Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.762244

Composed by Bedrich Smetana. Arranged by Scott Powell. Concert,Romantic Period,Standards,Wedding. Score. 7 pages. Scott Powell Music #5325741. Published by Scott Powell Music (A0.762244).

For solo piano. In the symphonic poem The Moldau, Smetana evokes the course of the Vltava river (Moldau in German), from the Bohemian forest through the Czech countryside. A peasant wedding is passed along the way. The music is only too brief, gradually dying away as the river continues its course. A friend suggested I try lengthening this segment of The Moldau, which I did by adding a middle section. 

Voice Duet Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.884739

Composed by Leo Delibes. Arranged by Jonathan Prentice. Opera,Romantic Period. 11 pages. Jonathan Prentice #5794951. Published by Jonathan Prentice (A0.884739).

This famously beautiful duet for soprano and mezzo is sung in Act 1 of Delibes's opera, Lakmé. Set in India, the High Priest's eponymous daughter sings with her servant Mallika about the beauty of their surroundings as they pick flowers at the side of the river. (Here in the slightly lower key of Bb Major).

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 - Digital Download

SKU: LV.10911

Composed by Walter V. Ullner. Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Military officers, Portraits, Bicycles. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.10911).

The Riverside March and Two Step. Composed by Walter V. Ullner. Published 1897 by Gagel Brothers, 835 Broadway in New York. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Military officers, Portraits, Bicycles.

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: A0.701458

Composed by Kevin G. Pace, Kathryn W. Hales. Christian,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Octavo. 3 pages. Kevin G. Pace #3125373. Published by Kevin G. Pace (A0.701458).

An original hymn about pioneer women. See the text by Kathryn Hales below.
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/fHirSHGBR0M
 

The women walked alongside the wagons,

The burden on oxen to spare,

Wrapped in a shawl or a blanket,

Their feet often calloused and bare.

 

They met at the quarter-master’s wagon,

Their own scant rations to receive,

Then with culinary skills prepared

A meal, a family’s hunger to relieve.

 

Their prayers arose like incense

From the campfires’ spark-filled glow,

That the God they believed in from Heaven

Would bless their loved ones below.

 

Left alone to drive the wagons

When military duty was the demand,

Courageous pioneer women

Obeyed the prophet’s commands.

 

Some lived to complete their journey;

Some died by the trail on the way,

Yet the trials or hardships encountered,

Their faith in God did not sway.

 

Whether over the rivers or mountains

They trudged onward each day,

Till they arrived in The Valley,

And prayed for more courage to stay.

 

Praise be to such pioneer women,

Who with courage did their part,

For the building up of a holy people,

With Zion a goal of their hearts.

 

Valiant men have always needed

Virtuous women by their sides,

So both can progress together

And in God’s eternal home abide.

In Little Seeds you will find new hymns from my heart. My devotional life is given to you in my hymnwriting. During the past three years I have been writing songs for the unity of the church - songs reminding us of our baptism. I have been writing biblical story hymns for lesser-known characters. I have written paperless songs that may be easily memorized. I set a Rumi poem. There are new hymns for Christian missions from everywhere to everywhere. You will find new texts and musical settings for folk songs from around the world. I hope I have treated these with the love and respect they deserve. You will find alternate arrangements of some songs that may be useful in different settings. Lim Swee Hong composed three tunes for this collection at my request. I am also pleased to include Lianne Tan's first published hymn tune in Little Seeds

Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1490010

Composed by Text: Eden Reeder Latta (1839 - 1915) Tune: Henry Southwick Perkins (1833 -1914. Arranged by Ken Litton. Christian,Lent,Religious,Sacred. 11 pages. Artist of Note, Inc. #1066874. Published by Artist of Note, Inc. (A0.1490010).

Whiter Than the Snow/Eden Reeder Latta  - Henry Southwick Perkins BLESSED BE THE FOUNTAIN
arr. Ken Litton (ASCAP)As an SBC music missionary active in Brazil I quickly discovered the hymns missionaries had taken with them as the work gained impetus from the 1890s when the Bagbys arrived to build on the foundation laid by early pioneers like Solomon Ginsburg. I found myself leading those hymns from the nearly 100 year old Cantor Cristão (Christian Singer) in the strongly attended evening services at the Igreja Batista Rio Doce (Sweet River Baptist Church) in Recife, with people literally leaning in through the windows from outside to sing along. Just a normal p.m. attendance or... curiosity about the missionary leading? No, certainly it was the message of the gospel in these great hymns and in the Brazilians’ creative work as well. I mainly remember holding that small print hymnal in one hand and leading with the other (shaking badly) and singing in Portuguese!
From that kind of congregational participation I vividly remember the hymn Blessed be the Fountain by Eden Reeder Latta (1839 - 1915) and Henry Southwick Perkins (1833 -1914) with it’s energetic dotted eighth and sixteenth rhythm figures and text of confession based on Zechariah 13:1. That text was very important in the lives of disciples in Brazil and in my own heart. Here I have used only the verses of the text and tune, simply smoothing out the rhythm and adjusting the lyric to more modern usage (yet preserving the devotional pronouns Thee, Thy and Thine).
The tune BLESSED BE THE FOUNTAIN is altered in rhythm, tempo and one descending interval from the original.  The arrangement is by me, having built the intro, interlude and key change as well as the ending from the material that constituted the refrain in the origina. As a bridge and additional textual/musical impulse into the key change and final verse I’ve interpolated the refrain from the well-known gospel hymn Whiter than Snow (FISCHER) by James Nicholson and William G. Fischer.
The voices include a wide variety of unison, two-part and four-part passages that are well within the capability of the average church choir. The accompaniment difficulty level is about as minimal as it can be I hope, while still reflecting support for the voices, a measure of variety as well as some real independence.
I certainly think choirs of some ability and their dedicated accompanists will enjoyWhiter Than the Snow as much as I have in developing it.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1004862

Composed by Leslie Kleen. A Cappella. Octavo. 3 pages. Music From Riverside #4849165. Published by Music From Riverside (A0.1004862).

Strings in the Earth and Air  is the first song from the group of nine in the collection, Chamber Music. These are love poems written by James Joyce in 1907, and each has a reference to music.
Strings in the earth and air
Make music sweet;
Strings by the river
Where the willows meet . . .

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.981921

Composed by Virginia Tsoi. Concert,Instructional,Standards. Score. 4 pages. Virginia Tsoi #5372817. Published by Virginia Tsoi (A0.981921).

A theme and variation based on an original melody.

It is about a farmer's journey in the countryside, roaming in a field and singing, walking along the river, climbing the mountain and feel the majesty of the vast landscape, and continue on.
Arranging the same melody is like the same person dressing up with different outfit. Same soul, different story.

Perfect for late intermediate or early advanced pianists.