Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.886276

Composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Alexander Safford. Christmas,Concert,Romantic Period,Traditional,World. Score and parts. 28 pages. North Summit Music Press, LLC #3629433. Published by North Summit Music Press, LLC (A0.886276).

With its enduring romantic melodies, Tchaikovsky's Pas de Deux remains a favorite of audiences everywhere, and one of the few Nutcracker movements that works as a year-round concert piece. This effective arrangement offers a stylistically genuine edition for community, collegiate, and high school orchestras. The two original harp parts have been combined into a single, more manageable part for one harpist or pianist, offered at the advanced level and the intermediate level.  The advanced harp part is notated in the score. 

Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.922635

Composed by Johann Strauss Jr. Arranged by Aaron Meier. Romantic Period,World. Score and parts. 7 pages. Aaron Meier #5792353. Published by Aaron Meier (A0.922635).

Original by Johann Strauss II
Reduction to String Orchestra by Aaron Meier

Part: Full Score ONLY

True to the original work by Strauss, this reduction for string orchestra features the ornaments and mystical writing that defines Strauss' polkas. There are optional percussion parts to be added at the discretion of the ensemble, however even without percussion the ensemble will sound full (the percussion acts as an ornament).

Difficulty: Intermediate-advanced - advanced (best-suited for advanced student ensembles)
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Performance Notes:

• Approximate length: 3:30 minutes
• 1st Violins: In m. 1, trill a half step from a Dâ™­ to a Dâ™® 
• 2nd Violins:
 - At m. 42, divide players by 3, with 2 players playing line A and the remaining player playing line B
 - At m. 72-75, emphasize the E♭ in the div.
• Snare Drum: The buzz roll needs to be quieter than how it is played in the midi recording (*see YouTube link ↓)

History:

The Olga-Polka itself owed its creation to a Russian royal wedding which took place in St. Petersburg on 28 August 1857. On that day, amid accompanying splendour, the music-loving Grand Duke Michail Nikolaievich (1832-1909), youngest brother of Tsar Alexander II, married Princess Caecilie of Baden (1839-91), daughter of Archduke Leopold of Baden. Johann Strauss, who at that time was giving a summer season of concerts in nearby Pavlovsk, used the opportunity occasioned by the event to enhance his already enviable popularity with the Russian royal family and composed the Caecilien-Polka in honour of the lovely young bride. Indeed, it is clear from a letter which Johann wrote in late July 1857 to Carl Haslinger, his publisher in Vienna, that the new polka had been prepared well in advance of the wedding (the fair copy of the full orchestral score made for the publisher's engraver is dated 9 August) and was enjoying success even before the royal couple's official engagement on 16August 1857. Sometime after performing the Caecilien-Polka in Pavlovsk, Johann despatched the work to the Austrian capital where his brother Josef conducted its Viennese première, together with that of Johann's waltz Telegraphische Depeschen (op. 195, Volume 28), at his own benefit concert in the Volksgartenon Sunday 18 October 1857. The Wiener Allgemeine Theaterzeitung (16.10.1857) remarked that both works have caused a sensation in St. Petersburg and are truly genial Viennese sounds full of verve and melody.

Since tradition demanded that the German Princess Caecilie adopt a Russian name - Olga Feodorovna - before her marriage, so Johann's Caecilien-Polka also underwent a change of identity. On 8 December 1857 Carl Haslinger announced the publication of Strauss's Olga-Polka, on the title page of which is the inscription: Dedicated to her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga, née Princess of Baden. It was under this title, too, that Johann himself first conducted the work in Vienna at a concert in the Volksgarten on 1 November 1857, shortly after his return from Russia. Reporting on this event, the Wiener Allgemeine Theaterzeitung (3.11.1857) observed: The 'Olga-Polka' is a most delightful, fragrant musical bouquet, full of fine, gracious rhythms.
[excerpted from NAXOS Records]
Kemp, Peter. Program Notes - About this Recording. NAXOS, 1993, www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.223232&catNum=223232&filetype=About%20.......... Accessed 5 June 2020.

Resources:

• Visit sites.google.com/view/aaronmeier for more information regarding this arrangement and other works.
• Find a full midi recording of this arrangement on YouTub.

Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.730496

Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. Contemporary,Opera. Score and parts. 444 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #5021023. Published by James Nathaniel Holland (A0.730496).

FULL ORCHESTRAL SCORE (CONCERT PITCH)
Most current revision of libretto and edits with measure numbers and section (scene/aria) headings for easier rehearsal. Contains vocal lines. Piano Vocal Score, Instrument Parts 1 (Woodwinds and Brass), Instrument Parts 2 (Strings, Harp, and Percussion) all sold separately. Rehearsal letters line up with vocal piano score.
Instrumentation: picc, fl12, ob, eh, cl12, tensax, bsn12, hrn12, tpt12, trom12, tba, perc, harp, strings
OPERA SYNOPSIS:A mythical country, somewhere lost in time and space; two factions, a clandestine, militant hate group and the country's elites are in engaged in an age old cycle of violent conflicts to gain rule the country.  Germain, a young man with mysterious origins, and of neither side, by fate meets the newly elected Prime Minister (of the elites) and is deceived by his flowery talk of love that surpasses any difference or this world.  But this is not to be a happy ending. The leader of the hate group takes this perfect opportunity to try to assassinate the PM. When the attempt fails, the blame falls on Germain and leads him to his imprisonment and eventual death.
GERMAIN, A Dreamer (Lyric Baritone)
CHERYL, A tavern owner and girlfriend to Talleyrand (Soprano, Coloratura)
TALLEYRAND, Minister of District Thirteen, Secret leader of the Dissidents (Bass)
ALEXANDER, The newly elected Prime Minister of Timbaksha (Tenor)
TAMINA, Alexander’s wife (Soprano)NADINE, Minister of District Five (Alto)URCHIN, A Young Teen (Male or Female Voice)
WALLACE, Minister of District Nine (Baritone)
OFFICER (Baritone)
CHORUS: DISSIDENT, GUESTS, SERVANTS, CROWD, OFFICERS.

Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.886275

Composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Alexander Safford. Christmas,Romantic Period,Traditional,World. Score and parts. 99 pages. North Summit Music Press, LLC #3629425. Published by North Summit Music Press, LLC (A0.886275).

With its enduring romantic melodies, Tchaikovsky's Pas de Deux remains a favorite of audiences everywhere, and one of the few Nutcracker movements that works as a year-round concert piece. This effective arrangement offers a stylistically genuine edition for community, collegiate, and high school orchestras. The two original harp parts have been combined into a single, more manageable part for one harpist or pianist, offered at the advanced level and the intermediate level. Tchaikovsky's original two-player harp parts are also included in the set.

Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.886277

Composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Alexander Safford. Christmas,Romantic Period,Traditional,World. Score and parts. 28 pages. North Summit Music Press, LLC #3629439. Published by North Summit Music Press, LLC (A0.886277).

With its enduring romantic melodies, Tchaikovsky's Pas de Deux remains a favorite of audiences everywhere, and one of the few Nutcracker movements that works as a year-round concert piece. This effective arrangement offers a stylistically genuine edition for community, collegiate, and high school orchestras. The two original harp parts have been combined into a single, more manageable part for one harpist or pianist, offered at the advanced level and the intermediate level. The intermediate harp part is notated in the score.

By Alexander Peskanov. For Orchestra. Romantic Period, 20th Century. Advanced Intermediate. Score. Classical Video Concepts, Inc #M-YC2-SCORE. Published by Classical Video Concepts, Inc