Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This work, in two movements, was written for the 50th anniversary of “Harmonie St. Cecilia” in Oudenburg, Belgium, and is dedicated to its conductor, Arne Wyntin. The first part is rather quiet and pastoral in character, and is written in a gently rocking 12/8 time. The tranquility of the area around the medieval town of Oudenburg, a rustic region not far from the North Sea,…

Learn to play rock and pop with Rockschool. These specially written arrangements develop the skills and techniques you need to help you achieve your musical goals.For Rockschool's 2018-2024 Drums series, Rockschool have commissioned arrangements of titles reflecting popular music's rich heritage in all its forms and have tailored each piece to make it exactly right for the grade. You can also use …

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. Diamond Prelude was written to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own), andwas premiered at their 75th Anniversary Concert at the D. A. R. Constitution Hall in Washington, D. C. For 75 years the U. S. Army Band has proudly served the American people through their many performances throughout the world, as well asthousands of ceremonies a…

Check this this clever arrangement of the holiday gem 'Little Drummer Boy.' It's a drumset feature at around 172 BPM in the style of Neal Hefti's 'Cute' with a written trumpet 2 solo. The lead trumpet range is up to written A above the staff. A nice sax soli and a unison interlude complete this package (3:42) / Ensemble De Jazz

This is a special arrangement for double bass choir of the choral piece Silva Caledonia, written for the Estonian National Male Choir, which sets a text by the Scottish poet Edwin Morgan. It was first performed by them in April 2006. The double bass version was written for the large group of basses, 22 for the first performance, at Basses Loaded, the annual concert from Gary Karr's summer school i…

An Orchestrator's Handbook. Par BRANT HENRY. Henry Brant's new guide to orchestration is, in fact, the result of his lifelong work as a conductor, composer, and teacher, its first page written in the 1940s, and its final page written in 2005. In observation of other orchestration texts throughout his life, Brant realized that many were incomplete, in that they gave instructions based on 'hoped-for…

Cantus Missae. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. According to Otto Ursprung, Cantus missae is the “most beautiful, pure vocal music of the 19th century”. This is Rheinberger’s only Mass written for double choir. It obtains its special character through the use of compositional techniques of ancient classical vocal polyphony, which are combined with functional harmony and expressive, songlike voice-le…

Album per la gioventù Op. 68. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. The volume brings together two of Robert Schumann’s most famous collections of piano pieces for the young. Scenes from the Childhood (Kinderszenen), op. 15, contains a series of short pieces for piano written by Schumann in February 1838. These form the German composer’s poetic cycles, together with the Kreisleriana. As their titles suggest, Schum…

Aus: Israelsbrünnlein. Par SCHEIN JOHANN HERMANN. Johann Hermann Schein’s Israelsbrünnlein, published in Leipzig in 1623, is a supreme achievement not only among the works of this composer, who had been Thomaskantor in Leipzig since 1616, but also for the entire body of German music written during the first half of the 17th century. Among the 26 motets written “in the Italian madrigal manner” 23 a…

Par YE XIAOGANG. 'Datura was commissioned by Accessible Contemporary Music and was written in a unique way. I composed the piece in installments over the summer of 2006 and emailed them to Seth Boustead who forwarded them on to the ensemble. In this unique way of working I was able to have time between each installment to think about what would come next and to get feedback from the performers abo…

Recueil Harpe. Par RENIE HENRIETTE. Six Short Pieces is a set of short works for Harp composed by Henriette Renie. Written in two suites for pedal or lever Harp, the volume is divided as per below: Suite 1: - Conte de Noë l - Recueillement - Air de Danse Suite 2: - Invention dans le Style ancient - Rêverie - Gavotte This set of pieces is really enjoyable to play and was written for upper beginners…

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. Due to the high demand of two of Andrew D. Gordons blues piano/keyboard books, 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs and the 12 Bar Blues Bible, he has adapted examples from the two books along with new examples into a blues organ book and Ultimate Blues OrganRiffs is the result. There is an increased interest in playing the organ these days as many keyboard players are adding organ modul…

Das Fußballstück. Par LANGER MANFRED. What happens to a choir when the FIFA World Cup kicks off? The composer Manfred Länger, of Vienna, has written a very inventive piece about this hot topic in which he spoofs “football fever” in a very compact composition. The work is suitable for all choirs [mixed choir, women’s or men’s choir] singers who are football fanatics and those who are football grouc…

A great jazz standard, this swing chart plays well at 176 BPM. Features of Adderley's 'Work Song' include a lead trumpet range to written A above the staff, written alto and trumpet solos, a great shout chorus, and cool development section. You'll love it. (4:49) / Ensemble De Jazz

This deluxe hard-cover book provides 130 scores of every song on the Pearl Jam albums Ten through Lightning Bolt. Over 800 pages of music contain lyrics and streamlined transcriptions of every instrument that was recorded for an amazing written documentation of this influential band. Guitar and bass parts are written in both standard notation and tablature. / Guitare, Basse, Chant, Batterie