SKU: LV.22033

The Contraband's Song of Freedom. Song and Chorus. Words & Music by Eastburn. Published 1865 by W.R. Smith, 135 Nth. Eighth St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Slavery, Celebrations, Civil War--Union, Patriotism. First line reads See the light now gently glowing, gilding mountain top and tree..

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The 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WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.

SKU: LV.22654

The Only Genuine and Reliable Contraband Schottisch. Composed by Charles Young. Published 1863 by A.E. Blackmar, 167 Canal Street in New Orleans. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Civil war--Confederate.

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The 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WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.

SKU: LV.23020

Poor Oppressed, or, The Contraband Schottisch. By E.A. Benson. Published 1862 by C.D. Benson in Nashville, Tenn. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, African Americans, Women, Civil war--Confederate.

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The 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.

SKU: A0.1245736

Arrangement for 7-string in Drop A.
song : Contraband(feat, Courtney LaPlante)
artist : Make Them Suffer
album : - single(2021)
Turning: (Low to high) A-E-A-D-G-B-E.

SKU: LV.22615

Poor Oppressed, or, The Contraband Schottisch. By E.A. Benson. Published 1862 by C.D. Benson in Nashville, Tenn. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Afro-Americans, Caricatures, Clothing & dress, Civil War--Union.

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The 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.

SKU: A0.1171922

FANTASIA PER CONTRABBASSO SOLO E PIANOFORTE (ES 1025)

Organico: contrabbasso, pianoforte.

SKU: A0.919304

Cuarteto para violín I , violín II , Violoncello y contrabajo utilizando la técnica del movimiento retrógrado. El violín II se mueve retrógadamente con respecto al violín I. A su vez , el violoncello y contrabajo se retrogradan a si mismo a partir del compás 9. .

SKU: A0.533586

Polpis Dreaming (2005) for contrabassoon and piano is dedicated to Henry Skolnick.
The title refers to Polpis, a region of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts that borders Nantucket Harbor with a variety of smaller inlets. This work is one of a variety of pieces connected to the landscape of Nantucket. In the case of this piece, the extra-musical image was one of the incredible depth of the ocean (perhaps parallel to the depth of the contrabassoon's sound) slowly being explored/achieved through the means of inlets.

The work's basic material comes from the contrabassoon's opening gesture, which moves upward from the bottom of the instrument. The pitch material and interval content that are transformed throughout the work are presented in that motion.
The first section of the work is declamatory, with lyric impulses. The material of the work is unfolded as the sounds of the piano's resonance, combined with the tone of the contrabassoon are explored. A faster middle section occurs next in which the harmonic gestures and transformations are always moving towards greater consonance. After the middle section, there
is a return to the mood of the opening, although the material of the middle section also appears in transformation.

SKU: A0.1026220

Chopin, Prelude in Db major Raindrop Op. 28, no. 15
arr. for five bassoons and contrabassoon by Gillian Horn

Known as the Raindrop prelude, this is one of the 24 Chopin preludes composed in 1838. Originally for solo piano, this prelude is the longest of the set and is noted for its repeating Aâ™­, which appears throughout the piece and sounds like raindrops to many listeners.

After a tranquil opening in Db major, we transition into the C# minor middle section where the music intensifies as we pass from dream to nightmare (this is where we feature the rich low tones of the contrabassoon). The nightmare dispels as suddenly as it arrived, and we return back to peace and harmony once more.

I get much joy from writing arrangements of great works that we wind players don't always get to perform. I hope you enjoy my brand new arrangement for five bassoons and contrabassoon!

Duration approx. 5 minutes

SKU: A0.486136

As a composer who plays the euphonium I often find that my peers and I are victims of the misconception that bass instruments are not capable of agility, grace, or, in some cases, musicality. Au contraire! While the standard is to teach bass instruments to support the “more able� ones we are more than capable. I was finally given the exigency to write a work disproving these thoughts when contrabassoon enthusiast Kristen Lichtenthal said I should write a work for her instrument. This work has two basic ideas: the first is to display the virtuosity capable of a contrabassoon, the second is to offer a light-hearted touch to an instrument typically brought in for more serious-natured works. Although this work was originally intended for contrabassoon but I have no qualms about it being performed on bassoon. - Matthew Nunes Orlando, April 2014.