-Siemens.

Piano Solo - Easy-Intermediate

SKU: FP.FBS02

Composed by Sarah Baker. Sheet Music and Books. Eight pieces on a night theme for solo piano, by Sarah Baker. Suggested grade 4-5. Classical. Collection. Forsyths Publications #FBS02. Published by Forsyths Publications (FP.FBS02).

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 first published album of piano pieces, inspired by the sounds heard at night from the woodland just beyond Sarah’s childhood home.

Suitable for players of around grade 4-5 standard, her evocative sound pieces begin at the tranquillity of dusk and end with the exuberant dawn chorus.

The composer writes:

'I grew up with woods behind my house, and the nocturnal noises and images that I remember were the inspiration for these eight short sound pictures on the theme of night. The music moves first from the tranquility of dusk and evening mists, to the emerging starlight of twilight. As night falls it takes on on a darker quality with shadows and dreams disturbing peace and calm.The night birds and bats swoop and flit past as they seek their prey, but gradually dawn approaches and peaceful sleep is restored. The morning is heralded in the joyful exuberance of the dawn chorus.'.

Soprano voice, mezzo-soprano voice, or tenor voice and piano - Intermediate SKU: EC.9229 Composed by Juliana Hall. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #9229. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

By David Karp. For Piano. Composers In Focus. From the chugging along of Mysterious Train Ride and the energetic pulse of El Burro to the expressive and gentle melodies of Butterflies, Lupines and Dusk, teachers will find a wide range of moods and sounds to keep students motivated and challenged. Contents include: Mysterious Train Ride; El Burro; Butterflies; Horns, Timpani, and Strings; Harp Etude; Dusk; Juggling; Lupines; The Chase. Level: Early Intermediate. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.