Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549513 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Instructional,Romantic Period,Sacred,Standards. Score and part. 17 pages. Jmsgu3 #3502547. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549513). Duration: ca. 4:00, Score: 9 pages, solo part: 3 pages, piano part: 4 pages. Super-famous Instantly recognizable tune, not very difficult - suitable for a recital or church meditation. Grieg Background In the first place, Edvard Grieg (1843 –1907) was a Norwegian composer as well as a concert pianist. As a matter of fact, most music historians consider him one of the foremost Romantic-era composers. Consequently, his music is part of the international standard classical repertoire. Grieg moreover used Norwegian folk music in his own compositions.  Consequently, he ushered Norwegian music to transnational consciousness. Furthermore, he forged a national musical identity for Norway. It is important to realize that he did this in a manner similar to Jean Sibelius in Finland, and Bedřich Smetana in Bohemia. Legacy Grieg is especially celebrated in the city of Bergen. For example, the city has erected numerous statues depicting Grieg. Specifically, the city has named a concert hall (Grieg Hall), a music school (Grieg Academy), and a professional choir (Edvard Grieg Kor) after him. As a matter of fact, there is also a museum located at his former home in Troldhaugen. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Op. 46) Grieg wrote incidental music for the purpose of illustrating a play by Ibsen known as Peer Gynt. The play includes, in particular, the famous selection entitled, In the Hall of the Mountain King. In this composition, Grieg depicts the exploits of the scoundrel, Peer Gynt. In one famous episode, for example, Peer steals a bride at her wedding. For this reason, the people chase him, but soon Peer falls, striking his skull on a boulder. He wakens forthwith in a highland bounded by angry gnomes. Consequently, the music of In the Hall of the Mountain King represents the mad gnomes taunting Peer. Therefore, each time the theme repeats it gets louder and faster. In the end, Peer surprisingly escapes from the mountain. Holberg Suite and Misc. Summary It must be remembered that Grieg originally wrote his Holberg Suite for the piano. In other words, he only later arranged it for strings. Further, Grieg composed many songs with lyrics by famous writers such as Heine, Goethe, Ibsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Rudyard Kipling, and others. On balance, Norwegian pianist Eva Knardahl recorded altogether Grieg’s whole piano catalog on LP in 1980. These recordings were released again on CD in 2006. In any event, Grieg himself performed and recorded the bulk of these pieces toward the end of his life.  

Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549535 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Concert,Contemporary,Romantic Period,Sacred,Standards. Score and part. 11 pages. Jmsgu3 #3505869. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549535). Duration: ca. 3:40, Score: 5 pages, solo part: 2 pages, piano part: 3 pages. Super-famous instantly recognizable tune, not very difficult - suitable for a recital, funeral or church meditation. Grieg Background In the first place, Edvard Grieg (1843 –1907) was a Norwegian composer as well as a concert pianist. As a matter of fact, most music historians consider him one of the foremost Romantic era composers. Consequently, his music is part of the international standard classical repertoire. Grieg moreover used Norwegian folk music in his own compositions.  Consequently, he ushered Norwegian music to transnational consciousness. Furthermore, he forged a national musical identity for Norway. It is important to realize that he did this in a manner similar to Jean Sibelius in Finland, and BedÅ™ich Smetana in Bohemia. Legacy Grieg is especially celebrated in the city of Bergen. For example, the city has erected numerous statues depicting Grieg. Specifically, the city has named a concert hall (Grieg Hall), a music school (Grieg Academy) and a professional choir (Edvard Grieg Kor) after him. As a matter of fact, there is also a museum located at his former home in Troldhaugen. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Op. 46) Grieg wrote incidental music for the purpose of illustrating a play by Ibsen known as Peer Gynt. The play includes, in particular, the famous selection entitled, In the Hall of the Mountain King. In this composition, Grieg indeed depicts the exploits of the scoundrel, Peer Gynt. In one famous episode, for example, Peer steals a bride at her wedding. For this reason, the people chase him, but soon Peer falls, thereupon striking his skull on a boulder. He wakens forthwith in a highland bounded by angry gnomes. Consequently, the music of In the Hall of the Mountain King represents the mad gnomes taunting Peer. Therefore, each time the theme repeats it gets louder and faster. In the end, Peer surprisingly escapes from the mountain. Holberg Suite and Misc. Summary It must be remembered that Grieg originally wrote his Holberg Suite for the piano. In other words, he only later arranged it for strings. Further, Grieg composed by and large many songs with lyrics by famous writers such as Heine, Goethe, Ibsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Rudyard Kipling, and others. On balance, Norwegian pianist Eva Knardahl recorded altogether Grieg’s whole piano catalog on LP in 1980. These recordings were released again on CD in 2006. In any event, Grieg himself performed and recorded the bulk of these pieces toward the end of his life.   Register for free lifetime revisions and updates at www.jamesguthrie.com.

Tenor Saxophone Duet Tenor Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.587140 By Ben E. King. By Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller. Arranged by David McKeown. Film/TV,Pop,Rock. Score. 4 pages. David McKeown #3070601. Published by David McKeown (A0.587140). Stand by Me was originally released by the co-writer Ben E King in 1960 and is the sixth highest royalty earning song of all time.  However, King never intended to record the song himself. The story goes he had some studio time left over after a session and the producer asked him if he had any other songs they could put on tape. When King sat at the piano and performed Stand by Me, the producer recognised a huge hit in the making. This version is arranged as a duet for two Tenor Saxophones. Musicians at an intermediate level and above will find this ideal for formal and informal performances. The overall performance time is around three minutes. Teachers will enjoy using this arrangement as a fun way to help with ensemble skills and expressive playing. There are some complex syncopated rhythms in the melody part and the challenge will be to tie these expressively to the repeating bass pattern which is present throughout. The short sample audio is from the Clarinet and Alto Saxophone version while the full length youtube performance is the Alto Saxophone Duet. There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown-sheet-music/3006203?isPLP=1  

Soprano Saxophone Duet Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.589454 By Ben E. King. By Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller. Arranged by David McKeown. Pop. Score. 4 pages. David McKeown #6070251. Published by David McKeown (A0.589454). Stand by Me was originally released by the co-writer Ben E King in 1960 and is the sixth highest royalty earning song of all time.  However, King never intended to record the song himself. The story goes he had some studio time left over after a session and the producer asked him if he had any other songs they could put on tape. When King sat at the piano and performed Stand by Me, the producer recognised a huge hit in the making. This version is arranged as a duet for two Soprano Saxophones.Musicians at an intermediate level and above will find this ideal for formal and informal performances. The overall performance time is around three minutes. Teachers will enjoy using this arrangement as a fun way to help with ensemble skills and expressive playing. There are some complex syncopated rhythms in the melody part and the challenge will be to tie these expressively to the repeating bass pattern which is present throughout. The short sample audio is from the Clarinet and Alto Saxophone version while the full length youtube performance is the Alto Saxophone Duet.There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown-sheet-music/3006203?isPLP=1

Saxophone Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.1095124 Composed by Jim Parker. Arranged by Paul Kajzar. 20th Century,Film/TV. 13 pages. Paul Kajzar, Gyllcott Music #699183. Published by Paul Kajzar, Gyllcott Music (A0.1095124). MIDSOMER MURDERS THEME for SAXOPHONE QUARTET (SATB) - Midsomer Murders is a British crime drama series first broadcast in 1997. The series focuses on the bizarre murders that take place in villages across the fictional English county of Midsomer. With its mixture of nostalgia, whimsy and dark humour it continues to be a fixture in the British television schedules. The main theme has become an instantly recognisable tune and is characterised by the use of an electronic instrument, the theremin. This arrangement is for saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone). The set includes full score and parts. Difficulty level : Intermediate.

Alto Saxophone Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.926736 Composed by Yuan-Chen Li (Taiwan). Concert,Contemporary,World. Individual part. 9 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #3447121. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926736). Spell (aka. Ling, 凌), for solo Alto Saxophone, is commissioned by Taiwanese saxophonist Chun-Hao Ku (顧鈞豪) for his performance in International Saxophone Congress in 2012. The inspiration of Spell is by one of the Taiwan Taoist rituals – Chi Ji (起乩): it refers to a ritualistic process conducted by the Taoist priest who transforms himself from an ordinary person to the one full of the spirit of divinity, and then delivers messages to the prayers. The form of this piece is shaped by two simultaneous voices which project the dual identities between the chant of the priest and the spell transcended from the spirit. Each voice focuses on distinct articulations and techniques developing in the flow of time, such as slap-tongue pizzicato, churning broken chord, and multiphonics. Spell is included in the saxophone repertoire Londeix Guide To The Saxophone Repertoire, 1844-2012 edited by Jean-Marie Londeix (2012, Bordeaux, France).

Brass Ensemble Euphonium,Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Digital Download SKU: A0.722766 Composed by George Gershwin. Arranged by Jari A. Villanueva. 20th Century,Broadway,Folk,Ragtime. Score and parts. 26 pages. JV MUSIC #4297713. Published by JV MUSIC (A0.722766). Swanee by George Gershwin for Brass Quintet with Optional Drums and optional parts for Eb Horn and Baritone TC Arranged by Jari Villanueva Score2 Trumpets in BbHorn in FTromboneTubaEb Alto Horn Substitute part for Horn in FTreble Clef Baritone Substitute part for Trombone Swanee was George Gershwin’s first big song hit written in 1919. The song was written for a New York City revue called Demi-Tasse, which opened in October 1919 in the Capitol Theater. Caesar and Gershwin, who was then aged 20, claimed to have written the song in about ten minutes riding on a bus in Manhattan, finishing it at Gershwin's apartment. It was written partly as a parody of Stephen Foster's Old Folks at Home. It was originally used as a big production number, with 60 chorus girls dancing with electric lights in their slippers on an otherwise darkened stage. The song had little impact in its first show, but not long afterwards Gershwin played it at a party where Al Jolson heard it. Jolson then put it into his show Sinbad, already a success at the Winter Garden Theatre, and recorded it for Columbia Records in January 1920. After that, said Gershwin, Swanee penetrated the four corners of the earth. The song was charted in 1920 for 18 weeks holding the No. 1 position for nine. It sold a million sheet music copies, and an estimated two million records. It became Gershwin's first hit and the biggest-selling song of his career; the money he earned from it allowed him to concentrate on theatre work and films rather than writing further single pop hits.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYVgQDl6G3g

Alto Saxophone Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1424723 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson. Arranged by Leo Silva. Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop. Individual part. 2 pages. MP Sheet Music #1005845. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1424723). Mamma Mia was written in the home of Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus, and was the last track recorded for the ABBA album.The lyrics talk about a woman who is constantly disappointed by her unfaithful partner, but who continues to forgive him anyway.Its recording took place on March 12, 1975 at Metronome studio and was included on the album as the number #1 track. Originally, ABBA did not plan to release the song as a single.Around this time, many artists were recording ABBA songs (such as Honey, Honey and Bang a Boomerang), which led the group to offer Mamma Mia to British band Brotherhood of Man, but it was turned down. However, a promotional video for the song had already been made in April 1975 and was broadcast in Australia. The video sparked interest in the group, and Mamma Mia spent 10 weeks at number one on the Australian charts, encouraging them to release the song as a single.

Soprano Saxophone Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1424711 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson. Arranged by Leo Silva. Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop. Individual part. 2 pages. MP Sheet Music #1005842. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1424711). Mamma Mia was written in the home of Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus, and was the last track recorded for the ABBA album.The lyrics talk about a woman who is constantly disappointed by her unfaithful partner, but who continues to forgive him anyway.Its recording took place on March 12, 1975 at Metronome studio and was included on the album as the number #1 track. Originally, ABBA did not plan to release the song as a single.Around this time, many artists were recording ABBA songs (such as Honey, Honey and Bang a Boomerang), which led the group to offer Mamma Mia to British band Brotherhood of Man, but it was turned down. However, a promotional video for the song had already been made in April 1975 and was broadcast in Australia. The video sparked interest in the group, and Mamma Mia spent 10 weeks at number one on the Australian charts, encouraging them to release the song as a single.

Alto Saxophone Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1424760 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson. Arranged by Leo Silva. Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop. Individual part. 2 pages. MP Sheet Music #1005855. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1424760). Mamma Mia was written in the home of Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus, and was the last track recorded for the ABBA album.The lyrics talk about a woman who is constantly disappointed by her unfaithful partner, but who continues to forgive him anyway.Its recording took place on March 12, 1975 at Metronome studio and was included on the album as the number #1 track. Originally, ABBA did not plan to release the song as a single.Around this time, many artists were recording ABBA songs (such as Honey, Honey and Bang a Boomerang), which led the group to offer Mamma Mia to British band Brotherhood of Man, but it was turned down. However, a promotional video for the song had already been made in April 1975 and was broadcast in Australia. The video sparked interest in the group, and Mamma Mia spent 10 weeks at number one on the Australian charts, encouraging them to release the song as a single.

Tenor Saxophone Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1424748 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson. Arranged by Leo Silva. Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop. Individual part. 2 pages. MP Sheet Music #1005852. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1424748). Mamma Mia was written in the home of Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus, and was the last track recorded for the ABBA album.The lyrics talk about a woman who is constantly disappointed by her unfaithful partner, but who continues to forgive him anyway.Its recording took place on March 12, 1975 at Metronome studio and was included on the album as the number #1 track. Originally, ABBA did not plan to release the song as a single.Around this time, many artists were recording ABBA songs (such as Honey, Honey and Bang a Boomerang), which led the group to offer Mamma Mia to British band Brotherhood of Man, but it was turned down. However, a promotional video for the song had already been made in April 1975 and was broadcast in Australia. The video sparked interest in the group, and Mamma Mia spent 10 weeks at number one on the Australian charts, encouraging them to release the song as a single.

Tenor Saxophone Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1424715 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson. Arranged by Leo Silva. Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop. Individual part. 2 pages. MP Sheet Music #1005843. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1424715). Mamma Mia was written in the home of Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus, and was the last track recorded for the ABBA album.The lyrics talk about a woman who is constantly disappointed by her unfaithful partner, but who continues to forgive him anyway.Its recording took place on March 12, 1975 at Metronome studio and was included on the album as the number #1 track. Originally, ABBA did not plan to release the song as a single.Around this time, many artists were recording ABBA songs (such as Honey, Honey and Bang a Boomerang), which led the group to offer Mamma Mia to British band Brotherhood of Man, but it was turned down. However, a promotional video for the song had already been made in April 1975 and was broadcast in Australia. The video sparked interest in the group, and Mamma Mia spent 10 weeks at number one on the Australian charts, encouraging them to release the song as a single.

Soprano Saxophone Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1424743 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson. Arranged by Leo Silva. Broadway,Musical/Show,Pop. Individual part. 2 pages. MP Sheet Music #1005851. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1424743). Mamma Mia was written in the home of Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus, and was the last track recorded for the ABBA album.The lyrics talk about a woman who is constantly disappointed by her unfaithful partner, but who continues to forgive him anyway.Its recording took place on March 12, 1975 at Metronome studio and was included on the album as the number #1 track. Originally, ABBA did not plan to release the song as a single.Around this time, many artists were recording ABBA songs (such as Honey, Honey and Bang a Boomerang), which led the group to offer Mamma Mia to British band Brotherhood of Man, but it was turned down. However, a promotional video for the song had already been made in April 1975 and was broadcast in Australia. The video sparked interest in the group, and Mamma Mia spent 10 weeks at number one on the Australian charts, encouraging them to release the song as a single.

Saxophone Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1399973 By The Raspberries. By Eric Carmen. Arranged by Jeff Tincher. Contemporary,Pop,Rock,Singer/Songwriter. 15 pages. Jeff Tincher #983199. Published by Jeff Tincher (A0.1399973). It was announced today (3/12/2024) that Eric Carmen has passed. He was the lead singer of The Raspberries before going solo. This is one of the first hits The Raspberries had. In the original key from The Raspberries debut lp, this is the lead song. This arrangement was in respect for him and his music. Duration = 3:44. Visit my websites: https://jtp.spread.name/, https://jefftincher.wixsite.com/music, https://www.facebook.com/jefftincherpublishing/.