Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.19115 Composed by A. Wallerstein. Railroad passenger cars, Storms, Travel. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.19115). Le Train de Plaisir. Polka. Par A. Wallerstein. Published [n.d.] by G. & J. Meynne, Editeurs, rue St. Jean in Bruxelles. Composition of da capo with trio with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Railroad passenger cars, Storms, Travel. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Organ - Digital Download SKU: A0.828708 Composed by Jan Zach. Arranged by Guido Menestrina. Baroque. Score. 5 pages. Guido Menestrina #405395. Published by Guido Menestrina (A0.828708). Transcription by Guido Menestrina, follow the score on youtube: https://youtu.be/A0riyf_X3P4 Jan Zach, called in German Johann Zach (baptized 13 November 1699 – 24 May 1773) was a Czech composer, violinist and organist. Although he was a gifted and versatile composer capable of writing both in Baroque and Classical idioms, his eccentric personality led to numerous conflicts and lack of steady employment from about 1756 onwards. Zach was born in Čelákovice, Bohemia into a wheelwright's family. In 1724 he moved to Prague and started working as violinist at St Gallus and at St Martín. According to Dlabacž, he studied organ under Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, who lived in Prague from 1720 to 1727. Zach's career as organist started at St Martín, and by 1737 he was also playing the organ at the monastic church of the Merciful Brethren and the Minorite chapel of St Ann. In 1737 he competed for the position of organist at St. Vitus Cathedral, but was not successful. Details of what happened next are unknown: he was reported to have left Bohemia, but apparently remained in Prague at least until 1740. By early 1745 he was living in Augsburg and then on 24 April 1745 he was appointed Kapellmeister of the Electoral orchestra at the court of Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein, Prince-Elector of Mainz. He visited Italy in 1746 and, briefly, Bohemia in 1747.[1] Zach evidently had a complex and eccentric personality, which led to numerous conflicts that plagued his life at Mainz. He was suspended from his position in 1750 and finally dismissed in 1756. From that point on it appears that Zach never again had steady employment. He traveled through Europe and supported himself financially by performing and selling copies of his works, teaching, dedicating his compositions, and so on. He visited numerous courts and monasteries in Germany and Austria, stayed in Italy in 1767 and between 1771and 1772, and may have worked as choirmaster at the Pairis Abbey in Alsace. He stayed several times at the Stams Abbey at Stams, Tyrol, where he may have had connections, and served as music teacher at the Jesuit school in Munich, for several brief periods of time. The last mentions of Zach in contemporary sources indicate that in January 1773 he was at the Wallerstein court, and according to the Frankfurt Kayserliche Reichs-Ober-Post-Amts-Zeitung of 5 June 1773 he died on a journey, at Ellwangen. Zach was buried in the local church of St Wolfgang. Zach's surviving oeuvre comprises a wealth of both instrumental and sacred music: some 30 masses, 28 string sinfonias, a dozen keyboard works and other pieces. Due to the nature of Zach's life it is difficult to establish a precise chronology. His work reflects the transition from the old Baroque style to the emerging Classical music era ideals. Zach was equally adept at strict counterpoint and the style galant, and was also influenced by Czech folk music. Zach was fond of chromatic modulations. Scholar Johann Branberger, writing in the early 20th century, noted Zach's preference for chromatic, and often exotic, themes. Only a few of Zach's pieces were published during his lifetime: a harpsichord sonata (in Oeuvres mêlées, v/6 (Nuremberg, 1759)), a harpsichord concerto (Nuremberg, 1766; GS C13), and the collection Sei sonate for harpsichord and violin or flute (Paris, 1767).

Clarinet Choir,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet,E-Flat Clarinet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1269615 Composed by Fred Coots J, Haven Gillespie, and Mitchell Parish. Arranged by Dennis Ruello. 20th Century,Historic,Jazz,Pop,Standards. 11 pages. Chicory Music #862161. Published by Chicory Music (A0.1269615). Louisiana Fairy Tale (or Louisiana Fairytale) is a song written in 1935 by Haven Gillespie, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish and J. Fred Coots, and was originally popularized by Fats Waller. Waller's version opens with him playing a four-bar solo piano lead-in to a clarinet melody backed by drums, guitar, clarinet, trumpet and piano. A muted trumpet bridge precedes Waller's vocal verses, and a Dixieland-style improvisational instrumental jam closes the recording. This arrangement for Clarinet Choir, at the Intermediate Level, includes parts for Eb Clarinet, 1st Clarinet (Solo), 2nd Clarinet, 3rd Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, and Full Score. 

Clarinet Quintet,Woodwind Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1268326 Composed by Fred Coots J, Haven Gillespie, and Mitchell Parish. Arranged by Dennis Ruello. 20th Century,Historic,Jazz,Pop,Standards. 12 pages. Chicory Music #860722. Published by Chicory Music (A0.1268326). Louisiana Fairy Tale (or Louisiana Fairytale) is a song written in 1935 by Haven Gillespie, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish and J. Fred Coots, and was originally popularized by Fats Waller. Waller's version opens with him playing a four-bar solo piano lead-in to a clarinet melody backed by drums, guitar, clarinet, trumpet and piano. A muted trumpet bridge precedes Waller's vocal verses, and a Dixieland-style improvisational instrumental jam closes the recording. This arrangement for Clarinet Quintet (SSSSB) plus optional Acoustic Bass and Drum Set, at the Intermediate Level, is written at a slow swing tempo featuring 1st Clarinet.

Brass Quintet Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1263271 Composed by Fred Coots J, Haven Gillespie, and Mitchell Parish. Arranged by Dennis Ruello. 20th Century,Historic,Jazz,Pop,Standards. 12 pages. Chicory Music #856231. Published by Chicory Music (A0.1263271). Louisiana Fairy Tale (or Louisiana Fairytale) is a song written in 1935 by Haven Gillespie, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish and J. Fred Coots, and was originally popularized by Fats Waller. Waller's version opens with him playing a four-bar solo piano lead-in to a clarinet melody backed by drums, guitar, clarinet, trumpet and piano. A muted trumpet bridge precedes Waller's vocal verses, and a Dixieland-style improvisational instrumental jam closes the recording. This arrangement for Brass Quintet plus optional Acoustic Bass and Drum Set, at the Intermediate Level, is written at a slow swing tempo featuring Trumpet 1.

Trombone Ensemble Trombone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1261112 Composed by Fred Coots J, Haven Gillespie, and Mitchell Parish. Arranged by Dennis Ruello. 20th Century,Historic,Jazz,Standards,Traditional. 12 pages. Chicory Music #854178. Published by Chicory Music (A0.1261112). Louisiana Fairy Tale (or Louisiana Fairytale) is a song written in 1935 by Haven Gillespie, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish and J. Fred Coots, and was originally popularized by Fats Waller. Waller's version opens with him playing a four-bar solo piano lead-in to a clarinet melody backed by drums, guitar, clarinet, trumpet and piano. A muted trumpet bridge precedes Waller's vocal verses, and a Dixieland-style improvisational instrumental jam closes the recording.  This arrangement for Trombone Quintet / Choir, at the Intermediate Level, is written at a slow swing tempo featuring Trombone 1.Parts included are: Score, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone plus optional Acoustic Bass and Drum Set.  

Saxophone Quintet,Woodwind Ensemble Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1263906 Composed by Fred Coots J, Haven Gillespie, and Mitchell Parish. Arranged by Dennis Ruello. 20th Century,Historic,Jazz,Pop,Standards. 12 pages. Chicory Music #856808. Published by Chicory Music (A0.1263906). Louisiana Fairy Tale (or Louisiana Fairytale) is a song written in 1935 by Haven Gillespie, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish and J. Fred Coots, and was originally popularized by Fats Waller. Waller's version opens with him playing a four-bar solo piano lead-in to a clarinet melody backed by drums, guitar, clarinet, trumpet and piano. A muted trumpet bridge precedes Waller's vocal verses, and a Dixieland-style improvisational instrumental jam closes the recording. This arrangement for Sax Quintet (SAATB) plus optional Acoustic Bass and Drum Set, at the Intermediate Level, is written at a slow swing tempo featuring Solo Soprano Sax or Clarinet. 

Percussion Ensemble Bass Marimba,Vibraphone,Xylophone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1117085 By Hank Williams Jr. By Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks, and Thomas Fats Waller. Arranged by Jörg Richter. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards,Traditional. Score and parts. 6 pages. Jörg Richter #718672. Published by Jörg Richter (A0.1117085). Ain't Misbehavin' is a 1929 stride jazz/early swing song. Andy Razaf wrote the lyrics to a score by Thomas Fats Waller and Harry Brooks for the Broadway musical comedy play Connie's Hot Chocolates (From: Wikipedia.org). Here is an arrangement of that famous Jazz standard for 2 Marimbas.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.905971 Composed by Andy Razaf, J C Johnson, and Thomas Fats Waller. Arranged by Alex Boyle. Contemporary. Score. 2 pages. Alex Boyle #5743093. Published by Alex Boyle (A0.905971). Early intermediate version of Fats Waller classic. Chords are provided for optional improvisation.

Small Ensemble Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Interactive Download SKU: A0.482458 By ... Arranged by J. Randolph Hall. This edition: Interactive Download. Country,Folk,Standards,World. Score and parts. 7 pages. Duration 56. J. Randolph Hall #4ViOL2a9KFMxxakFhtSJvO. Published by J. Randolph Hall (A0.482458). Key: G major.Also known as Possum up a Gum Stump, this was based on an African-American dance song during the time that leaders like Andrew Jackson kept slaves who had to hunt for raccoons and opposums to stay alive. This song has since become a hit with minstrel and Blue grass groups. 'Possum up the gum stump Dat (That) raccoon's in de (the) holler Twis' (Twist) 'im (him) out and get 'im down An' I'll gin (give) you half a dollar. 'Possum up the gum stump Yes, cooney's in de holler' A pretty girl down my house Jes (Just) as fat as she can waller. Possum up de gum stump. His jaw is black an' dirty. To come an' kiss you, pretty gal I'd run lak (like) a goobler tucky (turkey) Possum up the gum stump A good man's hard to fin' (find): You'd better love me, pretty gal You'll git (get) de yudder (other) kin' (kind).

Saxophone Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1308443 By Hank Williams Jr. By Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks, and Thomas Fats Waller. Arranged by J Swinhoe-Standen. Jazz. 25 pages. Judith Swinhoe-Standen #897683. Published by Judith Swinhoe-Standen (A0.1308443). Lively sax quartet of a jazz classic, with tenor and alto solos (written out but with chord symbols for optional improvisation).

Brass Ensemble Bass Trombone,Euphonium,Flugelhorn,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1411272 Composed by James P. Johnson. Arranged by Charles Decker. 20th Century,Broadway,Contest,Festival,Film/TV,Jazz,Musical/Show. 28 pages. Charles Decker Music Press #993606. Published by Charles Decker Music Press (A0.1411272). From the Music of Black Composers Series at Charles Decker Music Press is the The Charleston which debuted in James P. Johnson’s Broadway 1923 show “Runnin’ Wild� to become the wildly popular and unofficial anthem of the Roaring 20’s.  An important jazz pianist and composer, Johnson was a major influence on Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, and Fats Waller.  Arranged for a ten-piece brass choir of three B-flat trumpets, two horns in F with a substitute flugelhorns parts, three trombones or euphoniums with substitute horn for trombone 1, euphonium and tuba, the arrangement uses the original 1923 piano edition and retains the style of the day. The recording is of the entire edition.“The Music of Black Composers Series is a welcome and timely addition to the brass repertoire. Interesting music, expertly arranged, fun to perform, and well received by audiences. Highly recommended!�   Wesley Nance, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Eastman School of Music “I was so pleased to see the great works arranged for brass ensemble by Charles Decker Music Press especially the Music of Black Composers’ Series. It was especially rewarding to perform several of these with Summit Brass and with the students attending the Rafael Mendez Brass institute. Please keep these wonderful settings coming. You have provided the brass world with some real gems.�  Joseph Parisi, Director Summit Brass, FountainCity Brass Band, University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory Wind EnsembleThe Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of Denver have purchased the Music of Black Composer Series with Charles Decker Music Press and the summer Rafael Mendez Brass Institute and Eastman School of Music uses the series arrangements in their chamber and brass ensembles music programs. See 50+ homogeneous brass editions for trumpet, horn and trombone ensembles and 75+ mixed brass ensemble publications with Charles Decker Music Press at Sheet Music Plus for inexperienced to advanced musicians with music ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary new works for trios, quartets, quintets, brass choir and brass band. Many of the mixed brass ensemble editions include alternate and substitute parts being alternate C trumpet parts for B-flat trumpet parts, flugelhorn/trumpet substitute for horn, horn substitute for trombone and treble clef euphonium substitute for trombone. To see our Music of Black Composers Series enter “Black Composers Series brass� in the search box at Charles Decker Music Press for 25 arrangements for mixed brass ensembles ranging from early jazz to symphonic works with composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, Will Marion Cook, James Reese Europe, James Johnson and others.For more brass quintet editions by Charles Decker use these links to  Kendor Music  and  Cherry Classics Music for listings of my arrangements of music by J.S. Bach, H.L. Clarke, Debussy, Dukas, Elgar, Falla, Holst, Ives, Nestico, Rachmaninoff, Satie, and Tchaikovsky.

Brass Quintet Cornet,Euphonium,Flugelhorn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1276031 Composed by James P. Johnson. Arranged by Charles Decker. 20th Century,Broadway,Film/TV,Musical/Show,Pop,Ragtime. 21 pages. Charles Decker Music Press #867780. Published by Charles Decker Music Press (A0.1276031). From the Music of Black Composers Series at Charles Decker Music Press is the “The Charleston� which debuted in James P. Johnson’s Broadway 1923 show “Runnin’ Wild� to become the wildly popular and unofficial anthem of the Roaring 20’s.  An important jazz pianist and composer, Johnson was a major influence on Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, and Fats Waller.  Arranged for a brass quintet of two B-flat trumpets with alternate C trumpet parts, horn in F with a substitute flugelhorn part, trombone or euphonium and tuba, the arrangement uses the original 1923 piano edition and retains the style of the day. The recording is of the entire edition.“The Music of Black Composers Series is a welcome and timely addition to the brass repertoire. Interesting music, expertly arranged, fun to perform, and well received by audiences. These pieces are now permanently in my quintet book and I will be using them with my student groups as well. Highly recommended!�   Wesley Nance, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Eastman School of Music “I was so pleased to see the great works arranged for brass ensemble by Charles Decker Music Press especially the Music of Black Composers’ Series. It was especially rewarding to perform several of these with Summit Brass and with the students attending the Rafael Mendez Brass institute. Please keep these wonderful settings coming. You have provided the brass world with some real gems.�  Joseph Parisi, Director Summit Brass, FountainCity Brass Band, University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory Wind EnsembleThe Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of Denver have purchased the Music of Black Composer Series with Charles Decker Music Press and the summer Rafael Mendez Brass Institute and Eastman School of Music uses the series arrangements in their chamber and brass ensembles music programs. See 50+ homogeneous brass editions for trumpet, horn and trombone ensembles and 75+ mixed brass ensemble publications with Charles Decker Music Press at Sheet Music Plus for inexperienced to advanced musicians with music ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary new works for trios, quartets, quintets, brass choir and brass band. Many of the mixed brass ensemble editions include alternate and substitute parts being alternate C trumpet parts for B-flat trumpet parts, flugelhorn/trumpet substitute for horn, horn substitute for trombone and treble clef euphonium substitute for trombone. To see our Music of Black Composers Series enter “Black Composers Series� in the search box at Charles Decker Music Press for 25 arrangements for mixed brass ensembles ranging from early jazz to symphonic works with composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, Will Marion Cook, James Reese Europe, James Johnson and others.For more brass quintet editions by Charles Decker use these links to Kendor Music and Cherry Classics Music for listings of my arrangements of music by J.S. Bach, H.L. Clarke, Debussy, Dukas, Elgar, Falla, Holst, Ives, Nestico, Rachmaninoff, Satie, and Tchaikovsky.

Chorus - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PO-0002922 The Joint Is Jumpin' (from the musical Ain't Misbehavin') - SAB. Composed by Thomas Fats Waller. Arranged by Alan Billingsley. Choral. 11 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PO-0002922. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PO-0002922). UPC: 038081340104. Andy Razaf; J. C. Johnson.Come in cats, and check your hats! You won't want to miss this fantastic swingin' and sizzlin' arrangement of the favorite tune from the musical Ain't Misbehavin'. Nonstop, jazzy singin' and dancin' fun! Featured on the Danza! Movement DVD (00-31225).Inst. Parts Available (choral); Movement and Staging; Recorded Acc. Available.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.2247 Composed by Gioachino Rossini. Panoramic views, Waterfronts, Artificial limbs, Patriotism, Contentment. Lester S. Levy Collection. 6 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.2247). My Heart's True Blue. The Words & Adaptation by Sidney Waller, from a beautiful Melody by Signor Rossini. Published [n.d.] by J.L. Hewitt, No. 137 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Panoramic views, Waterfronts, Artificial limbs, Patriotism, Contentment. First line reads I ne'er will leave my native shore, home and friends I love so well.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.