Par SPARKE PHILIP. The birth of Philip Sparke’s second son, Benjamin, was the inspiration for composing Ballad for Benny. A short calm introduction leads to the main ballad theme, a gentle waltz melody. Following the work’s climax in which the complete band plays the main theme the sound fades and the piece ends in calm and serenity. / Niveau : 2.5 / Musique pour célébration / Répertoire / Conc…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This short showy piece was written to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the Belgian Brass Band, Midden Brabant and is used as the opening piece for most of the band’s concerts. All sections of the band briefly express themselves, leading to an exultant final climax played by the complete band. / Niveau : 5 / Ouverture / Répertoire / Brass Band

Media Type : BookLevel : IntermediateMusical Genre : JazzNumber of pages : 96 Enormous demands are placed on the control and manual dexterity of the contemporary drum set player, particularly in the Jazz idiom. Today's drummer is expected to have developed limb coordination to a degree that would have been thought unachievable a few short years ago. This text presents an effective method of dealin…

Commandé pour Tenebrae et leur directeur, Nigel Short. John Tavener écrit:'Mère et enfant célèbre le miracle de l'accouchement. Il célèbre aussi Marie dans son aspect universel en tant que mère de tous les Prophètes, et co-rédemptrice du Christ. Mais derrière tout cela est la lumière théophanique, unique et infini, et le même dans toutes les traditions religieuses. La musique est à la fois tendre,…

for Euphonium and Concert Band. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Pulcinella was commissioned by the Taiwanese euphonium player Tzu-Hsiang Lin. Lin is a renowned soloist and teacher and a Besson Euphonium Artist. He teaches euphonium at Taipei National University of the Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts, Shih Chien University and National Kaohsiung Normal University. Lin gave the premiere of Pulcinella in…

Par CURNOW PAUL. The short suite format gives the arrangement great flexibility of use. Movement 1 (PRAISE TO THE LORD) inspires the listener with elements of a “voluntary” style arrangement while the second movement (HE IS LORD) is steeped in peaceful reverence. The third and final movement is an expression of joyous praise. A LITTLE SUITE PRAISE will do a great deal to enrich the worship experie…

An unbelievable collection of the greatest stands tunes ever assembled in a single publication!!! Features short timeout versions of just about every hot jammin', slammin', rockin', poppin' tune you could ever think of playing in the stands! If your band plays for any type of sporting event or pep rally, you can't afford to be without this collection of hits! Includes over 30 stands favorites such…

for String Quartet. Par BAKER CLAUDE. A VOICE PASSES provides musical commentary on three haiku by the 19th-century poet Masaoka Shiki and one by the legendary master he most admired, Yosa Buson. Stricken with tuberculosis and addicted to morphine in the later years of his short life, Shiki wrote a large number of haiku that dealt with the pain and suffering caused by his illness. Of these, many w…

Arr. Timothy Johnson. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. 'Melody is the very essence of music. ' -W. A. Mozart (1786)Mozart confirmed this view on melody by writing the Ave Verum Corpus near theend of his short life. Originally written for chorus, strings, and organ, this work standsamong the most beautiful musical expressions of all time. Timothy Johnson has skillfullymade Mozart's wondrous achievement…

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Prelude and Fugue in C major from The Well-tempered Clavier includes the printed score, a written masterclass from international concert pianist Daniel Grimwood, in which he considers how to approach the playing of baroque harpsichord music on the piano, a biography of the composer and a short history of the music – all illustrated in full colour. more than the score… i…

Par PROKOFIEV SERGEI. An impelling and moving Sonata for Two Violins by Ukranian composer Sergie Prokofiev. The four short movements are lyrical, playful, fantastic and violent, all striking themes. The warmer style and highly effective sequence mirrors Prokofiev's condition at the time of composition: after his travels to the West away from Russia, his work became increasingly more embracing rath…

30 intermediate recital pieces for violin and piano. Par . Following the successful first volume, Piccolo Paganini Vol. 2 contains 30 original intermediate-level pieces for violin and piano. Violin experts Christiane Schmidt and Gudrun Jeggle focus on musically sophisticated and rarely-heard concert pieces by composers ranging from Handel and Elgar to Pauline Viardot García and Grazyna Bacewicz. T…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. This Fantasia is founded on the following traditional English carols: The Truth Sent From Above (Herefordshire) words and tune; Come All You Worthy Gentlemen (Somerset) words and tune; On Christmas Night (Sussex) words and tune; There Is A Fountain (Herefordshire) tune only; together with fragments of other well-known carol tunes. The work is scored for ordinary full Or…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. South Down Pictures was commissioned by Millenium Brass 2000, an organisation comprising three brass bands from the county of Sussex, England. The bands (Patcham Silver, Hangleton and Brighton Silver) had got together to organise many events to mark the new millennium and these culminated in a concert in Hove Town Hall on July 9th 2000 when all three bands combined to give the f…

Liederkreis, op. 24 u.a.. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. The New Robert Schumann Edition (RSA) is intended as a historico-critical edition of the collected works. They will be carefully studied and prepared according to present-day musicological and editorial techniques and presented in their entirety. Drafts, sketches and fragments, in short, everything that has come down to us as being authentically by Sc…