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Dance with Shadows : for Brass Quintet

JFK : an opera in 31 moments with prologue

Death Of Klinghoffer : Opera in two acts with progogue

Medieval Suite No 3 : Quarter Military Band QMB 429

Homage to Machaut evokes the stately, gently syncopated and flowing sounds of this master of choral writing. The movement consists of a statement with two repetitions, each with different instrumentation. It closes with the samechant and instrumental textures which opened the suite (in Homage to Leonin). (6:15)

RAF March Past

This march, with its rousing and sweeping melodies, is one of the most attractive of all military marches. It is a colorful and spirited work with immediate appeal. Duration: ca. 3 minutes.

Adiemus II - Cantata Mundi : Choral Suite

Cantata mundi is a development of ideas first heard in Songs of Sanctuary, where the world of ethnic influenced (both in vocal sound and percussion) are combined with established Western European classical technique to present a unified work.Vocally, the spread of influence is wider than in Songs of Sanctuary, with Eastern European and Arabic sounds added to the African, Celtic and ecclesiastical blend. Once again, the text is written phonetically with the words viewed as instrumental sound. In Cantata mundi, the sound is more symphonic, with woodwind and brass added to the strings, percussion and recorder. The seven main Cantus movements incorporate ethnic percussion, and areinterspersed with shorter chorales. This suite is an arrangement for upper voices and piano with additional recorder part and includes four Cantus and four chorale movements.

Music for a Festival (newly engraved full score) : Quarter Military Band QMB 43

With Interludes for Trumpets and Trombones. Includes Newly Engraved Full Score.

Three Appalachian Songs : for Concert Band and optional Chorus

The classic early American folk songs Cluck Old Hen, Poor Wayfarin' Stranger and Sourwood Mountain are beautifully set for band and chorus in this appealing concert suite. Arranged with various performance options available, these songs may be performed individually as well as together in a suite format. In addition, these can be performed with band alone, chorus and piano alone, or with combined groups.

Medieval Suite No 2 : Quarter Military Band QMB 428

Homage to Perotin springs from his Viderunt - with its driving rhythmic intesnity, repetition, and pedal points. The opening section features dissonances in alternation with brass fanfare-like passages. A second theme played byunison brass is written in the Aeolian mode. (4:25)

Traffic : Movement 2 from Symphony No. 3

Renowned orchestral and choral composer, Ned Rorem makes his wind band debut with an arrangement of the 2nd movement from his Symphony No. 3, written in 1957-1958. Released in coordination with Rorem's 80th birthday celebration in October 2003, the brisk and sprightly Traffic makes a wonderful finale to any concert!

American Folk Rhapsody No. 2

We are pleased to reintroduce this classic Americana-style work from Clare Grundman, arguably one of educational music's most widely-played arrangers. With exquisite simplicity, this medley is true to Grundman form with carefully crafted American folk songs in a symphonic setting. Includes Billy Boy, Skip to My Lou, and Shenandoah.

Tuba Rhapsody : Quarter Military Band QMB 399

Symphonic band score/parts. Includes solo part for tuba in C (B.C.). Also available for tuba with piano reduction - item 48001040

Three Songs for Christmas : Quarter Military Band QMB 207

Can be performed with Chorus Contents: Angels We Have Heard on High · Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella · What Child is This? (Greensleeves).

Old American Songs Vol. 2

Contents: The Little Horses · Zion's Walls · The Golden Willow Tree · At the River · Ching-a-ring Chaw. Choral arrangements available to be used with this band accompaniment.

English Folk Song Suite

Considered an integral part of the core literature for concert bands, this masterwork by Ralph Vaughan Williams has stood the test of time and continues to receive numerous performances on a yearly basis. This new printingfeatures a newly engraved and carefully edited full score (with F Horns in F, and measure numbers to aid in rehearsals) along with matching parts. A must for all libraries! (Grade 4) (Score Only - 48006174/$13.50)

The Rape Of Lucretia Op.37 : Oper in 2 Akten

With English and German text, this vocal score for Benjamin Britten's The Rape Of Lucretia Op.37 features a piano reduction by Henry Boys and libretto by Robert Duncan.

3 Carols For Christmas : QMB 341

Can be performend alone or with any combination of the publicated versions: SATB (48003540), SAB (48003543), SSA (48003542), SA (48003541) or Orchestra (48008259). Contents: Lullaby (Rocking) · Coventry Carol · The Star.

Serenity

Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo is an emerging star in the realm of choral works, and also with music for Wind Band. Similar to his earlier band works Meridian and The Spheres, Serenity is based on asuccessful choral work. Beautifully arranged by J. Eric Wilson along with the composer, this version for wind band maintains all the wonder and magic of the original work.The opening is ethereal and somber, withsustained chords in Clarinets and bowed Percussion supporting a delicate Oboe solo. The middle section shifts the principal modality from minor to major, and the layering orchestration and rising tessitura creates a tremendousrushof energy that leads to a triumphant climax. The closing section returns to the timbre of the opening, but now painted with hopefulness and healing.

Metamorphosis : (On an original Cakewalk)

A good-natured and supremely catchy original cakewalk tune, in Kallman's hands, surprisingly transforms into minimalistic music propelled by a xylophone ostinato, then back again. A classic old American song-form with a new twist!

Scenes from Billy the Kid

Collage of tunes from the Ballet-Suite of Copland. Included: The Open Prairie · Street in a Frontier Town · Cowboys with Lassos · Mexican Dance and Finale · Gun Battle · Celebration (after Billy's Capture) · Billy's Death · OpenPrairie Again. (9:40)

Quiet Christmas : QMB 248

This arrangement may be played alone or in combination with any of the published arrangements for: SATB (48003378), TTBB (48003379), or Orchestra (48008214). Contents: 1. A Little Child is Born · 2. Lullaby · 3. Our Master Has aGarden.

Old MacDonald's Recorder Book Vol. 1 : The colourful new recorder method for primary schools

From the creator of the award-winning Learn As You Play tutor series, Peter Wastall, is this complete recorder teaching scheme for beginners. This colourful recorder method has been specially designed to help primary school teachers to integrate the teaching of the recorder with basic classroom music skills. Old MacDonald and his farmyard friends introduce the basics of recorder playing through games, activities, songs and pieces. It combines fun with successful teaching methods and has been thoroughly researched to meet the needs of today’s primary school teachers. Easy to use, this method has a clearly structured step-by-step approach ideal for both generalist andspecialist music teachers. Musical material is introduced in clear, progressive steps. The course can be used in the classroom or with extra curricular groups and group playing pieces for groups of all sizes offer plenty of opportunities for performance.

Rumanian Folk Dances

Seven exquisite movements comprise this wonderful edition of Bartók folk-style music for strings. With plenty of solo opportunities and unique textures for strings, this set can be performed in numerous combinations of individual movements. A must for every orchestral library.

Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion : Facsimile Of The Draft Score and Paul Sacher'S Annotated Full Score Copy

Béla Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, composed in summer 1937 on a commission from Paul Sacher and premièred in Basel in January 1938, is incontestably one of the supreme creations of modernmusic. This publication, with introductory essays by Felix Meyer, Robert W. Wason, Lászlo Vikárius, and Wolfgang Rathert, presents two major handwritten sources for this work from the holdings of the PaulSacher Foundation: the draft score, which offers a fascinating glimpse into the sonata's genesis, and a 'whiteprint' of the fair copy, which contains additions from Bartók and differs substantially from thedefinitiveversion at the end of the development section in movement 1. The volume also contains, on an enclosed CD, the radio recording of 1940, with Bartók and his wife Ditta Pásztory on the piano parts, aswell as a new recording of the sonata in its 'original' form, played by the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo with percussionists Matthias Würsch and Christian Dierstein.

Jupiter (from The Planets)

Available now with a full score, this authentic transcription of Holst's classic movement from The Planets is a masterpiece of musical depth and variety, featuring one of the most endearing chorale melodies ever written. (Grade 5)(Full Score - 48006206/$15.00 - Condensed Score - 48006205/$6.50)