A Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth- Century Choral- Orchestral Works, the fifth in the ongoing series of books, addresses works of the Romantic era, from composers such as Beach, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorák, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Scriabin, and Verdi. Jonathan D. Green has amassed a varied collection of significant choral- orchestral works, arranged by composer.Each section begins with a brief biographical sketch, including a selected bibliography, then lists the composer's works. Green presents important details of each work, including the approximate duration, text sources, the voices and instruments required for the performance, editions currently available, and locations of manuscript materials. Green also provides notes and comments on performance... Less

Alfred 06-281205 06-281205 Five Orchestral Pieces and Pelleas und Melisande-Music Book Alfred Music Publishing is the world s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational #44; reference #44; pop #44; and performance materials for teachers #44; students #44; professionals #44; and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument #44; style #44; and difficulty level. . Series: Dover Edition. Category: Full Orchestra (Full Score). Format: Full Score. Instrument: Full Orchestra. Divi

Lynn Kleiner presents her creative ideas and stories for movement and percussion- playing as she delights preschool through primary-age children with orchestral favorites. There are selections for marching, dancing, trotting, skipping, jumping, hiding, sleeping, playing instruments, entering class, and saying goodbye. Lots of fun, this book will allow teachers to capture children's interest in orchestral music for a lifetime. The CD contains 25 tracks including selections from Bizet's Carmen, Saint-Sans' Carnival of the Animals, Dvork's New World Symphony, Haydn's Surprise Symphony, and many more.

Stirring symphony, widely regarded as Saint-Saëns' major orchestral work, is one of the few to incorporate the organ as featured instrument. It bears all the hallmarks of the composer's fluent mastery of orchestral composition. The work is reprinted in this edition from an authoritative full-score edition published by Durand et Schoenewerk, Paris.

Alfred 00-BMR05111 Alfred 00-BMR05111 Bowmar Orchestral Library- Series 1-Music Book Alfred Music Publishing is the world s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational #44; reference #44; pop #44; and performance materials for teachers #44; students #44; professionals #44; and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument #44; style #44; and difficulty level. A boxed set of Series 1 #44; CD format only. The Bowmar Orchestral Library provides an effective music listening progr

Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments contains materials for the development of technique, performance skill, reading ability and musicianship on marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, bells, and chimes. Compiled by experienced teachers and performers Jim Sewrey, Ben Hans and Tom Schneller, this book includes scalular materials, technical studies, selected excerpts from standard orchestral repertoire, etudes by the legendary Morris Goldenberg, melodic studies, and solos appropriate for recitals, juries, and auditions at the high school, college, and professional levels. This book addresses musical literacy, musicianship, performance, and technique as applied to two-mallet and four-mallet playing.

Originally composed as chamber works with piano, these works were later transformed by the composer into orchestral form. Both pieces are staples of the repertoire for their respective instruments, and this edition is the only one available that includes both the chamber and orchestral versions.

For music lovers, this volume surveys the orchestral works of Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), accompanied by two CDs of some of the pieces discussed. These include Symphonies No. 3 and 7. Hurwitz describes in detail the composer's musical language and use of instruments, the symphonies and Violin Concerto, and in briefer discussions, the tone poems, short works and vocal settings with orchestra, and theatrical works and suites. Throughout the book, he provides brief introductions to the work of other Finnish composers, some of which are provided on the second CD for comparison and to demonstrate Sibelius' unique style. There is no index or bibliography. The title on the cover and spine is Sibelius: The Orchestral Works, while that on the title page is Sibelius: The Orchestral Music. Hurwitz is... Less

NOËL is a collection of 16 songs and carols of the Christmas season performed with flute and harp. The warm, fluid sounds of the two instruments provide a peaceful and soothing respite in a season that has become all too hectic. The lovely soprano voice of Karen Almquist can be heard on three of the tracks. Included in this recording is an arrangement of R. Vaughan Williams' 'Fantasia on Greensleeves', a well-known and much-loved orchestral work, that has been arranged for flute and harp by Jennifer Grady and published by ALRY Publications in Charlotte, S.C. The less familiar "Suantrai na Maighdine" is a traditional Celtic lullaby. The air and words of this song were both written by Sean Og O Tuama. The Virgin sings a lullaby to her Child in the manger, and asks why the all-powerful Song... Less

(Techniques and Etudes for Developing the Art of Keyboard Percussion). By Anthony J. Cirone. For Mallet Percussion. Artist/Personalit y; Percussion - Mallet Instrument Collection. The Orchestral Series. Book. 46 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

In Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook, Lucy Manning provides a comprehensive and informative repertoire list for orchestral "pops" concerts. Like David Daniels' Orchestral Music: A Handbook, this volume, for which Daniels bestows a foreword, alleviates the time-consuming work related to programming a successful "pops" concert.Lucy Manning has collected over 2000 entries, representing the work of more than 650 composers. Each entry, presented alphabetically by composer, supplies detailed information about the work, including composer name and birth/death dates; the duration, instrumentation, and vocal needs for the piece; the publisher; and thematic suggestions. Other information, such as which songs are included in a medley and the person to whom a piece is dedicated, are noted when... Less

Dennis Brain is recognized as perhaps the greatest horn player the world has known. He helped rescue the horn from the obscurity in which it had languished for over a century, and revived the public's faith in it as a major solo instrument. Brain restored to the concert platform concertos by Mozart and Haydn, and inspired contemporary composers to write for the horn, most notably the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings by Benjamin Britten, composed during World War II, a piece which is now central to the repertoire of tenors and horn players. Brain died at the tragically young age of thirty-six in a car crash. The beauty of his playing and his untimely death captured the public imagination like no horn player before or since. This biography was reissued thirty years after his death,... Less

It s fitting that we present a CD of American works for oboe and English horn in various chamber combinations. The song-like quality of these two instruments has made them ideal for expressing long, melancholy musical lines as well as more agitated, pithy statements. Remember how it was virtually mandatory for the slow movement of a mid-20th century American symphony to begin with a deeply introspective melody on the oboe or English horn? These chamber works express a great variety of moods and sounds and diverse, individual styles, all distinctly American. Mark Hill s versatile career has included a broad range of orchestral, chamber and solo performing along with a consistent commitment to teaching. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony, the Baltimore... Less

Since the 1970s, The Real Book has been the most popular book for gigging jazz musicians. Hal Leonard is proud to publish completely legal and legitimate editions of the original volumes as well as exciting new volumes to carry on the tradition to new generations of players in all styles of music! All the Real Books feature hundreds of time-tested songs in accurate arrangements in the famous easy-to-read, hand-written notation with comb-binding. 300 blues essentials are included in this collection: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) * Baby Please Don't Go * Big Boss Man * Blues Before Sunrise * The Blues Is Alright * Boom Boom * Born Under a Bad Sign * Cheaper to Keep Her * Come on in My Kitchen * Crosscut Saw * Damn Right, I've Got the Blues * Dust My Broom * Every Day I Have the Blues * Evil... Less

The young Richard Strauss was almost exclusively an orchestral composer. Yet, the year 1903 brought a significant break from orchestral writing, and Strauss then shifted his focus to opera for the next four decades. In the aftermath of the Second World War he returned to orchestral music, having first served and then been summarily dismissed by the Third Reich. Despite its enduring appeal among concert audiences, and the intriguing pattern of his compositional career, Richard Strauss's orchestral music has yet to receive the scholarly consideration it deserves. Richard Strauss's Orchestral Music and the German Intellectual Tradition breaks new ground in Straussian studies. Youmans provides a provocative investigation of Strauss's private intellectual life and its impact on the brilliant... Less

Now in paperback. This innovative survey of large choral- orchestral works written between 1900 and 1972 and containing some English text examines eighty-nine works, from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius to Bernstein's Mass. For each work, the author provides a biography of the composer, complete instrumentation, text sources, editions, availability of performing materials, performance issues, discography, and bibliographies of the composer and the work. Based upon direct score study, each work has been evaluated in terms of potential performance problems, rehearsal issues, and level of difficulty for both choir and orchestra. When present, solo roles are described. The forty-nine composers represented include Samuel Barber, Arthur Bliss, Benjamin Britten, Henry Cowell, Frederick Delius, R... Less

Stirring symphony, widely regarded as Saint-Saëns' major orchestral work, is one of the few to incorporate the organ as featured instrument. It bears all the hallmarks of the composer's fluent mastery of orchestral composition. The work is reprinted in this edition from an authoritative full-score edition published by Durand et Schoenewerk, Paris.

Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments contains materials for the development of technique, performance skill, reading ability and musicianship on marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, bells, and chimes. Compiled by experienced teachers and performers Jim Sewrey, Ben Hans and Tom Schneller, this book includes scalular materials, technical studies, selected excerpts from standard orchestral repertoire, etudes by the legendary Morris Goldenberg, melodic studies, and solos appropriate for recital

This fifth edition includes even more of your favorite country hits ¯ over 700 songs by country superstars of yesterday and today: Achy Break Heart · Ain't Going Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up) · Always on My Mind · Amazed · American Soldier · Are You Lonesome Tonight? · Bless the Broken Road · Blue Clear Sky · Boot Scootin' Boogie · A Boy Named Sue · Breathe · Butterfly Kisses · Crazy · Daddy Sang Bass · Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind · Down at the Twist and Shout · Elvira · Family Tradition · Forever and Ever, Amen · Friends in Low Places · The Gambler · Georgia on My Mind · The Greatest Man I Never Knew · Harper Valley P.T.A. · I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow · I Hope You Dance · Jambalaya · King of the Road · Long Black Train ·... Less