Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1203852 By Adrian Gagiu. By Adrian Gagiu. Arranged by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Baroque,Christian,Classical,Sacred. 133 pages. Adrian Gagiu #802408. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1203852). Neo-Baroque, medium-sized, large scale composition for 4 vocal soloists, mixed chorus in 4 to 8 parts, and full orchestra with organ, setting the traditional canticle text, mostly with church modes and alternating polyphonic intricacies with solemn, intense or profound moments. It would work both for worship and in concert, as it includes powerful outbursts, elaborate counterpoint, and also soft and humble moments, while avoiding any harsh excesses of modernism. Total duration: 46 min. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN. The audio sample is the 5th movement. The first two choruses, in 4 parts, follow the general outline of the Baroque French overture: a solemn introduction followed by an elaborate fugue. The 3rd movement is a solemn arioso for bass, followed by a grand chorus in 4 and 5 parts. The 4th movement is an arioso for tenor, followed by a complex chorus in 5 parts. The 5th movement is a suite of two ariosos for alto and soprano, followed by a grand, but brief chorus in 6 parts, and then by a mysterious instrumental evocation of the Last Judgment. The 6th movement is a vocal quartet a cappella, based on a well-known Orthodox hymn and alternated with a refrain for chorus in 7 parts and organ, then followed by a grand choral complex ended in humble supplication. The final, 7th movement is a grand motet for double chorus and orchestra, with four themes more and more intricately combined, up to the majestic coda treated in quadruple counterpoint.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1236835 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. Arranged by Adrian Gagiu. Baroque,Christian,Classical. Octavo. 96 pages. Adrian Gagiu #832359. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1236835). Full score and vocal score of the revision (2023) of an exercise in Baroque style: a cantata for mixed choir, 4 vocal soloists, 2  oboes, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and organ, based upon Martin Luther's famous chorale and composed in 2011 for the music associations ('Musikräte’) of Saxony�Anhalt, Saxony, and Thuringia, and for the project office of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) 'Luther 2017 – 500 Years of Reformation’. Mostly festive and grandiose, inspired by Handel's great choruses from his oratorios, and fit for Christian celebrations, especially for the Lutheran church. Set in four movements, with Luther's lyrics (in German). Total duration: 26 min. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN. The mp3 audio clip is the first movement.

Organ - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004700 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. Arranged by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 8 pages. Adrian Gagiu #4631455. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1004700). Prelude, Fugue and Chorale in B minor for organ, op. 72 (2018, revised 2019), is an energetic composition in Neo-Classical/Neo-Baroque style. It starts as a dramatic but brooding Prelude, mostly with Impressionistic, seventh chord harmonies and with allusions at Bach's great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542, ending with a very short quotation from Carl Orff's De temporum fine comoedia, which provides also the (bi)tonal structure for this entire composition.

Cello,Piano - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004710 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and part. 6 pages. Adrian Gagiu #5041039. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1004710). Arrangement for cello and piano of Lumina zeloasă (Zealous Light), op. 63 no. 3 (2017), a neoromantic art song for tenor and piano on a poem by Romanian contemporary poet Ioan Moldovan. Appropriate for students, to get them accustomed with modern music. Duration: 4 min. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004706 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 109 pages. Adrian Gagiu #4835871. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1004706). Neoclassical and cyclical composition in D minor, built entirely on four themes based on Romanian traditional music, with moods alternating between thoughtful, deep, nostalgic, sarcastic, harsh and heroic, and in four movements linked together in pairs. Thus, the second movement acts both as a scherzo and as a huge coda for the first movement, and the third movement is equally ambivalent as a slow movement in the varied ternary form or as a vast introduction to the final, strong-willed but bouncy double fugue (which has also simultaneously a motivic development). Suitable for advanced students already familiar with string quartets of Beethoven, Bartok and Shostakovitch. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN. Total duration: 22 min. The sample mp3 recording is movements 1 and 2.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1207767 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. A Cappella,Christian,Classical. Octavo. 31 pages. Adrian Gagiu #805880. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1207767). Missa humilis (= Humble Mass) in D, a mass for choir a cappella based on the Catholic liturgical text and with all its themes based on Orthodox chants: no fanatic dogmatism, nor leveling ecumenism, but aiming simply at unity in spirit, love and truth. Suitable for use in church services, due to its modest length, forces, and contemplative character. Its style is accessible, based on church modes and mostly consonances and some non-functional chords, yet not ostensibly modernist and almost neo-impressionistic. The movements: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, and Dona nobis pacem. The present publication includes the choral score and an organ part for rehearsal use only. Total length: ca. 20 min. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN. The mp3 audio clip is the first movement, Kyrie.

Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1104929 Composed by Nicolae Begnescu (?). Arranged by Adrian Gagiu. 19th Century,March,Patriotic,Traditional. Score and Parts. 15 pages. Adrian Gagiu #708168. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1104929). Arrangement for brass ensemble (3 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba plus snare drum), and with a short, new ending after a surprising chord, of the traditional march of the Romanian hero Avram Iancu (1824-1872). The original is a revolutionary marching song and the repetitions of its verse and chorus were eliminated from the present version, which is destined not for the regular brass band, but for the 'nobler' ensemble of the brass instruments of the symphony orchestra. Easy for students of the respective instruments, who wish to practice ensemble playing on a short, stirring and expressive melody.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1277132 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 21st Century,Christian,Classical,Latin. Octavo. 128 pages. Adrian Gagiu #868444. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1277132). Missa Solemnis in B major, op. 27, vocal score and piano part (for rehearsal purposes only). Based on its Neo-classical style, this setting of the Roman Catholic mass text could possibly work as a festive mass (missa solemnis) with trumpets and timpani, and its duration would fit such a solemn service. However, its intense and sometimes dramatic treatment and universal addressability due to its well-known and rather concentrated text, yet also due to eliminating the „Filioque� (which would still fit the rhythm of the repeated „qui ex Patre�, should any Catholics ever wish to perform this as a mass) make it rather a „liturgical oratorio for all nations�, more appropriate in the concert hall. The work has had a long gestation: imagined in 1984 after the composer’s first contact with Beethoven’s masterpiece, then sketched first in 1987-1989, and many of its themes date back from those years. Its working out is quite polyphonic, discretely modal and cyclical, and also full of centuries-old musical symbols traditionally associated with the setting of the mass text: e.g. unisons for the more dogmatical parts, Baroque dotted rhythms at the Nativity (the first coming of the  King of Kings), „rex caelestis� and also at his Passion (whose setting is discretely inspired by folkloric Romanian laments), the „anabasis� gesture at „Gloria in excelsis Deo�, „et ascendit in caelis�, „in remissionem peccatorum� and the resurrection, a flute trill standing for the Holy Spirit who has come ’like a dove’ at „et incarnatus est�, a cross-shaped texture at „crucifixus�, and some word-painting (hushed sonorities at „et invisibilium�, anticipations between orchestra and chorus at „et exspecto� etc.). Moreover, certain symbolic roles are assigned to the instrumental groups when alone (the organ represents God the Father and transcendence, the winds and/or solo voices represent God the Son and humanity, and the strings represent the Holy Spirit). „Kyrie� is restrained and soft, besides the powerful chords opening the respective sections of its tripartite, simple structure, and it leans towards Palestrina’s serene modality and counterpoint. „Gloria� begins with a colorful orchestral introduction depicting discretely the shepherds who kept watch over their flocks right before the Nativity, and then gradually the bright revelation. „Credo� has an orchestral introduction as well, but powerful, recurring and based on the beginning of the plainchant hymn „Pange lingua�, made famous by Mozart’s last symphony and by other Classical composers. Both „Gloria� and „Credo� end with extended, powerful and elaborate fugues („in gloria Dei Patris� and „et vitam venturi saeculi�, respectively) with dramatic modulations and sometimes with enthusiastic syncopations at odds with the words’ accents, a la Stravinsky. The same sections plus „Agnus Dei� end with soft quartal harmonies suggesting transcendent appeasement (similar harmonies appear powerfully at the beginning of „Sanctus�). „Judicare� quotes the beginning of the well-known „Dies irae� plainchant tune, and the Consecration between the „Sanctus� and „Benedictus� sections is represented by a contemplative prelude for solo organ, quoting Lutheran chorales, too. Another long orchestral introduction, suggesting the Last Judgment and based on traditional Byzantine hymns, opens „Agnus Dei�, which includes another quotation (the famous ’Dresden Amen’ at „qui tollis peccata mundi� and „dona nobis pacem�). In the final section, with its refined simplicity, the choral voices enter in descending order, and the „Kyrie eleison� theme is briefly remembered, then it ends softly and peacefully. Total duration: 50 min. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN. The mp3 audio clip is Kyrie.

Piano Trio,String Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004696 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 99 pages. Adrian Gagiu #4298307. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1004696). Trio for violin, cello and piano in A major is a neoclassical, cyclical, developed, and mostly lyrical composition. Its first movement (Allegro aperto) is a peculiar sonata form with varied repetition of exposition. The fiery scherzo (Vivace con brio) is a peculiar form with two varied statements of trio section and other harmonic changes, while the Finale (Adagio affettuoso) is treated in seven, mostly lyrical variations, at times playful or ecstatic. The mp3 audio clip is the second movement. Total duration: 28 min. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN.

Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004721 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Adrian Gagiu. Classical. Score and parts. 48 pages. Adrian Gagiu #6204599. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1004721). Beethoven's Romance No. 1 in G major for violin and orchestra op. 40 (c. 1801) was transposed in C major, arranged in the new key and appropriate tempo, and expanded to form a rondo Finale fit for his unfinished Concerto in C major, of which only about a half of a clean copy of the first movement survived as WoO 5 (1791-1792). Also, a newly composed solo cadenza was now inserted. Almost surely, the Romance No. 2 in F major op. 50 (c. 1791?) was intended as the slow movement of the Concerto (it has virtually the same scoring as WoO 5, the manuscript bears no title, and there is a thematic relation to WoO 5). The Romance No. 1 in G major was probably intended as a replacement or alternate slow movement, but it is his only composition relatable to the Concerto fragment, so I adapted it as conjecture Finale for a complete performing version of the Concerto.

Choral Choir (4-Part) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004731 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Christian,Contemporary. Octavo. 48 pages. Adrian Gagiu #6452545. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1004731). Solemn motet in neoclassical/neobaroque style, for mixed choir doubled by 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, strings and organ, with polyphonic sections alternating with celebratory ones and sometimes using ecstatic, quartal harmony (mostly in the final Doxology).

Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1038395 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. Classical. 451 pages. Adrian Gagiu #643336. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1038395). Throughout his career, Beethoven made dozens of concept sketches for many movements of symphonies, besides those for the completed nine compositions of that genre. In the period 1812-1816, mainly during the composition of the Seventh and Eighth Symphonies, there were three recurring such projected works in his sketchbooks, namely in D minor, E minor and E flat major respectively, and remarkably with sketches for more than one of their movements. The present symphony in late Classical style is based on those projects, making use of all their themes in a „combined� symphony in D minor and thus with peculiar tonal relationships. The incentive for this new work in the Classical idiom was in the quality and potential of some of the sketches, especially the one included now in the main theme of the slow movement. Some of the sketched material was subject to transpositions and adaptations to fit the formal outlook, and to editorial choices for the unclear pitches and durations. This publication includes the score and parts. The sketchbook sources for each passage are mentioned at the bottom of the score. Total duration: 36 min. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN. The mp3 recording is the third, slow movement.

Piano Quartet,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004716 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 95 pages. Adrian Gagiu #5213345. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1004716). Piano Quartet in F major in neoclassical style, loosely following the general outline of the Baroque sonata and the rhythmical patterns of the Baroque suite. A little manifesto for melody and striving for serenity, as opposed to the esthetics of avant-garde music. After the shock of the first harsh chord, the first movement (Andante molto sostenuto, un poco maestoso) wipes away all tension, in search for a renewed serenity, making use of allemande rhythmic patterns. The second movement (Allegro moderato), a scherzo-sonata form with courante rhythmic formulas and two trios, follows without a break.The third movement (Andante con moto e cantabile) is the emotional core of the composition, starting restrained and sad, with Romanian influences and a sarabande rhythm, but followed miraculously by a grand, ecstatic section.The Finale is a developed, expansive rondo (Allegro non troppo) with subtle Romanian influences, making use of bourrée and gavotte rhythms, plus minuet and gigue in the exalted coda.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1332026 By Janis Ian. By Janis Ian. Arranged by Adrian Gagiu. Chamber,Pop. 20 pages. Adrian Gagiu #918799. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1332026). The restrained, yet emotional, signature ballad by Janis Ian, here in a rather sophisticated arrangement for string quartet which preserves the complex harmony of the original in a sonic aura characteristic to this chamber ensemble. Suited for classy recitals and parties with an Adult Contemporary component. While not particularly difficult for the instruments, it needs coordination between them and rhythmic precision, presenting the repeats of the song's main sections with subtle variations, either rhythmic or melodic. Duration: 5 min.

String Quartet String Quartet,Viola - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1004728 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Adrian Gagiu. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary. Score and parts. 205 pages. Adrian Gagiu #6365523. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1004728). This composition is a premiere, speculative, yet as faithful as possible embodiment of all of Beethoven’s sketches for his String Quintet in C major, Hess 41 (WoO 62), as they have been left by the composer. The usefulness and integrity of more or less hypothetical completions of sketches by great composers remains from case to case controversial. Due to the paucity of the sketches for the aim of attempting a true reconstruction, the present composition in no way falls within such category. It is obviously quite different from what Beethoven himself would have produced if he had lived more, also due to the fact that he usually transformed his preliminary sketches substantially during the compositional process. However, there are some of his frequent, subtle thematic relationships between the sketches for the Quintet movements, and probably some features in the sketches would have been kept in the completed composition. The four-movement design hypothesized by Martin Staehelin and others, as well as other retrospective or relaxed features in the sketches may be a result of a still early stage of the compositional process, or perhaps an indicator of a fourth, neoclassical creative period, together with Op. 135 and the new Finale for Op. 130.To generate a continuity draft of the Quintet, all of Beethoven’s sketches for it were used, with the addition of several ones from the same context within the respective sketchbook and which could be related to the identified Quintet sketches: some sketches are clearly labeled as being for the Quintet, while others are thematically related or written down close to them. With the possible exception of bars 75-94 and 136-155 in movement II (which are variations on the theme) and bars 140-145 in movement IV (which fill in the blank bars in the sketch with a progression based on it), virtually every bar of this composition includes the notes from the sketches in at least one of the instruments. Some of those notes were subject to transpositions and adaptations to fit the formal design, and to editorial choices for the unclear pitches and duration in the sketches.This publication includes the score, parts and continuity draft, the latter being marked with the sources in the sketches for each passage.Total duration: 33 minutes. The mp3 audio clip is the 3rd movement. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN.