SKU: FH.VA1
ISBN 978-1-55440-563-3.
This groundbreaking series for viola offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring virtuoso. Representing all major style periods and a variety of genres, Viola Series, 2013 Edition offers all the music and tools needed to support a comprehensive course of study from the beginner to advanced levels. A rich and varied selection of music in each of these nine progressive volumes of repertoire appeals to violists of all ages. From the Preparatory Level through Level 8, students will be exposed to quality selections originally written for viola, fun arrangements of traditional fiddle and folk tunes, as well as contemporary pieces by notable composers such as Violet Archer, Carey Cheney, and Fritz Kriesler.Baroque and Classical Repertoire:Minuetto and Trio - Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg arr. Paul JenkinsVittoria, mio core! (Win My Heart!) - Carissimi, Giacomo arr. Christine DonkinTambourin - Rameau, Jean-Philippe arr. Christine DonkinHornpipe a l'inglese - Galliard, John Ernest arr. Christine DonkinMusette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126 - Bach, Johann Sebastian arr. Kathleen WoodIf Love's a Sweet Passion, from The Fairy Queen - Purcell, Henry arr. Kathleen WoodGerman Dance - Haydn, Franz Joseph arr. Jason NobleTraditional and 19th-century Repertoire:Linstead Market - Jamaican folk song arr. Harold BirstonNocturne - Alard, Jean-DelphinBig Foot Lou - Gearen, Joseph arr. Forrest KinneySakura (Cherry Blossoms) - Japanese folk song arr. Joanne MartinShe's Like the Swallow - Canadian folk song arr. Forrest KinneyNouvelle agreable! (Good News!) - 18th-century French carol arr. Christine Donkin20th-century Repertoire:The Underworld of Worms and Other Crawlies - Wilkinson, Marguerite and Philip BassDill Pickles - Johnson, Charles L. arr. Zav RT and Christine DonkinBudapesto - Cheney, CareyFull Steam Ahead - Jones, KennethThe Puppet Show, op. 5, no. 1 - Trott, Josephine transc. Barbara BarberThe Caissons Go Rolling Along - Gruber, Edmund L. arr. Forrest KinneyCasting the Nets - Jones, Kenneth.
SKU: PR.11441167S
UPC: 680160016976. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Commissione d by Boston Musica Viva with funds provided by Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser, premiered on March 15, 2002, in Boston, directed by Richard Pittman, Wu Yu is composed for flute, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), bassoon, violin, cello and percussion (vibraphone, bongo, Japanese high woodblock, cymbal, 2 Chinese gongs, tom-tom and bass drum), in two movements. Wu Yu was a ritual dance in ancient China, which includes song and dance performed with ox tails in hands. It's a ceremony of praying to the deity for rain. In the first movement of my composition Wu Yu, I use the flute, clarinet and bassoon to play in heterophonic style, imitating the tunes played by a group of suona players in a village ceremony (the blowing instrument suona is a shawm, made with wood), while using other instruments to create sheng-like sustained chords (the Chinese traditional instrument sheng is a free-reed mouth-organ, made with a gourd). The music starts slowly, and gets faster and faster towards the coda. In the second movement, I imitate a whole group of Chinese traditional percussion instruments played in the folk ensemble music Shifan Gong-and-drum in Southeast China, which is often used in ceremonies and village gatherings. The music is brought to a climax at the end of the work. The whole piece lasts about 14 minutes. --Chen Yi.
SKU: PR.11441166S
UPC: 680160016945. 8.5 x 11 inches.