The Forge

SKU: AP.49160S

UPC: 038081563589. English.

This version of Vulcan's Forge by Patrick Roszell is part of our Belwin FLEX offerings and is designed with maximum flexibility for use by any mix of instruments---wind, strings, and percussion, including like- or mixed-ensembles with as few as 4 players. The suggested instrumentation and a customizable Teacher Map will help you plan out how to best assign parts to suit your ensemble's needs. The 4-part instrumentation will support balanced instrumentation of the lower voices. It also comes with supplemental parts for maximum flexibility. With the purchase of this piece, permission is granted to photocopy the parts as needed for your ensemble. A percussion accompaniment track is also available as a free download. String parts have been carefully edited with extra fingerings and appropriate bowings to support students in mixed ensembles playing in less familiar keys.

Patrick Roszell's original composition is musically designed to portray the Ancient Roman god of fire of metalworking, Vulcan. This piece is accessible to students in the second half of their first year of instruction. The piece also has the option to introduce young woodwind players to trill technique. (1:45)

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This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: CF.CM9714

ISBN 9781491160329. UPC: 680160918904. Key: F major. English. Robert Frost.

About the work ... Few American poems are as well known as The Road Not Taken. Robert Frost, the author, is an international icon, not unlike Pablo Picasso, Winston Churchill or Mark Twain in their own disciplines.The poem is full of contradictions and quirks of form and structure. Perhaps that illusiveness is part of the poem's intrigue. But beyond all of the literary devices that only a few scholars may fully appreciate, this poem has taken on a sort of fanfare for the common person credo - a challenge to individualism, stepping out on one's own, and breaking the mold out of sheer determination if nothing else. Frost connects to the core of the human spirit in just a few stanzas using the analogy of a fork in a road. The message super cedes geography, culture, race or creed. Rather, it is part of the DNA of most every person on the planet - the inner desire to feel empowered to create one's own destiny, to forge a road not taken, and ultimately in doing so, to make a difference. Rehearsal notes ... Research strongly suggests that there is a direct connection between the first rehearsal and the performance. First impressions last. I find it helpful to immediately lock three concepts into place - mechanics (notes/rhythms), text/phrasing (intent and motivation) and color (timbre). Performers need to think musically from the first reading forward (first impression). The cello is very much a collaborative instrument in this work, and should be located in front of the ensemble (not to side). Lastly, let the text speak. The simplest melodic lines are often the most exposed. Keep the voices clear and transparent, floating over the top in softer passages, and singing with vibrancy and forward focus throughout. Z. Randall Stroope A definitive recording was made by the New American Voices, with Randall conducting. This can be found on Spotify, YouTube, his website (www.zrstroope), and other social media. About the composer ... Z. Randall Stroope is an American composer and conductor. His composition teachers were Normand Lockwood and Cecil Effinger, both students of the Nadia Boulanger, the famous French teacher (and student of Gabriel Faure). He is the artistic director of two international summer music festivals, is an Honorary Member of the National Association of Italian Choral Directors, and has conducted in 25 countries. He has directed over 40 times at Carnegie Hall, and is a frequent conductor at other prestigious concert venues. Randall has 190 published works, and his music can be heard on Spotify, YouTube and other platforms, including his website (www.zrstroope.com).
About the work ...Few American poems are as well known as The Road Not Taken. Robert Frost, the author, is an international icon, not unlike Pablo Picasso, Winston Churchill or Mark Twain in their own disciplines.The poem is full of contradictions and quirks of form and structure. Perhaps that illusiveness is part of the poem's intrigue. But beyond all of the literary devices that only a few scholars may fully appreciate, this poem has taken on a sort of fanfare for the common person credo - a challenge to individualism, stepping out on one's own, and breaking the mold out of sheer determination if nothing else. Frost connects to the core of the human spirit in just a few stanzas using the analogy of a fork in a road. The message super cedes geography, culture, race or creed. Rather, it is part of the DNA of most every person on the planet - the inner desire to feel empowered to create one's own destiny, to forge a road not taken, and ultimately in doing so, to make a difference.Rehearsal notes ...Research strongly suggests that there is a direct connection between the first rehearsal and the performance. First impressions last. I find it helpful to immediately lock three concepts into place - mechanics (notes/rhythms), text/phrasing (intent and motivation) and color (timbre). Performers need to think musically from the first reading forward (first impression). The cello is very much a collaborative instrument in this work, and should be located in front of the ensemble (not to side). Lastly, let the text speak. The simplest melodic lines are often the most exposed. Keep the voices clear and transparent, floating over the top in softer passages, and singing with vibrancy and forward focus throughout.Z. Randall StroopeA definitive recording was made by the New American Voices, with Randall conducting. This can be found on Spotify, YouTube, his website (www.zrstroope), and other social media.About the composer ...Z. Randall Stroope is an American composer and conductor. His composition teachers were Normand Lockwood and Cecil Effinger, both students of the Nadia Boulanger, the famous French teacher (and student of Gabriel Fauré). He is the artistic director of two international summer music festivals, is an Honorary Member of the National Association of Italian Choral Directors, and has conducted in 25 countries. He has directed over 40 times at Carnegie Hall, and is a frequent conductor at other prestigious concert venues. Randall has 190 published works, and his music can be heard on Spotify, YouTube and other platforms, including his website (www.zrstroope.com).

Peter Dickinson (b. 1934) is a British composer, pianist and academic. He studied at Queen's College, Cambridge and the Juilliard School in New York, and has since held professorships at Keele University and Goldsmiths' College. His compositions are firmly in the 20th century idiom, drawing heavily on influences from Cage, Ives and Satie

SKU: LM.27280

ISBN 9790230972802.

TRADITIONNEL : Down by the Riverside - BACH : Prelude en fa majeur BWV 927 - BAROUH / LAI : Un Homme et une femme - BEETHOVEN : Pathetique (theme de la Sonate n. 8, Op.13) - BORODINE : Danse Polovtsienne - BREL : Ne me quitte pas - CABREL : Je l'aime a mourir - CARMEN : All by Myself - EBB / KANDER : New York, New York - FRANCK : Les Plaintes d'une poupee - FREED / BROWN : Singin' in the Rain - GAINSBOURG : Elisa - GRIEG : La Chanson de Solveig - HAENDEL : L'Harmonieux forgeron - HANDY : St. Louis Blues - HEUMANN : Piano Dreams - Walking Blues Shoes - JARRE : Chanson de Lara (Docteur Jivago) - JENNINGS / HORNER : My heart will go on (Titanic) - LENNON : Imagine - MANCINI : The Pink Panther Theme (La Panthere Rose) - MASSENET : Aragonaise - MOZART : Cavatine de Figaro - PACHELBEL : Canon - PLANTE / AZNAVOUR : La Boheme - VIVALDI : Le Printemps.

SKU: HL.14021210

Lord, How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me? was beautifully composed by Felix Mendelssohn the German composer, Pianist and Organist.

Felix Mendelssohn was recognised early on as a musical prodigy but his parents where sceptical about capitalising from Mendelssohn's talent.

This fantastic arrangement contains the first movement From Lord, How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me?, expertly arranged for Soprano, SATB and Organ.

SKU: PR.114423320

ISBN 9781491135198. UPC: 680160687305.

DON’T FORGET TO WRITE is a whole lot more than an engaging slow-fast recital piece. Inspired by the composer’s son heading off to college, its first movement (“Blue Skies”) is a warm expression of wistfulness, enriched by melodic phrases in major that echo back in minor. The second movement (“Flying the Coop”) bursts with adolescent exuberance, at once sounding motoric yet eluding expectations through rhythmic chicanery. Composed as an unaccompanied competition piece for the Oklahoma Flute Society, DON’T FORGET TO WRITE is ideal for recital use, combining its musical elements with gut emotion.