Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1284659

Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. 21st Century,Contemporary,Opera. Score. 143 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #875835. Published by James Nathaniel Holland (A0.1284659).

PIANO VOCAL SCORE.  This four act contemporary opera, original libretto and music, by 21st century American composer James Nathaniel Holland is the story of the triumph of Love over Evil, however delayed, and the power of keeping steadfast to one’s righteous promise.  

Based on the German fairy tale The Six Swans, in a kingdom, during Saxon times, the murderous daughter of an evil entity, Ravia, infiltrates and takes over the lives of a royal family due to the King’s rash promise to marry her many years before. 

The royal children are sent away by their father for safety to a hidden, woodland cottage, but Ravia discovers where they are and hexes the younger siblings, turning them into swallows.  Usha, the eldest, escapes and flees to the wilderness and is visited by the apparition of her dead mother who explains what is going on and that Usha must swear an oath of silence for six years to break the spell and change her siblings back into human form.

Five years pass and a dashing and kind king, Rohric, of another kingdom, finds Usha while hunting, falls in love with and marries her, but Usha must remain silent and cannot reveal who she is.  Ravia, who now is sole queen of the old kingdom, is invited by Rohric’s nobles with hope to secure a “proper� wedding for Rohric.  Usha is accused falsely of killing her own child by the two and is sentenced to be burned at the stake, but as the bell tolls she finally can declare her innocence.  To the crowd’s amazement her siblings change back, all truth is revealed, and for Ravia’s failure, she is dragged back to hell by demons.  

Singers:  King Alfred (bass), Ravia (soprano), Princess Usha (mezzo), Queen Mother Arna (soprano), the royal siblings (children’s/boy’s chorus), King Rohric (Tenor), The Evil Noble (baritone), An angel/a demon (bass), SATB Chorus

Scored for full orchestra.  Instrumentation:  picc/treble recorder, fl12, ob12, eh, cl12, bsn12, hrn 123, tpt123, trom12, tba, timp, perc.12 (bd, crash cym, ride cym with soft mallets and stick, glk, chimes, snar, tri), hrp, strings

Duration:  2 hours
Full Orchestral Score (concert pitch), Piano Vocal Score and Instruments Parts 1 (woodwinds, brass, perc.) and Parts 2 (harp and strings) sold separately.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Digital Download

SKU: A0.859003

Composed by Irish Traditional. Arranged by Stephen Bulat. Celtic,Folk,Holiday. Score. 3 pages. Stephen Bulat Publishing #6287633. Published by Stephen Bulat Publishing (A0.859003).

This traditional Irish jig goes by several titles including The Custom House, The Dancing Master, The Dancingmaster, Drioball Na Fáinleoige, From The New Country, From The New World, From The Next Country, Gigue De Barnabé, The Swallow Tail, Swallow-tail, The Swallow’s Nest, The Swallow’s Tail and Swallows Tail.

It has been recorded and performed by many recording artists including The Petersons, Turkey Creek String Band, The Broadside Band, Skip Healy, Josephine Marsh, Tionol, Dave Swarbrick and The Elftones.

A Celtic and Irish Songbook must-have, this arrangement has been gig-tested and has a very easy to follow roadmap with all essential musical cues throughout. Arrangement is in lead sheet format (melody & chords) with the layout in a larger style font than lead sheets in a typical fakebook. This format can be used for guitar sheet music, for piano sheet music, as instrumental sheet music, vocal sheet music or as accompaniment to a soloist (violin, flute, singer)

The perfect addition to the working musician's gig book. Please click on the publisher to view this song in other keys as well as to purchase it in the Celtic Fiddle Fake Book.

SMPPress publisher page: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/stephen-bulat-sheet-music/3007289

Online: http://stephenbulat.com

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1222866

By The Fifth Dimension. By Galt Macdermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #819108. Published by John Fries (A0.1222866).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Thanks, John.  The song spent six weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the spring of 1969 and was eventually certified platinum in the US by the RIAA.  Instrumental backing was written by Bill Holman and provided by session musicians commonly known as the Wrecking Crew.  As Holman tells it, the recording can be traced to an incident in which 5th Dimension lead singer Billy Davis Jr. left his wallet in a New York City cab; the man who found the wallet was involved in the production of Hair and invited the group to see the show:  After they'd seen it I received a phone call in which they were all talking over one another, saying 'We've got to cut this song Aquarius.  It's the best thing ever.'.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1223448

By The Fifth Dimension. By Galt Macdermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #819641. Published by John Fries (A0.1223448).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Thanks, John.  The song spent six weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the spring of 1969 and was eventually certified platinum in the US by the RIAA.  Instrumental backing was written by Bill Holman and provided by session musicians commonly known as the Wrecking Crew.  As Holman tells it, the recording can be traced to an incident in which 5th Dimension lead singer Billy Davis Jr. left his wallet in a New York City cab; the man who found the wallet was involved in the production of Hair and invited the group to see the show:  After they'd seen it I received a phone call in which they were all talking over one another, saying 'We've got to cut this song Aquarius.  It's the best thing ever.'.