String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.750794

Composed by Traditional Australian Folksongs. Arranged by Brendan Elliget MAGA 537. Folk. Score and parts. 33 pages. BJE Music #3602315. Published by BJE Music (A0.750794).

Australian Folksong Medley No. 6 – String Group with Optional Percussion - Suitable for a school or community group.
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This Medley includes:
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1. The Dying Stockman (3/4 Waltz Tempo): Wrap me up with my stockwhip and blanket And bury me deep down below. Where the dingoes and crows can't molest me In the shade where the Coolibahs grow.
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2. Jim Jones of Botany Bay (6/8 Adagio in 6) is a traditional Australian folk ballad. The narrator, Jim Jones, is arrested, tried, and sentenced to transportation. En route, his ship is attacked by pirates, but the crew holds them off. Arriving in Australia, Jones vows to escape, join the bushrangers, and get revenge.
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3. The Drovers Dream (6/8 Brightly in 2)
One night when traveling sheep, my companions lay asleep There was not a star illuminate the sky. I was dreaming I suppose, for my eyes were partly closed. When a very strange procession passed me by. First there came a kangaroo with a swag of blankets blue. And the dingo ran beside him as his mate. They were traveling mighty fast but they shouted as they passed. We'll have to jog along, it's getting late.
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This arrangement is for String Orchestra with plenty of interest for all sections. There are also Optional Percussion parts - Timpani, Drum Set, Glockenspiel, and Xylophone.  There is a Violin 3 part which is a substitute for the Viola Part.

There are also versions for Full Orchestra, Concert Band and Brass Band at this website.
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The MP3 was recorded with NotePerformer 3.
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Grade = 3 Duration = 5:30 mins.

String Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1049001

Composed by An-lun Huang. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Multicultural,Traditional,World. Score and parts. 32 pages. DoReMi Edition #653394. Published by DoReMi Edition (A0.1049001).

Chinese Rhapsody No.3 was composed e in Toronto, Canada , 1988. Huang dedicated the piece to the Canadian Saxophonist Paul Brodie who premiered it in Parry sound of Ontario in the same year. Written in Saibei Folk Style, the music is divided into 5 movements without stop. As usual, Huang didn‘t use any folk song . But the typical taste of Huang’s “Zhang Jia Kou[張家�] accent� is pretty easy to be identified. With the concert virtuosity, the 1st movement is composed as an emotional Cadenza which expresses the profound affections to the land of Saibei. Using the same Alto Sax., the lyric 2nd movement is followed by a folk dance, the 3rd movement. Chang to a Soprano Saxophone, the 4th movement is sound like a dreamy nocturne which is interrupted by the percussions of the fiery 5th movement. The whole Rhapsody ends on a climax of the Chinese Northern west “wind and percussion “style�. Brodie found more than 300 trills in this piece. Perhaps this is the key to perform the music in real Chinese style. Huang has composed 5 versions of these pieces for different ensembles: saxophone solo with piano, or strings, or winds/brasses, or Chinese traditional orchestra, or symphony orchestra. The attached mp3 was performed by the German saxophonist Jurgen Demmler with pianist Peter Grabinger in 1996. Duration: 20’.

String Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.885554

Composed by Cesar Aviles. Contemporary,Film/TV,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 23 pages. Cesar Aviles #2072139. Published by Cesar Aviles (A0.885554).

It takes discipline to become a good musician. But to stand up after a breakdown you need more than that. Ready for Batte tells the story of a musician who doesn't give up on her dreams. She is committed to beat the obstacles and fight for a chance to reach her ultimate goal. The piece is about courage, passion, and the inner warrior who lives inside all artists. I dedicate it to my students who were the first to hear it live.