With a Progressive Teaching Guide-This book contains graded sight reading exercises for snare drum timpani and tuned percussion.

This four-movement work with a slow introduction is Haydn's last symphony for 'small' orchestra, i.e. without trumpets and timpani.However it has long passages for solo violoncello and is also scored for two bassoons.The editor of this edition recommends a performance with low horns (additionally included in the wind set) to prevent the musical character of the 'Andante? from being compromised by …

Par SCIORTINO. French composer, Patrice Sciortino (b. 1922) is a highly versatile musician. His compositional career has been met with success, including with his Contre-Sujet for Percussion and Piano. Published in 1922, a typical performance of Contre-Sujet takes around seven minutes. Percussive instruments used include: Wood Blocks, Bongos, Vibraphone, Snare Drum, Marimba and Timpani. The first …

Bach composed his oratorio for the Feast of the Ascension in Leipzig in 1735. Though this work has the duration of a cantata, the choice of text places it among the oratorios. It combines the biblical account of the Ascension with chorales and free madrigal poems.As in other works which were composed during this same year (e.g. the 'Christmas Oratorio'), Bach reveals a special fondness for colourf…

Bach composed his oratorio for the Feast of the Ascension in Leipzig in 1735. Though this work has the duration of a cantata, the choice of text places it among the oratorios. It combines the biblical account of the Ascension with chorales and free madrigal poems.As in other works which were composed during this same year (e.g. the 'Christmas Oratorio?), Bach reveals a special fondness for colourf…

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.

Par SHELTON MELVIN L.. A touching and intense memoriam piece, the mechanics are on the easy side of Grade 4, but the demand for tone quality and control in tenuto passages and long slurred phrases calls for the best of musicianship from any group. The 'Adagio e Rubato' tempo indication invites the kind of wonderfully expressive ensemble playing that should probably make up a larger part of band li…

Bach composed his oratorio for the Feast of the Ascension in Leipzig in 1735. Though this work has the duration of a cantata, the choice of text places it among the oratorios. It combines the biblical account of the Ascension with chorales and free madrigal poems.As in other works which were composed during this same year (e.g. the 'Christmas Oratorio?), Bach reveals a special fondness for colourf…

Offertorium De Beata Maria Virgine. Par MOZART LEOPOLD. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Salzburg, where Leopold Mozart was Assistant Court Music Director, was a center for polyphonic Offertory settings and multimovement offertory concerti, which developed into a main genre of Catholic liturgical music in the south German region. The Salzburg Cathedral seems an obvious choice, which the 'solemn' or…

Composed in 1990 for solo Clarinet, Timpani, Percussion and Strings, John Tavener's The Repentant Thief was inspired by the biblical story of the two criminals who were crucified alongside Jesus at Golgotha.This work contrasts dance-like material with melancholy laments, bound together by a refrain with a recitative-like character, recalling Greek folk and Orthodox traditions.This edition is for C…

Par SCHWARZ OTTO M.. The play-along book ?Playing with the Concert Band VOL. I? has been designed for Flute, Bb Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Eb Alto Saxophone, Bb Trumpet, F Horn, C Trombone, Bb Euphonium, C Euphonium, Tuba, Mallets Percussion and Timpani /Percussion. The original concert band part for each instrument with some additional parts is printed in its own edition. The concert band recording…

Cette poursuite des ouvertures classiques pour timbales comprend les parties de timbales complète à 19 symphonies de Beethoven, Haydn et Mozart. / Percussions