Archangels

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Soprano Saxophone 1 in Bb, Soprano Saxophone 2 in Bb, Soprano Saxophone 3 in Bb

114-41996 - Score and Parts - $28.99

In this textural tour de force, a trio of soprano saxophones creates unique sound colors and gestures to dramatically depict the archangels Michael (Warrior), Raphael (Healer), and Gabriel (Heralder). Advanced saxophonists will revel in this remarkable work, an intense and satisfying piece to perform as well as to hear. Be sure to check out the sizzling YouTube performance by the commissioning ensemble from Arizona State University! https://youtu.be/padFgLxCx3w

Duo Etudes

For Those Pesky Little Problems

Anna Meyer

Theodore Presser Company

Flute 1, Flute 2

114-42267 - $16.99

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Created by a flute teacher to facilitate recurring topics in her own studio, DUO ETUDES is a fun approach to overcoming 12 familiar problems with rhythms, articulations, and a whole lot more!

DUO ETUDES addresses these common music-learning challenges by creating specially composed pieces to build correct, new habits in exciting ways without those uninspiring, routine drill exercises. Anna Meyer’s collection of lesson-based duets facilitates teacher/student playing so teachers can demonstrate and students imitate. Both parts of each duo etude are written at student level, allowing for the parts to be swapped back and forth at lessons, and played together among friends.

Inspiring Flute Solos

Karen North

Allegro Music

Flute

494-03200 - $22.00

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This captivating collection of 30 works for unaccompanied flute, offers refreshing and exhilarating repertoire for intermediate level flute players.

Be inspired as you discover scenes of natural beauty – starry skies, a dragonfly, bird songs; enjoy lively dances with elves and ghosts; and immerse yourself in music of tender reflection.

The collection features contemporary composers from around the world, with exclusively commissioned works, together with inspiring new arrangements of music by 19th and 20th century masters.

Inspiring music for flute players, and suitable for concert, exam, or festival performances.

Composers: Wendy Beardall-Norton, Johannes Brahms, Cécile Chaminade, Ansje De Groef, Ignacy Dobrzyński, Hans Engelmann, Emma Greenhill, Greg Harradine, Jolin Jiang, Elena Kats-Chernin, Fanny Mendelssohn, Merryl Neille, Suzanne Palmer-Holton, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jon Raybould, Gary Schocker, Ángel Villoldo.

Specifications:

• Contents: 30 pieces
• Standard: Intermediate level (some Advanced)
• Key signatures: up to two sharps and three flats
• Time signatures: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 12/8, 6/8, 5/8, 3/8 and mixed metre
• Pitch range: Middle C to Bb6 (top Bb)
• Techniques: Flutter tonguing, stamping, clapping (3 works)

Free flute recordings for every piece can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC14kQiYx9ksLFQplZRzN3hA

For preview pages, please visit https://www.theyoungfluteplayer.com/flutemusic

Rialto Ripples

George Gershwin (arr. Melanie Thorne)

Sempre Music

Clarinet 1 in Bb, Clarinet 2 in Bb, Clarinet 3 in Bb, Clarinet 4 in Bb

SM-C147E - $29.30

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Rialto Ripples’ was composed in 1917 and is George Gershwin’s first published instrumental piece – it is also his only piano rag. This arrangement of this fun piece clearly demonstrates Gershwin’s emerging style, and particularly suits this small ensemble with interest in all four parts.

Nuts! It's a Cracker

Themes from The Nutracker

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Melanie Thorne)

Sempre Music

Soprano Saxophone in Bb, Alto Saxophone in Eb, Tenor Saxophone in Bb, Bass Saxophone in Bb

SM-S172E - Score and Parts - $29.30

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An arrangement of five movements of the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky. There are several different styles included with a jazz swing style for the opening and a twist from the original for some of the other movements. There is melodic interest in all four parts and this arrangement can be played as a medley or individual movements.

The American

Antonín Dvořák (arr. Melanie Thorne)

Sempre Music

Soprano Saxophone in Bb, Alto Saxophone in Eb, Tenor Saxophone in Bb, Bass Saxophone in Bb

SM-S174F - Score and Parts - $45.00

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Dvořák composed this string quartet in 1893 while in the USA. It is perhaps his most popular string quartet, and is heavily influenced by the traditional music of North America. The string parts have been edited to suit the capabilities of the saxophone quartet and both breathing and melodic interest have been accommodated.

The Young Clarinet Player Book

Intermediate Duets & Trios

Karen North

Allegro Music

Clarinet in Bb

494-03194 - $15.00

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This book of Duets and Trios makes it easy for clarinet students to follow their ensemble part by using color coded clefs/key signatures.

The music covers a wide range of composers, as well as traditional tunes from around the world. There is a selection of festive music, a section of rounds, plus there are warm up exercises, each focusing on one aspect of ensemble technique. The arrangements by Karen North have been prepared in consultation with clarinet specialist Elizabeth Lim.

The arrangements work well for two players up to a large clarinet ensemble. Many pieces offer maximum flexibility as they can be played as a Duet (use the two upper parts) or as a Trio.

Free recordings of all the duets & trios: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0MBwKcJUR75_3wXRyYj5Q

Preview pages: https://www.theyoungfluteplayer.com/clarinet-music

Specifications:

• Grade 1 to Grade 3 level
• 36 pages
• 26 duets and trios
• 8 warm-up exercises
• 7 rounds
• Keys up to two sharps or flats
• Time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, C, 2/2

The Young Clarinet Player

Beginner Duets & Trios

Karen North

Allegro Music

Clarinet in Bb

494-03198 - Methods - $15.00

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Young players who are just starting to read music can find it difficult to follow a duet or trio. This book solves the problem with color coded music, making it easy for clarinet beginners to follow their ensemble part.

Students only need to know 4 or 5 notes to play the first duets in this book, which covers Beginner and Preliminary levels.

The music spans a wide range of composers, as well as traditional tunes from around the world. There is a selection of festive music, a section of rounds, plus there are warm up exercises, each focusing on one aspect of ensemble technique. The arrangements by Karen North have been prepared in consultation with clarinet specialist Sally Lucas.

The arrangements work well for two players up to a large clarinet ensemble. Many pieces offer maximum flexibility as they can be played as a Duet (use the two upper parts) or as a Trio.

Free recordings of all the duets & trios: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0MBwKcJUR75_3wXRyYj5Q

Preview pages: https://www.theyoungfluteplayer.com/clarinet-music

Specifications:

• Beginner-Preliminary level
• 32 pages
• 29 duets and trios
• 8 warm-up exercises
• 9 rounds
• Keys up to one sharp or flat
• Time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, C, 6/8, 2/2

Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra

Amanda Harberg

Theodore Presser Company

Piccolo, Piano

114-42298 - Score and Parts - $31.99

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Cast in three dramatically contrasting and colorful movements—an elegant opening reminiscent of a Classical Sonata-allegro, a tender lullaby, and a closing, raucous scherzo—Amanda Harberg's Concerto For Piccolo and Orchestra evolved from her piccolo sonata, following a commission from Philadelphia Orchestra piccoloist Erica Peel.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who led the premiere, praised the concerto as "an extraordinary addition” to the piccolo’s limited repertoire. He notes that "Amanda’s creativity and unique voice are on full display in this work. Simply in choosing to explore the piccolo’s middle and lower voices, she quietly shrugs off the mundane and explores the unexpected. This isn’t performative, or different for the sake of being different: Amanda simply sought to highlight a particular aspect of the piccolo’s beauty which is often overlooked. This spirit—of curiosity for curiosity’s sake, of seeking out hidden loveliness as opposed to what is immediately apparent—pervades Amanda’s work."

Harberg's piccolo concerto will undoubtedly remain an important and beloved fixture of the instrument's repertoire for years to come, rewarding listeners with its individual blend of new and old.

Opposites

Two Contrasting Movements for Seven Flutes

Samuel Adler

Theodore Presser Company

Flute, Flute, Flute, Flute, Flute, Flute, Alto Flute

114-42305 - Score and Parts - $33.99

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In Opposites, Samuel Adler showcases the distinct sound world possibilities inherent in a flute septet by pairing two starkly contrasting movements. The opening slow movement is summarized by its searching quality, at times haunting, at others tenderly expressive. The second is a spirited tour de force, toccata-like in character, requiring rhythmic precision and coordination by all players. For collegiate or professional ensembles.

The Guitar Grimoire: Scales and Modes

Carl Fischer Music

Guitar

GT1SB - Methods - $38.99

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The Guitar Grimoire Harmony and Theory is as easy as 1, 2, 3. Best of all, scales are graphed out for you in all twelve keys so you can start using them immediately while you learn. Complete explanation of all five-, six-, seven- and eight-tone scales and modes. This is the only book you'll ever need on scales and modes! It’s an encyclopedia with over 6,000 diagrams, charts and graphs. The essential volume for every guitarist' library.

Practical Preludes for Classical Guitar

Paul Lansky

Carl Fischer Music

Guitar

GT226 - $19.99

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Paul Lansky wrote his six Practical Preludes for classical guitar as a composer’s study of the instrument before beginning work on his guitar concerto, With the Grain. Each prelude explores particular techniques, textures, and expressive qualities of the instrument, all with Lanksy’s distinctive tonal palette and free-flowing rhythmic invention. Playable as individual pieces or as a set, these Practical Preludes are an accessible but substantive addition to the literature for any college or professional guitarist looking to expand their 21st-century repertoire.

Six Lieder of Clara Schumann

Clara Schumann (arr. Lauren Taylor)

Carl Fischer Music

Violin, Piano

BF149 - Score and Parts - $16.99

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Clara Schumann was already established as a successful concert pianist and composer in 1843 when she published her second book of songs set to poetry, Sechs Lieder, Op. 13. By this time, at the young age of 24, she had been married for three years with two children and proven adept at managing her family and her musical career simultaneously. Her virtuosity as a pianist was evident in the demanding accompaniments to these lyrical vocal melodies that expressed contrasting themes of love and longing; intimacy and loss; lightness and darkness. The singing style of the flowing musical phrases translate beautifully to the violin, allowing instrumentalists to explore the brilliant vocal compositions of a significant historical composer.

Chinese Folk Dance Suite

Chen Yi (arr. Wong Tak Chiu)

Theodore Presser Company

Violin, Piano

114-41928 - $26.99

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Inspired by Chinese tradition, this concerto-like dance suite includes: 1. Lion Dance, 2. YangKo, and 3. Muqam. Each movement draws from melodies and rhythms characteristic of various regions of China many centuries ago. CHINESE FOLK DANCE SUITE is available for violin with full orchestra, or as a recital work with piano.

Renewal

Frederic Hand

Handwerks Music

494-03202 - Full Score - $9.95

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Renewal was written for the wonderful Brazilian guitarist and my good friend, Joao Luiz. It traverses a gamut of emotions experienced during the initial year of the pandemic. The opening use of harmonics and the initial thematic material is contemplative. An energetic and edgy Samba follows, morphing into a terse and anxious section. A more hopeful recapitulation ensues featuring a joyful jazz waltz. More harmonics sprinkled with unresolved harmonies draws Renewal to its questioning conclusion.

Lyrical Violin Legends

Karen North

Allegro Music

Violin

494-03199 - Full Score - $25.00

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Lyrical Violin Legends is an exciting collection of 20 works for violin and piano, featuring exclusively commissioned works by contemporary composers and inspiring new arrangements of 19th and 20th century compositions. Listen to the legends, discover beautiful scenes and enjoy lively dances through the alluring lyricism of this music.

These exclusive commissioned works and new arrangements are suitable for intermediate level players. The violin part includes biographies of all composers and notes/ performance suggestions for each work.

All pieces in Lyrical Violin Legends have free violin & piano recordings to listen to, as well as free piano backing tracks to play along with.

Preview pages: https://www.theyoungfluteplayer.com/violin-music

Free recordings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0MBwKcJUR75_3wXRyYj5Q

Composers: Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Hans Engelmann, Sally Greenaway, Greg Harradine, Jolin Jiang, Scott Joplin, Elena Kats-Chernin, Toivo Kuula, Rachel Laurin, Edward MacDowell, Felix Mendelssohn, Merryl Neille, Heather Percy, Gary Schocker.

Specifications:

• Contents: 20 pieces
• Standard: Intermediate level
• Key signatures: up to three sharps and three flats
• Time signatures: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, ₵, 6/8 (including mixed metre)

Threesome Ventures

Samuel Adler

Theodore Presser Company

Violin, Viola, Cello

114-42331 - Score and Parts - $31.99

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Balancing caprice with studied craft, Samuel Adler’s THREESOME VENTURES is a compact but substantive four-movement work for string trio. Rich in both thoughtful, playful dialogue and virtuosic drive, the music accommodates many motivic and textural ideas without ever becoming crowded. An idea, once introduced, might seem to disappear, only to burst forth later on in a surprising and deeply satisfying way. For advanced players.

Charlier Etudes No. 1-36

Jean-Marie Cottet

Balquhidder Music

Trumpet in Bb

BQ140A - Methods - $32.99

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In 1925, Theo Charlier published his 36 Études Transcendentes with Buffon-Crampon Publishers in Liège, Belgium. Based on his orchestral and teaching experiences, he felt the need to provide himself and his students with pedagogical materials to propel them to higher levels of technical and musical proficiency. That he succeeded in his aims is beyond doubt. This collection of etudes has been studied by trumpet players for nearly 100 years and they are as relevant now as when they first appeared.

Beyond Lip Service: A Framework for Brass Fundamentals

Marissa Benedict

Balquhidder Music

BQ207 - Methods - $29.99

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Assistant Professor of Trumpet at the University of Minnesota and Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician Marissa Benedict brings 40 years of expertise to this indispensable warm-up book for the trumpet student. With a focus on fundamentals such as long tones, breath control, lip slurs, articulations, and scales, Benedict leads the developing player through the important basic skills and daily routines required to attain a high level of performance ability. This book includes practice guidance and excerpts of exercises and studies from renowned brass pedagogues. A vital compilation that will assist trumpet students in creating an efficient and effective practice regimen.

Heralds

Ulysses Kay

Pembroke Music Co.

Trumpet 1 in Bb, Trumpet 2 in Bb, Trumpet 3 in Bb, Trumpet 4 in Bb, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Trombone 3, Trombone 4

WE39 - Score and Parts - $34.99

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Prolific composer Ulysses Kay composed Heralds for eight brass instruments in 1968 during his tenure at Lehman College in New York City. This work introduced new tendencies that would become prominent in that era of composition. The piece was rewritten in 1974 as Heralds II for three trumpets, after which the version for brass octet was renamed Heralds I. Kay’s delight in and keen ear for writing for brass instruments are also evident in his Brass Quartet, Three Fanfares for Four Trumpets, Tromba for trumpet and piano, and the Sonata for Trombone and Piano, as well as such orchestral works as the Concerto for Orchestra and his Symphony No. 1.

L'Blatinx

Adolphus Hailstork

Theodore Presser Company

Trumpet 1 in C, Trumpet 2 in C, Trumpet 3 in C

114-42244 - Score and Parts - $19.99

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Adolphus Hailstork makes use of the term BLatinx—a combination of Black and Latinx—in his new work L’Blatinx. This dissonant, blues-filled work is scored for a trio of C Trumpets, utilizes footstomping inspired by Black traditions from New Orleans, has a Mariachi feel, and uses Latin rhythms throughout. L'Blatinx is a 4-minute thriller equally appropriate for formal concerts and special occasions.

The Battle of Trenton

James Hewitt (arr. Paul Somers)

Maurice River Press

Flute, Clarinet in A, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Piano

494-03124 - Score and Parts - $90.00

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James Hewitt (1770-1827) wrote the original piano sonata that this arrangement comes from. Hewitt, a great admirer of George Washington, wrote this piece to tell the story of the pivotal Battle of Trenton, adding it to the then-common genre known as Battaglia music. The piece begins with the crossing of the Delaware River, to the battle and lament for the dead, to the final dance-like celebration of the victory. Somers' arrangement features an instrumentation that is of the period in which the original was written while simultaneously incorporating Somers' great storytelling ability through music.

Night Thoughts

Chen Yi

Theodore Presser Company

Flute, Baritone Saxophone in Eb, Piano

114-41772 - Score and Parts - $27.99

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With endlessly imaginative timbral and textural invention, Chen Yi weaves an ethereal and alluring nocturnal tapestry of sounds in Night Thoughts. The melodic construction is often gestural and freely chromatic, yet at other times openly melodic, with a sense of folk-like spontaneity. Special techniques like key slaps, exaggerated vibrato, trilled glissandi, and struck piano strings add interest as various combinations of instruments and registers are explored, until the music drifts finally and hauntingly into the night.

Trio

Lora Al-Ahmad

Theodore Presser Company

Clarinet in Bb, Violin, Piano

114-41982 - Score and Parts - $37.99

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Fresh, eclectic, and athletic, Lora Al-Ahmad’s Trio for clarinet, violin, and piano eludes summary. A virtuoso pianist, Al-Ahmad’s music flows effortlessly from the musical rhetoric of the great chamber works of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, while also featuring additive rhythms, novel textures, and a remarkably diverse (yet accessible) harmonic palette. Listeners may sense an affinity in sound with the music of Lowell Liebermann, Al-Ahmad’s teacher, even as the composer’s original personality emerges from the conversation between her many stylistic interests in this stunning and artistically demanding work.

Three Songs on Poems of Carl Sandburg

Ruth Crawford

Merion Music, Inc.

Solo Contralto, Solo Oboe, Solo Percussion, Solo Piano, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in Bb, Trombone, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass

116-41600S - Study Score - $65.00

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Among the most intriguing of this pioneering American composer’s works, Three Songs on Poems of Carl Sandburg is scored for Contralto with Oboe, Percussion, and Piano, plus an optional orchestra. The study score includes an essay introducing Crawford’s unique work in historical contexts as she sought a new musical language accessible to the many, while remaining uncompromisingly avant-garde. A commercial recording is available at https://youtu.be/0RYUukGESkU

Marimba Steps

Jonathan Leshnoff

Leshnoff Publishing

Marimba

494-03181 - $12.99

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A catchy, fun, new solo marimba piece available in 4.3-octave and 5-octave marimba versions (both versions included). Vetted by several marimba pedagogues and professors, this is ideal repertoire for for high school and college juries, recitals and encores. Five minutes in length, it opens with a grooving melody line, a lush, slow second movement in rolls and a Finale with a homage to J.S. Bach.

Doubleplay

A Concert Etude for 2 Marimba players on one instrument

Samuel Adler

Theodore Presser Company

1 Marimba (2 Players)

114-42324 - Performance Scores - $24.99

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To his popular Dialogues for Euphonium and Marimba, and Divertissement for Violin or Viola and Marimba, Samuel Adler adds Doubleplay, a concert etude for two marimba players on one instrument. Thrilling and winsome, much of the interest of this challenging work derives from its perpetually shifting textures. Often, the sinewy melodic line passes seamlessly from one player’s hands to the other’s. At other times, one player accompanies the other, or they briefly join in a shared gesture before scampering off again. Through all of these changes, the rhythmic flow of the music remains remarkably uninhibited. A welcome addition to the small repertoire for two marimba players on one instrument, Doubleplay is a wonderful new work for recitalists, and for teachers in search of a challenging duet to learn with a student.

Reflections

Scott Joplin Reconsidered

Scott Joplin (ed. Lara Downes)

Theodore Presser Company

Piano

440-40028 - $21.99

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Lara Downes’ album Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered took the world by storm when it was released in 2022, climbing instantly to the top of the classical and crossover charts and garnering feature stories in The New York Times and on National Public Radio. Now, you can play what she played! With a touching and insightful preface about the ways in which Joplin’s music has galvanized and inspired Downes since her childhood, this unique new publication contains 15 Joplin gems ranging from the best-known to the unfamiliar, with editing that reflects Ms. Downes’ sensitive and open-hearted interpretations.

Art Songs

Paul Somers

Maurice River Press

Voice, Piano

491-00680 - $22.50

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Only rarely have I been moved to, or been asked to compose vocal solos. Choral music for concert or church use I have composed. But only rarely have I read poems which I felt would be enhanced by music.

One such was an excerpt from the Invocation which begins Stephen Vincent Benét's "John Brown's Body". Even when I first read it as a 17-year-old I knew there was music for it. I kept it it my mind for a quarter of a century until I finally had the musical language I needed for the exquisite picture.

The songs with texts by Penny Harter were written by her for the purpose of being set to music by me. "The People Who Walked in Darkness" having been so famously set by Handel, I took as a challenge.

The final two poems are by me. Each paints a picture which did included the use of music. Postcard is inspired by Verdi's use of Spanish gestures in Don Carlos.

- Paul Mack Somers

Hymn to the Sun

Lili Boulanger

Hildegard Publishing Company

Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Piano (3 hand)

392-03112 - Full Score - $2.95

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Hymne au Soleil (“Hymn to the Sun”) is suffused with impressionism’s parallel chords, and it musically mirrors the various words of its text, an excerpt from an exotic play by Casimir Delavigne (1793–1843). This new edition gives English text as a “prosodic” translation of the original French. This permits performance of the work in English with proper phrasing of both the music and the text.

Three Songs on Poems of Carl Sandburg

Ruth Crawford

Merion Music, Inc.

Solo Contralto, Solo Oboe, Solo Percussion, Solo Piano, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Horn in F, Trumpet in Bb, Trombone, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass

116-41600L - Large Score - $85.00

Among the most intriguing of this pioneering American composer’s works, Three Songs on Poems of Carl Sandburg is scored for Contralto with Oboe, Percussion, and Piano, plus an optional orchestra. The study score includes an essay introducing Crawford’s unique work in historical contexts as she sought a new musical language accessible to the many, while remaining uncompromisingly avant-garde. A commercial recording is available at https://youtu.be/0RYUukGESkU

The Star-Spangled Banner

arr. Sean O'Loughlin

Carl Fischer Music

C1232 - Score and Parts - $75.00

C1232F - Full Score - $15.00

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The celebratory and dramatic rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner by Sean O'Loughlin, first arranged for brass and percussion, is now beautifully scored for full orchestra. O'Loughlin's popular arrangement has become a favorite of both the Oregon Symphony and Baltimore Symphony brass players, and has been performed at numerous sporting events, including NBA, MLB, and NFL games. With fanfare flourishes and colorful touches, this grand arrangement gives each section an opportunity to play the melody, making for a truly dynamic experience.