Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1488840 Composed by Joseph Martin Kraus. Arranged by Bertil van Boer. Classical. 36 pages. Artaria Editions #1065694. Published by Artaria Editions (A0.1488840). Artaria Editions AE435Joseph Martin Kraus was one of the most gifted and unusual composers of the 18th century, whose talent for thematic development, colourful orchestration and theatrical flair caused Haydn to proclaim him one of only two 'geniuses' he knew (Mozart being the other one). Although Kraus's focus as a composer was mainly upon works written for the stage, he had occasion and opportunity to write a variety of works for chamber setting, including this sonata for violin and fortepiano. It is not known for whom this work was written, but the sole surviving source, a set of parts in Uppsala University Library in the hand of Fredrik Silverstolpe, Kraus's first biographer and assiduous collector of his music, dates it to Kraus's grand tour; he notes that it was written in Paris in 1785. The sonata received its final form for keyboard alone as part of the Due Sonata per il Forte Piano published by Olof Åhlstrm some three years later in 1788. This sonata differs from the solo pianoforte version (also published by Artaria Editions as AE398) in that it is shorter (particularly in the slow movement) and less elaborate for both instruments. Nonetheless, it is an impressive sonata and among the most interesting works of its kind composed in the 1780s.Allan Badley.

Piano Trio,String Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.548634 Composed by Gruber. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Christmas. Score and parts. 5 pages. Jmsgu3 #3405411. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.548634). Silent Night arranged for piano trio (piano, violin & cello). The final verse features a re-harmonization of the melody. Silent Night Origins Father Joseph Mohr wrote the lyrics for a new Christmas Carol. He wanted the new carol for his Christmas Eve Mass. With only a couple of hours until the service, He asked organist and schoolteacher Franz Gruber to write a melody and simple accompaniment to go with the lyrics. The result is probably the most famous of all Christmas carols – Silent Night. First Performance Perhaps because the organ was undergoing repairs, or to make sure the accompaniment was easy enough, Mohr asked Gruber to write it for the guitar. Mohr played the guitar, and both Mohr and Gruber gave the world premiere performance at the Christmas Eve Mass in 1818 at St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf in Salzburg. Original Score Eventually, the original score became lost, and consequently, Mohr's name was largely forgotten.  Though the public originally recognized Gruber as the composer, many people over time began rumors that a more famous composer was responsible. Thus, they floated the names of Haydn, Mozart, and even Beethoven. Authorities eventually settled the matter when a manuscript in Mohr’s handwriting turned up in 1820. Consequently, we learn that Mohr wrote the lyrics in 1816, and Gruber composed the melody in 1818. Popularity Nonetheless, Silent Night is still very popular. Singers have performed this song in nearly every genre and in multiple languages. Perhaps the most famous version is the one Bing Crosby crafted. This version is the third best-selling physical single recording in the history of recorded music. This particular recording was released in 1935 and sold at least 30 million copies. Only two songs have ever sold more. Elton John released Candle in the Wind in 1997 and sold 33 million copies. The record for most copies ever sold goes to Bing Crosby. He released White Christmas in 1942 and sold 50 million physical copies.Register for free lifetime updates and revisions at www.jamesguthrie.com      

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.980869 Composed by Richard N. Shorten. Christian,Christmas,Sacred. Octavo. 9 pages. Shorten Studio Utah #3580615. Published by Shorten Studio Utah (A0.980869). SATB with oboe and cello (or organ). 2 min. + 35 sec. A new setting of Joy to the World, slower and not as cheery as the traditional melody but nonetheless intriguing. There is an introduction and an ending that have words of praise not from the verses. For church choir, community choir, and some school choirs. Sheet music has oboe and cello staves above SATB and also individually at the end. There will be, if not already, a version with the same SATB but with piano accompaniment.

Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017011_B1 Bassoon. Composed by Scott Watson. Instructional. Part. 2 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017011_B1. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017011_B1). UPC: 038081505602.Der ErlkAPnig, or The Elf King, is based on Johann Goethe's late 18th-century poem of the same name in which a father and his young son ride home on horseback one dark and eerie night. The father tries to calm the increasingly fearful son by explaining everything the boy reports as simply leaves rustling in the wind or willows moving in the fog. Nonetheless, the father rides faster and faster home only to find the boy is dead in his arms when they arrive. Goethe's dark and gothic tale is brought to spine-tingling life in this harrowing, fast-paced tone poem for band. (3:20)Concert/Contest.

Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1158189 Composed by Dr. Daniel N. Thrower. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Patriotic. 40 pages. Https://gildedmusicpress.com/ #758465. Published by https://gildedmusicpress.com/ (A0.1158189). The majority of the composition is boisterous, upbeat, exciting, and western! Though perhaps overly romanticized, those thrilling impressions are brought to the modern observer in the monuments and tributes all along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Indeed, from the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis to Floyd’s obelisk; from numerous visitors’ centers to historic markers throughout the more than 7000 miles traversed, Lewis and Clark and the others are kept in grateful memory for their inspiring work of opening the gateway to the west. Many working brass quintets throughout the nation joined a consortium of performances for the fall of 2019—particularly near September 23, as that was the date the expedition ended in Saint Louis, Missouri, where it also began. With the images of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in mind, the compositional process occurred quickly, and a draft of the full-length work was printed for a reading with Offutt Brass one week after it was begun. A final product was to be delivered to the consortium members by the end of April for enough time to bring the work to life in the fall. Within the music itself are several hidden meanings which, though imperceptible upon listening, are significant nonetheless. It will be noted that there is little rest for the players. For the span of 4’40�, out of nearly 1000 measures of collective music, there is a total of 99 complete measures of rest shared between the performers. Throughout the expedition 33 key personnel participated, three of whom famously ring in the ears of all Americans: Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the well-known Shoshone guide, Sacagawea. To acknowledge the arduous nature of this enormous undertaking, what little rest there is in this composition multiplies the number of explorers with the three most famous names.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767224 Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Arranged by Mike Lyons. Baroque,Renaissance. Score and parts. 18 pages. Lyons Music Services #3087401. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767224). Monteverdi - The Fourth Book of Madrigals 1603In this book, Monteverdi continues to develop the techniques and writing practices that would eventually form the first opera and his Stile Nuovo. The polyphony becomes more complex and more tonal and the interdependence of the parts more striking. He is experimenting with more dissonance but also moves towards more tonal writing. Although a far cry from the I IV V and minor of the modern pop song, he is nonetheless helping to push forward a more diatonic type of harmony with a more dramatic tonal and harmonic structure that goes much more towards true word painting than his previous books.8. Luci Serene e Chiare – Lights, serene and clearFlexible quintet parts are supplied as follows:Part 1 in Bb,Part 2 in Bb, Part 3 in Bb/Eb/F, Part 4 in Bb/Eb/C(Bass clef) and Part 5 in Bb/Eb/C(Bass clef)Other transpositions available on request.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808663 Composed by Richard Rodgers. Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 21 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #2853385. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808663). My Funny Valentine is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms. In the play, a character named Billie Smith sings the song to Valentine Val LaMar. Two years later, the film version of the play was released, but the plot had been revised to the extent that it kept only a couple of songs from the stage version; My Funny Valentine was not one of them. Nonetheless, the song became both a pop and a jazz standard and has been recorded many times. This version has a distinctly baroque feel.Completed in 2016, this arrangement runs about 3 minutes, 29 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, can be reached at lessmith@ufl.edu. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.

Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017011_M1 Mallets. Composed by Scott Watson. Instructional. Part. 2 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017011_M1. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017011_M1). UPC: 038081505602.Der ErlkAPnig, or The Elf King, is based on Johann Goethe's late 18th-century poem of the same name in which a father and his young son ride home on horseback one dark and eerie night. The father tries to calm the increasingly fearful son by explaining everything the boy reports as simply leaves rustling in the wind or willows moving in the fog. Nonetheless, the father rides faster and faster home only to find the boy is dead in his arms when they arrive. Goethe's dark and gothic tale is brought to spine-tingling life in this harrowing, fast-paced tone poem for band. (3:20)Concert/Contest.

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767227 Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Arranged by Mike Lyons. Baroque,Renaissance. Score and parts. 17 pages. Lyons Music Services #3087409. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767227). Monteverdi - The Fourth Book of Madrigals 1603In this book, Monteverdi continues to develop the techniques and writing practices that would eventually form the first opera and his Stile Nuovo. The polyphony becomes more complex and more tonal and the interdependence of the parts more striking. He is experimenting with more dissonance but also moves towards more tonal writing. Although a far cry from the I IV V and minor of the modern pop song, he is nonetheless helping to push forward a more diatonic type of harmony with a more dramatic tonal and harmonic structure that goes much more towards true word painting than his previous books.11. A un Giro Sol de' Begl' Occhi – At one glance of good eyesFlexible quintet parts are supplied as follows:Part 1 in Bb,Part 2 in Bb, Part 3 in Bb/Eb/F, Part 4 in Bb/Eb/C(Bass clef) and Part 5 in Bb/Eb/C(Bass clef)Other transpositions available on request.

Flute,Instrumental Solo,Piano - Digital Download SKU: A0.1027495 Composed by Till MacIvor Meyn. Contemporary,Jazz,Latin,World. Score and individual part. 44 pages. Till MacIvor Meyn #550251. Published by Till MacIvor Meyn (A0.1027495). Submitted for 2015 Areon Flutes International Chamber Music Composition Competition, ‘Force of Nature’ is a three-movement sonata for flute and piano that considers natural forces that are unseen, but whose powerful effects are nonetheless evident. In the first movement, Prevailing Winds, the piano presents a flurry of chord clusters that yield to an introductory flute melody. Ostinato patterns, prevalent throughout most of the movement in the piano, support the flute lines with a rhythmic drive. An extended flute cadenza explores motives presented to close the movement. The middle movement, Reflection/Refraction, reveals a slowly building spectrum of string and wind colors. Dissonance Tango continues and amplifies the push and pull of tensions, focusing on the power of passion as it develops in the heat of the Latin dance.

Piano,Tenor Saxophone - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.548504 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Christian,Christmas. Score and part. 4 pages. Jmsgu3 #3387401. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.548504). The First Noel arranged for Tenor Sax & Piano with new harmony for the final verse.Origins The First Noel is an English Christmas carol. Even more, it was probably written in the late Cornish Renaissance period. While other versions spell the title as Nowell, this is just a colloquial variation. Furthermore, Noel is an older word meaning Christmas. Therefore the First Noel translates as the First Christmas. First of all, Gilbert and Sandy published the earliest version. As a result, this version appears in the Carols Ancient and Modern songbook of 1823. William Sandy edited and arranged the book. Similarly, his partner Davies Gilbert edited and added the familiar extra verses. The First Noel: Alto Sax Version comes with new harmony in final verse for more energy and drive. Stainer Organist and composer Sir John Stainer published the most noteworthy customary arrangement in the 1870’s.  Stainer is above all famous for his songbook entitled: Christmas Carols New and Old (1871). This volume served as an important catalyst for reviving the English Christmas carol.  Other famous Stainer arrangements from this book are such titles as What Child Is This, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, and I Saw Three Ships. Diatonic Function The melodic structure in the First Noel is uncommon among English folk tunes. It simply repeats one phrase twice then follows a variation refrain. All three phrases of the song end on the mediant scale degree. This is unusual because the diatonic function of the mediant is non-final compared to the more usual tonic or even dominant degrees. Consequently, this gives the song as kind of open-ended feeling – like maybe it never really ends. Political Context The Catholic clergy sang carols outside of the church in Latin. After the Protestant Reformation, the reformers thought it would be better for everyone to sing carols. They decided to bring music back to the common folk. So, they translated the lyrics from Latin into common language. Moreover, the Protestants wanted more control over the music in church than what the Vatican allowed. Protestant composers such as William Byrd composed complex polyphonic Christmas music that they called carols. Nonetheless, some famous folk carols were composed in this era. Eminent composers in the nineteenth century began to revise and adapt them. Consequently, they revived the English carol.  Register for free lifetime updates and revisions at www.jamesguthrie.com  

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,Choral,SATB Chorus - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1478464 Composed by Kevin G. Pace (ASCAP), Mark R. Fotheringham. Christian,Praise & Worship,Religious,Sacred,Spiritual. 3 pages. Kevin G. Pace #1055853. Published by Kevin G. Pace (A0.1478464). A heroic, beautiful, sacred hymn with music by Kevin G. Pace and text by Mark R. Fotheringham.Text:From mountain grandeur,Deserts in bloom,Endless wide oceans,Flower's perfume,I have known beautyAll through the earth.None can compare withOne precious birth.CHORUSWhere e'er I wander, Where e'er I roam,Nowhere is dearer,Sweeter than home.Travelled bright cities,Places of kings,Marveled at artwork,Man's pretty things.Held gold and silverTorn from the earth.None measure up toLove's treasured worth.Father in Heaven,From Thee I've strayed,Wandering spirit,Tired and afraid.Jesus, my SaviorGathered me in,Offered me refuge,Cleansed me from sin.CHORUS (Last 2 lines)No one is dearer,Thou art my home.

Easy Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1295071 Composed by Adam Messinger, Alexander Tanasijczuk, Ben Spivak, Mark Pellizzer, and Nasri Atweh. Arranged by Sixpence None The Richer-Kiss Me. Pop,Rock,Romantic Period. Score. 7 pages. O_Talentoso #885391. Published by O_Talentoso (A0.1295071). Sixpence None The Richer-Kiss Me (Piano Cover) + SHEET Partitura Intermediary.

Bass Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1173044 Composed by Walter Hawkins. Arranged by Daniel Roberts. Christian,Praise & Worship,Religious,Sacred,Spiritual. Score. 6 pages. Daniel P Roberts #773243. Published by Daniel P Roberts (A0.1173044). Arranged for 5 string Bass with TAB. Tragedies are common placeAll kinds of diseases, people are slipping awayEconomies down, people can't get enough payAs for me all I can say isThank you Lord for all you've done for meYeah, yeah, yeahFolks without homesLiving out in the streets and the drug habit some sayThey just can't beatMuggers and robbers, no place seems to be safeBut You've been my protection every step of the wayI wanna say, thank you Lord for all You've done for meYeah, yeahIt could have been me (thank you)Outdoors (thank you)No food (thank you)No clothes (thank you)Or left alone (thank you)Without a friend (thank you)Or just another number (thank you)With a tragic end (thank you)But you didn't see fit (thank you)To let none of these things be (thank you)'Cause everyday by your power (thank you)You keep on keeping me (thank you)And I wanna say(Thank you) for all you've done for meHey, heyIt could have been me (thank you)Outdoors (thank you)With no food (thank you)And no clothes (thank you)Or left alone (thank you)Without a friend (thank you)Or just another number (thank you)With a tragic end (thank you)But you didn't see fit (thank you)To let none of these things be, hey'Cause everyday by your power (thank you)You keep on, you keep on keeping meI wanna say (Thank you lord for all you've done for me)Yeah, yeah-yeahI just wanna say thank you jesus (Thank you lord for all you've done for me)Yeah, yeah-yeahI wanna say thank you lord (Thank you lord for all you've done for me)Thank you (Thank you for your power)Thank you (Thank you for protection)Thank you (every hour)Thank you jesus (I wanna to say thank your for love.