String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.869862 Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 35 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #6448257. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869862). Dmitri Shostakovich wrote 15 string quartets. As a tribute to him and his glorious music, my 15th string quartet is dedicated to his memory. The first movement takes on a theme that Dmitri Shostakovich has used many times in his music, especially in his String Quartet No. 8 - the DSCH theme.  Bach actually came up with the idea.  In his Art of the Fugue, the letters in his name Bach is translated to the musical notes: Bb, A, C and B-natural.   Dmitri did the same, but in his case the notes are D, Eb, C and B. My first movement begins with the 2nd violin playing an inversion of the DSCH theme: Eb, D, B and C.   Then the 1st violin enters with the original DSCH, which is eventually followed by the viola playing the same DSCH theme, but submerged in a fog of harmony.  The cello plays a pedal D … for Dimitri. The idea for the second movement Serenade came from his SQ15, second movement, where the 2nd violin and the viola play a fortissimo quadruple stop pizzicati.  I coopted his 8-note chord but used only 6 of them for the ostinato pattern in my movement.  Incidentally, the publisher forgot to add an alto clef for the viola part … The third movement in the Nocturne is a Largo in 5/4 that features the cello and the 1st violin.    It has nothing to do with DSCH’s music, except for the title. The fourth movement is Intermezzo.   Both this title and the previous Nocturne are from his SQ15.  But the motivic idea is actually something I stole from his SQ4, third movement.  In his case it is a repeated C and G in the 2nd violin and viola in 4/4 meter.   I kept the repeated G in the 2nd violin, but I altered the viola part and changed the meter to 3/4.   It doesn’t sound like DSCH at all. The fifth movement theme is also an idea I grabbed from his SQ4, second movement: A dyad of F and Ab in 3/4, repeated, in an andante movement.   I used the same dyad, F and Ab, but slowed it down to a 6/4 and titled it Trauer-Marsch as DSCH did for the fifth movement of his SQ15. The idea for my sixth movement is stolen from DSCH’s SQ2, third movement, which is titled Valse.   The 2nd violin and viola play a persistent pah-pah of the usual Oom-pah-pah of a fast waltz.  That is what I used (not an uncommon device in all waltzes), but I altered the top line to something more interesting that  just repeating the same notes.  His waltz begins in Eb minor, but mine is in the relative major of Gb. The last movement is the Epilogue, as it is in DSCH’s SQ15.  The only thing I borrowed from his epilogue is the opening chord of an Eb minor triad.  The music that follows has nothing to do with DSCH.  Mine is a slow, evolving set of chord progressions that sounds like a dirge: gliding through the waters on a gondola in the canals of Venice on its way to Isola di San Michele.

Hautes-contre de violon - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q5947 Composed by Andre Campra. This edition: separate part. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Downloadable, Individual part. Ernst Eulenburg & Co. GmbH - Digital #Q5947. Published by Ernst Eulenburg & Co. GmbH - Digital (S9.Q5947). Campra's sacred music includes 5 books of petits motets, the polyphonic Missa ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, the Messe de mort, and a large number of grands motets. All these works demonstrate the composer's mastery of theatrical conventions - descriptive instrumental preludes and dramatically representative scenes are not uncommon - and their style is imbued with the worldly, fashionable Italianate spirit of the time. The Messe de mort is today one of the more frequently performed of Campra's sacred works and it is also one of the most enigmatic scores of his entire output. The occasion of its commission and first performance are unknown. Montagnier, however, proposes the hypothesis that the Messe de mort was expressly composed for the memorial service for Philippe II duc d'Orléans (Campra's patron since 1697) who died at Versailles on 4 February 1723.

Trombone Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792163 Composed by Clarke, Ernest. Arranged by Cherry, Gordon. Instructional. Individual part. 113 pages. Gordon Cherry #3820405. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792163). The Clarke Method for Trombone has some uncommon features not found in other method books.1. First, is the use of the key of C for the initial 33 exercises. The author then progresses through all of the keys, alternating the sharp (first) and flat keys through to six sharps and six flats by the end of exercise 155.2. Secondly, there are no exercises devoted solely to minor keys. However, Clarke employs the minor mode in all of his exercises through the use of scales and arpeggios, so in fact the performer is receiving a steady diet of minor melody built in for him/her.3. Thirdly, Clarke uses no metronome markings. He explains; each exercise should be practiced carefully over and over again until every difficulty is thoroughly overcome – until the exercise can be played through correctly – before going on to the next. His purpose is to avoid speeding through them.Clarke’s exercises are progressive throughout the keys, however each one starts out easily in order to keep the student focused on the new key and the new progression notes that come with it.For the advanced performer, this book is great to use as a way to ease back into shape after a rest from the instrument, allowing the performer to relearn the instrument carefully and methodically. I use it also for tone building, phrasing, and breath control. Throughout the book, Clarke reminds the performer to always produce a noble sound, stressing natural playing (without forcing) and relaxation. His phrase, the breath is the life of the tone, is a phrase that Remington used throughout his great teaching career as well. Clarke talks about tonguing, saying that, the tongue is used merely as an aid in articulating – not as a necessity... the tone does not depend on the tongue... the tongue should not be made too important...

Easy Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1112682 Composed by Forrest Avery Carney and Mohamad Indra Gerson. Arranged by Nicole Elyse DiPaolo. New Age,Pop. Score. 3 pages. Nicole Elyse DiPaolo #714697. Published by Nicole Elyse DiPaolo (A0.1112682). An abridged version of After Dark optimized for early intermediate pianists and those with small hands. The left hand chords can be varied with arpeggios, tremolos, and the like as the student's skill level allows. Great for teens who are fairly early in their piano studies and busy students who want to learn this piece quickly. ABOUT THE ARRANGER: Praised as a sensitive pianist and outstanding accompanist who delivers powerful interpretations, Nicole Elyse DiPaolo enjoys a multifaceted career as a sought-after collaborative pianist, educational composer, arranger, coach, private teacher, and adjunct music professor. Currently based in the Cleveland area, Ms. DiPaolo has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Ambassador Chamber Players on multiple occasions (two of which also featured her own Piano Trio in C minor) and as a recitalist, collaborator, and presenter worldwide. Currently, Ms. DiPaolo is an online Adjunct Lecturer in Music at Indiana University; the Principal Theory Teacher at Liberty Park Music, an online-only video subscription-based music school; an invited contributor to the Tonebase app's piano blog; and a sought-after online instructor of piano, music theory, and composition. She has additionally been an online teaching artist for the Tunaweza Kimuziki cultural/artistic exchange program+, through which IU instructors teach undergraduate music students in Kenya via Zoom and WhatsApp. Ms. DiPaolo was also on the composition and collaborative piano faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in 2014 and 2015. In June 2018, Ms. DiPaolo was a Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Bay View Music Festival in Petoskey, Michigan, performing with the festival's SOARS voice program participants on fully staged opera scenes and art song recitals as well as in the Bay View Young Artist Series (Charlevoix, MI). She then joined the Spooky Goose Opera team as an online coach/pianist for their Quarantine Concert Series, the world's first livestreamed Zoom production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (summer 2020), and new opera projects under development. When not on the piano bench, Ms. DiPaolo continues to compose and arrange, and her compositions have been described as very effective with a fantastic amount of intrigue, mindfulness...[and] colorful nuance (Seven Sky Music). Ms. DiPaolo's music has been heard across the world. Along with numerous performances in the Midwest, her commissioned song settings of Muscogee poet laureate Alexander Posey's texts have been performed nationwide, and the Smithsonian Institution procured copies of two of these (Nature's Blessings and A Vision) to archive at the National Museum of the American Indian. Ms. DiPaolo's music also received its Mexican premiere in 2013 with a performance of her Divertimento, written for the International String Quartet of Yucatán. In 2014 Ms. DiPaolo published a set of twenty short pedagogical pieces in uncommon keys, entitled Venturing Beyond, for early-intermediate pianists of all ages, available on SheetMusicPlus and MusicaNeo, and she is currently working on Vignettes, a new set of pedagogical pieces that will introduce intermediate pianists to the Impressionist language of Maurice Ravel. Most recently, her Divertimento and Lucid Dreaming for solo harp were chosen to be featured in the She Scores new music festival, celebrating women composers with ties to Ohio, held at Case Western Reserve University in June 2022 and recorded for later broadcast on Mark Satola's Cleveland Ovations program on WCLV radio (90.3). Also a sought-after composition teacher and adjudicator, Ms. DiPaolo frequently judges state, regional, and divisional MTNA composition competitions at all levels, ranging from elementary to college-level Young Artists. In her private online studio, she has recently expanded her curricular offerings to include partimento and other historical methods of teaching tonal composition and improvisation.

Piano,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.786461 Composed by French carol. Arranged by Beka Wilson. Christian,Christmas,Folk,Sacred. Score and part. 5 pages. Beka Wilson #6036763. Published by Beka Wilson (A0.786461). This arrangement of an old French carol is an uncommon Christmas piece with a Celtic flair. It would be perfect for gigs, church special music, Christmas recitals, or other holiday events. Approximately 2 minutes in length.5 pages, includes piano score and solo part.Want this arrangement for another instrument? It’s also available for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, alto sax, tenor sax, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, or cello on Sheet Music Plus. If you would like this arrangement in another key or for an instrument not listed, shoot me an email at bekmars10@gmail.com and I can get a custom arrangement up for sale for you.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1000711 Composed by Elbert Liu. 20th Century,A Cappella,Contemporary,Latin,Sacred. Octavo. 47 pages. Elbert Liu #5374273. Published by Elbert Liu (A0.1000711). This choir piece covers the text for the Athanasian Creed, a relatively uncommon Christian statement that discusses rules and restrictions pertaining to Christian worship.

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271456 By Madness. By Labi Siffre. Arranged by Paul Buckley. Pop,Soul. Score and Parts. 59 pages. Mambocombo #863857. Published by mambocombo (A0.1271456). From the Madness hit track with a central section based on Labi Siffre's guitar solo.  This arrangement works well with a full wind band and also with a smaller band without the more uncommon instruments eg alto clarinet.  All the love is there and will get your audience feeling it.

French Horn,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.786456 Composed by French carol. Arranged by Beka Wilson. Christian,Christmas,Folk,Sacred. Score and part. 5 pages. Beka Wilson #6036683. Published by Beka Wilson (A0.786456). This arrangement of an old French carol is an uncommon Christmas piece with a Celtic flair. It would be perfect for gigs, church special music, Christmas recitals, or other holiday events. Approximately 2 minutes in length.5 pages, includes piano score and solo part.Want this arrangement for another instrument? It’s also available for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, or cello on Sheet Music Plus. If you would like this arrangement in another key or for an instrument not listed, shoot me an email at bekmars10@gmail.com and I can get a custom arrangement up for sale for you.

String Trio Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1488224 Composed by William Shield. Arranged by Robert Hoskins. Classical. 24 pages. Artaria Editions #1065110. Published by Artaria Editions (A0.1488224). The trios Shield selected for publication were issued by Longman and Broderip, London, in January 1796 under the inspection of the composer. No autograph of these works survives and Longman and Broderip's printing, a copy of which is preserved in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, under the call number Mus.Instr.I 214(15), is the only source of this edition. The title page, with its dedicatory inscription, reads: Six / TRIOS / FOR / Violin, Tenor and Violoncello, / Composed / And Inscribed to the Memory of / Jacob More Esqr. / By / Wm. SHIELD./ (Musician in Ordinary to His Majesty) / Entd. At Statn. Hall [rule] Price 10/6 / ADVERTISEMENT / These Trios were Composed chiefly for the abovementioned Celebrated Landscape Painter (in Rome) / And are Dedicated to his Memory as a Token of Gratitude for the Services he rendered the Author / during his Residence in that City. The movements which are written in the uncommon Time / of 5/4 have amused some of the most distinguished Professors both in England & Italy which / induces the Author to hope they will not be disagreeable to the Public at Large / Goodge Street, Jany. 1st 1796 / [rule] / London, Printed for the Author by Longman & Broderip, No.26, Cheapside & No.13, Haymarket. Shield's three previously unpublished string trios are preserved in autograph score in the British Library under the call number Ms.Add.51015; they provide the only source for this edition. This present edition presents as faithfully as possible the intentions of these sources. The style and notation of articulation and dynamic markings have been standardised throughout and, where missing, markings have been reconstructed from parallel passages. The notation of appoggiature has also been standardised to minimise confusion. Obvious wrong notes have been corrected without comment; editorial emendations with no authority from the source are placed within brackets. Robert Hoskins.

Small Ensemble Harp,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799604 Composed by Nicole Elyse DiPaolo. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 4 pages. Nicole Elyse DiPaolo #3417119. Published by Nicole Elyse DiPaolo (A0.799604). This short song was composed in 2012 during my doctoral coursework at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. It was written for tenor, but given its accessible range (Db4 to G5 in the original key), it would work well for lighter voices in many fachs, including light lyric sopranos, baritones, and mezzos. The text, translated from a poem by Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912), is gender-neutral. This would be a great introduction to new music for an undergraduate singer with strong aural skills and a still-light voice (since young dramatics might overpower the harp).If you'd like to talk about commissioning a transposed score, please get in touch! Transposition options will be a bit more limited with the harp than with the piano, but I'm sure we could make something work.Poem text (in English translation, as it appears in the score)Setting sun, Drifting clouds, New moon, Evening twilight, What do they matter to me?Composer biography:Nicole Elyse DiPaolo is a versatile composer, teacher, collaborative pianist, and music theorist currently based in Bloomington, Indiana. Currently a PhD candidate in music theory at Indiana University, she recently completed a doctoral minor in composition, having studied with Claude Baker, Don Freund, P. Q. Phan, and David Schneider. She also holds a B.Mus. from the University of Michigan, where she studied composition with Bright Sheng and piano with Louis Nagel. Nicole's music has been heard across the world: along with numerous performances in the Midwest, her commissioned song settings of Muscogee poet laureate Alexander Posey's texts have been performed at Shorter College (GA) and Lincoln University (PA), and the Smithsonian Institution procured copies of two of these (Nature's Blessings and A Vision) to archive at the National Museum of the American Indian. Additionally, Nicole's viola duo Three Episodes was featured at Ball State University's 40th Annual New Music Festival in February 2010. Her early compositions have been garnering interest as well: music students in Kenya performed several of Nicole's such pieces in May 2013 through a pedagogical project spearheaded by IU faculty member Kimberly Carballo. Nicole's music also received its Mexican premiere in October 2013 with a performance of her Divertimento, written for the International String Quartet of Yucatán. In 2014, Nicole published a set of twenty short pedagogical pieces in uncommon keys, entitled Venturing Beyond, available on SheetMusicPlus. Also a sought-after teacher and adjudicator, Nicole frequently judges regional and divisional MTNA composition competitions at all levels, ranging from elementary to college-level Young Artists, and she also served as the composition department chair at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in 2014. For more on Nicole DiPaolo and her varied musical pursuits, visit her website at http://ndipaolo.musicaneo.com !

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.973189 Composed by Jon O'Bergh (music and lyrics). Halloween,Pop. Score. 10 pages. Jon O'Bergh #4580745. Published by Jon O'Bergh (A0.973189). Pop song on a dark social theme--an uncommon subject for a song that makes it stand out. Key of F# Major. Vocal range is just over an octave (A to B). Simplified arrangement includes chord markings. Contact publisher for licensing information if interested in recording the song.

Piano,Trombone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.786458 Composed by French carol. Arranged by Beka Wilson. Christian,Christmas,Folk,Sacred. Score and part. 5 pages. Beka Wilson #6036693. Published by Beka Wilson (A0.786458). This arrangement of an old French carol is an uncommon Christmas piece with a Celtic flair. It would be perfect for gigs, church special music, Christmas recitals, or other holiday events. Approximately 2 minutes in length.5 pages, includes piano score and solo part.Want this arrangement for another instrument? It’s also available for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, alto sax, tenor sax, horn, trumpet, violin, viola, or cello on Sheet Music Plus. If you would like this arrangement in another key or for an instrument not listed, shoot me an email at bekmars10@gmail.com and I can get a custom arrangement up for sale for you.

Choral Choir (SSAA) - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.827002 Composed by Rich Campbell. 20th Century,A Cappella,Contemporary. Octavo. 12 pages. Pay The Band Music #4365626. Published by Pay The Band Music (A0.827002).  This is the SSAA version of In Those Years, No One Slept. The text is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. The SATB version was a winner of the 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Composition Competition. It is accessible for all fine high school, collegiate and community treble choral ensembles. Performers are encouraged to present this work in a more dramatic fashion than usual, within (or surrounding) the audience..

Brass Quintet Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1415152 Composed by L. v. Beethoven. Arranged by CBQarrangements. Classical. 46 pages. CBQarrangements #996887. Published by CBQarrangements (A0.1415152). Arrangement for Brass QuintetLudwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, was dedicated to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early patron of the composer. The piece was published in 1801 by Hoffmeister & Kühnel of Leipzig. It is not known exactly when Beethoven finished writing this work, but sketches of the finale were found to be from 1795. The symphony is clearly indebted to Beethoven's predecessors, particularly his teacher Joseph Haydn as well as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but nonetheless has characteristics that mark it uniquely as Beethoven's work, notably the frequent use of sforzandi, as well as sudden shifts in tonal centers that were uncommon for traditional symphonic form and the prominent, more independent use of wind instruments.Approx run time 7m22s.

TTBB choir (choir divisi) unaccompanied - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8444-E Composed by Robert Schuneman. Advanced/Collegiate. 21st Century, Benediction/Sending, Faith. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 40 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8444-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8444-E). UPC: 600313484445. English.Dana Gioia's prayer in the manner of The Beatitudes touches upon some uncommon ideas for recepients of blessings. The point seems to be that many things are blessed that, at first consideration, might not seem to be.  Robert Schuneman's setting for male chorus is mostly homophonic and hymn-like, but it also includes passages that are chant-like and polyphonic with thinner choral textures for the sake of contrast. Each blessing receives its own musical treatment and has its own mood. It is as if they are all miniature compositions performed attacca. Duration: 3:40.