Bassoon,Clarinet,Double Bass,Flute,Horn,Oboe,Percussion - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1353773 Composed by Erik Satie. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century. 27 pages. RayThompsonMusic #938540. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1353773). Arranged double wind quintet/bass and optional percussion.Background info:Parade is a ballet choreographed by Leonide Massine, with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. The ballet was composed in 1916–17 for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The ballet premiered on Friday, May 18, 1917, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, with costumes and sets designed by Pablo Picasso, choreography by Léonide Massine (who danced), and the orchestra conducted by Ernest Ansermet.The ballet was remarkable for several reasons. It was the first collaboration between Satie and Picasso, and also the first time either of them had worked on a ballet, thus making it the first time either collaborated with Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes.The plot of Parade incorporated and was inspired by popular entertainments of the period, such as Parisian music-halls and American silent-films.Much of the settings used in Parade's plot occurred outside of the formal Parisian theater, depicting the streets of Paris.The plot reproduces various elements of everyday life such as the music hall and fairground.Before Parade, the use of popular entertainment materials was considered unsuitable for the elite world of the ballet.The plot of Parade composed by Cocteau includes the failed attempt of a troupe of performers to attract audience members to view their show.Some of Picasso's Cubist costumes were in solid cardboard, allowing the dancers only a minimum of movement.The score contained several noise-making instruments (typewriter, foghorn, an assortment of bottles, pistol, and so on), which had been added by Cocteau (somewhat to the dismay of Satie).It is supposedthat such additions by Cocteau showed his eagerness to create a succès de scandale, comparable to that of Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps which had been premiered by the Ballets Russes some years before, and caused no less scandal.Although Parade was quite revolutionary, bringing common street entertainments to the elite, being scorned by audiences and being praised by critics,nonetheless many years later Stravinsky could still pride himself in never having been topped in the matter of succès de scandale.The ragtime contained in Parade would later be adapted for piano solo and attained considerable success as a separate piano piece.The finale is a rapid ragtime dance in which the whole cast [makes] a last desperate attempt to lure the audience in to see their showThe premiere of the ballet resulted in a number of scandals. One faction of the audience booed, hissed, and was very unruly, nearly causing a riot before they were drowned out by enthusiastic applause.Many of their objections were focused on Picasso's cubist design, which was met with cries of sale boche. Petite Fille Americaine  (Young American Girl) is no 2 in the ballet, and includes some of the odd percussion : typewriter and gunshots, in addition to normal orchestral perc.It also includes the Ragtime Dance which became very popular in it's own right.The piece can be performed without percussion....but the percussion gives it an extra something!!

Choral Choir (Mixed) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.904628 Composed by Cathy Harrison. Arranged by N/A. Children,Folk,Patriotic. Octavo. 3 pages. Sapphire Bay Designs #3005489. Published by Sapphire Bay Designs (A0.904628). We're America , written by music teacher and ASCAP member Cathy Harrison, expresses the feelings of strength and unity.of Americans in the face of fear and uncertainty, which is so timely for our country's current political.climate.     We're America also expresses the need for living by the Golden Rule  in order to achieve peace, ultimately world-wide peace.  This piece  has a strong, majestic and beautiful melody, sure to be loved by all!  We're America is a chorale which is well-suited to be sung in unison by upper elementary through adult choirs, including church choirs.  It would be particularly effective to have a school choir perform this piece at a PTA/PTO program.    This piece would be amazing accompanied by a guitar ensemble (guitar chords are included!)  Performance practice suggestions emphasize practicing the piece phrase by phrase.    For more information on this piece, please contact Ms. Harrison via the contact form on her website www.cathyharrisonsmusic.com.

String orchestra - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS155 Composed by Michael Smith. Score and Parts. 31 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS155. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS155). 9 x 12 in inches.America, Land That I Love is a varied and refreshing combination ofAmerican songs including This Is My Country, SimpleGifts, and This Land is Your Land. It is lively, fun and easy to sing along with. It was written for Band and/or Chorus and/orStrings, and it can be played or sung by any ensemble alone with great success. This is the perfect concert finale for thewhole music department.

Concert band - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBW151 Composed by Michael Smith. Score and Parts. 57 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW151. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW151). 9 x 12 in inches.America, Land That I Love is a varied and refreshing combination ofAmerican songs including This Is My Country, SimpleGifts, and This Land is Your Land. It is lively, fun and easy to sing along with. It was written for Band and/or Chorus and/orStrings, and it can be played or sung by any ensemble alone with great success. This is the perfect concert finale for thewhole music department.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.963581 Composed by Marsha Chusmir Shapiro. Contemporary. Score and parts. 29 pages. Marsha Shapiro #3866181. Published by Marsha Shapiro (A0.963581). Grade 3: Early Americans is an original composition for string orchestra which depicts the people from three periods of early American development: the era of the Native Americans, the Colonial Period and the time of Westward Expansion. In the first part (I Native Americans), solo celli imitates the beat of a drum over which the first violin plays a plaintive modal melody which is later layered in canonic style by the other strings. The second section (II Colonists) depicts the classical European dance style brought to the colonies with Yankee Doodle superimposed over the top. In the final section, Westward Expansion (III Pioneers) is symbolized by the square dance tune which is also posed in canonic style.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.23581 Composed by Carrie Jacobs-Bond. Soldiers, War casualties, Patriotism, War allies, World War I. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23581). We are All Americans (Allegiance). By Carrie Jacobs-Bond. Words by Fanny Hodges Newman. Published 1918 by The Bond Shop, by Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son, Inc., 746 Michigan Ave. in Chicago. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Soldiers, War casualties, Patriotism, War allies, World War I. First line reads O, England's full of Englishmen and France is full of French.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.23027 Composed by Elizabeth A. Wilbur & Fay Foster. World War I, Soldiers, Flags, Patriotism, War allies. Lester S. Levy Collection. 6 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23027). The Americans Come! An Episode in France in the Year 1918. A Victory Song. Elizabeth A. Wilbur. Fay Foster. Published 1918 by J. Fischer & Bro., Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street (Astor Place) in New York. Composition of through-composed with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include World War I, Soldiers, Flags, Patriotism, War allies. First line reads What is the cheering, my little one? oh, that my blinded eyes could see!.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.15135 Composed by J. Ignatius Coveney. Portraits, Uniforms, Baseball, Equipment. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.15135). Boston Americans March Two Step. By J. Ignatius Coveney. Published 1903 by Cecilian Music Company in Hyde Park Mass. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Uniforms, Baseball, Equipment. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Brass Quintet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.775084 Composed by Jack Glogau. Arranged by Bill Wilson. Patriotic. 18 pages. Alexander Wilson #3380061. Published by Alexander Wilson (A0.775084). Tin Pan Alley composer Jack Glogau wrote the World War I patriotic song Wake Up, America! in 1916. The song is an entreaty to Americans to move away from isolationism. Arranged for brass quintet (two Bb trumpets, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Performance time is approximately 2:00. Visit our website, www.tootsuitebrasspublishing.com, for a catalog of our arrangements available through sheetmusicplus.com.

Easy Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1039569 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Raluca Bojor. Patriotic,Traditional. Score. 1 pages. Raluca Bojor #644486. Published by Raluca Bojor (A0.1039569). This tune goes under two titles, depending on the country in which it is performed. For the British, it is their national anthem (God Save the Queen / King). For Americans, it is called America / My Country 'Tis of Thee. This piano arrangement is perfect for the pianist who just mastered three-note chords in their LH and are able to play RH melodies spanning more than five notes.

Rhythm Section,Small Ensemble Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792666 Composed by Samuel Ward. Arranged by Tom Senff. Folk,Jazz,Latin. Score and parts. 29 pages. Gordon Cherry #5321159. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792666). America the Beautiful by Samuel A Ward is a patriotic song that was first published in 1910. Its moving lyrics and emotional music has been a joy and comfort for generations of Americans. Tom Senff has written a beautiful arrangement for Jazz Trombone Quintet and Rhythm section of advanced performers that is very uplifting.

Large Ensemble Alto Saxophone,Bass Voice,Drums,Guitar,Piano,Tenor Saxophone,Trombone,Trumpet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.717822 By Renato Carosone. By Nicola Salerno and Renato Carosone. Arranged by Daryl McKenzie. Contemporary,Film/TV,Multicultural,World. Score and parts. 26 pages. Daryl McKenzie #3691919. Published by Daryl McKenzie (A0.717822). Based on the Renato Carson version. Male vocal (no lyrics included), Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, Trombone, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drums. Key of B minor.Tu vuò fà l'americano (You Want to Play American) is a Neapolitan language song by Italian singer Renato Carosone.Carosone wrote the song in collaboration with Nicola Nisa Salerno in 1956. Commissioned by Ricordi director Rapetti for a radio contest, the music was composed by Carosone in a very short time after reading Nisa's lyrics; he immediately believed the song would become a great success.Carosone's original version of the song was performed by him in the film Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche (directed by Mario Mattoli, 1958). The song was featured in the 1960 Melville Shavelson film It Started in Naples, in which it was sung by Sophia Loren. It was also performed by Rosario Fiorello in the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley.(Wikipedia)More arrangements by Daryl McKenzie: https://bit.ly/2VKpOXFContact the Arranger: http://www.mckenziemusicproductions.comYoutube Playlist: https://bit.ly/3m0oUkH

String orchestra - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS154 Composed by Marsha Chusmir Shapiro. Score and Parts. 12 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS154. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS154). 9 x 12 in inches.This composition poses an unanswered question: Which wayAmerica? It suggests that we are at a turning point asa country, where we have choices to make about our direction. Is it a question about politics, world leadership,economics, social or moral values? If the director is so inclined, this might provide an opportunity for students tothink and write about where they wish to see the country headed.

Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861962 Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 99 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6209401. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861962). Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz (percussion parts – symphony orchestra) MO164Q-TPercussion Parts (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor99 pages – 33:00 minutes in length Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia WaltzFor Large Symphony Orchestra3333/4331/timp/perc/pno/harp+stringsComposed and orchestrated by Mark O’Connor 1st Movement: Brass Fanfare: Wide Open Spaces2nd Movement: New World Fanciful Dance3rd Movement: Different Paths Towards Home4th Movement: Open Plains Hoedown5th Movement: Soaring Eagle, Setting Sun6th Movement: Theme: Splendid HorizonsNote: Any movement or combination of the movements can be singled out or re-organized for performance. Most any order of movements is acceptable. Suggestions for consideration included I., II., III., and IV., all recommended as stand alone pieces. Most an order of movements is acceptable. The composition was designed for maximum flexibility. Three or four movements combine to make a shorter variation Symphony. What is American Classical music? This CD contains Mark O'Connor's latest orchestral works: Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz(2006) and Concerto No. 6 Old Brass (2003). Sony Classical//BMG label director Gilbert Hetherwick explains; Dvorak and Copland painted symphonic landscapes using melodies inspired by the Americana tradition, and Mark O'Connor actually comes from that tradition itself. He's lived it every day of his life. And you hear it in every note of his Americana Symphony. For the majority of his solo career, O'Connor has dedicated himself to composing for orchestra: he has written six full-length concertos, several orchestral suites and string orchestra compositions, and most recently his first Symphony.David Wallace, Juilliard School faculty member and Senior Teaching Artist with the New York Philharmonic, comments on the overall characteristics of O'Connor's music: The Americana Symphony combines historical narrative with classical and folk variation principles. The Symphony contains instrumental virtuosity, rhythmic drive, poignant lyricism, and probing counterpoint. With the Americana Symphony, Mark O'Connor provides his answer to a question that has intrigued U. S. composers since the debut of Dvorak's New World Symphony in 1892: How do you write the great American Symphony?William Intrilligator, artistic director of the Dubuque Symphony, conducted one of the first performances of the Americana Symphony: Very few pieces of new music have the same emotional and visceral effect as this Symphony, he writes. It has such power and beauty, and these traits are expressed in original ways that are pure O'Connor and truly American.Marin Alsop, artistic director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and this recording's conductor of the Americana Symphony, calls the Symphony simply A hit!  Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 2006 - 2007 Composed by Mark O’ConnorCommissioned by: Cabrillo Music Festival and Marin Alsop, Colorado Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, Fargo Moorhead Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium, Imperial Symphony, Reading Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Youngstown Youth Symphony. Can be heard on Americana Symphony! OMAC RecordsBaltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861960 Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 176 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6209395. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861960). Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz (wind parts – symphony orchestra) MO164B-IWind Parts (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor164 pages – 33:00 minutes in length Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia WaltzFor Large Symphony Orchestra3333/4331/timp/perc/pno/harp+stringsComposed and orchestrated by Mark O’Connor 1st Movement: Brass Fanfare: Wide Open Spaces2nd Movement: New World Fanciful Dance3rd Movement: Different Paths Towards Home4th Movement: Open Plains Hoedown5th Movement: Soaring Eagle, Setting Sun6th Movement: Theme: Splendid HorizonsNote: Any movement or combination of the movements can be singled out or re-organized for performance. Most any order of movements is acceptable. Suggestions for consideration included I., II., III., and IV., all recommended as stand alone pieces. Most an order of movements is acceptable. The composition was designed for maximum flexibility. Three or four movements combine to make a shorter variation Symphony. What is American Classical music? This CD contains Mark O'Connor's latest orchestral works: Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz(2006) and Concerto No. 6 Old Brass (2003). Sony Classical//BMG label director Gilbert Hetherwick explains; Dvorak and Copland painted symphonic landscapes using melodies inspired by the Americana tradition, and Mark O'Connor actually comes from that tradition itself. He's lived it every day of his life. And you hear it in every note of his Americana Symphony. For the majority of his solo career, O'Connor has dedicated himself to composing for orchestra: he has written six full-length concertos, several orchestral suites and string orchestra compositions, and most recently his first Symphony.David Wallace, Juilliard School faculty member and Senior Teaching Artist with the New York Philharmonic, comments on the overall characteristics of O'Connor's music: The Americana Symphony combines historical narrative with classical and folk variation principles. The Symphony contains instrumental virtuosity, rhythmic drive, poignant lyricism, and probing counterpoint. With the Americana Symphony, Mark O'Connor provides his answer to a question that has intrigued U. S. composers since the debut of Dvorak's New World Symphony in 1892: How do you write the great American Symphony?William Intrilligator, artistic director of the Dubuque Symphony, conducted one of the first performances of the Americana Symphony: Very few pieces of new music have the same emotional and visceral effect as this Symphony, he writes. It has such power and beauty, and these traits are expressed in original ways that are pure O'Connor and truly American.Marin Alsop, artistic director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and this recording's conductor of the Americana Symphony, calls the Symphony simply A hit!  Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 2006 - 2007 Composed by Mark O’ConnorCommissioned by: Cabrillo Music Festival and Marin Alsop, Colorado Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, Fargo Moorhead Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium, Imperial Symphony, Reading Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Youngstown Youth Symphony. Can be heard on Americana Symphony! OMAC RecordsBaltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop