String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.862510 Composed by Michael Bomier. Contemporary,Instructional,Romantic Period,Standards. Score and parts. 19 pages. Michael Butkus-Bomier #2032125. Published by Michael Butkus-Bomier (A0.862510). The Intermezzo was a character piece from the Romantic Period which often took a specific musical idea, and created a bittersweet, elegiac mood, similar to the feeling evoked by a Nocturne. This piece takes the interval of a 6th and weaves it through several configurations to create this same feeling in the first offering from the GateWay Editions First Position String Orchestra Series. A Brahmsian feeling predominates throughout. At 5 mins 30 secs duration, this all-first-position piece makes an excellent concert feature for the ensemble that is finding its voice, but may not yet be up to the level of multi-position full-fledged classical string music. The tempo is stately without being draggy, the mood is somber but not dark, and tuneful without being busy or meandering. The key signature of one sharp makes this nicely adapted to teaching and performance by students, while the rich writing makes it quite presentable to an adult concert audience.The bowings are by string pedagogue Lori Sandell Lacey. The PDF provided here is a score, and a single part for each section. Multiple printings of each part, as needed for your ensemble, are permissible, of course. There are NO notes out of first position, or outside the range of the second year of string pedagogy, the basses having a bit more need to move up 1/2 position for each string. n There are no trills or fast passages across strings. All parts have standard up or down-bowing, no advanced bowings or pizzicato. Audio is at prescribed tempo, faster or even a bit slower are also reasonable interpretations. MBB.

Piano,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1178859 Composed by Puccini, Saint-Saens, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Debussy, Satie, Beethoven, Handel. Arranged by Austin Ralphson. 19th Century,20th Century,Classical,Wedding. 77 pages. Austin Ralphson #778829. Published by Austin Ralphson (A0.1178859). This is a book of beuatiful and popular solo pieces arranged with piano accompaniment (or optional free backing track); it comprises both volumes from the '5 Beautiful Solos for Fun' series, making a total of 10 solos in this set. The difficulty levels range from intermediate to advanced, and should provide something for everyone to enjoy. The pieces have been arranged so that the lyrical qualities of these melodies are emphasised by the solo instrument. Good control of the instrument and careful tuning will be needed throughout. A piano score is provided for each piece, as is a solo part as well. This is the full list:1. Nessun Dorma (Puccini)2. Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)3. The Swan (Saint-Saens)4. Gymnopédie No.1 (Satie)5. Träumerei (R. Schumann)6. The Girl With The Flaxen Hair (Debussy)7. Gnossienne No. 1 (Satie)8. Sonata No.8 Pathetique, 2nd movement (Beethoven)9. Clair De Lune (Debussy)10. Largo from 'Xerxes' (Handel)Free backing tracks are provided for each piece; these can be heard by visiting https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPhyKv6OeJfWvkmNIkzAjhA and this link is also printed in the front of the book for future use.

Piano,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1178840 Composed by Puccini, Saint-Saens, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Debussy, Satie, Beethoven, Handel. Arranged by Austin Ralphson. 19th Century,20th Century,Classical,Wedding. Score and part. 102 pages. Austin Ralphson #778808. Published by Austin Ralphson (A0.1178840). This is a book of beuatiful and popular solo pieces arranged with piano accompaniment (or optional free backing track); it comprises both volumes from the '5 Beautiful Solos for Fun' series, making a total of 10 solos in this set. The difficulty levels range from intermediate to advanced, and should provide something for everyone to enjoy. The pieces have been arranged so that the lyrical qualities of these melodies are emphasised by the solo instrument. Good control of the instrument and careful tuning will be needed throughout. A piano score is provided for each piece, as is a solo part as well. This is the full list:1. Nessun Dorma (Puccini)2. Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)3. The Swan (Saint-Saens)4. Gymnopédie No.1 (Satie)5. Träumerei (R. Schumann)6. The Girl With The Flaxen Hair (Debussy)7. Gnossienne No. 1 (Satie)8. Sonata No.8 Pathetique, 2nd movement (Beethoven)9. Clair De Lune (Debussy)10. Largo from 'Xerxes' (Handel)Parts are provided in E flat, B flat and concert pitch C for all pieces.Free backing tracks are provided for each piece; these can be heard by visiting https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPhyKv6OeJfWvkmNIkzAjhA and this link is also printed in the front of the book for future use.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.972650 Composed by James Siddons. Contemporary,Opera,Ragtime. Octavo. 79 pages. James Siddons Music and Writings #4898807. Published by James Siddons Music and Writings (A0.972650). Two Views of Scott Joplin is an exploration of a personal and artistic crisis that Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, went through between 1904 and 1906. This crisis was precipitated by the untimely death of Freddie Alexander in September 1904, to whom Joplin had been married only ten weeks. Knowledge of this marriage was lost to history for almost a century until the Joplin scholar Edward A. Berlin discovered the newspaper obituary, which is quoted in the bass solo in Part II, The Obituary of Freddie Alexander.           Apparently, Scott Joplin, already inspired by the progressive ideals of Booker T. Washington, saw a path to social and artistic betterment through his love of Freddie, a daughter of a refined family. During this period, Joplin used the title rag less often in his piano-solo works, and nurtured an interest in opera (he had long been active in vaudeville as well as ragtime piano). He seems to have lost his sense of direction in 1905 and 1906, until led by his publisher John Stark to move to New York City in 1907. Once there, apparently growing out of his grief, Joplin studied with an Italian opera singer and composer, composed his folk opera Treemonisha, and composed Wall Street Rag and his other late masterpieces for piano. Joplin died in April 1917 following two years of debilitating illness.           Joplin left almost no personal writings, such as letters or diaries. To create an impression of autobiography, Two Views of Scott Joplin consists mostly of words and music written by Scott Joplin, and piano music composed by two close associates, the composer-pianists Louis Chauvin and Scott Hayden. These words come from Treemonisha, from Joplin’s little-remembered vaudeville and parlor songs, and also from text in his sheet-music---copyright notices, publishers’ addresses, titles and subtitles of rags, performance directions. In most cases, selected lyrics are extracted from songs and paired with piano-solo themes. These ingredients are combined in creative ways to express the biographical narrative. Instrumental themes are re-cast as necessary to express their newly-attached lyrics. But in no place can any of the music in Two Views of Scott Joplin be considered an arrangement of a given, intact composition, nor a medley of tunes, nor a theatrical revue. The character development and dialogue found in Scott Joplin’s Struggle with Destiny (Part II, No. 3) is my own biographical interpretation of Joplin, based on known evidence and on his music.The score contains extensive Performance Notes for performing this 16-minute work as a choral work or as a short opera scene.

Alto Saxophone Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1217914 Composed by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons. Arranged by Leo Silva. Jazz. Individual part. 1 pages. MP Sheet Music #814432. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1217914). Composition and characteristics  All of Me is a jazz standard whose lyrics and music were written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons in 1931. It has an ABAC structure and was originally written in the key of B-flat major.The melody combines the music's contradictory possibilities. The downward thrusts of the opening phrases suggest emotional despair, while the final line, with its repeated high notes, sounds almost jubilant. It usually runs in an average time.All of Me first came to public notice when a performance by Belle Baker was broadcast on the radio in 1931. After that a few others also became successful.Frank Sinatra recorded several versions of All of Me. Its 1948 release peaked at No. 21. He also sang it in the film Meet Danny Wilson, which may have helped Johnnie Ray's performance reach No. 12 in the charts that year. Sinatra's use of All of Me brought a non-jazz audience to the song, as did Willie Nelson, whose version was included on his Stardust album and reached No. 3 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1978. In 2000, All of Me of Me received the Towering Song Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Mixed Percussion B-Flat Tuba,B-Flat trombone,Baritone Horn TC/Euphonium,Bass Trombone,E-Flat Cornet,E-Flat Tenor Horn,E-Flat Tuba TC,Flugelhorn,Percussion 1,Percussion 2,Tenor Trombone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1099241 By Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers. By Frankie Lymon and Morris Levy. Arranged by Neil Samuel. Pop. Brass Band. 61 pages. Neil Samuel Music #703118. Published by Neil Samuel Music (A0.1099241). Arranged for Brass Band, Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a song by American rock and roll band Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers that was released on January 10, 1956. It reached No. 1 on the R&B chart, No. 6 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, and No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in July. Many renditions of the song by other artists have also been hit records in the U.S., including versions by the Diamonds (in 1956), the Beach Boys (in 1964), and Diana Ross (in 1981).

Jazz Combo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.970761 Composed by Mike Strand, ASCAP. Blues,Jazz. Score and parts. 6 pages. Michael M. Strand #6136125. Published by Michael M. Strand (A0.970761). Mike Strand, ASCAPThis is a lead sheet with lyrics, chords and guitar fret boards, for a jazz group, small, or large, with singer or solo instruments. It serves as a good basis for a variety of arrangements, contra facts, and improvisations.The audio sample is a jazz quintet: A slow swing jazz accompaniment from iReal Pro, combined with my duet tunes from Finale PrintMusic. In this sample, a flute takes the accompaniment (treble clef), with a baritone sax in the bass clef. The main tune (bass clef) is accompanied, making this an unusual duet lead sheet. For example, a flute may accompany a baritone singer. An option is to interchange the voice roles (e.g., main tune octave higher, accompaniment octave lower), or use one of the tunes of the duet by itself. I wrote this piece in honor of immigrants, in recognition of the courage it takes to move to a new country and learn a new language. New immigrants often go through difficulties and setbacks, including persecution from citizens of their adopted country. This, despite the recent immigrant ancestry of most of the persecutors, notably in the USA. In the subtitle of Immigrant Blues, I recognize my own immigrant ancestors, and also Anders LundegÃ¥rd, who, like my paternal grandparents, moved to the USA from Sweden. Anders helped me with this piece, with his reviews and comments. **Here are the lyrics for Immigrant Blues: 1. Moving to the U. S., far away. Life here is so bad, I will not stay. Talked to Mom and Dad, they said OK. I want to make a place for them some day. 2. First time in the States was no picnic. Half the time no work, and I got sick. Some folks try to help, while others scoff. I have friends, but others put me off. 3. Looking bright and able, that’s my plan. Taking ESOL classes when I can. Learning English is no easy chore, And I want my folks here, that’s for sure.   And I want my folks here, that’s for sure. Oh, yeah!