Par MARSH LIN. Junior Songscape: Stage And Screen is the perfect resource for upper primary school singing and is an invaluable collection of 12 classics songs both old and new from stage and screen! Featuring well-known classics alongside songs from shows written especially for children, this album includes contextual information for each song and suggestions for adding movement. Ideal for bringi…

Arr. Otto M. Schwarz. Par PRAETORIUS MICHAEL. The many sided and productive Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) is knwon as a composer of dance music, sacred music and music for the advent and Christmas time. He worked as Kapelmeister to the court at Wolffenbuttel, but he was also asked to serve in other places, includin Dresden. Praetorius was valued for the new impulses he gave to music by means of h…

Arr. Herman Oldenstijl. Par TRADITIONAL. This lovely Scottish hymn, also known as The Lord’s My Shepherd, first appeared in 1929 in the Scottish songbook Northern Psalter, where it was incorrectly credited to David Grant, an Aberdeen businessman and amateur musician. It was, in fact, composed by Jessie Irvine the daughter of the parish minister at Crimond. This arrangement will be a musical jewel …

Kantate Zum Erntedankfest (Tempore Messis) Und Andere Dankfeiern. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Telemann's cantata cannot be assigned to any of the composer's known annual cycles of cantatas. The given designation 'Tempore Messis', which appears in the title in the sole surviving source, suggests it was composed on the occasion of a harvest thanksgiving festival, but the neutrality of the text means…

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par FUCIK JULIUS. Julius Fucik (1872-1916) was born in Prague, Czech Republic. He studied under Antonin Dvorák and at a young age played in military bands and later became bandmaster, a profession he practiced in various cities with many bands. In 1913 he settled in Berlin where he started his own music publishing house. As a composer Fucik is known for his light entertainin…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. A composition of much contrast based on a well-known psalm melody. As its title announces, it starts with a majestic introduction in which parts of the psalm melody can be heard. Next we hear the complete psalm melody in the trombones, interrupted by passages full of dance in the discant. This is continued in a lively Allegro Molto, in which the psalm melody emerges in the trump…

Par KOZELUCH LEOPOLD. Leopold Koželuch (also Koželuh) was among the leading musical figures of 18th-century Vienna, well-known in his day as an excellent pianist and piano teacher. Six delightful sonatas have been selected from the complete edition of his piano sonatas published by Bärenreiter – namely the easiest, as this album is specifically aimed at beginner and moderately advanced pianists. T…

from Casanova. Par STRAUSS JOHANN (FILS). Song for Peace (also known as The Nun’s Chorus) is from Johan Strauss Jr. much neglected opera Casanova. It has been arranged for beginner bands and can be played with a minimum of four players (+ percussion). It stately melody will bring a little regalness to any concert. / Niveau : 1.5 / Musique pour célébration / Date parution : 1905-06-25/ Répertoi…

Choralkantate. Par CRUGER JOHANN / MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. also contains an arrangemet for organ During Mendelssohns years of study with Zelter, the arrangement of chorales already played an important role, and he continued to be occupied with the protestant chorale throughout his symphonic and oratorical work. The break Bach’s works in connection with the reperformance of the St. Matthew Pas…

Arr. Otto M. Schwarz. Par PRAETORIUS MICHAEL. The many sided and productive Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) is knwon as a composer of dance music, sacred music and music for the advent and Christmas time. He worked as Kapelmeister to the court at Wolffenbuttel, but he was also asked to serve in other places, includin Dresden. Praetorius was valued for the new impulses he gave to music by means of h…

Par ARLEN HAROLD. This well-known standard from the 1940s never sounded quite like this! Featuring a slow, simmering shuffle funk style, the rhythm section lays down the groove with the trombone section playing the tune. Solo space is provided for tenor sax and trumpet before the roar of the full ensemble is unleashed in a double-time swing shout chorus. This chart is a powerhouse! / Date parution…

for Piano and Orchestra Full Score. Par LECUONA ERNESTO. Rapsodia Argentina is based on traditional older Argentinian tangos, the most famous being_x001A_Buenos Aires,_x001A_which is heard at the outset. The whole piece is a kind of huge rondo and is divided into several sections, most of which recur during the course of the composition. One of them is a milonga, a native peasant dance of Argentin…

(The Four Seasons). Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) stands, with Handel and J. S. Bach, as one of the titanic figures of late Baroque composition. Not only was he lauded as a composer of vocal and instrumental works both sacred and secular, he was without serious competition, the most prolific composer of his age. In addition to hundreds of vocal works, includingforty-nine operas,…

Par TIN CHRISTOPHER. The well-known melody from the video game Civilization IV is exquisitely captured in this G major string orchestra arrangement by Robert Longfield. Based on a Swahili translation of the Lord\'s Prayer, this arrangement is simplified enough to make it accessible while retaining the intricate rhythms of the original. Your students will love playing this infectious tune, which wa…

Opera In Three Acts. Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Today, 'Samson et Dalila? is undoubtedly one of the best-known of Camille Saint-Saëns's thirteen operas, being more present in the repertoire of international stages than most other French 19th century compositions. During Saint-Saëns's lifetime, the opera was already regarded as the pinnacle of his dramatic stage works. The fact that the work's genes…