Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.944867 Composed by Craig Peaslee. 20th Century,Concert,Contemporary,Ragtime. Score. 29 pages. Craig Peaslee Music #5221633. Published by Craig Peaslee Music (A0.944867). Highly influenced by John Cage, 8'66 features compositional practices explored by Cage.Song of the Talpa People calls for the pianist to play the movement while attempting to prevent any of the piano hammers to fall (hit the strings, causing sound); however, due to the tempo marking, human error, and other factors, it is a certainty that the hammers will fall - we simply do not know when, where, and how many of these falls will happen on any given performance. Cage was a pioneer of indeterminant music, a single piece of music that can sound wildly different each time it is heard.In Funeral March for a Deaf Man the written music was lined up directly to a section of Cage's Lecture on Nothing so that whenever a syllable from the speech would be spoken the pianist plays the note(s) that correspond at the same time.The finale, In Futurm, allows for the pianist to perform the piece as originally written.The titles for the three movements are taken from compositions of silent music that predate Cage's 4'33 1. Funeral March for the Obsequies of a Dead Man (1897) by Alphonse Allais (1854-1905). 2. In Gaston Leroux's 1903 novel La Double Vie de Theophraste Longuet, silent concerts are given by the Talpa people. 3. In futurum (1919) by Edwin Schul

Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1463454 Composed by Franz Liszt. Arranged by Michael Barrera. 19th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. 251 pages. Michael Barrera #1042150. Published by Michael Barrera (A0.1463454). Https://www.michaelbarreraflute.com/shop/p/mephisto-waltz1-band-partsTwo Episodes from Lenau’s Faust | Mephisto Waltz No. 1Program NotesFranz Liszt’s first Mephisto Waltz is a programmatic work based on an episode from Nikolaus Lenau’s 1836 verse drama Faust.  The program note that appears in the original printed score is noted here:There is a wedding feast in progress in the village inn, with music, dancing, carousing.  Mephistopheles and Faust pass by, and Mephistopheles induces Faust to enter and take part in the festivities.  Mephistopheles snatches the fiddle from the hands of a lethargic fiddler and draws from it indescribably seductive and intoxicating strains.  The amorous Faust whirls about with a full-blooded village beauty in a wild dance; they waltz in mad abandon out of the room, into the open, away into the woods.  The sounds of the fiddle grow softer and softer, and the nightingale warbled his love-laden song. Mephisto Waltz No. 1 is paired with a work preceding it, Midnight Procession (Der Nächtliche Zug), however this piece is not as widely performed.  Liszt later transcribed the waltz into a piano duet and a virtuosic solo piano work.  Each of these versions were written around the same time, roughly 1859-62.  The orchestral version also has an alternate ending, which is softer and fades away.  This arrangement features both endings. This work was then followed by three more Mephisto Waltzes.  No. 2 was also written as both an orchestral and piano work, while Nos. 3 and 4 were for piano only.  Of the four, the first is the most popular, although the third is also praised as highly musically. InstrumentationWritten for Wind Ensemble of any size (Number indicates how many parts - some parts include divisi)1 Piccolo (doubles Flute 3)                                              2 Flutes2 Oboes2 Bassoons1 Clarinet (E flat)3 Clarinets (B flat)1 Bass Clarinet (B flat)1 Contrabass Clarinet (B flat)2 Alto Saxophones1 Tenor Saxophone1 Baritone Saxophone3 Trumpets (B flat)4 Horns (F)2 Trombones1 Bass Trombone1 Euphonium1 Tuba1 String BassTimpaniMarimbaCymbalTriangle.

String Ensemble,String Trio Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.870322 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Markus Plattner (*1952). Blues,Gospel,Jazz,Spiritual,Standards. Score and parts. 17 pages. Markus Plattner #1791889. Published by Markus Plattner (A0.870322). Oh Them Gospel Strings! KumbayaThis arrangements for string trio (2 violins/viola/opt. cello) has strong connections with jazz and blues. It is in the form of melody/variations/reprise. The variations are written in free fantasy style, similar to a jazz musician improvising over a set number of bars and chords. If unsure, please refer to the audio recording to get an idea of how the arranger intended these pieces to be played. The optional cello part is scored mostly 8vb to the viola part. However, for sound purposes, the trio sounds better with viola instead of cello.Consider the other 3 available songs for download in the same series (Let Us Break Bread, Do Lord, Go Tell It On The Mountain). Also available is a publication containing all the songs (Oh Them Gospel Strings! for String Trio).Watch the Youtube Video with the scrolling score, Kumbaya starts at 0:51Degree of difficulty: medium to more difficultScore and parts 17 pages incl. cover, total length approx. 3’20 minutes.

Harp - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797465 Composed by Louise Trotter. Instructional. Score. 67 pages. Afghan Press Music for the Harp #4855295. Published by Afghan Press Music for the Harp (A0.797465). This revised book combines three of Ms. Trotter's popular books:  Getting Started in Pop Harp, The Creative Folk Harpist, and Let's Play Country Harp.Included are compilations from workshop presentations into this book which contains repertoire suggestions, ways to tune your harp, scales and chords, intervals, seventh chords and minor scales, diminished chords, voicing, inversions, bass patterns, chord progressions, steps in making an arrangement , introductions, endings, and how to play variations on the melody. To be a creative and versatile pop harpist, classic training is valuable and necessary. However, the habit of playing every note as written is sometimes hard to break when learning to improvise. The act of playing notes spontaneously may be overwhelming to the classically trained harpist. There are more and more written arrangements for popular music available to buy, but is satisfying to have the skills to arrange one's own pieces. It is possible to play popular music from a fake book or by ear, with training. The suggestions in this book should help bridge the gap from classical to pop, and hopefully provide some tools for the improvisation necessary for playing popular music. These ideas come from Louise's own experience, and from workshops with nationally knows pop and jazz harpists. It is hoped that the material presented will open up new avenues for the harpist to arrange and improvise in order to widen opportunities to perform.With simple melodies and uncomplicated harmonies, this book also instructs the harpist on the basics of achieving that country-western sound, as well as techniques on imitating such traditional country western instruments as guitar, banjo, fiddle, string bass, and piano. A good book for any harpist wishing to enlarge their repertoire to include this style of music. 

Cello,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.974461 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Tom Christie. Romantic Period. Score and part. 9 pages. Tom Christie #6208939. Published by Tom Christie (A0.974461). Here is my arrangement of the first movement of Beethoven's famous Moonlight Sonata, for cello and piano.  This is a piece that has always moved me greatly emotionally, however I have no clue how to play piano, so naturally, I arranged it for cello and piano, to play with my friend, who does play piano.  In case anyone else has the same problem and wants to play this wonderful piece on the cello, here is the music for it.

Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1120784 By Simon James. By G. F. Handel. Arranged by Simon James. Baroque,Chamber,Christian,Christmas,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 91. DML #721999. Published by DML (A0.1120784). A popular Christmas carol, the tune usually used today is from an 1848 edition by Lowell Mason for The National Psalmist (Boston, 1848). There has long been speculation over how much a part Handel's Messiah had in Joy to the World. However, resemblances between Messiah and Joy to the World, have been dismissed as 'chance ' by Handel scholars today. It seems likely that the tune as we know it was probably from an 1833 publication by Thomas Hawkes with the title “Comfort�, Author Unknown. I have combined Handelian elements with the tune that most people know to create an arrangement that works well for guitar quartet retaining the bounce and vigour of the carol. Score available.

Piano,Violin - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1264997 Composed by Bastien Chevalley. 19th Century,20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Romantic Period. 2 pages. Bastien Chevalley #857838. Published by Bastien Chevalley (A0.1264997). I'm delighted to present my latest composition, the fruit of my growing passion for the violin! Just three weeks ago, I began this incredible musical adventure, discovering the subtleties of this fascinating instrument. Oh, how I love it already, despite the challenges it presents! Despite my short experience, I already had an irrepressible urge to create music. And so was born this original composition, based on just three modest notes on the violin. However, thanks to a more elaborate piano accompaniment, the piece comes to life and acquires a more captivating musical interest.********************************************************************************************************************Je suis ravi de vous présenter ma toute nouvelle composition, fruit de ma passion grandissante pour le violon ! Il y a tout juste trois semaines, j'ai entamé cette incroyable aventure musicale en découvrant les subtilités de cet instrument fascinant. Oh, que je l'adore déjà, malgré les défis qu'il m'impose ! Malgré ma courte expérience, j'ai déjà une envie irrépressible de créer de la musique. C'est ainsi qu'est née cette composition originale, basée sur seulement trois modestes notes au violon. Cependant, grâce à un accompagnement plus élaboré au piano, la pièce prend vie et acquiert un intérêt musical plus captivant.

Concert band - Grade 1 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBW172-S Composed by Judith Katz. Score. 19 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW172-S. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW172-S). 9 x 12 in inches.My school, in which I taught, had a number of assembly programs, including a yearly Veteran's Daycommemoration, where the band performed. Of course, I had to select a medley of appropriate pieces, but somehow could not assemble compositions that were both short enough and very playable by my group. That left mewith the task of writing my own arrangement of military anthems.I pay tribute to the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. What is conspicuously missing, however, isthe United States Air Force Song. After the assembly, I was also asked, What, no Air Force Song?I tried a version of Military Jamboree with the Air Force Song, but because of the meter, 6/8, I found it tobe a lot more difficult for my students. They could play everything else, except the 6/8 rhythms. So, the musicteacher in me made the difficult decision to remove the United States Air Force Song from the finalarrangement, and thus, making it more playable for a developing band.

Organ - Digital Download SKU: A0.942949 Composed by Aris Antoniades. Contemporary,Sacred. Score. 20 pages. Aris Antoniades #4346549. Published by Aris Antoniades (A0.942949). Toccata & Fugue for Organ (2018)Composed by Aris AntoniadesRunning time: approx. 7' 50'' Writing for Organ always seemed like a very distant dream for me. Born and raised in Cyprus, an isolated Mediterranean island-state in Europe where the religious musical tradition (Greek Orthodox Christianity) relies solely on voices (no instruments used during services), I never had access to an Organ. In fact, to the best of my knowledge, there’s not a single Organ in my entire country. The first time I ever saw one was during my college years in New York – and it was love at first sight! I was fascinated by its sound capabilities, its mechanism, and the sheer skill required to play it. You can, therefore, understand how thrilled I am to have had the opportunity to write for this great instrument. I would like to sincerely thank Shannon Murphy and Austin Philemon for believing in my work, and for commissioning this piece. Both the Toccata and the Fugue are based on the same (but altered) motivic materials. The Toccata is a piece that was inspired by the idea that life is a continuous marathon, represented by the ‘mechanical’ sixteenth-note ostinato figure which never stops – despite the contrapuntal obstacles that are thrown within its path. The motive, however, does transform and adapt along the way, in order to make the best of the situation.  The Fugue, on the other hand, represents the cerebral aspect of life: the concept of choices. The ostinato motive of the Toccata has now morphed into the subject of the Fugue, which will be attacked by some violent chromatic enemies. Estimated running time: ca. 8 minutesAbout the PDFs:Score size: 14 PagesContact the composer: https://www.arisantoniades.com or aris.antoniades@gmail.com

Concert band - Grade 1 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBW172 Composed by Judith Katz. Score and Parts. 59 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW172. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW172). 9 x 12 in inches.My school, in which I taught, had a number of assembly programs, including a yearly Veteran's Daycommemoration, where the band performed. Of course, I had to select a medley of appropriate pieces, but somehow could not assemble compositions that were both short enough and very playable by my group. That left mewith the task of writing my own arrangement of military anthems.I pay tribute to the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. What is conspicuously missing, however, isthe United States Air Force Song. After the assembly, I was also asked, What, no Air Force Song?I tried a version of Military Jamboree with the Air Force Song, but because of the meter, 6/8, I found it tobe a lot more difficult for my students. They could play everything else, except the 6/8 rhythms. So, the musicteacher in me made the difficult decision to remove the United States Air Force Song from the finalarrangement, and thus, making it more playable for a developing band.

Concert band - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBS158 Composed by Britt Burns. Score and Parts. 90 pages. Duration 7 minutes, 35 seconds. Imagine Music - Digital #CBS158. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBS158). 9 x 12 in inches.Distance was composed in early 2009 (and later revised in 2011) when I was feeling very homesick. The title wasinspired by the big change that comes when one relocates 1,000 miles away from familiar territory to begin a new life.Although this kind of event is very exciting, it also can create pain from the absence of friends and family. The music isintended to sound bittersweet in nature because it's meant to reflect both of these things.I don't usually try to write in a specific form, as I feel that can hurt the natural flow of how the music wants to develop.However, this piece is indeed in anABAform. Almost all of the thematic material in the piece is written in a major key,but with the goal of sounding a little sad. While writing this, I was heavily influenced by the music of Ennio Morriconeand Dan Forrest. There is a short motive used in the B section of the piece that is similar to a motive used in variousfilm themes. Since I associate this motive with Morricone, and because he is one of my all time favorite composers, Idecided to dedicate this piece to him.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.841364 Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, Samuel Arnold, and William H. Cummings. Arranged by Michele Galvagno. Christian,Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Octavo. 18 pages. Artistic Score Engraving di Galvagno Michele #6098157. Published by Artistic Score Engraving di Galvagno Michele (A0.841364). This year's Christmas publication choice fell on a song very dear to me: Hark! The herald angels sing. The text, inspired by Luke’s Gospel (2:14), appears for the first time in a collection of Christmas carols called Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739, jointly written by Charles Wesley (1707-1788 ) and George Whitefield (1714-1770), two of the founding members of the Methodist movement.The version we know today is the one adapted by William H. Cummings (1831-1915) from the section Vaterland, in deinen Gauen of the Festgesang zum Gutenbergfest, WoO 9, by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847). The story, however, is more complex and articulated than that.The original version of the text, written by Wesley, bearing the title Hymn for Christmas-Day, had received only slow and solemn music for its verses, music now almost completely discarded. Also, his original opening lines were Hark! How all the welkin rings / Glory to the King of Kings .The version that has been passed to us is the result of alterations made by different hands, especially those of Whitefield, who changed the initial couplet into the one we know today.In 1840-one hundred years after the publication of Hymns and sacred Poems-Mendelssohn composed a cantata commemorating Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing. The English musician William H. Cummings finally adapted Mendelssohn’s music around 1855 in order to fit the music to the verses and give it its present look.In this edition we propose the version that every listener expects to hear when reading the title on the programme and, immediately after, one of the few original versions that have reached us in their entirety, that is the one set to music by Samuel Arnold (1740-1802) and available today in The British Minstrel, and Musical and Literary Miscellany, vol. 3, published in 1843.The proposed instrumentations are those of the classical string quartet and the cello quartet. Both variants are very simple to perform and are certainly suitable for small string ensembles formed in musical schools. In the cello quartet version, the only relatively complex part is that of the first cello, which should be left to the teacher or to a student able to play up to the 7th position without excessive troubles.I hope this music can bring you the serenity that made me prepare it.

Instrumental Duet Guitar,Instrumental Duet,Voice - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.801481 Composed by Connie Boss. Instructional. Score and parts. 17 pages. Connie Boss #5998891. Published by Connie Boss (A0.801481). Phase 2 is for those that are a little older and can understand how to play chords, etc. You will learn all the simple basic chords, a strumming pattern and will also have sheet music to play with. Listen to the mp3 attached for a sample. You can purchase the complete phase 2 from sheet music plus. It has instruction plus I play and sing on the songs so it's fun to play to. Phase 1 and 3 are also available to purchase separately or you can purchase all the phases together in a great deal. In phase 1 you learn more about the guitar itself, etc. the chords in this phase are for little fingers using 1 finger to play the chords. However, in Phase 2 you relearn the same chords using 2 or 3 fingers. You can go back to phase 1 songs to play them with these chords plus the ones added. The songs included are either original songs by me or public domain songs I arranged as we aren't allowed to put in copyright music.  email cdboss@cvalley.net with questions. Songs included are:

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1431397 By James Bersey. By James Bersey. 21st Century,Christian,Easter,Lent,Praise & Worship. Score. 140 pages. James Bersey #1011866. Published by James Bersey (A0.1431397). The Triumph of Jobby James Bersey Modern Oratorio in two acts. Job teaches us how to deal with adversity. It is scored for 12 solo voices (advanced level). S.A.T.B Choir (standard level). Piano (advanced level) Organ (advanced level) This work features selected passages from the Holy Bible's Book of Job drawing from the Revised English Version and other texts by the composer. This work is suitable for choral societies, church choirs or professional singing groups. This offer permits the print off or enough copies for one company only, maximum 50 copies. It can be read from a screen, however, email forwarding is prohibited by copyright law. A print-off sheet of the words of the final hymn for the congregation is included. All performances should be notified to PRS for Music (UK) or ASCAP (USA) or otherperforming rights organisations around the world.Licences for recording or broadcast should be sought in advance from the same.About the composer