Partitions de Edward B. Marks Music Company

The result of a collaborative commission by the U.S. Air Force Academy Band the U.S. Coast Guard Band the U.S. Military Academy Band and the U.S. Naval Academy Band this major work for band takes its title from a quoteattributed to Thomas Jefferson “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty ” and a variation of the West Point motto “The Long Gray Line.” Opening with a tribute to those who have gone before in service toour country a solemn noble theme is presented that reappears near the end of the composition. The main body of the work is a series of march-like themes and idiomatic fragments culminating in a glorious full-band fanfare.Following a restatement of the “noble” theme a stirring coda brings the music to a climactic close. Dur: 8:30 (Grade 5) (E.B. Marks)

From the noted Marks Choral Library is this truly dynamic setting of our nation's creed. An effective audience participation number that is ideal for combining both young and older voices. Available: Unison/SATB.

Composer pianist and author William Bolcom (b. 1938) is one of the cutting-edge figures on the American musical scene. A student of Milhaud and Messiaen he has been noted for the development of a style of performing ragtime music which propelled him into the forefront of the ragtime revival. Bolcom has been on the faculty at the University of Michigan since 1973.

A collection of Ragtime classics by Scott Joplin arranged for B flat Clarinet and Piano by Marcel G. Frank. Contents: The Entertainer Scott Joplin's New Rag The Easy Winners Pleasant Moments and The Cascades.

National Federation of Music Clubs 214-216 Selection Piano Solo-Piano Solo. Sheet Music

(Seven Typical Cuban Dances). A prolific and gifted composer Lecuona was the dominant force in Cuban music for many years. This book of seven typical Cuban dances is the first completely new edition of his music in more than 30 years. It includes a preface and introduction by arranger Thomas Tirino plus helpful performance notes for each piece.

Commissioned by the Friends of Today's Music program of the Music Teachers' Association of California this publication is a great follow-up to Bolcom's previous work Nine Bagatelles (00294028). Includes notes from the composer for each selection.

Shakespeare's verse in this famous comedy “If music be the food of love play on...” sets the tone for this major work by master composer Alfred Reed. Approached as a masque (a form of play-with-music commonly used inShakespeare's time) this suite for wind orchestra takes the form of five separate movements each related to a place or persons from the story. • I. Prelude: Illyria • II. Viola and Orsino • III. The MerryConspirators • IV. Malvolio's Lament in “Prison” • V. A Double Wedding and All's Well! – (duration - c. 15:00)

Wonderfully lyric and sensitivly scored here is a marvelous tone poem in celebration of music itself. Filled with rich melodies and sonorous harmonies. (duration: ca. 7:45)

Guitar Solo-A marvelous collection of music for Guitar arranged at the easy to intermediate level of difficulty. All pieces are arranged for flat picked style Guitar. Contents: Minuet · Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring · Rondo-Gavotte · Awake Awake A Voice Is Calling · Gavotte · Minuet In G Minor · Sarabande · Polonaise · Concerto In The Italian Style.