Par DE HAAN JACOB. This composition is based on a passacaglia theme, in which artistic perfection, symphonic drama and oriental melody lines play a role. The passacaglia is originally a dance made up of a series of variations above a bass line constantly present as an ostinato. It is not in this sense that the 'Symphonic Variations' are in the passacaglia form but in the sense of the open form of …

Arranged From Three Easy Pieces By Jackendoff.. Par STRAVINSKY. March, Waltz, And Polka were first composed in 1915 as a collection of three Piano duets, Three Easy Pieces, by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. They were written for the composer to playwith his children as they were learning the Piano, so had a considerably easier second part. They have been arranged for Clarinet and Piano by t…

Song cycle for medium voice and piano, based upon the poetry of Ivor Gurney and Leonard Clark. A set of pieces very much in the English lyrical vocal writing tradition of Butterworth, Ireland and, of course, Gurney. ' The Pine Boughs Past Music is a song cycle baseed upon poetry associated with Gloucester and was commissioned to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the Gloucester Music Society. …

Little Suite for Orchestra No. 1: Op 53. Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Malcolm Arnold is one Britain’s best-loved composers. In 1948 he composed a very short suite for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain - entitled simply To Youth. Seven years later he took To Youth and made some fairly major revisions, including a complete new movement, and the Little Suite for Orchestra was born. The Little Suit…

A series available as violin duets or violin and piano.Whether a student or a great artist, the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician's voice, the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.The inspiration for writing these pi…

Par HARRIS PAUL. Firmly rooted in Paul Harris?s Simultaneous Learning approach, Improve your sight-reading! Flute Grades 6-8 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-reading. Step by step you will build up a complete picture of each piece, firstly through rhythmic, melodic and technical exercises, then by studying prepared pieces and finally ?going solo? with a ser…

Par DE HAAN JAN. Sunset - the sun heads towards the western horizon and slowly slips from view. The sky creates a dazzling display of yellows, oranges, and reds, before turning a calm blue, then purple, and finally black. Such sunsets inspired Jan de Haan to write this piece for solo oboe and concert band. It is dedicated to his daughter, Hermanda. / Niveau : 2.5 / oeuvre solo et Orchestre / Ré…

opera in one act. Par BELL IAIN . The vocal score for Bell’s 2019 opera, Stonewall. Commissioned by New York City Opera, and with a libretto by Mark Campbell, the opera was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. This is an opera that captures the rage, grit, humour and, finally, hope of the LGBTQ community’s uprising in a Greenwich Village dance club on one hot…

Par AEBERSOLD JAMEY. Incredible professional comping over the changes of landmark Miles Davis compositions by a noted master, including: So What (slow), So What (fast), All Blues, Blue In Green, Nardis, Eighty One, Freddie Freeloader, and more!! Incredible professional comping over the changes of landmark Miles Davis compositions by a noted master, including: So What (slow), So What (fast), All Bl…

Maryland, My Maryland. Par HERZOG EDGAR. After initially introducing the theme in a mere „cloud of sound', the piece, then, starts off in a Cajun/New Orleans groove. All the voices have their solo spots. More and more independent voices join in falling into the groove and, thus, intensifying the tune: The woodwind family is in high Christmas spirits. Shortly after the climax - Is it the turkey or …

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Hanover Wind Symphony, New Jersey, USA was founded in 1984 by its conductor Peter Boor. He commissioned HANOVER FESTIVAL to celebrate the band’s 15th Birthday and the first performance took place on October 27th 1999. The piece starts with a solemn brass fanfare. Woodwinds join in and the music subsides into an expressive chorale. A climax is reached and the fanfare returns.…

Shortly after a rather unsuccessful performance of his Piano Concerto #1, Johannes Brahms wrote to Joseph Joachim in 1859: '... a second one will sound different?. Nevertheless, a good 20 years elapsed before that second concerto finally took form, and only in 1881 was he able to announce: 'I wanted to tell you that I have written a very small piano concerto with a tiny little delicate Scherzo?. O…

This songbook is a comprehensive keyboard anthology of songs from the American progressive metal band, formed in 1985.Learning To Live; Metropolis Par. 1; Wait For Sleep; 6:00; Scarred; Scene Two: I. Overture 1928; Scene Three: I. Through My Words; Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy; Scene Four: Beyond This Life; Scene Nine: Finally Free; The Great Debate; Selections From Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulen…

Praise to Thee, Jesus Christ. Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ (We Praise You Jesus Christ) is an old Christmas hymn dating from the 16th century, which can still be found in many hymnbooks today. John Blanken has created a varied and imaginative arrangement on four verses of the hymn. After the introduction, derived from the opening notes, the hymn is first accompanied by an agile harmonisation. Next…

Praise to Thee, Jesus Christ. Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ (We Praise You Jesus Christ) is an old Christmas hymn dating from the 16th century, which can still be found in many hymnbooks today. John Blanken has created a varied and imaginative arrangement on four verses of the hymn. After the introduction, derived from the opening notes, the hymn is first accompanied by an agile harmonisation. Next…