in Full Score. Par WEBER CARL MARIA VON. First performed in Berlin in 1821, Der Freischütz is recognized as the wellspring of German Romantic opera. It was immensely influential in subject matter, atmosphere, orchestration, and other aspects on all later German operatic writing, and it is still quite popular. The composition of Der Freischütz occupied Weber for an unusually long time. He started i…

Designed for budding songwriters of any age, this workbook requires only a minimal knowledge of the piano. Written so it is easy to use with or without a teacher, singer/songwriter Allison James carefully guides the beginning songwriter through the process of writing a complete song with chords, melody, and lyrics using a keyboard. All one needs is creativity and a pencil! A notation chapter is al…

Par GOLDSMITH JERRY. Explore the captivating film score of Air Force One with this premium-quality study edition! Wolfgang Petersen’s 1997 blockbuster, featuring Harrison Ford as the U.S. President facing Russian terrorists aboard his own aircraft, became a worldwide hit, grossing over $315 million. Originally scored by Randy Newman, the soundtrack was completely reimagined by Jerry Goldsmith, who…

What an extraordinary text for women's chorus that speaks of the 'comfort of feeling safe with a person.' Excellent vocal writing that is beautifully supported and enhanced by the piano and flute. Commissioned by the BYU Women's Chorus. / Choeur SSAA, Flûte Et Piano

Par VINE CARL. Lyrical, direct and exhibiting a masterful understanding of vocal writing, Carl Vine's secular cantata for soprano and strings, The Tree of Man, is a gift to audience and musicians alike. The 11-minute work, written in 2012 for the Australian Chamber Orchestra and soprano Daniele de Niese, is based on a passage from a novel of the same name by the Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick …

Description Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) was a Swiss-born Jewish composer. Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque was the last and best known works of his Jewish Cycle, in which he attempted to find some sort of musical identity - the Jewish state having not yet come into existence when he was writing. The solo Cello is intended to represent the voice of King Solomon, while the orchestral accompaniment is oft…

Par KRUISBRINK ANNETTE. William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is regarded as the greatest writer England has ever produced. He wrote 154 sonnets. For her ‘Three Shakespeare Sonnets’, Annette Kruisbrink selected numbers 17, 40, and 66, setting them to music for voice and guitar. The original structure of Shakespeare’s sonnets, a fourteen-line poem made up of three quatrains, or sets of four lines, and on…

Description Intermediate Piano solos in various jazz styles ? part of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Composer Showcase series. Elegant, clever, authentically-styled original compositions characterise this excellent collection of Jazz Piano solos by Bill Boyd. Bill's suave ease in writing original jazz for the advancing student performer is evident in each of these captivating solos. Th…

Par CURNOW JAMES. An exciting adventure for bands of a moderate standard. From a brooding, fog-shrouded sand castle along the seashore in England to another on the sunny coast of France (including rainstick and spoken “wave” effects) to an exotic triple-meter “Flamenco-esque” impression of one in Spain, SANDCASTLES is a noteworthy addition to the CMP Passport Plus Series. Referring to varying loca…

Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliché' composer of his day, Hahn was best known for his contributions to the French Melody, however his other works have never gone amiss. His Quintet represents the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education f…

Passionskantate. Par HOMILIUS GOTTFRIED AUGUST. He was without argument our greatest church composer, wrote the lexicographer E. L. Gerber a few years after Homilius's death in 1785. As a result of the destruction of the Kreuzkirche during the Seven Years War, the longtime Kreuzkantor, a pupil of Bach, performed his professional musical duties primarily at the Frauenkirche in Dresden. The Passions…

Symphony for Winds, Percussion and Pre-recorded Soundscape. Par SHAPIRO ALEX. IMMERSION brings listeners on a sonic journey into a private, aquatic realm. Beneath the surface of the ocean is a world of liquid beauty and grace hidden from our eyes and from our imagination. Follow your ears and your heart to the deepest unseen places we often neglect to consider. Shapiro's electroacoustic wind symph…

For Viola, Double Bass and Piano. Double Bass Part: Orchestral AND/OR Solo Tuning (includes parts for both). Shadows (3'20) 'Shadows' is a nostalgic, atmospheric waltz written in response to a poem by Ursula Vaughan Williams 'Ainsi le bon temps regrettons'. John Hawkins Studied with Master of the Queen's Music Malcolm Williamson and composer and teacher Elisabeth Lutyens. He has written many cha…

In Nativitate Domini'. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger's 'Mass in A Major' is a work that ist easy to perform. Making no use of polyphonic developments, it remains within a harmonic style that is lightened by brief imitative phases. The organ accompaniment serves as a tonal support and expands the three-part writing into four parts. / Messe / Répertoire / Orchestre: Choeur SSA, Flûte T…

Compiled from the works of practically all the recognized masters of etude writing. Edited and fingered by John Thompson and designed to hold the pupil's interest and develop the various points of pianism encountered in the second grade (or later elementary level). / Piano