Hall of Ghosts

Amanda Harberg

Theodore Presser Company

Piccolo

114-42223 - $9.99

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HALL OF GHOSTS was composed in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown period; it was inspired by piccoloist Gudrun Hinze’s video for Harberg’s Prayer Project filmed in the hauntingly empty Gewandhaus Chamber Music Hall. Evocative of imagined spirits in the empty hall, the music pits dramatic silences, amid searching and plaintive phrases of the piccolo, against a lively middle section – a dialogue between the ticking of time and an instrument striving to make itself heard.

Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Theodore Presser Company

Bassoon, Piano, Percussion, Violin 1, Violin 2, Cello, Viola, String Bass

144-40742 - Score and Parts - $46.99

144-40742S - Full Score - $30.99

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Ellen Zwilich has enjoyed a lifelong love of chamber music for mid-size ensembles and atypical scorings. Her fascination for Schubert's "Trout" Quintet has inspired several works that include contrabass along with other strings and piano. In 2020, inspired by this textural leaning, as well as by the consequences of a lengthy quarantine period, Zwilich created chamber ensemble scorings of some of her concerti for orchestra - each with its own unique chamber ensemble most suited for the work and soloist in question. For her Concerto for Bassoon, a "Trout-like" ensemble provides the nucleus of this new chamber version for for Solo Bassoon, Percussion (1 player), Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, and Contrabass.

I Will Not Be Sad In This World

Eve Beglarian

Theodore Presser Company

Alto Flute (or Bass Flute), Electronics

114-42236 - $11.99

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Based on an Armenian troubadour song, I WILL NOT BE SAD IN THIS WORLD is a uniquely beautiful work for alto flute (or bass flute) accompanied by a pre-recorded audio track made purely from the composer’s own singing. The result is a fluid interplay between the live flute and the composer’s multi-tracked and processed vocal sonorities. The work was created for Marya Martin’s “Eight Visions” collection (published by Presser), and is now available as a single publication.

Regrets and Resolutions

Gary Schocker

Theodore Presser Company

Clarinet in Bb, Piano

114-41994 - Score and Parts - $19.99

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Responding to demand from clarinetists, Schocker created this adaptation of his best-loved work, customizing it for the clarinet’s richness of contrasting registers. Composed as a recital piece for his own performances as a flutist, Gary Schocker’s Regrets and Resolutions has been a standard in that instrument’s repertoire for over 30 years. Inspired by an 80-year-old friend’s birthday, the composer has written: “I wrote the Regrets imagining what it might be like to look back over 80 years. ‘What if I’d made different choices?’ ‘What if ...?’ The Resolutions is a forward-thinking movement, very energetic and positive, except for a brief looking-back, questioning (the 1st movement is recapped and grows), after which the music plunges back into the rhythmic finale.”

Regrets and Resolutions

Gary Schocker

Theodore Presser Company

Soprano Saxophone in Bb, Piano

114-41995 - Score and Parts - $19.99

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Responding to demand from saxophonists, Schocker created this adaptation of his best-loved work, customizing it for the instrument’s colors and registers. Composed as a recital work for his own performances as a flutist, Gary Schocker’s Regrets and Resolutions has been a standard in that instrument’s repertoire for over 30 years. Inspired by an 80-year-old friend’s birthday, the composer has written: “I wrote the Regrets imagining what it might be like to look back over 80 years. ‘What if I’d made different choices?’ ‘What if ...?’ The Resolutions is a forward-thinking movement, very energetic and positive, except for a brief looking-back, questioning (the 1st movement is recapped and grows), after which the music plunges back into the rhythmic finale.”

Just for Two

A Duet for Oboe and Bassoon

Samuel Adler

Theodore Presser Company

Oboe, Bassoon

114-42215 - Score and Parts - $24.99

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JUST FOR TWO is among several chamber works composed by Samuel Adler during the early months of quarantine in 2020. The 3½-minute duo was written for and premiered by principal players in the Berlin Philharmonic.

Lo Yisa Goy

for SSAATTBB Saxophone Quartet

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Soprano Saxophone 1 in Bb, Soprano Saxophone 2 in Bb, Alto Saxophone 1 in Eb, Alto Saxophone 2 in Eb, Tenor Saxophone 1 in Bb, Tenor Saxophone 2 in Bb, Baritone Saxophone 1 in Eb, Baritone Saxophone 2 in Eb

114-42217 - Score and Parts - $30.99

114-42217S - Full Score - $15.99

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The 2020 quarantine brought about a strong trend of chamber music recorded as individual parts, then engineered into ensemble videos for webstream performances. During this time, saxophonist Paul Nolen asked Garrop if she might have a choral work to transcribe for saxophone choir, for Nolen's Illinois State University students to learn and record individually from home, to produce an ensemble video. Garrop immediately thought of her setting of the Hebrew song LO YISA GOY, on the text known in English as "And they shall beat their swords into plowshares." The text is always timely, asking that nations learn once again to listen to each other, so we may find global peace to preserve both mankind and our planet.

The Solitude of Stars

for Soprano Saxophone and Piano

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Soprano Saxophone in Bb, Piano

114-42242 - Score and Parts - $19.99

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THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for soprano saxophone and piano. It depicts the composer’s awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of the Wyoming prairie. The slow passage of time is evoked by slowly rocking eighth-notes, creating a gentle texture. THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a powerful depiction of celestial beauty, technically within the reach of intermediate-level performers.

It's Performance Day!

Success in the Spotlight

Theodore Presser Company

Flute

414-41221 - Text - $19.99

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It’s Performance Day! is a comprehensive look at the many strategies to manage peace of mind, nutrition, daily habits, performance day routines, energy maintenance, and spiritual focus, to be at your best for the big day, available in both print and digital formats. Organize your thoughts, and harness your energies to your advantage, with specific sections to explore everyday routines used by the experts for exercise, nutrition, and wellness, as well as plans for performance day readiness.

Pietá

Ulysses Kay

Pembroke Music Co.

Solo English Horn, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass

MXE271 - Full Score - $20.00

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Mentored by such greats as William Grant Still, Paul Hindemith, and Howard Hanson, Ulysses Kay was a prolific and respected African American composer who won many accolades during his lifetime, including a Guggenheim, a Fulbright, and several honorary doctorates. All the hallmarks of Kay's characteristic neoclassical style, featuring lyricism, contrapuntal textures, clear formal designs and a tonal, yet chromatic harmonic vocabulary, are evident in his Pietà from 1950. The work’s title, meaning mercy or compassion, was perhaps inspired by Michelangelo’s famous sculpture of the Virgin Mary cradling the crucified Christ, which the composer surely would have seen during his stay in Rome upon winning the prestigious American Prix de Rome.

Prelude

Ulysses Kay

Carl Fischer Music

Flute

PM103 - Score - $4.50

A brief, ultradynamic solo for the flute, beginning slowly, reflectively, then scaling the heights. An excellent substitute for the standard Debussy Syrinx or Hoover Kokopelli. For advanced flutists. Listen to a performance by Laurel Zucker on YouTube.

Clarinet Album

arr. for Bb Clarinet and piano

Erik Satie (arr. James Rae)

Universal Edition

Clarinet in Bb, Piano

UE021775 - Score and Parts - $24.95

James Rae follows the success of his best-selling "Debussy Clarinet Album" (UE021264) with this selection of arrangements of piano music by Erik Satie. It draws from the well-known "Gymnopédies" and "Gnossiennes" as well as other hits such as “Jack in the Box” and "Sonatina Bureaucratique". The clarinet part is of moderate difficulty and the frequent sparseness of Satie’s writing lends itself, for the most part, to an undemanding piano accompaniment. The end result is a book of ideal concert material for two students to tackle together.

My Song Diary for Clarinet

Klaus Dickbauer, Martin Gasselsberger

Universal Edition

Clarinet in Bb

UE038051 - Performance Score - $21.50

Twelve easy to intermediate songs without words for clarinet • Characterful compositions spanning jazz, world, cinema and pop • Professionally recorded CD featuring a variety of instruments with full demonstration performances and play-along tracks • The piano accompaniment is available as either a free printout or as a printed edition (UE038046)

Flute Concerto

piano reduction

Peter Senchuk

Forest Glade Music

Flute, Piano

494-03148 - Piano-reduction Score - $24.99

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Senchuk's Flute Concerto was commissioned by Texas Woman’s University in 2018 as a tribute to a flute pedagogue and professional, Dr. Pamela Youngblood. The concerto is in a standard three-movement form, with the first and third movements acting as fast, virtuosity bookends to the much more gentle and lyrical second movement. The first movement opens with an extended cadenza for the flute before transitioning to an energetic up-tempo dance, featuring long melodic lines for the soloist. Jazz and modal inspired harmonies, rhythmic syncopation and playful elements are used throughout the piece.

Jazz Concertino

for flute and piano

Peter Senchuk

Forest Glade Music

Flute, Piano

494-03176 - $18.99

Senchuk had long held a desire to venture into the jazz realm in composing, and his new Concertino was the perfect excuse. Though he avoids any use of improvisation, he says he “relied heavily on jazz melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic structures.” The Concertino opens with a long, free solo, encouraging the artist's individuality, with the ensemble slowly gaining ground as the work progresses.

Ballad for Three Jazz Cats

Randy Navarre

Northeastern Music Publications Inc.

Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon

N1197 - Score and Parts - $16.00

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This ballad, written for three woodwinds, is a slow song written in jazz ballad style with jazz and contemporary harmonies. It’s a nice addition to a concert with a little different and very interesting twist.

Three Cats Swinging in the City

Randy Navarre

Northeastern Music Publications Inc.

Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon

N1198 - Score and Parts - $20.00

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Now here’s a composition to add a little spice to your concert. Written in the style of big band jazz, this is a swinging piece and something that your audience will enjoy. Audience and performers love this work.

Particle Accelerator

Woodwind Trio

Stephen Lias

Alias Press

494-03172 - Score and Parts - $32.99

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Loosely based on three of the major experiments at CERN, this challenging twelve-minute piece for flute, oboe, and clarinet was commissioned by the Vuorovesi Trio and written at the Visby International Centre for Composers in Sweden.

34 Pièces pour Flûte Seule

Flute Solos from the 18th century

Various

Universal Edition

Flute

UE038064 - Full Score - $22.50

In his latest edition, Dutch flutist Rien de Reede undertakes time travel into the 18th century. The album contains 34 works for flute solo, which he has selected with great care and edited according to music historical aspects. Not all works can be attributed to a composer, often one can only speculate. Of course the names of great artists of this epoch such as Quantz, Blavet, Taillart, Mahaut and others which had a decisive influence on the flute, are not missing.

Lieblings duette

Various (ed. Irmhild Beutler, Sylvia Rosin)

Universal Edition

Recorder 1, Recorder 2

UE038077 - Full Score - $18.50

Easy, favourite duets from four centuries for two recorders • 36 easy arrangements of favourite compositions from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods • Available in two volumes for flexible instrumentation: SA or ST, and SB or TB • Ideal performance material to be enjoyed by the player and audience alike

Sanskara

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Horn in F

114-42230 - $9.99

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SANSKARA is a free-flowing, lyrical solo work for horn, inspired by the Sufi religion practiced by Garrop’s first composition teacher. The composer has written: “While he and I never talked about his beliefs, I was intrigued to research Sufism while studying with him. While researching, I came across the word sanskara. The word means impressions imprinted onto a person’s soul as memories from their past lives; these impressions shape the person’s desires and actions in their current life. The ideas of reincarnation, and previous actions coming to bear on someone’s next life, were fascinating to my young mind, and I crafted SANSKARA into a series of melodic waves to represent one’s past impressions.”

Divertimento

Adolphus Hailstork

Theodore Presser Company

Violin, Viola

114-41201 - Performance Scores - $14.99

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In the spirit of works by Mozart and Haydn bearing the same title, Hailstork’s DIVERTIMENTO for Violin and Viola is a charming and light-hearted suite, designed to entertain and produce smiles through elegant levity. This delight was composed as an engagement gift for violinist Eva Cappelletti-Chao and violist Philippe Chao, who premiered the work.

Memory

Chen Yi

Theodore Presser Company

Viola

114-42238 - Full Score - $9.99

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The solo viola repertoire has been enriched by this plaintive memorial work, originally for solo violin – the instrument in which composer Chen Yi was trained as a performer. The composer provides this program note: “Dear Professor Lin: I wish you could hear the tune in Memory, which sounds like my painful cry out of your name in our Cantonese dialect. I expressed my deep sorrow in the music, to remember your fatherly mentorship. Your meaningful smile will always be with us encouragingly.”

Duo for Eight Strings

A Duet for Violin and Viola

Samuel Adler

Theodore Presser Company

Violin, Viola

114-42216 - Score and Parts - $24.99

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DUO FOR EIGHT STRINGS is among several chamber works composed by Samuel Adler during the early months of quarantine in 2020. The 3½-minute duo was written for and premiered by principal players in the Berlin Philharmonic.

Phoenix Rising

for solo Violin

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Violin

114-42226 - $16.99

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Legends of the phoenix are found in stories from ancient Egypt and Greece. While each culture possesses a range of stories encompassing the myth, these tales tend toward similar traits: a sacred bird with brilliantly colored plumage and melodious call lives for typically 500 years, then dies in a nest of embers, only to be reborn among the flames. Phoenix Rising consists of two movements: I. Dying in Embers represents an old phoenix settling on top of a pile of embers and breathing its last breath; II. Reborn in Flames depicts the newly-born phoenix getting its first taste of flight.

The Solitude of Stars

for Violin and Piano

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Violin, Piano

114-42243 - Score and Parts - $19.99

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THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for violin and piano. It depicts the composer’s awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of the Wyoming prairie. The slow passage of time is evoked by slowly rocking eighth-notes, creating a gentle texture. THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a powerful depiction of celestial beauty, technically within the reach of intermediate-level performers.

A Little Violin Music in Memory of Elijah McClain

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Merion Music, Inc.

Violin

144-40738 - $9.50

In her powerful Foreword to the music, violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins has written: “There are great works which give voice to important moments for generations, and this is one of them.” The tragedy of Elijah McClain’s murder has moved us all, and for many musicians the image of this gentle young man playing his violin for kittens at an animal shelter has added a poignant extra layer. Zwilich was a professional violinist before turning exclusively to composing, and A LITTLE VIOLIN MUSIC is a memorial from the heart of one violinist to another.

Figaro

from "The Barber of Seville"

Gioacchino Rossini (arr. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, ed. Gregor Piatigorsky)

Carl Fischer Music

Cello, Piano

B2670 - Score and Parts - $16.99

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Rossini wrote an opera and named it The Barber of Seville. Featured was a character named Figaro, who sang some pretty catchy tunes, including one with the somewhat clunky title Largo al factotum. So catchy was this tune, in fact, that Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (who knew catchy tunes, having scored more than 200 films) was taken to writing a set of variations for his good friend Gregor Piatigorsky who knew a thing or two about the cello. But, devious as he was, Castelnuovo-Tedesco's variations were increasingly virtuosic, a challenge for even the best cellists. We are pleased to make the Rossini / Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Piatigorsky Figaro once again available, throwing the gauntlet down for a new generation.

Beethoven and More

violin duets

Aleksey Igudesman

Universal Edition

Violin 1, Violin 2

UE033658 - Full Score - $22.50

The musical contribution of the all-rounder Igudesman to the big memorial year 2020 promises Beethoven interpretations in his well-known humorous manner.

Strings of the World

for junior ensemble

Aleksey Igudesman

Universal Edition

Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass, Bongos (opt.), Claves (opt.), Cowbell (opt.), Violin 1 (easy part), Violin 2 (easy part), Viola (easy part), Violoncello (easy part), Double Bass (easy part)

UE038057 - Full Score - $31.50

Aleksey Igudesman takes young string players on a journey around the world • Four pieces from his concert repertoire in arrangements for five-part junior string ensemble • Volume 1 of this series takes you to Cuba, Scotland, Israel and Kazakhstan • Additional easy versions of all the parts provide the greatest possible flexibility in instrumentation

Rumänische Volkstänze

for viola and piano

Béla Bartók

Universal Edition

Viola, Piano

UE038017 - Performance Score - $18.50

The "Romanian Folk Dances" are undoubtedly among the most popular works of Bartók. The earliest version is for piano (1915) and was published by Universal Edition in 1918; arrangements for many other instruments followed. Now the internationally successful violist Kim Kashkashian presents her arrangement for viola and piano. Proof that Bartók's dances are also perfectly accentuated by the warm sound of the viola.

Ballade for Astor Piazzolla

Frederic Hand

Handwerks Music

Guitar

494-03175 - Performance Score - $9.95

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"I have always deeply admired Astor Piazzolla’s music for its great creativity, energy and originality. He has inspired me to find my own voice, drawing on influences of contemporary classical composers and modern jazz artists. 'Ballade for Astor Piazzolla" is my homage to one of the great composers of the twentieth century." -Frederic Hand, composer

Celtic Melodies

Paul Coles

Universal Edition

Guitar

UE021820 - Full Score - $15.50

Explore the fascinating world of Celtic music • Appealing arrangements of well-known, traditional Celtic melodies, together with new compositions in the Celtic style • Written in accessible keys with left and right-hand fingering suggestions included • Ideal performance material

Denali - Score

for String Orchestra

Stephen Lias

Alias Press

Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Contrabass

496-00117F - Full Score - $21.99

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Lias was fortunate to live for a week within the wilderness of Denali, a guest of the Denali Arts and Humanities Alliance. How humbling, how joyful an experience to explore this inspiring Alaskan landscape. Lias, says, "This rare opportunity to commune with nature, watch wildlife, hike the tundra, and be reminded of my own smallness was a deeply inspirational experience. The events and emotions of my time in Denali are given sound and form in this celebratory piece as it moves through exuberance, grace, danger, and grandeur."

Pursued - Score

for String Orchestra

Stephen Lias

Alias Press

Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Contrabass

496-00120F - Full Score - $43.99

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Lias pays homage to Bernard Hermann, whose film scores have given us all chills for many years (Psycho, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, North by Northwest, Cape Fear, Marnie, etc.). Pursued immediately sets the mind on a classic Hollywood chase scene, with a break for a lush, romantic development, then back to the action!

Hall of the White Giant

Stephen Lias

Alias Press

Marimba

494-03173 - Full Score - $15.99

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A 12-minute piece for advanced solo marimba. Commissioned in 2012 and newly-revised in 2020. One of the more strenuous and adventurous places to visit at Carlsbad Caverns National Park is the Hall of the White Giant. Far off the public walkways, this four-hour adventure is a real spelunking trip replete with muddy scrambles, exhausting climbs, clothing-ripping tight spaces, and (of course) amazing rock formations as the reward. While this piece does not recount the journey in a literal sense, it attempts to capture some of the emotions, frustrations, and surprises of the experience. Imagine impenetrable darkness, precarious ledges, and rock frozen in breathtaking cascades.

Metropolitan

for Piano

Charles Peck

Theodore Presser Company

Piano

110-41824 - $18.99

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Inspired by the energies apparent in every city, this five movement suite has everything from hectic textural romp, to dreamy, quasi-minimalistic reverie, to statuesque drama, and more. A substantive and worthy addition to the advanced pianist's recital repertoire. In the composer's own words: "The [city] is a completely unique experience that breeds collaboration for the inspired, ambition for the eager, danger in the masses, beauty in the diversity, coldness in the operation, power in the structure, and everything in between." METROPOLITAN is also available for Orchestra.

Restless

Samuel Zyman

Theodore Presser Company

Piano

140-40126 - $18.99

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The appropriately-titled RESTLESS begins with a recitative-like Misterioso, building tension as if slowly pulling back a spring until it snaps. This recoil is supercharged, cycling through a series of dance rhythms inspired by the music of Samuel Zyman’s native Mexico. Successive episodes bring the tempo gradually faster, with restless tension between folkloric harmonies and chromatically dramatic harmony. Equally dramatic is a surprise return to the broadly declamatory music of the opening, and the gradual second series of restless song and dance. The 10-minute work was commissioned by Astral Artists’ Micro-Commissioning Program, for pianist Zhenni Li.

Insectopedia

Aleksey Igudesman

Universal Edition

Piano

UE038047 - Full Score - $18.50

Yuja Wang, internationally acclaimed pianist, on “Insectopedia”: “Reminiscent to Bartók’s Mikrokosmos, you will have a lot of fun with this little album. In fact, the more you are involved, the more fun you will have with it. The music in Insectopedia is so vivid that you feel like you are becoming one of the insects. Well, perhaps not the cockroach – but try not fly to away after playing it!”

Three Piano Sonatas WoO 47

Ludwig van Beethoven

Wiener Urtext

Piano

UT050426 - Performance Score - $18.50

Ludwig van Beethoven left us 35 piano sonatas actually. The three sonatas from his days in Bonn, published in 1783, do not have an opus number and therefore do not appear in the canon of 32 sonatas. However, these demanding early works are not to be underestimated. Their piano technique is challenging, particularly because of their differentiated articulation while their compositional technique points far ahead into his Viennese days. The main theme of the Second Sonata in F minor (1st movement) already presages the main theme of the 1st movement of the Grande Sonate pathétique.

6 Easy Pieces for 3 Right Hands at 1 Piano

Mike Cornick

Universal Edition

Piano

UE021815 - Full Score - $18.50

Mike Cornick has already published several volumes of pieces for multiple players at one piano. Now, here is a stepping stone to those great books – “6 Easy Pieces for 3 Right Hands”. The emphasis here is on the word “easy”. These pieces could be tackled by students in their first year of tuition. Just like any other instrumentalists, pianists should learn at an early stage to play in ensemble and this volume contains ideal material to introduce that concept, at the same time as providing great fun and entertainment.

Piano Tales

Martin Doepke

Universal Edition

Piano

UE038066 - Full Score - $18.50

New to the Universal Edition catalog, Martin Doepke has written 13 fabulous pieces for solo piano. Each of them tells its own story – so let yourself be enchanted!

The Solitude of Stars

for High Voice and Piano

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Soprano, Piano

111-40301 - $15.99

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THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for high voice and piano. It depicts the composer’s awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of the Wyoming prairie. The slow passage of time is evoked by slowly rocking eighth-notes, creating a gentle texture. THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a powerful depiction of celestial beauty, technically within the reach of intermediate-level performers.

O Quam Gloriosum

Jacob Narverud

Carl Fischer Music

Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Piano

CM9699 - $2.50

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Vibrant, bold, rhythmic and harmonically rich, Narverud's mixed meter accompanied Latin text setting for mixed voices is powerful. For the burgeoning or advanced mixed chorus, it is sure to make your choir gloriously shine .....O how glorious is the kingdom in which all of the saints rejoice!

Ring, Ding-a, Ding!

Ukrainian Bell Carol

Ukranian Carol (arr. Michael John Trotta)

Carl Fischer Music

Voice 1 (Part ), Voice 2 (Part), Voice 3 (Part), Piano

CM9702 - $2.50

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Michael Trotta's arrangement of Carol of the Bells, now with original words, offers a fresh, fun approach to this ever-popular holiday favorite. A programming must for choirs of all sizes and abilities!

From Dust

George Arthur

Universal Edition

Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass

UE021723 - Performance Score - $3.50

From The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Stephen Lias

Alias Press

Soprano, Baritone, Piano

491-00675 - Performance Score - $25.99

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A 30-minute dramatic song cycle for soprano, baritone, and piano with texts by Mark Twain. Often whimsical and sometimes deeply moving, Twain’s brilliant and witty texts come to life in this four-movement work. From their puzzlement about each other (and their unexpected offspring) to their eventual deep love and painful losses, the narrative serves as a beautiful metaphor for all the relationships of life. The musical setting supports the drama beautifully while providing the player with some fun and challenging passages. Works effectively in recital or as a semi-staged production.

Celtic Scents

Large Score

Kazimierz Machala

Capo Tasto Music

Piccolo, Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, English Horn, Clarinet 1 in Bb, Clarinet 2 in Bb, Bass Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Horn 1 in F, Horn 1 in F, Horn 3 in F, Horn 4 in F, Trumpet 1 in C, Trumpet 2 in C, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Tuba, Glockenspiel, Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass

C1229 - Score and Parts - $252.95

C1229L - Large Score - $51.95

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For all those Celtic souls out there ready to indulge their love of the ancient fringes of Europe, these seven sketches for orchestra by Polish composer Kaz Machala will not disappoint. The music has immediate appeal and communicates instantly yet there are also many subtleties in these scores which will sustain repeated performances through often surprising shifts in key and harmonic colouring applied to a seemingly endless flow of melodic invention.

Serenade

William Grant Still

Carl Fischer Music

Flute 1, Flute 2 (Piccolo), Oboe 2, Clarinet 1 in Bb, Clarinet 2 in Bb, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Horn 1 in F, Horn 2 in F, Horn 3 in F, Trumpet 1 in C, Trumpet 2 in C, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion 1 (Glockenspiel (or Bells sounding 8va), Crash Cymbals), Percussion 2 (Suspended Cymbal (small)), Harp, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass

SC88 - Full Score - $25.00

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Prolific and influential, many call William Grant Still the "Dean of African American composers" and it’s not hard to see why. The first African-American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra, the first to have a symphony (his first symphony) performed by a leading orchestra, the first to have an opera performed by a major opera company, and the first to have an opera performed on national television, William Grant Still broke barriers. Still composed his Serenade for Orchestra in 1957 on a commission by the Great Falls High School in Great Falls, Montana. The piece reflects Still’s interest in American folk idioms, with conventional melodies and harmonies that nonetheless express a fresh and individual compositional voice.

From the Black Belt

Seven Little Pieces

William Grant Still

Carl Fischer Music

Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe, Clarinet 1 in Bb, Clarinet 2 in Bb, Bass Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Horn 1 in F, Horn 2 in F, Horn 3 in F, Trumpet 1 in Bb, Trumpet 2 in Bb, Trumpet 3 in Bb, Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass

SC89 - Full Score - $30.00

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Prolific and influential, many call William Grant Still the "Dean of African American composers" and it’s not hard to see why. The first African-American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra, the first to have a symphony (his first symphony) performed by a leading orchestra, the first to have an opera performed by a major opera company, and the first to have an opera performed on national television, William Grant Still broke barriers.

The “Black belt” refers to a region in the southern United States that was distinguished by the color of its fertile soil. It was an area whose rich economy was based on cotton and tobacco plantations that were controlled by rich white people and worked by poor black laborers. Still’s piece From the Black Belt from 1926 is presumably a musical representation of these laborers. He described its seven parts in the following ways:

1. Li’l Scamp If one were to base his judgment on the volume of sound, he would think this little fellow, who delights in playing childish pranks, a big scamp. But the aptness of the title is determined by the brevity of the piece rather than by the volume of sound.
2. Honeysuckle A musical suggestion of the saccharine odor of the honeysuckle.
3. Dance This title is self-explanatory.
4. Brown Girl A tone picture of a lovely girl.
5. Mah Bones Is Creakin’ An old man, afflicted with rheumatism, complains loudly.
6. Blue The lament of a weary soul.
7. Clap Yo’ Han’s The participants in a game for children form a circle and clap their hands at intervals.

Concerto Grosso

Jonathan Leshnoff

Leshnoff Publishing

Solo Violin 1, Solo Violin 2, Solo Flute, Solo Oboe, Solo Clarinet in Bb, Solo Bassoon, Solo Horn in F, Solo Trumpet in Bb, Solo Trombone, Solo Violoncello, Flute (Piccolo), Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Horn 1 in F, Horn 2 in F, Horn 3 in F, Trumpet 1 in Bb, Trumpet 2 in Bb, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Harpsichord (opt.), Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass

496-00094 - Full Score - $36.99

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A four movement concerto that highlights the principal players of an orchestra, similar to the concerto grossos of the Baroque style. The first movement spotlights strings, the second brass, the third woodwinds and the finale movement uses all principals.

Double Concerto

Jonathan Leshnoff

Leshnoff Publishing

Solo Violin, Solo Viola, Flute, Flute, Oboe, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Bassoon, Horn 1 in F, Horn 2 in F, Horn 3 in F, Horn 4 in F, Trumpet 1 in C, Trumpet 2 in C, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Tuba, Piano, Harp, Percussion, Timpani, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass

496-00098 - Study Score - $36.99

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A substantial double concerto in four movements with extended lyricism and rhythmic, dazzling fast movements. This concerto has been recorded on Naxos with noted violist Roberto Diaz.

Rogue Sparks

Jonathan Leshnoff

Leshnoff Publishing

Flute 1, Flute 2, Flute 3 (Piccolo), Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Oboe 3 (English Horn), Clarinet 1 in Bb, Clarinet 2 in Bb, Clarinet 3 in Bb (Bass Clarinet in Bb), Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Bassoon 3 (Contrabassoon), Horn 1 in F, Horn 1 in F, Horn 3 in F, Horn 4 in F, Trumpet 1 in C, Trumpet 2 in C, Trumpet 3 in C, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass

496-00123 - Study Score - $21.99

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The Knobstone Trail - Score

Stephen Lias

Alias Press

Piccolo, Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Clarinet 1 in A, Clarinet 2 in A, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Horn 1 in F, Horn 2 in F, Horn 3 in F, Horn 4 in F, Trumpet 1 in Bb, Trumpet 2 in Bb, Trumpet 3 in Bb, Trombone 1, Trombone 2, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Harp, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass

496-00129F - Full Score - $30.99

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The Carmel (IN) High School Orchestra presented the world premiere of the newly-commissioned work The Knobstone Trail at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, December 18, 2019. Stephen Lias has for many years given his impressions of our National Parks and natural landmarks as musical soundscapes and was the perfect choice to commemorate this important natural resource. The Knobstone has grown to about 60 miles of rugged backcountry hiking trails, with plans to expand to even more, stretching between Louisville and Indianapolis.

Nulla Dies Sine Nota

Universal Edition

UE026339 - Text - $29.95

Music and Landscape/Soundscape and Sonic Art

Universal Edition

UE026862 - Text - $34.95

In this issue, Christa Brüstle presents 14 lectures from the international conference in Graz on the subject of "Music and Landscape". Historical aspects are contrasted with contemporary developments. The interaction of music and landscape is discussed, its development is shown on the basis of different papers and new ways are presented.