String Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.533560

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Contemporary,Folk,Holiday,Patriotic. Score and parts. 26 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3020007. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533560).

This is the score of this work. The string parts are available on rental from the publisher.

Composer's note:
On 31 October 1517, Dr. Martin Luther, according to church custom,
posted a document presenting 95 theses intended for scholarly debate
on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. As a teacher, theologian,
and a pastor he found much to be concerned with in the conduct of his
mother, the Church. His intent was to begin a conversation over honest
grievances and to persuade those who would lead to take a path more
consistent with the teachings they espoused.
Spaces of Night takes its impetus from this desire to speak truth to power.
It's music, with no small sympathy towards the tonal language and dialect
of the classic American liturgical tradition, is at times parody and at other
times anti-parody. It's libretto, while created 100 years ago by a celebrated
American author, speaks in our present age to an empire that has lost its way.
Its voice is not one of despair and rage,
but hope for and commitment to the future of the gathered community.
If I should cast off this tattered coat,
And go free into the mighty sky;
If I should find nothing there
But a vast blue,
Echoless, ignorant —
What then?

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.534002

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Contemporary,Folk,Holiday,Patriotic. Score and parts. 26 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3095057. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.534002).

On 31 October 1517, Dr. Martin Luther, according to church custom,
posted a document presenting 95 theses intended for scholarly debate
on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. As a teacher, theologian,
and a pastor he found much to be concerned with in the conduct of his
mother, the Church. His intent was to begin a conversation over honest
grievances and to persuade those who would lead to take a path more
consistent with the teachings they espoused.
Spaces of Night takes its impetus from this desire to speak truth to power.
It's music, with no small sympathy towards the tonal language and dialect
of the classic American liturgical tradition, is at times parody and at other
times anti-parody. It's libretto, while created 100 years ago by a celebrated
American author, speaks in our present age to an empire that has lost its way.
Its voice is not one of despair and rage,
but hope for and commitment to the future of the gathered community.
If I should cast off this tattered coat,
And go free into the mighty sky;
If I should find nothing there
But a vast blue,
Echoless, ignorant —
What then?

Libretto adapted by the composer
From the ‘lines’ of Stephen Crane:
The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895) &War is Kind (1899)

This is the full score;  A reduction for mezzo and organ is available as another item.  The orchestral parts are on rental from the publisher

Small Ensemble High Voice,Medium Voice,Organ - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.533559

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Concert,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 26 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3020003. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533559).

This is the composer's transcription of the original version for voice, organ and strings. Composer's note:
On 31 October 1517, Dr. Martin Luther, according to church custom,
posted a document presenting 95 theses intended for scholarly debate
on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. As a teacher, theologian,
and a pastor he found much to be concerned with in the conduct of his
mother, the Church. His intent was to begin a conversation over honest
grievances and to persuade those who would lead to take a path more
consistent with the teachings they espoused.
Spaces of Night takes its impetus from this desire to speak truth to power.
It's music, with no small sympathy towards the tonal language and dialect
of the classic American liturgical tradition, is at times parody and at other
times anti-parody. It's libretto, while created 100 years ago by a celebrated
American author, speaks in our present age to an empire that has lost its way.
Its voice is not one of despair and rage,
but hope for and commitment to the future of the gathered community.
If I should cast off this tattered coat,
And go free into the mighty sky;
If I should find nothing there
But a vast blue,
Echoless, ignorant —
What then?

Instrumental Duet,Piano Harpsichord,Instrumental Duet,Organ,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.534004

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Christian,Concert,Contemporary,Sacred,Standards. Score and parts. 18 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3095065. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.534004).

Fiestas de Santa Fe is a collection of music inspired by the culture and geography of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The four pieces are written for a modest instrument and with the exception of a few passages requiring the use of a pull down pedal registration, the sores are playable on the manuals only. With a few adjustments, the music can also be played on a Harpsichord or Pianoforte. The set may be played complete or individually as the performer elects.

Santos, in three movements, features musical depictions of New Mexico saints which are often represented by local folk artists in either retablos (wooden panels) or bultos (carved figures). These images are not considered icons, but merely symbols of the invisible power or personages to whom an individual's prayers are addressed. San Acacio is the patron of soldiers and headaches. San Cayetano patiently ministered to the sick and the poor. San Geronimo was a flagellant who frequently heard the voice (or call) of God.

Tierra Roja is inspired by the distinct natural colors and qualities of light found in the American Southwest. Sunrises and sunsets are often spectacularly colorful events which leave an indelible impression on the mind. This score includes programmatic music to suggest a timeless of the desert, the crystalline blue skies, and even the scampering of a gecko in
the noonday sun.

Farolitos en la Nieve is an evocative setting of an old Christmas hymn which offers an image of the city on Christmas Eve as it is bedecked in softly lit candles on the sidewalks in the falling snow.

La Posadas focuses on an annual Advent-tide event in Santa Fe which commemorates the journey of the Holy Family from Nazareth to Bethlehem. A procession is led (often by two children) through the town to find a house where Mary and Joseph might be welcome. A setting of Adoro te Devote is found in the midst of this piece evoking the reverence of the community around the manger bearing the Christ Child.

Piano and voice - Digital Download

SKU: LV.22080

Composed by George Frederick Root. Flags, Civil War--Union, Patriotism. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.22080).

Root & Cady's Patriotic Songs. The First Gun is Fired. Geo. F. Roo. Published 1861 by Root & Cady, 95 Clark St. in Chicago. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Flags, Civil War--Union, Patriotism. First line reads The first gun is fired, May God protect the right..

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.

Baritone Horn TC,Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.534100

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Contemporary,Folk,Opera,Patriotic. 12 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3112741. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.534100).

Apathy and Enthusiasm is an extracted aria for baritone and piano.  The text is by Herman Melville, from Battle Pieces. 

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.534003

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Christian,Contemporary,Sacred. Score and parts. 24 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3095063. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.534003).

A setting of the Latin text of the Our Father.  Suitable for cnocerts and worship.

Large Ensemble Voice - Digital Download

SKU: A0.869339

Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Baroque,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score and parts. With Pluto … The Lord of the Underworld. (2005) This year, 2009, he asked me if I would be interested in writing a work for narrator and chamber orchestra like Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.� I said, “Yes. I would be delighted to do so.� He. 90 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #32449. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869339).

Program note.
Maestro Charles Ansbacher has been a devoted supporter of my work for many years. In the past 6 years he has commissioned me to write two works for his ensemble, the Boston Landmarks Orchestra: 

1) Mambo!!! (2003) 
2) Pluto … The Lord of the Underworld (2005) 

This year, 2009, he asked me if I would be interested in writing a work for narrator and chamber orchestra like Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. I said, Yes. I would be delighted to do so. He told me that the subject for this work would be Boston’s own landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. Sure, I said, why not? Charles told me he had a poet in mind who would provide the text, Nancy Stevenson. I said, Great! 

The work is in four parts, following Ms. Stevenson’s poetic design.

I wrote a marching music in Part One depicting Mr. Olmsted when as a child he walked from his home to his aunts and uncles who lived far away. As a young man, Mr. Olmsted went through many jobs until he decided that as a landscape architect he could make cities a better place for children and adults alike. The mayor of Boston hired him to do just that, to make Boston more livable. 

In Part Two, I wrote presto music depicting the dredging of the Charles River and the planting of trees along its shores. 

In Part Three, the text describes the Boston Emerald Necklace – the paths that lead from the Fens to the Arboretum to Franklin Park. For this section I chose music that is bucolic and pastoral, a setting that evokes the country side with a flock of sheep, complete with a shepherd and his dog.

In the last section the text describes Mr. Olmsted’s dream that in his parks there would be tranquility and rest to the mind … a place where the rich and the poor would play together. The music returns to the legato march that began the work.

Large Ensemble Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.869309

Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Baroque,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score and parts. With Pluto … The Lord of the Underworld. (2005) This year, 2009, he asked me if I would be interested in writing a work for narrator and chamber orchestra like Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.� I said, “Yes. I would be delighted to do so.� He. 90 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #431371. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869309).

Program note.
Maestro Charles Ansbacher has been a devoted supporter of my work for many years. In the past 6 years he has commissioned me to write two works for his ensemble, the Boston Landmarks Orchestra: 

1) Mambo!!! (2003) 
2) Pluto … The Lord of the Underworld (2005) 

This year, 2009, he asked me if I would be interested in writing a work for narrator and chamber orchestra like Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. I said, Yes. I would be delighted to do so. He told me that the subject for this work would be Boston’s own landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. Sure, I said, why not? Charles told me he had a poet in mind who would provide the text, Nancy Stevenson. I said, Great! 

The work is in four parts, following Ms. Stevenson’s poetic design.

I wrote a marching music in Part One depicting Mr. Olmsted when as a child he walked from his home to his aunts and uncles who lived far away. As a young man, Mr. Olmsted went through many jobs until he decided that as a landscape architect he could make cities a better place for children and adults alike. The mayor of Boston hired him to do just that, to make Boston more livable. 

In Part Two, I wrote presto music depicting the dredging of the Charles River and the planting of trees along its shores. 

In Part Three, the text describes the Boston Emerald Necklace – the paths that lead from the Fens to the Arboretum to Franklin Park. For this section I chose music that is bucolic and pastoral, a setting that evokes the country side with a flock of sheep, complete with a shepherd and his dog.

In the last section the text describes Mr. Olmsted’s dream that in his parks there would be tranquility and rest to the mind … a place where the rich and the poor would play together. The music returns to the legato march that began the work.

Piano and voice - Digital Download

SKU: LV.18252

Composed by William Carleton. Caricatures, Cartoons, Near East, Native dress, Kissing, Fighting, Prayer, Cats, Immigrants--Ireland, Courtship & love. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.18252).

The Great Comic Songs. Dandy Pat. Song and Dance. Written by Wm. Carleton. Published 1868 by Frederick Blume, 1125 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Caricatures, Cartoons, Near East, Native dress, Kissing, Fighting, Prayer, Cats, Immigrants--Ireland, Courtship & love. First line reads Oh! I'm the boy call'd Dandy Pat, Dandy Pat; I was born in the town of Ballinafat..

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.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.535393

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 24 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3096627. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.535393).

A cantata for Christmas, with original text by Lucy Shaw and also traditional biblical text.  This is the score only.  The score and complete parts are available as another item.  Choral scores are also available for sale as well as a rehearsal piano part.  I

. Introit: From East to West,
II. Chorale: Behold the World's Creator,
III. Aria: Across the Purple, Patterned Snow,
IV. Chorus
V. Arioso: As if Until That Moement,
VI. Chorus,
VII. Aria with Chorus: Winter and Very Cold,
VIII. Chorale: Alleluia! Most Blessed One,

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.535395

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 7 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3096633. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.535395).

A cantata for Christmas, with original text by Lucy Shaw and also traditional biblical text. This is the chorus part only. The score and complete parts, the full score only and the  rehearsal piano part. are all available for sale.

1.. Introit: From East to West,
II. Chorale: Behold the World's Creator,
III. Aria: Across the Purple, Patterned Snow,
IV. Chorus
V. Arioso: As if Until That Moement,
VI. Chorus,
VII. Aria with Chorus: Winter and Very Cold,
VIII. Chorale: Alleluia! Most Blessed One

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.535396

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 19 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3096635. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.535396).

A cantata for Christmas, with original text by Lucy Shaw and also traditional biblical text. This is the rehearsal piano part only. The score alone, the score and complete parts and chorus parts are available for sale here.

I. Introit: From East to West,
II. Chorale: Behold the World's Creator,
III. Aria: Across the Purple, Patterned Snow,
IV. Chorus
V. Arioso: As if Until That Moement,
VI. Chorus,
VII. Aria with Chorus: Winter and Very Cold,
VIII. Chorale: Alleluia! Most Blessed One

Choral Choir (TTBB) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.535400

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Contemporary,Folk,Holiday,Patriotic. Octavo. 6 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3112767. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.535400).

This extracted chorus is from the one-act opera The Death of Isiah Robb.  The text is by Stephen Crane.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.535399

Composed by Frederick Frahm. Contemporary,Folk,Opera,Patriotic. Octavo. 63 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3112735. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.535399).

The Death of Isiah Robb is a one-act chamber opera set in the Civil War.  Scored for string orchestra and piano with Mezzo-soprano, 2 tenor, and Baritone soloists, T/Bar/bs chorus, and offstage SATB chorus.  The texts are taken from Bierce, Bryant, Melville, Crane and Whitman.  This is the piano vocal score.  The orchestral parts are available on rental from the publisher.