Samuel Barber: Adagio For Strings

Adagio is a Samuel Barber piece arranged for Violin and Piano by Jerry Lanning. It contains both score and part. This is a solo work of Barber's popular Adagio for Strings.

Score-Samuel Barber's best-known work has become an icon of contemporary orchestral literature. Jamin Hoffman's arrangement now makes this landmark work accessible to intermediate-level groups with careful key and range alterations giving your students the opportunity to play one of the most important pieces of our time. This is a must-have for every school's string library!

Score and Parts-Samuel Barber's best-known work has become an icon of contemporary orchestral literature. Jamin Hoffman's arrangement now makes this landmark work accessible to intermediate-level groups with careful key and range alterations giving your students the opportunity to play one of the most important pieces of our time. This is a must-have for every school's string library!

Lament by Mack Wilberg for String Orchestra with optional Organ.This moving piece for String Orchestra is full of pathos and emotion. Stylistically evocative of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and the distinctive musical language of Arvo Pärt Lament is based around a two-bar arching ostinato artfully developing musical fragments and enriching the texture to reach a powerful central climax. This is a welcome addition to the String Orchestra repertory.This piece was recorded on the 2019 Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra CD Tree of Life under the title 'And Wept Bitterly (Lament on an Ostinato for StringOrchestra)'.

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Adagio For Strings Op. 11 transcribed for mixed chorus with organ or piano accompaniment.

A superb 160 page volume packed with solo Piano arrangements of great American music from the 19th to 20th centuries. By composers including Barber, MacDowell, Sousa, Joplin, Bacharach and Glass. <br> <br>A specially-written foreword places the music in historical and national context and includes biographical details of many of the featured composers. The arrangements are intended for the intermediate to advanced pianist, but the book will give any player a unique practical and historical insight into America's immense contribution to the international world of music. / Partition /

Score-Instrumentation: Piccolo 1st Flute 2nd Flute 1st Oboe 2nd Oboe English Horn 1st Bassoon 2nd Bassoon Eb Clarinet 1st Bb Clarinet 2nd Bb Clarinet 3rd Bb Clarinet Eb Alto Clarinet Bb Bass Clarinet Eb Contrabass Clarinet Bb Contrabass Clarinet 1st Alto Sax 2nd Alto Sax Tenor Sax Bari Sax.

Score and Parts-Original version of this much celebrated composition. Scored as follows:8 x Violin 18 x Violin 24 x Viola4 x Cello4 x Double Bass