PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- Sailors Say I

Orchestra Solo Baritone voice, SATB chorus, Big Band - Grade 3

SKU: CA.2810600

Composed by Christoph Schonherr. Carus digital: Extra digital products. Full Score. Composed 2018. 36 pages. Duration 11 minutes. Carus Verlag #2810600. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2810600).

ISBN 9790007251291. Key: E flat major. German.

Based on the extensive Psalm 107, Die mit Schiffen auf dem Meer thrillingly describes a storm at sea, during which God saves the sailors in distress and guides them safely back to land. The musical realization of the tumultuous ocean is framed by hymns of thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. Regarding his compositional process, Christoph Schönherr says: I was particularly attracted by the idea of translating the different facets of the sea into music. It can calm us down, convey a sense of freedom through its vastness, or indeed actually offer a route to freedom. For others, of course, it is the bringer of death.

The psalm setting skillfully interweaves sacred music traditions with the fascinating sonic possibilities of big band instrumentation, including its confident use of sassy 12/8 grooves and Latin rhythms.

With its identical instrumental scoring, the work is the perfect match for the Missa ad maiorem Dei gloriam by Wolfram Buchenberg (Carus 28.010).

Orchestra Solo Baritone voice, SATB chorus, Big Band - Grade 3

SKU: CA.2810603

Composed by Christoph Schonherr. Vocal score. Composed 2018. 32 pages. Duration 11 minutes. Carus Verlag #2810603. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2810603).

ISBN 9790007251307. Key: E flat major. German.

Based on the extensive Psalm 107, Die mit Schiffen auf dem Meer thrillingly describes a storm at sea, during which God saves the sailors in distress and guides them safely back to land. The musical realization of the tumultuous ocean is framed by hymns of thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. Regarding his compositional process, Christoph Schönherr says: I was particularly attracted by the idea of translating the different facets of the sea into music. It can calm us down, convey a sense of freedom through its vastness, or indeed actually offer a route to freedom. For others, of course, it is the bringer of death.The psalm setting skillfully interweaves sacred music traditions with the fascinating sonic possibilities of big band instrumentation, including its confident use of sassy 12/8 grooves and Latin rhythms.With its identical instrumental scoring, the work is the perfect match for the Missa ad maiorem Dei gloriam by Wolfram Buchenberg (Carus 28.010).. Score available separately - see item CA.2810600.

Book Banjo

SKU: HL.118

Banjo. Instructional and Bluegrass. Instructional book. With banjo tablature, introductory text, instructional photos and instructional text. 208 pages. Published by Centerstream Publications (HL.118).

ISBN 9780931759338. UPC: 073999255065. 9x12 inches.

Clawhammer Style Banjo - A Complete Guide For Beginning And Advanced Banjo Players| From Ken Perlman, here is a brilliant teaching guide that is destined to become the handbook on how to play the banjo. The style is easy to learn, and covers the instruction itself, basic right and left-hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techniques; the brush, the 'bumm-titty' strum, pull-offs, and slides. For the advanced player, there is instruction on more complicated picking, double thumbing, quick slides, fretted pull-offs, harmonics, improvisation, and more. The book includes more than 40 fun-to-play banjo tunes.

Performed by Various. Easy Guitar (Simplified arrangements for guitar). With notes and tablature. Size 9x12 inches. 400 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

By Robin De Smet (Arranger). For Clarinet. Pop. Sheet Music. 96 pages. Published by Wise Publications.

Choir Secular Countertenor Solo - Children's Chorus - SATB choir- 2 piano - percussion

SKU: PE.EP72698A

Cantata for Solo Countertenor, Children's Chorus, Adult Mixed Chorus, Two Pianos and Percussion. Composed by Jonathan Dove. Choral Works (inc. Oratorios). Edition Peters. Book. 92 pages. Duration 00:25:00. Edition Peters #98-EP72698A. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP72698A).

ISBN 9790577010519. 210 x 297mm inches. English.

Commiss ioned by Making Music with funds from the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Foundation

First performance: 12th March 2016, Waltham Singers, conducted by Andrew Fardell, King Edward's Grammar School, Chelmsford.

Mus ic runs through the story of Arion, which begins with a singing competition in Sicily. Arion wins the prize, and this puts his life in danger: his newfound wealth excites the Greed of the sailors who are supposed to be bringing him back to Corinth, and they threaten to kill him.  They allow Arion to sing one last song, and the power of his singing attracts dolphins to the ship.  At The End of his song, he jumps overboard, and one of the dolphins carries him to safety.  So Arion’s musical gift gets him into trouble, but it is also his salvation.  

The idea of being rescued by a music-loving dolphin is very appealing.  In Robert Graves’ account of the myth, the dolphin could not bear to be parted from Arion, and accompanied him back to court, where “it soon succumbed to a life of luxury.”  However, Herodotus says that, after his rescue and return to Corinth, Arion failed to return the dolphin to the sea, and it died there.  Apollo placed the dolphin among the stars, and next to it, Arion’s lyre, in recognition of his musical skill.  This is one of the mythical explanations of the origins of the constellations Delphinus and Lyra.

It seems natural to sing a story that has singing at its heart.  When I was asked by the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust to write a choral work for Making Music, something that would be within reach of many choirs, and involve children, this story struck me as ideal: the men of the chorus could be the bloodthirsty sailors, and the women could create an atmosphere of mystery for the arrival of the dolphins, represented by children’s voices.  There would be one solo voice: Arion, the marvellous singer.  Andrew Fardell, the conductor who was advisor to this commission, had suggested that I might use the same instrumentation as a popular arrangement of Orff’s Carmina Burana, a work that, as well as using children’s chorus, features a solo countertenor.  I thought the magical, otherworldly quality of this voice would help to convey the extraordinary effect Arion’s singing had on all who heard it. 

- Jonathan Dove

SKU: HL.49014463

Composed by John Horton. Edited by John Horton. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Teacher's edition. 94 pages. Schott Music #ED 11133. Published by Schott Music (HL.49014463).

ISBN 9790220129704. English.

SKU: HL.49014464

Composed by John Horton. Edited by John Horton. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Student book. 92 pages. Schott Music #ED 11133-01. Published by Schott Music (HL.49014464).

ISBN 9790220130045. English.