Fredonia-Press

SKU: AY.FRD206

ISBN 9790302120087.

Hasten Shepherds On (Vamos Pastorcillos) from 3 Puerto Rican Carols, arranged for 2-Part Choir and Piano (or Organ) by Paul J. Sifler. Optional percussion parts for claves and maracas.

SKU: AY.FRD41

ISBN 9790302114673.

John La Montaine's Conversations was composed so that it might be realized in terms of a variety of instruments with piano. The four movements (Encounter, Dispute, Affections, and Word Games) are based on a twelve-tone row which forms the basis of both the solo and accompaniment parts. Serial technique is carefully and consistently used throughout, though listeners might not even realize it!

SKU: AY.FRD40

ISBN 9790302114666.

John La Montaine's Conversations was composed so that it might be realized in terms of a variety of instruments with piano. The four movements (Encounter, Dispute, Affections, and Word Games) are based on a twelve-tone row which forms the basis of both the solo and accompaniment parts. Serial technique is carefully and consistently used throughout, though listeners might not even realize it!

SKU: AY.FRD35

ISBN 9790302114635.

The Concerto, in three movements, affirms both the lyric and virtuoso capabilities of the piano. The First Movement is bold and decisive, classic in form, romantic in content. The Second Movement is slow and introspective, rising to an overwhelming climax. It is an elegy in memory of the composer’s sister, Isabel La Montaine. The Finale, in quadruple meter, is brilliant, rhythmic, and march-like, interrupted twice by an extended songful passage of great intensity in triple meter. All the thematic and passage material of the final movement is derived from the opening of the First Movement.

SKU: AY.FRD129

ISBN 9790302118121.

Paul J. Sifler, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, immigrated to the United States at the age of 11, and following his studies at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, led a long and prolific career as a composer and organist. Two Fancies for Organ Pedals consists of two selections: Cortège and Chorale with Birds.

SKU: AY.FRD07

ISBN 9790302114116.

This new edition of John La Montaine's Twelve Studies for Two Flutes, Opus 46, has been newly re-engraved and includes an extra copy of the score (One for each player, or also for adjudication). These twelve studies, although intended to be played from beginning to end can be extracted and performed separately at the discretion of the performers. Written in the style of 12-tone serialism, these duets are an interesting exercise in what can be done with the theoretical manipulation of the tone rows used. While not as tuneful as some of John La Montaine's other compositions, they are a good example of his experimentation with other compositional styles.

SKU: AY.FRD106

ISBN 9790302117506.

Paul J. Sifler, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, immigrated to the United States at the age of 11, and following his studies at the Chicago Conservatory as music, led a long and prolific career as a composer and organist. The Despair and Agony of Dachau has been performed at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. and in Sifler's native Ljubljana, performances which were preceded by a reading of Psalm 22. Phrases from the Psalm beginning My God, my God, why has Thou forsaken me? are used to depict the tragedy of the concentration camp at Dachau. Among the traumas represented are the furnaces, described by a mighty roar, the scurrying of rats and barking of dogs. This work was composed to provide a history lesson for the future, and to offer the fervent prayer that mankind will never again be involved in such an atrocity.

SKU: AY.FRD146

ISBN 9790302120148.

Paul J. Sifler, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, immigrated to the United States at the age of 11, and following his studies at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, led a long and prolific career as a composer and organist. This Offertory for Marimba is one of the movements of his Marimba Mass (Mass for SATB Mixed Choir and Marimba), composed as a cadenza of sorts.

SKU: AY.FRD44

ISBN 9790302114703.

John La Montaine's Conversations was composed so that it might be realized in terms of a variety of instruments with piano. The four movements (Encounter, Dispute, Affections, and Word Games) are based on a twelve-tone row which forms the basis of both the solo and accompaniment parts. Serial technique is carefully and consistently used throughout, though listeners might not even realize it!

SKU: AY.FRD107

ISBN 9790302118107.

Paul J. Sifler, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, immigrated to the United States at the age of 11, and following his studies at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, led a long and prolific career as a composer and organist. This Recitative, Passacaglia and Fugue was first published in 1983 and is dedicated to John La Montaine.

SKU: AY.FRD51

ISBN 9790302115083.

The Nonsense Songs from Mother Goose, Op. 19 for mixed voices and piano consists of seven songs: In Islingen There Was a Man, The Proposal, Rub a Dub, Miniature Biographies, Simple Simon, Peter Piper, and Merry Shall We Part and Merry Meet Again. The first performance took place on May 6, 1973 at the National Gallery of Art, with the Georgetown University Men's Chorus, conducted by Paul Hume. This product only contains the second song of the collection, The Proposal.

SKU: AY.FRD05

ISBN 9790302114406.

The product available here for purchase is the solo flute part and piano reduction for John La Montaine's Concerto for Flute. Premiered on April 12, 1981 by Keith Bryan and the National Gallery Orchestra, John La Montaine's Concerto for Flute and Orchestra is best summed up in this review from Paul Hume at The Washington Post: The world premiere of a flute concerto by John La Montaine was the centerpiece. La Montaine clearly had a great time writing the concerto, since he filled it with wit and open, songful beauty. The formal design is neatly broken up into imaginative divisions. There are some exotic touches for woodblocks, and bass clarinet, but the heart of the work lies in the brilliance of the writing for the soloist. The cadenza in the final movement is impressively introduced and beautifully concluded..

SKU: AY.FRD58

ISBN 9790302115434.

Prior to 2018, the Trio Sonata of John La Montaine might as well have not existed. When ALRY Publications became the sole representative for Fredonia Press, this work was not mentioned in the catalogs, nor was any score or manuscript included in the Fredonia archives. Suddenly it resurfaced, a paper copy, bearing a handwritten inscription to Doriot Anthony Dwyer, with the subtitle for 3 Flutes or 30 Flutes or 300 Flutes. The new and freshly re-engraved edition, featuring a full score and parts, consists of three movements: Questioning (a trio version of the opening movement of his Sonata for Solo Flute), Song and Scherzo.

SKU: AY.FRD55

ISBN 9790302115120.

The Nonsense Songs from Mother Goose, Op. 19 for mixed voices and piano consists of seven songs: In Islingen There Was a Man, The Proposal, Rub a Dub, Miniature Biographies, Simple Simon, Peter Piper, and Merry Shall We Part and Merry Meet Again. The first performance took place on May 6, 1973 at the National Gallery of Art, with the Georgetown University Men's Chorus, conducted by Paul Hume. This product only contains the fifth song of the collection, Simple Simon.