Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1372065

Composed by Joshua Bickford. Arranged by Joshua Bickford. 21st Century,Classical. Score. 19 pages. Joshua Bickford #956283. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1372065).

This is a sonata based on two melodies from the 16th and 17th centuries.  The lyrics that are attached to these two melodies are connected to a character from Shakespeare's play, Richard III.  The music was written for Recycled Shakespeare Companies 2024 performance of Richard III.

Organ - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1200967

Composed by Joshua Bickford. Arranged by Joshua Bickford. 20th Century,Christian,Religious,Sacred. Score. 9 pages. Joshua Bickford #799618. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1200967).

There are two pieces in this collection.  One is an arrangement of an old hymn from the 19th century.  I have given it a 21st century treatment.  The other piece is an original work. It is also 21st century in style as well.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1148581

Composed by Joshua Bickford. Arranged by Joshua Bickford. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Holiday,Medieval. Score. 9 pages. Joshua Bickford #748742. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1148581).

This piano sonata is based on an ancient carol. The first movement presents the theme, and then it continues to explore various melodic aspects of that tune in the second movement. The third movement is a melody derived from the retrograde of the original melody. The fourth movement has the melody presented in 4/4 time. It also presents the melody in a style reminiscent of a gamelan orchestra.

Recorder Solo,Soprano Recorder - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1466525

By Joshua Bickford. By Joshua Bickford. 21st Century. Individual part. 10 pages. Joshua Bickford #1045094. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1466525).

The music is a collection of natural sounds, impressions, feelings, bird sounds and insect sounds collected from memory, from my imagination, and from the environment.  It has three movements.  It is written for solo, unaccompanied recorder.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1217861

Composed by Joshua Bickford. Arranged by Joshua Bickford. 20th Century,Classical,Early Music. Score. 9 pages. Joshua Bickford #814378. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1217861).

I have created a three movement piano sonata by taking melodic motifs from this 16th century spring song and then I used those motifs to create new melodic material.  The original melody was composed by Claude Le Jeune. It is quoted in small parts throughout the sonata.

Instrumental Solo,Keyboard - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1153365

Composed by Joshua Bickford. Arranged by Joshua Bickford. 19th Century,20th Century,Christmas,Classical,Holiday. Individual part. 11 pages. Joshua Bickford #753620. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1153365).

This is a piano sonata based on the Christmas Carol, We Three Kings. In movement one, the original carol melody is changed to half notes and is turned into a three voice canon. The overall effect of movement one is the feeling of three mystics and their camels journeying in a foreign land. At the very end of movement one is one exact phrase from the original piece. In movement two, the melody is used in retrograde to create new melodic material. It is a slow movement. To me, it is reminiscent of the music of Satie or Chopin. In movement three, the new melodic material is created by taking the original melody and inverting it. In the development section, phrases from the original melody do appear. The last two measures also contain an exact quote from the original melody. It is an upbeat, fast paced movement.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201443

Composed by Joshua Bickford. 20th Century,Classical. Score. 4 pages. Joshua Bickford #800068. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1201443).

Four short, and stylistically different pieces for piano.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1211368

Composed by Joshua Bickford. 20th Century,Broadway,Classical,Comedy,Jazz,Musical/Show. Score. 9 pages. Joshua Bickford #809035. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1211368).

This is music that is being used for Recycled Shakespeare Companies performance of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201448

Composed by Joshua Bickford. 20th Century,Classical,March. Score. 5 pages. Joshua Bickford #800073. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1201448).

A solo for piano.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1491232

Composed by Joshua Bickford. 21st Century. Score. 8 pages. Joshua Bickford #1067971. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1491232).

A piano piece.  This composition is dedicated to Robert Robinson. I fell in love with this person 15 years ago.  I fell hard for him, but it wasn’t a relationship that was good for us so I wrote this piece in response to my feelings about trying to leave him.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1332057

Composed by Joshua Bickford. 21st Century,Classical,Jazz. Score. 2 pages. Joshua Bickford #918833. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1332057).

Piano settings of five familiar nursery rhymes.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1086445

Composed by Joshua Bickford and William Shakespeare. Classical,Contemporary,Folk. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 16 pages. Joshua Bickford #690646. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1086445).

This songbook contains thirteen original settings of some of the songs found in Shakespeare's plays. Each song contains a new melody and chord symbols. This is volume one. The intention is to eventually publish other volumes of melodies for Shakespeare's song lyrics.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1026463

Composed by Joshua Bickford. Contemporary. Score. 3 pages. Joshua Bickford #6132569. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1026463).

This piano piece was written for Waterville, Maine PFLAG.  Each year they celebrate Trans Day of Remembrance.  Because of COVID, they could not do a live event.  Instead they created a short video commemorating the lives of the trans people we have lost this year.  They asked me to write a song for the video.  This is that song.  This will be my first time trying out publishing.

Instrumental Solo,Pipe Organ - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1502948

Composed by Joshua Bickford. 21st Century. Individual part. 5 pages. Joshua Bickford #1078642. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1502948).

A composition for organ.  It is based on the second movement from my fifth piano sonata.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1382333

Composed by Joshua Bickford. 21st Century. Score. 8 pages. Joshua Bickford #966851. Published by Joshua Bickford (A0.1382333).

A piece of music with an upbeat tempo and intense sound.