Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.997181

Composed by Scott Joplin. Arranged by Vincent M. Bonafede. Ragtime. Score and parts. 60 pages. Vincent M. Bonafede #5209941. Published by Vincent M. Bonafede (A0.997181).

This arrangement is playable by the average volunteer community orchestra.  Players and audiences  will love the tunes.  It is suitable for concerts at retirement communities, nursing home, public libraries and secular church events.  String parts are playable by the average community player.

Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.997178

Composed by Scott Joplin. Arranged by Vincent M. Bonafede. Ragtime. Score and parts. 64 pages. Vincent M. Bonafede #5209935. Published by Vincent M. Bonafede (A0.997178).

This work is accessible for  many  string players.  All other  instrumental groups have interesting parts to play.  It is appropriate for concerts at retirement  communities , nursing homes, and secular  church concerts.  It has been field tested with two different community orchestras with player and audience success.  .

Full Orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: A0.997182

Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844-1908. Arranged by Vincent M. Bonafede. Contemporary. Score and parts. 74 pages. Vincent M. Bonafede #5217919. Published by Vincent M. Bonafede (A0.997182).

This is an engaging work with folk like Russian themes. It has been abridged  and has had keys adjusted to make it playable by the average volunteer community orchestra.  It has been field tested by two community orchestras and has been received well by both musicians and audience.

Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.997179

Composed by Franz Schubert. Arranged by Vincent M. Bonafede. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 45 pages. Vincent M. Bonafede #5200897. Published by Vincent M. Bonafede (A0.997179).

This work has been arranged to put this lovely Schubert melody in reach of  the average community orchestra.  The work has been enlarged to full orchestra with modern day transpositions.  It is a charming tune that your audiences will love.

Full Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.997180

Composed by Giovanni Gabrieli 1553-1612. Arranged by Vincent M. Bonafede. Renaissance. Score and parts. 47 pages. Vincent M. Bonafede #5217767. Published by Vincent M. Bonafede (A0.997180).

This lovely 4 voice Canzon has been expanded to full orchestra. This work is very accessible by the average community orchestra.  It will help to promote independence of players as they play melodic lines in different rhythms against other players.  Field tested with 2 orchestras with success as well as audience approval.

Full Orchestra - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by John Stafford Smith (30 March 1750 – 21 September 1836). Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century, European, Patriotic. Score, Set of Parts. 28 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions

Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1039829

Composed by David M. Sterrett. Classical,Patriotic. Score and parts. 56 pages. David Sterrett Music #644674. Published by David Sterrett Music (A0.1039829).

I feel honored and thankful to have been asked by Greg Hustis and the Music In the Mountains festival in Durango, Colorado to compose a piece honoring local firefighters and first responders following a deadly outbreak of wildfires around that region during the summer of 2018. When I learned about the fires, my heart went out to all the people affected. As the fires closed in from all around, beautiful mountain landscapes were burnt black, homes were threatened, and residents were forced to evacuate; however, the city and peoples’ homes were ultimately kept safe and no one was injured, all because of the fearless efforts of those who laid their lives on the line. My inspiration for the music, as well as the title, came directly from these heroes whose courage and effort proved to shine brighter than the flames. Although this piece was originally commissioned in response to this disaster in 2018, at its heart the piece is a tribute to all the brave heroes out there who fight in countless ways in the midst of disasters every day to keep all of us and our communities safe.

Full Orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: A0.997183

Composed by Vincent M. Bonafede. Contemporary. Score and parts. 141 pages. Vincent M. Bonafede #5220243. Published by Vincent M. Bonafede (A0.997183).

Divertimento is a work for full orchestra not to be taken too seriously! It is a diversion! It contains 5 very diverse movements. First  a prelude; second a generic ragtime tune; third a quiet reverie featuring a flute trio; fourth a march to the saloon on Saturday night and five a finale based on a  hymn tune from the Sacred Harp. Each movement is short. Whole work is about 9' 30.  All string parts are suitable for the average community orchestra.  I have conducted the work with two different community orchestras and feedback was positive from both musicians and audience members.

Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1226101

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Ken Litton. Historic,Patriotic,Standards,Traditional. Score and Parts. 28 pages. Artist of Note, Inc. #822125. Published by Artist of Note, Inc. (A0.1226101).

TAPS  A Remembrance   
Bb Solo Trumpet, Narrator, Piano/Organ/Orchestra, optional SATB Choir  > 2:00
TAPS - A Remembrance is ideal for the kinds of brief but important Memorial Day and/or Independence Day observances so often called for in our time.
The poignant narration recalls the story of United States Army Sergeant Keith Clark playing the bugle call know today as Taps for the interment of President John F. Kennedy (November of 1963). As author William Manchester later wrote, “The 6th note of the 24 he played seemed like “a catch in your voice or a swiftly stifled sob� that the whole world heard, and that remains part of our national heritage.
The background arrangement (optionally with chorus) heightens the emotion of the story until both give way to a regulation trumpet solo version that includes the grace note error and fades at the end. The orchestration is done in a 4 Part + format that lends itself to optional performance by any section of the orchestra (originally for brass alone).
The choral octavo carries the complete narration (also see below) with accompaniment (playable by/adaptable to organ) and the solo trumpet part (all that’s really needed to perform the piece) along with permission to reproduce the octavo for optional choir/ensemble.
The choral writing involves divisi only at two easily sung cadence points.
And, it can be performed by just the brass and the narrator.
For those who may not know the story:
CBS News video of A Bugle Call Remembered Gathering 11/16/2013  [01:15]  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3u2qKWQ8io
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NARRATOR:  Since the mid 1800s the bugle call known today as Taps has heralded rest for the weary, as well as comfort and encouragement in times of deep personal and collective grief.*
* music begins
At about 3:00 p.m. on November 24th 1963, as the nation mourned the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States Army Sergeant Keith Clark raised his bugle at Arlington National Cemetery [† with thoughts of I Corinthians 15:51 in mind, “The trumpet shall sound�].
Clearly broadcast throughout the country and around the world, the 6th note of the 24 he played seemed like “a catch in your voice or a swiftly stifled sob� as author William Manchester put it. But, as another observer** noted: “Like the crack in the Liberty Bell, it remains part of our 
national heritage.�
(Taps solo Trumpet with intentional error at m.14 continues)
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†   Optional text
** Ed Hunter for www.TapsForever.com.

Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.889781

Composed by Rainer Fabich. African,Film/TV,Pop,World. Score and parts. 96 pages. Fajora Music #2162881. Published by Fajora Music (A0.889781).

Very expressive finale song from the TV-documentary Der Glanz der Schattenwirtschaft / United Street Sellers Republic a film by Jan Kerckhoff about informal economy in NIgeria and Burkina Faso. Awards: German Economy Film Award 2015, Grand Prix Victoria in gold /International Economy Film Festival, Vienna 2016.
Orchestral premiere by Münchner Runfunkorchester (Bayerischer Rundfunk) in Munich 2016. Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
Score and parts, 96 pages, duration: ca. 4 min
Soundtrack CD: Rainer - Der Glanz der Schattenwirtschaft / United Street Sellers Republic, listen audiotracks on itunes, spotify, deezer, tidal ...

Full Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.755144

Composed by Sy Brandon. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 117 pages. Sy Brandon #3406725. Published by Sy Brandon (A0.755144).

This overture was written for the York Junior Symphony and premiered at the Eastern Regional MENC Conference. It is divided into three sections, each based upon different poetry with a common theme, the unity of people on earth. The work uses folk songs from different ethnic origins in combination with each other to create a composition reflective of the title. A slow introduction leads into a spirited allegro after the narrator speaks the ending of Emma Lazarus’ poem The New Colossus, which appears on the pedestal of the statue of Liberty. This is followed by a slow section where the composer’s poem, I’m From America, is spoken over the music. The final section is also a spirited allegro where the composer’s poem, We Are One, is spoken among a set of variations on a Quapaw Indian Song. The score prints on legal size paper and the parts on letter.

Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1261258

By Community Christian Orchestra. By Bryan M. Powell. Arranged by Bryan M. Powell. Christian,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Religious,Traditional. Score and Parts. 20 pages. Composer Bryan M. Powell's Music #850964. Published by Composer Bryan M. Powell's Music (A0.1261258).

Bryan has captured the essence of this grand old piece by Sir Isaac Watts and reinvigorated it by adding a separate piano part. Moderately easy, your congregation and or audience will enjoy hearing it again and again.

Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.837313

Arranged by Garth M. Williams (Socan). Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Standards. Score and parts. 149 pages. Garth M. Williams (Socan) #6080073. Published by Garth M. Williams (Socan) (A0.837313).

Christmas Celebration has been arranged for full orchestra.  It open with the festive carol Joy To The World, which then moves into a sedate, tasteful arrangement of the carol O Little One Sweet, and concludes with a rousing rendition of The Gloucester Wassail.  The work is written for a standard full orchestra, but includes, alto, tenor and baritone sax as well.  This arrangement would be very suitable for a senior high school orchestra or a community orchestra.

Full Orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1142445

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by edited by John M. Laverty. Classical. Score and parts. 62 pages. Zephyrwindmusic.com #742820. Published by zephyrwindmusic.com (A0.1142445).

With its thinly scored accompaniment, Mozart’s masterpiece published here provides the soloist with ample opportunities to explore the many colors and expressive tools that make for a wonderful stand alone slow movement. Due to an appearance in the 1967 Swedish �lm Elvira Madagin, the concerto is widely known by the same name. As with all Zephyrwindmusic publications, parts come with an Unlimited Copy License, thus removing any copyright issues in the way parts are used. Parts can be used in analog form – printed on paper – or uploaded as a digital part onto a reading device such as an iPad for performance. Parts can also be legally uploaded onto a website for players to download.

Full Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1465707

Composed by Stanley M Hoffman. Arranged by Stanley M Hoffman. 21st Century,Classical,Patriotic. 136 pages. Stanleymhoffman.com #1044317. Published by stanleymhoffman.com (A0.1465707).

Based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of blessed memory (1927–2018), Only from Blood Does Freedom Grow echoes the words of Hatikvah (The Hope), the national anthem of Israel. I have to believe that she wrote this poem around 1948 because of how it is worded. 

I of course knew the source of inspiration for this poem when I reread it not long ago—something I had not done since the 1990s—but its having been inspired by Hatikvah was really driven home to me by a Facebook comment. That comment inspired me to compose a piece in which the opening and closing sections are based on the opening melody of Hatikvah, but in which the middle section is newly composed. 

“Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy, and it honors the sword of freedom.” 
—John F. Kennedy

My mother’s brief memoirs are housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.  https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502129

—Stanley M. Hoffman, 25 June 2024
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Only from Blood Does Freedom Grow 

For so many years a voice sounded in Jewish hearts saying,
“We want to have a home, we want to have a life again.”
Enough blood has already streamed through rivers,
the blood shed by our brothers *[and sisters],
they, who for freedom of strangers and nation died.
Now, the dream we dreamt for a long time has been awakened in us.
We want to ?ght for our state, our country.
The moment that we have been waiting for and been praying for
two thousand years has brought us a spark of hope.
We must not despair, for we are nevertheless Jews.
We must and must want to persevere.
A time will come which itself will become a symbol of our tragedy,
and which will remain forever in our hearts -
a burning ?ame, and a joyful feast.   
—Rita Hoffman (1927–2018)
Words: © Copyright 1948 by The Estate of Rita Hoffman.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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Instrumentation 

2 Flutes (2 Piccolos)
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in Bb
2 Bassoons
 
4 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in Bb
2 Trombones
Tuba

Tam-tam
Timpani

Strings

Duration
ca. 2:30